Gmail...Now I can share the wealth!

[inkkognito]

I have two invitations for gmail accounts, which I can send to the first two people who email me at disneycruise@mailblocks.com
Kate was so nice to give me one here the other day, so now that I have a couple to give away, I'd like to return the favor.
Mailblocks is a challenge/response account, but if more than two people respond, I will go by when I get the email, not when you answer the challenge (I will see your message immediately in my Pending folder).
Barb

 

[inkkognito]

One gone, one to go!
Barb

 

[inkkognito]

All gone.
Funny thing is, when I logged into Gmail to send them, a third invite showed up! That was pretty cool, as I was able to fulfill three requests. Sure wish I could figure out how they decide to give the invites. If I get any more, I'll post them here.
Barb

 

[Lollipop Mom]

this may be a silly question, but what exactly is gmail? I don't think I've ever heard of it.

 

[Cindy B]

Originally posted by Lollipop Mom
this may be a silly question, but what exactly is gmail? I don't think I've ever heard of it.

I read in Forbes magazine that it was Googles email service--if I understood the article correctly. The nice thing about it was that you could have your own name/user id easily, and it isn't cluttered up.

For example on gmail you could be surfergirl@....
If you tried that on yahoo, hotmail, or anyothers, surfergirl may be taken already, you would have to settle with surfergirl1 or surfergirlCA, or whatever...

People were selling the Gmail links on Ebay a while ago for about $30-40 apiece.



Thanks inkoggnito, its nice to see you posting again!

 

[SoonerKate]

I have 2 more invitations. The first two people to PM me with their e-mail addresses can have them!

edited to add that they're both out! Sorry!

 

[hookedup]

I would LOVE to have a gmail account but won't buy one on E-Bay if anyone else gets an invite think of me please!!!!

 

[jgates]

Please add my name to the list of those wanting one.

 

[baby1038]

If someone has an extra invite I would really appreciate it. Thanks a bunch!!

 

[psimon]

If there is a list forming for GMAIL, please add me to the list. I realize I have more storage than I know what to do with since Yahoo mail went to 100Mb of storage, but it would be a handy place to store really large files as attachements!

Many thanks....

---Paul in Southern NJ

 

[Belle0101]

Call me clueless - I've never heard of Gmail either.


*Is it a free email account?

*I don't understand about links being sold on ebay. Are they just hard to come by?

Thanks!!

 

[Cindy B]

Originally posted by Belle0101
Call me clueless - I've never heard of Gmail either.


*Is it a free email account?

*I don't understand about links being sold on ebay. Are they just hard to come by?

Thanks!!

Sort of. Think of a new email server.. you can have any email account you want, instead of having to settle for another username. (Think of all the times, it has said that name is in use, please try this)

 

[Jamieb]

Ok, I have a few invites left and they will go to the first four people who pm me on the board with thier email address.

Edit:

They have all been claimed. I will email the invite to the following people sometime later tonight

momxx5
jordgubben
psimon
baby1038

If I get more invites I will post again.

 

[jgates]

Again, still waiting - I always seem to miss out when someone posts they have one - so anyone that could PM me when they get one, I would be very grateful.

 

[tikilyn]

I would love to have an invite also. Please! You can PM me with an invite.

Thanks

 

[Jamieb]

I had to pm everyone that I was able to give them to as I need first and last name to send the invite.

Once they are sent out I may get more invites and if I do I will post here but can't keep track of requests here, just the luck of the draw I guess for now.

If any of the people have not replied by Monday I will have to possibly pass the invite on to someone else.

 

[hlane]

Please put me on the waiting list!!

Thanks!

 

[JudyS]

I would *love* to get one, too!

I think the way it works is, once your account is set up, you will get several invitations you can give to other people. So, when that happens, maybe some of the folks who recently got gmail invitations from here would be willing to give an invitation or two to people who are still waiting?

If I get an invitation from posting here, and gmail gives me invitations to give out, I will definitely pass one along to someone who is waiting on this thread!

 

[SueEllen]

I would be interested also. If someone gets an extra would you PM me with the invite? Thanks in advance.
Sue Ellen

 

[JudyS]

Update -- In the 40 minutes or so since I saw this thread, I went to eBay, bought a gmail invitation for $3, paid via paypal, received my invitation, activated my gmail account, and sent a test message to my regular email account, which has already shown up in my inbox!


So, right now prices on gmail accounts on eBay seem pretty good. (I lucked out; about $5 seems to be the going rate.) Some of the sellers there claim that Google has stopped sending out new invitations for now, and that prices will soon go up. I don't know if that's true or not.

So, I don't need one now. The information here was very helpful, though.

Thanks!