Why free stuff makes us crazy
The Hustle Daily Show
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The Costs Outweigh the Benefits
i did an investigation a few years ago on those promotions, and it turns out that in many cases, at least the one that i entered, you basically enter this competition. You get invited to all these time share presentations, and your data goes into the data base. And the kicker is that there's no free car at all. In the fine print of the contractt says they can sell it and resell it and reselled it and reselling it. Yet, although i still get suckered in by free stuff, pears like a kind of fun xample. Ike, i wear it all the time now. It's just, maybe i'm overly cynical, but maybe truly
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