~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GiftFinder.ca Newsletter February 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this issue: 1. Caption Contest January winner 2. A few sites added 3. More deals added 4. New promotions and special offers 5. Contests, contests and more contests 6. Lots of awesome freebies 7. In closing 8. Forward away 1. Caption Contest January winner... Congratulations to of , who submitted the winning caption to our Funny Caption Contest for the month of January. wins a Budweiser Racing Cap. Thanks to all who participated and please feel free to play in our February Funny Caption Contest, currently underway, for your chance to win a . Enter our contest now at: http://www.GiftFinder.ca/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. A few sites added... Once again, we added a few websites to our roster within the past month. We hope to keep adding more quality Canadian content sites month after month. Here's a brief look at the recently added sites: - Perfumes.ca offer a wide variety of fragrances for him and her, all at unbeatable prices! What's better, buy 2 or more products and get FREE shipping! Added to our "Health / Beauty" section. - Rail Europe has great deals on rail travel all over Europe, including Single country passes, Rail 'n Drive passes, Night trains, Special trains, High Speed trains, TGV, Eurostar, Thalys, and more. Click on "Canada" at the top of the page for Canadian pricing. Added to our "Travel / Tourism" page. - Candleview Inc. is an independent record company dedicated to promoting, marketing, and selling quality music. They feature no taxes, no extra costs and free shipping! Added to our "Music / Movies" page. - Shareasale is an Affiliate Manager boasting several affiliate programs for webmasters to join. Choose from United States and/or Canadian websites and start earning cash from your site. Or, utilize their services to start your own affiliate program. Added to our "Webmaster Stuff" page. - Dot FM specializes in "Great Sounding Web Addresses". Choose from domain extensions .fm, .am, .tv or .cd. Snag your domain name now before someone else does... these will go fast! Added to our "Webmaster Stuff" page. - EntertainMe is Canada's Entertainment eStore offering all the top Movies (DVD and VHS) and Music CDs, including gift sets, preorders, fitness videos, concerts videos, and much more. Added to our "Music / Movies" page. - The Baby Market Place is all about baby toys, clothing for infants and toddlers, skin care products, breast feeding accessories, baby gifts, cloth diapers and accessories and more. Be sure to check out their contests, coupons & specials. Added to our "Clothing access." and our "Toys / Games" pages. - SportMart has sportswear, outerwear, footwear, hockey equipment, street wear, athletic wear, winter wear, and much more all at the Guaranteed Lowest Prices in Canada. Added to our "Clothing access." page. - Send PC is a service to get President's Choice products delivered to your door or send them as gifts to friends and family. Choose from ready made gift baskets or create your own. Added to our "Food / Recipes" page. - The Beer Machine enables you to make your own beer from home, as seen on TV. Click on Purchase, then click on "Canadian shoppers click here" for Canadian Dollars. The amazing deal about this is that the Canadian price is only $10 more than the US price. Added to our "Food / Recipes" page. - Dot Canada is a hosting company with various hosting plans to meet whatever needs you may require, all in Canadian dollars. And, prepay any hosting plan for 6 to 12 months and receive one free domain registration! Added to our "Webmaster Stuff" page. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. More deals added... - The request I get the most is for more hot deals, discounts, specials, promotions, clearances, and timely offers. So, we've decided to add an additional column to our main page listing deals that are geared towards specific events, such as Christmas, Boxing Day, Valentine's Day, Easter, and so on. We gave it the name "Timely Deals" and it's located on the right side of the main page. As with our "Special Offers / Promotions" column, this section will change regularly. Currently, our timely deals include links for: 1) Income Tax Filing onine. 2) Valentine's Flowers 3) Canada's Flag Day suggested reading We hope you enjoy this new feature! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. New promotions and special offers... - Holiday Outlet (100% Canadian-owned) has incredible Last Minute Deals, Air Only Deals and Packaged Holidays at unbeatable prices to several sunny destinations. In fact, most of their prices are Guaranteed to be the lowest in the industry or they will match that price or beat it!... look for the dollar sign symbol. These deals are of course are on a first come, first serve basis, so visit them now... www.holidayoutlet.ca/default.asp?code=gif - Dr. Scholl's has a printable coupon from their website to save $2.00 off your next purchase of any Dr. Scholl's product. Get your coupon here: http://www.drscholls.ca/english.cfm - Dragon currently has 50% off every in-stock item. Their products include computer software and games for XBox, Game Cube, Playstation 2, GB Advance, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, and more. Visit this site and enter "LASTCHANCE" at checkout to get the half price deal: http://www.dragon.ca/index_welcome.asp?REFERER=GiftFinder - Arctic Wild Harvest Company currently has a Referral Program earning you and your friends some money. Here's how it works... You refer a friend to their website and Arctic Wild will send your friend a $5 Gift Certificate. As soon as that friend makes a purchase on their website, you will also receive a $5 Gift Certificate towards your next purchase of $15 or more. The more new customers you refer to them, the more gift certificates you will receive! Start earning now at: http://www.arcticharvest.com/index.asp?aff=121 - M&M Meatshops has a printable coupon from their website for a free Apple Crisp for spending $40 or more at any of their stores. Coupon expires February 28th. Get your coupon here: http://www.mmmeatshops.com/en/ecoupon/index.asp - Ford of Canada and Chatelaine invite you to attend a free "Car Smarts Interactive Seminar For Women" at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto. And the first 2,500 participants to register for the seminar will receive a discount coupon for $5.00 off the price of admission to the show (regular price $18). Register here: http://www.fordcarsmartsautoshow.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Contests expiring this month... Here’s a list of online contests we’ve found that Canadians can enter: - Kellogg's "Healthy Body Makeover" Contest - Win one month of personalized services from nutrition and fitness specialists, as well as service from a beauty salon. Québec entries are allowed. Contest expires on February 13th. Enter online here: http://www.mochasofa.ca/kellogg/win.asp - Canadian Living "Kitchen Makeover" Contest - Win a complete kitchen makeover valued at approximately $38,000. To enter, just explain in 50 words or less why your kitchen deserves a makeover and mail your entry along with a colour photograph of your kitchen to Kitchen Makeover Contest, Canadian Living Magazine, 25 Sheppard Ave.W., Suite 100, Toronto, ON M2N 6S7. For further details, click here: http://www.canadianliving.com/contest/kitchen/index.asp - Rogers Video "Signs Crop Circles" Sweepstakes - Trip for 2 to London, England, for seven (7) nights accommodations, full daily breakfast, some lunches and some dinners, guided adventures to various crop circles and Stonehenge at Sunset, meet and greet and lunches with various top researches in the field, and more. Contest ends on February 28th. Sorry, no Québec entries. Enter online here: http://www.rogersvideo.ca/promo/signsContest.htm - Sudafed “Unplugged” Sweepstakes - Win a collection of CDs stacked to your nose (to a maximum of 200 CDs) or 1 of 3 Panasonic DVD Players or 1 of 7 Panasonic Portable CD Players. Québec entries are allowed. Contest expires on February 28th. Enter online here: http://www.sudafed.ca/English/contest/contest.cfm - Men's Health Magazine "Rock Steady Love" Contest - Win a 1-carat diamond in the platinum setting of the winner's choice, a prize valued at nearly $5,000. To enter, send an email to Men's Health with a simple task: Tell them in five, and only five, words why the lady in your life rocks. Contest ends on February 14th. Sorry, no Québec entries. Click here for details: http://www.menshealth.com/promos2/diamondcontest.shtml - Pontiac "World of Skiing" Contest - Win a trip for 7 days for you and 5 friends at the Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships in Whistler March 21 - 27, 2003. The winner and his/her 5 friends also receive Salomon ski or snowboard equipment, Columbia apparel, Bollé eyewear, half-day ski or snowboard lessons, all-you-can-ride lift tickets, VIP access to Pontiac GMC Canadian Championships events, ski day with members of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team and food vouchers. Québec entries are allowed. Contest expires on February 28th. Enter online here: http://www.gmcanada.com/cup/ - click on Contest at the top right. - Ivory Snow / La Vie En Rose "Romantic Getaway" Contest - Win a trip for 2 to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario and two (2) nights deluxe hotel accommodations (double room occupancy) at The Pillar and Post Inn, along with $300 spending money towards spa treatments, meals, and more. Québec entries are allowed. Contest expires on February 28th. Enter online here: http://www.romanticgetaway.ca - Canadian Tourism Commission & VIA Rail Canada's "See the country!" Contest - Win a trip of your choice from 5 train destinations within Canada. Québec entries are allowed. Contest expires on February 28th. Enter online here: http://www.ctccontest.ca/ - GiftFinder.ca Caption Contest – Enter your funny caption for your chance to win a Genuine Amethyst and Pewter Collectible! Contest expires on February 28th. Enter once daily at: http://www.GiftFinder.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Awesome freebies... Freebies come and go very quickly on the internet, so best to take advantage of the ones that interest you as soon as possible. If the link is broken, the promotion is over... move on to the next one. If you request a free sample and never receive it, don't lose sleep over it; these things happen. - Sunripe will send you a free 1.89 litre bottle of "Lemon Splash". Tell a friend about SUNRIPE's new website and for every 5 friends you refer, you will get one FREE 1.89 litre "LEMON SPLASH"! Visit their website here: http://www.sunripe.ca/ - Crunchie Bites is giving away free dog food samples to the first 10 responses per day. Request your tasty handmade biscuits (for your dog that is!) here: http://www.crunchiebites.com/sam.html - Catelli is sending out free 340g box samples of their Adventure Pasta. Fill out a short survey to receive this tasty freebie: http://www.catelli.com/kids/survey/index.htm - Bridgestone is sending out a free poster of the new Nissan Z and the Potenza RE-040. Request your free Maximum Z Force poster here: http://www.bridgestonetire.com/350z/350z_noflash.htm - Second Cup is offering a free coffee for anyone who still has a Second Cup frequent buyer card. Second Cup has ceased the frequent buyer card program and therefore is asking everyone that has a partially stamped card to bring it in to any Second Cup location and they will give you a voucher for a free coffee. Cards must be brought in to Second Cup no later than February 9th. - K-Y Brand is sending out free samples of their K-Y Brand Liquid lubricant. Request your free sample after filling out a short survey here: http://www.k-y.ca/ - Bell Canada has launched a new free-of-charge test deployment of wireless high-speed Internet Service in selected locations across Canada called "AccessZone". Mobile professionals, students, data users everywhere can take advantage of this FREE 802.11b wireless connectivity at select pilot sites. This offer is available now until Spring 2003. Upon last check, there was a total of 10 locations; 3 in Toronto, 3 in Kingston, 3 in Montreal and 1 in Calgary. For further details along with a list of the pilot locations, click here: http://www.bell.ca/shop/application/commercewf?origin=noorigin.jsp&event=link(goto)&content=/jsp/content/business/promotions/accesszone/index.jsp - Ford of Canada will send you a free Highway Safety Kit. Visit your local Ford of Canada dealership and test drive any Ford vehicle and you will receive a Ford Highway Safety Kit, valued at approximately $110 (while quantities last). Click here for further details: http://www.fordcarsmartsautoshow.com/ - Harlequin Romance is giving away two free books from the series of your choice, and a free surprise gift! There is no risk or obligation to get these free books. Just request them from here: http://eharlequin1.tripod.com/ - Coleman sent me an email saying they would send me a free keychain flashlight if I filled out a Cooler Survey and emailed them back confirming I completed the survey. This offer may only be available for current subscribers to their website or if you entered a contest on their website in the past. However, it might be worth a try anyway. Here's my suggestion on potentially increasing your odds on receiving this freebie... 1) Go to http://www.coleman.com and subscribe to their website. 2) Go to http://www.coleman.com/survey and answer all questions, then click on Submit. 3) Send an email to flashlight@coleman.com confirming that you've completed the survey. Good luck! - Environment Canada wants to protect Ontario's water birds by eliminating lead poisoning. As an incentive, if you're attending the Spring Fishing Show (Toronto-Feb 27 to Mar 2) or the Carp Valley Fishing Show (Ottawa-not sure the date), Environment Canada wants you to bring in all your Lead Sinkers and Jigs to their booth and they will exchange them with non-toxic alternatives. Click below for more details: http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/hww-fap/hww-fap.cfm?ID_species=86&lang=e ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. In closing... The goal of GiftFinder.ca is to make it easier for Canadian shoppers wanting to purchase goods online to find everything they want from our site, including freebies, contests and discounts. THIS SITE IS FOR YOU! If you know of a reputable Canadian website that has products listed in Canadian dollars, or if you find cool freebies, contests or rebates, please send us an email at webmaster@GiftFinder.ca and we'll post it online or in our next newsletter. Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Forward away... 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