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Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:41 pm

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Try 4 boxes of Gevalia Kaffe for just
$19.95 and get a stainless steel coffeemaker
and travel mug FREE.
• Four half-pound boxes of Gevalia Kaffe
• Programmable, 12-cup Stainless Steel Coffeemaker and matching
travel mug
• Approximate retail value $130
• No further obligation
• Control the amount, type and frequency of coffees you receive

Find yourself in one of our coffees.
Explore some of the unique choices Gevalia has waiting for you.

Then there's a link to
http://www.gevalia.com/Gevalia/Coffee/index.aspx

The site says their hq is New York, but I think the IP is California.
Is this legit? Spam or scam?

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:57 pm

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• Control the amount, type and frequency of coffees you receive

I'd say spam. By ordering that, you are probably joining their "coffee of the month" club or something. They may be hoping to hook you into regular monthly payments.

Edit to add:

This link seems to shed more light on them, FWIW.

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:16 am

Spam...Legit, standard "coffee of the month club" as Ima pointed out. I was a member a few years back, actually (a friend of mine liked their coffee, I joined, got myself a free coffeemaker and the friend a gift of coffees for her birthday)--one of the "you must tell us not to or we will send a new shipment" variety. Canceled after I got what I wanted, no problem..

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:42 pm

Dorothy, was the coffee any good?

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:16 am

I'm not much of a straight coffee person myself (I'm more into iced coffee drinks and baking with coffee) but it worked fine for my purposes, and my coffee-loving friend (she practically lived at Caribou coffee for a while) liked the Gevalia quite a bit.

They change giveaways from time to time, but when I did it, the free coffeepot was actually good quality too.

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:57 am

@Dorothy: thank you for the info. I was watching the thread and was wondering about the same issue as to whether the coffer was any good. Course, it has to be better than Maxwell house. I get the ads in my email all the time, so I was wondering if it was any good. I didn't think that it was a scam-- just Hype adverts, but enough people say it's good, so I think I'll try it and if I don't like it-- well, I'll stop it. thanks again.

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:39 am

They were very good when I canceled, not at all pushy, but one caveat--if it's like it used to be, make sure you cancel or adjust your order schedule quickly or by default you will get a lot.

I wish I could remember what flavors my friend liked--she definitely thought some were better than others--but then it's probably an individual preference thing anyway.

Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:56 am

Thanks Dorothy. I'll probably give it a 2-4 month try just to be fair and try several selections. Again, thanks.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 49

Yep, no kidding. I'm a rather trigger-happy scam fighter, but this one is no scam or at least wasn't when I tried it.

I'm actually not surprised that Gevalia is still doing this. It is a great way to try their service which is expensive, but not insanely so (as I remember).

I signed up, got the free coffee pot and canceled with no problem. That was something near 10 years ago and that coffee pot still works perfectly. Shocked

Now that I think about it, I never spent a penny with Gevalia, but the coffee was great and this crazy, un-dead zombie coffee maker is just super-natural.

I almost feel guilty, but if they are now sending spam then I can get over myself. Have we confirmed this is unsolicited spam (sorry if I missed that)?

[Jack's back after a long... project.]