Free PC - Hmmm Watcha Reckon?? |
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 Dec 23 2003, 10:23
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 Diehard  Group: Posters Posts: 470 Joined: 10th January 2003 From: Over there..... Member No.: 1,787  |
Just spotted this on ircspy.com.
It seems www.metronomy.com want to give away free computers in the UK. 
The catch is that for every hour of time you spend at the PC you have to watch 3 mins of adverts. The PC is free apart from that and is replaced every 3 years if you want to remain in the scheme. What do you reckon? Sounds well dodgy but might be worth a look. 
-------------------- I sure do miss you baby....but my aim is gettin better. ;)
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Dec 23 2003, 10:38
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 Addict  Group: Posters Posts: 569 Joined: 16th December 2002 Member No.: 1,113 |
Interesting indeed....I can't help thinking that someone will be able to circumvent the advert displays, or at least fool their system into thinking that the ads have actually been watched.
-------------------- FrankyG
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Dec 23 2003, 10:40
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 470 Joined: 10th January 2003 From: Over there..... Member No.: 1,787 |
Bound to happen sooner or later, wonder what will happen to the PC's when the company eventually goes bust?
-------------------- I sure do miss you baby....but my aim is gettin better. ;)
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Dec 23 2003, 11:05
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Addict Group: Posters Posts: 569 Joined: 16th December 2002 Member No.: 1,113 |
I'm thinking more along the lines of pulling the good bits out of the PC they provide, replacing with my existing older stuff and letting those ads display as and when they should. No worries though, as I've just upgraded my own PC with new bits
Wonder if that would work...
-------------------- FrankyG
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Dec 23 2003, 11:34
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 470 Joined: 10th January 2003 From: Over there..... Member No.: 1,787 |
Maybe just a HDD swap would do it. Rip out the advert ridden one and leave it on an old machine somewhere and then use the free one with a new HDD.
Still, don't really want to be tied to any kind of contract for three years and by the looks of it nothing concrete has actually happened yet. Could still just be a data gathering exercise for someone. Who knows, I'm generally too lazyforgetful to do anything about these type of things anyways
-------------------- I sure do miss you baby....but my aim is gettin better. ;)
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Dec 23 2003, 11:44
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Addict Group: Posters Posts: 569 Joined: 16th December 2002 Member No.: 1,113 |
It's possibly worth giving it a go, if your suggestion above didn't work then the worst thing would be having to shell out £25 to return the PC...or just keep it as a backup machine. I'm like you though...a bit lazy for this kinda stuff. My mate bought a laptop from Time (I did warn him) with the interest free promotion. Condition being that you pay if off before a certain date and avoid the interest. Him being like us, missed the date by one day and now has to cough up £1500 :!: He's gutted, and furious! I'm lazy, but I wouldn't make that mistake...and I don't think he will again :?
-------------------- FrankyG
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Dec 23 2003, 12:13
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 470 Joined: 10th January 2003 From: Over there..... Member No.: 1,787 |
Ouch now thats gotta hurt...buying a Time PC
Lol, reckon I would be gutted too if I had to pay £1500 for the sake of one day. Bet you're right though, he'll never do that again. :? -------------------- I sure do miss you baby....but my aim is gettin better. ;)
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Dec 23 2003, 14:53
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Addict Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 739 Joined: 19th November 2003 From: London - UK Member No.: 21,445 Device(s): HTC TyTN II |
maybe its a ploy to get all ur name and address details?
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Dec 23 2003, 15:33
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 470 Joined: 10th January 2003 From: Over there..... Member No.: 1,787 |
Yeah I thought that it might be some sort of Data gathering scam.
They ask a lot of questions anyways and they say that the first delivery won't be until febmarch time so there's a good amount of time for them to stop the deal and sell the mailing list. Not that I'm suggesting thats what might happen, just what my corrupted pessimistic side was thinking. :twisted: -------------------- I sure do miss you baby....but my aim is gettin better. ;)
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Dec 23 2003, 16:00
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Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 70 Joined: 16th September 2003 Member No.: 16,298 |
if u wanna free pc, do a Open University course and you can apply for a free pc.
My mum got a 1.4ghz celeron pc with 256MB DDR ram, winxp home, office xp, scanner,printer and other goodies all for free last year. |
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Dec 23 2003, 20:13
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 Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 316 Joined: 2nd December 2002 From: Brighton Member No.: 454 |
Samo, can you provide more details, as my mother is currently doing an OU degree.
Thanks. Benzo |
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Dec 24 2003, 01:18
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 Hardcore  Group: Posters Posts: 1,368 Joined: 23rd January 2003 From: Edinburgh, UK Member No.: 2,255 Device(s): SPV C600 |
Its all ligit this free PC stuff - saw it on the news so its gotta be lol. THose adverts would become soooo annoying after a while that you wouldnt actually want the PC :!: Similar scheme was trialed in America - failed miserably....
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Jan 1 2004, 19:00
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 Pyromaniac Group: Moderator Team Posts: 1,824 Joined: 7th January 2003 From: Manchester Member No.: 1,683 |
I notice they're advertising for staff as well.
High salaries, but what kind of Job security I wonder... 
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Jan 2 2004, 17:59
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 Addict Group: Posters Posts: 696 Joined: 24th February 2003 From: Nottingham UK Member No.: 3,011 Device(s): C600 |
I signed up - what's the worst that can happen? More spam?!
I'm sure you can just set all the adverts running whilst you pop off for food/drink/toilet/sleep. How can they know you're looking at the screen?! -------------------- |
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Jan 2 2004, 20:23
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 Moderator - Boing! Group: Admin Team Posts: 8,579 Joined: 12th December 2002 From: Guildford, UK Member No.: 993 Device(s): HTC TyTN II |
Annoying if you're watching a DVD or playing a game though. Still, might sign up and see what happens.
Edit- And as i fill out the form my synical side kicks in, i wonder how many people will have signed up before they announce it was a big hoax... ;p -------------------- This months MoDaCo WinMo Week device: the MWg Zinc II! Ask your questions HERE and download the show here! 2.25GB of backup storage online for free with Mozy! - https://mozy.com/?ref=VQ664H |
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Jan 2 2004, 21:38
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Addict Group: Posters Posts: 696 Joined: 24th February 2003 From: Nottingham UK Member No.: 3,011 Device(s): C600 |
I'd probally not use it for games anyway - just have it in the kitchen so I can listen to mp3's and browse suicidegirls.com whilst I cook pasta.
Probally just use it for the disc space really. -------------------- |
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Jan 3 2004, 13:44
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Moderator - Boing! Group: Admin Team Posts: 8,579 Joined: 12th December 2002 From: Guildford, UK Member No.: 993 Device(s): HTC TyTN II |
One of the best idea's i saw in the comments on the ircspy link was to nuke it and reload the adverts onto a virtual machine, then it can run in the background and never disturb you.
-------------------- This months MoDaCo WinMo Week device: the MWg Zinc II! Ask your questions HERE and download the show here! 2.25GB of backup storage online for free with Mozy! - https://mozy.com/?ref=VQ664H |
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Jan 16 2004, 21:27
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 Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 3,622 Joined: 18th January 2003 From: Fife, Scotland Member No.: 2,019 |
i remember in da olden days when i was a wee boy a company called smarttalk offered a similar scheme.
The deal was if you paid them £150 (approx, was along time ago, can really remember) you got a pc. but had to fill out a monthly questionaire. anyways months past and no sign of pc, then got a letter from a liquidator saying the company had went bust, after taking on alot of customers, and no money had ever been put aside for buying of pc's. I was skeptical when i first signed up, but it was recomended by computer active so i chanced it. in the end noone got a computer, i did get some money back so i took it as a warning. -------------------- Regards
Ian |
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Jan 16 2004, 23:30
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Moderator - Boing! Group: Admin Team Posts: 8,579 Joined: 12th December 2002 From: Guildford, UK Member No.: 993 Device(s): HTC TyTN II |
They're getting no CC info or cash out od me before it's up and running in my room ;p
-------------------- This months MoDaCo WinMo Week device: the MWg Zinc II! Ask your questions HERE and download the show here! 2.25GB of backup storage online for free with Mozy! - https://mozy.com/?ref=VQ664H |
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Jan 18 2004, 13:41
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Hardcore Group: Posters Posts: 1,368 Joined: 23rd January 2003 From: Edinburgh, UK Member No.: 2,255 Device(s): SPV C600 |
I might just sign up for this and get my Grandparents computer literate
It's definitly free and all yeah :?: They dont have any hidden agendas, other than to bombard you with adverts that pollute our minds :?
-------------------- .::Orange.Branded.Shoes::.
------------------------------------------------------- .::C600:SanDisk:MiniSD-1Gb:De-Cert::. ------------------------------------------------------- .::Glad:To:Be:Back:@:MoDaCo::. ------------------------------------------------------- |
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