Freebies ethics
By dragon54u
@dragon54u (31636)
United States
January 29, 2008 8:22am CST
I love freebies, I send for a lot of them but only things I think I might buy or I can give to someone else that would be interested.
I clicked on one site that was offering a religious freebie. It was a small church down south and not a rich one, promoting its overseas missions. A few hours later, they had temporarily taken the site offline due to being inundated with requests.
That's just one example. I wish people would think before ordering a freebie and not take advantage of little places like that who are obviously pressed for money and looking for people who are serious about what the company/church is about.
I just felt like venting today. I'm really not this cantankerous as a rule!
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@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
30 Jan 08
I get freebies from a couple of religious sites but I also send them $5 or $10 a couple of times a year. My favorite is the Lakota Childrens site. They are always mailing me things even when I don't ask for them and I guess it's because I do make donations a couple of times a year. Don't worry about being cantankerous....I'm usually that way! lol...
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@sailorstripesss (23)
• United States
29 Jan 08
I never really thought about freebies ethics. I only get freebies on things that I want to try that I don't want to buy the entire product, just in case I don't like it. It saves money (obviously) and gives me a great idea as to whether or not the product is worth the money. I wouldn't really want to be overwhelmed with a thousand freebies coming to the house everyday, having to sort through them and then decide which ones to throw out, which ones to keep, which ones to give away, etc. I think that those decisions should definitely be made when requesting the freebie... definitely food for thought.
