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Everything is free, as long a as you sign up for a few offers. Most of the offers require a credit card*, even if there is no fee. They have a great selection of games, though. The prices are determined by points, and the average for a new $50 game is 1950 pts. Mosts of the offers give about 300 to 500 pts., so it shouldn't take long to get a free game.

Confirmation: This deal is real... see note below for my uh... impressions on it...

NOTE: This deal officially sucks ass for those of us who aren't in possesion of a "credit card." These "credit cards" are evil inventions designed to make people suffer. CASH people! CASH! its all about cash credit cards suck... or at least they do until i get one...
 
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Hi guys, I just stumbled apon this thread. Ive been doing these offers for about a month now. Ive collected over 13,000 pts. Ive recieved an Xbox system, True Crime, Splinter Cell, and Manhunt(PS2). I ordered Manhunt 4 days after it was released. Total invested: $27.44. It does work, I never got charged for the memberships just the processing fees. Best ones in my opinion was the credit card deals. 800 pts once your aproved. When you get call and cancel the card and cut it up. Some of the offers I signed up for never even charged me the $1 or so. I kept a spread sheet of all the offers I did. There are some very good suggestions listed in this thread like making a new email address (I did at Yahoo) Finding the 800#s in the terms and conditions. Here are the offers I did that where very easy:

Home Works Plus 300
FitMD 500
Shopping4Money 500
Miracle Burn 500
Bargain.com 300
american express blue cash 800
lowermybills (zone long dist) 300
winanylotto 500
psychicrealm 500
freebidding 500
essentials 300
psychic4free 500
official auctions 500
connections 300
privacy plus 300
driving 4 dollars 500
galleria 300
simple escape 300
mp3 stealth 300
consumer info 300
valuemax 300
24products plus 300
premier health plus 300
trimlife plus 320
netmarket 250
completehome 250
travelers advantage 250
clever clubhouse 250
autovantage 200
trimlife advace 250
trimlife 300
official auctioneers 500
discover card #1 800
discover card #2 800

If anyone wants a copy of the spread sheet I used, email me at [email protected]. Id be more than happy to forward it.
 
[quote name='prismic']Signing up for new credit cards and then cancel? Doesn't that just destroy your credit rating?[/quote]

If you don't cancel them then they can show up on your credit report. Think of it this way, its like going to the bank to apply for a loan. Just because you are approved doesnt mean you want the loan. You're just seeing if your able to get it.
 
When I get to the points page, and even after clicking View More -- most of the ones mentioned here aren't listed, but it appears there's a slew of new picks for points. For instance, instead of FITmd anywhere to be found, I see Netflix -- :?:

EDIT: What's more, I don't see, either on the banner, nor on the linked page to sign up, any disclaimer information with phone numbers for cancellation.

~Dak
 
If you sign up for a bunch of credit cards, get approved, and then cancel it CAN and will hurt your credit rating over time. I looked into this months ago, my uncle who is a vice president of a local bank helped me out with that one.
 
[quote name='Downhome']If you sign up for a bunch of credit cards, get approved, and then cancel it CAN and will hurt your credit rating over time. I looked into this months ago, my uncle who is a vice president of a local bank helped me out with that one.[/quote]

Didnt know that! I did 3 credit cards but thats going to be the last of them
 
Yes credit card opening WILL hurt your credit report.

I would watch doing this multiple times, and once they are opened the damage is already done cxl is not going to help.

The downside to having a bunch of open credit cards is you *could* get turned down for a loan or other form of credit in the future. Due to large available credit. Essentially they dont want you to run yourself up with all your open credit.

Another thing is dont think "well I will just sign up for this new card offer and transfer my current card onto it and cancell my current card" You want to keep your oldest credit card open even if it carries a zero balance. This shows how long you have had credit and works to your advantage.
 
[quote name='Snake2715']Yes credit card opening WILL hurt your credit redfddport.

I would watch doing this multiple times, and once they are opened the damage is already done cxl is not going to help.

The downside to having a bunch of open credit cards is you *could* get turned down for a loan or other form of credit in the future. Due to large available credit. Essentially they dont want you to run yourself up with all your open credit.

Another thing is dont think "well I will just sign up for this new card offer and transfer my current card onto it and cancell my current card" You want to keep your oldest credit card open even if it carries a zero balance. This shows how long you have had credit and works to your advantage.[/quote]

Well put Snake, we need to make sure EVERYONE understands this, as I know a few people that just went into this not knowing details like this, and it could very well end up hurting them.

So what all have you recieved so far?
 
So what if the card is never activated? Whats the difference between getting a preapproved card in the mail and one you applied for but never activated?
 
If you guys ever dive into the FreeDVD4Me or FreeCDs4Me websites, do NOT just start doing the offers left and right.

They have what's called "weekly bonus DVDs". When you complete a certain amount of certain offers durring the week, you can get a 100% free DVD of our choice out of whatever the picks are that week, and you KEEP the points for the offers to spend on something else. In short, you do the offers and you get both the points for the offers you did, and the bonus DVD (for free, no points used for it).

They have other special deals all the time also, so just try to keep up with what they have going on there. Just, like I said, don't aimlessly start doing the offers there, or you could miss out on the bonus free DVDs.

Just a heads up.
 
Well guys, you were right. You made me nervous so I called my bank and talked to a loan rep. I told here what I did. I applied, got approved, recieved the card, then canceled. She informed me that its not opening and closing card acounts that hurt you its everytime you apply for a card they pull a credit report which gives you a "mark". The marks are whats bad. I told her I did 3 diff. cards and she said I would be fine. So with that I take back my remark about the credit cards being the easiest. I assume the offer for consumer info (credit report) falls in the same category. Im sure glad you guys posted that. Thanks!
 
the consumer info does not fall under the same category. when a credit report is requested for you own personal use it does not affect your credit rating at all.
 
Ok,

Good to hear. Want to know the truth on activated cards? Ever get one and try to use it at say a gas station before you called? I have and they work no problem. So you are right once you apply and are approved the credit is given.

Also you might check with that loan officer I believe there is a certain time period in which it just hurts you the initial time. For example say you apply for 3 credit cards all within the same week. You only get marked down for trying once. I cant verify that but I did hear it somewhere.

As for my games I didnt believe this system worked so I tried it with just one game. About 2 months ago. None of the bigger titles that are out now where out yet so I ordered Hit and Run. Sure enough early November it came now I have ordered Glitch and Prince of Persia.

Another thing I want to touch on is this. Some people are hesitant due to the wait and they want a new game NOW.

Ok buy it at say Target (90 day return policy folks) play the crap out of it and when your new copy arrives from the website return that one to Target and get your money back, or your credit back on your card. Most cards have a 30 day grace so you wont even get interest charged.

Hold on to the receipt though.
 
Sorry to repost -- but I asked some questions during the Credit Card scare, and understandably was ignored for the more important task at hand.

Now that we all know to stay away from the credit card offers -- I was noticing a number of the 1 Day/500Pts w/ easy Cancellation Phone #'s and were listed initially here, are no longer on the page for offers. I clicked on "View More", and none of the FITmd, DrivingForDollars offers were available anymore (or so it seems).

In fact, a lot of the offers seem somewhat new ventures, and thus a little tricky for a newbie at this to manuever through. I haven't taken the plunge, as far as signing up with any offers, but I've got an account now, and I'm wanting to understand this stuff 100% before hopping aboard (glad we found out about the Credit Card thing, because those are the "best" offers!).

LAST (first?) question guys: If you sign up for a 30-90 Day offer, can you instantly cancel, or will you be waiting for information that requires you to wait days, or possibly weeks, in order to cancel (effectively screwing people like me with short attention spans)?

~Dak
 
when you click on an offer it tells you what to do for the offer. for example many of the 7 day trial offers tell you that you must wait at least 3-4 days in order to "try" their service before cancelling orthey can take your points away. If it does not say anything in the little pop up box about when you can cancel, then you should be able to cancel at anytime
 
[quote name='CAPTTRIPahh']a lot of the 30 day trials also say you must wait 7 days before cancelling or you may lose your points[/quote]

Which offers? I've been doing this for months and I've never had any of my points taken away from me. I always, ALWAYS cancel anything I sign up for as soon as I can. Have it be right after I sign up or 3-4 days after I sign up, or whatever.
 
yea...they just added that in for the montly triabl memberships...probably because too many people were canceling right after they get the points
 
if you go there it has an option on the side that says no credit card required...just click on it ....although there are not enough available to get enough points to get a free game so your gonna have to ask your parents for their cards probably
 
New one to stay away from: Lowermybills. This was to switch your long distance carrier. Well, I did this with no problem. I got my phone bill today and there was a $5 charge from my local carrier. Granted its only $5 but hey, I thought Id get the points for free! I also canceled the long distance as soon I recieved the points.

With all the 30 or 90 day trials, I canceled as soon as I recieved my points unless they were "instant points". Those I canceled in about 3 to 4 days. I never seen anything about getting points taken away or ever had this happen.

I can say I have signed up for 7 or 8 offers and never got charged the $1 or whatever for the processing fee. Maybe thats why they dont want you to cancel so soon.
 
So what's the story on those 30-Days through 90-Days deals, you CAN cancel them right away and still get your points??

I signed up with 10, 300pts plans last night -- and only one was a 7-Days plan I thought I could cancel right away, the rest were 30-Days and warned me that if I cancelled within anything less than 7 days, they'd revoke the points. This isn't true then? (Except the Instant Points offers? Those make up about 85% of the Offers page, don't they?)

Anyhoo -- here's an odd question. What do I spend my points on? I mean, what would be best suited for something like this? It was mentioned in one of the earliest posts that it takes a long time to receive anything, even after you get points and make an order -- so we shouldn't order anything we think we'll break down and buy locally, or through some other great cheap ass deal.

~Dak

PS: I cancelled the Instant Points, Bargain.com -- right away -- and I still have the points. :)
 
Actually once I placed my order, my game got here in two weeks. Plus it was a new release (Final Fantasy X-2)
 
Ok, several of the offers you an sign up for to earn points claim that they will give you a 25 dollar gift card to amazon.com or kmart or whatever aside from just getting the points. Has anyone tried these and actually recieved the giftcards? If you get the points towards the free games and the giftcards to that is one heck of a deal.
 
[quote name='CAPTTRIPahh']Ok, several of the offers you an sign up for to earn points claim that they will give you a 25 dollar gift card to amazon.com or kmart or whatever aside from just getting the points. Has anyone tried these and actually recieved the giftcards? If you get the points towards the free games and the giftcards to that is one heck of a deal.[/quote]

You have to be a member of the site at the time they send you the gift certificate. Plus, the fine print on the form they send you says it takes 8-10 weeks to process.
 
The fine print lies :). I have received multiple gift cards for signing up with those deals. The only catch is it generally takes about a week for them to mail you the reward claim form (make sure you request it immediately after signing up - the method of requesting will vary from deal to deal) and it takes another 2 weeks or so for them to process and send your gift card, so you will generally be cutting it very close to the end of the trial period. If you are one of those people with short-term memories (like me) then be SURE to make a note of when you signed up and put it in a place that you will look at often.

-Matt
 
Dak: So far, I have had zero problems with these gift card offers. They will plead with you on the phone to stay with them, but you just have to stay tough :). Just as long as you remember to cancel before 30 days are up, you should be fine. I've forgotten only once to cancel on time (ended up canceling 2 days late) and they still only charged me $15 (which I'm currently looking into having refunded), so really you come out on top no matter what.

-Matt
 
I have had an interesting and distressing thing occur due to all this (something of a heads up to everyone, and a request for opinions on how to handle this)...

I've signed up with a number of the 300pts Offers, mostly because there's been like, two obvious companies doing 95% of them and it's been quick and easy. None of them have given me a problem, and when (almost always happens with the second of the two companies' sites) a banner pops up wanting me to sign up with a second website for some deal, I quickly close the window.

However, I just tried to sign up with the website, Event Privileges, for 200pts -- and it said a membership had already been signed up for with that credit card. I didn't get credited the pts at FreeVideoGames.com -- so that means somehow they automatically signed me up, without my permission.

I'm under the impression the first company's name is DealPass.com -- and the second one is the Trilegiant Corporation. Anyone know if you can just call DealPass and Trilegiant Corporation, and tell them to cancel your services and discontinue use of your credit card with all of their affiliates, all in one swift stroke? That would be nice, assuring, and a damn fast way of cancelling these websites.

~Dak
 
One big "uh oh" guys.

The Trilegiant Corporation has had a number of run-in's with the Bureau of Better Business, and has been under scrutiny for "deceptive selling practices, unauthorized charges to consumers' credit cards, and non-cancellation of memberships following cancellation requests".

Anyone know the number for Trilegiant and the BBB?

~Dak
 
Another thing to note.
if you already signed up call the company (number is found in terms and conditions on the companys appliation page. Do a chek on the phone and have them send you a confirmation email that you just signed up.

Then forward that email to Free videogames.com (info to do that is in the FAQ) and then you will receive your points.

I did this due to accidentally using the wrong email I called gave the comapny a correct email(a new email is hard to remember sometimes) and then had them forward me the confirmation that I had signed up.

I then proceeded to forward that email to the address given in the FAQS and they gave me my points with 24 hours

FYI
 
For anyone whom I scared the bejezus out of (and anyone doing these offers should be a wee bit concerned with Trilegiant), I called "Event Privileges" and discovered that my information is NOT in their system and that signing up for that many Trilegiant companies at once might've just put a cap on the volume I was able to sign with for that short a period of time. I tried to enter my email address and password (entered at ALL of these sites) and it didn't recognize me either -- so I think they're evil claws aren't imbedded quite as deep as I had feared.

Still... I might be getting a new credit card (with new last four digits) after this is all done.

But I ordered my shiney, new, GBA SP Platinum!

~Dak
 
You know... If you're going to sign up for one of the Credit Card offers anyway, you may as well use that credit card for all the other offers that require credit cards. That way any charges to it will be easily noticed, and you can avoid any of the companies charging you later by cancelling the credit card once you're done picking up free games.
 
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The following I know for sure are Trilegiant Corporation's companies (not all appear at FreeVideoGames.com).

Complete Home, Clever Clubhouse, Autovantage, Buyers Advantage, Digital ProtectionPlus, Great Fun, HealthSaver, 1-800-7-HEALTH, Hot-Line, Just for Me, National Card Registry, Netmarket.com, PrivacyGuard, Shoppers Advantage, TravelersAdvantage, Travel ER, 1-800-E-Assist, and probably the AOL Offer -- because they're in charge of marketing for AOL now, I believe.

They're like a "Power Seller" on eBay -- where they've got a lot of credit on one hand (Yahoo Finance quotes their "Credit Card PROTECTION and Fraud" division -- how's that for ironic?), but are so big, it's impossible not to be somewhat corrupt (with lots of bad feedback in the form of people sending complaints to the BBB about them).

If the lady was being honest on the phone, "Event Privileges" doesn't have me listed as a member and I'm not going to be charged by them -- still creepy when you're told an account already exists on that credit card.

~Dak
 
Not yet -- but I just started all of this late last week. I've only been able to cancel two of the offers so far, due to time and business hours (most of these places close by 8pm on the weekdays).

Though I've ordered a GBA SP Platinum, it's still pending -- so we'll see. I'm only about one more offer away from another game, and I'll probably make it Animal Crossing or something. We'll see.

Nonetheless, I'm still going to call this particular card in as lost or stolen, get a new card with new last four digits. That way, if I've cancelled and they're still trying to squeeze me for money, they'll have to do that much more work, and I'll have cut off their ties with me. I'd like to see them take a fraudulant billing to a lawyer to ruin my credit -- they'd have to contact me physically (mail or phone) and I'd be able to bring up all the cancellation information proving they're full of it. That's the best way as far as I've come up with, out of any possible trouble.

~Dak
 
I had to rebump this post.

FOR ANYBODY THINKING ABOUT DOING THIS HOLD ON!!

Ok I did and have received all of my games from my first order (done in october) but i finished my second batch on December 1st. And i had yet to receive anything. I sent in two seperate requests and got this today.



"Please note that for a variety of reasons, all orders have been delayed. Most orders should ship in the next 2-3 weeks. At this time, that is all the information we have available.


Please note that we cannot guarantee the shipping times for orders.


We apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced.


More Questions? Try visiting our Frequently Asked Questions at http://www.FreeVideoGames.com/Help.aspx

Thanks,
FreeVideoGames Support
[email protected]
http://www.FreeVideoGames.com"




So I am assuming the deal is either terribly slow or its pretty much over. The people running the site are probably getting to many requests for games and the sites that are sponsored are getting to many cancels.

Again I will keep you posted as to the status but as of now it doesnt look good.

Just be very catious about doing this unless you do the totally free ones. i have about $14 invested in to getting the latest two games I ordered and I have a feeling that its all wasted. So take it for what you will.
 
Dont get too wound up. I too have a couple orders "in progress" and "back ordered" dating back to Nov 18th. I never emailed them asking what the deal was but they did send me an email saying something to the effect that due to the holiday season they are having troubles getting the "stuff" from amazon and best buy and they cant garuntee it would be delivered before the holiday. Im not worried about. Im sure it will get here eventually.
 
Jason,

Thanks that gives me some peace of mind but my october 30 orders have come and i supported this site multiple times on this subject. I figured I should let everyone know what I personally experienced, and whats happening now.
 
Jason,

Thanks that gives me some peace of mind but my october 30 orders have come and i supported this site multiple times on this subject. I figured I should let everyone know what I personally experienced, and whats happening now.
 
any updates on your orders guys? I ordered a game about 2 weeks ago and it says it is on backorder? how long should this take?
 
I ordered 2 games on 12/9 and they were shipped this past Friday on 12/26. I also ordered an Xbox on 11/18 and that is still on back order :roll:
 
*CAUTION*

I did the offer for Bargain.com. Last week I got a mistery membership charge on my card so I called the #. It was a membership charge for BargainNetwork.com

Turns out that if you do Bargain.com you get automaticly entered into BargainNetwork.com through a pop up.

They refunded my money with no big deal.

So if you do Bargain.com, go to BargainNetwork or call 866-396-9517 to make sure your not signed up there too.
 
For people that still want to do this. Whoever has a paypal account, I suggest requesting a debit card from them. Companies can't charge you on any money you don't have in the account. :D Just FYI.
 
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