FREE??? Laptop????

[A_ROOKIE]

Has anybody seen this? I have not done it but thought I would ask my very own Geek squad for help. There has got be a catch or why does anybody, BUY a laptop?

www.freelaptopreward.com/rd_p?p=169844&t=5536&c=595628&a=laptop

[michiganmilitia]

DON'T DO IT!!! lol

Here's my experience:

You have to sign up for so much crap and complete so many offers, you will never stop receiving junk mail and harassment from advertisers. And the qualifications on each offer are so specific, they are much harder than they appear to complete. I tried www.freeipodtouchoffer.com and sold my soul. I had 4 friends that completed offers and to this day, it still tells me that none of my friends completed a single offer. what a bunch of BS. I watched one of my friends complete the offer, and it still says he didn't.


I read all the fine print and I thought I had it all figured out but I still got ripped. BE VERY SUSPICIOUS!!!

[RedRock]

The basic part is "to complete" such and such "offers," basically, buy certain items or certain packages at set prices from a limited number of specific sellers! You have to spend spend spend, in order to get your "free" laptop or iPod or whatever. But if you really need those items and shop around for them, they will cost you far less elsewhere, even more than the value of the "free" item you get after spending more money on the "completion" deal.

[Marauder(CDN)]

I don't think nothing is ever free in this life..other than good friends.(even Red) and the love of a good person. man Red...snifff...I luv ya...lol. These offers are always to good to be true, but I have prime land up here to sell at a discount. After you get through with all the spam Rook ..talk to us.

[a Silly Person]

It is true that you can get FREE TV's, Laptops, surround sound systems and the like if you do as they say above... try at least 3 of their products or something like that.

My Nephew does this regularly and has received three free different gaming systems, large screen tv, a projection tv, dvd player and such and yes, he has jumped through all the hoops. He will set up a brand new free email account through either Yahoo, or Hotmail and use the new one for the ensuing spam overload it will get. It does take some time but if you have the time, He says that it is worth it.

I tried it once but only had enough patience to fill out enough of the questionnaires to get loads of junk mail through my Yahoo account. The worst ones are when you need to fill out and apply for a new charge card account. You need to hold it for like 2 months and then you can cancel the account.

If you are going to try for one of these things you need to make sure that all your T's are crossed and all your I's are dotted. But the most important thing you need to do, is open up a new FREE email account so that you can totally ignore it later.

[Baku]

Best way is to keep away from anything that say's FREE.

There is always a catch, might look real but don't always belive anything you see.

A bit like our goverment in UK. Don't belive a word they say because 90% of what they say is BULL

[RedRock]

TANSTAAFL (classic Robert Heinlein).

At best you merely pay money for something you need or want. At worst, you trade your valuable time (time isn't money, it's LIFE) to meet the obligations set out for you in order to receive the "FREE" items, with these arrangements.

[Lamron]

There is one free laptop deal that's not a total scam. Do a search for "up front rewards" credit card transfers. I did this a few years back and got a free Dell laptop. The server actually ran on this computer for about two years.

The deal is that you have to transfer a fairly large balance to the new credit card and NOT pay it off in less than 18 months. If you add up the interest on that money over the time period, you'll be paying a little more than the laptop is worth. So its not a good deal UNLESS you already have the debt and were going to be paying the interest anyway. I already had the debt, and had no way of paying it off in 18 months. I didn't save any interest money, but at least I got the laptop out of it instead of the nothing I would have gotten otherwise.

[A_ROOKIE]

I thought so, You guys are the best. I knew you would have all I needed to know. Thanks guys