Friday, May 29, 2009

the cold hard cash.

So May is almost over, and while paying surveys haven't been abundant, I've been doing pretty well. I've pretty much finished up my product trials. I'm currently doing a daily journal on cold/allergy meds.

I signed up with a few new sites.

My Opinion Now - not too bad. I don't qualify for their surveys very often. They pay in "points" , so far I have 750 with the rewards starting at 2000, the site says you can redeem for rewards or cash. I don't know if the points translate to exact dollar amount (i.e. 1oo pts = $1), but for 2000 points you get 20 iTunes songs.

Lightspeed Consumer Panel is quickly becoming one of my favorite sites. Not only have I already received a product trial for a new Dove shampoo/conditioner, their surveys are abundant and the points add up fairly quickly. I've already cashed out for a $10 Amazon, and just today cashed out for a $25.00 Amazon.

There are several other sites that I'm on the verge of cashing out with and it seems just when you get right there, you stop getting stuff. SurveyHead for example- I'm like $1.00 away from cash out and I can't seem to qualify for anything to save my life. Oh well- I'm sure something will come through soon.

Ok- the earnings for May:
$15.00 from Pinecone Research (god I LOVE them!)
$33.77 from CashCrate (see my proof below that they REALLY PAY!)
$3 from UCLA
$15 Amazon from Avon Communispace
$25 Amazon from Lightspeed
$1.00 from another survey company (forget who they are)
$13.30 from Opinion Outpost
$14.50 from Greenfield Online

May's Total: $120.37

I haven't really shopped at all this month, except for the Tulle's Day sale in early May. I ended up returning several of the items due to fit. Nice thing was that they have free return shipping.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

The Proof

Just a quick post today- Here's my check from CashCrate :

Friday, May 8, 2009

Inbox Dollars Really Pisses Me Off! and other bargains

So I requested a check from Inbox Dollars awhile back- it was almost 2 months from when I requested it till when they told me I'd receive it- so it said May.

I haven't gotten any paid emails from Inbox Dollars in about a week- so I was like hrm, what's going on here? I go and log in to my account and it says "your account is inactive, please click here to send a conformation email" I'm thinking great- so lemme guess what's going to happen now- either my money that I earned is going to be all missing or they haven't sent a check.

Well, luckily for me, it's the latter. So guess what, NOW I have to wait until July. Totally fucked up. After I receive my check, I'm cancelling my account, but I'm sure they are going to do something again come July. I'm filing a complaint with survey police to get this resolved. I'm also going to email Inbox Dollars and WTF at them big time.

In other news, "product trials" have been abundant for me this month! I have 3 of them going on! One is super secret and I can't tell you about it- but the other 2 I can. One is for a new kind of "nighttime" toothpaste and another is for granola bars. The toothpaste is good stuff, but it doesn't do what it claims- your supposed to use it at night so you don't wake up with furry teeth/dragon breath in the morning. My teeth aren't furry but my breath isn't minty either. Plus my husband thinks the "stripper glitter" in it is weird (it has mini breath strips in it).

Bargain Shopping has been abundant for me this month- Tulle tulle4us.com had a ridiculous sale this week- many items under $7 , I scored 6 really nice pieces for under $30 . Their shipping was a bit high at $13.00. I also scored a really nice 19" wide screen LCD monitor for $70 from Staples, plus I got a casio label maker for free. Clinique.com also had a nice deal- I spent $40 , got free shipping PLUS a ton of freebies- 9 of them total -

I should be getting some survey payments in for this month- So far I've gotten paid $9 in surveys via paypal and a $5 Amazon. Not bad for the first week.