"Hurry! Hurry! Get Your FREE..."

When I was a kid, there were stores that actually gave away certain things. For example, grocery stores would occasionally give away free samples of a product (such as a breakfast cereal) that you could take home with you and try. And you didn't have to buy anything to get those free samples.

But today, the term "Free" seems to have taken on a new meaning. To get something "Free" these days requires you to spend money to get it!



If you have to buy something in order to get an item for "Free" then the item isn't really Free. It would be more accurate to say that the item is available "at no extra cost." (But it certainly isn't "Free"!)