Just came across this not sure if it has already been posted but according to the search function it hasn't....

I thought this was a great idea! I'm going to do something like this myself and see what happens i think.
http://www.the39dollarexperiment.com/

Oh wow - thats so cool.

I think however, that it is the type of experiment that should only happen once.

Aside from the time and effort required (and for only $275 in return); it is unlikely that the companies would do the same thing again.

Good luck though!

It's a good blag and there's no reason why you couldn't send the same letters out every six months.

I doubt if I would do this, but his letters to the companies were hysterical...Thanks for the link

I had to snicker at the pet product tasting, I thought I was the only person that ever did that for their dogs He is right though, if I don't like it why would I give it to my dogs as a treat?

This really killed me:



And yet they still sent him a keychain for it

And he did the same thing with the .. Mercedes? Or something like that.

I would be interested to find out how much his auction went for.

BMW and Mercedes keychain !!! woohoooooooo!!!

Hey why not give it a try if you have the patience to write all those requests! When i was a kid my best friends mom was big into coupons, and entering all the contests from different companies. She even had an incredible filing system for expiery dates etc... And sometimes she would use so many coupons that she didn't spend any money on enough super market stuff to take care of a family of 8, and she would get change back from the clerk! She also won abot 10 radio's, 3 big t.v.'s. and several trips to resorts she would never have been able to afford to go to on her own expense! Not to mention all sorts of free samples, and tons of other prizes! But it was like a full time job keeping it all straight though, however she enjoyed it, so i wish you luck! Keep us posted on how your experiment turns out, K?!

Wow is dark moon going to do this too?

Yeah why not? I have a bit of spare time lately and i thought i would just do it for a laugh, im not actually expecting to get anything though. when i have got my complete list of companies i will let you guys know.

Nice!

Yey thanks