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A Look At Free Reviewer Swag

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-to-think-about dept.

chicl3t writes "It used to be that the lagniappes that came along with hardware for review were things like USB drives — makes sense, one 128MB drive for a 100MB presentation. But...iPod nanos? As in more than one? That's another story entirely. It's damn nice swag, of course, but at what point is it too much? A DailyTech writer talks about his experiences with swag."

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  1. I heartily agree by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As I write this on my beautiful Apple MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo Santa Rosa 2.4ghz with an ultrafast 4 GB of Corsair Memory and my always trustworthy Western Digital MyBook Pro 1TB World Edition backup. This marketing madness must stop.

  2. Re:Swag removal for free by blowdart · · Score: 5, Funny

    I would like to provide an independent review of your service. Please send me some items so I might send some of them back.