There may be some truth to that, the worst pens I have ever receieved were from Symantec and GFI.
I won a lot of swag from Symantec over the years, including a NAS, a laptop and an iPad, but their branded stuff was tat.
Anyone who is on LinkedIn will probably have seen ads/spam for a webinar from Verkada promising a free Yeti travel mug as well for attending. The mug is worth £70 apparently, and although it does keep your coffee warm the lid is crap and not watertight and the mug is far too big for a cupholder in a car.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
