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bounty_hunter

sean_keevey wrote:

Got my pedometer. The cheapskates, you cant changge the battery. Not that i'd want to though!

Arse, I didn't notice that

Got my plasters today. Thanks guys.

Mimikyu

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Thirdfox

Well you probably could if you could find one of those triangular screwdrivers...

bounty_hunter

Thirdfox wrote:

Well you probably could if you could find one of those triangular screwdrivers...

Aye, but it's a lot of effort They've obviously designed it so you can't, that's what's annoying.

Thirdfox

McDonalds always use them for their toys... I had to smash one open to get their batteries before

drdre

Thirdfox wrote:

McDonalds always use them for their toys... I had to smash one open to get their batteries before

yes i noticed that before, there hard to open

babycheeks

What did ye put in for the post code on the all bran site?

gonker

usuallly No ne or just ire la anything really

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Thats a it extreme for a couple of cheapo batteries

Thirdfox

More convenient than to find somewhere that sells the little button batteries...

holly_johnson

Got my pedomoeter (749!) and bar yesterday. Is it just me or is it really hard to get the damn thing onto the waistband of your trousers??

parsi

Might be a sign

Thirdfox

Personally I found it quite easy... maybe people have thicker trousers than I?

holly_johnson

parsi wrote:

Might be a sign

haha very funny....

The clippy thing is really narrow and very hard to open to get onto trousers. I even had trouble getting it onto my 5 year olds waistband last night (she insisted on having a go) and she is as skinny as a rake!

Access

This thread is a very good idea,

but has anyone considered that to get most of these freebies, you need to provide your address and other contact details.

Your address and other contact details then get either kept for marketing purposes for the company you have requested the freebie item from or your details get sold onto a marketing agency to sell onto other companies.

Fair enough if you live in a rented house or apartment, but if its your own house or apartment, ye must get plauged by spam mail.

Could someone let me know if this is the case?

I might be worrying too much here, but i would be wary about sending out my contact details for small freebies like these.

Thirdfox

Nope, since I do not agree to share my information to 3rd parties (and even the promoting company itself). I think it is due to some law that prevents people collecting information via a promise of financial gain (or something like that )

I've received no spam, just remember to untick (or tick) the I do/do not want to receive further information etc. etc.

Scoops

Thirdfox wrote:

Nope, since I do not agree to share my information to 3rd parties (and even the promoting company itself). I think it is due to some law that prevents people collecting information via a promise of financial gain (or something like that )

I've received no spam, just remember to untick (or tick) the I do/do not want to receive further information etc. etc.

Yes but if there is no box to tick can they pass your information on to a third party without your consent?

Thirdfox

I thought by law they must offer a way of not giving using your personal details... if I see a website without it I would most certainly not input any details into it (would seem highly suspicious to me).

TheDriver

Got my plasters and pedometer.

Scoops

Just finished going through 42 pages of freebies!! I can't believe Gonker won 5 mp3 players, I entered that loads and won nothing!!

silverY

Got my pedometer, Cheers:D

Wheres the address for the plasters, cant find it?

bounty_hunter

Access wrote:

This thread is a very good idea,

but has anyone considered that to get most of these freebies, you need to provide your address and other contact details.

Your address and other contact details then get either kept for marketing purposes for the company you have requested the freebie item from or your details get sold onto a marketing agency to sell onto other companies.

Fair enough if you live in a rented house or apartment, but if its your own house or apartment, ye must get plauged by spam mail.

Could someone let me know if this is the case?

I might be worrying too much here, but i would be wary about sending out my contact details for small freebies like these.

Personally I haven't received any junk mail and I've sent off for a ridiculous amount of free crap.

Doodlebug

ACCESS: has anyone considered that to get most of these freebies, you need to provide your address and other contact details

Good point. Following the advice above (always read the 'opt in' or opt out' small print) is a good idea.

I also vary my address so that a postman can read it OK, but on a database it remains unique (i.e. instead of Sycamore Crescent, enter "Sycamor Cresent"). If you keep a list of the offer & address used, at least you can get in contact with the company if theres a problem with Spam!

I've never had a problem with it though (yet!)

gonker

Scoops wrote:

Just finished going through 42 pages of freebies!! I can't believe Gonker won 5 mp3 players, I entered that loads and won nothing!!

hellboy99

remember those USB drives that Microsoft were giving out, just got this from them :

Thank you for your interest in the Mystery Solved Windows® licensing promotion. We've received your request for more information to help clarify Microsoft® Windows Desktop Licensing pre-loaded on the USB drive. Unfortunately, this Mystery Solved promotion was available in the U.S. only and while supplies last.

Baggly

got the same email. evil bons of sitches

muffler

Ditto

Brian017

Ditto too.

lau1247

they could have told us that at the time of registering.. If i remember correctly didn't they have ireland as the destination of posting?

MrVestek

lau1247 wrote:

they could have told us that at the time of registering.. If i remember correctly didn't they have ireland as the destination of posting?

Yup, they did. I never recieved the email tho... strange.