getting to know people by means of a give-away

july 27 2007

Taking part in a give-away with more than 500 participants was such an experience!

I liked the idea of offering something for someone unknown, and entering drawings from others.

Little did I know I would learn so much about other people.

There are very generous people in this world. Very generous.
They offer what they like themselves and give it with a heart full of love.
I've been so touched by some participants, and even had tears in my eyes at times.
No, it's not about huge and expensive gifts, but by the kind way they were offered.

I've also been very disappointed in people.
Some put on offer what they clearly don't like, never would use themselves and when you have wresstled yourself through a long piece of text you'll find out they won't send it to other people than those in their country.
Well, it's up to them, but why not put that at the beginning of the entry?

Don't think I don't understand that some people can't afford the extra dollars, or that some countries have very high mailcosts. I do.
But it's the way how people make that known that makes others feel pushed aside.

Still, the good feeling of people who want to share their best stays, as those people make a lasting impression.

I've also been at sites that entered the give-away as a means of advertising their site.
Well, you can buy advertising space at my site (lol) without the investment of giving away something.
I'm willing to put links up for other people here, especially when I get a link back. But the whole thing is a give-away. Not a way of getting 200 to 300 links in exchange for a little present for one of them.

It's amazing with what people come up to get people work for a little gift.
Some people have made the free give-away into a kind of quizz, making the participants look up answers at other pages or blogs, finding names for their babies, giving them ideas for new items for their shop, do market research etc etc.
Well, my internetconnection is so slow this week, that I've hardly been able to post at some sites. Some sites didn't even load well enough to read the entry, see a photo or get the comment section working.

Disappointing too was that some sites need registering at a site I don't need to be registered, some wanted a sign-up for newsletters of online shops I will never buy a thing.

So all in all I've visited quite a lot of sites.
More than half of them were not a real give-away or were not meant to be for all visitors of their sites.

But hej... some people have made a lasting impression and maybe they will be my future friends.
And that has made the whole adventure worthwhile.



I'm thinking about a give-away in a few weeks...stay tuned!