The downside of freebie site jealousy

Last December, I got my free iPod from Gratis. This week I got my Shuffle 1gb from Gratis.

Next week (most likely) I'll be getting a PSP from OfferCentric. And hoping in two weeks or so, I'll have my Mac mini.

My co-workers are now seeing this is not some sort of scam (which they all claimed before and poo-poo'd the idea) and want their own freebies.

So I've explained to them how I've traded offers on the web (need to use their computer, complete offers for others for trades). Almost everyone doesn't want to do it, but says "hey, you are good at it... you do it for us"

So the question begs... if I take on this task to "help", how much markup or money should I ding them for my services? Cause if I did, it would certainly not be because I'm nice. And even if they offered booze, that's not enough to compensate for my time and efforts.

On the plus side, it would bring others that can trade all sites to the trading mix out here.

$10 for every trade you organize.

depending on how many co-workers, i'd charge about $5 a site.. that seems cheap, but it all adds up.. maybe even $10.. but $10 seems a little high..

Definetly a per trade fee though.

I get the exact same thing. I simply will not do the sites for any of my friends no matter how close they are. It may seem mean, but I don't have the time for it. I have no problem explaining it in detail, but if they can't do it themselves then too bad. Besides, it is technically against the rules so I stay away from it.

If any of my friends that had said, "No, it's a scam" asked me to do it, I'd tell them where they can stick it. Seriously, I asked all my good friends, practically begged and pleaded. Most said no, even after I let them know about all the times I did things for them OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF MY HEART and how they were selfish, etc (Hey, I'm a woman, I'm allowed to pull guilt trips!).

Screw them. evil

Thanks to everyone's input on this.

I have one friend who I may end up helping (he used to be my boss and may be my boss in the near future here). He wants a Mac mini and I've discussed how the trades work. He would be doing everything from his house, with me managing the trades.

Much appreciate the feedback. I'll post more as others post their thoughts and if he ends up deciding to do this.

Direct them all to these forums..

We'll help them out twisted


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$5 a site is just silly

I say you don't bother.
Too much of a hassle for $50 profit

$25 per site, plus they must tell you publicly that you were right and they were wrong ;)

[quotee3e74cc02b="kwesi1"]$25 per site, [be3e74cc02b]plus they must tell you publicly that you were right and they were wrong[/be3e74cc02b] ;)[/quotee3e74cc02b]
Best one yet.... Although some here at work have proclaimed their new found respect.

[quote56dbf94bf8="kevxross"]Direct them all to these forums..

We'll help them out twisted


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haha....yeah, seriously, send them here.......just give them the heads up on how it works around here BEFORE kevxross gets to them wink

I would help them by letting them sign up on my sites for starters )

Demand that each of them be your referral for every site you feel like doing, then charge them a reasonable % of the value of each gift they receive as a result of your services.

make them sign up for 3 sites of yours, then let them trade the rest...to me...

I know I personally wouldn't do it -- I'd love to help a friend out by telling them all about how the system works, give advice on good trades, and reccomend offers, but I wouldn't set up trades for them. Everything would be just go much easier if they just went through to learn everything themselves. As the saying goes, you can give a man a fish...