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Have you ever noticed that the bigger the company the bigger the promotional gifts that they offer? I have seen some pretty incredible promotional gifts from just donating money to organizations and companies. I have received in the mail, playing cards, calendars, blood pressure cuffs, magnifying glasses, umbrellas, and coffee mugs. Many of the items are very useful, which I really think is what they are counting on. For instance, many people ask questions about the umbrella that I use which I got from my insurance company. It is a gorgeous umbrella done in multi colors and it is one of those umbrellas that you can fit like 10 people under. I not only use this in the rain, but I also use it as a sun umbrella in the spring when I attend my kids ball games. It is a great item, that I am very thankful that I have. And to think I would have purchased insurance without the free gift. What madness! Anyway, I think that some companies just send you stuff to get donations. For instance it always seems that before Christmas some organization prints up and sends me some beautifully printed address labels and what better time of year to send these. Getting ready to mail out Christmas cards, going to write your address on each and every envelope and then like magic these labels appear. Well, then I want to use them, hate wasting them, and yet, I can't use them unless I send them a donation. It drives me crazy because I know that they sent them to me just so I would feel this way. After all, it is wasteful to throw them in the trash, and it is wrong to use them if I don't send them a donation, so there I go, sending them in the guilt check every year. I guess their method works though, because I send them money, and they never even really asked me for it.

Well, in my opinion promotional gifts are really neat, especially when they are handy little everyday items that I can use. They do help remind me and others about their company and I don't mind giving them some advertising, after all I did get the item for nothing, right?