Update: After much research this morning I have found that I am not the only one (there goes my consipiracy theory). Needless to say it appears as Alertbucks is gone, I am a little upset, I know I probably won't see the payout that I requested, and that the remaining of my money is gone as well. But that is the risk we take. Thank you for all my referrals on Alertbucks!
Happy Clicking to you all!
Unfortunatly no matter how much you like a PTC, PTR, or similar type website, that does not make them not a scam.
I think we have already decided Cherry Mails is a scam. Just based on the gerneral layout and TOS of the website. As we all know it is not my style to state a website is a scam until I try it.
Needless to say, I think my beloved Alertbucks.com may be confirmed as a scam...... :( I am definetley close to the crying point. lol.
Now when I say it is a scam, I still may be wrong. I still have nto reached my payout date, but now when I try to go to the site it redirects me to clixsense.
Is this the evil doing of clixsense? Maybe.....Maybe not. I almost wonder if it is possible for Alertbucks just to redirect me (since I use the same two computers everytime), that way once I can't get into the account for 60 days or so they can inactivate me and I forfeit all my earnings..... It may be possible, may not be possible.
This is what I propose, if you are still able to get on the Alertbucks website let me know. If not let me know. I think I am going to try a different computer and see if maybe that works. Needless to say, I think the Alertbucks reign has ended.
No matter, that is the whole reason I started this blog, to weed out the scams from experience, not from just looking at the site and deciding it was one. Again if anybody has been able to get into the site please let me know.
As always leave comments, or send an e-mail sdodson0810@gmail.com
Happy Clicking
:)
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Cherrymails.Com STAY AWAY!-updated 06/25/09
As per my earlier post, I am looking for more paid to read sites to supplement my growing income. In my quest I have found two new sites. I will talk about the other one in a later post, as I am still with them.
Cherrymails.com, is the main one I want to talk about in this post. First off let’s just start with a large stay away! At first they look like a regular Paid to Read site. The front page was a little confusing this is what it states
Membership
Get paid to read, click
All Emails 100$, All PTCs 50$
Signup bonus 1000$, Ref bonus 500$
3 Referral levels: 38% 10% 5%
Minimum payout150,000$ for upgrade members
Fast redemptions For Honest Members
ADS will be processed within 48 hours
International members are welcome
First off, a sign up bonus of $1000? But a cash out of $150,000 (for upgrade members be sure to read that part). Going back to teenage years here, “as if”. It automatically looks like a scam. Getting paid $100 to read an e-mail, and $50 to click? I thought I was doing well with the $1 click from rich PTC’s.
Now we all know me (unless this is the first post you have read), I have nothing to lose but time, and I don’t like judging without trying.
Signing up was basically the same as all the other sites. Wanting to play a little bit, I found the PTC link. Clicked on that, viola 3 adds ready for me to click. Click on them for what they said was to be 40 seconds each, and I would receive……8000 cents? Seriously, that’s what it said.
First of all I am so upset that they are not 50$ (?) like the title page states, what am I going to do with 8000 pennies? Gosh, I am going to need A LOT of penny rollers. Its money none the less.
At this point I believe that this nifty little website was made in a different country (not china), that definitely did not know what they were doing. But hey, I am glad to help someone out. I click on all three ads for a total of 24000 cents.
Right now I am a little excited only because I remember that there is a new corner store on my street that sells gum for .01. So I am guaranteed at least 23000 pieces by the time tax is taken out.
I try to find out what my balance is after this, just incase I did my math wrong….only to find out no balance button. My next resort the withdraw button, I would like to know how much I need in order to cash out. Just like it said 150,000$ (?) For UPGRADED members only. That doesn’t mean that you need more to cash out if you are a non upgraded member, you just plain don’t get to cash out. The site is very disorganized and hard to navigate, and you can tell whomever created it should have named its nutzmails, because they are definitely crazy.
Needless to say I canceled my account; they were very polite in saying sorry to see you go. I could almost see one of the cherries crying, I am not sure if it was because I was leaving or because they had to roll 24000 pennies.
Pros: the cherries were very cute!
Cons: I don’t have a purse big enough for 24000 cents. The dollar sign behind the number is aggravating, and confusing for a young mind.
Take it for what you will, I would not join this site, even if I was going to get 500$ for my mom and if she was going to split it with me..
Update:
It seems I was mistaken, and I shot down Cherry mails to quick. I believe I was called and idiot and a scammer trying to lure my readers away from Cherry Mails, hmmm.. apparently somebody has received payment from them. I only wish I wouldn't have rejected the comment, and had posted it. Either way, we will start over with Cherry Mails, and give them a fair fighting chance. Of coarse stay posted and I will let you know my findings.
Cherrymails.com, is the main one I want to talk about in this post. First off let’s just start with a large stay away! At first they look like a regular Paid to Read site. The front page was a little confusing this is what it states
Membership
Get paid to read, click
All Emails 100$, All PTCs 50$
Signup bonus 1000$, Ref bonus 500$
3 Referral levels: 38% 10% 5%
Minimum payout150,000$ for upgrade members
Fast redemptions For Honest Members
ADS will be processed within 48 hours
International members are welcome
First off, a sign up bonus of $1000? But a cash out of $150,000 (for upgrade members be sure to read that part). Going back to teenage years here, “as if”. It automatically looks like a scam. Getting paid $100 to read an e-mail, and $50 to click? I thought I was doing well with the $1 click from rich PTC’s.
Now we all know me (unless this is the first post you have read), I have nothing to lose but time, and I don’t like judging without trying.
Signing up was basically the same as all the other sites. Wanting to play a little bit, I found the PTC link. Clicked on that, viola 3 adds ready for me to click. Click on them for what they said was to be 40 seconds each, and I would receive……8000 cents? Seriously, that’s what it said.
First of all I am so upset that they are not 50$ (?) like the title page states, what am I going to do with 8000 pennies? Gosh, I am going to need A LOT of penny rollers. Its money none the less.
At this point I believe that this nifty little website was made in a different country (not china), that definitely did not know what they were doing. But hey, I am glad to help someone out. I click on all three ads for a total of 24000 cents.
Right now I am a little excited only because I remember that there is a new corner store on my street that sells gum for .01. So I am guaranteed at least 23000 pieces by the time tax is taken out.
I try to find out what my balance is after this, just incase I did my math wrong….only to find out no balance button. My next resort the withdraw button, I would like to know how much I need in order to cash out. Just like it said 150,000$ (?) For UPGRADED members only. That doesn’t mean that you need more to cash out if you are a non upgraded member, you just plain don’t get to cash out. The site is very disorganized and hard to navigate, and you can tell whomever created it should have named its nutzmails, because they are definitely crazy.
Needless to say I canceled my account; they were very polite in saying sorry to see you go. I could almost see one of the cherries crying, I am not sure if it was because I was leaving or because they had to roll 24000 pennies.
Pros: the cherries were very cute!
Cons: I don’t have a purse big enough for 24000 cents. The dollar sign behind the number is aggravating, and confusing for a young mind.
Take it for what you will, I would not join this site, even if I was going to get 500$ for my mom and if she was going to split it with me..
Update:
It seems I was mistaken, and I shot down Cherry mails to quick. I believe I was called and idiot and a scammer trying to lure my readers away from Cherry Mails, hmmm.. apparently somebody has received payment from them. I only wish I wouldn't have rejected the comment, and had posted it. Either way, we will start over with Cherry Mails, and give them a fair fighting chance. Of coarse stay posted and I will let you know my findings.
Rich PTC, Found SCAM!!
Yesterday after getting finished with my last posting, I continued on my quest to make some sort of money. I stumbled on another PTC site (which have recently become my favorites) called Rich PTC (http://www.richptc.com/index.php?ref=sdodson0809). This site definitely first caught my eye due to the fact of they are offering $1 for every add you view and $10 for every website you sign up for. :o Definitely deserves OH face, considering all the other PTC sites I have come upon have offered pennies, and some not even full pennies.
I signed up yesterday, partly out of curiosity and partly out of excitement. I was automatically greeted with 6 adds. GREAT!! I made $6 in 6 min. Realizing this I had to know what the minimum payout was…..$1000…..hmmm little bit of a downer. Instead of getting discouraged I applied the thinking I used with all the other sites.
Stick with it, and when you finally reach the payout, that will be extra money you have just sitting there. WONDERFUL!!!
Seriously who couldn’t need $1000 all the time??
So sticking with it, yesterday I made six dollars, today so far I have made $14. Which puts my account balance at $20 so far for 2 days. So far no shortage of adds to click on. And I have a sign-up, which I will complete when I get home, for $10. That should put my account balance at $30. AWESOME!!!!!
Then a little birdie jumped in my ear, what if they don’t pay when I reach the $1000? Using my Google knowledge I searched for scams on them. I want hard proof that they are either good or bad, not just talk. All I was able to find was a bunch of people saying they were on their proof of payment list, but didn’t even belong to the website. HMM VERY Fishy. I could not however, find anybody who was actually with the website that has requested payment.
In further searching I found their terms page, (should have looked at this first but you know). Some things really concerned me with this page. For starters their Liability Restrictions (below)
Liability
Liability : Richptc.com will not be liable for delays or failure in performance caused by acts of God, war, terrorism, strike, labor dispute, work stoppage, fire, act of government, or any other cause, whether similar or dissimilar, beyond our control. Richptc.com reserves the right to restrict, alter, or modify fees, benefits, rules, regulations, special offers, membership terms and conditions or terminate services any time and without notice. Richptc.com, its subsidiaries, affiliates and agents are not responsible for any products and services of other program participating companies or partners.
What exactly does acts of god entail? And the fact that they can can terminate services at any time without notice? Does this mean they can cancel my account right as I reach $1000, without paying me? And they reserve the right to modify fees, and rules, and such? This all of coarse put a hole in my stomach. Only because I am young, and I am just thinking of the array of things all of this could mean.
Another part that concerned me is the Payment part (listed below):
Payouts
You can request payment with your account balance has reached $1,000. Payments are made via PayPal or Alertpay only. Payment waiting time is 60 business day(s). All earnings listed and/or represented by Richptc.com are estimated value(s), actual value(s) subject to change with or without notice.
My only question to this is why 60 BUSINESS days, and what happens if the website folds within those 60 days? Or worse if they terminate my services without notice?
Unfortunatly like I said I have not found hard proof of good or bad. I am of coarse going to be checking at least every other day, waiting for just one person to reach that payout point. Until then I am going to press on, we’ll see if I get my payment or not. I will NOT be upgrading UNLESS I get my payment.
Joining this one (as with all of them) is up to you. If you join, you help reach the $1000 mark, and we can find out quicker. If not you may save yourself some time and wasted excitement. I am not recommending this one either way, but will frequently posting updates.
Cons: Unable to find any real good or bad info on them. A little iffy about their policy. When I say REAL good or bad info, I mean I want somebody who actually joined the site, made it to the $1000, and then requested payment. Not people who looked at the site and said no this looks scammy, because honestly, I think all the PTC sites look scammy, who would have thought you could make money by clicking ads?? I am willing to waste my time to know for sure.
Pros: Dollar clicks, $10 sign ups, so far new adds every day. 6 adds first day, 8 adds second day (so far)
Joined 05/07/09
Account Balance-$87 (06/01/09)
Minimum Cash out-$1000
Payment Method: Paypal or Alertbucks
Paid: $0 (06/01)
Requested Payment: No
Downline: 0
Update 06/26/09: Uh-Oh readers it seems RichPTC is down due to upgrading to a more powerful server, and should be back in 12 hours. We will see, but this is usually when they go and go for good. I will keep close eye.....
I signed up yesterday, partly out of curiosity and partly out of excitement. I was automatically greeted with 6 adds. GREAT!! I made $6 in 6 min. Realizing this I had to know what the minimum payout was…..$1000…..hmmm little bit of a downer. Instead of getting discouraged I applied the thinking I used with all the other sites.
Stick with it, and when you finally reach the payout, that will be extra money you have just sitting there. WONDERFUL!!!
Seriously who couldn’t need $1000 all the time??
So sticking with it, yesterday I made six dollars, today so far I have made $14. Which puts my account balance at $20 so far for 2 days. So far no shortage of adds to click on. And I have a sign-up, which I will complete when I get home, for $10. That should put my account balance at $30. AWESOME!!!!!
Then a little birdie jumped in my ear, what if they don’t pay when I reach the $1000? Using my Google knowledge I searched for scams on them. I want hard proof that they are either good or bad, not just talk. All I was able to find was a bunch of people saying they were on their proof of payment list, but didn’t even belong to the website. HMM VERY Fishy. I could not however, find anybody who was actually with the website that has requested payment.
In further searching I found their terms page, (should have looked at this first but you know). Some things really concerned me with this page. For starters their Liability Restrictions (below)
Liability
Liability : Richptc.com will not be liable for delays or failure in performance caused by acts of God, war, terrorism, strike, labor dispute, work stoppage, fire, act of government, or any other cause, whether similar or dissimilar, beyond our control. Richptc.com reserves the right to restrict, alter, or modify fees, benefits, rules, regulations, special offers, membership terms and conditions or terminate services any time and without notice. Richptc.com, its subsidiaries, affiliates and agents are not responsible for any products and services of other program participating companies or partners.
What exactly does acts of god entail? And the fact that they can can terminate services at any time without notice? Does this mean they can cancel my account right as I reach $1000, without paying me? And they reserve the right to modify fees, and rules, and such? This all of coarse put a hole in my stomach. Only because I am young, and I am just thinking of the array of things all of this could mean.
Another part that concerned me is the Payment part (listed below):
Payouts
You can request payment with your account balance has reached $1,000. Payments are made via PayPal or Alertpay only. Payment waiting time is 60 business day(s). All earnings listed and/or represented by Richptc.com are estimated value(s), actual value(s) subject to change with or without notice.
My only question to this is why 60 BUSINESS days, and what happens if the website folds within those 60 days? Or worse if they terminate my services without notice?
Unfortunatly like I said I have not found hard proof of good or bad. I am of coarse going to be checking at least every other day, waiting for just one person to reach that payout point. Until then I am going to press on, we’ll see if I get my payment or not. I will NOT be upgrading UNLESS I get my payment.
Joining this one (as with all of them) is up to you. If you join, you help reach the $1000 mark, and we can find out quicker. If not you may save yourself some time and wasted excitement. I am not recommending this one either way, but will frequently posting updates.
Cons: Unable to find any real good or bad info on them. A little iffy about their policy. When I say REAL good or bad info, I mean I want somebody who actually joined the site, made it to the $1000, and then requested payment. Not people who looked at the site and said no this looks scammy, because honestly, I think all the PTC sites look scammy, who would have thought you could make money by clicking ads?? I am willing to waste my time to know for sure.
Pros: Dollar clicks, $10 sign ups, so far new adds every day. 6 adds first day, 8 adds second day (so far)
Joined 05/07/09
Account Balance-$87 (06/01/09)
Minimum Cash out-$1000
Payment Method: Paypal or Alertbucks
Paid: $0 (06/01)
Requested Payment: No
Downline: 0
Update 06/26/09: Uh-Oh readers it seems RichPTC is down due to upgrading to a more powerful server, and should be back in 12 hours. We will see, but this is usually when they go and go for good. I will keep close eye.....
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