Free marines jacket with 'information request' ( 1 Views )

1. Who doesn't get army spam in RL mail? so might as well get a jacket
   
   http://www.marines.com/page/Lead-Form.jsp?WT.mc_id=MOST
   
   
   (nihal, Peru)


2. Just a word of warning: the Marines will HASSLE you to no end if you sign up for this. If you don't mind the spam and the potential telemarketing type calls to try and get you recruited then go for it.
   
   Years ago I put my name on the list just for one of those shiny gold and red stickers so I could give it to my uncle (who is a Marine). They kept calling even after I left for college the next year.
   
   
   (soner, Panama)


3. Don't even fake being interested in the military. It's so hard to get them off your back.
   
   
   (hatice, Guyana)


4. I agree
    
   Four years now, and I'm still receiving random calls on my cell-phone none the less!
   
   Don't do it!
   
   
   (Berat, Bouvet Island)


5. Quote:

   Originally Posted by elektronisch (Post 1031165581) Four years now, and I'm still receiving random calls on my cell-phone none the less! Don't do it!

   You gave them your cell number? Yikes.
   
   Would be cool to have the jacket, but it's unbearable having them calling and guilt-tripping all the time. The worst is when they wanna come to your house.
   
   
   (Kenan, Saint Lucia)


6. Err, cmon guys I recived calls from them too (free beanie). Then I told them to remove me from their calling list and they did.
   
   
   (arzu, Belize)


7. Quote:

   Originally Posted by GJSNeptune (Post 1031165585) The worst is when they wanna come to your house.

   Better them than the military from another country showing up at your house. :eek:
   
   And, lest we forget...that is what our military does, they keep us safe, protect our way of life and guarantee that we don't lose our rights to make fun of them in the forums. :rolleyes:
   
   Don't want to be called? Don't sign up for the "free" jacket.
   
   
   (seda, Micronesia, Federated States of)


8. Didn't make fun of anyone. Military recruiters can be quite hard to shoo off. No lie in that.
   
   Don't really agree with leading them on, either, even if the 'free' offer is deliberately a ploy to get contact information.
   
   
   (mehmet , Myanmar)


9. I wouldn't do it (hell, I'm ineligible for it anyways), just because technically, you're wasting some resources of the recruiting command on you when they could be using it on someone else, though realistically, their budget is pretty large.
   
   
   (enes, Peru)


10. I will do it...I am in the Air Force...so I will tell them that, they will try and say something stupid like they always do and hang up. :D (My step-father was a marine, so I will give him the jacket...might do something to it like put "Marine..I was stupid, should of joined the Air force"...:p (Just all in good fun)
    
    
    (sinan, Central African Republic)


11. When you walk around in your USMC jacket what are you going to tell the Marines that approach you looking to swap stories about Paris Island ?
    
    
    (ümit , Rwanda)


12. Quote:

    Originally Posted by ~th@fonz~ (Post 1031165741) When you walk around in your USMC jacket what are you going to tell the Marines that approach you looking to swap stories about Paris Island ?

    Tell them how I pwnd those jap noobs, screaming "BOOM HEADSHOT!"
    
    
    (rabia gül , Tanzania, United Republic of)


13. Where does it say anything about a jacket on the site?
    
    
    
    
    (selami, Mali)


14. Quote:

    Originally Posted by whodie (Post 1031167050) Tell them how I pwnd those jap noobs, screaming "BOOM HEADSHOT!"

    lmao, then pull out a knife and ask if they wanna go for a run...
    
    
    (rusen, Venezuela)


15. Just tell them you already joined the navy.
    
    In high school I had an army and a navy guy calling me every fucking day.
    I finally told the navy guy I joined the army, and the army guy that I joined the navy.
    
    
    They never called again.
    
    
    (memo, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of)


16. The military of all forms used to harrass me to no end.
    
    always with the 'You dont want 40,000 towards college' and my ever constant reply 'Oh I'll take your money but I wont work for it.'
    
    Eventually the solution was to succumb to one of their 'entry' surveys to see if you are even elligible...
    
    GOD BLESS ASTHMA BEING THE CURE TO MILITARY PHONE HARRASSMENT!
    
    
    (osman, Antarctica)


17. wtf are we talking about here. i got my jacket with overnight delivery and no phone calls.
    
    if they call say 'not interested' if call again tell them you're gay
    
    military recruiters shouldnt be the focus of this thread
    
    what i AM dissapointed with is that this jacket si actualyl a windbreaker with a marines logo and it's polyester $5 quality.
    
    it doesnt actually have a tag that syas what its made from or how to wash it - chinatown jacket ;)
    
    
    (çiiiðdeeem, Greece)


18. Quote:

    Originally Posted by kohan69 (Post 1031175430) wtf are we talking about here. i got my jacket with overnight delivery and no phone calls. if they call say 'not interested' if call again tell them you're gay military recruiters shouldnt be the focus of this thread what i AM dissapointed with is that this jacket si actualyl a windbreaker with a marines logo and it's polyester $5 quality. it doesnt actually have a tag that syas what its made from or how to wash it - chinatown jacket ;)

    It was free.
    
    
    (burcu, Slovakia)


19. I would advocate doing it, then listen to what they say. You might like what the say...
    
    
    (jeki, Indonesia)


20. Quote:

    Originally Posted by Bowhuntr11 (Post 1031165729) might do something to it like put "Marine..I was stupid, should of joined the Air force"...:p (Just all in good fun)

    Are you going to correct it and put "should have" instead of "should of," or is that part of the joke?
    
    
    (emre, Ireland)


21. I get enough hassle from them and have supposedly been removed from lists but I still get the ocasional letter and/or call. They LOVE the guilt technique on the phone :rolleyes:
    
    Or they also like to say how much like a video game it is :eek: :mad:
    
    
    (hatice, Serbia and Montenegro)


22. Just tell them you never graduated high school.
    
    They frown on people who don't. Granted, it's probably on some Army supercomputer "DETAIN KENTON, HE DID NOT PASS HIGH SCHOOL." but it's untrue.
    
    
    (cemile, Switzerland)


23. Quote:

    Originally Posted by Grentz (Post 1031178001) I get enough hassle from them and have supposedly been removed from lists but I still get the ocasional letter and/or call. They LOVE the guilt technique on the phone :rolleyes: Or they also like to say how much like a video game it is :eek: :mad:

    dang I know what you mean, I hate that guilt method they put on you because they know most people say support the troops and they play on that.
    
    
    (mehmet, Sierra Leone)


24. FFS. Just go to the Surplus shop and spend a few tenners. :rolleyes: That way nobodys time is wasted.
    
    
    (ecem, Cook Islands)


25. kk signed up...used my old home number and spam email acct...should be getting jacket any day now...
    
    
    (mustafa, Haiti)


26. well, i am over age to join, so they will not be able to harass me much :D
    
    
    (yasemin, Norway)


27. rather have a sister in a whore house than a brother in the marines
    
    raffle, infantry ftw
    
    
    but nobody can disagree those recruiters can be extremely pushy and violent... they're always getting in trouble for going too far... they have numbers they have to make.... def worst job in the armed forces... i'd be a cook over a recruiter any day
    
    
    (Recep, Yemen)


28. I've never gotten any of these, but I've never gotten hassled by recruiters either. it's a mixed blessing.
    
    
    (ömer, Netherlands)

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