2007-02-28 20:47:29 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
A free gift is one a Chav lifted from the corner shop and gave away.
:)))
Seriously, you are right. I had a friend who would call and say she had a "gift" for me. Most of the time it turned out the "gift" was something she had ordered at my request, and of course I was going to pay for it.
Properly she should have said "my merchandise had arrived." Silly she git.
Mind, she was and is a nice person, but her use of the language always bothered me. To me indeed if it is is a "gift" it is something given out of ones heart, and bears no cost to the one receiving.
--That Cheeky Lad
2007-03-01 05:01:18 · answer #1 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course there aren't free gifts. Everything comes with a price. If you are talking about free gifts at departmental stores, an open secret is that you've already paid them. Those free gifts are usually of inferior pricing (cheap goods) that comes along with the product you've purchased (deducted from the marginal cost which companies play around with allowing them to make profit).
The company that gives a gifts usually loses in sense of a certain percent of what is gained. However, repeated sales reap higher profit.
Be wary of 'free gifts' though. There are uncountable scams these days...
2007-02-28 20:57:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
A free gift is something given to you for free which you then give to someone else as a gift.
Free - gift.
2007-02-28 21:01:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm a little wary of so-called free gifts. It seems a good bit of the time they have a price tag on them that comes due when you can least afford to pay it and not just financially.
2007-03-01 19:42:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its an industry scam to make you think that your'e getting something for nothing
the same way they put 9's on the end of prices to trick your mind into thinking its not at much as it is (even though it doesnt work on most people, they still do it) i.e. £19.99 rather than £20
they use the term 'free gift' so you think you are getting something that your not paying for i.e. a toiletry bag. this also means that you wont be disappointed when you get it and it is badlydesigned and not of the highest quality!
2007-03-01 07:57:41 · answer #5 · answered by maraesa1000 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When stores do this it is to stress the fact that you will not have to pay for this item (possibly so you are not taxed on it).
It is one of those redundant word combinations used to stress a concept - you have to admit there is a lot of people out there who do not, or will not listen.
The best gifts are given freely in the sense that there is no obligation to recipicate.
2007-02-28 21:25:24 · answer #6 · answered by mitchell2020 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sounds right to me. If it's not free it's not a gift. It's a purchase
2007-02-28 20:56:15 · answer #7 · answered by sharkgirl 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
'Bells' is right... nothing is truly free.
You have to either earn it or you are tricked into thinking your getting it free (ie.buy 1 get 1 free). Nothing is really free....
A kiss or a hug from your mother may be free but you had to earn it.
A 'free gift' is something you have been given without paying for it.
2007-02-28 20:56:33 · answer #8 · answered by _ 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, and if it comes with strings attached it's not a gift...
2007-02-28 23:55:12 · answer #9 · answered by ropemancometh 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sorry but nothing is free in this cruel world, everything has a price.xx
2007-02-28 20:51:55 · answer #10 · answered by bells 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋