View Full Version : What did you last get for free??


Dude111
11-02-2024, 03:25 AM
I got my dinner last night at Pizza hut free.......

I didnt know but when I went to pay,the waitress said someone paid for me!!

They also ordered me a personal pan pizza! (Pepperoni)

So I got my mac salad,Pepsi and pizza free.... Thats the 2nd time at that pizza hut someone has gifted me my meal....... I wonder if it was the same person??

Ah man!!

Babalu
11-02-2024, 01:15 PM
What did you last get for free?

A headache.

Caroline13
11-02-2024, 03:40 PM
Dude, that is very nice. Enjoy the Gift..

My gf buys me stuff often, a burger or chili and she also buys me a shirt but she has bought me a doormat some time ago and it's worn down as I don't want thick mats for my door area, so she has a new mat for me when she comes over tomorrow.

She also picks oranges from another friend's tree and brings some bags of oranges to me an my good friend here in the bldg....she is rare and quite kind, and she has some joint issues too but she is also 10 yrs younger... I accept all gifts with gratitude...

Dude111
11-02-2024, 04:05 PM
Ahhh Im glad you have some1 Carole like that :)

ponytail
11-05-2024, 07:02 AM
At Culver's. It was my birthday, and I got a free sundae.

Dude111
11-05-2024, 11:59 AM
Happy Birthday sweetie :)

On Monday I went to a thrift store and got 64 dollars worth of stuff and he gave me the 2 records (Which were $2 a piece) free........

I asked him whats the highest amount he ever had someone get at once and he said 1000s of dollars...... Thats incredible!!

Zoneboy
11-05-2024, 01:37 PM
At Culver's. It was my birthday, and I got a free sundae.


I only got a scoop of frozen custard.

MISST3
11-05-2024, 11:20 PM
My Drive Thru order at Starbucks, because someone had started a Pay-it-Forward, and my order was free, but I paid for the person behind me to keep it going So it was kinda free.:):D:D The Cashier said it had been going on for hours.

Dude111
11-06-2024, 12:34 PM
AHhhh that was nice MISS :)

Dr. Jazz
11-06-2024, 04:26 PM
Jersey Mike’s made my sandwich twice and told me to keep the extra one at no charge. Go me lol

ThisLittlePiggy
11-06-2024, 05:04 PM
I got a large coffee at the convenience store but the clerk saw I didn't fill it up all the way so she charged me for a small. I think I saved fifty cents. It was still nice of her to do.

Frank Gannucci
11-11-2024, 12:36 PM
Jersey Mike’s made my sandwich twice and told me to keep the extra one at no charge. Go me lol

A similar situation happened to me at Jersey Mikes a couple weeks ago. I arrived at the time when my order was supposed to be ready but it wasn’t so they gave me a free soda.

JamesG
11-12-2024, 05:32 AM
I walked through Bryant Park and strong winds just came about and blew this lady's jewelry stand away.

I helped her put everything back and she insisted I take something. I got these Japanese paper earrings and I'm going to hold on to it as a gift for someone.

TheLittleFaerie
11-12-2024, 07:17 AM
3 times in my life, while I was eating out, a random stranger picked up my check and bought my meal, and I have no idea who they were, and didn't see them do it

ThisLittlePiggy
11-12-2024, 09:54 AM
I walked through Bryant Park and strong winds just came about and blew this lady's jewelry stand away.

I helped her put everything back and she insisted I take something. I got these Japanese paper earrings and I'm going to hold on to it as a gift for someone.

What a kind gesture you made, and in turn, she showed you her appreciation.

ThisLittlePiggy
11-12-2024, 09:56 AM
3 times in my life, while I was eating out, a random stranger picked up my check and bought my meal, and I have no idea who they were, and didn't see them do it

This happened to me once in a Starbuck's car line and another time in a restaurant earlier this year when I went to pay my check, it had already been paid for. I got a free breakfast that day, from an anonymous generous stranger.

Dude111
11-12-2024, 12:04 PM
3 times in my life, while I was eating out, a random stranger picked up my check and bought my meal, and I have no idea who they were, and didn't see them do itAhhh isnt that nice??

Its kinda strange though Why ppl dont wanna be known when they do something kind???

I helped her put everything back and she insisted I take something. I got these Japanese paper earrings and I'm going to hold on to it as a gift for someone.Ah that was sweet Jimmy :)

Who are ya gonna give them to??

JamesG
11-21-2024, 07:11 AM
I passed by Radio City Music Hall and someone dressed in a wooden soldier costume was handing out drumsticks.

Dude111
11-21-2024, 10:12 AM
Very nice!!!!

stevea
11-21-2024, 10:18 AM
A tool for a Stihl Weed-Eater -- a star shaped screwdriver.

Dude111
12-24-2024, 02:01 AM
Is winning the lottery considered FREE??

I got a lotto ticket and won $100 the other day.. I guess the $$$ would be considered FREE right?

ponytail
12-24-2024, 06:11 AM
A self-inflating sleeping mat for camping. I don't camp anymore, but it was free.

Dude111
12-24-2024, 06:50 AM
Thats a good get!!!

JamesG
01-01-2025, 08:37 PM
Friend of mine gave me this neat cocktail-making card guide.

100 cards w/ drinks categorized by being rum-based, whiskey-based, gin-based, etc. and each card has a QR code to scan for a how-to video on making each drink.

Dude111
01-01-2025, 10:54 PM
Wow thats nice Jimmy :)

JamesG
07-21-2025, 05:44 PM
I passed by a random T-Mobile truck and they were handing out T-Mobile spatulas.

ThisLittlePiggy
07-21-2025, 05:55 PM
I got a coffee from Casey's but spilled it outside...went back for another one and the lady let me have that one for free. :)

Babalu
07-22-2025, 05:46 AM
3 times in my life, while I was eating out, a random stranger picked up my check and bought my meal, and I have no idea who they were, and didn't see them do it


I've never done that in a sit down restaurant, but if I'm on line in a deli or similar and I see someone with a military baseball cap on with the unit they served in (usually a black Navy cap with their ship), I'll pay for them and try to run out before they get to the register and make a big thing out of it. I offer to do it for cops at my local bagel place early in the morning but they never accept.

Torgo
07-22-2025, 06:02 PM
Last Saturday, the wife and I were in a local tavern waiting for a takeout order, there was a group of people there celebrating a recent marriage engagement, the father of the bride to be asked my wife and I how long we'd been together, we told him we had recently celebrated our 28th year, so he paid for our orders.

Gibson Girl
07-24-2025, 01:59 PM
My beach pass.

Dude111
07-24-2025, 02:15 PM
Congrats :)

Its good to have a friend working there......

JamesG
07-31-2025, 05:50 PM
Friend of mine who went to London brought me back some playing card decks.

Dude111
07-31-2025, 10:36 PM
I ordered a record a few days ago from theturntablestore.com and I got 2 records FREE with my order!

1) Martin Denny - Exotic Night

I like this alot so ill keep it.........


2) Bongos from the south

I didnt really care for this so Ill take it to Salvation army.............

JamesG
08-27-2025, 01:17 AM
Cigar store near me lets people take empty boxes and I found one that I liked.

Dude111
08-27-2025, 02:40 PM
Very nice :)

JamesG
09-29-2025, 09:05 AM
Air Freshener and Pen from Planet Nugg Weed Dispensary

I asked if it was weed scented and the guys went, "You know we thought about doing that, but we figured it's good to keep that scent out of people's cars."

Dude111
09-29-2025, 11:36 AM
Hehe yes probsbly a good idea!

JamesG
10-06-2025, 06:07 PM
Friend of mine brought me back a couple of Filipino cigars he got from a work conference at Asian Development Bank in Manila.

Dude111
10-06-2025, 06:44 PM
Its nice to get good stuff for free these days isnt it?

stevea
10-06-2025, 06:48 PM
I got 2 chicken strips and a side salad at Chick Fil-A, and when I got home I found they had tucked in some nuggets, too.

JamesG
10-26-2025, 09:44 PM
Friend gave me a Resident Evil road sign he got as a bonus pre-order.

Dude111
10-27-2025, 12:51 AM
Its nice to be gifted something .. Especially when we love it!

TheLittleFaerie
10-27-2025, 04:51 AM
Some anonymous person also bought my dinner at the Mexican restaurant, that's the 4th time it's happened

sara
11-03-2025, 07:07 PM
I'm a coin nerd and watch a youtube coin unrolling livestream. Every stream there is a free giveaway. There was a 3 week hiatus when the guys when on vacation. So the night before they had a bigger than normal giveaway and I won. My package just arrived, 2 gorgeous walking liberties, a 40% Kennedy half and a war nickel. I'm so excited.

JamesG
11-30-2025, 09:30 AM
I was smoking a cigar while walking through Midtown Manhattan and I hear some man calling me, "Whoa, buddy, whoa... come over here!"

I had no idea who he was, but it was former MLB player Luis Polonia, who has his own cigars. He called me over to give me one of his cigs and I went to offer him one of mine and he said, "No, but thanks, I only smoke my own!"

stevea
11-30-2025, 09:44 AM
I got 2 chicken strips and a side salad at Chick Fil-A, and when I got home I found they had tucked in some nuggets, too.

This happened again recently, but this time I got the nuggets instead of the strips.

JamesG
12-09-2025, 11:33 PM
Local Newspaper, Small 2026 Calendar, Candy Cane from local diner

JamesG
12-14-2025, 06:25 PM
Mom went to a card party fundraiser event and one of the things she won was a 72-piece silverware set.

She didn't need it and my sister didn't want it, so she offered it to me.

Dr. Jazz
12-16-2025, 12:28 AM
That’s a nice silverware set James.

I visited a friend’s mother at a nursing home the other day and won a $10 Walmart gift card during a game of bingo. Then Chipotle fed us free lunch at work the next day. So I can’t complain.

JamesG
12-21-2025, 12:09 AM
Friend made me a custom wallet w/ my name and cigar club logo.

MA
12-21-2025, 10:10 AM
An iPhone 16.

JamesG
12-22-2025, 02:48 AM
Friend gave me a couple of small bottles of Tito's

JamesG
12-29-2025, 03:49 AM
As I did some errands, one of my neighbors gave me a cup of coffee from a deli.

ThisLittlePiggy
12-29-2025, 05:35 PM
Got a free cookie at Casey's - I think they were trying to get rid of them for the newly baked batch coming in. But I took it.

JamesG
01-01-2026, 08:18 PM
It was BYOB at my New Year's Party yesterday and we had more than enough alcohol. After the party, everyone left me everything.

My favorite was the Johnnie Walker Black Squid Game.

JamesG
01-10-2026, 05:58 PM
My father's neurologist is retiring and I took him to his last appt. w/ him.

I asked him about what he had hanging in the waiting room and he told me it was given to him by a pharmaceutical company many years ago. He offered it to me.

JamesG
02-28-2026, 01:46 PM
Friend of mine gave me a Haunted Mansion pin from his trip to Disneyland.

Dude111
02-28-2026, 01:58 PM
Ahh you have been lucky Jimmy!!

God bless your dad..... Thank you for your entries buddy :)

JamesG
03-19-2026, 03:30 AM
I passed by a church on St. Patrick's Day where they were giving out prayer cards and shamrock pins.

Dude111
03-19-2026, 10:57 AM
Ahhhh thats sweet,Im glad ya got one buddy :)

JamesG
03-23-2026, 06:13 PM
I caught a hat thrown from a parade float.

JamesG
04-26-2026, 04:24 PM
Mom won big at those school fundraiser events she likes going to.

She gave me a bottle of Armand de Brignac Champagne: Ace of Spades Brut Gold.

ThisLittlePiggy
04-26-2026, 05:52 PM
I found $3. on the sidewalk on Friday.

JamesG
05-10-2026, 09:54 AM
I passed by a liquor store, of all places, that had a bookshelf outside saying to "Please Take".

I took two true crime books.

Dude111
05-10-2026, 03:31 PM
Wow that was pretty lucky Jimmy :)

JamesG
05-23-2026, 02:18 PM
Friend brought me back a couple of cigars from Puerto Rico.

Dude111
05-23-2026, 03:11 PM
Ah Jimmy those are goregous!

Whats the longest you have ever kept one going?

JamesG
05-23-2026, 03:41 PM
Most last 2-3 hours.

Dude111
05-24-2026, 03:42 AM
Wow thats awesome,do they taste good? (I assume the smoke has flavour)

JamesG
06-05-2026, 12:10 AM
There was a table at the subway station with Muslims giving out free English copies of the Quran and bottles of water.

Dude111
06-05-2026, 06:16 AM
Wow thats awesome Jimmy,I didnt know you were jewish buddy!!

:)

JamesG
06-05-2026, 09:45 PM
Wow thats awesome Jimmy,I didnt know you were jewish buddy!!

I also didn't know I was Jewish.

Dude111
06-05-2026, 10:57 PM
Oh Im sorry,i thought cause you got a Quran.... Isnt that a Jewish bible??

stevea
06-05-2026, 11:28 PM
Oh Im sorry,i thought cause you got a Quran.... Isnt that a Jewish bible??

No.

GoldenTV
06-06-2026, 02:35 AM
There was a table at the subway station with Muslims giving out free English copies of the Quran and bottles of water.
What an excellent gesture. We need more tolerance and compassion among ourselves-no matter what religion :)

icecream
06-06-2026, 02:52 AM
Oh Im sorry,i thought cause you got a Quran.... Isnt that a Jewish bible??:doublefacepalm: Oy vey no. Jewish is the Torah, Quran is Islam.

Dude111
06-06-2026, 06:27 AM
Ah ok,thank you sweetie :)

ThisLittlePiggy
06-06-2026, 04:33 PM
I got a free coffee from Casey's.

Dude111
06-06-2026, 09:37 PM
That was nice :)

JamesG
06-07-2026, 08:56 AM
Sticker from NYC cannabis company

JamesG
06-21-2026, 01:18 AM
Sticker from Pride Fest

MA
06-22-2026, 10:29 AM
Some free samples of Korean BBQ Chicken.

ThisLittlePiggy
06-22-2026, 12:03 PM
The young guy working at Dunkin gave me a free donut and coffee yesterday. :)

JamesG
07-13-2026, 09:12 PM
Sticker from the Mozzlab deli

Dude111
07-14-2026, 10:29 PM
I was at walmart today and I got 21 spaghetti Os and meatballs cans..

The guy in front of me had so much stuff his total was over $100!!

HE PAID FOR ALL MY CANS!!! (1.08 each)

I didnt realise it until they walked away and they seemed to dissapear,I couldnt find them!!


I wanted to at least give him a big hug and say thank you... They looked mexican or from some other country...

The guy I was with who brought me there said he probably had it all planned out...

D-Dey
07-31-2026, 10:27 AM
Towing from AAA.

ThisLittlePiggy
07-31-2026, 06:14 PM
a free coffee from a nice lady at Casey's