Giveaways/freebies

[66Longhorns]

I don’t sell anything but have to visit landowners along a pipeline route. I give out work gloves to all the farmers I visit and they are usually ready for a new pair by the time I get round to visiting them again. A long time ago the oil company we work for gave out leather bound road atlases, we still get asked for them now despite being in the era of sat nav.

Years ago I had the task of unloading a lorry full of poultry equipment from Italy. When I got to the end of the load there was a mystery parcel the size of a spud box which had to go to the office, turned out it was wine from the clink of the bottles.

 

[shumungus]

Having gathered up my share of thin freebie hats, jackets that don't fit, mediocre diaries, small badly shaped mugs, pens that don't write and wine that's only good for chips. I would much rather get a decent discount and service and forget about the freebies.

 

[kermit]

This spring, when the shop shelves were empty due to panic buying, we sent 4 electric units for repair. They were returned & instead of using bubble wrap to protect them in transit, they were protected by 24 rolls of bog paper!!

 

[Red Fred]

I was convinced I would win the Aston Martin when David Brown were running their commemoration models competition. I ended up with a pair of overalls. I have an FSL Bells body warmer from about the same time that is still perfectly functional even though Mrs Fred frowns at me if I wear it off the farm, and refers to it as my "Marty McFly."

 

[neilo]

I’ve still got a ruck of yellow tray feeders from FSL Bells and still working through the free ram harnesses that came from them. They must have been bought out by Brinicombe twenty years ago now?

We must have been paying through the nose for liquid feed back then, even when it was 14ppl.

 

[Charlie Flindt]

I suspect in days long before Charlie Flindt wrote in the farmers weekly the Abertay ad was the first thing a lot of farmers looked at.

I thought I'd kept my manboobs well hidden.

 

[Tarw Coch]

I thought I'd kept my manboobs well hidden.

I can assure you I am only interested in your literary skills

 

[neilo]

I picked up my third batch of Toxovax for my replacements this morning and found a free ‘vaccine administration kit’ put out for me in the box at the vets. I haven’t managed to blag one of those for a couple of years, so cameto the conclusion that I’ve obviously bought to much of it this year!

 

[Still Farming]

I picked up my third batch of Toxovax for my replacements this morning and found a free ‘vaccine administration kit’ put out for me in the box at the vets. I haven’t managed to blag one of those for a couple of years, so cameto the conclusion that I’ve obviously bought to much of it this year!

Must be profit in there somewhere?

 

[Nithsdale]

Cox/Allflex area rep. sent me 150 lamb slaughter tags as a thank you for the business I've given them this past 18 months.
The value of the tags is a drop in the ocean compared to what I've spent with them. But they came through the post, out of the blue. Very welcome gift I didn't ask for and wasn't expecting



Makes a free pen and a cap when you buy a tractor look pathetic

 

[Hummin-Cummins]

Free can of sheep marker

 

[Ted M]

We had a free roly pedal tractor thrown in for the kids with a tractor deal a few years ago.
Then had a trailer for it with the next one...
Local JD dealer is pretty good for "free" mugs and the like and can usually get a hoodie or pair of overalls chucked in with any machinery purchase.

 

[Chae1]

Bought a hopper for filling our grain drier and @ORRA LOON gave us a free gator! Kids enjoyed playing on it so much when we went to see hopper.

Very generous. It's still getting used now by there cousins.

 

[kill]

My accountants give away thousands of small rugby balls at agricultural shows every year ( except this year of course) and they have been brilliant for the kids as they have grown up and also entertaining the dog’s

 

[Nithsdale]

My accountants give away thousands of small rugby balls at agricultural shows every year ( except this year of course) and they have been brilliant for the kids as they have grown up and also entertaining the dog’s

Lucky you.


Ours just give us tax bills

 

[Chae1]

Must be making lots of money then!

 

[Spencer]

Love my Christmas freebie, wasn’t expecting it either! Goes everywhere with me.. Could do with a new work fleece though....

 

[nick...]

Got a free woolen hat of a vermin poison supplier last week after filling in a questionnaire on fb.
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