Don’t forget the Starbucks free Song of the Day
I know I have mentioned the iTunes free Song of the Day(SOD) when you visit Starbucks coffee shops but not everybody loves SBUX like I do. You should be aware that the Song of the Day is a cool freebie though and a great way to get exposed to artists that you aren’t familiar with. Maybe you don’t want to go into Starbucks each day just to get one free song, I understand that, but maybe this will convince you to go once. Yesterday I dropped into my local shop and while I don’t go every day I go often enough that I’ve downloaded quite a few free songs. What I found in the shop, and now have confirmed that a lot of the locations are doing the same thing, is a basket with all the extra SOD cards. Two minutes in the basket while waiting for my drink and even though I go frequently and have a lot of songs already I found six cards for songs I have missed. There’s no limit to the number of songs you can download with the proper codes (on the back of the cards) so I grabbed them and downloaded all of them. It might be worth a visit to your local Starbucks to see if they have such a basket with dozens of free songs in them, at least if you use iTunes.
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The Song of the Day cards are nice but the real deal are the Starbucks Cards + 2. Load them with a minimum of $5, register them online and you get an iTunes code that is good for two free songs (either $.99 or $1.29) of your own choice.
Not everyday you can invest $5 and get an ROI of $1.98 to $2.58!
But yes, I’ve also got a complete collection of Song of the Day cards as well.
I’ve used up 20 cards so far myself. Spent some of the 40 credits through my iPhone while waiting in line listening to the free in-store previews.
And speaking of good deals… did you notice the announcement from t-Mobile today? If you buy one of the “Buy one Donate one” OLPC’s for $399 t-Mobile will give you a free year of their Hot Spot Service!
I’m paying t-Mobile $30 x 12 = $360 right now. So for $35 I get an OLPC and the priceless warm fuzzy feeling that comes from having saved some child in a developing country from having to learn Windows!!! :-)