My cellphone is crappy and falling apart, and some spam from Market Survey Group got me. All I have to do is complete some sponsor offers and I get a free Motorola Razr phone, right?
"Please complete 2 offers from this page" - I signed up for free 14-day trials to Netflix and Rhapsody. I can cancel both anytime and not have to pay anything. Trust me, I called them to make sure. Now I get my Razr. Right?
Wrong. "Please complete 1 offer from this page." -Ok one more isn't that bad. I'll forgive them for tricking me and making me think I only had to do 2, and I already did 2, so I can do one more. I decided to go with the free offer from Video Professor. Since I want to get better at Powerpoint so I can do some really cool presentations, I went for the 3 Powerpoint instructional cds. If I don't like them, I can return one, and keep the other 2 without paying anything. Now, it's time to get my Razr, right?
Dammit. "Please complete one offer from this page." -Now I actually have to sign up for a Discover card and make one transaction with it before it gets added to my list of offers I've completed. After I do this I read the fine print and see that it may take up to 6-8 weeks for each offer to be confirmed. Then they will ship me my Razr. Sweeeet...
The phone I have now doesn't play mp3s or have a camera. I've usually been the kid without the really cool phone. Razrs are already not cutting edge. By the time I get mine they will probably be borderline uncool or worse.
It's not like I even wanted a Razr. I'm just that much of an impulse shopper, I guess, that if something gets my attention just a little bit, I go for it. So, I guess this type of advertising is working on someone. If if that someone is a moron like me.
Even if I don't get the phone, I have to admit that getting Rhapsody was worth the effort. The next 14 days will be great. Then I'll cancel. The end.