aBlooMoon's Journal: Freebie "scams"...where do I sign up?

With the past year's buzz about free iPods, it's still a wonder to me that so many Slashdot people (and others) still call offers like this a scam. Is it truly that hard to believe that you can get something for so relatively little these days? Now, due to the success of a certain freebie "scam", these sites are popping up all over the place and for a multitude of different items ranging from iPods to TiVO machines, from laptops to designer handbags.

Here is a list of the various freebie sites that I've run across that have been proven legit.

There are plenty of positive stories about people receiving free stuff now that it has been proven to be legit. Spam from these companies is negligible to nonexistent, except from the clueless referral linkers who post their links in forums and such. It is possible that you will hand out your credit card number and address information, but to a legit corporation like Audigy or Video Professor.

Basically, if you are one of those who will refuse the offers' legitness until the end of the world, that's fine and dandy with me--but don't berate my (almost) free stuff. I have iPods and an xbox to show for minimal effort.

Honestly, I think I'll continue to be scammed--and who do you think will make out better in the end?

Update 3/3/05: So far I've gotten three items from these "scams"--20 GB iPod, 1 GB iPod Shuffle, and an xBox. Believe it or not, they are legit.