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[RazorConcepts]

Firstly, I have to say thank you to SF, they have made a significant improvement over last year! I'm glad the $10-per-year thing is up, reducing the amounts of non-geeks who just come for the free stuff. But why make free day open, again, to anybody? I mean, if you want to give back, at least give it back to people who have shown some kind of interest... maybe had an account for at least 2 months, or made 1 order, etc etc. Like last year, I can see "deal" sites like slickdeals and fatwallet taking advantage over this. I definitely foresee a giant slickdeals thread, with the 10 questions and answers listed in the wiki, and people just copying the answers and getting a free $100, only to resell on ebay a few weeks later...

Well, rant over, no matter what SF does it is still doing good so thanks

[Kalagaraz]

Firstly, I have to say thank you to SF, they have made a significant improvement over last year! I'm glad the $10-per-year thing is up, reducing the amounts of non-geeks who just come for the free stuff. But why make free day open, again, to anybody? I mean, if you want to give back, at least give it back to people who have shown some kind of interest... maybe had an account for at least 2 months, or made 1 order, etc etc. Like last year, I can see "deal" sites like slickdeals and fatwallet taking advantage over this. I definitely foresee a giant slickdeals thread, with the 10 questions and answers listed in the wiki, and people just copying the answers and getting a free $100, only to resell on ebay a few weeks later...

Well, rant over, no matter what SF does it is still doing good so thanks

It's to get new people interested in electronics and reward sparkfun customers.

New people get into electronics because they get some free electronic gear and have to learn a little about electronics to get the free gear

Sparkfun customers get a instant reward of $10 per year if they so choose.

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with the 10 questions and answers listed in the wiki, and people just copying the answers and getting a free $100

There was a comment by a SparkFun employee on the news post that said that it was unlikely any two people would get the same questions.

--Philip;