Anyone ever try one of the "get a free gift" offers for a game console?

[cdude1034]

kn said:

scotland yard said:
It seems easier just to buy the damn thing...

Thanks so much for the insight. I actually hadn't thought about just going down to the store to buy one. Silly me. That isn't the point here. It's getting something for (almost) nothing.

Based on my liquid assets (cash, stocks, funds, etc.), I can buy approximately 1800 40 gig PS3s. It isn't the money. I'm just a cheap bastard and thought I'd give it a try.  And before you say "Damn, you got that much coin and you are trying to get a free one?!?!?"  Keep in mind that to get that much coin accumulated, all in one place, requires that you don't impulse buy non-necessary goods/services.

That was fantastic. 

Thanks for being the guinea pig for this kn. I'm gonna have to try this myself if it ends up indeed being legit