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Are Those “Free iPod” Websites Legit or a Scam?

33 Responses (Add) | Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 at 12:47pm

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You know the sites. You see them everywhere. “Sign up and get five of your friends to sign up… and you’ll win!” It’s not as easy as they make it sound. With so many sites who do the same thing, you’ll have a hard time trying to find even five who want to sign up under you.

I received an email earlier in the week from Tom, asking me if these “freebie” sites are legitimate or not. I personally tiptoe very cautiously around things like these. The odds are not in your favor that you’ll really get something for free. It’s quite difficult to get enough people to buy in to whatever it is the site in question is selling or advertising. Most people will fail in getting the ‘free’ product. Yes… there are legitimate sites giving away real products. Just read the fine print. Make sure you fully understand the requirements that are laid out prior to getting involved. Heck… why not ask your friends BEFORE you sign up if they’re even willing to follow your lead and try to get something for nothing?

Don’t throw away your money. Be smart. Stay away from all those scams out there.

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33 Comments

joelg88

April 23rd, 2008
at 1:09pm

these are great tips chris. with the way the economy is these days it good to know some more ways to save lots of money.I personally have never had to travel last minute so i haven’t experienced this. But when I do travel (Every Summer) I always get the tickets a few months before as you will save lots of money compared to getting them just a couple days or few weeks before you want to travel. Overall great tips chris.

Eee ya later

Kevin

April 23rd, 2008
at 6:05pm

Actually I have done several of these sites and been paid out. You just have to be careful which company site you do. Granted it is hard to find referrals if you don’t know where to get them at. There are some sites like freeipodguide that offers a trade system with other users for signing up under each other. Some free sites require a credit card to complete their offers and some have free offers. I tend to stay with the freebies sites that have free offers because getting referrals to sign up is easier.

FilmFlicker

April 24th, 2008
at 12:51pm

dude if you have FREINDSSS they will sign up under your name lol.

CamCole81

April 24th, 2008
at 1:12pm

for these freebie sites…do your friends have to complete one offer or do they just have to sign up?

Mangospork

April 24th, 2008
at 1:50pm

Ya’ know! I don’t know!……..

Michael

April 24th, 2008
at 7:50am

What these sites are really good at is putting your email address on hundreds of spammers lists.

jiujitsu909

April 24th, 2008
at 2:58pm

they r full of shit u never win anything

Alex Confer

April 24th, 2008
at 5:34pm

I want to try this this summer. But a good idea would be to get one of those visa prepaid debt card that way you can control how much money you could possibly lose.

StudioSchnibs

April 25th, 2008
at 6:54am

i won a mac pro. i just used different emails. all me

freebiekingz

April 25th, 2008
at 9:38am

It WORKS!

i got a site that DOESNT need a credit card.
mesage me 4 it.\

it is easy cause i finished 4 sites!
4 sites that only needed 5-8 people to signup
in 2 months.

so far i got ipod touch, amazon giftcard $250,
Wii, and i am gonna get xbox 360 in a month

heavenrox225

April 25th, 2008
at 2:52pm

Well some of this is true. It is kind of extremely hard to get one of these “freebies” for free. Most of them require you to “complete an offer”. This is how they get their money. Like Chris said. Just be safe and act like you’re not going to win. Dont spend money on the offers. Thanks Chris, I once had this problem and now i don’t. I will not do these websites anymore, even though i really want a macbook and cant afford it. Thanks.

proent

April 25th, 2008
at 7:34pm

haha they didnt expect anyone to actually do it

teckstuf

April 25th, 2008
at 11:33pm

what is it?

freebiekingz

April 26th, 2008
at 12:11am

YYeah ,most sites tell you to pay for something.
but mine only asks you to do a 1 survey

Actionjackson4444

April 26th, 2008
at 3:04pm

Can you message me the site? :D

bristowman

April 26th, 2008
at 6:27pm

Not free….
I’ve seen the same with ezyrewards, i only do the free and safe stuff…

TheOriginalReal1

April 27th, 2008
at 2:21am

Chris doesn’t know enough about this topic to be making a video calling every offer a scam, IMHO.

It is a fact there are some real offers that work and can be done completely FREE ($0 out of your pocket) or very little ($1-4).

It’s not that hard to get 5 friends to complete a no-risk trial that costs nothing, now is it?

The biggest problem with this video is new people will see it and be incorrectly informed. They’ll think every single offer out there is a scam when that is NOT true.

navyskittle

April 27th, 2008
at 1:10pm

i see these vids about these websites all the time on youtube.

Groudon185p

April 28th, 2008
at 9:01am

lol i got an ad next to me for a macbook air, if i get 15 people

Clu10

April 28th, 2008
at 10:10pm

it’s a lot harder than you think

iMooTube

April 29th, 2008
at 12:59am

god its embarrising how wrong you are.
check out exceem on the internet
wikipedia viral marketing and affiliate marketing.
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