Free Gaming Magazine for Life...Ripped from TechBargains
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"Submit email only if you agree to receive information from us and other top companies."
So I didnt submit an email, went through fine.
So I didnt submit an email, went through fine.
For anything that you know that you are going to get junk e-mail from just make a hotmail account for the junk stuff and use it for everything like that.
vic 
Just a thought here guys...
And not to sound like I'm paranoid but just wondering about something...
Ever wonder where companies get their huge 300,000 name "Mailing Lists"?
Could it be from places like this?
Just a thought...
And not to sound like I'm paranoid but just wondering about something...
Ever wonder where companies get their huge 300,000 name "Mailing Lists"?
Could it be from places like this?
Just a thought...
Free lifetime subscription?
Sound too good to be true?
Aside from no one ever hearing about this rag, what possible benifit could they possibly get from doing this? Being that they sell your info, that's the only thing I need to know to keep away.
Sound too good to be true?
Aside from no one ever hearing about this rag, what possible benifit could they possibly get from doing this? Being that they sell your info, that's the only thing I need to know to keep away.
Not denying the possibility that the magazine may sell your e-mail address to other places (thank God for hotmail spam accounts), but a quick lesson on magazine subscriptions:
Believe it or not, they don't make their money from your subscription fees! It's true. Magazines make money by selling advertisement space. However, in order for an advertisement to sell stuff, the advertisement must be seen. If you've never heard of this magazine before, chances are it's probably because the magazine's NEW. (DUH!) In order to be able to sell advertisements, a magazine has to have a readership. In order to gain a readership, they'll give it away for FREE. After they get a name for themselves, they'll begin the charging for subscriptions. But in order to actually sell ads, they need to be able to tell the companies they're selling to about how many people will be reading the magazine. If no one's heard of it, the companies won't advertise because there is NO readership.
I'm willing to bet that they'll sell your e-mail and mailing address to the highest bidders, too, but heck, if you've been paying any attention to the outside world (which is hard for a lot of us computer geeks to do, I know) you'll notice that the NY Times and Wall St. Journal have been giving a lot of attention to the fact that both AOL and Amazon.com have been giving e-mail addresses and pretty indepth profiling information away to companies for a long time now. In fact, AOL warns that if it goes down in the future and is sold, the buying company will have access to all of the profiled information, including collected SS#'s.
If you're worried about giving your address away to this magazine company, then you're not looking at the bigger picture. At least these guys are giving you something for it.
Believe it or not, they don't make their money from your subscription fees! It's true. Magazines make money by selling advertisement space. However, in order for an advertisement to sell stuff, the advertisement must be seen. If you've never heard of this magazine before, chances are it's probably because the magazine's NEW. (DUH!) In order to be able to sell advertisements, a magazine has to have a readership. In order to gain a readership, they'll give it away for FREE. After they get a name for themselves, they'll begin the charging for subscriptions. But in order to actually sell ads, they need to be able to tell the companies they're selling to about how many people will be reading the magazine. If no one's heard of it, the companies won't advertise because there is NO readership.
I'm willing to bet that they'll sell your e-mail and mailing address to the highest bidders, too, but heck, if you've been paying any attention to the outside world (which is hard for a lot of us computer geeks to do, I know) you'll notice that the NY Times and Wall St. Journal have been giving a lot of attention to the fact that both AOL and Amazon.com have been giving e-mail addresses and pretty indepth profiling information away to companies for a long time now. In fact, AOL warns that if it goes down in the future and is sold, the buying company will have access to all of the profiled information, including collected SS#'s.
If you're worried about giving your address away to this magazine company, then you're not looking at the bigger picture. At least these guys are giving you something for it.
Show me someone who carries their rag and I'll think twice about subscribing.
I find I'm not even reading magazines anymore since the web has come around.
I find I'm not even reading magazines anymore since the web has come around.
There are alot of free computer related magazines. InfoWorld, Software Development, NetworkWorld. The list is huge. As someone else said, magazines make their money from advertisers.
The difference here is every legit, free magazine that I know of requires a survey to the filled out at least every year. If your profile matches their target audience, you get it for another year. This helps them show the advertisers who they are reaching.
I am suspicious because they are promising lifetime subscriptions upfront. Why not say, "free one year"? Then offer a free renewal (with survey) next year?
The difference here is every legit, free magazine that I know of requires a survey to the filled out at least every year. If your profile matches their target audience, you get it for another year. This helps them show the advertisers who they are reaching.
I am suspicious because they are promising lifetime subscriptions upfront. Why not say, "free one year"? Then offer a free renewal (with survey) next year?
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