Please help me get a laptop for college

[stlava]

Hey guys I've been a member here for quite some time now. Next year I will be going off to college and for those of you who have already been though that process you know it becomes pretty expensive. When you factor in tuition, room&board, books etc.. they might as well be taking arms and legs from you instead of money. I will also need a laptop for my studies and of course occasional gaming sessions ;). I'm really hoping I can get a free Mac laptop so I don't have to fork out the money myself being as they are in the upwards of $1900.

Everyone has heard of those referral sites where you have to refer x amount of people who complete a few offers and then the site sends you a laptop or what not. I have done some research and there are legitimate sites that do just that.

So if anyone wants to help me out and you can get a free laptop too in the process please visit the tutorial I have setup. One last thing I have to refer 31 people so please help me out.

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Everyone who completes 2 credits and gets credit for completing the offers will receive $20 from me.

This should deffer most if not all of the expenses from completing the offers. Money will be sent via paypal upon me seeing that you have indeed received credit. Offers range from GameFly to Blockbuster.

I will only send a maximum of $20. So if your offers are beyond that you will have to deffer the cost yourself.

If you play it right you will get a few games from GameFly and Several movies from netflix or blockbuster that you can enjoy! And you will endup paying $0.

My Website: http://www.helpmegetamac.com/help

PS admins if you prefer I not link to my site directly let me know I'll remove it but please don't delete the entire post.

[LightBred]

link to the list of steps don't worky.

[stlava]

Hmm just tried it out under different browsers and it works for me. Are you getting an error message or anything?

[Chris_Redfield]

My younger brother went to college this year. He spent 300 dollars on a used IBM Thinkpad, to get him through his occasional Star/Warcraft and CS1.6 sessions, aswell as his studies.

Im sorry, but what the hell?!

[Vreki]

link to the list of steps don't worky.

The hyper link itself contains no address, which is probably good since it is a direct refferal link.

1
31
961
29791
923521
28629151
887503681 > Population of the US
27.5 * 10^9 > Population of the world

But if you are so certain that this will work, then just do like one of the guys you linked to did: Offer to refund all expenses of all those you refer.

And be quick, because the mods will probably slam this for being an ad.

[stlava]

@Vreki i though about that initially and what it came down to is if someone does an offer thats expensive and then continues to get billed for it I don't want to be held responsible. Also 31 referrals that need to complete 2 credits is somewhere around $20 times 31 is ~620. Which is not bad really in terms of the full cost. So its a definite possibility.

I will also setup a paypal donate button if this whole thing doesn't work out.

[Scinto]

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=so&sbrftog=1&from=R10&satitle=laptop&sacat=51148%26catref%3DC6&a14=-24&a26444=-24&a12=-24&a25710=-24&a26446=-24&a10244=-24&alist=a14%2Ca26092%2Ca26444%2Ca12%2Ca25710%2Ca2644 6%2Ca10244&pfmode=1&reqtype=1&gcs=1505&pfid=1811&pf_query=laptop&floc=1&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&sadis=200&fpos=ZIP%2FPostal&sappl=1&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&price=1&saprclo=&saprchi=620&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&fgtp=

[Vreki]

Everything involving a pyramid scheme is a scam.
They also offer $100 for 3 referrals, do you really think that is going to work?
I suggest you try that one out first.

[imported_CasTor]

I own a refferal based incentive website like this. And the age of "free gifts" are going downhill fast.

Like someone said, trying a offer then cancling it and asking for a refund will revoke the credit and they wont get the laptop or gift. I speak with my agent daily about offer quality and they have gone done alot since summer. He has overturned over 60% of the offers completed for scam/ or canclation.

My website is not doing to well because of the poor offer quality, the only offer that is somewhat good is "video professor".

Proof.... i own http://www.gamergear4free.com

But again,

I plan on taking my site down within the next few months so dont sign up.

[Scinto]

lmao @ the cooler on the 1950XT

[signa]

My younger brother went to college this year. He spent 300 dollars on a used IBM Thinkpad, to get him through his occasional Star/Warcraft and CS1.6 sessions, aswell as his studies...

agreed. check craigslist.org (your area) for laptops. you can get some really good deals there. I got a thinkpad x31 for cheap and it rocks.

[reynolddog]

Why don't you get a job instead fo begging for refarls?

[stlava]

I have a job but I only work weekends because I simply don't have the time during the week due to school. That and it pays minimum wage and I have other expenses that I have to pay by myself.

[LightBred]

The hyper link itself contains no address, which is probably good since it is a direct refferal link.

1
31
961
29791
923521
28629151
887503681 > Population of the US
27.5 * 10^9 > Population of the world

But if you are so certain that this will work, then just do like one of the guys you linked to did: Offer to refund all expenses of all those you refer.

And be quick, because the mods will probably slam this for being an ad.
If it's something other than clicking a link it's too much effort for me anyway.

[MaxUSA]

Everything involving a pyramid scheme is a scam.
They also offer $100 for 3 referrals, do you really think that is going to work?
I suggest you try that one out first.

Actually, that's not necessarily true. A company called TRAINN (Transcendent Innovations), among other sites actually are legit, and do ship you your items. I know this from experience, and they have their own testimonial page set up, with hundreds of pictures and written entries. There are multiple forums set up for the trading of referrals, as well. News stories have been done for God's sake. Google is your friend.

[Vreki]

Actually, that's not necessarily true. A company called TRAINN (Transcendent Innovations), among other sites actually are legit, and do ship you your items. I know this from experience, and they have their own testimonial page set up, with hundreds of pictures and written entries. There are multiple forums set up for the trading of referrals, as well. News stories have been done for God's sake. Google is your friend.

I see no stories from reputable news sources on the first 6 pages of google search results. Just a lot of blog entries and "GetFreeStuff" sites.
Please link to these news stories.

Tell me, how exactly is it that their business model is supposed to work?
How can they afford to give someone a free Wii just by selling stuff to 6 of his friends?

[stlava]

The following several paragraphs explain how the system works.


The key to the referrals system is that the referral website is paid by the sponsor for every customer who clicks on and signs up for a trial offer with that sponsor. So if someone signs up for a Lovefilm free trial through PS3 giveaway, PS3 giveaway will receive X amount of money from Lovefilm. When this person then goes on to refer 13 other people to PS3 giveaway (and if each of the 13 people sign up for a free Lovefilm trial), then PS3 giveaway will receive payment from their sponsor for each of these 13 people.
The result is that the referrals website receives sufficient funding to send the customer their free gift and to operate the referral site. This system is a very clever and cost effective way of making money by directing traffic towards sponsors, with the direct benefit that the customer receives a share of their advertising revenue in the form of a free gift.
http://www.gimme4free.co.uk/Guide_How_it_works.php



The company rep we spoke to insisted that this thing was for real and that they had already given away about 400 iPods to people. To get it to work you actually have to sign up for one of their sponsors' offers (like the Columbia House DVD club, the GM credit card, AOL for Broadband, etc.) and also get five other people to also take them up on one of their offers. Gratis Networks picks up a decent referral fee for every one that's completed, and since it's a lot harder than it sounds to also get five of your friends to sign up for AOL (for example), they only have to ship out free iPods to a relatively small percentage of people, while simply pocketing the cash for anyone who is able to only get four people or fewer to sign up (the company rep admitted that they lose money whenever someone gets five people to complete orders, since it means they have to ship out an iPod).

http://www.engadget.com/2004/07/16/free-ipods-from-freeipods-com-engadget-gets-the-scoop/

There are countless numbers of people that have received stuff from getstuff4free. As well as there are thousands of other people that have gotten stuff from similar stuff. It does work and many of the sites are legit. http://www.anything4free.com/forums/index.php?showforum=215

[Vreki]

There are countless numbers of people that have received stuff from getstuff4free. As well as there are thousands of other people that have gotten stuff from similar stuff. It does work and many of the sites are legit. http://www.anything4free.com/forums/index.php?showforum=215

The problem is that it does not take much effort to create a large number of online personalities to hype your product.
So blogs etc. have little value when evaluating this. There is also the factor that if you badmouth the product, you hurt your own chance of attracting referrals.

I want to see someone reputable, like BBC, CNN og even snopes.


, PS3 giveaway will receive X amount of money from Lovefilm. When this person then goes on to refer 13 other people to PS3 giveaway (and if each of the 13 people sign up for a free Lovefilm trial), then PS3 giveaway will receive payment from their sponsor for each of these 13 people.
That is BS, there is no way the Ad revenues can finance that.


they only have to ship out free iPods to a relatively small percentage of people, while simply pocketing the cash for anyone who is able to only get four people or fewer to sign up
Now that I can believe, they are essentially admitting that you have little chance of getting the stuff for free.
Just like any other pyramid scheme, a few on the top will profit, while the rest will lose money.
But everybody believe they are the one on top.

[stlava]

NBC, BBC and TSS video reports.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbav_mK27Uo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1hw0jrcDOE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLW5oI9Vgxc

[Vreki]

NBC, BBC and TSS video reports.

Ok, you got me on that one :D

I watched them and was not impressed.
BBC: They did no test it for themselves, only had a interview with a couple of guys which coincidentally had a website they needed to promote to get refferals.
I noticed that they claimed that you could complete the free offers, and the free site would still get $50-$70?
In you model I am pretty sure that they had to spend cash.
Also the journalist seems to under the impression that music is free on the internet. I think he has missed some very important aspects of the piracy debate.

TSS: They had an interview with the director of the site, but no test. Apparently one of the guys took part in the program but had not (yet) received the ipod. Of course mentioning that to the director on live TV invalidates the test if he receives it later :rolleyes:

NBC: Thats the same guys as BBC interviewed? Are we sure they are not plants? They certainly do say "freeipod.com" a lot ;)
No test, no research.

I will admit that if advertisers are indeed paying $70 for a non-binding refferal, then this thing could work.
But I would like to see an actual test of this by an independent news source.
The sources you gave are fine in themselves, but they did not test any of the claims. It was just treated like amusing news.
Surely they must be able to get a free iPod for themselves, and interview a few of the advertisers?

[solofowaffles]

So ive heard of these things called jobs,they pay you money so you can get a laptop.

[stlava]

Like I said before:


I have a job but I only work weekends because I simply don't have the time during the week due to school. That and it pays minimum wage and I have other expenses that I have to pay by myself.

[stlava]

bump.

[reynolddog]

Has anyone even participated?

[stlava]

Has anyone even participated?
No :( none so far...

[reynolddog]

No :( none so far...



Don't count on it...

[sgt.collins]

if you want some extra money, check out cashcrate.com its not an ad, just a suggestion. its also not mine... working like 5 minutes every other day, i made around 30 bucks. and i only have to input my info for most of them, i don't need to even have a credit card.

or club.live.com
you play the games, and you get 'credits'
get like a zune, and sell it for money haha