# I want me some free stuff

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-me-some-free-stuff/92372>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 9, 2001, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-me-some-free-stuff/92372 "2001-11-09T05:26:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-me-some-free-stuff/92372/1 "2001-11-09T05:26:13Z")

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When I was 11 I wanted to own a TV station so I used to write to TV stations and asked them how I could go about owning one.

The stations would send me back nice letters and often a key chain or hat or t-shirt with their logos on it.

Of course no one does that now (that was over 25 years ago - How did I get that old)

How can I get some free stuff? I don’t care what it is I just want some free stuff. Be it laundry detergent. A free candy bar, a free garbage bag etc…

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**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-me-some-free-stuff/92372/2 "2001-11-09T06:05:14Z")

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Here are some free stuff sites [http://www.dailyfreebie.com/go/Free\_Sites/index.html](http://www.dailyfreebie.com/go/Free_Sites/index.html)

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-me-some-free-stuff/92372/3 "2001-11-09T06:18:30Z")

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Write letters to companies, effusive in your praise of their product/service.

Alternatively, write letters to companies scalding in your condemnation of their product/service.

t the very least you might get some coupons.

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**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-me-some-free-stuff/92372/4 "2001-11-09T08:18:46Z")

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Get a copy of [Gobs and Gobs of Free Stuff](http://www.lesko.com/cgi-bin/webcart/webcart.cgi?CONFIG=lesko&NEXTPAGE=fgobs.htm&CHANGE=YES&CODE=PHOLD), or go [here](http://www.lesko.com) and check out some of his other titles. Most of them can be found at your local library, so you don’t actually have to buy them.

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-me-some-free-stuff/92372/5 "2001-11-09T15:03:01Z")

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