Who says you can't get something for nothing? Scott Products will give you a $5 Amazon MP3 credit in exchange for a few bits of personal info.
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What price freedom -- I mean, freebie?
Suppose, for example, I told you you get could five bucks' worth of music free of charge, but you'd have to fork over a bit of time and personal info. Sound like a fair trade?
Here's the deal: Scott Products (makers of Scott paper towels, toilet paper, and whatnot) is offering a $5 Amazon MP3 credit when you sign up for Scott Shared Values, which is basically the company's coupon/reward service.
As these things go, it's actually pretty innocuous. Just supply your name, date of birth, gender, ZIP code, and e-mail address. You can opt out of Scott Brand mailings and third-party offers, so the resulting spam should be minimal.
After completing and submitting the signup form, you'll see a page offering a coupon for some Scott product or another. Look near the bottom and you'll see this link: "No thanks. Take me to the Amazon page."
Next, there's a quick questionnaire (with yet another annoying Captcha -- why oh why don't companies switch to this?). Then, at last, you get you... [Read more]
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