Do the FreeIpods, FreeFlatScreens, FreeWhatever"scams" really work?

Updated 2/25/2005 -- Well, Its Official...It Works! (I think) Ok, Im sure you have heard way too much about the Free Ipods and Free MiniMac websites on different forums, blogs, IM's, etc, and especially on MySpace. I am usually a very cautious consumer. My thinking has always told me that if someone says that somthing good is free Its usually a ripoff. However, when a friend of mine actually recieved a free IMac in the mail, I was forced to take a closer look at these offers.

How Does It Work?
Here's what I found out. After signing up with www.notebooks4free.com, Subscribers are given a choice of about 30 different offers, including a 45-day trial of AOL and a two-week trial of Ancestry.com's genealogy service. Usually, the offers are for a free one month trial, and they are easily canceled. www.notebooks4free.com is actually owned by a company called Gratis Internet. Gratis Internet is paid a bounty of $50 to $90 for sending potential customers to sites like AOL, eBay or RealNetworks. So to get an Ibook, you have to refer 18 people to sign up for notebooks4free.com. 18 x $90 = $1620. The cost of an Ibook is about $1200. $1620 - $1200 = $420. So for every Ibook that is "given away", notebooks4free.com is collecting a cool $420 in profit.

So I have signed up. I applied for a Nation's Bank Credit Card. It only took about 10 minutes to get approved. So all I have to do now is refer 18 people. I think I have enough relatives to do it. he he.

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