SurveyMad - Loads of Virool Videos To watch

SurveyMad has loads of Virool videos to watch today and they all seem to be crediting. $0.01 per video. Easy money.

You can sign up below if you like (under my referral)

Thatsentertainment.co.uk - That's A Waste Of Time!

That's Entertainment is both an online and physical high street retailer of mostly used CDs, DVDs and video games but it also sells new titles. I have only ever shopped from them online so can only comment on this. I once tried to find their Norwich store but it appeared to have closed down. They seemingly have other stores in many major cities across the UK, but not London.

That's Entertainment pride themselves on being cheap, and in this they definitely succeed as they sell cheaper than most other places on the web, and their postage is free so the price you see is the price you get. Items start in price from £1.99 upwards and their pricing seems slightly scatter-gun in approach. Alot of old Popular titles are £1.99 as you'd expect but you can usually also find more obscure items at this price that I assume they have struggled to shift.

 

The site itself is charmingly designed with a handmade appeal and navigation around it is straightforward with simple search options by artist, title, etc... You can also browse by genre and price bracket although for me, I have found these features to never actually work properly. There are no advance search options so you are limited to simple searches which will be enough for most people. Paying is also straight forward but is outsourced so you leave the site to do it, but seems secure - I haven't to date had any issues. In all though, the site is self explanatory and well presented and laid out.

All sounds too good to be true, right? Well it is. That's Entertainment are not short of a few flaws to say the least. Item quality is never listed but promised to be in good working condition but I have found this definition to be variable with some items in what I would regard as much poorer (e.g CDs with numerous marks - they don't effect play but are not in very good condition). Postage, although free, is very slow and there is no option for an express service - it can take up to 2 weeks for some orders to arrive. I also believe it's limited to the UK, USA, France and Germany customers. Then you have the orders that don't arrive at all only for you to discover they have been canceled due to lack of stock but no one bothered to tell you. Customer service is appalling at best. When you email to chase an order you get a generic response that barely, if at all, answers your questions. This is in addition to the above stated cancelling of orders without letting you know.

 

To those familiar with purchasing second hand CDs, DVDs and games online, you may have encountered the behemoth of online variable quality and service known as Zoverstocks and these experiences may sound familiar. Well, they are... and that is because Zoverstocks seemingly are in some way affiliated with That's Entertainment. In what capacity I'm not sure but would guess they're owned by the same people (who also reportedly own Musicmagpie). Either way, it explains alot about the shoddy service on offer and condition of items. These guys are all about fast turn over and good value, with little care for much else. The Ryanair of CD/DVD/Game retail if you like.

Bargains are bargains, and they have plenty here and I love a bargain... but shopping with these guys is just too frustrating and you use so much time chasing orders that never arrive. I have purchased around 20-30 CDs from That's Entertainment and about 25% of my orders have been cancelled, and on one occasion only was I notified. They claim emails have been sent but may have been caught in a junk filter, but this hasn't been the case either.

If your willing to take your chances on a bargain then fine - I've never not had a refund from them - but if it's something you want and want quickly, look elsewhere and avoid disappointment.

get-paid.com Search Engine = Rubbish!

Has anyone else had problems with the search engine on get-paid.com? It seems to work a bit, then stop working, then work again, and now it's stopped. To anyone that took my recommendation to use it, sorry. It's frankly a waste of time and effort. If they sort it out, I'll let y'all know.

get-paid.com search engine faulty again

... this is getting tiresome but it seems get-paid.com's search engine isn't working again. It stopped, then started, but now has seemingly stopped again. I keep getting 'not verified' messages for any search I do. Boring. Might look elsewhere if it isn't resolved soon....

Neobux Challenge - Officially Given Up

I'm disappointed with myself that I've not been able to see this through, but the Neobux challenge i set has proved too frustrating and too time consuming, what with needing to remember to click everyday for no reward and all.

Conclusion: renting referrals on Neobux is a waste of time and I won't listen to anyone tell me otherwise. I've rented and recycled countless times and each one has failed to even see me break even. Don't tell me that's just bad luck and if it is, then the kinda luck on offer with this site just ain't worth having.

You won't catch me offering you a recommendation and referral link for Neobux... and I'd be wary of people that do because there simply is nothing to recommend.

Radio Silence

Sorry for the radio silence. I'm not gone... just per-occupied. People reading my site reviews praising the number of videos to watch and earn from may be a little confused of late... because they seem to have all but totally dried up on most sites. Must be the February blues. I'm sure they'll be back soon so bare with it. Slow going now but at it's peak, there are lots of opportunities.

I kindly got a mention on another blog recently so the decent thing to do would be to reciprocate. I'm not doing this out of politeness, but because it's actually a good one:

http://justtherightklick.blogspot.co.uk/

Check it out for good tips. While you're at it... I'm rather fond of these as well:

http://realwaystoearnmoneyonline.com/

http://getpaidtofart.blogspot.co.uk/

Swagbucks/ Confirmit Survey Not Credited and Proof Not Accepted

I expect better from Swagbucks... alot better. I completed a survey through their daily survey link and the survey was with Confirmit. I dutifully completed it and got to the 'thank you' screen. Having been stung before, I took a screen grab of the thank you screen as proof. Over 48 hours later and the 70 SB had not been credited so I raised the claim with Swagbucks, sending the proof I had of having completed the survey.

Here's what they came back with:

I do apologize for the trouble and the wait while we investigated your account. The survey company is not able to find a record of your successfully completed survey. The survey company is not able to credit for surveys that are not accounted for in their records. I do apologize for the trouble.

Thank you again for contacting the Swag Bucks support team. If you have any further questions or concerns please let us know.

 I have a further question.... What? So a survey company can just deny having a record, despite the fact I have proof of completion, and that's it? Useless from Swagbucks. I feel that they themselves should at least compensate me. The survey took 30 minutes to complete and although it's not a great deal of money in the scheme of things, it's a matter of principle that a survey company can get away with it.

Neobux Challenge - An Update 14 Jan 2013

So... I've gone a little quiet on the Neobux challenge and here's why: I've become totally disinterested and disenchanted with the whole thing.

Here's a word of warning to anyone considering renting referrals on this site - don't bother. I wouldn't go as far as saying it's a scam because it's longevity alone would suggest that it is not. But.... you'll never make money from renting referrals and more likely will lose.

I have rented 3 referrals and have had to recycle each about 2-3 times in the 2 months I've been doing this. They always start well but slowly tail off. Each has got to an average of below 1 click per day and I have recycled them. My current set now have the following averages:

Clicker 1: 1.600
Clicker 2: 1.464
Clicker 3: 1.071

Remember you need an average of roughly 1.3 to break even. Not 1 of my clickers has been constantly active and bear in mind I've now been through about 8-10 different people. The pattern for each has been the same - a steady decline. There is a strongly held belief that Neobux use bots rather than actually people for their rented referrals and the pattern of development for each of these would suggest this to be true.

I've started so I'll finish. I'm going to see this through but I would strongly recommend not making the same mistake (granted I've done this as an experiment) and avoiding rented referrals... unless anyone can provide me with PROOF that it is actually financially beneficial.

New Year.... No Videos

Is it just me or since Christmas there have been little to no videos to watch on all the various GPT sites? Makes sense and hopefully things will pick up again soon.

Sorry to all those I've recommended these to, only to find there's nothing to view!

Here's to getting back in the swing soon and starting to make cashola again!

Quickrewards - No Minimum PayPal Payout!

There are a host of gpt and ptc sites out there and choosing the right one can be a minefield. Often, you go through months of clicking and watching to reach payout, only to find the site is a scam. It's because of this, that I tend to be drawn to those with low payout thresholds so I can cashout low and often. One such site is Quickrewards.

This is much like it's competitors in terms of what you can do - you earn points by clicking through to pages, watching videos, surveys, etc.... By completing offers, you earn Quickpoints. 100 Quickpoints = US$0.01.

The beauty of this site is that there is seemingly no minimum payout threshold for Paypal so if like me, you are suspicious of these sites, you can try to cashout with only a few cents to test it works and not waste a load of your time.

I can testify that this site works and is great. I tend to use these sites to watch videos and earn a small amount of extra cash. Quickrewards has a unique viewing platform that i haven't seen with other sites. It's rather like Swagbucks TV system but I think more lucrative. You can click through to 'How To' videos and for every 2 you watch per page you've clicked on, you earn 100 QP, equating to US$0.01. There are about 15 or so links that can be clicked hourly. It's a small earner but can run in the background while you do other things online. Each film varies in length from about 0:20 through to 7-8 mins and even some over an hour (obviously to be avoided).

There are other videos to watch, etc... to stack up your earnings but for something relatively instant, it's a good one. Payment to paypal usually happens in a day or 2. I've cashed out a few times and never experienced a problem.

N.B since writing this I see that QuickRewards have reduced the amount per how to video to only 50 points per 2 videos you watch. i.e US$0.005.

N.B.2 scrap that, some are still at $0.01 per 2 videos watched, others at the lower rate.

N.B.3 17.01.13 these how do offers don't appear to be available any longer but plenty of other great stuff on this site!

Feel free to sign up under my referral here if this has been of use: