Free iPods - Is that a scam?
One thing to note here is that anything can be a scam, so trust no one. 
Free iPods is something I just ran across last week and decided to take a look at for myself. What most people picture when seeing something like this is someone just taking your money or some sort of pyramid scam where the last one gets stuck out. This is actually quite different and ingenius on the part of whomever thought of it first. What is basically going on is commission based sales. Companies like RealNetworks, Citibank and other reputable companies are offering top dollar for marketing and referrals, so a company like freepremiumipods.com will receive commissions for each person they drive to these companies. In comes the iPod. The iPod is probably the most reputable, best designed, and most in demand gadget on the market today. FreePremiumIPods.com is giving people exactly what they want, something (free iPod) for nothing. In most cases, there is a Credit Application you’ll need to fill out and tell several of your friends about the whole deal and everyone can get something for nothing. FreePremiumIPods.com makes there money on the commissions (minus the iPods sent out to those who actually have 8 referrals complete the process as well — this is similar to mail-in rebates where not everyone will follow through).
In summary, the end user is really out nothing, but has the opportunity to gain a free ($400 valued) iPod assuming they can get 8 referrals to participate. That’s it!
I chose the RealNetworks offer for a 15-day trial of their SuperPass for online access to entertainment whatchas and whozits. I’ll post my findings in a couple of weeks to let everyone know how the process pans out.
One Response to “Free iPods - Is that a scam?”
Posted by: cranst - 11/11/2005
Well, this test will probably be inconclusive. I can’t get anyone to participate. I get several “sure, I’ll do that,” but they’re probably thinking “man, this guy is a sucker.” Oh well.
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