Real experiences with freebie Web sites |
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Free spam! Act now!
"Yes, they are all scams. There is always a 'short' questionnaire.
You always have to answer many, many questions if you want this
or that. You always have to give your e-mail address and other information.
You always have to check 'yes' for at least one in order to qualify
and continue. If you ever get to the end after 45 minutes or so
-- yeah, short -- you end up having to buy or sign up for something
or your name is put into a lottery for a chance to win. I, in my
stupidity, have done this several times. Always thinking maybe this
one is legit. Not! I have never gotten the free product or the free
gift card, groceries, movie tickets, etc. Then your e-mail is bombarded
with hundreds of advertisements that you can never seem to stop
unless you change your e-mail address. What a deal. Moral of this
story is: Nothing is free.
"Thanks for asking, that felt good!"
Jean
"I filled out the questionnaire online for a
$50 gift certificate for dinner at a well-known restaurant
chain. They ask for your name and the rest of your personal information
and e-mail address. Then the questionnaire opens up a new page and
asks you if you would be interested in e-mails for specials on items
that you could use in your life. You fill that page out then here
comes another page with more questions. After about five pages I
gave up. It just wouldn't quit. It was like a stupid carrot that
they had hanging out there that you could never reach. I turned
my computer off and said, 'Forget that!' After that I didn't check
my e-mail for about a week and when I did I had over 200 spam messages,
even sex ones. I never did get a dinner certificate. I had to close
that e-mail account because the spam garbage would not quit. Moral
of the story: There is no free lunch on the Internet."
Sascha
"I have responded twice to freebie ads, using
an alternative e-mail address and within 24 hours received hundreds
of spam e-mails -- and no free anything. My perception is the purpose
is to get folks to reply and then have access to their e-mail addresses."
Bea
"After I gave my e-mail address and answered
all the questions, I was informed that I had to order (buy) one
item from several areas in order to receive the freebie. I canceled
the 'adventure' and have been inundated with junk mail ever since.
Never again. Big scam for addresses to sell, etc."
Anita |
