TrialPay: How I Found a Scam Free Way to Get Free Stuff
Because I came across a TrialPay offer quite by accident and some may wonder if it is a scam, as I did, I thought I'd share my happy camper experience.
First I visited the ZoneAlarm website simply to download the free ZoneAlarm firewall, a product I have used off and on for years. To my surprise, ZoneAlarm presented with a screen on TrialPay and how to get a free copy of the ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite which retails for $49.
At first glimpse the TrialPay concept was reminiscent of the paid survey sites that promise to offer cash or "free" products, with unreasonable qualifications, boatloads of spam and potential scams.
If it were not for the long-standing reputation of ZoneAlarm I may not have looked further at TrialPay and simply downloaded the free version I was originally after.
But as I recently upgraded my PC memory I was very interested in obtaining the full suite, to replace the one I have, and felt the free product requirements of TrialPay were worthy of investigation.
Therefore I clicked on the TrialPay Checkout and entered my name and email address and was presented with various trial and paid offers in an array of categories. Familiar with some of them, I specifically looked for offerings that I know receive many complaints and didn't find any. Though I can't speak for all the offers, the free trials looked pretty good.
Rather than get a free trial via TrialPay, I elected for the free business cards from Vista Print whereas you are charged for shipping only. As a good consumer I upgraded to a version I could better customize and offered higher quality designs.
In the end, I spent about $13 including shipping for some nice looking 250-count business cards and was instantly credited by TrialPay for the ZoneAlarm offering. Within a minute I received the download instructions and a serial number for the free product.
Overall, I obtained nice business cards and the ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite for $13, which is a great deal. Yet, a purchase isn't required for a TrialPay offer.
Given TrialPay lists vendors I like including GAP and Lancôme, I was hoping to find more offerings at trialpay.com. Unfortunately, the site only contains information for merchants and advertisers.
But I look forward to seeing more TrialPay offers in the future, the premise makes good marketing sense. And I look forward to becoming a repeat customer should they offer additional free products I can use.
Published by Donna Porter
Writer / Journalist -- A Yahoo News! Contributor Donna began her writing and internet career in 1995 in the health industry and became an early dot-com entrepreneur soon after. Masters certified in Internet... View profile
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- TrialPay credits instantaneously unless noted otherwise.
- Sites that offer TrialPay are likely to increase.
- TrialPay service is A+
48 Comments
Post a CommentIn 14 days, readers will hear my spill on this Trialpay. But I'll be quite honest here, it's not worth my time (waiting 14 days for a trial version) and getting my credit dinged up. I should of known better.
Trialpay, out of all the surveys i do for them i am lucky if i get credits for half !!
Using trial pay was a nightmare!!! I completed an offer for Sheer Cover and of course, their systems did not communicate and trial pay did not allow me the free download. I did not get the order confirmation email that trial pay asked for to validate that I had completed the offer. I did receive a charge on my credit card and a ship confirmation email from Sheer Cover, but trial pay would not accept that. I ended up having to call sheer cover and request a copy of the order conf and it took 3 days! Never will I be so stupid as to do this again!!
My past experience with TrialPay was not as rewarding as some of the other people (it seams). I have tried this three separate times a while back on software that I thought I could use. What has happened in all 3 attempts is I would give out my name and my eMail address and then after selecting a vender to actually try out, I would get into some sort of survey that goes on for multiple pages only to get hung-up on something and it freezes. TrialPay has my info, the vendor has my money and I lose out on the freebie i was promised. The old saying goes: Fool me once, shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me; Fool me a third time makes me a Burnable Fool. I am tired of it so no more for me and I don't care how many people are actually happy with it. I'm out!
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Like you, I do not take being ripped off lightly. Just last night, I was ripped off by TrialPay. PLEASE DO NOT USE there service. If you have any doubts, just attempt to contact someone from their website. They do not provide any contact numbers or email address. What legitimate company does not provide an contact information???
My guess is that this writer was hired to write this favorable article.
Google "vista print scam" and you might think differently.
Earngift.com is a site where you could cash out using TrialPay offers. In this way you need not restrict to products offered by trialpay. Just get the cash and buy what you want. I got my first payment last Friday. They pay every friday.
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Trial pay is awsome!! I just got a 15 dollar papa johns gift card for nothing!!!