Armageddon Me Some Free Electronics! H'yuck!
A very old, very obscure acquaintance just sent me a Facebook invite to become a fan of
"iPad Testers Wanted - Test It and Keep It"
Yeah, okay. I checked the page out, it has zero credentials. All it says is "we are a marketing research company and we need 10,000 testers to try out the new Apple iPad! Once we're done with the research project, you get to keep it! (by the way we have no affiliation with Apple, Inc.)"
The page goes on to note that the only way to "become a tester" is to become a fan of the page. Sadly, I had to deny "iPad Testers Wanted" the pleasure of my unwavering devotion, so I can't say what the actual process entails. I was very tempted to write the inviter a sarcastic note, but I resisted, knowing it would come off as scathingly rude.
Back on topic: the iPad is expected to cost anywhere between $500 and $830 apiece. Even if this "marketing research company" sticks with the baseline model, there's still shipping fees, the cost of maintaining long-term contact with each and every tester, and the cost of performing whatever market research Apple probably already did. Remember, everything is advertised as being free, so every penny spent on this retardedly-huge focus group must come out of their pockets.
Lemme get this straight... this phantom company wants to drop roughly SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS to mail iPads to the most gullible internet users around the globe?
Cool. Good fucking luck with that.
I guess it is a good thing I'm taking these business courses. Otherwise, I totally would've signed up for a free iPad, bro!
I mean, come on! FREE. IPAD. BRO.
Oh, and of course, this page already has 16,000 fans.
First I vomited lasers. Then I lost my last shred of hope for humanity.
"iPad Testers Wanted - Test It and Keep It"
Yeah, okay. I checked the page out, it has zero credentials. All it says is "we are a marketing research company and we need 10,000 testers to try out the new Apple iPad! Once we're done with the research project, you get to keep it! (by the way we have no affiliation with Apple, Inc.)"
The page goes on to note that the only way to "become a tester" is to become a fan of the page. Sadly, I had to deny "iPad Testers Wanted" the pleasure of my unwavering devotion, so I can't say what the actual process entails. I was very tempted to write the inviter a sarcastic note, but I resisted, knowing it would come off as scathingly rude.
Back on topic: the iPad is expected to cost anywhere between $500 and $830 apiece. Even if this "marketing research company" sticks with the baseline model, there's still shipping fees, the cost of maintaining long-term contact with each and every tester, and the cost of performing whatever market research Apple probably already did. Remember, everything is advertised as being free, so every penny spent on this retardedly-huge focus group must come out of their pockets.
Lemme get this straight... this phantom company wants to drop roughly SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS to mail iPads to the most gullible internet users around the globe?
Cool. Good fucking luck with that.
I guess it is a good thing I'm taking these business courses. Otherwise, I totally would've signed up for a free iPad, bro!
I mean, come on! FREE. IPAD. BRO.
Oh, and of course, this page already has 16,000 fans.
First I vomited lasers. Then I lost my last shred of hope for humanity.