Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 My e-mail is flooded with supposed freebies related (even if marginally) to firearms. Everything from knives to scopes to freeze dried food to flashlights to camo gear to multi-tools; and it's all "free". I've always assumed that these are come-ons, designed to get my contact info and then pester me with items for sale. But the offers are expanding every day, and I'm wondering if I could be missing a real opportunity by throwing them all into the trash. Has anyone opened one, read one or accepted one? Any truth to them, or they all to be avoided? Is this all Chinese junk, or is any of it solid gear? LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Like you, I have always assumed these are all scams of one sort or another. Nothing is free.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 And "they" still say we have a paper shortage. If I could convert all the trash paper I get every day into TP and / or paper towels I'd be set for the rest of my life.....and it would be much more useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 I have always been averse to accepting anything "free". Call me a snob, if you will, but I can't even go for the taste samplers the give in supermarkets or SAMS or COSTCO. If I'm not paying for it I don't touch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 "Free" is really never free these days. I delete those emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Ignore/delete/block sites you are not a member if or use on a regular basis. And as ALL corporations will tell you, they do not survive by giving away retail for FREE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 The $5 thing is free, just pay the $30* shipping and handling fee. *actual cost to the company for processing and shipping, $10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 6 hours ago, Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 said: Like you, I have always assumed these are all scams of one sort or another. Nothing is free.... +100000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 my Uncle sent me on a free year-long vacation to lovely SE Asia back in the early 70s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 The assumption these are come ons for contact info is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 And once they have your contact info, especially if they sucker you into anything, your info is passed onto other scammers. You will end up inundated with "Offers". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twelve mile REB Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 On 12/17/2021 at 5:34 PM, Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L said: my Uncle sent me on a free year-long vacation to lovely SE Asia back in the early 70s I was sent on the same trip just a little earlier wasn't free been paying ever since. Semper Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Easiest way to get me to delete an email without opening it is to mention free giveaway in the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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