FREE PC worth over £500

mantrabooks · 09-11-2006, 12:23

I had an email this morning offering me a PC worth over 500. If anybody is thinking about changing their INTERNET connection or starting a new one then check this offer out.....

REDTEN INTERNET UNLIMITED

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fc:stanley · 09-11-2006, 16:36

Looks Good But Looks Too Good!

chav1 · 09-11-2006, 17:09

there used to be somone who provided a free pc but you had to spend a certain amount of time each week filling in consumer surveys etc for a year then the pc was yours

mickmc · 09-11-2006, 19:01

Beware of Greeks (or Geeks in this case) bearing gifts

Sparkologist · 09-11-2006, 19:14

In Law, the phrase used is "Caveat Emptor", which is derived from Latin. The translation of which, is "buyer beware".

There is no such thing as a free lunch!

cashman · 09-11-2006, 19:32

i get 40/50 e-mails daily most telling me what & how much ive won,they are ALL crap, usually to get your details etc, especially if you have to pay carridge fee,also to discover if your e-mail address is live or not, listen to the others mantrabooks. BEWARE, delete it is my advice.

Mick · 10-11-2006, 07:55

Just before you all call this a fake take a look at an artical in the Computeractive mag out today there is a bit in there about this very thing
quote from computeravtive mag :

TWO COMPANIES have set up alternative schemes to the now-defunct home computing initiantive(HCI).
HCI was set up to enable lower-paid workers to buy their own computer with the help of their employer .
But the Treasury alleged that the scheme was being abused by well-paid employees,who defrauded the taxpayers to the tune of £300m.
Chancellor Gordon Brown axed the scheeme in Feb.
Watford Electronics new scheme involves signing up to a three year contract with its Redten broadband service.
This gives the user upto 8mbits/sec broadband connection and costs £19.99 per month
The supplied LG computer is worth £500 contains a Pentium 4 processor with 512mb of memory and comes with a 19in screen
The user can keep the PC at the end of the contract.

it goes on a bit more but i am not sitting here putting it all in you will have to get the mag to read the rest

entwisi · 10-11-2006, 08:12

all theinfo is on the site,

3 year contract is probably the big downside in a market where more and more 'free' players are entering all the time. I was chatting about this to a friend and we came up with teh following costings

£20/month over 3 years is £720. At the end of teh 3 years if you sign up again they give you another PC so based on the old one being worth ~£100 min its cost you £120 for internet and you got a 0% interest deal on the PC.

Like a said, teh downside would be teh 3 year contarct but for someone who can't afford to splash £500 notes in one go on a PC its probably not a bad deal.

Less · 10-11-2006, 09:07

Hmm, there's a friend of mine and I was just thinking that could be a good deal for him, unfortunately his phone provider is NTL, to take advantage of this deal you have to have a BT land line, so the added costs of switching to a BT line would also have to be considered in his case.

SPUGGIE J · 10-11-2006, 12:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by entwisi

all theinfo is on the site,

3 year contract is probably the big downside in a market where more and more 'free' players are entering all the time. I was chatting about this to a friend and we came up with teh following costings

£20/month over 3 years is £720. At the end of teh 3 years if you sign up again they give you another PC so based on the old one being worth ~£100 min its cost you £120 for internet and you got a 0% interest deal on the PC.

Like a said, teh downside would be teh 3 year contarct but for someone who can't afford to splash £500 notes in one go on a PC its probably not a bad deal.

Not much different than the computers for homes that some work places run where you saved mony as it was Vat free (Max £1200 I think) and was open to higher erners as well . Sign up for 3 years paying x amount per month depending on which system of the 5 you chose. Keep for three years and either buy at the fair market price or sign up again. So say a £900ish comp for around £730 aint bad. The payment was taken of before any salery deductions hence the saving.