I just got a press release on an interesting offer. Rather than re-type it, here is the release:
CARMICHAEL, California -- January 20, 2009 -- PhoneNews.com has started a breakthrough offering to celebrate five years of wireless reporting. Called the Free Prepaid Phone Challenge, the web site is giving away free AT&T prepaid phones to everyone in America.
People can order the phones for $9.99 via a special page on the PhoneNews.com web site, and then are refunded with a $9.99 Best Buy gift card, covering both the cost of the phone and shipping.
"We're really excited to partner with AT&T and Best Buy for this promotion." said Christopher Price, Editor-in-Chief and CEO. "Not only are we able to bring the cost down on prepaid phones, we're matching that with a Best Buy gift card. That makes the phone, shipping, all of it free, without contracts or service fees."
You can access the offering at www.phonenews.com/freephone
The motivation behind the challenge is to highlight the new Cashback section of PhoneNews.com. The Cashback process works similar to the Free Prepaid Phone Challenge. Customers find the phone they want on PhoneNews.com, and order it through the carrier or a retailer. They then fill out a simple cashback request form, and get up to $30 back on the purchase of a new phone.
The free prepaid phone giveaway will continue until the end of February, or until supplies are exhausted. "Our goal is to ship tens of thousands of free phones at least."
PhoneNews.com is the fastest growing wireless news web site on the internet. Started in 2003, it's just one of many MechaWorks web sites that are delivering top-notch reporting on a more dynamic basis that other blog-based competitors.
MechaWorks is a dynamic company focusing on new innovations in publishing and software development. The company has taken niche reporting mainstream, with many popular news and technology-related web sites.
Not a bad deal to have a spare phone, just in case...