alatesystems's Journal: Free iPod?

An iPod for Free?
By: Chris Benard

I too was skeptical when I first saw this. In fact, a friend of mine tried to get me to do it months ago and I thought it was a scam and laughed at him for falling for it.

Since that time, I've seen many so called "FreeiPod Guide" sites and some actually have pictures of people actually receiving their free iPod.

Enter me, here is my timeline:

• Aug 28: Started Getting Referrals [Screenshot]
• Aug 29: Finished getting referals, "Processing Stage" [Screenshot]
• Aug 30: Placed order(Sorry no screenshot; It has my personal info)
• Sep 1: Order is now in "Sent to Vendor, Waiting on Product" stage [Screenshot]

So you can see, my stuff is done and now I'll be receiving my iPod shortly, so I put this up as a help to one of my friends who signed up under mine.

The Caveats

• The Spam
  • Use a throwaway address!!! I don't think I can stress this enough. They do spam you a LOT, but hey, you get a free iPod out of it. I think that's much better than the "free" spam you get now. I used my gmail account, but I had my friend John use a free Yahoo! Mail account. Either will filter the spam pretty well and keep it away from your mail account.
• The Signup Process
  • Once you put in your new email address and desired password on the FreeiPods.com front page and submit, you will then enter your address where they will send the iPod upon completion of your offers. After this is when the fun begins. You get a "survey", and you should just click "No" on each answer until you get to the refer friends page. You don't need to refer any friends on this page, but you should get your referrer link at the bottom of this page to give to other people(As I do on the bottom of this page). Just click "Complete Offer" at the top and then pick one of the offers.
• The Free Trial Offers
  • You sign up for 1 offer and get 5 friends to each sign up for one offer. Most offers are free trials that you can cancel with no futher obligation. i would not recommend signing up for any that require costs for "shipping and handling". Also, I do not recommend signing up for credit cards such as the GM card unless you need one, because too many inquiries on your credit report can be bad.

    YES, a credit card is required to complete most offers. YES, most of the offers are from reputable companies(Netflix, Stamps.com, AOL[tee hee], Blockbuster, Infone, et al). YES, some offers give instant credit such as Blockbuster, Infone, Stamps.com, and Netflix. If you don't want to keep the offer, you can then cancel them.

So if this journal entry has enticed you to claim your free iPod, please use my friend John's FreeiPods.com referral link.

Email me if you have any questions at:
[e-mail]

Well?

[ruprechtjones]

So... Have you actually received your free ipod yet? Honestly?

Re:Well?

[alatesystems]

RTFA please. My timeline is only like 60% of that journal entry.

My experience

[karniv0re]

So far, my experience hasn't been bad. Though I haven't had 5 people sign up yet, I am currently doing the Blockbuster offer. I have been wanting to try it, so it was like killing two birds with one stone. I'm on week two of the trial period, and I think I'll stick with it.

The Blockbuster offer isn't instant credit. They credit you after your two week trial period is up, so it seems like you'll have to do at least one month of it. If you don't want to pay a cent, do one of the other offers that give you i

Re:My experience

[alatesystems]

They changed the blockbuster one I see. It used to be instant credit and didn't have that "don't cancel" wording. AOL and Netscape are still really good offers, though.

Chris