XDA II For £20 Sim Free? Scam, or real?

[Ross]

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[alias]

Sounds like a pyramid scheme to me.

[cruisin-thru]

If it was that easy to obtain high value gods for peanuts I think people would be selling the goods on ebay rather than the link to the site.

[Ross]

Well you don't get the phone for peanuts.. If you look, 40 people need to buy the product from the company..

So 45 x £20 = £900

So the company makes £900, and buys you an XDA II from it, and keeps the rest. Seems possible to do. Actually, it's quite a good idea. I was careful however. I used my credit card do to the transaction, so if its anything dodgy - and they try and screw me over, I always have the option of a charge back.

Not sure how long it will take to fill the list, but I'll keep you updated if it works out (or if it doesn't!) ;-)

[jta]

Well, if they are offering EVERYONE on the list a phone, then I dont see how they can do this...

J

[ntabikha]

not to mention that I got 2 boosters from ebay for $1!! and with free shipping

but NO they dont work ;) its just a sticker with golden patern printed on it.

[nerrdo]

This is foolishness. Such a system cannot possibly sustain itself long enough to fulfill the measure of its promise. Mind that you aren't required to wait longer than the charge dispute deadline for your credit card to receive your "gift", eh?

Actually, since your transaction was for a signal booster, if you actually get a signal booster you may not have a valid claim in the eyes of your bank should you dispute on the grounds that you didn't receive the gift.

If it SOUNDS too good to be true…

-nerrdo

[Ross]

I think you didn't understand the nature of the way it works...

It's not EVERYONE on the list that gets the XDA II...

There is one person at the top... Then once the list fills up, they get the XDA II... Then the person who second in the list, moves up in to first place... Once the list fills up again, they get the XDA... etc etc...

It was only £20... So I don't really care if it has the chance of getting me a sim free XDA II in a few months time :P

[jta]

This is really a pyramid scheme. If the list fills up, there are 3 possibilities i see happening at that point:

1) Everone except #1 is out of luck. A new list is started for people that have not purchased anything...

2) #1 gets the gift, and everyone moves up a spot. That then leaves 1 spot open for the 'new guy' when he makes a purchase. Once that happens, everyone moves up again. 1 spot opens, and a new guy gets in the list. So, each time they give a phone away, they are only getting 1 new purchase. THIS CANNOT WORK!

3) #1 gets the gift, and everyone else moves up... But you have to create 40 lists now, so that they (the sellers) can get the new people in there (by making a purchase)... If you are 2nd, you get to be first on a new list, and you need to find 39 people to make a purchase-Filling the list. Well, what about #3 on the list. What happens to him? He moves to #2 on SOME list, it cannot be the same list that you are on, can it? If it is, then we are back to option 2 above. So, whenever a phone is given away, there must be 39 new lists created, in some manner, that moves everyone up a spot, but still leaves all the 'open spots' for the people that are putting money into the system.

Without these new purchases, the system fails...

In re-reading your explanation, it sounds like the 'list' is a list of lists, and you are always at the 'top' of your list, even though your list is maybe 2nd or 3rd or so in the 'list of lists'. So, once it is your turn at the #1 spot, your list gets filled, Woo hoo!...
BUT, each time someone gets their list filled, it is creating a new 'list of lists'. So, when do those lists get filled??? After yours, I would hope!

Goodness. There is some math wiz out there that can figure out how long it will take to get your free phone (and how much money the system is generating in that same timeframe.)

This is a pyramid scheme. Good luck. Maybe you will get your phone, I hope so. Let us know!

J

[gazzaman2k]

Well you don't get the phone for peanuts.. If you look, 40 people need to buy the product from the company..

So 45 x £20 = £900

So the company makes £900, and buys you an XDA II from it, and keeps the rest.

are you stupid?? that £900 there is for him to buy himself a mobile you are one of his 45 people needed for him to get this phone!!!

you will still need to get about 44more people so that you move to the top of the pyramid!

gawd by the time you get that many peeps xda 3 will be out gawd some people always fall for these scams

yes it is possible for you to get it but its also a scam at the same time.