Free snuggie blanket
10-30-09, 05:42 PM
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10-30-09, 11:35 PM
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Re: Free snuggie blanket
Honestly, I can't remember if I entered my real one or a fake one. For things that I order online I will use my email address, mailing address, and real phone number, but when it's something like this I'll usually just use a spam email account and a fake number. However, because I put in my real address, as a force of habit I might have inadvertently put in my real phone number.
10-30-09, 11:46 PM
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Re: Free snuggie blanket
In all seriousness though, I checked my spam account email and haven't received any spam since I submitted the information, so I dunno what that means...
11-04-09, 12:55 PM
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11-04-09, 04:05 PM
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Re: Free snuggie blanket
from another site
No way this comes. Their WhoIS info is hidden, which is the #1 sign of a spam site when it comes to freebies.
The signup page is an iframe which is pulling from a second domain, SuzzlyPromo.com. Not only is their Whois info private as well, but it was registered on Oct. 19, 2009. If hidden Whois info is the #1 sign of freebie spam, a site registered a week ago is #2. And then check out the footer links on the confirmation page. They all go to a third domain, Spooluff.com. That domain doesn't even have a main site and two of the links are dead. The owner of Spooluff isn't a company, but some some random guy whose e-mail is at gaweb.com, which is a spamish directory.
Furthermore, if you call the number from their site / confirmation e-mail, you'll get a recorded message and then can hit # for more options. This is followed by "to enter your K7 security code press 4" which means they're using K7.net, a free voicemail and fax system. I can't think of any legit business that uses a free telephone service for business calls.
All of that was a long way of saying I doubt this is legit and not to hold your breath or count on using it as a Christmas gift. But heck, at the very least, if you sign up for this, use a throw-away e-mail and Google Voice account.
The signup page is an iframe which is pulling from a second domain, SuzzlyPromo.com. Not only is their Whois info private as well, but it was registered on Oct. 19, 2009. If hidden Whois info is the #1 sign of freebie spam, a site registered a week ago is #2. And then check out the footer links on the confirmation page. They all go to a third domain, Spooluff.com. That domain doesn't even have a main site and two of the links are dead. The owner of Spooluff isn't a company, but some some random guy whose e-mail is at gaweb.com, which is a spamish directory.
Furthermore, if you call the number from their site / confirmation e-mail, you'll get a recorded message and then can hit # for more options. This is followed by "to enter your K7 security code press 4" which means they're using K7.net, a free voicemail and fax system. I can't think of any legit business that uses a free telephone service for business calls.
All of that was a long way of saying I doubt this is legit and not to hold your breath or count on using it as a Christmas gift. But heck, at the very least, if you sign up for this, use a throw-away e-mail and Google Voice account.
11-10-09, 12:27 PM
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Re: Free snuggie blanket
By the power vested in me by the College of Hard Knocks, I now pronounce this entire thread a Snuggie Snafu, and declare that we have been sneeringly snookered.
11-10-09, 02:16 PM
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Re: Free snuggie blanket
Of all the freebies that never materialized this one disappoints me the most. I really wanted one of these mofos,lol.
11-10-09, 02:42 PM
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11-10-09, 05:53 PM
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11-10-09, 07:13 PM
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Re: Free snuggie blanket
Blockbuster sells them for $15
11-10-09, 07:24 PM
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Re: Free snuggie blanket
i love how everytime i go into blockbuster they are selling something new. Books, snuggies, the ski-masks of jigsaw & the joker, board games, toys. And what amuses me more is that those things are "decently" priced compared to the movies they actually sell. haha
11-10-09, 11:21 PM
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