It Will Come Out Eventually

I'm a freebie virgin.  It's true. I get no gifts, free products or demos when I write this blog. Nothing. Although I'm certainly open to it.  I must be one of the few not on that gravy train because according to the New York Times,

The F.T.C. said that beginning on Dec. 1, bloggers who review products must disclose any connection with advertisers, including, in most cases, the receipt of free products and whether or not they were paid in any way by advertisers, as occurs frequently.

Frequently?  What am I missing? And what's the value of the freebies? Has Apple been sitting on my free iPhone? Has Audi held out on the S5? I'll be glad to offer musings on what it's like to live on the beach in the Hamptons. Really. And I don't need one of the bigger cottages either. Anything on the water will do.

It's possible they've been trying to reach me all along. So maybe I shouldn't have been so quick to dismiss the telemarketers who - whoops - ignore the fact that I'm on the Do Not Call list. I should have accepted the call from "Your Credit Card Company".  It's possible my credit card company merely wanted me to accept an all-expenses vacation. Or a new jacuzzi. They've been known to be generous from time to time, after all. Just ask Chris Dodd.

Call me back. I'll be home all morning.