My newest find - Listia!

My newest find - Listia. It's an online website to give away things you don't want and to get FREE STUFF that you do :). 

They give you 500 "points" just for signing up.  You can also earn points for doing things like logging in to the site, linking your Facebook or Twitter account, verifying your phone number and Paypal info, winning an auction, listing an auction, taking online surveys, etc.  You can then use your points to get samples/products that you want.  You can also buy points if you want (basically $1.00 = 300 points).  The site offers discounts the more "points" you buy.  However, my goal is not to buy many points and just earn them from giving away products in auctions.  (You can choose to pay for shipping or have the winner pay for it).

So far, I've listed 5 things I found laying around my house on the website (lotion, nail polish, beauty samples, this wardrobe planning note pad I bought at Pier One, and an unused gift card).  All I had to do was take a photo with my iPhone and fill out a simple (not like eBay) online form.  It literally takes less than 5 minutes total to list something on the site.  

The best part - I've won the following so far with my 500 points I got for signing up:

Mary Kay eye shadow samples (18 of them) - 111 credits, 

A pretty new belly button ring - 250 credits, 

And, a red glass candle holder (a collectible that my mom had in our house growing up that I always wanted) - 100 credits.

I did pay a total of $5.74 in shipping for all 3, but that was well worth it to me!  And I still have 39 credits to spare.  :)

I've always heard the saying, "One man's trash is another man's treasure".  With this website, it's true!  Go to https://www.listia.com/signup/1948257 to check it out.