what do you guys make of this?

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:20 pm

ready for your daily dose of asinine?

https://www.thinkall.com/creative.htm
read the product descriptions for each.
just re-packaged freeware. vdub, bender, gimp, audacity.

it's free, but still, why? just to have a box for it?
if your on the internet to send away for the cd, can't you just download it instead of waiting for snail mail?

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:25 pm

chekc out the rest of the site too. send away for firefox :/

requiett · Post by **requiett** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:35 pm

It's a great way to make money from freeware.

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:36 pm

i don't think they even charge shipping

Kariudo · Post by **Kariudo** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:49 pm

in that case, it's a great way to lose money from freeware

...wonder why they are doing that?

requiett · Post by **requiett** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:00 pm

EvaFan · Post by **EvaFan** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:22 am

Sign up for it and 3 months later you will be like... WTF wasn't I supposed to be getting a cd for free or something like that? While you ask yourself that your mail box opens and junk mail literally fly's out of it. Wanna know why? They just sold your information to like 10000 Businesses nationwide.

Yeah, nothins free these days without a catch.

godix · Post by **godix** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:40 am

From their <a href="https://www.thinkall.com/terms_of_use.html">Terms of Use</a>. Bolding is mine.

7. Membership and Billing. THINK ALL provides numerous products, services, and software in connection with its business. With respect to software provided hereunder, there is a non-refundable shipping and handling fee for the initial complete four CD software set. <b>You may keep any two CD’s free of charge. The other two CD’s are yours to review during a ten day trial period.</b> If for any reason you decide the complete set is not for you, simply visit us at www.thinkall.com/freeCD.html before your ten day free trial expires. You will need to follow the instructions at such web link to indicate your intention to return two of the CD’s, and you will not be charged for the complete four CD set. <b>If you elect to keep all four CD’s or you otherwise fail to comply with the foregoing instructions, you will be billed the discounted price of $24.95 (which is up to 80% off the store price) for each of the other two CD’s. Every four to five weeks, you will receive four new THINK ALL software CD’s based on your preferences with the same ten day trial terms as your first shipment described above.</b> You may discontinue shipments any time by visiting our web site at http://www.thinkall.com/freeCD.html, for more information and filling out the appropriate cancellation information therein contained.

Why do they do this? Because they're pulling a fast one based on the fact almost no one reads the terms of use.

Interesting note, aren't most of those programs released under a license that requires they be provided free of charge? I'm wondering if that 'keep two for free and pay for the other two' thing actually fits the terms of the original softwares license?

godix · Post by **godix** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:46 am

Oh yeah, almost forgot. I'm not the one that caught this. The second link from a google search for the companys name is a blog that caught it. I know all the programs are on the web but for conveniece sake they also list links for honest to god free ways to get the same shit Think All is trying to trick you into buying. The list of AMV relevent software is <a href="http://www.veign.com/blog/2006/02/think ... l">here</a>

Minion · Post by **Minion** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:11 am

Eva-Fan wrote:Sign up for it and 3 months later you will be like... WTF wasn't I supposed to be getting a cd for free or something like that? While you ask yourself that your mail box opens and junk mail literally fly's out of it. Wanna know why? They just sold your information to like 10000 Businesses nationwide.

Yeah, nothins free these days without a catch.

superfusion sent away for audacity, and it arrived.
thats how i found out about this. he said he has some audio software he hasn't taken out of the box.
told me the company's name, so i google it and find out they give the software away for free. then i looked into it and saw that they just gave away freeware