Investigative Article About Free Ipod Sites

Saturday, Mar. 19 2005 | Author: jeremy

David Lazarus of the San Francisco Chronicle published an article today that took an in-depth look at one of the sites that claim to give out Free iPods.

It was a site that I had not heard of before, and its practices seem to be much different than that of Gratis, which runs the FreeIpods.com and FreeMiniMac.com sites.

The site in question, referred to as the Incentive Reward Center, seems to not require you to refer anyone, but you have to complete several offers yourself, and apparently send in the information for verification.

Lazarus even contacted one of the people who gave a testimony for the site, who claimed they were payed for sending in their picture for use on the site.

I have definitely seen a plethora of sites pop-up claiming to offer free iPods, televisions, computers and more. From what I have read, Gratis seems to have the best reputation of the bunch.

Has anyone tried using this site to get a free iPod or anything else? What was your experience with the program?

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23 Responses for "Investigative Article About Free Ipod Sites"

Chim

March 19th, 2005 at 1:12 pm
1

Gratis as in the Dutch word for free? Hehe.
mvip

March 22nd, 2005 at 1:19 pm
2

So is it in Swedish =) (and many other language, IIRC Spanish as well for instance)
Grant Putala

April 1st, 2005 at 5:41 pm
3

http://www.free iPods.com/?r=14097457
Please help me get mine

take the space out of the link in the middle

thanks
Hugh Ass

April 9th, 2005 at 8:08 pm
4

Why pay money? with a credit card, when you have an alternative to get an ipod totally free just over a matter of time. To be 13 years or older and reside in Canada or the US. Well, your prayers have been answered, go to http://www.mikesfreeipodguide.cjb.net for a guide on how to do JUST THAT!.
MB

April 18th, 2005 at 11:42 pm
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I did the iPod thing with Incentive Reward Center and got my iPod in about a month. I signed up for an Entertainment book, a CD club, a couple of book clubs, a newspaper and a Discover card. I’m using everything I signed up for. They did include a form in the box with the iPod offering a $50.00 gift card for a pic and a testimonial, but so what? I got a free iPod from them!
Megan

April 21st, 2005 at 2:06 pm
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I did Gatis freeipods offer and did indeed get a free iPod. It was a hassle and it took about 6-8 weeks after I completed everything to get my ipod in the mail. Most of the offers have some $5-10 shipping or registration fee and you have to make sure that you cancel whatever offer it is before the “free” trial is over. And yes, you will likely get junk mail from whatever offer you sign up for. I simply created a bunch of email accounts for me and my friends to use so that the junk mail could be funneled to these locations. Interstingly enough, freeipods also asked me to send a photo of me with my iPod. They didn’t offer a free gift card, though. If they had, I probably would have done it. So, if you are diligent and have five friends who are willing to partake in this fiasco, you can get an iPod.
Wraeththu

May 10th, 2005 at 3:42 pm
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I’ve done the incentive reward center promotion to get an iPod. Whole thing start to finish was 29 days. I also did the Consumer Incentive Promotions (I believe related to Incentive reward center) and it also took a grand total of 29 days to get a Mac Mini.

I’m starting a new one.. I believe by a related site as well. Product Opinion Panel to get another iPod. I’m detailing the experience on my website.
justin

July 13th, 2005 at 5:23 pm
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i just went there today and did it but i havent recieved anything yet. i will get back to u and let u know how things went
Marion Ross

July 14th, 2005 at 1:50 am
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I looked at this website and decided not to do it because on page 3 of 3 where you have to select two of the offers, I wasn’t eligible for 2 of the 4 things listed (they were credit cards I already had) and the others were a dental plan and a Direct TV set up!
If you’re thinking of doing this, definately flip through all the pages first, deciding what offers you’ll do and how much they’ll cost you and how much bother it’s going to be to cancel memberships after trials, et cetera.
Arun

September 20th, 2005 at 6:45 pm
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iam running a posting contest at my forum and the prize is an ipod shuffle. person who gets the maximum points by the contest date will win. It is a legimate contest where you can win by better participation.
trace

November 15th, 2005 at 1:25 pm
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i have done 3 gratis/freepay sites. i have done their ipod shuffle, mac mini, and ipod nano site. i have done trancendent innovations video ipod site (i should receive that this week). gratis and trainn are the best right now because offercentric went gay and only listed casino and webhosting offers but they used to be good. so far i have gotten:
1gb ipod shuffle from freepay
80gb mac mini from freepay
4gb black ipod nano from freepay
$250 paypal from offercentric
30gb video ipod from trainn
$190 visa from getipod4free
and i think that is it for now but i do this a lot.
Ipodfan

November 27th, 2005 at 7:40 pm
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I have read that it works. If you are interested you should sign up and help me out in the process. http://premiumipods.freepay.com/?r=25401627
John

December 1st, 2005 at 4:30 pm
13

for free ipod go http://ipods.freepay.com/?r=25345534
Raymond

January 9th, 2006 at 2:22 am
14

Do you live in Canada?
If you do, check this out!

http://www.freegoods.ca is a new website designed for Canadians seeking free goods, including free XBOX 360, PS3, digital cameras, plasmas, and iPods.

FreeGoods.ca contains a simple and helpful guide with a complete list of free websites.

Its a must-see website.
maria

January 12th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
15

please please please help me get mine

http://ipods.freepay.com/?r=26564282
james

January 18th, 2006 at 11:22 am
16

hi, please help me get my free ipod.. i will gladly help you in return :
my link :

http://ipods.freepay.com/?r=26183499

thank you!
Bez

January 21st, 2006 at 8:24 am
17

Thers a new site, which i think is better; it offers things to people in any country!
http://www.freebiefreebie.com/index.php?r=38065

thats my referal link if you could help me out! :)
CJ

May 8th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
18

Help me get mine too!
iPod-Nanos

July 17th, 2006 at 7:05 pm
19

http://www.iPod-Nanos.co.uk
Dante34

September 2nd, 2006 at 8:44 pm
20

do your friends actually have to buy one of the offers? or do they just have to click the link?
below_zero

November 15th, 2006 at 10:30 am
21

This is for uk only, but help yourself towards a free iPod, laptop, xbox etc…

follow this link: http://gifts.freepay.com/?r=34551366
Andy

December 19th, 2006 at 4:52 pm
22

I wanted to know if I sign up for a 30-day offer for the free iPod on the freepay site… then I cancel within the 30-day period.. do I lose eligibility for getting an iPod..or will I still get the iPod?
I was able to get 5 referrals.. though..
montreal

January 11th, 2007 at 3:53 am
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Want a free ipod?? you can help me get mine and get one for yourself by clicking on my referral link: http://ipods.freepay.com/?r=35776967