its hard to explain. Im just so amazingly awesome, people just randomly walk up to me and hand me stuff.
on a serious note, i think theyre usually gifts or promotions, and most people dont get all that much free, and if they do, theyre doing something for it to be free. Like im sure Corey gets some stuff free due to his extensive reviews.
some people are overly generous, some do stuff and just say " oh your getting this in the mail" and you didnt even ask for anything just depends...usually you do good for others and it comes back to you in some way,shape or form...but if your talking about stuff from manufacturers sometimes all it takes is a email expressing how much you like their products and ask questions about some products and sometimes they will send you some to try out....just depends on the company and if your sincere or not... that and technically trading products is getting free stuff, my product stash would not be where it is today without some trades
One thing I have never liked about this forum is that when something is being given away by AG or just another member, people come out of the wood works to enter their name in. I mean everyone likes free stuff but I can't help but feel that the people who contribute to the forum are the ones who deserve it most.