Free iPods... Scam? Are they really free?

Article with information about the free iPods and whether or not
they're legit...

http://myblogtastrophe.blogspot.com/...-scam-or-reali
ty.html

In article <301220051903459644%nospam@spamhaters.anonymous> ,
nospam@spamhaters.anonymous says...
> Article with information about the free iPods and whether or not
> they're legit...
>
> http://myblogtastrophe.blogspot.com/...-scam-or-reali
> ty.html
>
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
--Economics 101

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:14:27 -0600, Frank McCoy <mccoyf@millcomm.com>
wrote:

>All I got was about a million more ads and scams sent to me through email.

That's the real objective with these offers; to dupe you into 'opting
in' to receiving SPAM. You'll be absolutely deluged with it!

There is a veneer of legitimacy to the offer though, some people have
actually gotten iPods, but they had to jump through hoops and buy
other stuff.

A_C

In alt.callahans Agent_C <Agent-C-hates-spam@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:14:27 -0600, Frank McCoy <mccoyf@millcomm.com>
>wrote:
>
>>All I got was about a million more ads and scams sent to me through email.
>
>That's the real objective with these offers; to dupe you into 'opting
>in' to receiving SPAM. You'll be absolutely deluged with it!
>
>There is a veneer of legitimacy to the offer though, some people have
>actually gotten iPods, but they had to jump through hoops and buy
>other stuff.
>
Exactly.
Most especially the "buy other stuff part".
They don't SHOW you THAT part (of course) until you get to the VERY END, when
they already have all the information they're really after.
"Just one more step, and you'll get your FREE <FITB>!"
"Just accept one of these FREE offers, and we'll be sending you your <FITB>, as
soon as we receive confirmation."
The "one more step" being to sign up for an expensive Credit-Card with high
fees, buy something expensive that you supposedly can return "after an
evaluation period of 30 days", sign up for a "FREE" evaluation of a subscription
"that you can cancel at any time", or a "free" telephone ... that you have to
agree to sign up for a two-year subscription for ... a whole bunch of similar
scams; not one of them truly "free".

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In <MPG.1e1fdc69ae68bc129896a4@newsgroups.bellsouth.n et> on Sat, 31 Dec 2005
00:08:49 -0500, Drumstick <ry_nospam_burk@yahoo.com> wrote:

>In article <301220051903459644%nospam@spamhaters.anonymous> ,
>nospam@spamhaters.anonymous says...
>> Article with information about the free iPods and whether or not
>> they're legit...
>>
>> http://myblogtastrophe.blogspot.com/...-scam-or-reali
>> ty.html
>>
>There's no such thing as a free lunch.
> --Economics 101

Actually Robert A. Heinlein
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TANSTAAFL>

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John Navas wrote:
> Drumstick <ry_nospam_burk@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>There's no such thing as a free lunch.
>> --Economics 101
>
> Actually Robert A. Heinlein
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TANSTAAFL>

And actually, it was "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." Thus
TANSTAAFL.

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On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:03:45 GMT, OotB <nospam@spamhaters.anonymous>
wrote:

>Article with information about the free iPods and whether or not
>they're legit...
>
>http://myblogtastrophe.blogspot.com/...-scam-or-reali
>ty.html

What famous quote is attributed to PT Barnum?

In alt.callahans Dean <Dean@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:03:45 GMT, OotB <nospam@spamhaters.anonymous>
>wrote:
>
>>Article with information about the free iPods and whether or not
>>they're legit...
>>
>>http://myblogtastrophe.blogspot.com/...-scam-or-reali
>>ty.html
>
>What famous quote is attributed to PT Barnum?

The one he didn't say?
"There's a sucker born every minute ... and two to take him."
Methinks that's the most famous quote attributed to him.
There were quite a few others, as I recall, that he *did* say.

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In alt.callahans Notan <notan@ddress.> wrote:

>Dean wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:03:45 GMT, OotB <nospam@spamhaters.anonymous>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Article with information about the free iPods and whether or not
>> >they're legit...
>> >
>> >http://myblogtastrophe.blogspot.com/...-scam-or-reali
>> >ty.html
>>
>> What famous quote is attributed to PT Barnum?
>
>"Please don't stand behind the elephants?"
>
Snork! ;-}

Methinks Barnum would would more-likely have put a sign labeled "Please Wait
Here" behind the elephants, just to see whether people would. The guy had a
sense of humor. "This way to the Great Egress!"

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