when "free" isn't so free

I got another e-mail offering me something free, but before I can get it I have to fill out 3 or 4 pages of a survey and sign up & order stuff...of course ya need a credit card (sometimes they ask for a checking account) to sign up for any stuff. I don't have any credit cards or checking accounts and I don't want any.

If something is supposed to be free then what the hell do ya need a credit card for? I always thought FREE meant $0...not anymore. All I seem to get for free is an inbox full of junk in my e-mails after I started to fill out the dumb surveys.

 

Free lunches only $2.00!!!

 

It's funny isn't it. At least you can be free, for a nominal fee that is.

 

can't even remember the last time I went out and got lunch for only $2.00

 

two dollars won't even cover the gas it takes to go get something to eat.

 

don't do it!! they'll never leave you alone.

 

last year, I had gotten an e-mail for something free. First they ask for your address to send ya the free thing and your e-mail to confirm it. Well I filled that part out and then I get the 3-4 page survey asking if I want to get a bunch of stuff that ya needed a credit card & bank account for...well of course without them I never finish the surveys but still after a year I still get e-mail full of crap.

 

I just got a phone call from someone offering me $100 worth of free gas, and $400 worth of airline vouchers. All they needed was my checking account number for verification. Lucky for me I have the "My baby is crying can't talk now" excuse. It is easier than telling them to stick their free whatever up their ....you know

 

yeah, lately I had been looking up free info about "working from Home" stuff. When I started checking them out I put in the real phone number so now once in awhile I get calls from people offering to sell me the info.
The minute I know the phone calls are from any type of salesmen or from anyone telling me I won a free trip or won anything else free...I immediately tell them "I have no money, I have no credit card, I have no bank account but seeing as this is free...you don't need to ask for any of that anyways. Now if ya still want to waste your time talking to me, fine"

 

I've stumbled into a lot of sites that say they offer 'free' things, but you have to buy x many (usually 3-4) different promotions, from other companys/sister companies. It makes me grumpy, since it's such false advertising.

I did get this nifty survey thing in the mail though, where I'll be entered in a draw and can win some money stuffs if I fill it out and send it back in. I like surveys too though, so that's alright, it's just a consumer survey thingy

 

when is free free?

 

death is free, but only for the dead person

 

i guess, unless theyve taken into considering whats gonna happen to them afterwards
plots, coffins and other various funeral accessories cost a fucking fortune

 

maybe I meant the act of dying, instead of death itself. Maybe I am totally wrong and someone has figured out how to charge you for that to

 

oh, i guess you have a point
but more often than not, death comes with a funeral

 

but it cost everyone else, not you

 

What makes me laugh ... Free iPod! "That's right, a FREE iPod! (when you sign up for a service you don't want for a ridiculous price AND you have to refer 50 people to do the same ... but don't tell anyone!)

 

But what if you choked to death on a £20 note? Would that still be classed as free?

 

ya only pay (or give up) with your future...if that makes sense

 

I guess every thing has its price, in one way or another. I just figured we were talking on a monetary basis