Further to Clarkes blog from last week, the offending video has been removed from the BBC website, whether this was a tacit admission of guilt I will leave up to you. To remove something the UK taxpayer had paid for without any sort of fight seems to be conclusive…
The Answers.com definition of spam is as follows: “Unsolicited e-mail, often of a commercial nature, sent indiscriminately to multiple mailing lists, individuals, or newsgroups; junk e-mail.” It should be pointed out that the emails that were being claimed to be Spam in the BBC article were part of the join-up process for Free UK Stuff which had been requested by the person making the video and are sent on a one-by one basis by our system. These emails are in place to check that members are who they say they are, and contain no advertising material or links to other sites.
By signing up for Free UK Stuff the only other emails you will be sent are weekly emails with the best freebies and new stuff just added, there is a prominent link at the foot of the page to unsubscribe from receiving these communications and double opt in proceedure to sign up for them.
Free UK Stuff abides both by the letter of the law and the spirit of all UK and EU privacy legislation that has been made law in the last few years, parent company UK Internet Sites Ltd are proud to go further and be at the forefront of progress to ensure that spamming and loss of privacy are a thing of the past!
As the person who deals with support emails from members, I can confirm that our members understand when we will send them emails and what will contained in them.
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The BBC News website published an article on the 1st of July 2008 entitled “Spam experiment overloads inboxes”, in the video that accompanies the article they incorrectly showed our website Free UK Stuff while it was talking about spam email and how joining sites like ours leads to more spam email, a completely unjustifiable claim.
Free UK Stuff has been online since 1997 and have over 1/4 million members and has had a very strict double opt-in email system in place since 2000. We do not sell, rent, share or otherwise spam our members email, everyone that joins our site agrees that we can send them our weekly newsletter and special offers or discounts and that the members email may be sponsored by an advertiser and that we are happy to remove and never send them another email at any time via our automatic removal process.
We are very disappointed that the BBC allowed this video to pass by its editorial process and didn’t once contact us to discuss what they were going to air. We are seeking for the BBC to remove all references to our website in this video and would ask our users to complain to the BBC also. We fully agree spam is a problem, but targeting innocent website owners and plastering them all over a video with completely false allegations will certainly not stop spam and will only lead to more users being confused as to what is spam and what are legitimate communications from site owners to their users.
I have written an article in my Affiliate Marketing Blog that deals with the issue in much greater detail and has links to view the video and to complain to the BBC, I urge all our members reading this to complain to the BBC, even if only a few of you do so it will be more than they normally get about an article and they will have to act on it.
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We have a few cool voucher codes for June 2008 that have just ben added. We add loads of voucher codes for great shops all the time so check in with the Vouchers section
The following are just for June so get in while they last!
Crave Maternity – 10% of with voucher code ‘VIPJUNE’
Beauty Expert – 10% off with code OFJB130′
Bunches - 10% off with voucher code ‘AWJUN’. plus free postage and free chocolates with every order.
Just quote the codes at the checkout stage to get your discount, these run for June only. Check in with the site to see recently added stuff ( you will have to be a member and logged in to see listings from the last 2 weeks!!)
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One of the top listings on Free UK Stuff is Christina Aguilera perfume Free Sample freebie, Thousands of our members have got their free samples so far but stocks wont last forever so get yours now!!
Just give a few details on a quick online form to qualify for this completely free offer from Christina Aguilera Perfume. This is a truly desirable freebie, any self respecting fashionista will want to get a preview of this soon to be legendary scent from one of the biggest celebs on the globe!
This perfume retails of over £30 in stores but you can get a little tester sample free now!!!
Get your 100% free sample of the new Christina Aguilera Scent!!
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Everyone has a few old mobile phones lying around and it would be great to make use of them…Envirophone.com is here to let you get money from each one even if they dont work! Earn up to £90 for each one!
Envirophone.com is a brilliant idea and will see loads of old mobiles becoming usefull again. The site is free to join and you get paid within 7 days, even up to 90% off the value for broken phones!
You can earn up to £180 per mobile and £4 million has been paid out so far! This recycling internet style so be part of Envirophone.com!!
Cash in on your old mobile phones with Envirophone.com
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House Price Spy are offering everyone free membership and unlimited free house prices. Not just that you get advice and recommended links to quality mortgage lenders, utility providers and property related websites.
The sign up for House Price Spy is free and only takes a few seconds, you will then have access to millions of property prices in England, Scotland and Wales from the year 2000. The data is provided free from official government departments and you also get great member benefits such as maps, ‘watch lists’ and email notifications.
When you want property information you dont want to have to pay for information that you can find free and you want a reliable seviice with inventive features and extras.
Sign up and start searching for property prices arcoss the UK (or just your local area) House Price Spy.
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Download a free bit of software and you can watch Channel 4 TV whenever you want! Download programmes and watch whenever you want, all those series you have to see without missing a show!4OD or 4 On Demand is a great new service which gives you back the remote controls of life..
You get free classic Channel 4 shows, tv series plus you can choose to add premium services such as films should you choose!!!!!
There is planty of free stuff from the last 30 days of Channel 4 and a great film/TV ‘rental’ download system into the bargain.
Checkout 4OD the new service for the 21st century!!
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Claim your Nivea Free Samples of Nivea Silhouette cream!!! Just give your details and Nivea will send out your sample. Plus they have a great competition which could net you £250 in John Lewis vouchers and a free luxury make over!!!
Nivea also has beauty advice and ideas on improving your beauty regime and resolving those annoying skincare problems.
There are no purchases or commitments to make just free samples, free advice and a great comptition!!! This has been one of the most popular freebies on Free UK Stuff with thousands of our members already getting their free sample!
Get Nivea Silhouette cream free sample now!!!
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The Grand National 2008 is set for this Saturday 5th April at 4.15 and Grand National Betting has details of all the free best that online bookies have to offer! Get from £5 to £100 free to bet on the biggest race of the year!!!!
Grand National Betting have free bet details, details on which other sports you can choose, great features of the sites plus racing related stuff such as Setanta TV racing and proven tipsters.
You can’t lose if you bet with bookies money so have a free bet on the 2008 John Smith Grand National with Grand National Betting!!!!!
Get a free £10 bet with Coral!
Get a free £25 bet with Totesport!
Get a free £20 bet with Unibet!
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Have you found a great freebie, deal, competition or voucher code and want everyone to know? Are you a company with an unbeatable deal going and want to shout it from the rooftops? Adding Freebies to Free UK Stuff could not be easier! Just fill in a short online form giving a few details of the freebie you want added and out team will approve each one and add it to the site asap.
Get your stuff added to Free UK Stuff!
Of course we will have to approve every listing as we only want the best stuff featured on the site, but all submissions are gratefully received! We love when hawk-eyed Free UK Stuff members source great things such as samples, voucher codes and introductory offers!!!
What with scouring the internet, our contacts within companies and our members there cannot be many freebies we dont have listed! Adding freebies is easy and free!
Also, just wanted to remind all users of Free UK Stuff that only members of the site can see listings added in the last 7 days. So join up for free to get stuff before everyone else!!!!
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