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 Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:31 pm
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.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:50 pm
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
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:41 pm
my little bro once filled one out one of those things. i was the drowning in spam e-mails for a year.
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:55 pm
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.
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Rabid Bagel Cow Thing Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:10 pm
I hate those ads even if the offers are good or what.
xD
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:35 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:54 pm
but...did you get ipod/Xbox/chili dinner?
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:28 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:19 am
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.
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:55 am
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?
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:06 pm
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...
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:59 am
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
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:14 am
"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."
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:51 pm
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."
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:26 pm
"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."
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