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Free 27 inch TVs
« on: August 04, 2004, 01:50:02 am »
Hey all,

Lemme start off by saying I'm a sucker for free things, especially when they're 27 inch TVs, which are completely free, and help shave off the price of making a MAME cabinet :)

I ran across this site earlier today that will give you a free television set if you can get 8 people to sign up as a referal.  This isn't a scam, its quite legit.  If you check out http://gearlive.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=13 you'll see a message board thread of people who have successfully gotten televisions out of this.  

When you initially sign up, you have to fill out one offer for yourself.  These offers can be cancelled later on, so once you have the necessary people for your free television, just cancel everything.  You dont incur any bills and you get a free TV.  And again, check those forums to see examples of this, this is exactly what other people are doing to get their TV sets.

But if you want to give it a shot, please us my referal link and help me out!:

http://www.FreeFlatScreens.com/default.aspx?referer=7688191

This board is pretty active and has a large community, so if we want to start a "conga" line system, let me know!  Basically everyone signs up with the first person's referal ID, and then those people are added to a list.   Once the top person is done, the next person in line is used.  Then we just move down the list according to who signed up the soonest.  It really helps in getting the 8 referals needed.  

Good luck, and thanks again if you use my referal link!

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2004, 03:38:34 am »
In case anybody's curious about the math:
http://www.homepage.net/pyramidcalculator/

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2004, 09:39:35 am »
Yeah, total BS. There's a free IPOD one going around too.

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2004, 10:10:20 am »
wow, assuming I'm on the second level (I'm an optimist) this looks really doable ::) ::) :

There are 9 people in the pyramid (including those who have been paid and left).

There are 8 people on the same level as you (including yourself).

A total of 1 pyramid-members have been paid. (This assumes everybody has paid up and everybody has recruited their 8 members.)

A total of 8 people have put money into the pyramid but have not yet been paid.

A total of 153391680 new people will need to be recruited into the pyramid before your level is paid in full. And for all of them to be paid in their turn, the pyramid must grow by a further 2.57348534796288E+15 to a total of 2.57348550135457E+15 people.
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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2004, 11:10:12 am »
I signed up for the hell of it, but it looks like the company (Gratis Networks) is having a lot of difficulty with its websites, seeing as thousands of people are trying to get free TVs and IPods.

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2004, 12:29:17 pm »
agreed, i have yet to get a confirmation email from joining and i always signed up for another ebay account, and they didnt send me a link to activate via freeflatscreen links?


i have a question..so i have to do more then sign up 8 other ppl?
they have to sign up 8 ppl each?

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2004, 09:27:13 pm »
Your own referral web address is viewable at the bottom of the "Refer Friends" page.  Just click on that link in the menu, then scroll down.

Also, go to the "My Account" link and click on the link to have them send you a e-mail verification.  It may get caught by a spam filter, so make sure you check in your Spam folder as well.

The offers take a few days to process, so once you get referrals just be a bit patient.  Even the one that you do will take a few days to show up as completed(at least it is for me!).  And yes, each person needs to get 8 people.  So pass it around to friends, co-workers, etc.

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #7 on: August 04, 2004, 09:32:44 pm »
...  And yes, each person needs to get 8 people.  So pass it around to friends, co-workers, etc.

You mean that if I get 8 friends to sign up, I need to wait until each of my 8 friends also gets 8 people to sign up before I get my sparkley new telly?
I was under the impression that I just needed to get 8 friends to complete one offer each.  ???

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2004, 01:01:58 am »
JoyMonkey, your first impression was correct.

Once you sign up, you complete 1 offer yourself.  Then, you get 8 of your friends to sign up(they each have to do the individual offer of course).  

And thats it.

Once you get those 8 completed referrals you've earned the TV.

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2004, 01:32:32 pm »
My favourite pyramid scam is the newsgroup posting - send a dollar to six addresses, then put yours on bottom, and eliminate the top. Now, honestly, who the heck is so stupid as to actually A) send money, and B) leave any names/addresses other than there own?

I'd put 6 of my own addresses, and spam every newsgroup to kingdom come, if it weren't ridiculously illegal. Suprising that all this referal crap isn't illegal. I'd be rich off idiots who did neither A nor B.

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2004, 06:35:25 pm »
More and more people are telling me this really works, but it's impossible to get onto those "Conga Lines" at the moment (there must be a years wait on them!). So I decided to go for it and set up my own conga lines!

So if you haven't already signed up for the free TV/FlatScreen/iPod offers, think about joining MY CONGA LINES


PS. I just re-read what I just wrote and couldn't help but think that it sounds like a load of spam. I feel kind of like I'm shiiting in my own backyard here, but we all need free stuff!


Edit: Conga Lines link removed, not such a genius plan after all  :(
« Last Edit: August 08, 2004, 01:34:59 pm by JoyMonkey »

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2004, 08:21:40 pm »
You let us know when you get that free T.V. and I'll bring over some free beer, and if you can free up some time we'll watch a free movie or two. Maybe "Free Willy" or "Freeway".

/lame joke

I'll eat my shoe (for free) if this really works, too.

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2004, 09:09:08 pm »
i did end up getting a GBA SP free from an online thing..  it didnt require referrals, but it didnt hurt.  you do have to sign up for different stuff tho, (AOL, credit cards, etc.), to get points.  it takes a while to earn enough for free stuff and you really have to consider whether its worth your time dealing with customer service reps putting you on hold all the time when trying to cancel these things and all sorts of other troubles..

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2004, 10:31:24 pm »
You let us know when you get that free T.V. and I'll bring over some free beer, and if you can free up some time we'll watch a free movie or two. Maybe "Free Willy" or "Freeway".

Never heard of "Freeway" - is it about the dog from Heart2heart?  :D

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2004, 10:58:05 pm »
Well I've got some referrals who have joined but are not officially listed as "completed" yet...so we'll see what happens.  But I'll post whether or not I get the TV anyways.  

If you want to help ensure that I get one though(remember, this TV is going in my MAME Cab!), then please visit my link and sign up!  Just do the eBay one, that way you dont have to mess with credit card info and cancelling things ;)

http://www.FreeFlatScreens.com/default.aspx?referer=7688191

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #15 on: August 06, 2004, 01:51:50 pm »
Update:  Right now I'm sitting at 2/8 completed, I have a few pending but I'm not sure if they're going to actually complete the offer or not.

Theres gotta be six people hiding on these boards who wants to help me and give this a try ;)

My link if you want to help me get that TV for a MAME cab!

http://www.FreeFlatScreens.com/default.aspx?referer=7688191

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2004, 04:23:27 pm »
Tell you what, I'll do the TV offer for you if you do the iPod offer for me :)

http://www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=7591534
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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #17 on: August 07, 2004, 04:41:16 pm »
Tell you what, I'll do the TV offer for you if you do the iPod offer for me :)

http://www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=7591534

Sounds like a deal to me :)  I have to check and see what offers are there that I can do still.  I want to do the eBay one, but I've heard that it may not be available any more -- Too many people were signing up with it I guess.  Hopefully thats still there though, cause I do need to make an eBay account.

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #18 on: August 07, 2004, 04:50:54 pm »
Yea, eBay got scratched...
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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #19 on: August 07, 2004, 05:18:32 pm »
Aww...Its not even listed any more.   Darn...I was hoping to do the eBay thing.  Gotta find 5 more referrals who will sign up for AOL and cancel later...I want that TV set :)

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« Reply #20 on: August 07, 2004, 05:48:05 pm »
I only need two more people besides yourself to get the iPod :p
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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #21 on: August 07, 2004, 05:58:16 pm »
Nice!  I have to work on talk to a few of my friends still about the TV thing.  I think a few of them will sign up for me, but I havent had much chance to talk to them.   I'm still hoping that I'll check one morning and it will all be completed, then I can just sit back and wait for my TV :)

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« Reply #22 on: August 07, 2004, 06:05:09 pm »
I imagine a lot of people will be more willing to do it if/when we get our stuff...heh
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« Reply #23 on: August 07, 2004, 06:12:35 pm »
I didnt know that amway made tvs ::)

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #24 on: August 07, 2004, 06:34:38 pm »
I imagine a lot of people will be more willing to do it if/when we get our stuff...heh

Well if five more people use my link, I promise to post photos of my TV set  ;)

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #25 on: August 08, 2004, 10:15:05 am »
Wow! Look at all the referals I've got going! The list on the right is my freeflatscreens one. Most of these all signed up yesterday, hopefully at least half of them complete an offer, I wait in hope...
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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #26 on: August 08, 2004, 01:17:15 pm »
Where did you get that many referrals?

I have about the same, but I've only had 3 who actually completed the offer.  I may have a 4th, but it depends on if his eBay thing was actually processed...I'm starting to think not cause its taking awhile.

Still waiting for my last 5, I hope some of my newer ones go through!

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #27 on: August 08, 2004, 01:51:34 pm »
have you ever tried to cancel AOL?  you have to be REALLY good friends with someone for them to be willing to go through that..

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #28 on: August 08, 2004, 02:23:32 pm »
I've heard that they try really hard to keep you, but its still probably the best one to do if you're trying for a TV set.  You get 45 days, which is the longest amount of time of any of the trials.  So I've got awhile let to get my last 5 referrals before I need to cancel and deal with their reps ;)

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #29 on: August 08, 2004, 06:39:59 pm »
Where did you get that many referrals?

That'll be my little secret untill free stuff starts arriving at my door.  ;)

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Re:Free 27 inch TVs
« Reply #30 on: August 12, 2004, 12:20:23 am »
Alright guys...In an effort to get my last 4 referrals, I'm going to blackmail the message board.  

See this kitty?



Well...if I dont get my referrals soon, I'm gonna smush its head!




Dont make me smush the kitty!



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