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Nobody really talks about them here, because the temptation to start a conga line is too great -- and super annoying for the rest of us.

So the threads are closed immediately, and if somebody posts a referral link -- they are usually banned.

The g-mail threads were bad enough, the free iPod threads would be orders of magnitude worse.
 
Mr_Brightside_@ said:
has anyone actually done onw of the "free ipod" things? theres like so many of them online. ouch.

I know a friend that got:
a mac mini
a U2 iPod
60 gig Photo
and I think one more.

punk was always at the top of the pyramid and ...
DOESN'T USE THE MAC MINI AT ALL! AGGHH!!

He won't send it to me, that punk. :(
always bad mouthing it and such.

but .. yea, they rarely work (he has a HUGE family, and thats how he got it to work) so no with the posting of the "zomg! free iPod!"

Just.. so much the spam!
 
a friend of mine got an iPod Shuffle the other day when he joined a ocntest somewhere...
 
Whyren said:
There are legitimate contests (like where I won my shuffle), but I'd stay away from the free-whatever.coms. Not worth the effort and loss of personal data.
Bingo, if I was running a phishing scam -- I'd skip the bank, ebay, etc. and give away a few hundred free iPods.

That drives people wild and they willingly give you their personal information -- to your scam links, and get their friends to jump in also. :rolleyes:
 
I received a free iPod last year through one of them, so they aren't a scam. But it's way too much work to do.
 
robcts said:
I received a free iPod last year through one of them, so they aren't a scam. But it's way too much work to do.

I got a 15Gb 3rd Gen. It was a pain in the butt. Big time. I guess if you know a lot of people it might work.
 
So the question now is....

Who wants to start an iPod scam with me? You can be #2 on the list.
 
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