I thought the questions were excellent. If this was a stunt, it was a great introduction to "ask this about everything anyone tries to give you fer free."

People pull a lot of wretched stunts these days. Have for a long time, actually; Candid Camera was in my childhood, right?

And I thought the vendor's answer about "ads pay for everything" was actually really suspect. You have start-up costs before anyone's gonna take a risk on spending some of their advertising budget on you. It was a real caveat emptor skit with multiple layers to delve into even if the emptor wasn't apparently asked to pay.