Apparently gratis is cracking down on people completing offers and then immediatley cancelling them after they get credit. According to them your account can be placed on hold for this...

An account can be put on hold for several reasons. The most common reason is for speculation of fraudulent activities. Fraud is something we take very seriously and will not tolerate. This may include multiple accounts for the same person or household, completing offers you immediately cancel, or fraudulent referrals. If you think that your account was put on hold mistakenly, feel free to write to us and our staff will investigate the reason your account was placed on hold.

And they're not answering any emails that were sent to them before August 3, 2004 @ 2:00pm...

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i didn't get my ipod yet, or didn't get enough referrals (not sure if it's just not credited yet or someone screwed me over) but i did ancestry.com and then cancelled it around 2 days after...this hapened about 2 months ago. do you think that will matter, because i did it a long time ago?

probably not...

Does anyone have any info on this website screwup that is happening? If you try to sign up through someone's refferal link, it gives a big error after you type in your email and password.

I wonder if they will still be able to get you credit for those signups. I HOPE SO.

thanks, that's kinda what i thought

edit: someone already posted it

also when they check your referrals after you're all done, do they just check the referrals? or the offer you did too?

excellent! thanks a million. I'm currently in the confirmation state :cool: here's hoping I don't get put on hold!

:-: Want a new Ipod? :-:

You are in luck, it is easy, just follow these steps

First, you need to join the freeiPods site by using this referral link

http://www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=6811411

That link belongs to user mr_pdx

Could someone please help

nasonex123

http://www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=6749720

Seems that one of his referrals didn't go thru.

After you have successfully joined using the above-mentioned link, you are ready to post your information in this forum

Here is what we need

1. Whose referral link you used (person's name, not link URL) - IF IT IS NOT THE CURRENT FEATURED LINK LISTED IN THE RULES, YOU WILL NOT BE ADDED
2. What offer you used
3. Your email address, up to the @
4. What your referral link is

Sorry, but we cannot add you to the list if you don't follow these rules.

For the complete rules and latest position tracking list, click here

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I doubt it - as the error occurs BEFORE the referring person can put in their name or home address. It's happened to me on at least 6 occasions. I'd advice everyone to test a referral (use a bogus email address) through their link. I'm thinking they are having big database problems - and some of us may be SOL.

PS - I emailed my issue with a screenshot this afternoon. I'll update all as I find info.

BD

Dear freeiPods.com user,

Thank you for being an active member of freeiPods.com and for your recent email to our customer support. In the past couple of weeks, we have become an extremely popular site on the internet, and have grown quite dramatically. Unfortunately, however, we have not been able to keep up with our customer email inquiries.

Since your original email to us, there is a good chance you may have already found the answer you were looking for. However, you may still need assistance. If you still need to contact our customer service for any reason, simply reply back to this email and let us know if there is something we can help you with. Because your previous email will not be replied to, please include the specifics of that issue when you write in to us.

Our customers are very important to us, and to our continued successes. We will do everything to get back to your replies. We are making efforts to improve response times and our customer service department to meet our growing needs. Please be patient and allow us appropriate time to respond to your emails during this very busy time.

In summation, your previous email to customer service will not be read or answered, but any replies to this message, or future attempts to contact us via our online form (found via the Faq/Help section of the website) will be answered within 3-7 business days. All previous correspondences to our customer service can be found in the Account section by clicking email correspondence.

Here are some common issues our customers have that may help you find the answer you need:

I have not received credit for completing an offer.

Please make sure that you have waited the amount of time mentioned in the offer instructions for the credit to show up in your account. This can be from a few days to a couple of weeks. Instant offers normally credit immediately, however sometimes an offer may take an additional day or two to credit to your account, please also allow for this additional time.



I want to learn more about how your site works.

Please read the Terms & Conditions on the site for clarification about exactly how to earn your free items.

I want to know the status of my recently placed order.

Once an item has shipped, customers usually receive their items within 1-2 weeks, however there is the possibility that it could take up to 4-6 weeks. Please be patient, and only email us after waiting the appropriate time.

Why has my account been placed on hold?

An account can be put on hold for several reasons. The most common reason is for speculation of fraudulent activities. Fraud is something we take very seriously and will not tolerate. This may include multiple accounts for the same person or household, completing offers you immediately cancel, or fraudulent referrals. If you think that your account was put on hold mistakenly, feel free to write to us and our staff will investigate the reason your account was placed on hold.

Again, thank you for your continued interest in our company and website(s). We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this delay in customer service response may have caused you, and please understand we are doing everything we can to improve the way we get back to users' inquiries.

Best Regards,

Gratis Internet Customer Support

NOTE: All communication to us before August 3, 2004 at 2:00PM will not receive an answer from our Customer Service. However, all communications after 2:00PM will be answered within 1-4 business days.

I'm getting a 404 and some sort of error when I try to sign up under nasonex123

Wow. The site is really screwed up now.

Page:

/Default.aspx


Source:

.Net SqlClient Data Provider


Message:

SHUTDOWN is in progress.
Login failed for user 'Gratis'. Only administrators may connect at this time.


Stack Trace:

at System.Data.SqlClient.ConnectionPool.GetConnection (Boolean& isInTransaction)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionPoolManager.Get PooledConnection(SqlConnectionString options, Boolean& isInTransaction)
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open()
at Gratis.Web.Data.SQL.OpenConn()
at Gratis.Platform.Components.Admin.Site.Load(Int32 iSiteID)
at Gratis.Platform.Components.Settings.GetSiteSetting s()
at Gratis.Platform.Components.Settings.GetSiteSetting (String sKey)
at Gratis.Platform.Components.Security.Init(Boolean bLoadLoginQString)
at Gratis.Platform.Components.Security..ctor()
at GratisPlatform._Default.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)


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