Thursday, July 29, 2010
"Get A Free Dell Laptop"
I got this email saying that I could get a free dell laptop if I simply filled out a survey.
I got curious about this figuring that this sounded too good to be true! I went to the website and - of course - they ask you for your general contact information like your name, address and phone number. But where it really bothered me was when the site asked for my social security number! That was a definite "No - No as far as I was concerned.
I investigated a little further and there is indeed a survey, several in fact that you are required to fill out. They ask you basic questions like what kinds of things are you interested in, are you having any debt or credit card problems, are you having problems paying your mortage, etc..... And depending on how you fill out your survey they will even ask you if you are interested in finding out more information about student loans and government grants!
So after I filled out about 4 or 5 different surveys the next screen said that I would be eligible to win a free dell laptop if I simply completed 2 of the offers that they had listed. The only problem with these "offers was that you were required to give credit card information - even for the supposedly free offers!
So that was where I stopped! I didn't want to take part in that "free offer".
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dont you just find that ridiculous.I have only had one incident where I actually go a computer it was back in 1999.i was one of 10,000 people who recieved a Compac computer by which i had to keep off and on for over a year.once the year was up the computer was mine.it was for real. however ,nothing else like that ever happened.
ReplyDeleteThese so-called "free" things always seem to come at one kind of cost or another. Long story short, I decided not to give them my personal information!
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