Originally Posted by JudyJFLA
I don't know about you, but my inbox is flooded with all these offers of free laptops, ipods, etc for getting credit cards, etc. Are all these a rip or has anyone ever actually gotten an item. If it seems too good to be true.......
Ok, so are these companies sending you unsolicited email (SPAM)? Do they disguise their real email or intentions?
A companys offers and guarantees are only as good as their reputation. If these people are spamming you, I would not bite.
Also, what better way to get someone's information than to send an offer "too good to be true" and get people to relinquish their personal information.
Now, let's assuume they ARE for real. A real company with a real offer. How do you think they can afford to give away a computer, even if it is only worth a couple hundred dollars to them?
A good source of real cards is at
http://www.cardweb.com
Also, you have to read all offers very carefully. A company used to offer "Color TV's". Yes, they were TV's and worth $10 or so. They were black and white TV's available in red or white or blue plastic cases... The TV's were in color, just not the picture.
I am just too skeptical to think that many of these offers are real. If they were, we would be posting them in the S.P.A.M. forum :-)