Hallmark: *HOT!* $5 off $5 Printable Coupon (Plus FREE Freaky Pets on 12/3!)

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Wow! Hallmark just released another smokin’ HOT printable coupon! Just go here to print a $5 off your purchase of $5 or more coupon to use at Hallmark Gold Crown! This coupon is valid through December 5th and should easily make for FREE greeting cards and more!

Side note, I was a bit Leary of the origin of this coupon… But Couponing to Disney reassured me that a PR rep directly from Hallmark emailed her with the link, so it does in fact appear to be legit.

NEW UPDATE: The PR rep from Hallmark just emailed me with the coupon link too! 🙂

Also, Hallmark is back with this fun offer again! The first 5 shoppers to get to their local Hallmark Gold Crown store and say the magic phrase “Are you a friend of Kromdar the Magnificent?” tomorrow, December 3rd, will each receive a FREE Freaky Pet. Check out the Hallmark Facebook page for more information.

…AND I was actually surprised to receive many emails (see below) from readers when this free promo was available back in October and November who were actually able to score the FREE Freaky Pet, so it is definitely worth a shot!

Got TWO free freaky pets (or whatever their called) at Hallmark this morning. We were the only people in the store and both of my boys (ages 2 and 4) said the magic words.

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I wanted to let you know that I was able to score 2 Freaky Pets yesterday (and my son thinks I’m an awesome mommy today 🙂 ) I had it set in my mind that I was going to go by Hallmark early on Friday to get one, but of course I got busy and forgot until 3:30 in the afternoon. Anyways I went by at 3:30 and I was only the 3rd person to get one! I needed to do some shopping at the mall (to go get the great deal at Bath & Body Works that you posted about…more Christmas presents off my list!) and a few other places after that, but I decided on my way home at 8pm I would stop back by just to see if I could get another. The same two ladies were still working so I asked if they had given all of them away yet, one said “I don’t know, what is the secret phrase” 🙂 so I told her and she said “Ok, go get you another” no one else had come in after me to get one. So I was number 3 & 4, meaning at 8pm they still had one more to give away! I think that was the highlight of my coupon shopping all day 🙂 I can’t believe that so few people know about this promo?

(Thanks, One Momma Saving Money!)

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Comments 187

  1. mamabear

    coool! thanks!

  2. debbielynne

    Prints a blank page for me. Is it browser specific?

  3. Kristie

    Thanks, Collin! I see more wrapping paper in my future!!!

  4. Brandy

    Thank you so much!

  5. Jay

    We’ve now scored four freaky pets for FREE! The workers at each of our Hallmark stores have said they had less than than five people show up for them. All of this after I’ve told countless people at the mall. Seriously, try to go in during the afternoon, I’m sure most stores will have a few.

  6. Carie

    Can you print this more than once?

    • Alicia

      It let me print twice.

    • Jay

      It printed twice for me but it was the same bar code. Anyone know if it’s only supposed to print once?

  7. Jay

    You do realize, most stores aren’t having people come in and pick them up, right? Not to mention, each time I’ve went they let my daughter say the phrase and gave each of us one. We’ve handed them out at our church Halloween party for little kids:)

    • Tee

      Thanks for sharing your good fortune with fellow shoppers who might not have known about the freebie, Jay. My commented supporting the letter was deleted unfortunately.

      • Jay

        I’m sorry. I say go for it, these are a $15 dollar toy normally and little boys adore them. They ARE REVERSIBLE, one side is happy the other “scary!” Definitely look into them people! Maybe donate for T4T’s?

        • Tee

          Definitely a T4T freebie! Thanks for the suggestion! Happy Holidays!!

  8. Heidi

    coupon didn’t print. blank pages.

  9. Jamie

    When I printed this coupon, my printer amount was set to 5 copies of the page… Can I give the extra 4 away to family and friends??? Or does each coupon have a specific barcode? I don’t want to give them away and then the coupons beep when they get scanned… anyone know??

    • Janet

      You can give them away to others or use them on another would work too. I did the same thing with the number of printed. But when Itied to do it agin I could not– so another computer maybe??? Share with others!!!!

  10. Alicia

    AWESOME!!!! Thanks! Mine printed fine and I LOVED the other $10 coupon! FREE stuff is GRRRRREAT!!!!!

  11. Collin (Mrs. Hip)

    I got a free freaky pet last time they did this. My 3yo daughter was so excited to say the phrase to the Hallmark lady to get a free toy…until she saw what she was getting! They are certainly freaky! LOL I ended up spending $7 on some other cheesy stuffed animal next to the freaky pets because she was petrified of all of them!

  12. Virginia Werner

    I’m confused – the post says tomorrow, December 3rd, will each receive a FREE Freaky Pet
    So are they giving them before tomorrow?

    • Jay

      They are doing it on a select Friday each month. Five per CORPORATE store, IE- Amy’s in Colorado.

  13. Judy

    I think they all have the same code. Mine was 400272212109

    • Jay

      Thanks:) Mine was the same.

  14. Jennifer

    didn’t print a blank page for me but does print really really light

  15. Michelle Keim

    What is the secret phrase? When does the promotion end?

    • Jay

      “Are you a friend of Kromdar the Magnificent?”

  16. kristy crowl

    I cant get it to print it says it has allready been printed the # of times i have never printed it

  17. Chelsee

    i got a blank page??? is there a trick to this

  18. Kathryn

    oh, that coupon looks weird. makes me a little nervous

    • couponlovingmommy

      It looks just like the $10 one I redeemed a while back…just for $5! 🙂

  19. Laura

    Last time they had this my store wasn’t listed….is there a list for the stores that are participating somewhere?

  20. Chelle L

    Print max has been reached! 🙁

    • couponlovingmommy

      That was crazy fast!

  21. kayla

    coupons says “Scan members Crown Rewards card” Do u have to have a Hallmark Card?? please let me know. TY

    • Maman A Droit

      It says “if applicable” so I think it’s just so that the cashiers know what order to scan stuff in, not that it is a requirement!

    • Jay

      Technically yes, it’s free to join. The rewards are worth it:)

    • Hope

      Maybe that’s why I felt like I was treated so rudely when I redeemed mine the other day. I did purchased over about $10… Guess I will think twice before going to that store again.

    • Jay

      Thank you for posting this. I about cried! Are they a franchise store? I just called our corporate store and they said they get reimbursed but she wasn’t sure if the franchise stores do.

      I always wonder if sites like H2S will ultimately end couponing and hurt the honest couponers.

      • Alea

        It does seem more and more stores are coming out with stricter coupon policies. Too many people abuse couponing – instead of just printing one of these coupons or two – they print multiples just to get more free stuff. Someone ends up paying for all that free stuff in the end. I used my $10 off coupon on Black Friday but spent $10 out of pocket as well.

    • Kelley R.

      That is so sad. I wondered how the stores got compensated, but had no idea that they just took these at a loss. I had 5 $5/5’s from magazine subscriptions, and used them all at our local store. Now I wish I had known about this first.

    • Lisa

      I wonder why the coupon tells the retailer to mail the coupons to the “Hallmark Fullfillment Center” if they aren’t getting any reimbursement?

      • Jay

        My guess, they aren’t reimbursing the franchised stores OR the worker was trying to get people to add to their purchase. I called a corporate stores in our area and they get reimbursed. I called the franchise store in my hometown and the worker said, “We wont take the coupons.” I asked why not, and she said, “The owner told us to say, ‘I’m sorry but we can’t accept them because we aren’t going to stay open long enough to be reimbursed if we do.'”

        • Kimberlee@ThePeacefulMom.com

          I’m not sure if this was a corporate or franchise store. I do know the owner and trust that he was telling me the truth. I don’t believe he was trying to manipulate me into buying more, just giving me information.

          • Jay

            My honest guess is the franchised stores wont be reimbursed. It’s a way to screw the little guy over since they fall under the “small business model.” The corporate stores are funded by corporate so the money is funneled up anyway.

            • Jamie

              I work for Hallmark (corporate) in KC and I can assure you all Gold Crown stores are reimbursed by Hallmark for Hallmark issued coupons as long as they submit them. Of course if coupons are illegally duplicated (like 10 times noted here) it hurts the company which in turns hurts the small business owners. But please be assured all Gold Crown stores ARE reimbursed.

    • Annette

      If they are truly trying to use these coupons to “upsell the customer”, then why not put out a $10.00/$15.00 purchase or something like that? Most people would still be happy to get $15.00 of merchandise for $5.00. When you put out a coupon for $10.00/$10.00, you’re offering free merchandise. If you’re looking to use the coupons to get customers to spend money in your store, then don’t make it 10 off 10, make it 10 off something more.

  22. julie

    Thanks for this coupon :). The $10 was great too, Hallmark didn’t give me hard time at all with it.

  23. Kay

    Last month I was the 1st at my Hallmark. I didn’t know about it in Oct. but only 2 were claimed. I am over there tomorrow!

  24. Christie

    So, does anyone know if we can stack these with the $10 and the $5 from the magazines?

    • Krista S.

      Christie – I asked my Hallmark before getting my purchase together and they allowed me to stack my $10 (printed from Hallmark site with my name on it a couple weeks ago) and $5 from my magazine. I was able to get 4 rolls of paper and 1 very nice roll of ribbon for $0.96! I would simply ask if you need to do separate transactions or all in one.

      • Christie

        Thanks!

  25. Jenifer

    Yeah! Thank you so much! What a blessing! I used the free $10 to get my husbands coworker’s present! I really appreciate you sharing all these deals and all the work you put into it!

  26. Marie

    I just printed my $5 coupon at 12:36 EST. So I dont think they are all out.
    Also, I am a bit confused as to how people appear to be getting the free freaky pets TODAY when the promotion clearly says it is for December 3rd (tomorrow). Weird!

    • Jay

      I’m guessing it’s an e-mail from a reader from a previous promotion.

  27. julie

    They let me combine the $5 from magazine and the $10 printable last week at Hallmark.

  28. Jessica S.

    I don’t understand about the update about the email link. Is there something we can do with that? Thank you so much for the coupons!! I’ve been hoping for these since I don’t get any of the magazines. I was able to print two. I couldn’t do it on FF so I used IE. My store has been very nice about me using these in the past.

  29. Alicia

    I LOVE YOU, HALLMARK! (and Collin, too of course 😉

  30. Katie F.

    Has anyone tried to stack this w/ 30% off Yankee?

    • Cindy

      ooh! good idea. would love to hear if anyone can/could.

  31. Cindy

    HOLD THE PHONE! Several people have brought up that they DID indeed get their freaky pal toy on THURSDAY although most everywhere it says that deal is for FRIDAY. Can someone PLEASE confirm that it is FRIDAY?????? Thanks

  32. Collin (Mrs. Hip)

    For those having problems printing, I was able to only print once from my computer, but then again from my laptop. So maybe try another computer.

  33. mom2five

    Thank you!!

  34. Tami

    Thanks Collin! You are the best! I love Hallmark! But, I love it even more with these $5 coupons.

  35. mira

    we got one in the mail as well.. it’s good!

  36. Selene

    AAWWWW MANN!!!!! I thought I couldn’t beat the crowd so I didn’t even try the Hallmark Freaky pets last time!!!! The nearest Hallmark is about 15 miles away (makes it half hour round trip) so I didn’t think it was worth it. Now that I read the comments, maybe I should try tomorrow!

  37. Sonia

    I wish this wasn’t only good for the weekend since I work weekends. Oh, well!

  38. Collin (Mrs. Hip)

    Are these coupons good for anything in store or only Hallmark products??

  39. Collin (Mrs. Hip)

    I am getting a blank page. This also happened with the 10.00 coupon.
    Any suggestions on how to get it to print?
    Thanks

  40. audrey

    Got it to print! said the error but still printed for me!

  41. elaine

    What do you do, you just walk up and say the phrase? How do you know you won’t get hauled off in a shirt with reallly long sleeves to spend some time in a padded room because the employee has no clue what you’re talking about? (In other words: aren’t you worried you’re going to look silly if they don’t know about the phrase? I’d love to get one for DS but not if I’m going to look like Darth Vader at a tea party, lol).

    • Kate

      I went to the counter and asked if they were participating in the Freaky Pet promotion. Before I said the magic words. This made not seem so weird.

  42. Collin (Mrs. Hip)

    I was able to print 2! They both have the same bar code ending in 109.
    Is this valid on any item in the store? Anyone know? Also what is this $10 coupon from a magazine??? And where can I find the 30% off Q for the Yankee candle?

    Thanks in advance for helping a fellow Hipster out! 🙂

  43. Carol

    I am not sure why but I always feel little guilty using coupon to get free product. Does anyone feel the same?

    • ej

      not really, i really think corportations anticipate taht that could happen and are aware.

  44. Collin (Mrs. Hip)

    Just printed 5 more!!!

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