Often I get junk mail, both virtual and physical.

Yesterday, I received an invitation to a dinner (free!) as long as I sat through a 90-minute eBay sellers conference (a sales pitch). In addition to the free dinner (for me an a guest - my spouse under their recommendation), I would receive a free mp3 player.

In the photo below, can you identify the mp3 player the promoters are advertising? It sure looks like an Apple iPod Shuffle (1st gen). I thought, “they couldn’t really be giving away an Apple iPod Shuffle, really?”  Well, according to the 3 different photographs of the iPod, I was under the assumption that in trade for the 90 minute sales speech, I would receive some dinner and a couple iPod Shuffles (the invitation explained that not only would I receive the benefits of attending, my spouse or guest would as well).

Of course, I was still skeptical after reading all the promises, so I skipped ahead to the fine print on the back of page 3. “The mp3 player offered is a Flair Player.” Have you ever heard of a Flair Player? I haven’t either, but I’m pretty sure it isn’t an Apple branded product, using photos from Apple’s marketing materials.

So, as my title stated: Are you kidding me?

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