MetaFilter posts tagged with giveaway

O Wholly Night

weapons-grade pandemonium — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:57:26 -0800

In a small triumph of humanity/common sense over technology, a supermarket experiencing a computer crash gives customers their "purchases" free of charge until the cash registers are up and running again.

Giveaway of the Day

srboisvert — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 05:03:40 -0800

Giveaway of the Day. One free complete commercial software package with free registration per day. Today it is Web Stream Recorder Pro.

Here we are now

Mean Mr. Bucket — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 07:50:02 -0800

Free TiVo. If you are an American consumer and live in the Bay Area, the TiVo company on Friday will give away 40GB Series 2 recorders to Comcast customers who bring their cable bill and a gift for The Family Giving Tree charity to TiVo headquarters in Alviso, Calif. The giveaway will last from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., or until they run out of units, and will be limited to one recorder per household.

Merry Oprahmas

Ynoxas — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:09:34 -0800

Oprah I've never cared for her. Except today she gave away 276 new cars to her studio audience, members of which were selected based on need. I now like Oprah. A lot.

McDonald's Screwed Up Giveaway

shepd — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 18:50:31 -0800

McDdonald's gives away $15,000,000 after previous giveaways found fixed. Better get 'em while they're hot!

Fofer — Thu, 11 Jul 2002 05:00:55 -0800

Yippee! Free Slurpees!

endquote — Fri, 12 Oct 2001 08:29:36 -0800

Just a bit ago, there was a crowd of about 2,000 in downtown Seattle chanting "AMD! AMD!" People will do anything for the chance at free processors. It was seriously a spectacle, and a marketing department's wet dream. Who knew you could get 2,000 nerds to show up at 5-6am and stand around in the cold for two hours, and have them still be in good enough spirits to chant your brand name in response to the question "Who do you love?" (Of course, I might be less cynical about it if they'd just called number 4495.) Were any other MeFi peeps out there? Someone should post pictures. It was really kind of surreal.

TuxHeDoh — Mon, 09 Apr 2001 19:13:58 -0800

Free Cone Day- Ben and Jerry's gives the world a cone- May 2, 2001

kokogiak — Fri, 06 Oct 2000 14:36:19 -0800

Feel like a zombie? - Suck.com's take on Tivo giveaway Okay, so the link's not all that recent, and Dack already made mention of it, but this is just for those who didn't see it before (Plus it's slow today.)

I was a winner, I got my Tivo last week, and love it. It was a 30-hour model, not the 14-hour one advertised. How do all you other winners feel about yours (now that you no longer have to kiss up to Tivo to get them)?