Free iPods

Someone sent me a link to this site offering free ipods. What’s the catch, you ask? Simply complete one of their “offers”, which include things like requesting an AOL CD in the mail or opening a trial membership on some websites (like Ancestry.com). Then send the link to five of your friends. Once your five friends have completed their offers, they will ship you the iPod of your choice. Interesting deal. Sounds like a scam at first, but this same place has been around for a while, giving away various other products to get you to sign up with an advertiser.

With the pay for placement market what it is, it doesn’t surprise me to see an advertiser pay top dollar to this company in order to get a sign-up. Let’s do the math:

If an advertiser pays $50 for a sign-up, and in order to get a free iPod, you and 5 friends must sign-up, that’s $300. What’s a mini-iPod go for these days? About $250. That’s a net profit of $50 per person that they make, and I get a free iPod out of it. Interesting business model. Now let’s see if I can get the last two completions I need to get my silver mini-iPod.

Update:
I’m happy to say that I’ve completed my five offers (but click on the links above to help my wonderful wife Dena get hers. Other people are reporting receiving their iPods and are quite happy with the results.

Update #2:
I found a little package on my front porch after work today.

packing slip
This packing slip sure looks interesting….

Behold!
Behold!

Free iPod

My free iPod has arrived, proof to the naysayers that claimed the FreeIpods.com was a scam.

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268 thoughts on “Free iPods

  1. Hi, I’m now offering gmail invites to the first four people who sign up on our conga and complete an offer for the member on the top of the list. So far even though we have 10+ members in the yahoo group, we only have three people on the conga list, so new sign-ups will still be near the top!!

  2. hey i just signed up, and i dont think the conga lines are very efficient.
    so i’m just gonna “pay” for my free ipod!
    So even if u dont get the referals u need, u’ll still be 10 dollars richer! 🙂
    $10 will be paypaled to the first 5 email acounts refered under me once i see it under my referal list.
    I will send the money once i see that u have completed one of the offers.
    THANKS!

    http://www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=8442023

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  5. I will pay you 10$ if you sign up for and complete the offer for the free ipod or LCD offer using my referal link. Just e-mail me at helpdesk at uns0uled.com and I will fill you in on the details.

    Thanks in advance to those who respond 😀 i hope 😡

  6. Limited time offer! If you sign up for the free PC or free Flat Screen using the following site, we will post your iPod link on the front page for 24 hours! The latest person to complete the iPod offer got 19 referrals in a couple days!

    http://members.cox.net/freeipods/

  7. I have done a google search and come up with conflicting reports.

    A quick Internet search yielded the following when I searched “free ipod gratis internet testimony”:

    http://panamaballer.tripod.com/freeipod_truth.html
    http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,64614…tw=wn_2culthead
    http://www.engadget.com/entry/1771223899144212/
    http://www.gmmfan.com/ipods/index.php?scam

    I looked at these sites, and the deal seems legit. But I have also seen some pretty elaborate Internet hoaxes.

    What’s the REAL DEAL re. a free ipod?

  8. New conga line set up for the free flat screens! go to uns0uled.com/bbs/messages/1.html and sign up before the line gets any longer! I’ve already got my 8 referals, hurry and you can too!

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