You won a free....!

I've seen these emails or popups on websites that say, You've won a free 42" HDTV! Or whatever. I've generally regarded them as scams or as a way to get your information out there so you can be spammed.

I even told my son they were a scam when he thought he'd "won" a X-Box 360.

Now, knowing this, I got an email saying I could "test drive" a free Macbook Air. This is the brand new mac laptop that is about half an inch thick.

So, my brain shuts off and I go, *drool* and I click Hokay!

An hour and a half later I've signed up for information on new windows, new roofs, car insurance, and I joined the Columbia House DVD club and Disney's DVD club.

And I was still nowhere closer to getting my free freaking Macbook!

Now I'm getting the phone calls.

"You inquired about new windows?"

No! I didn't. I was trying to get a free Mac laptop and I only said I was because I wanted the Mac laptop. We don't need new windows!

I'm nothing if not honest.

I think what pisses me off the most is that after all that work, I never got the mac.

Didn't know there was a dorks unite thread.

I so much a dork even the dorks don't want me.

Devil Ledbetter said:

Don't feel bad, Ed. I rollerskate. It just doesn't get any dorkier than that.

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We're going rollerskating on the 26th.

I sure hope they play Free Ride.

The funny thing is, you willingly sign up for all this crap hoping that you get something. Maybe you do. I gave up when I got to the point where they wanted me to buy MORE stuff, as if joining two DVD clubs wasn't enough. So I don't really know if they ever really do come through with this "free" stuff.