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BlueFire
07-30-2003, 02:27 AM
http://www.gamespy.com/arcade/gamepro.shtml
Dylflon
07-30-2003, 02:30 AM
Thats crap!!! It asks you to fill out your country but at the bottom it says, "Note, only citizens of the U.S. are elligable to apply" or something to that extent. So, why doesn't it say that at the top and why does it ask you to fill out what country you're from. Shouldn't it say state instead?
BlueFire
07-30-2003, 02:41 AM
Thats crap!!! It asks you to fill out your country but at the bottom it says, "Note, only citizens of the U.S. are elligable to apply" or something to that extent. So, why doesn't it say that at the top and why does it ask you to fill out what country you're from. Shouldn't it say state instead?
I found that odd too but I tried it.
GameMaster
07-30-2003, 02:43 AM
Alright! Thanks BlueFire http://www.gametavern.net/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif
Stonecutter
07-30-2003, 04:33 AM
If someone starts sending me FREE gamepros, I'm going to PAY the postage to send them back.
Jonbo298
07-30-2003, 09:00 AM
Free paper to burn!:roll:
Happydude
07-30-2003, 11:08 AM
i signed up even though im in canada...lets see what happens :unsure:
GiMpY-wAnNaBe
07-30-2003, 11:18 AM
i signed up even though im in canada...lets see what happens :unsure:
same here
gekko
07-30-2003, 11:45 AM
Got an email for that a few days ago. Ordered my GamePro, kinda odd they never ask for a state. Anyway, I'm leaving in 2 weeks, well before the first issue arrives, and I have no intention of reading any issue after it. It's kinda like the free Computer Gaming World subscription I have, also through FilePlanet, I've never read one.
Jason1
07-30-2003, 12:44 PM
kinda odd they never ask for a state.

That is a little strange, but as long as they have your zipcode then they have enough information to send something to you. I know cuz my dad works at the post office.
BreakABone
07-30-2003, 01:00 PM
Am I the only one who was asked for his state then?

BlueFire brought up the same issue to me yesterday, but mines ask for a state :uhh:
BlueFire
07-30-2003, 01:26 PM
If someone starts sending me FREE gamepros, I'm going to PAY the postage to send them back.
Don't care if the magazine sucks, it's free :D
Rndm_Perfection
07-30-2003, 02:26 PM
Don't care if the magazine sucks, it's free :D

Sorry to say, but only young teens at a Gaming forum would think as such. Free magazines are a sign of trouble. By signing up for free magazines, you'll - more likely than not - get pulled into a subscription. And, if you stop the subscription when they start charging you, you'll probably get loads of junk mail (hotmail style, but through the slug mail).

Free stuff is just a way to suck people in.


EDIT: OK, I went to the site to "investigate".

We like you. We really, really like you. That's why we've teamed up with our pals at GamePro Magazine to offer you a special gift: a complimentary 1-year subscription* to one of the most read video game magazines in America.

That's right -- NO COST. No hidden offers. No extra charges. No crazy direct e-mail sign ups. Just fill out the form below and we'll fill up your mailbox with GamePro**. There's only one catch -- the offer won't last forever. You've got to act now if you want to cash in.

*As I thought, it's a subscription. After the year, they're going to start trying to charge you. The only good thing is that you didn't have to give a credit card number just to sign up. But... I'm sure they'll find a way to corner you into paying for at least one month after that year. And from there, they can charge you without you asking for the magazine.

**Heheh, that's not all they're going to fill your mailbox with come the 1-month mark, methinks. Though, they may wait out the whole year.


People who sign up, lemme know what happens.
gekko
07-30-2003, 02:55 PM
Well I have yet to see any public link offering this subscription. FilePlanet members were sent the link, and as a subscriber, they offer the free subscription.

And after a year, you don't have to pay a thing. Unless you choose to renew, they have no way to charge you money. Usually free subscriptions are free for a year, and if you don't cancel they will renew it for you. In this case, they can't do anything.
Jason1
07-30-2003, 06:16 PM
There's NO WAY POSSIBLE they could make you pay if you havent given them a credit card #. And they cant bill you because you havent actually subscribed for anything more than that free year. If they do, it would be aginst the law im sure.
GiMpY-wAnNaBe
07-30-2003, 07:45 PM
lol, and if it doesn't come, you could sue them for false advertising!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its a win win situation :D
BlueFire
09-30-2003, 09:31 PM
Sorry to bring this up again, but I just realized that this is BS. No loss :P
Happydude
09-30-2003, 10:25 PM
huh? why?
Ace195
09-30-2003, 11:13 PM
Sorry to bring this up again, but I just realized that this is BS. No loss :P
Yeah really why ? I just signed up ?
Jason1
09-30-2003, 11:15 PM
huh? why?


Because I havent gotten my GamePro yet...
Happydude
09-30-2003, 11:19 PM
oh, lol...come to think of it...me neither :p
Ace195
09-30-2003, 11:23 PM
I just signed up so I guess I 'm good eh ? :confused:
Jonbo298
10-01-2003, 09:55 PM
Oh well if it is. I'm not missing anything:D
TheGame
10-02-2003, 11:08 AM
I would sign up... but I have this feeling that I will start getting a lot more junk mail.
Jason1
10-02-2003, 07:37 PM
How Ironic...guess what just came in the mail today...

...

The november issue of GAMEPRO. So I guess it did work, it just took a really long time....
Happydude
10-02-2003, 10:22 PM
lol...i wonder if i'll get mine too :hmm:


but since im in canada, i really doubt it.
Yoda9864
10-04-2003, 02:05 AM
Don't care if the magazine sucks, it's free
What's so bad about GamePro? I read a couple that a friend brought on a trip, I thought they were just fine. Nothing special, but not bad.
Neo
10-04-2003, 01:07 PM
hello hlloe helloe
Ginkasa
10-04-2003, 01:19 PM
hello hlloe helloe



....Hi....:hmm:



*shrugs and walks away*
Jonbo298
10-04-2003, 04:03 PM
hello hlloe helloe

I'm gonna guess that was the first test to see if the server switch worked......
Ace195
10-06-2003, 05:16 PM
Maybe he just went crazy :confused:
Hero2
10-06-2003, 05:31 PM
hello hlloe helloe

stop post cramming... ohh wait
j/k =-D
Jonbo298
10-08-2003, 03:31 PM
I got my GamePro the other day. Came with an AOL 9.0 CD....Oh well, I need one anyways just in case AOL craps out on my computer and I have to reinstall.

But then again, my processor is fried so I can't do **** anyways.
Dyne
10-08-2003, 06:51 PM
They're still giving away CD's? Wow.. I haven't seen those for ages.. :p

I use to have a stack of them. Then I burned it. :p
Jonbo298
10-08-2003, 06:59 PM
They're still giving away CD's? Wow.. I haven't seen those for ages.. :p

I use to have a stack of them. Then I burned it. :p

After I get a job and have some extra money laying around, I wanna buy a cheap, old microwave, take it out back, plug it in using multiple surge protectors. Then I want to stick in a **** load of AOL cd's, crank on the microwave and laugh evily as the microwave pops and burns. And if the microwave is ready to live through a second round, I'll throw in more crap until it ceases function.:D
Happydude
10-08-2003, 10:38 PM
After I get a job and have some extra money laying around, I wanna buy a cheap, old microwave, take it out back, plug it in using multiple surge protectors. Then I want to stick in a **** load of AOL cd's, crank on the microwave and laugh evily as the microwave pops and burns. And if the microwave is ready to live through a second round, I'll throw in more crap until it ceases function.:D
lol...wow...invite me over when you do that..i wanna see those CDs suffer :p
Ace195
10-08-2003, 10:39 PM
Lol I want to be there too so make it a thursday so Hero and I both have the day off !!