<OT> Free stock shares

From: Anthony Eros <Anthony.Eros_at_digital.com>
Date: Thu Mar 25 10:52:46 1999

The other gotcha on this one is that it's not Monsterboard, the well-known
online job search company, but Monsterbook -- anybody ever heard of it
before?

Sort of an online version of getting a swell Alphine car stereo or
Panaphonic VCR at your local discounters -- close, but no banana...

-- Tony

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Jim Strickland [SMTP:jim_at_calico.litterbox.com]
        Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 12:27 AM
        To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
        Subject: Re: <OT> Free stock shares

        Um no.

        What it SAYS is:
        "As a special promotion, MonsterBook.com has announced that if and
when it files
         for an Initial Public Offering of shares in the future, within 1
month after
        the Public Offering of shares it will give you $10 cash (US
Currency) for every
        friend you referred to MonsterBook.com who subscribed before May 1,
1999.
        Should you earn a Referral Bonus under this promotion, you will be
able to
        choose to receive your Bonus as a cash payment, or to apply it
toward the
        purchase of stock in MonsterBook.com. See agreement below for
details "


        Which means after the stock has gone through its IPO gyrations, THEN
they
        give you your 10 dollars toward stock. AND, according to the fine
print,

        "This offer is limited to the first 1 million people to subscribe to
receive
        the free MonsterBook Internet Directory in the mail, and the maximum
Referral
        Bonus to be paid to any one person will be $500. "


        It's not a BAD deal, assuming the company lasts long enough to issue
stock
        (and considering they're offering to flush capital down the toilet
like that
        I wouldn't hold my breath) but it sure as heck isn't free stock.
>
> A US company is giving away free shares (like Yahoo did
> at its beginning). They're called Monsterboard and are pretty
big.
> go to : http://www.monsterbook.com/SignUp2.asp
> and sign up, all they want is your demographics. If you don't
mind,
> please give them my referral No. ( 277673 ). Hurry, they are only
> taking the first one million people. They will probably have that
> many within about 24 hours.
>
> If this is an imposition, don't bother with my referral No. If
you
> wish, register all by yourself. They just want name and address
> and e-mail address. Since many of you already make that
available,
> on this list, I doubt they would have any more information.
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Jerome Fine
>


        --
        Jim Strickland
        jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
        
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