$175MM free cosmetics giveaway starting 1/20

[jyl]

Some info that will be of interest to the four female PPOTers, the one male cross-dressing PPOTer, and to any male PPOTer who has or might someday have a female SO . . .

Starting 1/20 for one week, several large department stores are required to give away $175 million in free cosmetics products (one per person) to essentially anyone who asks (must be a U.S. citizen, who purchased cosmetics from a department store between 1994-2003, no proof needed, and not part of original class action plaintiffs group).

Participating retailers: Bergdorf Goodman, Bergner’s, Bloomingdale’s, Boston Store, Carson Pirie Scott, Dillard’s, Gottschalks, Herberger’s, Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Parisian, Saks Fifth Avenue, Younkers.

There is a list of the specific items that will be given away.

See website for details: http://www.cosmeticssettlement.com/

I suppose the less scrupulous could simply make the rounds of these stores, receiving their free item multiple times. I seriously doubt there will be any effective cross-checking, though you might have to speak an untruth. The retailers won't care who gets what, they will just want to get the stuff handed out as quickly as possible (first come first serve) to satisfy the settlement.

Just FYI.