You Know Those Free Psp/ipod Sites...

AlcapwnAlcapwn "War is the science of destruction" - John Abbot Join Date: 2003-06-21 Member: 17590Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">...do they...actually work?</div> Im not an idiot, ofcourse it looks like a scam, but there are alot of people on the Playstation forums (Who are reputable too) they claim they tried it just for fun and got what they wanted....

...im so tempted to go and try it right now too...must...resist.... <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
    Some do, but you will have to put up with piles of junkmail and e-mail spam and have some friends that want you to do the same for them lol
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  • Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
    edited July 2005
    The short answer is yes, some work.

    The real answer is that even if the one you sign up with does work, the time you'll put into it is probably not worth it. Remember that it's not just time spent convincing other people to sign up under you. It's also time spent going through ads. Time spent signing up for offers you can supposedly cancel before being charged, and then time spent cancelling within the right time window so you're still fulfilling the requirement without (or at least hopefully without) being charged. [edit]Reading the post below, I just realized not all of them even <i>let</i> you cancel those sideline things at all[/edit]. Time spent printing, writing down, and organizing records of everything you've done so you can avoid being charged money, and track down the company to nag them into sending you your freebie.

    End result is many more hours than you might first expect. If you have a source of income like a job, or wealthy & reasonably generous family members, those are probably more efficient ways of getting the same thing.
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  • FieariFieari Join Date: 2002-10-22 Member: 1566Members, Constellation
    They do, and they don't. That is to say, some people do get "free" PSPs or iPods or whatever, but the vast majority don't, mathematically. Additionally, they aren't actually free. What happens is that they ask you to buy something else, say, a ringtone or a public domain "eBook" for like $50, which puts your name on a list. When X number of people sign up for the list, the person at the top gets the thingy. It's called a "Matrix Scheme", and you can read about them here: <a href='http://matrixwatch.org' target='_blank'>http://matrixwatch.org</a>

    Consider the situation where for 1 person to get the thingy, ten more people need to sign up. So, the first person on the list... the owner of the site, only needs ten people. But the second person? Well, he needs 9 more people so the person ahead of him can get the thingy, and then 10 on top of that... so he <i>actually</i> needs 19 more signups before he gets the thingy. The third person? He needs 28 people. Fourth? 37.

    Mathematically, if it's a 10:1 ratio of signups to people getting what they want, then only 10% of the people on the list can ever get anything. It doesn't matter if the entire human race eventually signed up for the list... only 10% would win. And usually matrix sites have much more than a 10 person wait. And the signup fees can be in excess of a hundred dollars.

    Which is why its a scam. And also, quite frankly, illegal.
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  • SwiftspearSwiftspear Custim tital Join Date: 2003-10-29 Member: 22097Members
    I know they work, and I honestly don't care. It's just more crafty advertizing. They are making money off the offer somehow, otherwize they wouldn't be doing it. IMHO it's not worth the spam.
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