I am by no means an AOL fan (quite the opposite) ... but what the hell is the big deal? They have every right to mail out those dumb-ass CDs... and if you do not like them, toss them! I do not understand what huge inconvienence this puts someone through to have to try and start a "movement." In fact, it makes most of us respectible AOL-haters have a bad image...
An interesting thought... maybe some kind of wafer with a derivative of the wax used in wax fangs as a cover? I wonder if you could store data on that? Maybe a crytalized sugar coating? I can see it now.. 1000 FREE HOURS OF AOL! Use the hours, eat the CD!!
My wife's cousin works for AOL as a costumer service rep. He basically tries to dissuade people from cancelling their service. One older woman called to cancel after a burglar stole her computer, and he got her to extend her service an additional year! I don't know whether to be impressed or terribly ashamed.
Originally posted by El NastioCoasters, frisbees, bookmarks, plates, gift to younger sibling, comb, sprialgraph tool, pranks, mock eye, target practice, dental floss..... There's more to these CD's then just a mere 'free trial'
Yeah, but I still miss the days when those stupid things were sent out on floppies because you could reformat those and use them for your own stuff. I honestly don't think I bought a floppy for about 2 years because of all the free AOL disks I either received in the mail or got from family members. If AOL would use CD-RW's, they wouldn't have people cursing them as corporate polluters. Of course, it might also help if they would stop sending the stupid things out in their very own stamped METAL cases like the last 4 I've gotten.
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Originally posted by El NastioCoasters, frisbees, bookmarks, plates, gift to younger sibling, comb, sprialgraph tool, pranks, mock eye, target practice, dental floss..... There's more to these CD's then just a mere 'free trial'
Yeah, but I still miss the days when those stupid things were sent out on floppies because you could reformat those and use them for your own stuff. I honestly don't think I bought a floppy for about 2 years because of all the free AOL disks I either received in the mail or got from family members. If AOL would use CD-RW's, they wouldn't have people cursing them as corporate polluters. Of course, it might also help if they would stop sending the stupid things out in their very own stamped METAL cases like the last 4 I've gotten.
Tim
I still have a box of them sitting somewhere in my house. About that time, I bought a box of 100 floppies. Haven't touched it since it came home. Although somehow, we've been spared the plague of AOL CD's. I guess I'm compensating by getting tons of spam. Like, 40 messages a day from sites like Sandbox selling my info.
I work at Blockbuster, and we always have a big box of AOL CDs placed by the exit.
Someone once asked me what was in the box. I replied without missing a beat, “Free coasters.”
My family actually uses them for that exact purpose. The tin coasters are pretty nice, too. I would have been satisfied with some freeze-dried Taster's Choice, and they spring this gourmet shit on us!
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