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Sat, Aug 30th, 2008, 12:14 AM #31
The intention of a freebie is for a company to introduce something new to the public to sample and try.
It is horrible that people are trying to profit from this. Plain greed in my eyes.
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Sat, Aug 30th, 2008, 04:32 PM #32
one of these days someone will be caught and charged. these companies don't take matters of this nature lightly, they will lawyer up. i wouldn't want to be the one that is made example of. nasty business. maybe this needs to happen.
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Sun, Aug 31st, 2008, 01:49 PM #33
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there are alot of things other than selling freebies that many boards have..
like, for example, getting magazines, for free, by switching your address after you subscribe (or something to that effect, i didnt really understand nor did i want to. we get enough free magazines like glow, rouge, etc lol)
on another site i had seen "fresh or freeing" which i think its pretty bold to do.... its taking advantage of a gaurantee set out by a company...
I dont know. there are lots of crazy things that i have seen in my journeys. selling a freebie is a very small part of the things that may be "wrong" to do !
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Sun, Aug 31st, 2008, 02:44 PM #34
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wow the things some people do to get something free is crazy...I mean I love free stuff and discounts too but I wouldn't go to extreme's to get something free.
Maybe this is why there haven't been any really good freebies lately, the only great one so far this year has been the P&G one I believe, my mailbox is completely empty most days now compared to last year and the couple years before when I first started filling stuff out for freebies.
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Sun, Aug 31st, 2008, 04:38 PM #35
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I guess it's no different than getting so many gillette fusion razor coupons, or FPC for a certain product, going and buying the product (because it ends up being free to you), then selling them online to make money!
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Sun, Aug 31st, 2008, 04:39 PM #36
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Sun, Aug 31st, 2008, 06:59 PM #37
this is sad news indeed. charging for something that is free, and what really bugs me is when it's one per household and they get more than they should.
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Sun, Aug 31st, 2008, 07:18 PM #38
Speaking of selling freebies, I was looking on my local Kijiji site yesterday at the baby things and someone had "Brand New Never Used Diaper Bag---5$" It was the free similac diaper bag, that you sign up for and it get sent out to you. It really bugged me so I e-mailed them asking them why they were selling an item they had gotten for free? Why not give it away? Bla some people!! And about the FPC and people selling them, I came across a blog of someone who is doing that, and I mean getting TONS of the FPCs and making a profit off of it and blogging about it?? Doesn't make sence to me!!
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Sun, Aug 31st, 2008, 07:30 PM #39
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Sun, Aug 31st, 2008, 07:34 PM #40
Yup it kinda bugged me and then to brag about it, and show everyone and even talk about selling them and making a profit?? Low low low!! And people wonder why companys aren't giving out coupons and samples as much anymore, and why some people can't get the one coupon/sample they requested!!
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Sun, Aug 31st, 2008, 07:38 PM #41
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what peeved me about the bragging was, at the time I couldn't find that smartsource magazine for the life of me ANYWHERE in this town. Then I go on that blog to find someone has gone through (recycling bins) and gotten 13 or whatever I was so mad!!! But that's life, . All the best to them on the money they make off it. Wouldn't count it as an income though, because if people continue to do stuff like that companies will just stop giving out FPC!
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Sun, Aug 31st, 2008, 07:44 PM #42
It makes me wonder what a company would do if they read the blog and seen what this person was doing?? It says right in it that they made money off of the free razers by selling them online!!
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Sun, Aug 31st, 2008, 07:49 PM #43
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Who knows, I'm sure companies would be a little bit leary about sending out coupons. But there's not much we can do about it. All the best to them. If that's how they operate (anyone who sells freebies, samples, or gets a FPC and then sells the product), what a shady life to live. It sickens me more that people will trade for coupons on a trading list and then buy the product (with the coupon they traded for) to sell it (meanwhile there's other people out there who could've actually used the product who never got a chance to get the goodie!)...while people are going about trying to do the right thing and trade coupons (instead of selling them), people STILL find a way to ruin it!
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Sun, Aug 31st, 2008, 08:16 PM #44
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Sun, Aug 31st, 2008, 09:00 PM #45
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just curious, what is this blog?
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