This guy on ebay is selling this program where you can get free electronics equipment. It is completley llegal and new stuff. It sounds too good to be true. Check this auction out:
I have searched for stuff on yahoo and google like “free sample” and “test free electronic sample” but nothing came up. How can this guy claim to say you can get this stuff for free. I think the key word on his auction is “request”. Does anyone know how this works?
I would have some seroious doubts. He says he get’s all this stuff for free, so then why is he auctioning off this service for $6.97 and not either having fun playing with this stuff or hmmmm selling all this stuff and a HUGE profit?
Two more things…Why does he hide his identity? Second check out his other auctions and and find one with a bidder, perhaps you could e-mail the bidder afterwords and ask what the deal is. They don’t have to tell you exactly what the info was, but just wheather or not they regret speding the $6.97 and/or if the whole thing is legit. (Also I would do this to several bidders from several buyers to gelp assure that the buyers arn’t in on it, making it look like people really want this.) If you do this, I’d love to hear what the outcome is, I’ve always been somewhat curious of these types of auctions.
As a side note I did once by a CD off of Ebay that was supposed to tell you all the secrets of ebay and how to make more money on ebay etc… I’ll say that it WAS worth the couple of dollars I spent ($3 maybe) on it. It had a TON of interesting stuff on it. Everything from tips for better auctions (good tips to) on down to little DOS handwriting analying programs and how to get out of speeding tickets etc etc etc…
That sounds like a good idea Joey P I think I’ll do that. Maybe he is selling the info now because the limit of the stuff is 1 per person per electronic?
I remember reading about this on the eBay boards and IIRC the general idea is that you write to electronics companies and pass yourself off as a reviewer of a certain product, thereby receiving free stuff.
Why do you keep saying “llegal”? Is this a joke I don’t get? I know you’re not the sinister force behind this, but my scam-o-meter would ring out for a word that could just as easily be a misspelling of “illegal” as “legal”.
Just click on the name of the bidder and you can send an e-mail to them through ebay, keeps e-mail address private but you can still contact them. I’ve done that many times to offer someone a similar item as an auction that they didn’t win.
It seems that people buy these company contact sheets, then copy them and resell them without recieving any FREE anything. It`s gotta be a scam. Do an e-bay search and you will find tons of people selling tons of these things. Just type in "free electronics"in the search window and watch them pop up.
SCAM
As already suggested. the information on the CD will probably be a boilerplate letter and mailing list to the marketing department of a number of companies where you basically lie and claim you are a reviewer.
For low cost products, this might actually work. Will someone send you a video camera or other high dollar item for free without VERIFYING that you really work for a reviewing company? I’d bet serious money the odds are against you.
Besides, even if this did work, the few people at a company like Sony who handle the role of distributing product samples to reviewers aren’t idiots. They’re going to wonder why they have received 1,000 letters from a 1,000 different reviewers all claiming they are product testers for Popular Science or some other tech magazine.
As a side note, I should mention that back when I was in high school in the mid-80s my friends and I wrote letters to the software companies Sierra and Strategic Simulations Inc. claiming we were presidents of user groups/ clubs who used the Apple IIe (remember those?) We preached that we loved their games and we were having an upcoming charity event, were looking for sponsorship, and could they please help out.
Without fail, all three of us each received two games apiece, no questions asked, in the mail… Yes this is illegal, and no I wouldn’t do this now as an adult, but it does prove that this works for some nominally priced goods.
I have bought this. Once I get it I will be happy to share the “secret” with you. Just e-mail me at zenfarhan@comcast.net because the time I get it I think this thread will be moved, closed, or something
Yeah, I have it too. Basically you just visit some website that does product marketing & ask them for a sample of their product. You try to sound professional & all & get them to send you something for free.
I don’t know about the website they give, might even be there own for collecting email for spamming.