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Quest for Spam iPod
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Good evening my eager little blog readers,
Tonight I am going to recount my quest. A quest I wnet on knowing it was a bad idea. A quest that hast failed rather badly. A quest for power, freedom, and music. I call my tale:
QUEST FOR THE SPAMMED IPOD
My sad tale begins long, long ago, in a copy of
Popular Science magazine. No, I don't subcsribe to it, but I happened across a copy in the house we vacationed in. In this magazine, in mentioned Gratis Network, (now FreePay or something like that) and their websites, in patricular, www.freeipods.com They said they were legit (and they are-ish). Their article mentioned how Gratis works. You sign up, you pick out which spam you want to recive, you get friends and family to sign up and get spam, and once you get enough others to sign up, you recive a free ipod. It also talked about Conga lines. Conga lines are websites where people meet to share sign-ups to these sites, so you can get complete strangers to get spammed for you, instead of your friends and family. Of course, you must first get spammed for a stranger, but heck, it's better than loosing your friends and being disinherited.
I found joy. I quickly found a conga line, used its link, and signed up for a free Photo iPod. Then I found my glitch. A glitch which rendered my quest useless. All of the spam 'offers' you can choose from, save a few, cost money. Your choices? Sign up for a credit card (something I'm not old enough to do) or get a credit card report (I'd need a credit card first) are the only two free ones. The rest require you to purchase a one month 'trial' of Blockbuster movie rentals oncline, a one year subscription to either www.repocar.com or cheap tickets (or a similar site, though which one escapes me), or get a free trial weight-loss patch, only pay shipping and handeling (duh). The last one is a half free, a free trial of Video Professor online. Problem? You need a credit card. Odd, for it's supposed to be, err... free.
Anyway, now you know my sad quest and is failure.
And I leave you with a parting hope, that all your Thursday's be peretual...
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Comments:
Wow...that was so sad. I'm wiping away tears. I hope I shall be able to pick up and move on. I can't imagine what this did to you...it makes me shudder, just trying. Do you need a hug?
Posted by Emily at 7:29 PM
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