When you get into Second Life you will be amazed at all the freebies available. FREE cloths, hair, skin, cars, etc... it's pretty much a noobie standard to just grab everything. My character is notorious for whipping out props to fit every occasion because of many hours collecting and sorting free junk.
Junk. Most of it is just junk. It's great for when you are trying to get your SL prefab toon to look like something that wasn't literally born yesterday, but sometimes you are really better off picking out a nice outfit and skipping the bulk of the freebies and gifts you come across. Most of this 'junk' is stuff created by people learning to use the building tools or things that are so common and annoying that they have no monetary value.
Some people are very skilled at weeding out the 2% of good free stuff, but most people are not. As a general rule, freebie outfits only have 1 or 2 things worth keeping. That black catsuit thing is ugly, but you might want to keep the belt. That body style might look really dorky as a whole, but maybe just keep the skin and modify your own proportions... You'll have to think like this if you want to utilize freebies without looking like it.
Another thing to keep in mind... be weary of gifts. They are not always what they seem. My first gag gift was a body shape. I tried it on and it turned me into what looked like a humanoid daddy longlegs like contortionist. It freaked me out - I thought my character was ruined for good! I changed body shapes and it didn't go away immediately but it was gone when I relogged in.
Another undesirable 'gift' is a collar... don't take it until you decide you really want to forfeit all free will. No joke. Put the collar on, and you forfeit many of your decision making skills to your new master (collar owner).
Vampires are another annoying bearer of gifts. There is usually one prowling the noobie area asking if he/she can bite you. This one is a toss up. The bad is if you let them bite you, you become officially devirginized and wear a flag visible to all vampires that says 'hey so and so bit me'. The good is that only vampires see it and nobody else cares. So if you just let some fool bite you then the rest of them leave you alone!
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