Usually people feel happy when they receive something for free but it’s a kind of rare phenomenon which just happens once or twice in everyone’s life and I experienced it while buying my phone. I had a longing to buy my own iPhone and when I mentioned it to my parents they promised me to buy one if I score good marks in my academics. So I started to hit the books hard and burned midnight oil. Soon the results came and which were desirable, I scored second position in overall ranks. My parents were impressed and to reward my success. We soon went to an Apple store where we decided to buy the latest model. I was happy, it was the happiest day of my life as my dreams were coming true. But in twist came while billing when they gave us free airports. It was now offered that buy one iPhone and get one airport free. I was actually amazed. Airports were also my dream but I thought it would be unethical to increase my demands as I knew my parents budget and it was hard for them to buy an iPhone for me. But when I received it for free, it was like I was on cloud nine. Lastly, my experience of receiving something for free is memorable and I enjoyed it so much and I always cherish it.
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Usually, people feel happy when they receive something for free, but it's a rare phenomenon that happens once or twice in everyone's life. I experienced it while buying my phone. I had a longing to buy my own iPhone, and when I mentioned it to my parents, they promised to buy one if I scored good marks in my academics. So, I started to hit the books hard and burned the midnight oil. Soon, the results came, and they were desirable; I scored second position in the overall ranks. My parents were impressed, and to reward my success, we soon went to an Apple store where we decided to buy the latest model. I was happy; it was the happiest day of my life as my dreams were coming true. But a twist came while billing when they gave us free AirPods. It was now offered that if you buy one iPhone, you get one AirPod free. I was actually amazed. AirPods were also my dream, but I thought it would be unethical to increase my demands as I knew my parents' budget and it was hard for them to buy an iPhone for me. But when I received them for free, it was like I was on cloud nine. Lastly, my experience of receiving something for free is memorable, and I enjoyed it so much, and I always cherish it.
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