Such A Sucker

One of the things I hate the most is when I feel like a sucker. That happened last night. I was spending too much time on the computer and came across a secret shopper offer. You know the phrase "If it sounds too good to be true it probably is". Well this certainly proved that. It was a company that hired people to secret shop for them and in return for filling out a survey on the company you got to keep what you bought plus for signing up you got a $1000 gift card to the store of your choice. I should have turned off the computer right then. Instead I continued on my journey and registered with RetailReportCard.com. Part of registration, however is to answer 6 advertiser promotions. I wasn't sure what this meant but I really wanted my $1000 gift card. I was already having visions of paying for all my Christmas purchases, new wardrobe, etc. The first set of advertisements I was instructed to select two. These were free trials but when you read the fine print you had to make sure you cancelled or they started charging your credit card each month. I told myself I could use a free trial of acne cream and teeth whitening and I would make sure I called in enough time not to be charged. So I continued on... The next set again I had to pick two. This time I ran across Blockbuster online which I figured I could easily cancel my Netflix (even though I don't like Blockbuster- I think they have made a small fortune off of late fees from me). At this point I was getting frustrated so I decided I would skip to the last set of offers and see what my choices were there. Again I had to select two but I was so close to being done. This is when it all went bad. The last set of offers were major. I didn't even read past the $1500 minimum purchase, $800 minimum per person, etc. These weren't annoying free trials these were major committments. So in the end I have no gift card, I am not hired as a secret shopper, I have a new subscription to Blockbuster online that I don't want, not to mention I will be receiving a free trial of acne cream and teeth whitening system in the mail soon. And I bet they won't be very easy to cancel. I wasted two hours on the computer that should have been used cleaning my house, and worst of all I feel like a sucker. Not a good evening!