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Intro

This is a pyramid-type marketing strategy which makes money on the fact that not everybody is going to find 5 people to propagate offers too so they'll never collect their reward. This would be an added risk to people signing up IF they didn't have an offer which you could cancel without risk (i.e. the ancestry.com offer). Because you can cancel without risk, you don't have to worry about actually paying for anything as long as you remember to cancel (see next step). Or you could have just signed up for a credit card if you didn't have one or wanted another (see above). You can only receive ONE iPod maximum .

This site is in no way affiliated with the Gratis network, Apple, or any electronics companies.We don't give away iPods ourselves; we help get people to through freeipods.com.

Basic requirements

• You must live in the U.S.
• You may need to be 18 or older
• You may need a credit card, phone bill, or checking account.
• 5 friends

Process

Instructions: To receive your iPod

1. Click the given referral link and put in an email and mailing address (for them to send the iPod to)
2. There's a marketing survey (It didn't show up in FireFox, so I just opened a new tab and logged in again without having to do it)
3. Make sure you have verified your email address. If you did not receive an email go to the My Account page and click the link to send the verification email. (There have been problems reported using hotmail addresses)
4. Sign up with one of their partners and complete an offer. Skip down to see instructions on the different options for completing offers. (It can take up to a few days for the offer completion status to reflect on your account)

1. Refer 5 friends and have them complete 1 of the offers each
2. Wait for your iPod to ship =)

When signing up and completing offers, always use Internet Explorer. Free iPods may have difficulties with other browsers.

Options:

Note: These offers require a Credit Card to complete.

• AOL w/ MusicNet : Sign up for their 45 day free trial. If you are not satisfied, you are charged nothing. [Has gone up and down lately]
• Video Professor : This costs $7 or so. It is also a risk-free trial with INSTANT CREDIT!
• InFone : This requires a credit card but is free . Try up to 5 calls without being charged. If you do not find the service useful, there is no need to cancel.
• There are a number of other options. Choose the one you are most interested in!

If you do not wish to share your credit card, there are options available. Many banks will sell you "charged" cards that have a certain amount of funds on them. Additionally, PayPal Premium Business customers may use a "Virtual Credit Card" to register for one of the above, and then cancel it right afterwards

Proof

For the skeptics in the group, Gratis isin the business of "innovative internet advertising" and this is their latest. They've established about $55,000 of credit with various companies (Dell, etc.) over the course of the last 4 years which has been (this is the important part) being repayed in full, on-time to a maximum 8 days late (VERY good ranking for businesses as the industry standard for advertising companies is 9 days). They have no open or closed suits, liens, or judgements against them, meaning nobody's ever had a reason to sue them or bring them to court over late/missing payments. All-in-all they're ranked positively, and the D&B report is one of the most positive you can get on a company. So they're legit, and this is a bonafide marketing tool.

That said, if you choose to sign up, you carry the risk of $99 charged to your credit card if you forget to cancel your ancestry.com account within the 14 days, which is more than enough time. You also risk damaging your personal credit history if you have like 9 credit cards already and decide to go the route of opening another. However if you follow the guide above step by step, you should have 0 problems, and the worst that could happen is that this company gets a bit richer from all the kickbacks they're receiving from their partners like ancestry.com and you're one iPod richer. Please note, do not use any fake information in any part of this process as you will jeopardize your iPod and the referrer you're under. Remember it doesn't to any good to get more than 5 people to use your referral id because it's one iPod per household, so don't go spamming this crap to everybody you know.

For you final nay-sayers, a news article I found with more backup that this is legit:

http://www.dc.bbb.org/report.html?compid=W1035561&national=Y <--- Better Business Bureau, thats as legit as it gets people..

http://forevergeek.com/news/freeipodscom.php

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1771223899144212/

http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0%2C2125%2C64614%2C00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2

This site is in no way affiliated with the Gratis network, Apple, or any electronics companies.We don't give away iPods ourselves; we help get people to through freeipods.com.