Free Skittles Candy Sample: For Real or Just Another Hoax?

I received this link and referral from friends promising a "free bag of Skittles." Take note, it's not a just a pack of Skittles but a BAG of Skittles.  Hmmmm, sounds too good to be true. I asked a colleague if she tried to clicked the link and what happened during the process of "registration."  She said that one needs to refer 20 friends in order to receive that BAG of Skittles.

Skeptic as I am, still I tried to register and here's what I've found out.  Here's the homepage.  I checked the web address and it is not addressed to Skittles but to hxxp://www.tryfreecandysample.com/referal.php.  Btw, Skittles homepage is here.

1.  You need to enter an email address and country.  See that ads at the right sidebar?  It says that this promotion is available worldwide. Wow, that made me think again if Skittles would really give out a free BAG to billions (or millions) of registrants-to-be?

2.  After I've entered an email address (which I just made up and not even a registered one!) and a country, the website brought me to this page.  It gave me a referral link and a PIN code with an instruction to share the link to another 20  friends, and I can share it also through my Facebook account. 

I stopped on this page.  I did not publish this to my Facebook, of course.

Now, here's the real funny and amusing part. I tried to register again, this time using my email address for junk stuff and another made-up email address.  Guess what?  I received the same referral link and PIN code!  (Maybe, because of IP address?  Still, I checked my email address for junk stuff but I did not receive a confirmation link!)


Look, let's  read again what's with the special instruction. It says that I should be receiving the freebies in the mail -- email?  LOL!   Not postal mail, for sure, 'cause I am not asked to put any address during the registration process.

Again, I browse their page and checked their privacy statement.  Here's what they are going to do with the information.

This sounds like the same links that I received offering free Sony laptop, Ipod, Iphone, etc. 

'nuff said.

(On the other hand,  my view can still be changed if someone will send me my BAG of Skittles.  Would Skittles do that for me?  *grin*)

Hey, if anyone out there had already referred 20 friends, please update me.

Comments and violent reactions are welcome.  LOL!

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Sky Broadband's Router Power Promo and D-Link DIR-600

I was supposed to avail Sky Broadband's Router Promo which ran from Feb 22 to May 24, 2010. It was a partnership between Sky Broadband and Xytrix Systems Corp. to give its subscribers a chance to own D-Link DIR-600 for only PhP 1,999, and DIR-615/E for PhP 3,399. Payments should be made directly to Xytrix Systems Corp.'s bank account, and in return, the subscriber will just have to wait for the delivery and installation.


Sounds like a real deal to me (who is too lazy to surf and canvass prices for these routers). I was set to send an email to Xytrix Systems Corp. for a D-Link DIR-600 when a friend of my colleague informed me that it was not a good deal at all. He sent me a link to Villman's webpage. OMG! It was cheaper by a few pesos indeed. Maybe, that's to compensate the free delivery and installation by Xytrix. I was still hesitant to buy because I might not install the router correctly. But, because Xytrix delivers only on Thursdays, and I am that impatient (ataters mode, hehe). I gave it a shot and bought one!

Ta-daaaaa!

It is easy to install as promised.  Just insert the provided CD installer and it works like a charm  *winks*.  No need to be techie! An additional perk by D-Link is a lifetime warranty, though I still have to check on them if this product is covered.  But I think there's something wrong with their online registration page,  it is not working.  I can't get through after that "submit" button, aaaargh!!!

Happy as a bee, I am contented with my new router.  While my son is busy playing online games via LAN, I can set myself and connect anywhere in the house.

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Sky Cable's Upcoming Channel Line Up

Sky Cable, one of the cable providers in the country, has announced that there will be an upcoming change on their channel lineup this coming June 1.  Weeeee! Well, that's after reading the flier attached to my monthly billing statement which I am ignoring for days. Thinking that it was just a a piece of paper lying around the living room.  Sometimes, it really pays to read marketing materials, LOL!

According to their website and flier, they  will do a revamp of their current channel lineup to include the following:  History, Bio, Crime and Investigation, ASN and SBS, a Korean channel.   Wow!  I love these channels.  I hope these are included in the Silver Package.

Hmmmm, but wait, there's a condition.  This is only applicable to subscribers who owns a digibox (and using it --  which I am not!).  For almost 3 weeks, I have detached it from our TV and connected the RCA directly (to the TV) instead.  Yes, it is possible but I have no access to other channels after Channel 58 (Asian Food Channel).  Still,  I can live with that because I only need these channels:  HBO (54), Star Movies (55), Nick (45) and Cinema One (56).

(If you are wondering, why did I chose not to use the digibox, it's because I want to save electricity.  Damn that high cost of electricity!  But that's another story.)

So, I think I should better use our digibox again because I am a fan of those "new" channels!  Let alone Meralco.  Teehee!  ^_^

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First Post to a New Blog

Starting a blog is easy and difficult at the same time.  Choosing a niche and subject matter that you can talk for ages is the first thing to do. That almost made me quit to start one because I want to blurb on anything and everything.  So, I forced myself to focus and to think about a subject that interests me most.  Something that  I can talk on without sounding like a "second-rate-trying-hard-copy-cat" blogger.

Finally, this is it!

A blog on consumer products, promotions, people and places that I have personally encountered. (Now, this sounds like my Marketing class, but, hey! I won't talk on those things). This blog would be a candid review of my personal taste and experience of everything and anything.

Welcome to my blog!

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