Give It Away?

I read something this morning that just made good sense! It's common practice to give something like an ebook or report away to build a list of contacts, but how good is that list if it's filled with people who want something for nothing?

On the other hand, if you offer something with true value and ask a minimal price for it, now you are building a list of BUYERS, so which would you rather have? Not only that, you will be able to offer a lot more later on, if you have a few bucks to spend on developing new quality products instead of the junk people give away.

What do you think?