~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GiftFinder.ca Newsletter March 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this issue: 1. Caption Contest February winner 2. A few sites added 3. New promotions and special offers 4. Contests, contests and more contests 5. Lots of awesome freebies 6. In closing 7. Forward away 1. Caption Contest February winner... Congratulations to Gary McEwan of Dartmouth, NS who submitted the winning caption to our Funny Caption Contest for the month of February. Gary wins a Genuine Amethyst and Pewter Collectible. Thanks to all who participated and please feel free to play in our March Funny Caption Contest, currently underway, for your chance to win a Molson Export WWF Hat! Enter our contest now at: http://www.GiftFinder.ca/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. A few sites added... We weren't as focused last month like previous months, so only a handful of sites were added this time around. However, we have tons of new prospects to review and we guarantee more additions this month. Here are the sites we added in February: - Webshots has millions of images that you can download to your desktop as wallpaper or as screensaver. You can even upload, store and share your photos on your personal Webshots homepage. In addition, you can send free eCards to friends and family. This is an impressive site with quality images! Added to our "Greetings / eCards" section. - Hoster has Linux-based hosting packages starting at just $9.99 CDN per month for 100 MB disk space, unlimited bandwidth, unlimited POP3 email accounts, and more. Added to our "Webmaster Stuff" section. - Western Union makes it possible to send money to anyone, anywhere in the world, in Canadian dollars, using their Online Money Transfer. It's quick and easy! Added to our "Travel / Tourism" section. - WeDoHosting has Linux hosting, Windows hosting, Virtual hosting, Dedicated hosting, Colocated hosting, Shared hosting, ASP plans, MySQL plans, Cold Fusion plans, E-Commerce, etc. Added to our "Webmaster Stuff" section. - Hickory Hollow Candle Company is a home-based business located in South Western Ontario offering scented votives, jar candles, floaters, tealights and accessories, since 1996. Added to our "Arts / Crafts" section. - EPM Networks has more serious hosting packages for the Beginner to the Advanced, including website development, e-commerce solutions, search engine submission, and so much more. Added to our "Webmaster Stuff" section. - Vision Direct saves you up to 70% on contact lenses and contact lens accessories at the Lowest Prices Guaranteed! Click on the Canadian Flag under Select Currency. Added to our "Health / Beauty" section. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. New promotions and special offers... - Robin's Donuts in association with Radio Shack have a printable coupon for a free donut with the purchase of a 14oz coffee. Offer expires April 11th. Get your free coupon from here: http://www.radioshack.ca/estore/content/robins.aspx?language=en-CA - Amazon.ca is offering Free Shipping on all orders of $39 or more! This offer is valid for a limited time only. Click here to get this awesome deal: http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=giftfinder-20&path=tg/browse/- /915398 - M&M Meatshops has a printable coupon from their website for a free Caramel Apple Pie for spending $40 or more at any of their stores. Coupon expires March 31st. Get your coupon here: http://www.mmmeatshops.com/en/ecoupon/index.asp - More Collectibles from Classic Online currently has a Precious Moments Clearance Sale -- 25% off all Retired Figurines -- and FREE shipping on orders over $100 (after discount). Check them out now at: http://www.morecollectibles.com/?cxc=GiftFinderca - Shop Matrix, your computer software and hardware specialists, are celebrating their 5-Year Anniversary with Free Shipping on all orders, no minimum purchase required. But hurry as this offer ends on March 31st. For details, click here: http://shopmatrox.com/canada/home.asp?aff_key=giftfinder-1 - Square One Shopping Centre in Mississauga, ON is giving away a free tote bag with the purchase of $25 or more anywhere in the mall. Offer expires July 31st. Print your coupon from here: http://www.attractionsontario.ca/display.php?site=squareonem - Rocky Mountain Direct Merchants currently has 15% off their fleece clothing AND Free Shipping on all orders. This special deal is on for a limited time only. Click below for more details: http://www.rockydirect.com/affiliate/1000074/1000017/GFCA - Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has a March Break Special called a One Week Pass. This pass is good for unlimited travel from March 10th to March 16th, no photo ID required, valid for one person at any one time, but yet is transferable, and only costs $28.50. For further details, click here: http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/ttc/oneweekpass.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Contests expiring this month... Here's a list of online contests we've found that Canadians can enter: - Ford "Invitation to Drive" Contest - Win a 2-year lease on a 2003 Ford Focus ZX5. Québec residents can enter. Contest expires on March 7th. Enter online here: www.fordcarsmartsautoshow.com - Ten Second Films Competition - Win $1,000 in cash, $500 or $250. To enter, record and submit a digital video lasting 10 seconds or less. What can you do in ten seconds? Contest ends on March 10th. Click here for details: http://www.tensecondfilms.com - The Weather Network's "Spring Forward" contest - Win a trip for two to London, England (seven nights accomodation, double occupancy, standard room, London Sightseeing Tour and Unlimited seven-day Travelcard) and a $500 cash prize. To enter, watch The Weather Network to tell us the date and time you saw the yellow umbrella and heard the thunderclap. Sorry, no Québec entries. Contest ends on March 20th. For complete details, click here: http://weather.ca/contests/Spring2003.htm - General Electric "GE Appliances Canada newsletter" Contest - Win a full size GE microwave. To enter, fill out a brief survey and submit your entry no later than March 21st. Sorry, no Québec entries. Complete the survey here: http://www.geappliances.ca/servlet/ge_newsletter_contest_survey - Eggs.ca "Dinner is Served" Sweepstakes - Win 1 of 6 prize packs worth almost $2,000 each. Québec residents can enter. Contest ends on March 28th. Enter online here: http://www.eggs.ca/security/sweepstakes.htm - Lipton "Family Trip to Vancouver Sweepstakes" - Win a VIP Family Trip for four to HSBC Stars on Ice in Vancouver. Québec residents can enter. Contest expires on March 28th. Enter online here: http://www.homebasics.ca/Splash/ViewSplash.asp?pSplash={71DE9108-6B68-4DD3-9 9B1-02DBBF63A22C} - Nissan "Ski Nissan" Contest - Win a grand prize worth over $3,000 and several other prizes, including skis, snowboards, jackets, digital cameras, sunglasses, ski goggles, shoes, and more. Québec residents can enter. Contest ends on March 31st. Enter online here: http://www.nissan.ca/en/inside/newsevents/winter_events_contestpage.asp - Preferred Stock Man of the Year Contest - Win $2,500 in cash plus the chance to be featured in Preferred Stock promotional material. Nominate a man you know or nominate yourself. Québec residents can enter. Contest expires on March 7th. Enter online here: http://www.preferredstockchallenge.com/html_en/home.asp - Ontario Toyota Dealers "Counterspy" Sweepstakes - Win 1 of 2 prizes of $25,000 towards the purchase of a Toyota vehicle of your choice, and several other prizes. Contest open to residents of Ontario only and ends on March 31st. Check out this awesome looking website for further details: http://www.counterspy.ca/ - GiftFinder.ca Caption Contest - Enter your funny caption for your chance to win a Molson Export WWF Hat! Contest expires on March 31st. Enter once daily at: http://www.GiftFinder.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. 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. - Much Music will send you a free Fusion Pen from Uni-Ball. Offer available until March 16, 2003 or until promotional supply sample pens have been distributed through the MuchMusic promotion. Request your free pen from here: http://www.muchmusic.com/promo/uniball03/ - Dove is sending out free samples of their Hair Care Kit. The kit includes Moisture Shampoo, Conditioner and Extra Volume Shampoo. Request your freebies here: http://www.dovehaircare.ca/free_sample.html - K-nine Deli is giving away free samples of their all natural Beek Jerky Dog Treats, made from 100% beef (cow lung). Yummy! Follow the link below and click on the Free Sample image on the left of the page: http://www.kninedeli.com/ - Rimmel London is sending out free samples of their Lasting Finish Lipstick and a Scent Sampler of their 3 new fragrances. Follow the link below and click on Free Sample: http://www.rimmellondon.com/portal/ - Astroglide is giving away free samples of their Personal Lubricant to persons 18 years of age or older. To get your free sample, call 1-866-TRY-ASTRO or fill out their form at this site: https://www.biofilm.com/freesample/ - Riplees Ranch is offering free samples of their dog or cat food, for BC residents only... perhaps. The main sample page mentions that they are not sending outside of BC, however the request form page mentions that the samples are available only in Canada. Click on the link below and find the "SAMPLES" button: http://www.ripleesranch.ca - Incognito will send you a free sample of your choice from their line of feminine products. Fill out the survey and choose the product you would like to try for free. Click below for further details: http://www.incognito.biz - Cetaphil is giving away a free sample of their Cleanser and Moisturizing Lotion. As a bonus, you'll get entered into a contest to win a 7-night accommodation in a luxurious Penthouse Spa Suite at the Century Plaza Hotel & Spa in downtown Vancouver. Only the first 5,000 entries will receive a free sample. Check out their site now: http://cetaphil.chatelaine.com/contest_entry.htm - Save.ca has an added a new freebie, but for Québec residents only (there's a switch!). The free sample of Always Feminine Protection for most if not all provinces is still available, however, Québec residents can request a second sample, which is Alldays Feminine Protection. Print your free coupons from here: http://www.save.ca - Bayview Village Shopping Centre in Toronto,ON is offering free movies during March Break. These are first come, first serve and no advance tickets will be sold. There is a maximum of four tickets per family and youths under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Here's the lineup: March 11 - Scooby Doo at 9:30am & Ice Age at 10:00am March 12 - Scooby Doo at 9:30am & Ice Age at 10:00am - Yoplait Yogurt will be handing out free samples of their new line of Fat Free Yogurts at certain malls across Canada. Unfortunately, Yoplait does not have a listing on their website of which malls they will be visiting. For now, we found two malls: 1) Mic Mac Mall in Dartmouth, NS from March 13-15 http://micmacmall.shopping.ca/getmallevent?id=5449&mallid=mic 2) St. Albert Centre in St. Albert, AB from March 27-30 http://www.stalbertcentre.com/saevents.htm - Mayfair Mall in Victoria, BC is handing out free mugs in celebration of their newly completed food court. The "Campfire Mug Giveaways" take place on Sunday March 16 at 2pm, Tuesday March 18 at 10:30am and Thursday March 27 at 7pm. Click here for details: http://mayfair.shopping.ca/cambridge/jsp/wh_wh.jsp?mallid=may#Fantastic - La Senza Girl in the Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON invites you to join them on Tuesday March 11th to make your own bracelet... for free! While you're there, spin the Wacky Wheel of Deals! Fun savings . wacky deals . and fab prizes to be won! For details, click here: http://bayshore.shopping.ca/getmallevent?id=5470&mallid=bay - Macromedia Canada and cimdi Digital Media & Internet Training are offering free half-day seminars on the newest Macromedia MX technology. You'll learn Macromedia Flash MX, ColdFusion MX and understand the CMFL markup language. They'll also touch on Flash MX ActionScript and how to code ColdFusion MX using Dreamweaver MX in a code-editor environment. The next seminars are on March 6th and 7th in Toronto with morning and afternoon sessions. For further details and to register, click here: http://www.macromedia.com/v1/company/events/partner/partnereventcanada3.cfm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. 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! 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