Day Three Results and some additional thoughts

I've finished sending to all the companies in my web bookmarks and have proceeded to go around the bedroom, picking out every brand I find represented and emailing them. I would like to mention that I am always completely honest in these emails and am not making up some mumbo jumbo about being on my death bed or anything. I am emailing companies that I have used or like, telling them what I like, or even don't like, about their products and asking for a contribution to my collection. Simple as that. Some of the responses are very appreciative of the feedback I have given them and it is actually fun to let those whose products and services I appreciate know that. So far it's paid off with two keychains coming soon. Once I start receiving items, pictures will be posted for all. Stay tuned!

Newegg:
"Dear Customer,
Thank you for contacting Newegg.
Thank you for the kind words they are certainly appreciated. However, we are It was truly a pleasure serving you and we hope for the opportunity to do business with you again in the near future.
I have forwarded your thoughts to upper management to review. They will share your input with the appropriate parties who will in turn take any action required to remedy the issue, if they deem it necessary.
Any positive Newegg shopping experiences you share at these sites would be greatly appreciated.
If you have any further questions or concerns, please visit our FAQs page. If you still need assistance, please feel free to email me directly and I will be happy to assist you.
Thank you,
Ethan Meng"

Del Sol:
"Thanks for the e-mail! Great goal! We’ll send you out a key chain. We love to help people live their dreams. "

Ikea:
"Hello Hamilton,Thank you for taking the time to contact us.At IKEA, we always strive to please our customers, with our productsand our service. We appreciate that you have taken the time to letus know how we are doing, and we are glad to hear that you have had apleasant experience.Unfortunately we do not have an IKEA keychain in our contact centerto send to you and we apologise.Once again, we thank you for sharing your feedback with us.Best Regards,Christian KwameIKEA Customer Care Center"

Kingwin:
"Hi Hamilton,
Thank you for your email, and support. I am sorry that we can not contribute to your collect because we don’t have any Kingwin keychain. We only have pens, if you like I will mail you one. Have a nice holiday!
Veda"

Second Day of Results

PNC:
"Dear Hamilton Whitney, Thank you for your message. We are glad to hear of the service you have been provided. As for the second part, we do apologize but we do ask that you please contact any local PNC Bank branch for further assistance. If you do not have this information, please visit the link below: https://www.pnc.com/MapQuest/mqlocator/MapQuestSearchInit
Please feel free to E-mail us back with any questions or concerns.
Thank you for contacting PNC Bank.
Sincerely,Christian Harris"

Logitech:
"Whitney,Thank you very much for this feedback. We really appreciate it. I don't know if we have any keychains, but if we do, one will come your way.Nancy"

"Hi Hamilton,Thank you very much for your note. I am sending you a keychain that we had made for our 25th anniversary. Good luck with achieving the world record!All the best,Kate"

Photobucket:
"Dear proudtobeageek@gmail.com,Thank you for your kind words. I have forwarded your request on to ourBusiness/Marketing Department.Sincerely,Your Photobucket Support Team"

First Day of Results

I've started out by sending queries to websites that I have bookmarked and frequently visit. These are probably not the most promising sources given their nature, but I figured I'd give it a shot.

BoingBoing.com
"Hey, Hamilton! Sorry, we don't do keychains, but glad to hear you like the blog!"

Digg.com
"Hi Hamilton,
Unfortunately, there are no Digg-branded keychains, but we appreciate the feedback. Thanks for using Digg!
Best,
- Digg Support Team"

Superherohype.com
"Hi Hamilton,
Unfortunately we don't have any keychains.
Sincerely,
Mirko Parlevliet"

Slashfilm.com
"Hamilton,
Thanks for the kind words. Its great to hear that someone is enjoying the site, we put so much work into it. Right now we don't have keychains or any other mechandise, we're waiting on a logo redesign before we launch anything.
Thanks again!
Peter Sciretta
Editor-in-chief/Journalist
/Film - Blogging the Reel World"

Neatorama.com:
"Thanks Hamilton! I'd give you a Neatorama keychain if I have one, but I don't - maybe it's something to make sometime in the future :)
Good luck with the collection!
Cheers,
Alex Santoso"

The Idea

I've always liked a good freebie. I'm also an enthusiastic keychain collector with somewhere close to 800 different keychains now. Inspired by The $39 Experiment I have decided to launch my own project writing to various companies and brands that I have used, explaining my collection and asking if they would be so kind as to contribute towards it. Many companies have promotional keychains and I am hoping they will send me one! So exciting. Perhaps nothing will come of this, but perhaps it will. Either way, the results of my inquiries will be posted here for all to see. Let's get this party started!