Philippe Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 [url="http://www.FreeGamingSystems.com/?r=13247973"]Free Gaming System[/url] Hey check out that site. you can get a free xbox, ps2, gamecube, or nintendo ds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 [font="Impact"]SPAM[/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe Posted December 22, 2004 Author Share Posted December 22, 2004 they actually are real though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCC_Catholic Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 do you know that for sure????? :pebcam: :pc: :spammer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe Posted December 22, 2004 Author Share Posted December 22, 2004 like 90% sure its from the same people that did freeipods.com and tons of people have received their ipods from them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soldier4Him Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 never trust give-aways-like that. they're only out to scam you..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe Posted December 22, 2004 Author Share Posted December 22, 2004 dont say that until you research it. [url="http://gratislair.com/"]http://gratislair.com/[/url] [quote] GratisInternet, OfferCentric and other companies have set fire upon a new marketing idea that benefits both us and them. They are offering various free products like iPods, LCD monitors, Personal Video Players, Desktop PCs, and more! Check below for the various offers. All you have to do is complete one of their free trial offers (which of course comes with no obligation), and then get friends to sign up under you and do the same. The number of sign ups vary depending on each free item. How can they be giving out free stuff? All these companies basically get paid from the companies that you sign up for as a trial offer. These companies pay from 30-80 dollars per lead. These companies can vary from AOL, eBay to Netflix or Blockbuster Online. They are not "under the table" types of companies that will runaway with your money. Are these offers legit? Yes! I made sure to gather all the evidence that I could get to ensure that these offers are legit before posting them on here. For some of the free offers I personally posted up my experiences as well, so check them out in the proof section. If you are in doubt or have any questions, feel free to ask! We are here to help you.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Adam Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Regardless it is still SPAM here. There is ALWAYS a credit card company, MasterCard, VISA, behind these deals in the end. No one gives anything away for free, are you kidding me? It comes at a price, especially if you aren't careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1337 k4th0l1x0r Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 (edited) It's a pyramid scheme which is sadly legal in this case. Here's how it goes: Suppose we start with 1 person who gets first crack at a free ipod/gamecube/etc. They sign up for some service (usually around $20/mo) and recommend 4 friends. Since the concept is very new, they can easily find 4 people each to send the offer who will sign up for it. So far, there are 1+4+16=21 people who have signed up for the offers. Each of these 16 can send out an offer and they new people will probably sign up for it, so we add 64 more people to get 85 people involved. The next iterations are 341, 1365, 5461, 21845, 87381, 349525, 1398101, 5592405, 22369621, etc. This grows really quickly. Suppose there are only 30 million people who are really gullible enough to do this. A few of the final people (the 22 million group who haven't signed up yet) get people to sign up. The maximum this number can be is 1907594 (this means everyone getting either 4 offers or no offers with the exception of 1 person who gets 3 offers). We now have 7499999 (7.5 million) people who will get ipods and 22500001 people who will not get ipods. This means very close to 3/4 of the people who participate in this 'service' WILL get screwed. This scales up to larger numbers (and gets even closer to 3/4) and sadly this 25% success rate is the BEST theoretical outcome for consumers. Why? First, there is the fact that you must get people to sign up. If you get three people to sign up and can't get a fourth, then no ipod for you. That lowers the overall success rate some. Second, if you try to get more than four people to sign up thinking some people won't sign up and more than four people do sign up, you don't get anything extra. Those are people who could be recommendations for others who are short by one or two. This lowers the success rate some from the ideal. All in all, you're participating in a gamble that has at best 25% success rate and is probably closer to 10%. Given that the delivery of the stuff will take a couple months (this is to see that you won't just cancel the offer and stay with the company for a little while, not because of some backlog of orders. Amazon can send out millions of packages in a week, so don't buy their bull) you will probably pay $20/mo * 2 mo = $40. If the odds of success were 25%, you'd have to have an item worth at least $160 to make it worth your while. With the more realistic odds of 10%, the minimum value for the item would need to be at least $400. Given most of the items out there aren't worth nearly this amount, it's not worth it. Even the game systems are all $150 or less, so even in the best case the bet is not a smart one. I hope you made it through that. Moral of the story: Mathematically, it's a bad bet, especially in the later stages. The fact that you've heard so many 'success' stories means that you'll probably be in that final 'definitely screwed' group. You're better off putting $40 down at a craps table on one of the sucker bets. Edited December 22, 2004 by 1337 k4th0l1x0r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1337 k4th0l1x0r Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Oh, and I nominate my previous post for 'Threadkiller of the Year' in the 2004 Phorie Awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Scam. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Im still waiting for my $10 Million I was promised for buying $10,000 worth of toilet paper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe Posted December 22, 2004 Author Share Posted December 22, 2004 ok well first of all... where do you put 40 $ all the offers are free trials and as long as you cancel the trial when you get credited, there are no charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe Posted December 22, 2004 Author Share Posted December 22, 2004 also alot of people have recieved theres. The Tech Tv guys from screensavers all did it and they received theirs. it just took a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeTeamFamily Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 [quote]as long as you cancel the trial when you get credited[/quote] and therein lies the scam....most people will forget to cancel it and chaos ensues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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