Free BJ's Warehouse Club membership

I apologize if you arrived here by mistake as you rapidly clicked the link after reading the first two words.

I wrote about the free Sam's Club deal a few months back, and now BJ's is offering a free pass as well. This offer is for a free 60-day pass, and there is no YMMV circumstances attached. I guess it's a marketing scheme to get people to discover the value of their store during these tough economic times. While I tend to disagree that these warehouse type stores offer much advantage, if any, over the regular grocery stores for most people, it can add up to significant savings if you have to buy in bulk throughout the year, for say, a small business. For further reading, if you decide to purchase a membership to one of these stores, this article compares some of the Big 3.

Free Sam's Club membership

Haven't you always had a burning desire to shop at Sam's club, but you never did because you didn't want to pay the membership fee? Me neither. But if you do have a big family or buy a lot of stuff in bulk, here's your chance.

Credit goes to mikedealio over at slickdeals:

College students can get $40 in gift cards for purchasing a $40 membership. College students automatically get $15 back in a giftcard for purchasing a new membership. Also, between the 15th and the 21st, Sam's club is offering $25 back in a gift card for new members. I just went to Sam's club and I got a $40 gift card back for getting the membership $40 (Champaign, IL).
http://www.samsclubmemberservices...010609.pdf)

http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?catg=12100&iid=TDM|College|CollegeMemb ership

You need an .edu email address to take advantage of this. I am assuming that means if you can pass for a college student and get an .edu address, you qualify. Another benefit is that you can actually get two 1 year memberships using the same email account.

Some have had trouble stacking the deals together, so if at first you don't succeed, go the first day and get $25 off the normal membership, then go back later and say you just found out about the $15.

Edit: This deal has expired, but you can get a free 60 day trial membership to BJ's Warehouse Club. Click here to read more.