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Free IBM Computers For UK Households

Posted by timothy on from the always-a-catch dept.

Albanach writes "The Scotland on Sunday newspaper is reporting that UK firm Metronomy are offering 200,000 IBM PCs free of charge to UK households. Of course, there is a catch - advertising. Accepting the terms and conditions will get users a free IBM PC running Windows XP, but they will also be required to watch three minutes of TV style advertising for every hour of computer use and undertake to use the PC for a minimum of 30 hours per month."

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  1. Re:doomed to fail? by Znork · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "It's nice that you don't but don't condemn other people for liking free money."

    I dont. However, the advertising has to be paid for or the company making the offer will go bust. Would you spend your advertising budget trying to sell your products to people who cant spend $200 on a PC, or would you spend your advertising budget on some demographic that may have more disposable money that they can spend on buying your products?

    It's a good deal. For the recepients of the computers. But they're not the ones who will be paying for the PC's. So, how are they going to sell it to those who will be paying for it?

    It's not about wether or not I'd take your $200, it's about wether or not you're going to give it away. Are you?