There are no such things as free gifts. It’s unfortunate, but true. It does not matter if the “gift” is material, or not…there are always strings attached and/or reasons for giving something away. One of the biggest problems with giving away a free gift is the feeling of uninvited debt triggered upon the person receiving it. Consider the free, individualized address labels you get from some company asking you to donate money, or the flower that a Kirshna gave you in the airport. When you receive these free gifts, it makes something inside you feel wrong if you just take it without giving something back in return. And that’s exactly the reason why those companies and the Kirshnas due that. They know that by unexpectedly getting individualized address labels, or a flower, you will feel uncomfortable to the point of feeling like you have to donate something to them in return. Which brings me to my next point that free gifts can trigger unequal exchanges that mostly benefit the person giving the free gift.
Now lets say that you are the one giving the free gift. Why are you doing it? Is it because you know if you don’t give someone a birthday gift, it will reflect badly upon you? Or does it make you feel like a good person for giving something away for free? Although it is not wrong to give something away for those reasons, it still is not free because you are getting something out of it.
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