lol really? I received it ages ago. I doubt you’ll get it then?

I got shirt (and a certificate).. never worn it, good for a rag though :-)

Got my t-shirt sent to work. Looks decent but I’m yet to wear it :)

This was quite painless, I just updated my profile because they already had a lot of info anyway (must have already put it in with the previous promotion or they got it through ExpertZone).

Flash drives are always welcomed :)

Well they will know where you live when you put your address anyway won’t they?

Not if you don’t fill it in.

And how do you expect to receive the 2GB flash drive then?

You DON’T.

That is the point. You do not fill your address in and you do not receive anything.

So.. you’ve negatively voted this deal because you can’t figure out a way to get the flash drive without giving Microsoft your address?

Harsh, man.

Good point. How do you expect to receive anything if you don’t give out your address or email address.

Privacy sure is high on everyone’s minds but what’s the worse they can do with your address? Come and knock on your door?

I agree - very harsh to give negative vote. The deal is great and deserves positive votes. It is your choice to not take up the good deal. By the way, when you signed up for your home internet, did you give them your address? Or are you ‘borrowing’ from the neighbours…

Umm why does that matter?

If you’re really that concerned for whatever reason, then just update your live profile details (remove your address) once you have received the USB drive.

Eh? About half the “deals” OzBargain offers require the company to get your address in order for the company to ship you something. How else do you expect to get the item?

Microsoft is Evil. Bride of Shaytan.

They are so evil because they want to give out free 2G USB drives? I reckon this is a clear case of personal prejudice and everyone should just ignore this negative vote.

Not necessarily, but I don’t see the good in handling out measly USB drives, they probably want you to use it for ReadyBoost to lower customer dissatisfaction levels.

Bohn’s response would ORDINARILY be a bit harsh… but then, this is Microsoft we’re talking about here!

what’s their dark motive you ask?!? to seduce you with their offer of gratis gadgetry in their plan for mindless brand loyalty and universal domination.

surely you learned never to accept lollies from strangers… or food from strange clowns… etcetera ?

None of those were from microsoft?

I did the vista freebie t-shirt and I received that (as did many others), so there is a good chance you’ll receive this one as well.

1st one was Microsoft and Novell combined open source platform promotion.

What’s that got to do with “evil” Microsoft? Are they the folks behind alwaysonsale.com.au?

And yet you didn’t vote negatively for that deal?

Wow bohn, it would be good if you didn’t vote based on personal bias and prejudices you have.

And yes, myself and others DID receive the Civic Video vouchers and we didn’t have to wait long either.

and this has what exactly to do with MS’s promotion? The only thing I can see is there is a months delay which is standard for this sort of thing.

Nothing, I knew a lot of people were reading this thread so I thought I would ask - and I got the answer I was looking for.

The posts can be deleted now if that is the wish of the admins ;)

That is very kind of you. I do however wonder how many did not receive the vouchers from Always on Sale as I know of at least one other person who didn’t receive anything.

i’ve signed up to so many “SOLD MY SOUL” yet received hardly anything :(

not gonna sell my details again lol!

Same here neosin… Sometimes these MS freebies are only for US and they kind of forget to tell you that little fact.

Not for me…

Yeah I agree these things are a bit of hit-and-miss most of the time.

I’ll share my experience with regards to freebies.

• Obviously only apply for the freebie that interests you. You’re after all exchange your details for the freebie, so why “sell” your details for say, 1.5ml of a perfume sample?

• Depending on the freebie, different degree of personal details will be needed. Postal or email addresses are almost musts. If you’re not prepared to give out your email or postal address, how do you expect to receive the freebie? I know privacy is a big thing realistically, they normally wouldn’t be sending stuff to your postal address let alone come knocking on your door. Spam emails maybe but you can just filter them out.

• If it’s too good too be true, it normally is. When the freebie is too generous and there’s no strings attach apart from the usual details, I normally wouldn’t be bothered with it.

• I normally look out for reputable companies, dodgy companies aren’t gonna send you freebies.

• I also only apply for Aussie-based freebies. US-based freebies are just (mostly) waste of time.

• In conclusion, it’s just common sense. Like the freebie —> Worth the effort and willing to give out details —> Apply

That’s a pretty comprehensive list. :) I have to say I agree with all of them, except two. When it’s too good to be true…read the fine print and it probably isn’t too good to be true. But sometimes it is! I’ve actually developed a manic habit of reading fine print when it comes to bargains, nowadays. XD

And on perfume samples…most of them are walk-in, I find, but I’m sure people who use perfume might say 1.5ml actually lasts quite a while, haha. That does reinforce your point, though. For one person who’s into it, there’s definitely at least one out there who isn’t.

I think it is so people use I.E instead of another browser ;)

Was trying to click the actual button and then realised..oops..Micro$oft strikes again with badly formed CSS.

Still..free USB drive..why not, can’t complain!

It shouldn’t matter. The free vista t-shirt was also only for businesses but I still received it, as did many others.

They have no way of proving whether or not you have a genuine business, because they don’t ask for an ABN.

yea i got that

my dads wearing it around the place

Under the terms and conditions it says its valued at $16 RRP. Not bad for a freebie which includes free postage. I wonder how many they have to give away though?

As for the 2GB bracelet deal a while ago, it wasn’t actually from microsoft itself.

Microsoft is a reputable company, they honoured the free t-shirt offer so chances are they will honour this too. What do you have to lose? This is nothing like a “hoax chain letter”. There have been people on here (myself included) that can confirm about receiving the free vista t-shirt a while ago.

I never got the 2gb bracelet

what a waste of my time

lol

Well if you were actually a small business it might be very useful. Else, you can always unsubscribe later.

you can unsubscribe laterz

not me, completed survey 1 week ago.

I think 28 days for me is 13 Nov 2008 …

still waiting.

Not as yet…

Do you have the link for that one?

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1061633&p...

They probably had thousands to dispatch (after being on ozbargain, whirlpool, OCAU etc). So it may take longer than they originally anticipated? Hopefully we’ll get ours soon.

Thanks for the reply … :)

Good stuff

Please provide reference please.