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Fun With Wordage

In continuing with yesterday: Wired News has an additional story. Interestingly:

“We are suspending all marketing via email to our customers, and wanted to make sure you knew this was an important and sensitive issue for us,” Martin wrote in an e-mail. “Sending promotions to users is a fairly standard practice for many industries, [...]

Found this article today about freeipods.com. A few things to note:

“The wait is 100 percent due to Apple’s manufacturing,” said Gratis co-founder Peter Martin. “Apple is on back order. The delay is three weeks plus. They sit in the queue and when it gets to the vendor, it goes out the door.”

[Source: The Mac [...]

Another Step:

Now time will tell…
This has been another report from the news network you trust: Me.
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Status Update
Exerpt:

Exerpt 2 (detail):

So that’s where we are. More updates as they come on the news network you [really, somewhat] trust.
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And the freeipods.com website now reads:

24hrs after the last referral was complete.
More updates as the take place, on the news network you prefer: Robert Accettura’s Fun With Wordage.
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Congratulations! You have currently completed all requirements to get your totally FREE iPod. We now need to confirm your account and referral offer completions. Please check back after 7 business days to see your status.
Source: Freeipods.com 9/13/2004]
So they claim. Now we shall see what happens. 29 people signed up, 5 people completed an [...]

I’ve got Gmail invites still. Priority goes to Mozilla community members. If I’ve seen your name around, you’ve got a higher chance. So post a comment here with your name and email address (no anti-spam garbage, or I’m skipping it, the blog will do some minor obscuring).
Even higher priority goes [...]

Well, I completed my offer, and according to wired.com, I’m just 5 friends away from having an iPod. So if you want a free iPod (and help me get one). I think you should read the next line:
So who wants to take a stab and help their buddy Rob out?
I first mentioned this [...]

It’s apparently legitimate according to wired.com.
So want a free iPod (and use me as a referrer helping your humble reporter get one of his own?

Click Here.
Then just signup. There are several offers that look easy to complete, such as signing up for a credit card, or trying AOL. Just signup and cancel in [...]