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Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
DCX said:Now with an official blessing we can get down to buisness!!How can we do this right, someone has to track what's what. I need a guideline and stats people ASAP
DCX
Not quite a blessing, I just really can't think straight at the moment. Typing coherently is taking a bit of effort. :|
Bruce Vilanch
Banned
DJ_Tet said:
Uhh, of course. What is the point of this thread? To get referrals and ipods/monitors. I don't see how you are misconstruing my thread as some selfish plan.
Mister Zimbu
Member
DJ_Tet said:
"faster than everybody else."
Implied, but whatever.
Bruce Vilanch said:
Because you impatiently started a seperate line because you didn't like that you didn't follow his instructions and were thus much farther back in the line?
Bruce Vilanch said:
That is the point of the thread, but there is a logical order. Just because it doesn't fit your schedule does not mean you can start your own thread and jump anyone/everyone. It just doesn't work that way, you should stop trying to defend your actions. Like I said, this isn't the type of thing that happens in two hours for everyone, just be patient. The more successful this thread is, the better chance we all have to get ipods/flatscreens.
The more chaos/new threads/separate conga lines/unsolicited pms/ the bigger chance only one or two people get the stuff.
Bruce Vilanch
Banned
Ugh, just drop it.
I'm not angry at you, I was just trying to make things more orderly... Don't accuse me of being a scam artist.
I'm not angry at you, I was just trying to make things more orderly... Don't accuse me of being a scam artist.
DCX
DCX
Maybe we should wait until you guys take a vote on this or something, don't want to violate TOS without knowing, maybe it's ok for this sort of thing if it's organized like this...although it might open the flood gates...who knows, all i know i'm always up for free stuff...the less work the better but free is always good.Wellington said:
DCX
Archaix said:
That's where friends/family/work/school people come into it. If you can convince people to sign up under your link without expecting anything (cause it's free), it all of a sudden becomes a lot easier to achieve your end goal.
The conga line, people jump in cause they want the free stuff too, not just to be a nice guy. The more 'nice guy' people you can get, the less people you need from the conga line, so it helps everyone out.
Mister Zimbu
Member
Bruce Vilanch said:
Gonna retract my scam artist thing. I didn't catch the line about the next person handling all the PMing. Sorry about that.
But I don't think the best thing for this is for one person to take the initiative and start a line when someone else has already done so. It'll get too disorderly and ultimately ruin this.
I'm done arguing. Sorry for spamming up the thread like that.
Bruce Vilanch
Banned
Alright, I'll get back into this goddamn queue.
I'll have to bid on another Ebay item, but whatever.
I'll have to bid on another Ebay item, but whatever.
you signed up without a referral link?
or did I misunderstand you?
One bid on eBay is all you need if you were referred by someone. If not and you already signed up without being referred by anyone, you're pretty much out of this conga line unless you can figure out how to sign up again using a diff name/address.
or did I misunderstand you?
One bid on eBay is all you need if you were referred by someone. If not and you already signed up without being referred by anyone, you're pretty much out of this conga line unless you can figure out how to sign up again using a diff name/address.
Bruce Vilanch
Banned
You need a different address? I was just planning on using a different email address.
Mister Zimbu
Member
I'm thinking the best option for an address change would be to find a way to change the formatting of your address.
Very easy if you live in an apartment, say you wrote as your address:
123 Fake Street, Apartment C
Sign up for a new account instead as:
123-C Fake Street.
Not sure if it'll work out though.
Very easy if you live in an apartment, say you wrote as your address:
123 Fake Street, Apartment C
Sign up for a new account instead as:
123-C Fake Street.
Not sure if it'll work out though.
shoplifter
Member
I wish to participate in this endeavour.
I would participate but it looks like there's already 20 people ahead of me. Which means that another 80-90 people will have to sign up just to get those guys taken care of....and I don't think that is going to happen. Ahhhh, the deceptive simplicity of the pyramid scheme...
Is it possible to sign up a bunch of fake address accounts just for the sake of getting someone else an iPod? You would never intend to use the account to get any free merchandise (since the address is incorrect), but it would still count for a friend...
Is it possible to sign up a bunch of fake address accounts just for the sake of getting someone else an iPod? You would never intend to use the account to get any free merchandise (since the address is incorrect), but it would still count for a friend...
Bruce Vilanch
Banned
I'm actually sending it to my sister. Does the ebay email address you register under have to be the same as your Freeipods.com registration address? What about home address for ebay?
Bruce Vilanch
Banned
Does the email address/home address/name you use to sign up for FreeIpods.com have to be the same as those you use to sign up for the promotional Ebay account?
OK, here is the latest on what's going on. The underlined name is who we're currently getting referrals for (me, in this case). B'z-chan has not signed up for either (though he said he was interested in both), so we're waiting on him as he was first in line. I'm in the process of sending out the links to the next four people who wanted to do the flatscreen one (as you can tell by the blank spaces in the list). If B'z-chan doesn't sign up in a couple days, I guess we'll have to skip him and keep moving on.
FLATSCREEN
Mason
1) B'z-chan | ?? | ??
2) Boogie9IGN | JOINED | NOT COMPLETED
3) Archaix | JOINED | NOT COMPLETED
4) Mr Pockets | JOINED | NOT COMPLETED
5)
6)
7)
8)
iPod
Mason
1) B'z-chan | ?? | ??
2) Archaix | JOINED | NOT COMPLETED
3) Bort | JOINED | NOT COMPLETED
4) Mr Pockets | JOINED | NOT COMPLETED
5) Bruce Vilanch | NOT JOINED | NOT COMPLETED
I'll give you an example of how this works by using names on this list. I (Mason) need 5 referrals for the iPod. So I sent my referral link to 5 people, including Archaix, who clicked on it and signed up for an account on freeipods.com. When he signed up, it gave him several choices of offers he wanted to participate in, because in order to get an ipod, you have to complete one offer and get 5 referrals.
I believe he chose the ebay offer, which is what most people choose because it does not require a credit card. If you choose the ebay option, it takes you to ebay where you must sign up for a new account. If you don't want to use a credit card, it will ask for an email address that is NOT from a free account (like Hotmail or Yahoo) in place of a credit card. After you get your new ebay account, you have to go find an item and bid on it and become the high bidder. Nobody is exactly sure how long you have to be the high bidder for, but we do know that you cannot place a bid and instantly be outbid by another person's proxy. You have to hold the high bid for at least a few minutes if not an hour or two.
So, for example, you could find a PS2 that was just listed and is at $1. Bid $15 and you'll hold the high bid for a while until someone comes along and bids higher (because a PS2 obviously isn't going to go for $15. After 1-3 days, you'll get credit for doing this ebay offer in your account at freeipods.com.
At that point, in my (Mason's) account, it will say that that Archaix has completed an offer. After four more people complete an offer, I will have five referrals. Since I already completed an offer because I signed up using someone else's referral link, I will then be able to choose the iPod I want and have it shipped to me.
Then, since B'z-chan is next on the list of people who signed up, I will make a post saying that I have the referrals I need and B'z-chan will send his referral link to the next five people who said they wanted to participate in this thread so he can get the referrals he needs. And it continues down until we either run out of people or everyone has an iPod/flat screen.
I will make sure to keep everyone updated on exactly who has what referrals and who is next in the list. For the iPod, it goes: Mason, B'z-chan, Archaix, Bort, Mr Pockets, Bruce Vilanch. For the flatscreen, it goes: Mason, B'z-chan, Boogie9IGN, Archaix, Mr Pockets, and four other people who I am about to send my referral link to when I finish this post.
DO NOT SIGN UP FOR A FREEIPODS.COM OR FREEFLATSCREENS.COM ACCOUNT UNTIL YOU ARE SENT A LINK FROM WHOEVER'S NAME IS UNDERLINED IN MY LATEST POST. I WILL MAKE SURE IT IS CLEARLY STATED WHO WE ARE GETTING REFERRALS FOR AT THE TIME.
FLATSCREEN
Mason
1) B'z-chan | ?? | ??
2) Boogie9IGN | JOINED | NOT COMPLETED
3) Archaix | JOINED | NOT COMPLETED
4) Mr Pockets | JOINED | NOT COMPLETED
5)
6)
7)
8)
iPod
Mason
1) B'z-chan | ?? | ??
2) Archaix | JOINED | NOT COMPLETED
3) Bort | JOINED | NOT COMPLETED
4) Mr Pockets | JOINED | NOT COMPLETED
5) Bruce Vilanch | NOT JOINED | NOT COMPLETED
I'll give you an example of how this works by using names on this list. I (Mason) need 5 referrals for the iPod. So I sent my referral link to 5 people, including Archaix, who clicked on it and signed up for an account on freeipods.com. When he signed up, it gave him several choices of offers he wanted to participate in, because in order to get an ipod, you have to complete one offer and get 5 referrals.
I believe he chose the ebay offer, which is what most people choose because it does not require a credit card. If you choose the ebay option, it takes you to ebay where you must sign up for a new account. If you don't want to use a credit card, it will ask for an email address that is NOT from a free account (like Hotmail or Yahoo) in place of a credit card. After you get your new ebay account, you have to go find an item and bid on it and become the high bidder. Nobody is exactly sure how long you have to be the high bidder for, but we do know that you cannot place a bid and instantly be outbid by another person's proxy. You have to hold the high bid for at least a few minutes if not an hour or two.
So, for example, you could find a PS2 that was just listed and is at $1. Bid $15 and you'll hold the high bid for a while until someone comes along and bids higher (because a PS2 obviously isn't going to go for $15. After 1-3 days, you'll get credit for doing this ebay offer in your account at freeipods.com.
At that point, in my (Mason's) account, it will say that that Archaix has completed an offer. After four more people complete an offer, I will have five referrals. Since I already completed an offer because I signed up using someone else's referral link, I will then be able to choose the iPod I want and have it shipped to me.
Then, since B'z-chan is next on the list of people who signed up, I will make a post saying that I have the referrals I need and B'z-chan will send his referral link to the next five people who said they wanted to participate in this thread so he can get the referrals he needs. And it continues down until we either run out of people or everyone has an iPod/flat screen.
I will make sure to keep everyone updated on exactly who has what referrals and who is next in the list. For the iPod, it goes: Mason, B'z-chan, Archaix, Bort, Mr Pockets, Bruce Vilanch. For the flatscreen, it goes: Mason, B'z-chan, Boogie9IGN, Archaix, Mr Pockets, and four other people who I am about to send my referral link to when I finish this post.
DO NOT SIGN UP FOR A FREEIPODS.COM OR FREEFLATSCREENS.COM ACCOUNT UNTIL YOU ARE SENT A LINK FROM WHOEVER'S NAME IS UNDERLINED IN MY LATEST POST. I WILL MAKE SURE IT IS CLEARLY STATED WHO WE ARE GETTING REFERRALS FOR AT THE TIME.
Bruce Vilanch
Banned
Oy, dammit, but I think I already have an ebay account with that email address I used.
And a good example of what not to do: I believe Gek54 has been sending his link and now has 5 referrals. Because of that, he completely cut ahead of several, if not dozens, of people and kind of threw this thing off. I will need to know who signed up using Gek54's link so I know that they need taken off the list now.
It may have just been a misunderstanding, but I'm trying to show how easily this can get messed up. Don't do anything unless I clearly state to.
It may have just been a misunderstanding, but I'm trying to show how easily this can get messed up. Don't do anything unless I clearly state to.
if you want an email domain that will work with ebay try either of these
www.mail.com
or
www.cjb.net
www.mail.com
or
www.cjb.net
The rules of these sites would certainly allow one person to do multiple offers, correct? The offer on my flat screen account wouldn't accept my ZIP code as valid, so I used my home address instead of the one here. Since I used my apartment as the signup for freeflatscreens, I wonder whether it will still work...
Cauliflower of Love
Banned
Can one yous abled persons make a chart with names and graphics to make this easier?
Bruce Vilanch
Banned
Maybe I'm blind, but which one is the ancestry.com offer?
For me, the ipod offers I see are:
AOL 9.0 with Musicnet
Columbia House DVD
AOL for Broadband
GM Card
Video Professor
White Smile
Nexiderm
Petcare RX
eBay
Am I missing something?
For me, the ipod offers I see are:
AOL 9.0 with Musicnet
Columbia House DVD
AOL for Broadband
GM Card
Video Professor
White Smile
Nexiderm
Petcare RX
eBay
Am I missing something?
I need to find some other large forum community to take advantage of.... =)
I'm sure that some people will get great stuff, I just don't think I will get any at this point. I still wanna know if it's possible to make fake accounts just for the sake of boosting somebody's referral numbers...
I'm sure that some people will get great stuff, I just don't think I will get any at this point. I still wanna know if it's possible to make fake accounts just for the sake of boosting somebody's referral numbers...
border said:
You can still sign up here and then get some referals somewhere else. Help out GA before you screw over the rest of the internet
I'm hoping to get a few from friends so that I don't take up more than needed here, but they aren't going along with the plan right now.
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