Freebies Adiction - Do you have know the signs?
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Are You a Freebies Junkie?
You know you are a freebies junkie when you ...
have enough mousepads to carpet a small room
have 10 variations of a keyboard macro to automatically enter your name and address
can type the Web address of three or more freebies sites from memory
get depressed on days when only one freebie arrives in the mail
become frustrated several times a day because you typed your full name in a field labeled "first name"
have more than three free email accounts
keep a notebook with account names and passwords to keep track of all the free services you use
have ever used soap that came in a first class mail envelope
bought a color printer just so your Web-based coupons would look prettier
have ever ordered travel literature from places you never expect to go
use the search keywords "free sample" more often than "Pamela Lee" or "Brad Pitt"
have a music collection that consists of tapes and CDs of groups no one (including you) has ever heard of
are looking for freebies on the Saturday night before the last Sunday in October and see a window pop up on your screen informing you that the time has been adjusted from 2:00 am to 1:00 am
see the above happen and decide you have an extra hour to sign up for freebies
have a lunch consisting of a small pack of Jelly Belly jelly beans, a sample of Hatties Sauce, and a 16 ounce bottle of Sunny D to wash it down. (If you don't get it see this page
http://freebies.about.com/od/foodfreebies/).
have a stack of SASE's waiting to be used
know what SASE stands for
have forwarded copies of FFN to more than 10 of your friends
know that FFN stands for "Freebies Features News" (my freebies newsletter)
do your holiday shopping online at
http://freebies.about.com
have a pet with an upset stomach because her food changes every day (Those free samples don't last long).
Have ever deliberately gone to the Jelly Belly site at 12:01 am (Pacific time) to be amoung the first 500
received a large package in the mail that contained two breath mints and nothing else
took a typing class so you could fill out freebie request forms faster
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