In the past couple of years there has been a vast proliferation of websites that claim to be giving away free notebooks. Regrettably, most of these websites are just plain scams. There are numerous different types of scams and shady offers but here are the two most common.
The first way many of these websites operate is that they claim you will get a free notebook after paying a small enrolment fee and recruiting other people to pay the same fee you did. Like you they love the thought of acquiring a new notebook computer for free. But, in reality it is a pyramid scheme, whereby only the 1st few people who register will get their free notebooks and everyone else will be out the registration fee.
The more common scam nowadays happens when you come across a website which says you can receive a spic-and-span Dell or Apple laptop or any other company's notebook for free after filling out a few offers. Basically there will be 3 tiers of offers you have to complete. The first tier is easy to complete and includes things like filling-in surveys or downloading ringtones. The 2d tier is a little harder, like signing up for newspaper subscriptions or mail order DVDs. At this point you will have realized that your notebook is no longer free, but it still appears to be a fair deal.
However, it is the final tier where you get caught out. To get your "free" notebook, you will have to complete at least one of the final tier offers and these include paying for expensive home renovation memberships, buying expensive rail passes or any number of extremely expensive purchases. Ultimately, the company can afford to give away free notebooks, because they're making more money off you than the cost of a notebook. And naturally they are making heaps of money off everyone else who doesn't even complete the three levels.
Even worse, there are new types of scams being created day in and day out. Yet, this shouldn't reallly surprise you, as as we all know nothing is really free.
Even though most websites claiming to give you a free laptop are total scams, there are still plenty of contests out there where you can enter to win free laptop computers. And while these contest sites can't and don't promise that you will win, they are generally free to enter.
You may be wondering: why are companies giving away free notebooks? Surely, not because they have big hearts.There are two principal reasons why certain websites do this. First, they want to drive traffic to their website, and nothing sends traffic to website like giving away free notebooks
While all the above is certainly true, there are different kind of websites that really do give away free notebooks among other things. These kind of websites get paid by large companies to get people to view their offers or fill out their surveys. These sites are called incentive or GPT websites. There is no registration fee and you really can receive free notebooks for free. When you land on one of these websites, you will find a list of prizes that you can choose from then register for free. You will have to complete some offers until you achieve to get 1 full credit.
The next step is to refer others to do the same. Once this cycle is completed, you will receive gifts like free notebooks. These kind of websites are NOT Scams. As mentioned above, nothing is free. This is also true when it comes to incentive marketing. The difference is that with these type of websites, the cost of the gizmo of your choice is not money but time. As a matter of fact, legit incentive sites have privacy policies and terms of service which in effect makes it a legal contract between you and the website owner once you sign up. They are obliged by law to give you your free notebooks or whatever prize you choose once the required credits have been achieved.
If you are wondering why companies are willing to pay so much money just to get people to view their offers, then think of the amount of advertising money large companies splash out on television. It's a multi billion dollar industry. The same goes for the internet, companies splash out copius amounts of dollars to get their product out there.
That is how incentive website owners are able to give away free notebooks among other great prizes