Just a Vapor

I have come across a bunch of places on the net that have talked about FreeiPods.com. Skeptical that it’s legit, I did some digging and decided that it does, contrary to common sense, look legit. There is an article up at wired.com, a reputable publication, claiming that it is legitimate. I also noticed that they claim at the freeipods website that they’ve been featured on CNN headline news. I didn’t find any story on the CNN website to substantiate that claim, but I did see they are an advertiser when I searched their site. (Google-style add that comes up with a search of the website.) I also found a story at geek.com. Kevin Rose of G4TechTV’s “The Screen Savers”, and where I learned of this deal, is going to talk about his experiment to see if it’s legit on Tuesday’s show (The first since they went off the air to move to Los Angeles over two months ago).

It smells like a “pyramid scheme” and it works this way:

1. You sign up with them, giving them only an email address.
2. You sign up with one of their affiliates, such as AOL Broadband, Blockbuster (their Netflix-type service), BMG Music, one of a few credit cards, and others. I signed up for the video professor because it’s only $7 for shipping, you don’t have to worry about canceling an account you signed up for just to get a free iPod, and it credits you immediately (on your freeipods account).
3. get 5 other people to sign up using you as a referral.

Apparently tons of people claim to have gotten several free iPods (each) from this site. We’ll see. I went with what I believed to be the lowest risk. If it doesn’t work out, I at least come out with a free lesson on how to use the internet (well, $7 with shipping) that I can give away.

Give it a shot! Click here to get started.

I’ll post confirmation that it is real when 5 people agree to take a chance and use my referral link to take that chance, and I find a free iPod in my mailbox. I highly suggest using an email address that is valid, on one hand, but intended for spam on the other.

UPDATE: Kevin Rose didn’t talk about the site on his first show back, but i did find, via his site, another site that corroborates the legitimacy of freeipods.com and even explains the economics of how it works (how they can afford to give away free iPods). Also, I found a link to the page on the Better Business Bureau’s website that reports on freeipods.com’s parent company. It’s not a scam!!!

More links and support that it’s not a scam.

UPDATE 2:(Sept 10th) Kevin Rose did talk about his freeiPods experience last night (Sept. 9th) on TSS. He signed up for a $250 gift certificate to iTunes rather than an iPod. He did end up getting it, and his co-host is waiting to recieve his iPod, which is said to be in shipping.

I’m still looking for three people who will sign up. From what I’ve heard, Infone is the way to go. Sign up under freeipods.com and when you get to the affiliates page, sign up for Infone. You never get charged for the service as long as you never actually use it and they give you a $10 gift certificate to Amazon.com for your trouble. Beats my using video professor and paying for the shipping.

I’m also giving away GMail invites in conjunction with this post. For ever completed referral, I give away a GMail invite.
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UPDATE 3:May 7, 2007 – Freeipods.com has turned into a scam. I have received two ipods from them in the past, but it is incredibly difficult to do so now. I would NOT recommend them to anyone any longer.