OK SO I'M GULLIBLE, BITE ME

Recently I made the mistake of answering one of those online ads where you could win a billion trillion dollars. I say it's a mistake though actually I was curious. I must say that my curiosity has been satisfied and I will never never never do that again.

Now the gimmick is to fill out a "short survey". Now to me a survey is to answer questions about likes and dislikes, what you use or don't use, etc. You get the idea. Well these so called surveys are sales pitches for lack of a better description.

1. Yes/No-Would you like us to contact you are sign you up for our product?
2. Yes/No-Are you willing to give up your first born so you can have our product?

And so on, you've been there I'm sure.

These are not surveys, these are sleazy ways to suck you in. C'mon people if you have a sweepstakes of some sort make it that way with no catches. The new one is get $1,000 of gas or about 1 1/2 gallons free, just enter. Then you find out you have to complete 5 to 10 offers from the following "survey" in order to qualify and that doesn't even guarantee you a winner. It just qualifies you for the drawing. Final cost of those products? $1,000. Gee look it all the stuff I got for my $1,000 of free gas.

I think I made my point and I am terribly sorry if I burst anyone's' bubble but there is no such thing as "free money". Yes, there are some legit games going on out there but it's still a crap shoot. So Publishers Clearing House, do your giveaway thing but quit bringing in all of these other sleezeball offers from you "affiliates" on your coat tails. It doesn't help your image one bit.