Get 25 Songs for your iPod at No Cost.

Well now, I don't even have an iPod, so we're off to a bad start on this one. Add in the fact that this is from Free Music Downloads who appears to be in cahoots with or even operated by our previous spammer, as both are presented in identically formatted emails, and both refuse to work within the UK. However, 25 free songs seems like a good offer, so let's dig a little further.

-RISK FREE - CANCEL AT ANY TIME AND KEEP YOUR MUSIC
-AFFORDABLE - SONGS JUST 25 CENTS OR LESS AFTER YOUR TRIAL
-HUGE SELECTION - CHOOSE FROM OVER 2 MILLION CD QUALITY SONGS
-UNLIMITED CD BURNING - NO RESTRICTIONS...
Try eMusic today and get 25 songs!"

So what we have here is a trial offer and we get to keep the songs if we cancel as well as their being no restrictions, unlike with iTunes or others. Sounds good. However, mp3 files are not CD quality - they may be almost indistinguishable to many ears, but they are NOT the same. According to eMusic's own US site songs are 33c or less, rather than 25c shown here, so this should be a great deal, but HOLD ON! Go to eMusic's site and you'll see them offering 50 (yes, FIFTY) songs for free. So if you follow the link you're losing out on 25 free songs. Hmmmm.

Now we Brits are used to paying a bit more than our continental and colonial cousins, and we've come to accept this as part of the price of living in these wonderfully wet isles, but cast your eyes over the US pricing for this eMusic site and compare with the UK version - we have to pay 30p per song. At current exchange rates that is DOUBLE what the US folk pay! Which of course theoretically makes this offer twice as good for us! I'm a glass-half-full type, you know.

I'm almost tempted to try this, but will hold off for the moment to see what other offers come through and to examine the music available on the eMusic site.