Link for freebie in permies email doesn't work

Hi.  I'm in Australia so I don't know if that's part of the problem.  I use an old version of Firefox and I use Ghostery plugin to stop trackers.  But for my problem, whether Ghostery is on or not doesn't seem to matter.  When I click on a permies email link offering freebies, I always get the same outcome, a message that says something to the effect that the link is no longer valid, even though I've clicked on the link the same day the email was sent.  We are almost a day ahead over here, but I think I'm still within the 48 hour limit when I click on the freebie link.

The only think that has worked is for me to sign in first.  Then the link works.  But why doesn't the link by itself work?

Thanks

The only think that has worked is for me to sign in first.  Then the link works.  But why doesn't the link by itself work?

Sounds like you answered your question.

You have to be a member to get the freebie thus when you sign into the system it now knows you are a member and the link works.

The freebie links give permanent access to your account for that item. If you go to your "My Stuff" link found under your profile icon, you can find all of the freebies you've claimed. It looks like you have access to 8 of them, and you can access those anytime while logged in.

I hope that helps!

The link is connected to your account and relies on you being logged in.  If you don't have cookies, then I guess it needs to log in manually.  

Perhaps the screen it takes you to could be improved to say something like that or make it easier to log in?  

Hi.  Thanks for all the info and yes, it's all helpful.  Also, yes, I do think you might want to add text by the freebies links to tell people to log in first.  It would have helped me sooner.  Thanks again for all the supportive comments.  Permies is a great community.