How can I harness the power of the internet to get people I've never met to send me gifts?
October 9, 2004 2:54 PM   Subscribe

How can I harness the power of the internet to get people I've never met to send me gifts?
posted by Grod to Computers & Internet (22 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Grow some boobs?
posted by falconred at 2:59 PM on October 9, 2004


Invent some "sob" story about running up a $30,000 debt and how you no longer can afford those Prada handbags you need and post it, along with daily NSFW photos of yourself, on some website with a catchy domain name.

Or get a damn job, you hippie.
posted by cmonkey at 3:06 PM on October 9, 2004


Get involved in fandom, write lots and lots of porny slashfiction, build a name for yourself until people crown you BNF, then drop hints in your LiveJournal about stuff you want. Before you know it, schwag will start rolling in.

*sigh* I only wish I were kidding.
posted by headspace at 3:17 PM on October 9, 2004


Since you're not a hot teenage girl with a webcam, you can't.
posted by gyc at 3:32 PM on October 9, 2004


Since you're not a hot teenage girl with a webcam

Well, we don't *know* that, do we?
posted by Mars Saxman at 4:59 PM on October 9, 2004


along with daily NSFW photos of yourself

SaveKaryn was NSFW? When??
posted by PrinceValium at 5:26 PM on October 9, 2004


I'm guessing that "BNF" here doesn't mean "Backus Naur Form"... so, what is it?
posted by majcher at 5:36 PM on October 9, 2004


SaveKaryn was NSFW? When??

In order for Grod to compete in such a vertical marketplace, he needs to take it to the next level.
posted by cmonkey at 5:39 PM on October 9, 2004


BNF is "big name fan."
posted by Mo Nickels at 6:25 PM on October 9, 2004


Kidnap a bunny and hold it hostage.
posted by Krrrlson at 7:20 PM on October 9, 2004


Spam IRC channel topics with your URL.

No wait, that won't work.
posted by brownpau at 7:31 PM on October 9, 2004


What's your address?
posted by ODiV at 8:19 PM on October 9, 2004


eBay?
posted by Frank Grimes at 8:47 PM on October 9, 2004


*sigh* I only wish I were kidding.

Harry Potter fandom, hands down, has the best crazy people.
posted by FunkyHelix at 9:02 PM on October 9, 2004


Buy a blender. Put a goldfish in it. Point a webcam at it. Hide all of your domain registration info. Tell people if you collect $1000, the goldfish is saved. If you collect $2000 the goldfish gets it.

OR---

Become a professional pie assassin. Take bids.
posted by mecran01 at 9:22 PM on October 9, 2004


FunkyHelix: You ain't a woofin'. LotR used to give them some serious competition with the Jordan Wood odyssey, but now that Jordan's pretending to be Harry, HP officially wins!
posted by headspace at 9:47 PM on October 9, 2004


Start a blog. Gather traffic. Wait five years. Then people send you free stuff (it worked for me -- free books, shirts, and music).
posted by mathowie at 11:13 PM on October 9, 2004


Sign up a forum or a group blog, the bigger the better. Post a few messages to lull everyone into thinking you're a sincere member of the community, then start a "HAY LET'S SEND EACHOTHER RANDOM CRAP" thread saying everyone who posts must send something in actual honest to goodness reality via postal parcel to the person who posted above them. If you started the thread there should be no one above you omg smrty!

Repeat.
posted by moift at 11:38 PM on October 9, 2004


Why don't you send the people you've never met things, for a price? The catch is this: you have to wait for them to find you, and you'd better have what they want. Some people describe this as "e-commerce" and that's how they make money on the net.
posted by SpaceCadet at 1:47 AM on October 10, 2004


Start a blog. Gather traffic. Wait five years. Then people send you free stuff (it worked for me -- free books, shirts, and music).

Me too. I get books, postcards/mail, music, t-shirts and places to stay when I travel. Unlike mathowie, I also have boobs.
posted by jessamyn at 9:11 AM on October 10, 2004


Once, on a now obsolete website of mine: It was declared while in roaring drunken state only comparable to the Twenties, that a visitor must supply me with a certain talkie: it was demanded.

Later that evening, I received a request for my position of residence. I responded in truth, only because of my state: as I would normally not divulge such sensitive information.

Five days later, contained within a box labeled with the signature of a popular vendor, was my dearly desired moving picture.

Perhaps—and it just may work—you might place upon your website a similar demand. One every other day or so may reap you quite a reward.
posted by tenseone at 10:01 AM on October 10, 2004


Headspace, Jordan was actually last seen as Legolas. That coupled with the Tinhats puts Lotr back on top, really.
posted by hugsnkisses at 10:36 AM on October 11, 2004


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