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...watches? Every time I go on instagram I see a different sponsored ad from different up and coming companies saying free watch just pay shipping!...why is this the new move?
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people gotta tell the time
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Those watches are so cost effective that giving away 100 of them will be fine if they make a quarter of it back in sales.

Then they have their product out and self promoting itself.
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Recently I saw a lot of lingerie pictures posted by users (some of them... wearing the lingerie, in a good way... and some of them looked like they were slaves in a basement which was creepy as shit) on Amazon, and each review had a disclaimer stating they got the product for free or at a discounted price in exchange for an honest/unbiased review. And I even got called up last week about some shampoo my wife ordered - the company was going to send me free products if I showed them pictures of a review or at least me praising this shampoo on instagram/twitter.

Come to find out, it's this whole friggin' culture that's been around for a while, and basically everything that is shippable is on that list.
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salandrews posted...

Those watches are so cost effective that giving away 100 of them will be fine if they make a quarter of it back in sales.

Then they have their product out and self promoting itself.

that was my thought so i was trying to figure out if $9.95 was worth it...on one hand they look alright in the pictures but am i essentially getting some Wal-Mart quality shit?
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TheVipaGTS posted...

salandrews posted...

Those watches are so cost effective that giving away 100 of them will be fine if they make a quarter of it back in sales.

Then they have their product out and self promoting itself.

that was my thought so i was trying to figure out if $9.95 was worth it...on one hand they look alright in the pictures but am i essentially getting some Wal-Mart quality shit?

That could be your in, dude.
Get the watch.
Post a review about it on instagram and maybe Amazon.
Get contacted for more free shit in exchange for reviews.

I guess you have to be careful about how you go about it, but if that's a risk you're willing to take then knock yourself out.
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Honestly? No.

Also unless you really like branding avoid Michael kors, gucci, and other brand names that dont specialize in watches.

They license their name to companies like Fossil. So you end up with a fossil watch that cost 300 dollars more because of a name.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

...watches? Every time I go on instagram I see a different sponsored ad from different up and coming companies saying free watch just pay shipping!...why is this the new move?

what if the shipping is $99
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I fell for this a few months ago when shipping was $13 for the watch

Looked cool on the website and in person but it is so goddamn flimsy. I'm surprised it actually works

So that was a waste of $13
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Their's a few different type of scams that make up a lot of them. Although some just want reviews.