The title sums up my thoughts when I first heard about companies giving away free, current generation games consoles. I had to investigate this concept further. I had to have a free PS3! Being an analytical kind of guy, I first decided to see how such a model could possibly stack up in the real world. I mean, if the figures didn’t add up then surely it wasn’t for real. Well, my investigations into the phenomenon of giving away the latest gadgets proved that the seemingly impossible was, in fact, entirely possible. In reality it’s just a marketing concept. I will go into how I actually got my free PS3 a little later in the article but first we’ll have a look at the mechanics behind it.Before you are entitled to receive your free games console the provider of the free consoles requires you to take out an offer with a third party company. Most of these are high-street retail names and many of the offers are free, so long as you remember to cancel after any trial period. Also, as well as completing an offer yourself, you need to get a few of your friends to also complete an offer. The number of friends varies depending on which gadget you desire but a PS3 for example is ten. So that’s eleven offers taken out by you and your friends which means the company providing you with your free PS3 gets paid eleven lots of commission for referring you to the site where you took out the offer. Say, for example the site pays £30 commission for each offer, that’s £330 in total received by the company ‘giving away’ the PS3, and they would probably buy them in bulk for much less than the official £299 selling price. So, satisfied that this all made sense, I set about getting my very own free PS3.
I started off my quest at gadgets-4-free.co.uk where I chose my free PS3. If you’ve already got a PS3 then you can also choose from a free Xbox or free ipod. You can even get all three if you wish! I signed up to the offer with my email address and postal address and completed one of the fore-mentioned offers. I chose an offer from a company called Lovefilm where you get free DVD rentals by post. I just had to remember to cancel it after two months. Next, I persuaded ten of my friends (with the lure of a free PS3 for themselves) to also complete an offer. This took me around six weeks to sort out and I could log into my account to see who had signed up and who I needed to give a gentle push to. Once the tenth had signed up I simply sent through my request for the PS3 and within three working days it was delivered, free of charge, to my front door. I’d already bought a few games in advance so I could get playing straight away.
So I hope this article has persuaded you that a free games console or gadget is entirely feasible. Just get yourself across to gadgets-4-free.co.uk now and claim your free Ps3 or free Xbox, or both!
About the Author
Chris Thomas is a free lance writer and serious gadget enthusiast. He writes for various technology blogs.