i was browsing a website and it said that a product was free..... with purchase... doesnt it offset the whole meaning of it being FREE?? its kind of like getting a free t shirt but you have to pay $29.95 shipping and handling....
2006-08-29 23:56:37 · 10 answers · asked by LION 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Yep...I always wonder how many fall for that. Nothing is free!
2006-08-29 23:58:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because certain laws give advertisers the right to lie like that.They just know that people will respond to the ad more quickly and at least take a look if the word FREE appears in the ad.I hate advertisers.And if it's something free with their name on it they can use it as a tax write off to offset the cost of whatever they're giving away and they include that cost in whatever it is that they're selling.Win,win for them.
2006-08-30 06:59:52 · answer #2 · answered by joecseko 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's usually a promotional/sale technique. Often times it can be beneficial to the purchaser if they needed the item costs and receives a free gift to go along with it. For example, my husband purchases fragrances for me occasionally. And at the time I needed a purse. When he bought me Cool Water perfume, a free purse came along with the purchase. That saved me money, my husband was going to buy the perfume anyway, and I got my purse for free! And it is gorgeous, pretty sweet deal!
2006-08-30 07:02:07 · answer #3 · answered by In God's Image 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its something free on the purchase of something else. Like pen free on the purchase of a book.
2006-08-30 06:59:37 · answer #4 · answered by Heista 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course it's not free, i just makes you feel like your getting a deal, like when you buy something and the bottle says 25% more free, it's just an advertising gimmick.
2006-08-30 07:01:39 · answer #5 · answered by Jim C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I disagree. It's more like getting something for free but overpaying the item you need to buy first in order to get the other for free!Though sometimes you can find great deals.
2006-08-30 07:00:30 · answer #6 · answered by Emi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's no such thing as free lunch,I suppose they catch a few suckers tho.
2006-08-30 07:04:50 · answer #7 · answered by frank m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's call it "marketing."
But there's really no such things as "free lunch" in the business lingo.
Everything comes with a hook.
2006-08-30 07:03:08 · answer #8 · answered by mug 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no such thing as a free lunch
2006-09-03 05:02:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's to get you interested enough to look at it and hopefully buy it.
2006-08-30 07:02:41 · answer #10 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋