Today, and the next couple of days, the blog will be in the afternoon more likely than not. Weekends are busy busy!
I'm still on my hunt for swagbucks- check out my total on the swidget over there! As of the time I started writing this time, it was only at 94. But check THIS out!
Yes folks, That is a Real Total there. I have not seen 0 swagbucks ... Ever! I signed on with the 30 bonus sign up bucks so, this is a first for me! What Happened?
52 of those 63 swagbucks were from partner sites. They were spread out over three sites that do not have any swagstakes, and nothing I wanted to save more partner bucks for. Once I drained my account of regular swagbucks, I had the chance to dump the partner bucks into regular Swag Bucks swagstakes, and that's just what I did. First I bought 3 entries into the $2500 Amazon gift card giveaway. They were 20 swagbucks a piece, so I had 3 stragglers.
I decided to dump the baby bucks into a 25 swagbucks giveaway. I should have chosen 5 entries but I was moving too fast and chose 3, which spent 2 swagbucks. So I had to go back and buy one more entry for that last lonely swagbuck.
When you enter a swagstakes, you have to confirm that you understand your swagbucks are NOT REFUNDABLE before it will submit your order.
Check it out. Three 25 swagbuck entries, three $2500 Amazon gift card entries, one Apple Macbook entry (I had a wild hair but still couldn't bring myself to buy more than one entry!) and a bunch of "Over The Quota" survey swagstakes (all lost, of course LOL).
This... is a Beautiful sight.. Not that I enjoy being at zero (in fact it gives me a small feeling of unease that I must correct by earning more swagbucks!) but I am Thrilled to see the Swagtotal and the Ledger Swagtotal match! Finally! Bye Bye Partner Bucks!
I didn't stay at 0 for long however. Just as I was saving the screenshots from the swagstakes purchase, TSG released a code for 10. I went to the Swagbucks Facebook wall to post a pic of my 0 total when I saw the board covered with this...
Half of the time I get a code, it's because I went to the FB Wall to post something and saw Thanks TSG splashed all the way down. That Always means there is an active code to find. The first place I looked was the Facebook Status message at the top of the wall. (If a hint had not been there, I would have then checked my toolbar "From TSG", then the blog, then the swidget here on SwagMelt.)
TSG posted that there was a 10 swagbuck code hidden somewhere in the Holiday MP3s in the swag store. I came just in time, only had about 20 minutes left to get the code! So I went on over and started clicking holiday MP3s until I found the right one.
I can only post this because the hunt is closed. Posting active codes is NEVER allowed, and WILL get you banned from SwagBucks. See what it looks like though? In this case, it's put in as the last "word" of a sentence, but it is a mix of letters and numbers, capitalized and lower case. This is what you are looking for when you do a code hunt. 9.9 times out of 10, it's going to be one long "word" with no spaces. When you copy it, be sure you have no extra spaces on the beginning or end of the code when you try to redeem it. The exclamation point was NOT a part of the code, by the way. So far I have only seen one exception to the "no spaces" rule- just the other day TSG threw us a curve ball with a code that had 3 sections. I wish I'd thought to screenshot it. It was something like "Rock says S8fnfg7fbFJ or whatever LOL. It took me about 5 attempts before I even TRied the extra 2 words at the front. I mean, I've never seen one like that! Just goes to show that just like raising kids, as soon as you think you know how the game is played, the rules can change.
Within minutes of hitting my 0 total, I was back up to 15, with a code for 10 and an SBTV win for 5. Still looks pretty pitiful, doesn't it? *laugh!*
This morning I decided ENOUGH was ENOUGH! My swagtotal was a meager 38 swagbucks after my daily four. I still had one large inquiry open with Payment Wall, it's been open since November 13th, and it was high time they coughed up my swagbucks! (Usually I have NO issues with Payment Wall, so it just proves that Every offer company has its moments..)
When I submitted my ticket, I received an immediate automated response requesting the confirmation emails and my zip code be sent via email to support@paymentwall.com with Inquiry ID xxxxx. I submitted the confirmation emails, my zip code, and screenshots showing me logged into Nextiva, the list of faxes I had sent, and my online credit card (gift card!) statement with all non-pertinent information blurred out. More than they asked for, enough to leave no doubt that I had completed the offer. As a new member, as the requirements stated. The last contact from Payment Wall was on November 19th, after I'd inquired if there was any action on the inquiry. They said it would take a few days and they would get back to me. That was 14 days ago, and despite writing them a couple more times (in email and from the inquiry screen), I have heard nothing back.
Time to get Team Swag Bucks involved!
I hate to have to go to Swag Bucks for help. I know they are busy! If it's a small offer I usually just let it slide- though I shouldn't! The more reports Swag Bucks gets the more pressure they can put on the offer companies to comply. I want my 218 swagbucks though! I explained the whole situation, including what proofs I'd submitted. Now to wait a few days and see what happens.
After that, it was time to swagsurf! I'd gotten a "Mega" win of 11, three SBTV wins for 5 each, but that swagtotal was NOT moving fast enough. Time to do more special offers.. YAY! (sarcasm!) I'm just tired and usually take a break from offers at the beginning of the month. I am behind on my ordering though!
I watched a couple of videos for 2 each on TrialPay, and browsed the other walls for more videos. Nothing there for me, I get on them pretty quickly. I haven't qualified for a survey of the day in a couple of weeks (and I never even get the Chance to do a survey on TapJoy- I hit START SURVEY and the very next screen is "Sorry, You do not qualify". Every Time, even after I clear my cookies and cache!) so I thought it would probably be a failure again. Not this time!
I know, it's funny, I went to Payment Wall for special offers today after submitting that report to Swag Bucks. Well, I was already on that wall! Why not try the survey?
After many qualification questions, I was sent to a survey about electric / electric hybrid vehicles. The estimated time was 20 minutes, with the boy climbing all over me it took about 35. The screenshot above was number 2 of about 20 questions that look almost exactly the same. They shuffle the options around and make you answer over and over and over to get a refined idea of what factors are important in buying the car. Most surveys do this, it's SOOOO annoying *laugh*.
At about 50% in I started "holding my breath". This is where I usually get tossed off a cliff and told "Sorry, You did not qualify!" or "Sorry, this survey has reached its maximum number of participants". Right around 70%, the browser "flipped out" and started rapid-fire loading pages. I saw onthe title bar something about "Sorry" and thought "Oh no.. What a waste!" Then the browser settled down and I saw the above message. Now I was really confused.. I didn't reach 100% of the survey, I saw survey, but now I see success? The swagbucks didn't show up right away so I had to wait to find out *chuckle* but not for too long. 30 minutes later the swagbucks appeared, bringing my total up to 94. Getting there!
I probably would have gone to another offer wall at this point to hunt for more swagbucks, but something caught my eye.
This offer for Clark Photos, for 374 swagbucks, had a 5 star rating. 321 people had successfully completed it, and though there were only 3 reviews, I took that as a good sign. People are more likely to post a review when they are unhappy than when they are satisfied. So I took a look-see.
Well, THIS looks promising! Before I decided to give it a try, I had a close look at the offer requirements. Purchase required, but no minimum. Free prints & the shipping / taxes on those free prints do not count, but, No Minimum! That means if I order just one thing I should be able to get my swagbucks. The three reviews seemed to back up that idea. Quick Note: Why would I spend money to make swagbucks? My total is greater than the swagbucks earned by Amazon gift card conversions. Because I needed the pictures for family for Christmas. My husband and mother in law wanted wallet photos of the kids, and the collage is a gift to myself! I was going to spend this money anyway, but would have spent more elsewhere, without the free prints, and would not have earned any swagbucks for it!
Once I signed up, the next stop was that Upload Photo button. I had 40 free prints coming to me! So I uploaded about 20 pictures and popped them in my cart.
I chose one of the photos and ordered one set of 4 wallets. That was $0.99. Just to be on the safe side, and cause I love them, I added a 5x7 collage print for $0.79. That brought my purchase total to $1.78- no minimum right? That should qualify. Together with shipping, the 4 wallets, 1 collage, and 40 prints came to $4.73.
I love these photo offers. I get all these free prints and the bonus bits for much cheaper than I would at Walgreens, and I get swagbucks too!
Between the time I finished the offer and now, wrapping up the blog, the offer credited. About 45 minutes. SWEET! That's enough now to get my last $5 AGC for the month- but I think I will wait a few days... I want to beef up my total first. I don't want to see 0 again so soon!
That's it for today folks! I will be doing more offers later I'm sure, but for now, it's lunch time! I hope you are all having a great Mega Swag Bucks Day!
Until tomorrow,
HAPPY SWAGSURFING!!!
If anyone reading this is not yet a member of Swagbucks, but wants to get on the swagtrain and start earning the free loot, there's no time like the present! Just go to the swidget , up top on the right there, press the Sign Up button on the bottom right. Fill out a short form, confirm your email, and get 30 swagbucks to get you rolling! Then come back here and click the Beginner Tips tab at the top of the blog. That should give you some quick pointers on how to get started!
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