tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:00:44 +0000http://www.blagman.co.uk/noreply@blogger.com (Blagman)Blogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-7949704417635772976Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:48:00 +00002008-08-07T08:52:40.133+01:00Latest Update: Flexisnake - Unclog Drains Unless you live in a brand new house then it’s likely when you moved in your humble adobe was filled with secret dirt collections and hidden piles of dust. A quick sweep round, vacuum here and dust there you thought you’d found it all, but did you remember to check the plug hole? Viking Trader Bronze Thor Pendant Whatever happened to Bronze? You walk in http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/05/season-2-coming-soon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-3752974043779036828Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:42:00 +00002008-08-07T08:51:54.582+01:00FlexiSnake Where can I buy one: Flexisnake.com How much: $2.95 Unless you live in a brand new house then it’s likely when you moved in your humble adobe was filled with secret dirt collections and hidden piles of dust the last occupants missed. A quick sweep round, vacuum here and dust there you thought you’d found it all, but did you remember to check the plug hole? Like the Tiger Taco this http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/08/flexisnake-review-unclog-drains.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-623533344803883476Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:43:00 +00002008-08-05T08:49:45.832+01:00Where can I buy one: Viking Trader.net How Much: $21 Whatever happened to Bronze? You walk in to your local jewellers and you’re greeted by silver, gold, white gold and platinum but where’s all the bronze? These days it seems people would rather buy stainless steel than bronze, but one company keeping the scene alive is Viking Trader who create bronze artefacts based on classic Viking designs. http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/08/viking-trader-bronze-thor-pendant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-7191306270414676773Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:35:00 +00002008-08-02T09:37:48.489+01:00So it’s this time again, a new month and a new selection of free products for you to try. Got anything for the next month that you want people to have for free? Drop me an email on mike@blagman.co.uk: Read Books for Free - Search Inside by Amazon I’ve seen this feature popping up more and more and am on the verge of starting something like this up for Blagman: Don’t Buy it, Blag it. If you http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/08/free-stuff-for-you-in-august-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-6861813763792403499Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:42:00 +00002008-07-30T08:57:54.153+01:00Where can I buy one: Tiger Taco.co.uk (UK) / Tiger Taco.com (US) Price: £4.99 for 4 It’s a fact of life that the product you really need in a critical moment is going to be something you stumble upon two weeks too late. Take the Tiger Taco for example, a simple tool to help in the packing and unpacking of boxes, and when should one turn up on my desk? Two weeks after I’ve settled down in to my http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/07/where-can-i-buy-one-help-i-am-moving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-2601025631002220950Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:16:00 +00002008-07-28T13:21:19.348+01:00Two years in the making the first Blgaman.co.uk book is here, but what secrets are inside? With over 200 pages of blagging tips, tricks and tools (the majority of which has never appeared on the site) it should be the first stop for any prospective blagger. Based on my original quest to get one hundred products for free I review some of the unusual free products to be sent my way, handle http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/07/book-1-out-now-full-details.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-584480436709192910Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:08:00 +00002008-07-25T13:16:28.311+01:00Where can I buy one: JML Direct Contains “Advanced Krypton technology” so claims the box for the JML StickUp Bulb. Someone had better warn Superman (and Superdog for that matter) because it looks like these will be popping up in JML outlets all over the country, and I’d hate for him to stumble in to a dark airing cupboard and turn one on. Superhero allergies aside the JML StickUp Bulb is quite ahttp://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/07/jml-stickup-bulb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-4155975101531374247Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:20:00 +00002008-07-23T08:30:52.266+01:00After two years you’d think I’d have a pretty consistent method for writing reviews and testing products and that would be true, if by consistent you mean doing something completely random and stupid in every instance. Take this latest cheese platter. Methods dictate two methods of eating both cheeses and I managed to somehow stumble upon totally unrelated eating methods purely down to a lack http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/07/cheese-roundup-castello-and-apetina.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-7966703872477426451Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:53:00 +00002008-07-23T08:31:50.585+01:00The Blagman book 'Blagman: Don't Buy It, Blag It, is now available at Amazon.co.uk here and to give you some idea of what to expect I've compiled ten tips from the book for any prospective blagger in the maker: 1) Remove your preconceptions: There’s no such thing as a free lunch. It’s true, I’ve checked. You may get a free buffet every now and then but not without some sort of annoying http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/07/10-tips-to-blagging-success.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-2613406829907866177Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:54:00 +00002008-07-10T08:43:13.121+01:00How Much: £9.99-£14.99 Where can I buy one: JML Direct.com Doctor Who may be over, but it seems The Doctors’ TARDIS technology may be creeping in to our modern day technology after all. Take the VacPack, which on paper defies logic. You fill it with clothes and by some miracle it is able to reduce the space they take up by anything from 50-75%, saving you space and making moving house easier. http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/07/jml-vacpack-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-6269824348236860701Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:12:00 +00002008-07-06T08:26:43.466+01:00Apprentice candidate Alex Wotherspoon lost this years competition for one simple reason. His product was fantastic (a two part container where you could clip off a small sample and carry it around with you). It was even labelled by an industry expert as the most innovative product he had seen in his whole career. But the simple fact was he was told it would cost too much to produce and the cheap http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/07/dnky-be-delicious-kisses-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-957155295231117214Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:31:00 +00002008-07-01T08:38:23.760+01:00This months quick and easy round up of ten products you can grab for nothing more than a few clicks of the mouse. Further proof that companies want you to have something for nothing. All offers correct at time of going to press. Publish a book for free So you’ve always fancied writing a book but are worried it will take ages to find an agent? Or you simply want to publish something for yourself http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/07/free-stuff-for-july-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-8374599959010099020Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:00:00 +00002008-06-25T17:42:26.752+01:00"Bring back the tea trolley for your office!" screams the Press Release for Kellogg's new range of Nutri-Grain variants, backing this all up with stats on 11am and 4pm snacking and encouraging us to eat 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. Which I can only assume means 2 bowls of Special K, 2 Nutri-Grain bars and an apple. So for when hunger strikes* let's take a look at their new range of Elevenses and http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/06/kelloggs-nutri-grain-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-6785147054190326562Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:56:00 +00002008-06-26T08:57:05.168+01:00With the launch of the first Blagman.co.uk book in August and our second season in full swing there’s never been a better time to get your product reviewed on Blagman.co.uk. We started the website as an experiment to see what products we could get simply by asking and in return gave an honest review on everything that arrived. The whole process is completely free and all we ask is that we can http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/06/get-your-product-reviewed-free.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-7878432423042785416Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:54:00 +00002008-06-26T08:57:46.494+01:00Blagman’s true identity is Mike Essex, a 22 year old living in Birmingham with his fiancée Marie and 3 cats. He currently works for The Studio 4, a design agency in Telford, UK and is on strict orders not to blag the wedding. Mike regularly writes on blagging, the art of free stuff, product reviews, and just what exactly it means to be a ‘reviewer’ and is happy to share his views in interviews http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/06/contact-us.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-266982965130016341Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:18:00 +00002008-06-12T07:18:02.296+01:00Rather than rely on the Blagman name for freebies I from time to time go undercover. In doing so I can see which companies are willing to give something away without the promise of a free review, those companies that truly value their customers. Both of the products in this review, were gleamed thanks to some rather excellent customer service, and I hold these two examples high as companies that http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/06/xbox-360-and-pizza-blagman-undercover.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-6255870748406320920Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:42:00 +00002008-06-02T13:36:28.038+01:00Product Number: 228-229 Sometimes companies don't do things by halves and rather than sending just the one sample they decide to clear the warehouse, get rid of all their old stock and bombard you with an obscene amount of free samples. It happened before with Phileas Fogg crisps (although then the reasons were more obvious given that the samples we received were out of date) and happened again http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/06/big-ol-box-of-pies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-1581989486392448379Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:00:00 +00002008-06-01T14:51:00.488+01:00I wanted to start Season 2 with some generous free products for those of you who have waited so patiently for our return. So I decided the best way to-do this was to browse the Internet for another collection of freebies you can get for just a few clicks and very little effort. As always this information was correct at the time of publishing this article and we take no responsibility for the http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/06/free-offers-for-june-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-6527905366695035180Thu, 01 May 2008 12:57:00 +00002008-05-29T13:51:26.208+01:00Procrastinator 2008 Product Number: 227 How Much:£9.99 Where can I get one: Amazon.co.uk If you've never had a page-a-day calendar then you're really missing out on a daily dose of entertainment. Remember the fun you had opening advent calendars as a child? Well page-a-day calendars keep that fun going for a whole year and aside from merging Saturday and Sunday in to a single day they do a goodhttp://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/01/2008-blags.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-8087636108425523316Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:34:00 +00002008-06-26T13:39:29.187+01:00Procrastinator 2008 Product Number: 227 How Much:£9.99 Where can I get one: Amazon.co.uk If you've never had a page-a-day calendar then you're really missing out on a daily dose of entertainment. Remember the fun you had opening advent calendars as a child? Well page-a-day calendars keep that fun going for a whole year and aside from merging Saturday and Sunday in to a single day they do a good http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/03/procrastinator-2008.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-6345438895466100647Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:00:00 +00002008-06-03T17:37:31.731+01:002007 was the year that Blagman took to the road, raiding the Spring Fair, Autumn Fair and Toy Fair generally grabbing every free sample in sight, and telling the truth about them on these very pages. It was also the year of the sidekick where we gave presents to anyone who had the guts to apply, asking for your feedback on just about any mysterious product we sent your way. In amongst all of thishttp://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/01/blagman-review-of-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-1123960969485285854Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:50:00 +00002008-06-26T13:50:17.885+01:00Product Number: 226 It's amazing the journey some games take. How they can go from a little known titles to something that is soon available on most major platforms merely by word of mouth. Puzzle Quest is one game that has taken such a journey traversing its way from DS to PSP, 360 to Wii and now to mobile. Not bad for a game no one had heard of 12 months ago. And especially not bad for a nichehttp://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/03/puzzle-quest-mobile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-973418412625480004Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:36:00 +00002008-08-07T14:00:44.157+01:00Product Number: 225 How Much:£19.99 Where can I buy one: Balanzza.co.uk My favorite part of the Balanzza instruction leaflet reads “the Balanzza does not increase your strength or decreases the weight of the object”. Aside from the obvious typo it's a good warning for this digital luggage scale as it's the first thing everyone will do when using it. The scales are designed to weigh your luggagehttp://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/02/balanzza.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-3564062198209504335Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:37:00 +00002008-01-25T08:38:25.599ZChapter 2 – Starting up You may have gotten this far and suddenly decided that Blagging is for you, that you want to create your own ‘fake identity’ and hit the streets in the search of freedom and free condoms but the journey isn’t easy. Companies aren’t just waiting for someone to come and take products off their hands that they paid cold hard cash to create. Some won’t even so much as pass outhttp://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/01/book-chapter-2-starting-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22153362.post-7767480248630653430Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:28:00 +00002008-06-01T14:30:53.765+01:00Over the past 2 years I've blagged all sorts, but there's been so many tidbits and anecdotes I've been unable to say on the site. Realising that one day they may be useful for other blaggers in the making I popped them all in a diary and over the past few weeks have been slowly writing it up in the hope of spilling all on the blagging process, how I got started and the strange obsessions that http://www.blagman.co.uk/2008/01/book.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Blagman)