Since i work full time (not computer related), i did not see the promo 'till i got home. By then, they had the buy something stipulation (there were only 2 pages of freebies by then). Since i never knew about the no strings free thing ('till i read this thread), i willingly bought a lower priced item i needed and recieved a bunch of free stuff, from the wonderful vendors whom generously provided them.  I personally can't gripe about it.