Inside the Free iPod Offer

jonathanhowell writes "David Lazarus, The SF Chronicle's tech guy, has an article in today's paper with an interesting investigation into the work you have to do to get a "free" (as in beer) iPod. I'm trying not to call it a scam, because it appears completely legal, if ethically challenged." From the article: "What it doesn't say is that the offer terms will expose you to reams of spam and marketing solicitations, that the user survey is actually a lengthy marketing ploy, and that the sponsor offers needed to qualify for that free music player will almost certainly cost you money."

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Re:Worked for me

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How early is that? I got my ipod about two months ago, and the DS shortly after that (signed up for everything else once i got the ipod). Personally, i know 3 people who got theirs assuming that they got the referalls complete. The time between getting the credit for referrers and geting the ipod/ds in my hands was only 2-3 weeks.