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'Buy a new phone for £20' - my experiences! |
50Cent
Joined: Nov 08, 2003
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lol, then u get caught and fined! back to square one.
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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From: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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I'm doing a bit of buying/repairing/selling on Ebay at the moment, so I'll probably try to save some money up with what profit I make there and perhaps buy a K700 that way.
Looking at where I'm going to be in the list on this website, I think we're ALL in for a very long wait!! 
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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Well - I've just appeared on the list as the 12th person who'll recieve the phone!! Only need another 300 people to sign on now..... 
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Lembo
Joined: Mar 13, 2004
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On 2004-06-19 22:35:15, Sammy_boy wrote:
If you think about it, by the time 25 people have signed up, that's £500 to the organiser of the site. Folk get a phone for £20, and the site organiser gets £500 for a phone that probably cost him £300.
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I'm not sure of this.
If you have to wait for 25 people to hand in their £20 and they also go on the list.
Does that mean every £20 this site gets they need to fork out for a phone?
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50Cent
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so the owner will get 6000 for sending out 12 phones.
say the phone cost about £300 each
300 x 12
=3600
6000-3600
=£2400 prfofit.
correct me if my addition/subtraction is wrong 
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Sammy_boy
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@twista -
I think that's how they work. They will only send a phone out every time 25 people have signed up, and the site's owner has recieved £500. If it's costing them £300 for each phone, then the owner gets £200 profit on each phone.
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50Cent
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yeah clever scheme but sum ppl just take the £500 and leave it that.
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Lembo
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On 2004-06-20 12:59:53, Twista wrote:
so the owner will get 6000 for sending out 12 phones.
say the phone cost about £300 each
300 x 12
=3600
6000-3600
=£2400 prfofit.
correct me if my addition/subtraction is wrong
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The tax man we'll love that! 
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50Cent
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hehe
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BOOYAR
Joined: Aug 19, 2003
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I don't think any1s posted that they've tried it yet. You could check the se website, they will have a list of compatible devices
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MikLSP
Joined: Sep 21, 2003
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On 2004-06-21 11:20:48, BOOYAR wrote:
I don't think any1s posted that they've tried it yet. You could check the se website, they will have a list of compatible devices
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Hmm, posted in the wrong topic perhaps? It's always confused me how this happens 
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BOOYAR
Joined: Aug 19, 2003
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Yes that was meant for the k700 forum. God knows why it ended up here
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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Oops. never mind!  Nothing further to report yet - no one else has joined the list!
I have to admit I was tempted to try putting my name down for a Nokia 7610 - as it was a brand new list with no names on! But I didn't want to waste another £20. I also suspect that the site's owner accidentally on purpose won't update those new lists for a day or two - to tempt people to put their names down and pay their £20 in the hope they'll be top of that list!
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etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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From: UK - South Yorkshire
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Ive been tempted myself in the past to invest £20 in the site i know you're talking about, not to get myself a phone (that would be a suprise if i did) but as you done have done, sacrifice my own money to test whether this type of scheme works so that if it doesnt, id be able to tell people.
I never got round to doing it as i was pretty sure my concerns would be correct, and the way you've done the math, it looks like we're all right not to pay these people our money. Good job Sammy
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50Cent
Joined: Nov 08, 2003
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@Sammy_boy
are you moving up the list at any pace??
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Posted: 2004-06-20 12:24
