Get a free iPod through referrals?
December 19, 2004 4:37 AM Subscribe
Free iPod? I wonder if this is legit? Apparently if you signup for a "deal" like a credit card, the BMG cd club, Blockbuster online video rentals, etc, and also get 10 other people to signup as well they will send you a free 40gb photo iPod. Can the $500ish price tag really be offset by these deals? How is this possible?
This post was deleted for the following reason: this dumbass is banned for this
Very few people actually get 10 people to sign up, most probably stall at 5 or something, so for everyone they have to send an iPod, there are probably scores of people signing up 1-9 people and getting nothing in return.
posted by svenni at 4:47 AM on December 19, 2004
posted by svenni at 4:47 AM on December 19, 2004
I don't really think pumpkinhead cares, he obviously just wants his free iPod, which is why he's hawking his referral link on here. If the dude was really smart, he'd buy a text ad.
posted by tapeguy at 4:53 AM on December 19, 2004
posted by tapeguy at 4:53 AM on December 19, 2004
pumpkinhead, I hope you get your free iPod by spamming Metafilter. And then the iPod gives you cancer.
posted by Mayor Curley at 5:06 AM on December 19, 2004
posted by Mayor Curley at 5:06 AM on December 19, 2004
I suppose it's up to me to rescue this thread, so I'll do a little dance now.
*trips on own shoelaces and tumbles down stairs*
posted by Smart Dalek at 5:07 AM on December 19, 2004
*trips on own shoelaces and tumbles down stairs*
posted by Smart Dalek at 5:07 AM on December 19, 2004
Yes, it's real.
Yes, people get their iPods/Notebook PCs/TVs/etc.
Yes, it's a pyramid scheme, so the vast majority of people won't get their iPod, not because of any direct scamming, but because they won't be able to get enough people to give them referrals.
Yes, it's become a big enough problem that links to or discussion of "freeX.com" type sites is forbidden in many discussion forums.
posted by Bugbread at 5:08 AM on December 19, 2004 [1 favorite]
Yes, people get their iPods/Notebook PCs/TVs/etc.
Yes, it's a pyramid scheme, so the vast majority of people won't get their iPod, not because of any direct scamming, but because they won't be able to get enough people to give them referrals.
Yes, it's become a big enough problem that links to or discussion of "freeX.com" type sites is forbidden in many discussion forums.
posted by Bugbread at 5:08 AM on December 19, 2004 [1 favorite]
Sure it's legit. I recieved my free iPod last week.
This post is another story.
posted by nervestaple at 5:16 AM on December 19, 2004
This post is another story.
posted by nervestaple at 5:16 AM on December 19, 2004
Interesting...
Pumpkinhead has been a member since 2001, and never posted anything until three comments on Dec. 19th, then this link.....
methinks this needs to be deleted!
posted by HuronBob at 5:46 AM on December 19, 2004
Pumpkinhead has been a member since 2001, and never posted anything until three comments on Dec. 19th, then this link.....
methinks this needs to be deleted!
posted by HuronBob at 5:46 AM on December 19, 2004
Like we wouldn't notice the referral ID in the URL immediately. Fuckwit.
Related reading: No such thing as a free iPod?
posted by mcwetboy at 6:02 AM on December 19, 2004
Related reading: No such thing as a free iPod?
posted by mcwetboy at 6:02 AM on December 19, 2004
McWetBoy:
Linked from there is the Pyramid Scheme Calculator, which is pretty handy. Thanks.
posted by Bugbread at 6:08 AM on December 19, 2004 [1 favorite]
Linked from there is the Pyramid Scheme Calculator, which is pretty handy. Thanks.
posted by Bugbread at 6:08 AM on December 19, 2004 [1 favorite]
Yes, this post sucked, but perhaps pumpkinhead is simply painfully unaware that Ask Metafilter is lurking behind the scenes? pumpkinhead's profile indicates that he has posted "... no questions and no answers to Ask MetaFilter"
Free The Green!
Free The Green!
Free The Green!
posted by terrapin at 6:28 AM on December 19, 2004
Free The Green!
Free The Green!
Free The Green!
posted by terrapin at 6:28 AM on December 19, 2004
...and here i saw the link and expected pumpkinhead to have a user number of around 20000+ or so. silly me, turns out to just be a very patient link-spammer.
how long before punkin'head posts to the grey asking why this thread is deleted?
posted by caution live frogs at 6:44 AM on December 19, 2004
how long before punkin'head posts to the grey asking why this thread is deleted?
posted by caution live frogs at 6:44 AM on December 19, 2004
Don't call him "pumpkinhead," call him "shithead."
posted by Ljubljana at 7:00 AM on December 19, 2004
posted by Ljubljana at 7:00 AM on December 19, 2004
That'll be $5 re-entry fee, please.
posted by NinjaPirate at 7:10 AM on December 19, 2004
posted by NinjaPirate at 7:10 AM on December 19, 2004
Dunno, done plenty of the blue but almost no green or grey...
posted by Samizdata at 7:26 AM on December 19, 2004
posted by Samizdata at 7:26 AM on December 19, 2004
This is just one baby step above comment spam. Disgusting.
posted by majcher at 7:45 AM on December 19, 2004
posted by majcher at 7:45 AM on December 19, 2004
fuck cunt shit piss cock funk pumpkinhead! fuck shit fuck fuck! shit cunt piss doo doo motherfucker!
posted by jon_kill at 7:52 AM on December 19, 2004
posted by jon_kill at 7:52 AM on December 19, 2004
*punches pumpkinhead in the face*
posted by monju_bosatsu at 8:21 AM on December 19, 2004
posted by monju_bosatsu at 8:21 AM on December 19, 2004
...and yet it isn't deleted. So here I find myself with a quandary. Should I click on his link? I have never, ever, ever heard of such an amazing concept. Why, if it seems to be legit, I might just sign up and get my very own ipod this very day. If only there were some way to compensate this fine fellow for pointing me in the right direction.
posted by codger at 8:26 AM on December 19, 2004
posted by codger at 8:26 AM on December 19, 2004
well, i'm fairly new here - i guess I won't be posting that link to www.sendmeyourmoney.com then.
posted by gt16 at 8:31 AM on December 19, 2004
posted by gt16 at 8:31 AM on December 19, 2004
Codger: If you must, copy the link and strip off his referrer code.
posted by Bugbread at 8:33 AM on December 19, 2004 [1 favorite]
posted by Bugbread at 8:33 AM on December 19, 2004 [1 favorite]
How dare Matt sleep in on a Sunday morning, instead of logging on at crack of dawn to clean up our messes?
posted by ook at 8:45 AM on December 19, 2004
posted by ook at 8:45 AM on December 19, 2004
Ah, it lets the pile on get bigger. Sleep in, Matt, this ought to be fun.
Pumpkinhead, I truly, truly hope that not a single person signed up for your obvious gaming scam. And I'd expect you'll be needing a new five dollar bill shortly too.
posted by fenriq at 9:02 AM on December 19, 2004
Pumpkinhead, I truly, truly hope that not a single person signed up for your obvious gaming scam. And I'd expect you'll be needing a new five dollar bill shortly too.
posted by fenriq at 9:02 AM on December 19, 2004
Yes, it is supposedly legit. I am enjoying my subscription to the Times, and none of my friends will ever sign for the offers I send them.
Just one pyramid scheme.
posted by kadmilos at 9:11 AM on December 19, 2004
Just one pyramid scheme.
posted by kadmilos at 9:11 AM on December 19, 2004
An iPod is a family of iWhales. Found in the iOcean.
At least here in iPuget Sound.
posted by spinifex23 at 10:29 AM on December 19, 2004
At least here in iPuget Sound.
posted by spinifex23 at 10:29 AM on December 19, 2004
Damn, I've been playing the drum roll for like two hours now. What? Does Matt have a life outside of MeFi? How dare him!
posted by fenriq at 10:40 AM on December 19, 2004
posted by fenriq at 10:40 AM on December 19, 2004
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