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Sparkfun's free day January 7th

Sparkfun is giving away things for free on January 7!

You can blame it on Chris Anderson's book Free. After reading his book, I started kicking around the idea of what we can do that's 'free'. Sure, we have free bits (open-source hardware designs, available code, etc.), but we don't have free physical widgets. Now combine that with our love of creating shear havoc (AVC, C&D letter, Portable Rotary Phone), and you get Free Day.
Nobody gives away a free physical thing. There's always a catch. So up front: you have to pay shipping. Other than that, it's open season.

$100 max per household

You pay shipping

Limit of $100,000 in giveaways for the day

Starts 9AM MST January 7th, 2010

Ends 11PM MST January 7th, 2010 (or when we hit $100k, whichever comes first)

Rainchecks for popular items will be allowed

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Posted by: Shadyman on November 24, 2009 at 6:47 PM

WOOT WOOT WOOT WOOT WOOT

<3 Sparkfun

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Posted by: Tom on November 25, 2009 at 6:52 PM

Almost like DDoS

This is going to crash the hell out of their servers.

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Posted by: Jordan on November 26, 2009 at 7:11 PM

wow

I've always liked Sparkfun, but now I love them. I'm still dreaming about what I want to get. Damn I'm excited.

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Posted by: Jonny on January 7, 2010 at 9:38 AM

Their servers are dying. :(

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