Has anyone ever...

[Clatis]

tried to get one of those free laptops and other items offered by companies after filling out some forms and buying some magazine subscriptions? I was looking at one earlier today but I was very skeptical about giving out my information and grabbing some subscriptions to magazines I might not even read.

If you have done this and actually received something tell me about it, I'm very interested and would like a free laptop for college because my other one broke and lugging this desktop around doesn't seem very practical.

[Fash]

No, and I wouldn't either... It will probably cost you more than just buying a laptop by the time you've completed their 'program requirements.'

Now pick 1 item from category X.
Now pick 2 items from category Y.
Now pick 2 items from category Z.
etc.

[Boogahz]

You're better off watching http://www.dealnews.com or some other sites for low-priced laptops.

[miir]

If something sounds too good to be true... it probably is.

[Canelek]

I would just ignore those things...it can cost much more than you anticipate, as Fash said, or it can end up being a phishing scam.

[Knarlz]

I looked at one of these a year ago or such.
As stated above you had to forfill several tiers of oblagations. Tier one is your cheap magazine. I forget tier 2 but you had to do 2 items in tier 3 and only 2 were available. So you had to submit and be approved and use a loan for a new car, AND submit , be aproved for and use a second morgage on your home !!

So that one was ripe for phising and even if legit and you just happened to be looking for loans, the cost difference would buy 10 free lap tops.

So basicly there are no "free" laptops (or 500$ gift cards) and even though you were the 1,000,000 th hit on thier web site, you did not win a free i-pod or ps3.