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PandoraX
07-05-2004, 07:24 AM
It's getting irritating to see this pop up all the time in the freebies forum, and probably getting irritating for the mods to delete them (and then people can't do a search for "free ipod" to see that it's been done before).

xur17
07-06-2004, 06:58 AM
It's getting irritating to see this pop up all the time in the freebies forum, and probably getting irritating for the mods to delete them (and then people can't do a search for "free ipod" to see that it's been done before).

I agree with that!

Benno123
07-27-2004, 11:55 AM
Don't kill me!!
:rolleyes:

Don't worry, we won't kill you, we'll just ask the mods to block your ip address.

allholy1
07-27-2004, 03:45 PM
It looks like your wish might have just come true...

Linky (http://www.slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=32530)

PandoraX
08-06-2004, 07:28 AM
Woohoo! Am I psychic or what...

And Benno, curious what the rest of that deleted post said????

murzilka
08-06-2004, 07:33 AM
I think it would be good to have such a sticky in freebie forum!

PandoraX
08-06-2004, 07:50 AM
I think it would be good to have such a sticky in freebie forum!

Already there. (http://www.slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?p=408750#post408750)

punkroksta
09-03-2004, 01:20 PM
I know i'm a sucker and an ass. I was very sceptical at first, and so was my friends. Noone was supprized more than me. I got a free 27" sony flatscreen from this. I DO understand why people don't participate in these and why posts for them arent allowed on this forum (and i agree). But i dont see why people are so enbittered about them. All i had to do was sign up and return some free offer and ask 8 friends to do me a favor for a 12pack. People should take advantage of this. There are no "losers". It works. Ive done all the numbers, i dont need a lecture. Wouldn't you do a favor for a friend if it was worth $300 to him and it didnt cost u anything but a little time? :cool:

BuckFush
09-03-2004, 02:03 PM
I know i'm a sucker and an ass. I was very sceptical at first, and so was my friends. Noone was supprized more than me. I got a free 27" sony flatscreen from this. I DO understand why people don't participate in these and why posts for them arent allowed on this forum (and i agree). But i dont see why people are so enbittered about them. All i had to do was sign up and return some free offer and ask 8 friends to do me a favor for a 12pack. People should take advantage of this. There are no "losers". It works. Ive done all the numbers, i dont need a lecture. Wouldn't you do a favor for a friend if it was worth $300 to him and it didnt cost u anything but a little time? :cool:
It's because the freebie section is for links to where you sign up and they send you a free sample etc...This takes too much work and the freebie section was getting flooded with these threads and with people trying to use their refferal links too...If it was a freeipod link where you sign up, and a couple weeks later get a one in the mail (without having to complete those offers and having 20 other people do the same) then I'm sure they would stick around longer...But nobodys gonna give free ipods away without some sort of spam/scam/stupid offer along the way.