I completed the free iPod offer
Ok, I just looked at my free iPod referral status and noticed that I finally have five referrals. This magic number is the minimum amount of people that I needed to sign up in order to get my free iPod. 54 people have signed up but only five have completed an offer. That is a little less then 10%.
So I’m reading over the message that they have posted.
You currently have the minimum number of referrals needed to get your FREE iPod. One process we must perform is to approve your account, and comfirm all of your referrals as unique, valid, and have legitimately completed an offer. We also check your referrals’ referrals, and make sure all offers were done with no signs of fraud or abuse. If you referred someone who we find suspicious you may not receive credit for their referral. Some accounts will have 1 or 2 referrals that do not get approved, so you may want to refer extra friends to improve your chances of approval.
If you feel like you have completed all necessary steps according to the FULL requirements of our Terms & Conditions, then you may click the button below to request this approval. Once approved you will be able to order your FREE iPod! Please note, however, that ANY type of abuse or attempts to fraud our free offer will be taken very seriously and may result in your account and/or your referrals being placed on HOLD status
The way that they capitalize “FULL requirements” made me go back and read the Terms & Conditions. There is just so much to read and comprehend. It sounds like it may have been all for nothing.
Should I email the people who did complete the offer and check with them to see how they are doing? What happens if someone below me appears to be abusing the system? Do I start from scratch again? Couldn’t they setup something that lets me know how many referrals the people under me have and how many completed offers there are? That would give me an indication if the person is participating as well.
Should I hold out and try and get a few more referrals? On average it will take me about a month to get another referral to complete there offer. What should I do? I am so tempted to request approval but I don’t want to mess this up.
Tags: Free iPod, iPod, Completed, Goal, Milestone, Decision, Confusion, Fraud, Requirements, Referral, Free
June 23rd, 2005 at 7:56 am
it might have to do with all the people you have signed up. my friend’s account has been on hold for 2 years even though she completed an offer, and got 5 other people to too. one of hers referrals had multiple accounts, and hers has been on hold since.
good luck getting your hold cleared. i heard it’s a hassle and pain.
June 23rd, 2005 at 11:21 am
I would really like to see this work. Have always seen this as a big sham job!
June 23rd, 2005 at 4:37 pm
I don’t trust them. I must be a scam.
June 23rd, 2005 at 8:21 pm
I have heard it works, but really, for all that trouble JUST BUY ONE.
Or beat up a little kid on the street for one.
June 23rd, 2005 at 9:11 pm
Nothings free, looks like they are making you work for that IPod. Bastards
June 23rd, 2005 at 11:24 pm
I know people who’ve gotten free iPods from the thing; it’s not a bold face scam. But I think they’re pretty frugal about who they give them out to. I tried to rip them off a few months ago by signing up with an assortment of emails I’ve collected over the years, and they caught me rather quickly. If they can construe anything you did to be against the rules, you’ll probably be cut off. If not, you might get a free iPod. I’d go for it.
But if you really want one, they have them hassle-free at Best Buy.
June 23rd, 2005 at 11:55 pm
I see that the ipod craze is as strong as ever.
Rather than go through all this work, I would probably just buy one. (Anyway, free stuff is hard to ignore, I guess. Somehow, the word ‘free’ is a great word, despite the fact that we all know there’s no such thing as a free lunch)
June 24th, 2005 at 1:28 am
I’m unwilling to try this scheme/scam myself, as I know I’ll forget to cancel the “free offer” I have to try in order for anything to happen.
But good luck to you!
June 24th, 2005 at 4:56 am
I had people on my list that still say they “haven’t completed their requirements” even though when they check their own statuses, it says that they have. I gave up on it. Shortly thereafter, someone sent me one as a gift. I don’t pretend I did anything to deserve something that nice.
June 24th, 2005 at 6:17 am
I’m working on this thingy now. Don’t know if I counted for you or not.
June 24th, 2005 at 2:19 pm
Krozy, I see you on the list but you didn’t complete an offer yet.
July 14th, 2005 at 6:59 am
I’ve compelted an offer correctly and I referred myself 5 times to get my free ipod!! Now i’m worried to be placed on HOLD. Please, help me out! Do you think been on HOLD status can get out putting more real referrals on it? I don’t wanna be on HOL,d I just want my FREE iPod! Did someone got their FREE iPod referring herself? Please, help me out!
July 24th, 2005 at 9:36 pm
Just got my 5 referals to go. Is there no site where people with referal problems can post there link http://www.freeiPods.com/?r=20174785
if you want a go at getting a free ipod help me out by using my referal please you’ll understand when you get to this stage.
cheers