FreeStuffFinder.com is a freebie/deal blog that has been around several years. We followed FreeStuffFinder over the course of 3 years and we did see several issues with the blog & unethical blogging.
PROS:
- Updated everyday with lots of deals.
- Deals are usually straight to the point.
Unfortunately, there are a lots of problems that do need to be addressed.
- FreeStuffFinder is LOADED with advertisements, which slows down the site a ton and makes it hard to browse.
- FreeStuffFinder copies several other deal and freebie blogs. However, NO credit is ever given. That is VERY unethical. Credit should be given where it is due.
- Tina, the site owner of FreeStuffFinder is extremely cocky and is known to BLOCK followers and even bloggers from her Instagram pages for no reason. When questioned about this, she denies blocking the followers and bloggers and will not unblock them. During an e-mail conversation we gained access to from a reader, she mentioned she was 'too good for other bloggers'. We believe this is because she feels threatened by competition from even ordinary people.
- We spoke with 3 of her previous employees who once worked for FreeStuffFinder. They all told us that she paid VERY poorly and actively PUSHED them to take deal posts from other blogs and not credit them back.
- 'Freebie' posts are misleading. She uses a lot of referral links and tricks you into signing up for the freebies that are not legit. She gets paid big time on these and your information gets sold to spammy companies.
- Tina from FreeStuffFinder once got a Target employee fired (who followed her on Instagram) once she found out that the follower could no longer give her early access to Target weekly ads. She called the Target she worked at and told them that she was taking the ads, getting her fired.
- Check out her Periscope & YouTube Channel - you'll see that she is more into talking about herself than the deals she is supposed to be helping you out with. Is it maybe because she doesn't know about the deals since they didn't originate from her?
- Speaking of Instagram, Tina buys roughly 80% off her followers. Also on Facebook too. The HUGE amounts of followers she has is just a lie. Don't believe what you see.