Get a free iPhone scam? Not really a scam…
Get a free iPhone Scam?
Wednesday I blogged about yourfreeiphone.com, and how I am practically SURE it is NOT A SCAM so here’s a quick update. Basically, a subscription to Stamps.com costs $15.95 and mainly allows you to print postage from your own computer (you do this by downloading their software on your computer). It’s pretty pointless if you ask me unless you own a large business and are shipping packages of varying costs frequently. But for a regular guy like me who sends regular mail, and occasionally sends a large package, it seems pretty pointless because I can just go to my neighborhood Post Office and they’ll print postage for me. STILL, that’s the whole point of a trial right? To see if I like it. Stamps.com officially has 1 month to convince me! This is where it gets interesting.
According to YourFreeiPhone.com: “To receive credit (for Stamps.com), you must register for a 4 week trial, install, and print postage. Must remain a member for a minimum of 21 days to retain credit.”
I posted about how I got free 360 XBOX and told you I was going to go for the 16GB iPod Touch next with the same company. Well, today my FREE 16GB iPod Touch arrived! Here’s the timeline:
- October 26, 2007: I sign up at yourfreeiphone.com under someone else’s referral link and signed up for a couple trial offers. My account is credited that same day.
- November 30, 2007: I posted about how I got my free Xbox 360 and also posted my referral link for the free iPod Touch.
- December 5, 2007: Only a few days later I had enough referrals of people who completed an offer to get a free iPod Touch of their own. So, I submitted my account for review.
- December 8, 2007: My account is approved and I submit my order for the 16GB iPod Touch.
- December 9, 2007: The next day my iPod is shipped.
- December 17, 2007: My FREE 16GB iPod Touch arrived in the mail!
My initial plan was to just register for the trial on Stamps.com and check it out, not expecting any charges. So, yesterday, I check my bank account… LO and BEHOLD, they have already charged me the service fee of $15!! I immediately go to stamps.com to re-read the terms and conditions. My eyes are drawn to this line: FOR THE MONTHLY SERVICE PLAN AND THE TERM PLAN, THE FIRST MONTH IS NOT A FREE MONTH AND SUCH MONTH IS BILLED TO YOU.
DID I JUST GET SCAMMED?? I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!
Well, NO, I didn’t get scammed. I immediately called Stamps.com and the $15 charge was only the authorization for the monthly service fee and is pending the month trial. I’m still going to check out the service and see if it’s good for me. Quick note on the Stamps.com offer: The conditions state you have to register for the trial, install the software, and print postage. When you register for the trial, they actually give you $5 in postage. So I’m going to print out the postage and see if the service works for me. The terms also say: “All free postage shall expire and be deemed forfeited upon cancellation of your Stamps.com account.”
I maintain the fact that YourFreeiPhone.com is not a scam. All the offers are not truly “free,” but the Stamps one looks ok and is probably worth the trial run. And even if you end up being charged $15, you get $5 in postage, so the net loss is only $10, which is worth it for a FREE iPHONE.
Get an iPhone for FREE from the same company!
Now that both my Xbox Elite and iPod Touch are here, I’m going for a free iPhone through the same company. Instead of taking the iPhone, though, I’m going to take the cash offer instead to put toward vacation next summer. Obviously I have first-hand evidence that this is real and legit, not a rip-off scam or some pain-in-the-neck process. Here’s how you can get a FREE iPhone (or cash):
- Click this link: http://www.YourFreeiPhone.com/index.php?ref=4908904
- Sign up to create an account.
- Complete offers (like Blockbuster, Netflix or Stamps.com) to get 100% credit (you only need to complete 1 offer and refer 8 people OR you can simply complete about 10 offers and get the 1000 points for the iPhone. I personally used the first method but either works) and then refer other people to do the same under your referral link.
- Receive your iPhone for FREE!
It honestly isn’t any more difficult than that. If you have any questions about the process, I’ve done it twice, so feel free to ask in the comments below.
A little tip:
If you click an offer and don’t sign up for it on that visit, make sure you clear your browser’s cookies before going back to it again from your V-bux account. Otherwise the tracking cookie might not register that you signed up for their service from V-Bux and you’ll have to request a manual credit, which can take several weeks.
Stop being so skeptical and get with it! Sign up!
