Friday
Bazinga!
No, really.
Okay, so it's a boring Sunday afternoon, and I'm web surfing on my new MacBook Pro. I stumble upon this Freebie site, which directs me to a site offering free iPods.
Cool!
All I have to do is fill out a little survey, and I receive my own iPod. For free.
Weeeelllll.....
I fill out the survey. Then I'm directed to another survey. Then another. Then still another. I'm clicking "No" boxes like a tweaking meth addict. An hour has passed. Still, I think, I must be near the end. They say so. And an hour isn't too bad an investment for a FREE IPOD.
So I continue.
Pretty soon another hour has passed. Laundry needs to be done, room needs to be clean, but dammit, I've put in this much time already. I'M GETTING THAT IPOD!
So I finally am directed to one more page. No, really, they promised. What I have to do is accept two sponsors' offers, and I'm done.
So I peruse the list. I choose the Netflix offer, since I was going to do that anyway. Figured might as well do it now, and get a FREE IPOD in the deal.
Next I accept an offer for 7 free Dr. Seuss books for $4.99 + $4.99 shipping and handling. Not a biggie, either, because I can either send them to my nephew who has young children, or use them for work and get a tax write-off.
Feeling confident that I FINALLY qualify for my FREE IPOD (because they promised!), I am then linked to a page where I have to accept SIX of the sponsors' offers to qualify. But this is the last page. Because they say so.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
This is where my journey has ended. I still have the offer tab open, but refuse to sign up for wrinkle cream, a case of wine, or anything else they want to scam me into purchasing.
The saddest parts are I will never get those three hours back.
And I will never get my FREE IPOD.
Sigh.
Okay, so it's a boring Sunday afternoon, and I'm web surfing on my new MacBook Pro. I stumble upon this Freebie site, which directs me to a site offering free iPods.
Cool!
All I have to do is fill out a little survey, and I receive my own iPod. For free.
Weeeelllll.....
I fill out the survey. Then I'm directed to another survey. Then another. Then still another. I'm clicking "No" boxes like a tweaking meth addict. An hour has passed. Still, I think, I must be near the end. They say so. And an hour isn't too bad an investment for a FREE IPOD.
So I continue.
Pretty soon another hour has passed. Laundry needs to be done, room needs to be clean, but dammit, I've put in this much time already. I'M GETTING THAT IPOD!
So I finally am directed to one more page. No, really, they promised. What I have to do is accept two sponsors' offers, and I'm done.
So I peruse the list. I choose the Netflix offer, since I was going to do that anyway. Figured might as well do it now, and get a FREE IPOD in the deal.
Next I accept an offer for 7 free Dr. Seuss books for $4.99 + $4.99 shipping and handling. Not a biggie, either, because I can either send them to my nephew who has young children, or use them for work and get a tax write-off.
Feeling confident that I FINALLY qualify for my FREE IPOD (because they promised!), I am then linked to a page where I have to accept SIX of the sponsors' offers to qualify. But this is the last page. Because they say so.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
This is where my journey has ended. I still have the offer tab open, but refuse to sign up for wrinkle cream, a case of wine, or anything else they want to scam me into purchasing.
The saddest parts are I will never get those three hours back.
And I will never get my FREE IPOD.
Sigh.
