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March 26, 2006
The free stuff experiment
For the most part, the offers on moneyBB are limited to free money from banks, brokerages, and credit card companies. However, this guy bought a roll of 100 stamps for $39, spent about two days writing letters to 100 companies, and asked for free stuff.
The experiment reminds me of a book, "Letters from a Nut", by Ted Nancy, where Ted (actually Jerry Seinfeld) writes to companies like Pepsi-Cola asking them if it's okay to sell a product called "Piet Depsi" and then printing the response. Only this guy received more than funny letters - he got a whole lot of fancy merchandise like pens, cans of compressed air, some fake tattoos.
Okay, maybe "fancy" isn't the right word - but it is a fun website to browse.
Posted by brian at March 26, 2006 10:14 PM