Let It Be Free.People love to get things free, and there are Web sites dedicated to fulfilling that wish. One site, www.Bestfreebies.com, claims to have collected the best of "things that are completely free, almost free, greatly discounted or liquidated DAMAGES, LIQUIDATED, contracts. When the parties to a contract stipulate for the payment of a certain sum, as a satisfaction fixed and agreed upon by them, for the not doing of certain things particularly mentioned in the agreement, the sum so fixed upon is called liquidated damages. (q.v. , free after rebate, 'buy one, get one free,' or just [free] shipping and handling charges." The site was redesigned earlier this year and claims to have more than 2 million pages of free services (O.Eng. Law) such feudal services as were not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum of money, etc. See also: Free . With that, consumers can choose from among 31 categories for business and home use. These include free products and samples, free software and shareware Software on the "honor system." The concept is that users try a product, and if they like it, they voluntarily pay a set registration fee or make a donation to the program's creator. There are tens of thousands of shareware programs; some fantastic, some awful. , free information and professional advice. Products include items as varied as manufacturers' recalls, baby products, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. -- even free wake-up services. The site is updated regularly, with the company claiming that staff is adding 1,000 new links a month. Another site, www.whats4free.com, aims to be a search engine/portal for free products and services -- travel, health and nutrition aids, consumer and home products, etc. The site, which launched in late June, claimed to have 13,000 free offers when it went live. But it has more than the consumer in mind: The company says its primary target markets include "corporate advertisers, sponsors of not-for-profits and charitable organizations This article is about charitable organizations. For other uses of the word charity, see Charity. A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is an organization with charitable purposes only. ." Its Scottsdale, Ariz.-based parent, What's for Free Technologies, also has sites handling the charity and auction areas. |
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