Okay, most eBay users will find out that people put up things for £0.01 or £10,000,000 for a free link to a site to get a free iPod or PSP or whatever. I never thought this was true, or even sane. However, looking at this BBC News report, it's got me wondering:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/n ... 683524.stm
Seeing as the BBC say it's not a scam etc. and the BBC is trustworthy, what's your opinion on this, and would you sign up for a free iPod at http://www.freeipods.com?
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Neil Jones
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Well you know what they say.
If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.
purely because of the free trial for something trivial I'm not going to do it.J.Christie wrote:Okay, most eBay users will find out that people put up things for £0.01 or £10,000,000 for a free link to a site to get a free iPod or PSP or whatever. I never thought this was true, or even sane. However, looking at this BBC News report, it's got me wondering:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/n ... 683524.stm
Seeing as the BBC say it's not a scam etc. and the BBC is trustworthy, what's your opinion on this, and would you sign up for a free iPod at http://www.freeipods.com?
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Cheese Head
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id give it a blast you know...
is the idea "well give you a free ipod if you subscribe to (for eg) blockbuster online rental and get five others to do so too" cos im still slightly confused....
is the idea "well give you a free ipod if you subscribe to (for eg) blockbuster online rental and get five others to do so too" cos im still slightly confused....
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No, the eBay 1p listings seem to be different from the BBC report. The ebay thin is just a pyramid scheme.
The eBay purchase will give you a link to a website, which will give you the chance to contribute £5 to add yourself to a list.
When enough people below you in the list have added 5 pounds (say 200 quid for an iPod, roughly) and you'll need 40 people to each contribute 5 quid below you until the iPod can be bought, then you get your iPod. If people keep contributing, then people will keep getting iPods, but unless the scheme carries on into eternity then there will always be 40 people who get nothing when the scheme closes down, which it will.
The eBay purchase will give you a link to a website, which will give you the chance to contribute £5 to add yourself to a list.
When enough people below you in the list have added 5 pounds (say 200 quid for an iPod, roughly) and you'll need 40 people to each contribute 5 quid below you until the iPod can be bought, then you get your iPod. If people keep contributing, then people will keep getting iPods, but unless the scheme carries on into eternity then there will always be 40 people who get nothing when the scheme closes down, which it will.
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J.Christie
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But hearing about advertisers paying to advertise and all that, it makes sense.
