Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Join For FREE!*


Nothing in life is free. Ever tried to join a gym? Or a dating site. Or anything that requires a membership. They give you this outrageous deal, JOIN FOR ONLY $1!!, and you are so tempted to go through with it.

Read the fine print. ALWAYS read the small print. ALWAYS have your lawyer with you. They will screw you over.

Where is the catch? There is always a catch.

SIGN UP FOR $1**

**Sign-up fee discounted to $1 when you purchase our 3-month savings plan through 8/4/2012.

Can you read that? Barely.

There's a joke about cheap Jews, since it is a stereotype that Jews are cheap. (So are Persians. And Gypsies. And well, lots of other people.) Why do Jews have such big noses? Because air is free! (My Russian bus driver loved this joke. He laughed and laughed. And he barely ever cracked a smile around me. He said I talk too much. Huh.)

Moral of the story: nothing in life is truly free. They hide the fees in small print, legal jargon, smoke screens, so you won't pay too much attention when you sign up.

But ALWAYS look for the catch. Because if it seems too good to be true- it probably is.

2 comments:

  1. Robert Heinlein had a word for this.
    TANSTAAFL
    There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.

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