Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Getting a Computer For Free - Does it Really Work?

Is it really possible, in these troubled times, to find someone out there that is willing to give away something for free? Is it truly possible for someone to get a computer for free? The answer is a big and resounding yes.

With some well-planned research online and a little effort you can be well on the way to getting a laptop or desktop computer for free. Yes there are a few catches if you want to get something for no money. Notice I did not say something for nothing. No one in the world is going to be nice enough just to hand you a new computer because you are nice and asked them to. Life doesn't work that way. You will have to fulfill a few terms in the offer to qualify to get your computer for free.

Now those terms can be pretty easy to do. None of them are particularly difficult or extremely time intensive. They do, however, require that you sign up for and complete some varied amount of trial offers for things and since these trial offers will require time and proof, it would behoove you to maintain immaculate records of who, what, when and how so that when it comes time to claim your free computer, you have all the needed documentation to prove that you completed the steps.

It is not up to the company that is giving you the computer for free to keep track of your progress in the quest for the Holy Grail of PCs, the free computer. It is actually in their best interest to require that you prove you have fulfilled the terms. If you are unable to do so then they will not have to give you the free computer and they make more money.

No one said it was going to be fair, but it is free. Any person with even mildly competent skills can keep the needed records to ensure that once the steps are met they can present the proof and claim the prize. Most, if not all of the companies offering these things will require that after you have completed all the steps.

For the most part getting a free computer online and completing the program requirements is something you are probably already doing or things you already using, therefore in a lot of cases they are absolute steals.