``Several people have offered to give us one.

[datasuspect]

We could have had 20 TVs by now. The minute they hear you don't have one, people offer you one.''

[yellowdogintexas]

1. that has actually happened to me. nt

[datasuspect]

2. advertising abhors a vacuum

"100% mindshare, ALL the time."

this was a bullet point in a marketing presentation i remember when i peripherally involved in radio.

[graywarrior]

3. Drug dealers in a school zone

[DarkTirade]

4. Nobody ever offered to give me one...

then again, I don't advertise the fact that I don't have a TV... besides, my roommate's TV is in the living room if I really want it. :)

[rucky]

5. Does that work if you don't have a plasma screen? n/t

[astral]

6. Yep, I've had the same experience

I just tell them I don't have one by choice. It usually starts with somebody talking about a show or a commercial or something.