Free Used paper....

[crashhelmet]

I truly believe that you could put crap in a paper bag - and by crap, I mean actual, real excrement - label it 'FREE' and people would knock each other senseless to get at it.

I truly believe that McDonald's could put it on their Dollar Menu and people would still do the same.

Ch

[OfficeSlug]

Would you like to take a survey?

Now I miss the Animaniacs more than ever!



And OP, your friend is a marketing genius unravelled!

[Andara Bledin]

I truly believe that McDonald's could put it on their Dollar Menu and people would still do the same.

Hey, and it would taste about the same as some of the other stuff on their menu.

^-.-^

[BookstoreEscapee]

Even when the signs say FREE, I still get people not seeing said sign. Or biting.

Oddly enough, you slap on a Percentage sticker, and they go gaga over it.

I wonder what they'd do if you put a 0% off sticker...

I truly believe that McDonald's could put it on their Dollar Menu and people would still do the same.

Ch

You mean it's not already on there?

[rerant]

I truly believe that you could put crap in a paper bag - and by crap, I mean actual, real excrement - label it 'FREE' and people would knock each other senseless to get at it.

Not even. I've done many promos where we've been giving away free things - cool stuff, too - and NO ONE wanted it.
I've gone home with more "big Canadian bank" lanyards than any human being should ever possess, have given away "insurance company" water bottles to friends just to get rid of them, etc.

And these things were free with no strings. No signing up for anything, no taking a survey, nothing. Free. Just take it and give nothing in return.
And people didn't want it.
I... I just don't understand.

[Pixel Ferret]

I truly believe that you could put crap in a paper bag - and by crap, I mean actual, real excrement - label it 'FREE' and people would knock each other senseless to get at it.

The converse is true too, as explained on Top Gear: Slap a prestigious enough label on it, regardless of how worthless and/or unrelated to the label it is, and people will pay through the nose to get it.


"See this? It is a plate of sick. Now it is utterly worthless. But if I just pop a BMW badge on it, £13.80."
--Jeremy Clarkson

[EricKei]

Yeah, I didn't think that would really be to your taste, Irv.

Oh Sheldon.... do you like beans?

Bean Day cometh.

[Jester]

Not even. I've done many promos where we've been giving away free things - cool stuff, too - and NO ONE wanted it.

Try giving them away as prizes at bars. Drunks want ANYTHING that's free. I speak not only as a bartender who's witnessed this, but as a drunk who's experienced this and has a lot of free crap that I don't know why I have it.

[Becks]

Now I miss the Animaniacs more than ever!

Me, too!!!

I've gone home with more "big Canadian bank" lanyards than any human being should ever possess, have given away "insurance company" water bottles to friends just to get rid of them, etc.

Too bad you don't know me in real life.

I like stuff.

[Pagan]

Do you like Beans?

Well, we had a morning radio show here for years, "John and the Bean". Then there's Mr. Bean.

I like stuff.

I prefer rum....Rum is good.

[Green_Fairy]

i think the best free thing i've ever snagged was an inflatable cow. it lived in my kitchen for about a year until she died...sad...

[Ironclad Alibi]

And these things were free with no strings. No signing up for anything, no taking a survey, nothing. Free. Just take it and give nothing in return.
And people didn't want it.
I... I just don't understand.

You just had the bad luck to encounter a bunch of smart people who didn't want all that stuff cluttering up their house.

[jackfaire]

Best free thing I have is a menu from a diner that closed down almost 10 years ago. It hangs on my wall and reminds me of funner more carefree days.

[fireheart]

i think the best free thing i've ever snagged was an inflatable cow. it lived in my kitchen for about a year until she died...sad...

Did it have holes where it was not meant to have holes?

(there is a story with my question)

[cinema guy]

(there is a story with my question)

Please tell it to us.