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The things I'll do for an iPod...

As something of an experiment, I've decided to try and see if I can get a free 40 GB Photo iPod out of that whole Gratis Network dealie. If you've never heard of it, basically they have things like Free iPod, Free Desktop Computer, Free Flatscreen Monitor and so on. You sign up for their site, then sign up for one of their partners' offers, and get ten friends to do the same via your referring URL. Once you've got ten people, you get the free item you signed up for.

Most of the offers are pretty weak. There's the Columbia House DVD club and similar stuff, a couple of really high interest rate credit cards, and some other random crap. There are two that are actually pretty good though. The best, and least painful is Infone, as it's a pay-as-you-use 411 service. Sign up and never use it, and poof, you don't pay. That's easy enough. The other one is Blockbuster's Netflix wannabe. They're pretty desperate to compete with Netflix, so if you try and cancel your account, they'll give you insanely cheap offers, including an extra two weeks of a free trial, and a six month, unlimited use membership for the cost of one month. Crazy. Not all offers are available at all times, which does kinda suck, but Infone seems to be available most, ifnot all of the time.

Anyway, if anyone out there can help a guy get a free iPod, click on this link and sign up.

Posted by jason at November 5, 2004 10:46 AM | TrackBack | Read more: Geek Culture