In 2006, a webmaster mailed 100 letters to companies to see who would send something back. The site kept score: more than 60 responses, 35 shipments, and about $275 in products. The accounting may not survive a modern spreadsheet audit—but the letters, replies, and gloriously overengineered answer to ‘will they?’ are all still there.
Original site: https://www.the39dollarexperiment.com/
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Original site: https://www.the39dollarexperiment.com/
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-the-39-dollar-experiment-mailed-100-weird-letters-to-corporations-for-free-stuff/
#ancientweb #internetculture #experiments #marketinghistory
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