Posted by Erin Gifford, owner of CouponCravings.com

I love free-bates, don’t you? Otherwise known as “try me free” deals, free-bates offer you a full-price rebate for buying a product, like deodorant or cereal. It’s not a money-back guarantee, it’s a “thank you” from the manufacturer for trying their new product.

You do need to fill out a form and mail in the product UPC and original receipt, but it’s worth it for a full-size freebie. Here are a few of my favorite free-bates available now.

Sure deodorant has several free-bate offers right now, including Sure MAX Clinical Power, Sure for Men and Sure with Natural Extracts.

Get Mineral Wear FaceBrightener or BronzeBrightener, Bronze Booster or Organic Wear 100% Natural Origin Mascara free from Physicians Formula.

Snag a free bottle of Pert Plus for Men or a free box of Touch of Gray hair color.

Plus, don’t forget that the April 17 issue of ALL YOU has a coupon on page 35 to get a free tube of Rimmel Sexy Curves Mascara.

You can even make money in some cases by using a coupon when you buy the product, and then get a full-price rebate (the rebate is the price before the coupon). Here are printable coupons for Sure ($1 off), Pert Plus ($1 off) and Touch of Gray ($2 off).

Do you have any other great tips for scoring freebies? I’d love to hear them. Feel free to comment or write me directly through CouponCravings.com.