cejay,
Unless you're one of the people who ACTUALLY received the email based on a purchase from their website, I don't see what you're upset about. This hot deals forum has killed more than one "free" offer before.
Websites that offer free items don't expect to just get linked to, they expect people who surf around their site to find it and get the free item. If it wasn't for anandtech, we'd all be spending too much money
divinemartyr