Your gifts are getting lamer

[Jasmine Perishing]

Those stupid ads that offer free stuff are getting lamer and lamer. Maybe it's our economic worries, but whatever happened to the days of "Shoot the duck, and win a free iPod/Xbox360/Wii!"? I swear I'm not lying, I keep seeing one that asks you to identify a photograph of Tom Hanks, and win a "free Chili's giftcard." Woohoo! Chili's!

But, in all seriousness, I hate these ads. My mother actually filled out information for all their offers once just to get an iPod, before my father and I could stop her. She was swamped with scam emails for a year.  

[Wolf_Imbri]

omg I know how you feel. My brother tries to fill those out (on my comp) to win a free ipod/wii/elephant omg yay!!! and I tell him one or all of three things will happen

-he'll get a ton of span
-my computer will get a ton of spam
-my computer will get a trojan or ten

Either way, I tell him no, walk away, come back and he's still working on it. <.< Bad! Very bad!!!

...But I have noticed on ff.net that they are starting to blink 'free dinner' at me instead of 'free ipod/game machine'. Hmmm... I hadn't thought about it all that much. rofl  

[Requiem_Warrior]

my little bro once filled one out one of those things. i was the drowning in spam e-mails for a year.  

[mailer04]

all of the people in my family are smart enough to see a scam. but by some mysterious force we got a trojan on our first computer, then the entire computer broke.  

[Rabid Bagel Cow Thing]

I hate those ads even if the offers are good or what.

xD  

[KuroAkaNeko]

I just ignore them x3  

[blondaaay]

but...did you get ipod/Xbox/chili dinner?  

[crazy_mongoose]

Super cheap... -_-  

[LanceCalvis]

NEVER accept any deal that says you will get something for free if you buy something. Terms you should look out for that should send up a red flag. We will send you a rebate card for x. Click here for free x.Our bikes here at Target are safe and reliable so buy here....long story involved with this one.  

[Jasmine Perishing]

I'm aware that these ads are scams. It's just kind of ridiculous that they've turned from giving out parent quality gifts to extended family quality gifts. I mean, if they're going to rip you off, why not go big?  

[Diabetic Candycane]

Psh. I did one once, and I kept on getting E-mails saying that I could "Get a bigger pen", if I filled out my information.

Why would I want a bigger pen? It won't make wy handwriting any better, nor will it make my writing any different.

Weird people...

 

[debijay]

am i here in vain
did you not hear a word i said
when i asked you i begged you
to just please let me through

i would fill one out if they offered like, a giraffe

i have fallen now
will you pick me up again
in the face of my failures
i just want you to hear these words

 

[Fuzia]

"I couldn't save her... I know she will die,
But please, if I could only tell her goodbye.
All I want is just one more day...
That morning in May...

Or a raccoon eek

...I've fought reptilian monsters,
I've crossed a bloody sea,
Just to meet you here
And now I'm coming home, my dear."

 

[Jasmine Perishing]

Diabetic Candycane

Psh. I did one once, and I kept on getting E-mails saying that I could "Get a bigger pen", if I filled out my information.

Why would I want a bigger pen? It won't make wy handwriting any better, nor will it make my writing any different.

Weird people...

The only explanation I can think of is that they assumed that you would know that "pen" was their abbreviation for "p***s."  

[Fuzia]

"I couldn't save her... I know she will die,
But please, if I could only tell her goodbye.
All I want is just one more day...
That morning in May...

... I wonder if they also sell pen sharpeners, then?

...I've fought reptilian monsters,
I've crossed a bloody sea,
Just to meet you here
And now I'm coming home, my dear."