Free Tickets to The 39 Steps

We know many of you have enjoyed the complementary Broadway tickets. We are once again giving away two pairs of tickets to a couple of lucky FrugalNYC subscribers!  The tickets are for The 39 Steps.

The tickets expire at the end of October, so we are making this very easy for you to win!

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RULES

Leave a comment on this post 

AND

Send us an email

WINNERS

The first person to comment and send an email starting at noon today will win one pair of tickets.

The second pair of tickets will go to the 5th person who comments and sends us an email.

Yes, You can get your friends to comment and email!

You Will receive your Prize in the form of a voucher, good for two tickets.

Just redeem the voucher per the instructions on the voucher (basically select the day of show and fax it in).

 The tickets are provided by StubDog.com

Sam from StubDog describes StubDog:

Basically: our service is free to join and we offer half price tickets to Broadway, Concerts, Comedy, Sports and more. We email our members weekly (Tuesday's) on new events added to our site. Our service is really easy to use and buying tickets is simple. We work directly with the venue/production who release tickets to us and offer our customers a great way to enjoy a night out. We want you to go out more!

Thank you Sam and StubDog!

We are working with StubDog to get you better discounts / Freebies in the future!

Leave a comment and win the tickets today - and redeem them ASAP. We don't like things to go to waste here at FrugalNYC!

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FrugalNYC - UPrinting Business Cards Giveaway

Welcome back to FrugalNYC. Today we are giving away a set of 250 Business Cards from UPrinting.com to coincide with the Twitter Chat session regarding Unemployment.  I hope these cards will help you network your way into a new job or new business of your own!

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Rules

1. It's very simple to enter, just leave a comment on this post telling us how you will be using the set of business cards if you win.  Be creative!
2. Make sure you send an email or twitter DM with contact info to me so I can notify you when you win.  Basically, make sure I can find you if you win. Otherwise, an alternate winner will be selected.
3. To get additional entries, Tweet or blog about this giveaway.  Make sure to send me a link :)

Winner

The Winner will be selected on January 15, 2010 and will be announced shortly thereafter both on this blog and via Twitter.

Details, Details...

Here are some details to the prize:

Giveaway Prize: 250 Business Cards for one (1) lucky winner

Size: 2 x 3.5”, 2 x 3”, 2 x 2” (square card) or 1.5 x 3.5” (skinny card)

Paper:  14 pt gloss cardstock, 14 pt matte cardstock or 13 pt recycled uncoated cardstock     

Shipping: Winners have to pay for shipping (as will I since I'll be getting a set of 250 for this giveaway)

Eligibility: Limited to US Residents due to shipping costs

UPrinting.com will be providing me a set as part of this giveaway, I'll be making very good use of it myself - building  connections and hopefully growing business for my tech services.

Good luck to all and I hope your New Year has started out on the right track!


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FrugalNYC's Metropolitan Opera Giveaway

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UPDATE: The winner of this Contest is Adam Cohen.  Congratulations Adam!  Thank you to all those who entered the contest!  I will contact Adam to verify his winning, once he claims the prize it will be mailed.

If you enjoyed the Season of Savings Broadway Giveaway on FrugalNYC, you're likely to enjoy our Metropolitan Opera Giveaway!  I may be attending as well, courtesy of our sponsor.

The winner of this giveaway will be attending a performance of Hansel and Gretel, which opens on December 14, at the Metropolitan Opera. (Directions here).  Find more information on the Hansel and Gretel Opera.


Metropolitan Opera House

The Metropolitan Opera, now in its 126th season, is a vibrant home for the most creative and talented artists, including singers, conductors, composers, orchestra musicians, stage directors, designers, visual artists, choreographers, and dancers from around the world. Known as the venue for the world’s greatest voices, the Met has been under the musical direction of James Levine since 1976. Levine is credited with having created one of opera’s finest orchestras and choruses.

Check back here for more information soon.

Prize

A Pair of Orchestra section Tickets to the December 17th performance of Hansel and Gretel (Yes, it's in English!)

Approximate running time 2 hrs. 15 min.
Haunting, charming, and a little wicked, the Met’s production returns as the season’s special holiday presentation for families. Miah Persson and Angelika Kirchschlager are the lost siblings. Philip Langridge reprises his outlandish portrayal of the Witch in Humperdinck’s take on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Sung in English and conducted by Fabio Luisi.

Rules

1. Leave a comment on this post and let us know what you would like to see from FrugalNYC in the upcoming year.   Feel free to share your thoughts on Operas in general.
2. Email your contact information to frugalnyc at gmail.com so we can contact you if you are the winner.

Earn an extra entry, each time you tweet about this post with the hashtag #frugalnyc.  You must leave a comment to get your first entry.

Winner


The Winner will be selected randomly from the entries and announced on December 11, 2009.
Good luck!  See you at the Opera!

Tickets


For those of you who would like to attend the show by purchasing tickets.  The ticket price starts as low as $20! Normally the lowest ticket price for a Met performance is around $90.


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FrugalNYC's Frugal Philanthropist Giveaway (Book)

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UPDATE: Winners are SuppermanChef, FreeFromBroke and Sabrina (see comments). Please send us the address to send your prize to. If no contact information is received by 12:00 PM Noon Monday 11/23/09, an alternate winner will be selected. Congratulations to all!

UPDATE 2: Since we did not hear back from Sabrina, the default 3rd winner is Lisa Newton!


Welcome back to another FrugalNYC Giveaway!  This time it's a great book called How To Be An Everyday Philanthropist by Nicole Bouchard Boles.

I received a copy from the publisher about a week ago and dug right in.  I loved what I saw and decided that I definitely want to share this information with all the readers of FrugalNYC.  The book gives you 330 ways to make a difference, without being a millionaire!  You don't have to be a big business owner or win the lottery to make a big difference in your community or in someone's life.  This book shares a wealth of well researched information on how to do that TODAY!

Here's what the publisher says about the book, which describes what the book is about perfectly.

Want to help make your community, your town—your world—a better place, but don’t know where to begin? How To Be An Everyday Philanthropist shows you the way. A handbook, a resource guide, a call to action, and an inspiration, it offers 330 concrete, direct ideas for making a difference—all of which have nothing to do with the size of your checkbook and everything to do with using the hidden assets that are already a part of your life. Whether you’re shopping, working, exercising, or surfing the Web, there are hundreds of ways to slip small but deeply meaningful acts of philanthropy into your life, using 330 of the most innovative and effective charitable organizations around.

Have an old pair of sneakers lying around the house? Nike's Reuse-a-Shoe program will recycle them into safe playground surfaces. getting rid of that old cell phone? Call to Protect will refurbish it as an emergency lifeline for abused women. Racking up frequent-flier miles? Donate them to an ill child so they can travel and get the care they need. Like to knit? Knit hats for cancer patients. Start a petition, sign a petition, send out an awareness e-mail, and network with like-minded givers and doers at Care2.com. There are ideas for giving things you might never have thought of—your hair, old prom dress, breast milk for African AIDS orphans. Ideas for using your hobbies, talents, time, trash, technology, and more. Each suggestion can be accomplished in the course of a day, most within an hour. In tough times it’s more important than ever that people and communities pull together— How To Be An Everyday Philanthropist makes it easier than ever before.

I'm sure like me, many of you have wanted to volunteer or do something to make a difference.  After flipping through a few pages, I think you will find what you are looking for.  If you would like to purchase a copy today, you can get it from Amazon right now, it's only $7.88 and you won't break the bank.  Read the book, or just a page or two, then go out and DO something wonderful for your community or the world!  You might be doing it already and didn't know it!

Prizes

We know you love FREE prizes.  So here they are!  We are giving away three FREE copies to the winners!  We we hope it will be the beginning of numerous great deeds!

Rules

To enter, just leave a comment on this post.  Tell us a story of a good deed or what you hope to accomplish for your good deed.

Winners


Three Winners will be announced on this post and via Twitter in two weeks, November 20th 2009.
The winners will be picked via a random number as in all our previous giveaways.

We would appreciate it if you tweet about this post so the good deeds will spread!  We want to thank Workman Press for contacting us and for providing us with such a great book to give away!

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FrugalNYC's ZulaWorld Giveaway!

Welcome back to another FrugalNYC Giveaway!

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The Number Generator has spoken, the winners announced in the last comment of this post

This one is for the kids, literally!  Well you adults can enjoy it too if you like spending some time with the kids.  If you have young children or have close relatives with young children, you likely have seen The Zula Patrol on TV.  It is an educational show and I've watched several episodes with my little ones.

ZulaWorld.com, is the new, out of this world, virtual destination being launched into orbit by the same masterminds who bring you The Zula Patrol hit TV series.  Developed in conjunction with IBM, at ZulaWorld.com, kids ages 5 and older, along with their parents and caregivers can enjoy interacting with other like-minded earthlings online in this new virtual world just for them!  In Zula’s unique universe, kids can create their own avatar, fly their own spaceship, and discover for themselves that when it comes to science, exploring is never boring.



The Prize

A copy of the latest The Zula Patrol DVD AND a one month VIP Membership to ZulaWorld.com

The Rules

The Rules are simple, just leave a comment on this post and tell us:

• How long you have been reading FrugalNYC and how it's helped you.
• Have you heard of The Zula Patrol before reading this post.

You can earn extra entries by tweeting about this post and putting a #frugalnyc hashtag on the tweet.  Each day you tweet, will give you an extra entry.

Make sure you send an email to FrugalNYC so we can contact you when you win.

There will be 3 winners!  Tell your friends and children's friends, they can all enter and win!

The winners will be chosen by random.org once again, and it will be announced on Friday Oct 2, 2009 here on FrugalNYC blog and via Twitter.

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FrugalNYC Broadway Ticket Giveaway!

Welcome back to another FrugalNYC Giveaway! If you're a fan of Broadway shows and musicals, this will be one of the best giveaways you'll find yet!

NYC is full of free events in the summer. Coming on September 13, 2009, you can catch Broadway on Broadway starting at 11:30 AM.  These are free performances by stars of many broadway shows and musicals held in the streets of Times Square, NYC.  There is nothing more entertaining or frugal than catching a great show free of charge.  That is until you actually get money to attend one!

THE PRIZE



Thanks to Season of Savings, a discount Broadway Theatre goer's resource to save on Broadway, we are giving away a pair of tickets to Phantom Of The Opera (for September 29th, 2009) AND a $100 gift certificate to Tony's DiNapoli to a lucky FrugalNYC reader!  You get a free show and dine on the house!  I sent a tweet via FrugalNYC last week to find out if FrugalNYC follower's would rather see Phantom Of The Opera or another show and this was the pick.  You pick it, we give it away! :)

Season of Savings feature deals for shows, hotels and attractions, including:
The 39 Steps, Burn the Floor, Bye Bye Birdie, Chicago, Fela!, Finian’s Rainbow, HAIR, In the Heights, Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins, Next to Normal, Phantom of the Opera, Rock of Ages, Shrek the Musical, South Pacific, Superior Donuts, and Wishful Drinking.

You will find some great deals, saving from 40-60% off ticket prices.  So even if you don't win, you can still get discount tickets!

I'll repeat the prize again, the winner will receive:

• A pair of Phantom Of The Opera tickets

AND

• a $100 gift certificate to Tony's DiNapoli

Tell your friends, fellow New Yorkers and Countrymen to enter this giveaway!  And don't forget to save he date September 29th, 2009 for the show!

RULES

You must enter by midnight on Friday September 18th, 2009.  The lucky winner will be announced no later than Monday September 21, 2009 on this post and via Twitter.  There are just two simple steps to win:

1. Please leave a comment on this post telling us what you love about Broadway and how FrugalNYC has helped you since you started reading this blog.  If you are new to FrugalNYC, just mention you are new to FrugalNYC and what you would like to see more of here.
2. Important: Send an email to FrugalNYC at gmail dot com so we have your contact information, Name and Email, so prizes can be sent to you.  We do this for your own privacy, we don't want your contact information out in the open in the comments section. Your information is only used for this giveaway.  Once the winner is announced, we will contact you using this information so the prizes can be sent to you.

We would definitely appreciate your help in spreading the news about FrugalNYC and this Giveaway.  Here is a link to help Tweet about FrugalNYC Broadway Ticket giveaway.

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Custom Greeting Card - Giveaway!

Our last FrugalNYC UPrinting giveaway was a great success, so we are back to give away 250 7 x 5" Greeting Cards (Half-Fold); 10 pt Cover with matte or gloss coating Full Color Outside and Blank Inside (4/0). That was a mouthful!

Again, there will be 2 winners!

What will you do with these Custom Greeting Cards? If preparing for the Holidays way ahead of time is your thing, then that's one great use. If you have a special occasion coming up, a wedding, birth, family reunion or any other happy occasion - you'll definitely enjoy these greeting cards.

UPrinting also does Custom Postcards, Business cards and many other products. FrugalNYC may end up doing giveaways of those items in the future.

With all that said, how do you enter and qualify? The rules are very simple.

Just write a comment on this post about how you will use the Custom Greeting Cards. If you are on twitter and tweet about this contest, include @FrugalNYC in your tweet, you will get a second chance. The contest will end on August 28, 2009 and winners will be announced no later than August 31, 2009.

You only pay for the shipping, which is much better than paying full price for anything. You must also live in the USA to qualify for this giveaway.

Thank you, UPrinting, for sponsoring this giveaway. Good luck to all the contestants!

UPDATE - The Winners have been announced in the comments section!

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Free Ugg Boots - For Bloggers!

If you are a fan of Ugg Boots, you might want to take up this offer from Whooga. For bloggers, all you have to do is write a post with the above graphic. Every entrant receives a 15% discount and a chance to win free ugg boots! Simply follow the directions listed on this page.

They will draw 3 pairs of ugg boots every 2 months and more as soon as Winter hits. Contestants may remain entered for as long as you wish and will automatically go in the draw to win for as long as you continue to display the Whooga Badge. They ship internationally so it’s open to everyone, everywhere.

Hope you have found this post helpful. Come back again for more!

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RetailMeNot Twitter Contest

RetailMeNot - the online coupon code site is running a contest from July 15, 2009 until the end of July 2009. Since I write about saving money and use their site from time to time, I figure it's worth notifying my readers about this contest. If you are a twitter user like I am, why not enter this contest with a tweet! :)

Here are the rules and prizes for the contest:

Starting at Midnight Eastern Time July 15, 2009, each time you tweet a money-saving tip and tag #retailmenot, you’ll be entered to win a $500 shopping spree at Macys.com. RetailMeNot.com will be giving away one $500 prize each day through the end of July and one $1000 grand prize at the end of the contest for the most original tip.

For example, you could tweet:

• Reuse shopping bags #retailmenot
• Check books out from the library #retailmenot
• Use coupons #retailmenot

You can enter as many times as you like, but you have to follow @retailmenot on Twitter to find out if you’ve won. I just followed ;)

Check their site for more information. Hopefully one of FrugalNYC's readers will win!

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UPrinting - Giveaway!

To all you loyal FrugalNYC readers, today we are giving away free Brochures and Business Card Printing to anyone who would like promotional print material for themselves or their business.

The Giveaway is sponsored by UPrinting.com, a leading online printing company that provides high quality printing at the most affordable prices.

For over 25 years, U-Printing has been a trusted leader in online printing, featuring its signature easy-to-use website and the famous Free File Review, a complimentary proofing service which requires no upfront payment. U-Printing offers convenient marketing support services such as design, lists, and direct mailing to help grow small and medium-size businesses nationwide.

If you are among the many starting your own business, this is a great chance for you to win free print material.

How to Enter

Leave a comment at the end of this blog post, describing what you would use the free printing for. Be sure to leave your email address by sending me an email (see quick tips) or leaving it in the comments. Winners will be chosen randomly on June 15th, 2009.

Prizes

There will be two winners. 1,000 free standard size business cards for one reader and 500 free standard size brochures for one reader

You can choose from any of UPrinting's stocks for these items. Winners in the United States and Canada qualify for free shipping. Shipping fees will apply to winners outside these areas.

Good luck to all my readers!

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Freebie - TaxCut Premium Software Giveaway

It's almost that time of the year again, when we have to file our Federal and State income taxes. To help you deal with your taxes and to save you a pocketful of change, I'm holding a giveaway for H&R Block TaxCut 2008 Premium Federal + e-file. I've used TaxCut software for several years now and it has done a great job for me.

A few weeks ago I wrote a post titled TaxCut 2008 Deal Of The Day. If you do your own taxes, unless you are a CPA or other tax professional, you will find using this software will make your job much easier - not to mention fewer errors resulting in a possible IRS audit. There will be a total of two copies of H&R Block TaxCut 2008 Premium Federal + e-file to be given away (shipped to you free of charge). I have not done a Saturday post in some time now, but I wanted to give my audience a few extra days to enter!

Rules for the contest

You must be a US Resident to be considered for this contest. Hopefully you're a regular reader of FrugalNYC, if not, then now's the time to start! Tell your friends and family who may want to enter! Write a comment on this post answering the following questions:

1. What do you like best about FrugalNYC
2. How long have you been reading FrugalNYC
3. How often do you visit FrugalNYC
4. What would you like to see more of on FrugalNYC
5. Finally - Tell me if you subscribe to FrugalNYC via RSS or Email.
   

Bloggers will have a second chance to win

• Write a post answering the above questions with a link to this post mentioning FrugalNYC and what you find helpful from this blog.
• Post a comment with the URL to your post.

Winners will be chosen randomly using Random.org's number generator, the numbers assigned by your comment position. The first comment gets number 1, second comment is 2, etc... The bloggers list will be assigned similar numbers, first blog link is 1, second blog link is 2, etc...

Winners will be announced via Twitter and on this post's comments on Friday March 6, 2009 at 5PM EST. Any comments posted after this time will not be considered for the Giveaway.

You must provide me a way to contact you, just email me or send me a Twitter DM so I can let you know you have won. If you do not provide contact information, the prize will go the the runner-up.

Good luck on the Giveaway! If you do not want to enter the contest and just want to purchase a copy of H&R Block TaxCut 2008 Premium Federal + State + e-file, you can do so with the Amazon affiliate link below, you will also be helping FrugalNYC if you purchase from this link.



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