Grand Opening
Welcome to my blog!
I have never done a blog before, but I decided that it was time to begin. In the incentivized freebie world, it seems like we all have the same questions when we first start. Now, I have only been at this business for a couple of months, I started where you are and I've asked the questions you want to ask. I have read and read and read. I have a pretty good understanding now of how all this works, and I am dedicated to helping you understand it as well.
First a little about me. Why listen to me if you don't know who I am, right? I am a stay at home mom, with 2 young kids (6 and 4), in California. We live near San Francisco, about 40 mins away. We are homeschoolers, Christians, but mostly just a regular family. My husband, Chris, works 12 hours a day at the GM/Toyota plant nearby. We have debt up to our eyeballs if one of us stands on the other's shoulders. My goal is to make enough money to pay back the debt, that's the major goal. Then, I will start socking away the money to start making investments so my dear husband can retire early.
Back to this freebie business, I want to help you be able to get a jump on all this without having to spend days/weeks reading like I did before you can start actually making good money. I have plans for several different subjects over the next few days, that I can write about and direct my friends here instead of trying to rewrite the same helpful things over and over.
My hope is that what I do here at Green Light will help you make sense of all of this before you have to spend a whole bunch of time trying to navigate the tens of thousands of posts at places like the "Free Lunch Room" (which I love). I get the feeling that most of you are like me, we really need to make money right now! We don't have any disposable income like for other opportunities where we need to buy inventory, or pay monthly fees. This is perfect for us, because anyone can do it, and we don't need anything but a computer and a credit card to start profiting!
When I first started this and I did something as simple as order a freebie and got PAID for it, my jaw dropped. It is actually for real, and normal people do really make money doing this! I have been looking for a way to make an honest at home living for 6 years now, ever since my son was born. I can't even tell you how much money I've lost trying different MLM opportunities, advertising expenses, ebay, etc. This is the first time in 6 years that I have found something, had a passion for it, and (most importantly) MADE MONEY!!!
I have always been looking for a way to make a living and be here for my kids at the same time and I have definitely found it. We're talking about a realistic income, not $5000/month (yet) but I look forward to breaking that barrier.
Please, please, feel free to leave any comments here. I am here to help you, whether or not we end up in a "working" relationship. I just want to spare you the long discovery process I went through before I figured this all out.
Thank you for visiting my new blog,
Laurie Johnson
lauriespayday
What Offers Are Good?
Originally, this blog post simply gave credit to PJ (OneStepBack) from FLR for the black and white listed offers and then pointed to her thread for you to view, but she has since made the decision to not be responsible for keeping up the information anymore. (I think she was under fire from the site admin since it talks about cancelling).
So I have copied and pasted the most recent information I could before the thread was removed.
This is very valuable information for you. You can bookmark this post for later and refer to it whenever you are trying to decide what offers to do.
We still owe Mrs. PJ, OneStepBack, much gratitude for all the hard work she put into gathering this info for us. If you want to know how a company has treated others, check here. If you want to know if you should even bother to sign up, check here. If you are concerned if the company you are thinking of is a scam, check here.
There are a TON of offers we face daily and we can find out the truth about each of them here on this post at my blog. The fastest way to find what you are curious about is to come here first and then click "ctrl + F."
This opens a little window where you can enter a search word and when you click "enter" it will go to the next matching word in the post. I have used this shortcut many times, I refer to this thread almost daily.
For Example: If I were curious about the Music, Etc offer
I would come here, then hold down "ctrl" then hit "f"
then when the little window popped up, I would enter the word "music"
Every time i hit the "enter" key, it would jump to the next instance of the word "music" until I found the "music,etc" offer and could find out what my peers had found when they signed up for the music, etc offer.
We in the freebie world try to help each other out by sharing our experience with each individual company, and this info is the most helpful that I know of. Bookmark it, and keep it near!
White & Black listed offers (edited 4/3/2008)
How does crediting work exactly? - Crediting is done by pixels and cookies. That's why it's important to clear your cookies before you head to completing offers so the cookie can be deposited and detected easily. There are three major cookies involved. One is placed when you sign in at a freebie site. That's your tracking cookie. Then, one is placed for when you click an offer, sites/publishers can see your clicks because of the cookie. And finally, a cookie is placed when you successfully get to the order confirmation page.
So, when do I clear my cookies? - Clear your cookies before you login or register on the freebie site and not in between offers. If you clear an then complete before each offer it looses the cookies that tracks your site/owner/confirmation ids.
If you insist on clearing cookies before each offer this will log you out of the freebie site, so be sure to log back in and do not clear cookies again. Clear your cookies, log in or register and then do the offers."
Some of the offers may not be around anymore but they do recycle. Please read through here and send me a pm of any good offers and by that I mean ones that credit and offer a answered telephone number, good customer service, no additional charges after discontinuing the autoship programs or auto renewal programs.
If you have any doubt about an offer call the company and ask questions before you complete it!
Read the email confirmation they send to see when the trial actually starts, many of them don't start until you receive it, some start the day you do the offer so make sure you know.
Please know the difference between the trial product and the auto ship, two separate things; you can still receive the trial offer even if you discontinue most auto ships. Call the company and ask them, it was smoking resolution that told me that.
Keep all correspondence and a call list of dates, names, telephone numbers of companies you spoke to if an offer should never arrive so you can ask for a refund because you did not receive the product. My excel spread sheet has fields for you to keep track of the above you can down load it from my website.
00inks: shipping stated to be rather pricey but it has been crediting some people, and some it has not, I leave it on the good list because it does credit.
***** 12 in 1 Vitamins $7.95 shipping or a free bottle of vitamins, and it credits quickly.
***** 123 Inkjets credited immediately, is a one time purchase-the kind of offers we all love !!! some one elses credit took one day
***** Advantage Lanquage $6.95 shipping, 10 day free trial, credited within a day,
***** AeroGarden need info on this one Cost: $19.95 "It Didn't take Nothing Off the credit card Like they said they would. They send A Bill Out to Your House when you order and put your info in. Will say thanks for your order. It ships out with a bill following." MyKandyKane
***** Allure Patch, instantly credited.
*** At Home Rewards+ , credits but slowly $1.00 refundable processing fee. After your 7-day FREE trial period it’s just $14.95 per month for At Home Rewards+. Company Information Link
***** AutoVantage first month for only $1.00- Offer is known to credit slower now days though up to five days to credit but I believe it is a 30 day trial and a good company.4-5-08
*** Baby Einstein Book Club: $9.99 and credits right away. But heard they are now taking a while for some people.
*** Bags Buy: Was great too, but everything is like $24.95 and up, got a great new pair of sunglasses coming, same free shipping and 10% off, also cr within like 30 mins.-dnjallen2000
*** Bargain offers FYI from Gmario: If you don't do the same ones it should not be a problem, Example Bargain Autos and Bargain Autos will put you on hold. But Bargain Autos and Bargain Homes should be alright. Also from giftmonster.net said the bargain offers are working great so far. As of last week anyway :) 8/01/07 and now they are back as of today 9/22/07, but are they still here in Jan 08?
*** Bargain Homes Credited easily - see this thread for more info -2/8/08 Bargain Network Homes They also have a piggy back offer to wisehousebuyer for $1.25 a month
*** Bargain Auto: Credited easily-- takes some time on phone to the automatic membership renewal, some refs are not getting credit, I leave it on the good offer list because of gift monster supports statement above.
*** Bella Clear: Read this thread for good info cost less than $5 and it credits quickly-however it now says $6.87 on the order sheet and gave me an error when I put in my credit card on 3-31-08 so far no credit but it went through on my card... I chalked this up to a glitch somewhere in the process others have not had this problem.
*** Bidz.com To get credit, you must be a new user and purchase an item. (Price varies. you have a shipping fee of $14.99 plus bid amount) For shipping info Click Here I leave this here because it has credited many people, but the shipping is high IMO.
***** Blockbuster: Credited instantly on Trainn and Zeropricetags.
*** Blockbuster Total Access: Cost: $9.99 Credits: Within 1 Day - 3 Days,
** BMG Music Service: MCR requested so crediting could take a while, Usually cost $8.40 usually credit is given by mcr if accepted.
* Blogging For Dollars :No Information.
***** Book of the Month Club: Credits instantly, or did, not sure now, let me know if it takes awhile and I will change it to three stars for being slow to credit. Shipping is not too bad considering you get 6 books so lets be realistic, books are heavy. Cost varies depending on if you take advantage of the discount for your first membership fulfillment book.
***** Buy Discount: Credits great and only $1
***** Cafe Belmundo: Coffee offer, its nice too coffee maker and 1lb of coffee for $10. says hot crediting on wish4free 1/22/2008
** Cafe Vivo: Credited easily, Must purchase 2 lb's. Pretty pricey on shipping; This is the same company as the poster pass offer and the TOS changes so read it carefully. A Peel Company offer also has another offer here but I can’t remember the name yet. He has been known to charge heavy shipping fees.
*****Call Wave: Free and you get a local fax to email service to try, credited within an hour on V-Bux.
*** Care Bare Blub: Credited within 30 min on trainn, but reporting to take a few days now.
***** Children's Book of the Month Club: Awesome fast credit " and another person said "It credited instantly. It was not very expensive, $2.00 to get started and you only have to purchase 4 books over 2 years." Check the TOS in case they changed it.
** Clever Clasp: $21 with S&H and it does credit, (how long did it take) this is an offer you would do a green for green with IMO due to the cost, you get what you want and you get a green for it so you get your money back by cashing in on the referral. But it does credit if the cost is not a concern. You can also buy this at Wal mart for $9.99. Two starts for the price when it is cheaper at Walmart.
*****Colon Complex: $4.95 trial starts day of order. It credited within a few hours!!! Don't confuse it with the other offers close to the same name. I completed this offer myself and it has been fine so far, the company does answer the phone when I called to discontinue the auto ship program, I told them I have not received my trial offer yet but I still wanted it. They said it was shipped on the 15th of Nov, however I did not receive it until sometime between Dec 22sd -Dec 24th.
I was out of town. I have just discontinued the automatic membership renewal only and got a confirmation number also. The hold time on the phone was a little long. Update 12/25 I just received six bottles of the product?! I can not find a confirmation email so I am not sure if I ever got one, I have tried to call but today is Christmas so I will try again tomorrow for an RMA to return this ASAP. They did not charge me for any of these bottles my statement only shows the $4.95 I paid last month. There number is 866-504-8710 email them at complex@custservdirect.com
* Colopure: credited fast, product arrived fast. This was in Oct. 2007 Try Colopure Risk Free for only $1! When you order the $1 Trial of Colopure your credit card will be charged only $1 for a 1 Month Supply of Colopure plus $4.95 shipping and handling for a total of $5.95. You will have 15 days from your original purchase date to decide if Colopure is right for you. If you are enjoying Colopure do nothing and at the end of your 15 day trial period you will be charged the low rate of only $38.95 for the bottle you received. If you find Colopure is not right for you, simply return the unused portion within 30 days of original order date and you will not be charged.Toll Free Customer Support Line: 1-888-692-8352 Customer Support Email: support@centralcoastnutra.net
*** Columbia House DVD: Cost $12.40, credit within 30 mins so I had to put it back in the good list because some people are getting fast credits.
***Complete Home: $1 -does credit after all, if you do it right and don't forget to take the steps to help yourself get credit. So far no negative company reviews. Three stars for taking a while to credit.
**** Crafters Choice: Credited within hours and was a little over $15 for four books, I love crafts! for start for fast crediting but a little high in shipping.
***** Crossings.com Credited within 10 mins. Christian-themed book club, 5 books for $1 plus $11 shipping. Must join club and agree to buy 4 books at decent prices in 2 years to fulfill membership (no trial offer). A good offer if you're interested in Christian literature.
**Curb Your Cravings: (Hoodia patch) credited ladyred right away however this is a hoodia offer so be careful with Hoodia do some research and let me know if it is the same as the dreaded Hoodia offers as before!
*** Deal Max: Credits but takes a while, is like great fun and todays escapes etc. Might have a piggy back offer for savings smart or club but also may give you an error for the piggy back offer, Deal Max offer should still go through.
**** Derma Wand: Reported to have credited fast like within 10 minutes. But I think the cost was a little high so I give it four stars. Reported today user did not get credited yet, 1/20/2008this offer normally does credit
**** Disney Princess Book Club: It credits and sends confirmations. If this is scholastic some say it is taking a while to credit now.
? Dot Schools: It does credit and is a online search for colleges, if you do not get credit something is wrong because it used to work.
**** Doubleday book Club: Crediting if done correctly and fast. My six books were $22.
*** Dr.Laura Brennan: Credited within a few hours. It is a free one week trial, and they say they wont charge your card until the trial is over. It might make some people uncomfortable though LOL. It's a website and forum all about making a woman's sex life better. They don't take debit cards, only cc's.
** Driving 4 Dollars: Credits - one day trial if you check the right radio button. Cost: $1.00 Credits:
* Duke Diet: It cost $65, $40 of which is refundable. Since it runs $5 a week, you may as well keep it for 5 weeks, since $25 is not refundable.=info provided by AmyPawloski
***** Dr. Seuss Books: Credited, who doesn’t like Dr. Seuss if you have kids or grandkids? A keeper. Also credit quickly just a few days ago for one of my referrals 1/19/2008
***** Ebay For Dummies: Instant crediting and good customer service
*** Eclubusa: Got credit within 30 minutes, (someone was charged 64.50 on on their card. The offer is a 14 day trail for like 3 dollars, called the customer service to see what was the deal. The rep was polite and said that it was a mistake, they should not have charged anything, and it should be refunded within 3-5 days. Customer did get refund!
*** E-Auction Expert: It was crediting, is it still around?
* Email Submit: Is a 1% credit on Dell v-bux, and credited ladyred right away.
** E-music: Taking 7-8 days to credit for some and 10 minutes for others. eMusic offers 3 low-priced subscription plans. All plans cost less than the price of one CD each month! Regardless of which plan you sign up for, you’ll receive an additional 25 downloads just for signing up today.
** eMusic Basic: 30 downloads per month, $9.99 per month
** eMusic Plus: 50 downloads per month, $14.99 per month
** eMusic Premium Best Value: 75 downloads per month, $19.99 per month
* Entertainment Book: Report to have credited within 5 minutes. Right now the 2007 Entertainment Books are at a deeply discounted rate. The one for San Diego was $ 9.99. Much cheaper than the $ 48 you would have had to shell out to complete the offer for the 2008 Edition.
*** Experian Free Credit: Report $1 actually all these types worked for myself and my referrals but I heard that this experian one was giving error messages, I clicked on two of the pages and they came up so I don't know, if you have an experience please share it. But I have only heard about one time it gave a error message other than that it has been a good crediting offer. And reasonable renewal fee.
** eAuction Success: (still works as far as I know) Sign up now to get your Ebay Home Business Toolkit. Free Trial.
***** Efax-Canada: Open to Canada and free it says, it does credit also, a good company.
***** eFax: 30 day free trial and it does credit
*** Emusic: credits but takes three days-2-2-08
***** EyeQ: credited instantly, it is a 30 day trial and after that $66.65 a month for three months.
***** FlyCell: The flycell offer ALL credited for me within minutes.
** ForexClub: Instant Credit. It is FREE; I saw no future charges and no piggybacks. Download a tool and practice. You can start a real account for as little as $10. You have to click in that you want the free demo, but when you get to the next page, don't continue with the demo, but click the button to the right to register.(I will let you all know when I get rich from Forex! lol)-Darkista 4-5-08
*** Free Bidding Said to have credited after the one day trial ends, not reported to having a problem with refunding if you call right away.
*** freecreditreport.com: Credited right away but for some sites it is taking 3 days... i but on trainn one person did not get credit so far... but it is free!
***** FTD Flowers: Credited great when I did it, just make a purchase that is it, it made a great birthday present for my mom last year.
*** Gamefly: Taking 3-5 days to credit, but it does credit, good offer too, and be sure to choose the trial you want or just sign up for $8.95 one game out, it is defaulted to two games out for $12.95 you need to make sure to click the one you want or it will charge you a different amount. Expired for now.
**** Globe Children's Insurance: $1 for first month, and they do charge for the second month but it the younger the child the less the cost, excellent offer and some using safari browsers got instant credit while IE or FF took two days the cost varies by age of the child my insurance for my grandkids is $2.99 a month each for $10,000 life insurance and I know 18 is $5.99 after the 30 day trial. Pretty good IMO.
**** Good Cook Book Club: Reported to receive immediate credit. they have a very nice selection of cookbooks available, and it's actually a pretty good deal for anyone wanting to get creative in the kitchen, but the shipping and handling isn't cheap! Shipping and handling charges are $5.74 for the first book and $1.99 for each additional book. That's almost $12, on top of the $4 for the books themselves, but don't you get like 4 books, books are heavy to ship, just like clothes, and make great gifts. A good green4green offer.
*** Google SEO: Credited instantly do they hold the monthly fee against your account for a few days to make sure you have the money in case you keep the offer?
*** Google Home Business: Credited- FYI- they will place a hold for $49.95 on your account for five days to make sure you have the money for the monthly fee, it is not a charge, it will come off hold in five days. This however does hold up your money that you could use for another offer.
*** Google Profit Biz: I must say it credited instantly, I received an email confirmation. They do hold 46.97 - which is the cost of the product after the trial, but it does say this in the terms, and in the fine print under the submit button. The nice thing is if you decide it isn't for you and choose to discontinue the automatic membership renewal within the trial period, they let go of your money! hOORAY! LOL-2-2-08
***** Gmoney: Credited in like 2 minutes, only $1.97 for some great info! I would call to make sure they don't hold funds for a few days though.
***** GoFreeCredit: Very Fast Credit (less than a day) is it free?
***** Gotta Play: Online game rental like netflix service for DVD's... credits and I like the $9.99 a month for the first month trial but it goes up to $14.99 per month and when I tried to discontinue my automatic membership renewal after the first month I ended up keeping it for another month because they offered me 9.99 again to keep it. You need to make sure you select the right radio button before pressing submit :)
*** Grant Secrets Revealed: (Three stars for spelling out the cost in the tos like someone said) But it does credit
Originally Posted by basiliska- I found their phone number on my credit card statement. . So far, there have been no additional charges. Today was the last day of my trial. The number is 877-445-Grant and or 800-478-8402 Thank you I thought I remember calling them myself last year... I didn't have a problem with them either, and I too got the number from my credit card.. Thank you for the information 4/1/08- PJ cdlcbc2000- Quote:I discontinued my membership within the time frame by e-mail ( not my favorite choice) and I did get the confirmation email within 24 hours. I have not seen a charge yet
In addition to sending an e-mail directly to them today , I also submitted the same request on their support contact form at their website. They responded within a couple of hours after I submitted the form on the website. They confirmed my request. I was surprised that they responded so quickly! I just like having written documentation or a confirmation number showing that my request to discontinue my membership was completed.[/quote] There are differences in opinions so here is the thread to judge for yourself based on more opinions-PJ anybody know number to grant secrets revealed?
***** Grant Ultimate Success Secrets: I think that is the name of the offer? It credited instantly and they have always answered the phone and told me to make sure I discontinued the automatic membership renewal by a certain date and are very helpful and informative.
? Green Tea: offer by Ultima group charged after discontinuing the automatic membership program 2 months later, but they refunded in two days and the bank corrected all nfs charges account. This is the first time this has happened by Ulitma Group, to me.-PJ
*** Great Fun: Credits within 3-5 days. Others like these are simply you, todays escapes, value max, home rewards, shopping essentials etc, it is an online shopping for discounts in your area for things like movie tickets, products and services, restaurants, and gift certificates. If you do other offers like this one, you will get credit even though it gives an error. The error is to keep you from signing up for the second part of this offer (savings smart or savings club) and creating multiple accounts, but the great fun will credit and it also is the same for the others I mentioned. Recently someone was denied credit for this after a month of waiting, what’s up with that, and complete home.
** Green Cine: You may sign up for an account so that you can purchase DVDs or watch Video-on-Demand. There is no monthly fee; you will be charged per each individual transaction. or You may also sign up for GreenCine's DVD rental membership. Plan levels are as follows: 1-Out @ $9.95/month; 2-Out @ $14.95/month; 3-Out @ $21.95/month, etcTOS is here GreenCine terms
*** TAKE NOTE ***
The first time you do one of these offers below, you will also create an account for savings smart or your savings club, but the next offer you do like these you will probably get the error I mentioned above for the second part. The offer will credit if you leave your confirmation page up to fully load the cookie images. Don't worry about the error, just make sure to log into savings smart to manage your account from their website separate from these offers, These are our favorites:
Value Max,
Todays Escapes,
Complete Home,
AT Home Rewards,tradermarqs;1212394]latest update for "At Home Rewards" on the MacroBucks sites. I didn't get credit for the offer. I submitted a support ticket and this is the reply from MacroBucks: " At Home Rewards just won\'t listen :-\\, they even proceeded to revoke credits, which is completely unethical on their part. Sorry, it would be great if you could complete another offer to finish off your requirements. Again, sorry for the inconvenience! "
Great Fun
Did I miss any? These are good offers for $1 for a 7 day trial, you log into the website and take advantage of discounts in local establishments and movie theater tickets, and more.
? Hear Me: Has finally started crediting some people
*** History Book Club: Credited within hours in Jan 08'
**** Hydroderm: $5.95, you will need an RMA to return the unused portion, if you decide it isn’t for you, all returns should be done on the 20th day to allow ten days for shipping it back and don't forget to get a delivery confirmation!!!! If you don’t get credit it is something you did sorry, cuz this one does credit fine. TOOK OVER 24 HOURS TO CREDIT only four stars because of return shipping requirements. Now some are reporting it taking 3 days to credit 4-5-08
**** Hydroderm Body ShapE: Credited for me when I did it, and was an ok product, had to return unused portion with RMA and Delivery Confirmation By the 20th day of the 30 day trial in order not to continue with the auto ship program. I did not see any results as claimed. PS this is a manually credited offer so it may take a day or two days.
***** Increase my Margins: I did it and it was great, got credit to, others have also got credited fast, and someone told me they two got credited in like 15 mins. -no email confirmation of order, but they say all info is in the confirmation web page. Most people do get credit it was $4.95 but now it is free according to the new TOS:"By submitting the form I hereby request that Pacific WebWorks, Inc. activate my account and authorize them to advance funds as indicated. I agree to a promotional FREE 14 day trial. I further agree that at the conclusion of the FREE 14 day trial period I will be billed $39.95 per month for the continued use of the Increase My Margins.com website and software. "
***** Investing In Success: Homes for Less: New offer so I am surprised it credited so fast, they are usually some what fickle when new. This is free information and newsletter, credited quickly I would say under 30 minutes!,
? Jillian Michaels: Credits instantly (and when I mean instant, I mean that it was already credited by the time I went to the site and looked within 1 minute). Also, just to let everyone know, they charge your credit card like $60 at first for 12 weeks of the plan, with a minimum 5 week commitment which is $20. If you keep it for the five weeks and then discontinue the auto renewal membership, you will get the difference refunded to you, this is also the same company that offers five factor diet with the same terms.
? Keen: Thanks to Lucky777, I now have info on this offer. " It said it would take about 3-5 days and it took 5...came through fine! I signed up and deposited $10...then had a very amusing 8 minute call with a psychic adviser...and i was done! as long as you deposit some cash you will get credit (or so it says...like I said I did $10) All in all I say its a good offer! They give you 3 free minutes on your first call too!"
*** Kinoki (?) Foot Fetox: Credited instantly also. 3-22-08 but what about CS etc?
** Luster White: It is crediting for some Updated info from one person so far: It credited easily, although to this day I still don't think the product ever came. Even though it never came, they discontinued my automatic membership program with no problem. Recommend offer.
***** Lifelock: Credited same day! Protect your identity for $9 a month or might be $10 everyone loves this offer. It was ten for me, although it stated $9 on the offer my charges are $10.
* Life Script Vitamins: (credited by manual credit right away) you do not have to select the amount of vitamins listed you can just select one and the cost is a lot less, it does credit the vitamins are good too. It says credit in 2-3 days but mine was within one day I believe. Make a purchase. Price Varies. Estimated Time: 2-3 Days. Life script: I never received credit for this one through paypal.OGF, I (PJ) had to get a mcr
* Lipoburn: Several received immediate credit so did I (PJ). Some sites offer MCR's but they normally don't issue the credit but once a month after the 20th.
* Lipoplex With Hoodia: Product was endorsed by Oprah, BBC News, etc. Good News! Good formula and good customer service
*** Literary Guild: Credits instantly on most sites. This is a book club membership. You sign up for the book club and buy 5 books for $0.99 and an option on a sixth book. Not sure about customer service, shipping could be pricey but if you love books it is worth it.
? The Maker's Diet: $4.95 a week, however, they automatically charge you $62.00. You have to apply for a refund if you decide to not renew your membership. Haven't done the refund request yet, but just figured I would put that out there as quickly as possible. It did credit for me, though. From what I read, in no way shape or form did it say it was charging all of that. Okay, billmoneyman -They said that it would take 3-4 days for me to got a refund, but they are only refunding me 49.00 or something like that. Apparently, the first billing trial goes a full month, so you basically pay about 20 dollars for this offer.
Ok he is correct I just read the TOS and it does not say anything about how much the charges are or how they work, but now that we know here it is and it does credit.
? Meet Me Now: Took five days to credit.
** Micro X Helicoper: This offer is on TRAINN sites and it does credit same day. It costs $69.99 plus $13 S&H. Yea I know pretty pricey but this is going to make an awesome X-mas gift for my sons. They are going to love it.-marbleeye
***** Miracle Blade III on git-r-free: Credited instantly. Once again reported to have credited instantly.
***** Mvelopes: Was within 15 minutes.
Originally Posted by taterbaby:***** mojitzu tees: are really great- instant credit and lightening fast shipping plus the tees are very high quality with really nice designs I've ordered more on my own since the first time and my boys love them
***** My Inks: Credits and is just a one time purchase, 1-20-08 instant credit on trainn for Marybnsn,
** Mystery Guild: Book clubs have been working well, the shipping can be pricey but they average out to be real cheap and make great gifts.
***** Napster: Credited quickly within about 3 hours.
? Netflix: To get credit, you must stay on past the 14 day free trial. (Takes exactly 21 days to credit but always does if you want to wait that long) Estimated Time: 3-5 Weeks
? New York Times: They offer a very cheap 1 month trial which is good for us who loves reading newspapers and cutting coupons....received instant credits (within 5 minutes). Used foxfire and disable all firewalls and pop-up blockers. 2/4/08 Discontinuing the monthly automatic subscription renewal is a BIT of a chore... full subscription price is or was $24.50 Phone #1-800-698-4637--by Sp33Demon (edited by onestepback per gladiator’s request.)
? Nicotine Cure: The Nicotine Cure credited, it did take over a week though, and had to send a manual request for it. Easy to discontinue as well...info provided by phil733
? Nutrisystem: It credits within few hours, you must purchase the program $236.00 (2 weeks Free food) free shipping or pay $10 per month using BillMeLater, autodrawn from your checking account Bill Me Later
? Obopay: Credited fast as for customer service I am not sure if that is valid with this offer.
? Official Auctions: Credited easily--- easy to discontinue the program.
? Onlingo: Credits quickly but are they a good company?
? Online Supplier and e-auction: AKA one of the ebay auction offers, credits instantly on most sites. e-auction I believe is a 14 day trial cost $1.95. has online support and a toll free phone number with good customer service. Online Supplier is now a three day offer.
***** Overnight Genius Program For Excel: "lauriespayday - I had it for a couple days, looked it over, decided I wanted to send back disc 1 because I needed to send back one disc to not get charged $75 ish . I called for a RMA and they gave me 15 days to send it back, but I had to send back disc 3. So I went to paypal and printed a postage label. Sent it back in the same box I got it in, with new label taped over the old one. Took it to the blue USPS box down the street and dropped it in.
About 10pm I realized I forgot to put the RMA number on the outside. Holy *&%$!! I sent an email to them, freaking out. Nest morning I had an email from them saying as long as there was enough info with the package to link it to me, I would be okay. Doubtful, I gave it time.
Next day, I had an email from them saying they had successfully canceled out my account and I would not be billed further.
? Cool Beans: I got credited right away, and then I even screwed up and they still treated me right. This is a good company! Added 3-30-08
"You may need to call Overnight Genius to see if they processed the order. This is the same company that does Rising Star I believe. I had to call them because I noticed I didn't get charged or get an e-mail confirmation and they said I already had an account and couldn't open another one"-MCHEEK 2-2-08
? Party with a Rock Star: Chingy: gave credit after a day and its a non-cc offer.
? Patch Perfect: Credited easily $19.99 not sure if the product got delivered or not the customer never go back to me on that.
? PC Bug Doctor: Credited instantly for Autumis.. commented -"great product too!"
***= Perfect Litter: This offer credited in 2 days and stated to be a great product. Ramada1 did perfect litter last night 1-31-08, still waiting on credit, it cost 3.95 for s&h for 30 day trial then its 14.90 + 4.95 s&h a month after. Yes it does credit well and they have great customer service!! by - appie
Permaslim Credited on git-r-free, no credit for another person, not sure what to think. Any input? News Flash for PJ this offer is owned by Momentum so be careful.
***** Privacy Matters 123: Always was a great creditor 1/22/2008
? Phonics Reading Program: IF YOU HAVE TODDLERS AGES 3-5 THIS IS AWESOME! It costs $13 a month for 18 months. But in your first order of like $9.95 you get the first set of workbooks, cd's, games, and reading books. In one months time if you do not discontinue your membership, you get the next 4 sets of workbooks, cd's games and reading books. This program is designed to help toddlers get ready for preschool/kindergarten. We've been using this about 2x per week for a month and my 3 year old can read! Basic reading of course but still she sat down and read book 1 called "GO,GO,GO" to me! I was almost in tears.
** PhotoStamps: It is crediting for some people so that tells me that the offer does credit if there are no outside forces going against you :) but now someone said it has stamps.com as a piggy back offer. So now you can no longer to this one and stamps.com however stamps is free.
***** Power Tea: New offer, credited really fast on v-bux for Darkista; and within a few hours on wish4free on 1/21/2008 Darkista called them about the trial and they were great. HOWEVER, they will call you after you order the trial and try to get you to sign up for something else. AND... there was a flyer that came with the Power Tea saying that they had signed me up and paid my first month to Loyalty Savers. There was a phone number for Loyalty Savers and, yup, I was there. I had no trouble discontinuing the auto ship, but I did not like being signed up for something that I did NOT agree to. I am almost sure that this was not in their TOS. I am new so possibly I missed something. Other people in another thread were really happy with Power Tea and said that the product worked too.
? Playphone: Credited within minutes. Decided not to keep it, discontinuing was very easy. You just have to text back "stop" and it is taken care of.
? Pony Book Club: Credited within a day! It costs $9.95- 4.99 to start and 4.95 to ship. Not bad. (I've had several instances with some of my referrals and friends that they did not get charged, its awkward) I didn't get a confirmation email though, but it did credit fast!
? Pricestore: Credited $1 for a free trial sent to me by phjuicy
? PrivacyMatters123: Exceptional offer. 7 day trial and you get a free credit report for trying it. Credits. Instant credit
? Profit From Home: [Online Business Systems (OBS)]: Took 3 days but is OK - they are driving me crazy with phone calls!-Darkista 4-5-08
? Quality Paperback Books: Instant credit, the TOS says that first 2 books are $4 and if you keep the membership over the 20 day trial, you have to get 2 more books for the regular price within the year. Sounds like a good offer
? Quick Books: You do not have to do the merchant account to get the credit that is only if you want the software and you can use quick books online for free from Quick Books themselves. New Info as of 1/11/05: Watch out for quick books. Now they are offering e-auction expert as a piggyback so even if you haven't completed quick books before you get declined because of the duplicate transaction on e-auction expert.
? Quick Start Buisness Kit: FREE QuickBooks -Free QuickBooks offer is good for approved merchant applications. Free QuickBooks offer is good for QuickBooks Simple Start PC version edition 2007 only. You pay on the discount rate and authorization fee on any transactions processed through the service. Innovative Merchant Solutions is a registered agent of Westamerica Bank, Santa Clara, CA, and JP Morgan Bank, Columbus, OH. FDIC Insured.-you do not need the merchant account to get credited, it is only if you want the QuickBooks software!
***** Real Estate Riches: $2.97 Worked great
? Realtystore: ? RealSuperpass: Credits but how much is it ?
? Real Rhapsody: Credits-I had credit and then they revoked it for manual review and then did another offer and got the credit back so I ended up with more credits than I need, see what I get for being impatient. lol but it did take a couple weeks to get it back.
***** RealityTrac: When I did this back in Feb or March it credited me and was free too, but has anyone else done this one?
***** Reunion.com: When I read the offer it was $60. They actually have a 7 day trial for $6.00 + $1.00 counted as a donation to Red Cross. user still waiting for credit as of today 8/24/2007 more on this offer here, but the gist is it does credit
*** Rising Star: I would like to comment on the Rising Star Offer - you MUST discontinue the automatic membership renewal from the date of PURCHASE not the date received! It states it in the terms. You then have 2 weeks to return 1 cd and keep the other two. many people had trouble with this offer because they waiting to long to discontinue their membership. It starts the day your order it not from the day you receive it in my opinion that should be changed because you need time to try it but just keep track.
I gave it three stars for crediting and for those who did discontinue their automatic membership on time it worked well. Also jeiemay said- "I did rising star and got credited pretty much instantly.. I dealt with their customer service and it took real quick to get someone on the phone.. I too returned 1 disc back too them, I liked the program and everything, my daughter is learning her ABC's! Yay.. it was just way too expensive for the CD's... But overall good company."
? Rummy Royal: Credits however you should know that according to Michelle-KCMO "The way that the offer requirements are worded is deceiving, in my opinion. It went something like this~deposit $25 and wager at least $15 in fees. This can usually be accomplished in one day.
When I think of "fees", I thought that was what I would pay to play in each game. For example, if the game cost $3.50 to enter, then I thought that was $3.50 of what I needed to spend. I mean, really, how are we to know that only .10 or .35 go to fees? Very misleading!! Do not do this offer unless you are seriously into gambling. By my best calculations, it would have cost me a minimum of $105 to get $15 in fees." but it does credit. 3-16-08
1/22/2008 member CLNAC has stated the following: 3/5/2008This one here, I deposited $25, played all day and I only had about 3 royal stars so for me to get 15 royal stars when the fees to play each game were like $.35 or so, it would've cost me a fortune so I ended up doing other offers
***** Science Fiction Book Club: Were within minutes to an hour.
***** Shoe Buy:: Took 24 hours-instant credit -can be expensive unless you need something for Christmas anyway.Originally Posted by dnjallen2000 - Shoe buy was awesome, did it a few days ago, cr within like 30 mins, and they give you free shipping and 10% off first order. Got a great deal on my husbands Wolverine work boots he likes-1/20/2008
** Simoniz Fix-it: Credit instantly
? Simply Audio Books: 15 Day Free Trial!Quote: "From their TOS" * Your free trial will be automatically applied to your account when you select the 2 @ a time monthly plan. * There are no commitments, and if you discontinue during your 15 day trial, your credit card will never be charged. * When your trial is complete you can stay on the 2 rentals @ a time plan, or switch to any of our other plans -- whatever suits you best!Estimated Time: 2-3 Days-Is this offer still around?
***** SmartDiets Hott: Trial (CA,US)2/22/2008 credit on git-r-free quickly
***** Stamps.com: Immediate credit - plus it is free postage so even if it don't credit it is a good offer. Someone else got instant credit. You need to download the software and log in to get the credit and be able to print postage on your own envelops. I am thinking this now has a piggy back offer for photostamps. so you can't do both, correct me if I am wrong.
STAMPS.COM CREDITED FOR ME INSTANTLY AFTER INSTALLING IT ON MY COMPUTER.jeiemay 2/09/08
** Stick Up Light Bulbs: Credits--says you buy 1 get 1 free. They state the offer for the free 1 you have to pay separate S&H. Kool product though
*** Todays Escape: Credits but slowly and is $1 for online discount shipping in your town,
*** Tickle.com: Gave credit after 2 days
***** Tickle IQ Test: You have to purchase the full results to get credit. approx $15? but if you do I think I read it credits right away?
** Vacation Passport: It credits fast on some sites, and slow on others but you have to ask the site owner to check on the credits if it doesn't credit.
** Value Plus: Same type of offer as great fun or at home rewards only this one has no piggy back offer and is not instant on wish4free or giftmonster so far anyway. I does credit but be prepared to wait and turn in a support ticket asking the site owner to check on the credits for you.
? Viatrix: Credited easily---15 day trial; been 8 days still waiting; -ref. It credited for me fast when I did it several months ago.-PJ with no problems, but I don't think it has come back yet.
*** Value Plus: See note below from giftmonster support Kyle. New Offer on Elitemonster.net, no piggy back offer! .5 credits and just $2 7 day trial with a free $25 target gift card, and just $19.99 a month if you continue, they have a phone number and a website you log into to use the service. The credits are coming in but more like 7 days.
***** Vitamin Advisor: dnjallen2000 1/20/2008- did it today so I'll post when I find out. If you put in for stress management vitamins, it's really cheap, like $3.60 for 30 days, so I ordered for 90 days of it and total was $16.79 not bad, who couldn't use more stress management.
I did order some nice biz cards though didn't credit me but I think it was my fault
*** Web.com: Great offer takes a few days to credit but I kept this one at 11.95 a month. Unless you try to close it and Jenny pops up in her box asking you to say hi, she will offer you a 20% discount to try it. If you click the link inside the box she will take you to a discount page, this will not affect your credits in the least. You are still in the freebie site and they track the sites affliate ID, so go for it.
It is a good offer and a good service. No html know how needed you select the pre designed layouts and just learn how to edit them and a free domain name, see (Referral Trading/copy site for an example.) Purchase web hosting and stay on past the first month. Estimated Time: 2-3 Days, took over a week on free4me site.
***** Woodworker's Club: Credited in 10 minutes, No neg feedback yet.
***** World Winner: Minimum deposit is now $10 (as of 1/3/08), but you get a $10 bonus to sign up. Credited within 10mins on Git-R-Free & is hella fun!-(RW351)
***** YahooSuccessCenter: User reported today that this offer credited in 15 minutes! I did this offer and it credited fast and decided it was not what I wanted so I dicontinued the auto renewal and that went well no problems.1/21/2008 credited in seconds for a referral on yourfreevidoeipods.com :)
*** York Photos: Justilorah, "did an offer for York Photos. uploaded two pics from a wedding, added a border to them, ya get 20 4x6 prints free when ya register. So got 15 of the one and 5 of the other, for an awesome $1.97 shipping only!!
Not to mention, it credited in five minutes of my CC being processed. It's a great offer! One of the only ones I am extremely happy with, cant wait for my pics to come" 3-24-08
*** Zooba: I did this one and it was great, credited right away but now some are taking 2 days...I kept it for two months would still have it if it weren't for living expenses increasing. shellie_wnj-credited easily for here also. Now taking up to two weeks to credit but what else is new :( it still credits that is the good news. Movinforward reports here referrals on giftmonster.net are getting credit it just takes a while. Heard it came down but should be back up soon
*** Zoeta: Updated 7-28-2007 update, it is crediting for others, so make sure you leave your confirmation pages up, and delete cookies before signing into the freebie site and disabling popup blockers all of them. Zone alarm, Macafee and Norton have been known to interfere, if you forget to turn off the firewall they come with, but my free AVG does not have one so it has not interfered as of yet.
? Zip.CA: $30 hold to test CC, credited instantly
? Purgatory: Offers undecided upon yet pending more information
? 12inOne Vitamins: Aquasis Media 01/31/08 accepts credit requests in a batch on the first week of the month following the missing credit. Your request will be sent on the first Monday of next month. You should receive an answer on your request no later than the 15th of next month. If you have any questions, please send a support ticket. Meaning you will wait a long time before you know if you will get credit or not 30-45 days! -PJ 2-2-08
? All American Gold: Free and suppose to credit within a day, but I have no feedback to offer yet.-placed here today for more info 1/20
? Auction Success Kit: ??? 1/22/2008 a pacific webworks offer I believe, correct me if I am wrong, and you can only do one every 90 days I hear.
? Auction Monster: Offer on cash rewards git r free. It credited quickly, and that was last Friday. Well, the credit was just revoked, and I sent in a ticket to find out why, and they said Auction Monster was not paying them (git r free) so they had to pull credit for everyone that had signed up in January.-Apronmama 2-2-08
? Auto Alarm: (4EG)? $71.38
? Betty Crocker: Best Loved Recipes (RVU) ? 2/4/2008
? Blockbuster: Free trial and blockbuster $9.99 , (questionable) will credit if you browser is set up right, but word has it you have to wait 24 hours and if it doesn't credit you should turn in a support ticket asking the owner to look at it or ask about it and you should get credit. Do at your own risk. Reported to have received immediate credit. But mine took four days and so did another and many have not got credit.
? Canadian Survey Locator: (IDZ) ?2/05/2008
? Chatwire: ?2/05/2008
? Cheat To Lose Diet: Tips on how to increase your metablolism, indulge your cravings and drop the weight, does it credit and what is it like? 1/22/2008
? Chuck Mullaney Teaches eBay: ???? does it credit and what is it like to discontinue the auto-renewal? reported to also be a Pacific Webworks offer.1/28/2008
? Cingular Wireless: ? ? 2/05/2008
? Classic Selectionsprice: Varies, and there are a couple different offers under Classic wine. Do they credit? and what is it like? 1/22/2008
? CinemaNow.com: Free Trial!!(MCR Accepted) on wish4free1/22/2008
? Cobra: 10 Mi. 2 Way Radios (4EG) ? $72.14
? Coca-Cola Nostalgic Wall Clock: (4EG) Says guaranteed credit on 4evergreen? $62.13 2/5/08
? Google Ads and Yahoo: Things, along with Quick Books, use that same website as the tack-on. When these things (WebWizard Website Software / TradeWorks Product Club / Pacific Webworks) are listed in the TOS, a message comes up and tells me that I am rejected for duplication. Bummer!New Info 1/11/08
? Colon Detox: Need more info.
? Comcast: (RVU) ? 2/5/08
? Consumer Info: Hot Free Trial! on wish4free.com1/22/2008
? CreditBooster PRO: (CPE) ? 2/5/08
? Credit Check Total: Hot Free Trial! monitor all your credit reports, says free but is it and does it credit etc. 3/31/2008 A referral did this one last night so I will fill you in when I know more
? Dental Plans: ? 2/5/08
? DietWatch.com: (IDZ) ? 2/5/08
? Divorce Online (Canada) ? 2/5/08
? DoubleInks Reported to be instant and assumed to be a one time purchase but how are the prices? 4-5-08
? Duplicate Poker: LEGAL skill-based poker for players in the United States! Estimated Time: 2-3 Days This is a new offer and the minimum dep is $20. I don't know if it credits no one has reported doing this one yet, let me know if you have. Moved here today 1/20
? eAuction Success: Hot Trial on Wish4free,$1.95 for electronic delivery or $4.95 for shipping and handling of the cd on how to sell on ebay with your own webstore. Anyone have more info ?
? E-Bay 60 Minutes: (billing as Bidfuel) and they had a piggy back offer for a shopping service-$1.88 additional charge! Did it credit and what is discontinuing the auto renewal part like? 2/15/08
? Ebay Profit Monster: - Waited 3 days and did not credit, supposed to be instant. Customer service is terrible, and had to track them down through my credit card company to discontinue the auto ship. Speaking of the offer, it was supposed to charge 1.88$ and after the 7-day trial is over it will charge 94$ to your account. It ended up charging 90$ upfront and still (5 days later) has not been refunded to my credit card. I highly do not recommend this offer. -Stevo3463 2/4/08 ORDERING and PRICING The prices quoted on http://www.www.webprofitmonster.com are in USD$ or GBP£ and do not include government taxes.
We reserve the right to refuse to except an order request in whole or part. We will process your order once you have completed an order form and we have received your payment details. An email confirmation of our acceptance of the order will be forwarded to you.
The trial period commences from the time you sign up and lasts for 7 days.
Structure and Nature of Payment.
There is a $5 non-refundable processing fee for your trial. If you unsubscribe within the trial period only the $5.00 processing fee will be charged to your account, the remaining authorization for the service will be automatically voided. If you fail to unsubscribe within the trial period you will be automatically charged both the $5.00 processing fee and the monthly subscription fee of $14.83 billed six months in advance upfront. This fee structure is a non-negotiable provision of this contract and your financial arrangements with Web profit Monster and its subsidiary financial agents.
It is clear, but it’s not a very good deal in my personal opinion.- cshappy
? EasyCash U Trial: ????
? eFax Annual: Usually the Efax offers are great but this one is new so any info would be appreciated.
? Elite Jets: ????
? e-PokerUSA: ? 2/5/08 I think this is the same company as duplicate poker.
? Experian Credit Report: ????1/22/2008
? Extenze: We did the Extenze offer, and didn't like the product. I called to discontinue the auto ship program, and was told by the person that answered that no one was available to help me, and someone would call me back. No one ever called back, and later phone calls were not answered. The line just rang. I also sent two emails, and they both bounced back, saying the box is full. We're now working with our bank to fix it, but they've put the charge through unauthorized twice now.-yummycookie; 2/09/08
? Federal Grants Network: Had to submit manual credit but it did credit (however there are no more manual credits). Has anyone any info to add let me know. Moved from white list 1/21/2008
? Floam: Reported to be instant but what is it and how is the customer service etc 4-5-08
? Grant Live: ????1/22/2008
? Grant Search Assitant: NO Email, NO Credit, but charged me; 2 piggybacks too. All were discontinued memberships with one phone call.-Darkista 4-5-08
? Grower Flowers: ???
? QuickStartBusKit: Instant credit but I need more info please? what is CS like?
? Hollywood Beauty Secrets: Referral waiting three hours and no credit yet, but will update if and when it does. Trial is almost over and still no credit, number shown on confirmation email is no good, referral found number in book and they rep was not happy about either the situation of no product received or being able to find a good number in the book, assumed to be phone book. Either way situation is unresolved and until further information is received it remains in the undecided section here.
? Hoodiacore: Reported to be 3 days to credit but what is dealing with the company like and is this a free sample or something you have to return etc 4-5-08
? Identity Guard: ???1/22/2008
? Lingo Voipservice: $21.95 a month does it credit and what is the company and service like.
? Maldini Holdem Secrets: $77 anyone?
? Monster Learning: ???? 2/14/2008
? Motive Interactive: Accepts credit requests in a batch on the first week of the month following the missing credit. Your request will be sent on the first Monday of next month. You should receive an answer on your request no later than the 15th of next month. If you have any questions, please send a support ticket.
? My Grant Success: A three day trial that charges you the full membership rate and then if you discontinue the service by the 3rd day you will get a refund. So it turns out to be free. But the TOS does not say how much the full rate is from Buisness Network . -Has anyone completed this offer it is fairly new?
? Nu-zymes: Credited on git-r-free.com but not sure what it is about or how customer service is.. it did take a few days also. 2/14/2008 I heard it was another night mare company to deal with?
? Online Psychic: Must pay for at least one reading ($29.95) need info on this offer please.
? Party With A Rock Star Credited on git-r-free, but anywhere else? Let me know. 2/23/2008
? Perfect America: Free home security system... anyone do this let me know what your experience was please.
? Pricestore: $1 does it still credit1/22/2008
? Printing 4 Less: ?
? Quick Pet Insurance: Did not credit one person so far, anyone else? 3-27-08
? Registry Defender: Over $30, is NON refundable, and if it doesn't credit, good luck dragging it out of them. I got their email instantly, charged instantly, no credit.. Yet! lol. I am still working on it.-LostSprings 3-2008
? Restaurant.com: $100 in gift certificates for $30, info submitted by naturalscentsuals " I did this one and it credited for me at giftcardmonster, no problems :-)" 3-30-08
? RingTone Rush: Kcunnington reports doing the offer, "expected it to credit quickly because all the other cell phone offers have credited quickly for me and it never did. When I went to open an MCR, I needed a confirmation email, which they refused to send me stating they only send out text messages the trial is for 1 month - my cell phone was charged 2 days later after sign up."
? Satellite TV For PC: ?????
? Saving Smart: (Canada) on wish4free. $1 was online shopping service in your town for discounts. Easy to discontinue the automatic monthly renewal from the website or by phone. 1/22/2008
? Scholastic Disney Book Club: 1/20/08 due to recent post in offer discussion and no credits for several people I am moving this to the undecided section until further information that is is acting right again.
? Scholastic Pokemon Masters Club: Is scholastic crediting yet? (3-23-08)
? Sonoma Diet: ???1/20/2008
? Sirius Radio: (pay for the radio, they will send you a rebate for the amount, therefore it is free. Credits, monthly service $12.95, One referral did this several months ago and got credit and a refund because she decided it wasn't what she wanted.
? Scholastic Phonics: Credits, but reported that scholastic offers are taking a long time if at all. So I put it in purgatory for further input 1/20/2008
? Stock Trader: Email the offer to discontinue the automatic monthly membership, but so far that is all I know.
? That T-shirt Site: Instant credit but how much are they and is it a one time purchase or membership ? how is Customer service? 4-5-08
? TheCuteKid: ???1/20/2008
? TicketsNow: ?????
? Unbelievable Me: It credits, any reports on this please send me a pm.
? UnbelievableWrinkleReducer: 1 day to credit but how is CS and discontinuing any memberships etc 4-5-08
? USA Platinum Credit: Most credit card offers have not credited or took over a month to get credit, so I am curious about this one. (3-23-08)
? Usenext: Has not credited so far for sammypants. 3-24-08
? Video Professor: I see it is back, but is it crediting? Cost: $6.95 says it credits within 3-5 Days (3-23-08)
? Vista Print: moved to undecided offers, due to non crediting for some people. This does not make it a bad offer only that more info is needed in order to place it in one list or another, it is a one time purchase however the best kind of offers, if it credits. 3-24-08
? Website Advertising: Will put a hold on $59 of your money for five days and then release it. But it did credit and not a charge this only authorized it and then released it. But the TOS does not say that.
? Your Music: Takes about five days to credit and be sure to not cancel your trial membership, they have been known to revoke your credit.
The Black Listed Offers:
? Alura White: ( Through Addiction4Free) Did not credit-charged $149.97 to my card, even though it states $9.97 trial (they charge that to your card too) They say it is a "hold" but to me it's a charge if it holds up your money, and it does.
? Amazon Diet: A Momentum Direct company. See Momentum Direct Below
Extenze When it came time to discontinue the membership, their email address returned un-serviceable, and their customer service number played a message that there was no one available to take the call. Sure enough, they charged someone’s card for $54. They called to complain, and my bank said that they have frequent problems with this company.
? First Club Save:-Free Gas-Not crediting yet, and seem to be overcharging after you have discontinued your automatic monthly membership from one person, and another is still waiting on crediting. So please send in the results of your mcr's and discontinuing experiences.
2-2-08 Apronmama-First Club Save has been a disaster for me. It automatically signs you up for a second trial that you also have to discontinue after you have already submitted your info.
There was no way to speak with an operator, you pressed a button to discontinue the service. Then I got a call from my credit card company saying they were repeatedly trying to get my card to go through. The company is based out of iceland so that threw up a red flag for my CC company. I told the CC company that I had discontinue the membership, they asked what time of day, I told them, and they said the company had tried to push the charges through several more times after that. I had to cancel my card! This company is far from honest.
Is this the same as pure hoodia x? "Hoodia Diet X"-charged after discontinuing the automatic membership for several people, and they won't take phone calls, and do not respond to emails and they are not a momentum direct company, this is another hoodia offer, same people under different company name.
Someone sent me more info, not good either; Central Coast Nutraceuticals, who sell Hoodia Star and Colo Pure. Reported discontinuing the auto ship part of the Hoodia Star within the 20 day trial period. When they didn't give an RMA number for return they were asked if they needed the bottle back. They said it's up to the customer. Don't assume that meant they didn't need it back in order to stop charges; they charged the full price, they were challenged over the phone by the customer for them for telling her it was up to her whether to return it, without advising they would be charging if not returned. They said told her she should have read the terms of agreement, which she had. They were told she was going to report them to the BBB whom would be interested in their shady practice, and the woman said, "go ahead, and tell them you failed to read the terms of agreement".
Most of this conversation was customer trying to get a word in edgewise with a rude salesperson talking to her like she was stupid. She took the opportunity to the Colo Pure offer she just got, won't even be opening that bottle before it goes back tomorrow! Grrrr! Probably the same company that owns pure health hoodia x and colon detox and rigid magnum.
This is from a very reliable source. -From a reliable freebie Owner: "A lot of the offers are becoming trickier and trickier. My personal pet peeve are the poster pass, magazine burst and Seattle coffee. The owner is a devious and nasty man. He changes the shipping costs weekly to sucker people. I have seen poster pass have shipping as high as $97 for 4 crappy posters.
Quote From: Admin:
They got me for 6 posters and a total of 140 some odd dollars and cents. Ordering the first 4 they suddenly shove 2 more real fast at an even higher S&H. Wal-mart type posters are not even worth 10$ per poster and these posters are not high quality posters that you can get for $15 (thick paper with ace printing and watermarking, similar to Movie House Posters), these posters are Wal-Mart quality cheap replications of the real prints. Not Good and not recommended.
They are owned by PEEL.com and he is tricky, he will put ad up with $9 shipping then when people start joining he raises it. Since not everyone reads the fine print (plus he hides shipping pretty good on the site) so when one user says hey it was $9 they join and get hit with huge prices". Probably best to avoid them all together. Additional DBA Names for the PEEL company and their offers to whatch out for.
Coffee Roasters Direct, Inc.
ShopDani.com
HollywoodJewelryStore.com
PerfectlyPendants.com
RelationshipSpot.com
RingingCell.com
Superduperfree.com
MagazineBurst.com
VermontRoastingCo.com Additional Phone Numbers
Tel: (888) 217-2233
Tel: (877) 807-2929
Tel: (888) 624-2877
Tel: (877) 807-2929 Additional Fax Numbers
Fax: (847) 424-8225
? Grant Consultant: needs to be added to the black listed offers until further info is submitted. They are definitely a scam!!! There is a thread going on about it right now. They have bogus phone numbers, they do not reply to you on their email that is supposedly the "contact us" email. They have like 3 or 4 piggyback offers that they charge that ARE NOT in the TOS anywhere. Total scam!!! **BEWARE**3-25-08
? Ivory White: Credited right away. she reports she never got the product and when she called them they said she was lying they sent it on the 4th of August. "I don't know who got it but it wasn't me. The lady was rude and told me the charge for the 2 months wasn't refundable. $78.00 is a lot of money for something you don't have. I told her I was reporting them to BBB and the Attorney general and she said go ahead. That is just what I did. They have 16 bad reports with the BBB right now and are being investigated. They are license as a gift shop. Just thought I'd let every one know". -just a note to keep an eye on your credit card for Ivory White. I discontinued the auto ship program August 3, returned the product August 7 and was charged yesterday for $78.41. My cc company is taking care of it but just be aware.
? Momemtum Direct-From the BBB online
Momentum Direct - Welcome to MomentumHelp.Com
Billing or Collection Issues: 117
Outcome of all complaints -
Resolved: 66; Unresolved: 32; Administratively Closed: 1; No Response: 18
ADDITIONAL TRADENAMES, ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS
This business also uses the following names, addresses and/or telephone numbers:
Momentum Health & NutritionP O Box 665 (281) 356-1400Magnolia, TX 77353
Momentum Health & NutritionMagnolia Boulevard (281) 356-1400Magnolia, TX 77027
Momentum Health & Nutrition1010 South Magnolia Boulevard, (281) 356-1400Magnolia, TX 77355
Momentum Health & Nutrition4635 SW Fwy, Ste 640 (281) 356-1400Houston, TX 77027 (281) 356-9949; (281) 356-9979; (281) 356-9939 ; (281) 356-1400; (612) 241-9965
Momentum; Momentum 2 Day Slimdown; Momentum Fax On Demand; Momentum Health &
? Music etc's: By movinforward (moved to the black list due to not crediting.
3-27-08 Quote:It says the "offer" is only $1.39 - wrong! (it is a yearly fee) This is one of the sneaky ones ad here is music etc's refund policy.
Quote:All refund requests will be addressed in the order that they are received, and must be sent properly through our Refund Request Form and must contain all required fields on the refund request form and provide a legitimate reason for requesting a refund Per our ?100% Satisfaction Guaranteed? policy, we will refund 100% of customers who contact us through the Support Site, request a ?refund?, provide full information required for the form, and provide a valid reason for requesting a refund.
birdie61 "waited almost 3 weeks and it was supposed to be an instant credit. I went through all the stuff, such as credit request, twice and a support ticket. Nothing!!"
? PeoplePC: No one ever seems to get credited..4-5-08
? Permaslim:* A Momemtum Direct Company
? Phenterthin: You would be amazed at how many complaints there are out on this one. If you ever do come across the offer in a site, please do not do the offer, but please DO read the TOS to see if you can count the typos, and cut/paste mix and match. It is almost a game to figure out what their intentions are. You get a "free" trial that costs only around $6 (s/h-understandable), that locks you into a guarantee of at least one more months purchase at $147.
The trial lasts for 14 days, and you must send the unused product back in that time to opt out of the auto ship (monthly) program. They will be happy to ship you your sample out in 4-6 weeks. lol. And get this,” feel free to discontinue your membership at any time and your credit card will not be charged”. lol. Just go to a website that we no longer maintain, and submit a ticket. If after you report us to IC3 (internet fraud), we will send you a bill for an "investigation fee", with a threat to discontinue "harassment" with your next shipment."
? Is this Registry Cleaner? -Originally Posted by Iluvdogs77 "had to do a complete system recovery to solve the issue. Apparently according to chat on Web it is a scam downloaded with a registry cleaner to then get you to download another security software a "New" company in the last 2-3 weeks that will fix it. It was the registry cleaner I downloaded on 2/24 off Wii.zipnadazilch for $56.80, I am sure of this because it showed Date & time" "Put a warning out. Comes up as (MonaDonaRona) tags all you IE windows and I tried all the fixes before system recovery. Also stays as approx 1/4 of your destop screen as open window. It crahes everyting so be careful.
? Road Loans: I did this offer but it did not credit because I did not accept the loan, it was to much interest and I could not buy what I wanted, a motorcycle they said it had to go for a vehicle.
? Shop Dani: Credited right away- but signs you up to an auto ship program that bills you on the 1st of every month (even if you order at the end of the month & haven't received your first shipment yet). Ok offer, but their TOS isn't very clear. Another person stated-it says join free, order any jewelry for 9.00. They charged the (9.00, but they also charged me 68.00 for a rock bracelet and ear rings that was supposed to be 9.00.
I am sending this back. Refund policy says sand back for a full refund and within 10 days your cc will be credited. If the jewelry was worth it, it might be different, it looks like something you'd buy at the dollar store for a dollar.1/19/2008 I believe this is the same offer as Danielle Janine Jewelry whom also is charging $68 when you do the order instead of $9 3-16-08
? Two Day Slim Down: *A Momentum Direct Company (When I myself did this offer earlier this year, I had no problems whatsoever, but many people have since then. They seem to not have enough stock to handle all the orders they get and this is causing delayed shipments yet the charges do not get delayed and that is a big problem to me.
? Yourmusic: is revoking credits for most people. Reported by site owner a few weeks ago. If things have changed let me know and I will edit this one.
? Young, Energetic and Simple Weight Loss: (YES Weight Loss)- *A Momentum Direct Company
? Just in tonight from Mustang-1/29/2008 I currently have a pending charge of $64.15 from DRI*REG.NET REGNETORD.COM. This is apparently for "Auction Monster" which I haven't done, it must have been an add-on, but a Google search comes up with a few threads:
http://www.anything4free.com/forums/...hp/t99282.html
http://www.anything4free.com/forums/...howtopic=93819
http://www.anything4free.com/forums/...hp/t97153.html [this one is long] It seems like several of these sites are causing problems:
CS Center a.k.a. Make Money with Forex,
Clickbuilder,
SmartNet Development,
Keywords for Success
Grant Finder aka Grant Search Provider
Fast Auction Profit aka Rapid Auction Success
Google Search (Google SEO) And just a note I got from reading one of the A4F threads: you can go to Reg.Net - e-commerce and shopping cart provider if you have a charge from them, input your email address and last five digits of the card you used and it will pull up your orders. That's how I found out what my charge was for. Still working on this, Feel Free to contribute by sending me some you know of.
It Didn't Credit...What do I do now?
- you turn off pop-up blockers and firewalls
- you clear your cookies
- you leave the order confirmation page up for at least 5 mins
Yet, you will still end up with some offers that do not end up giving you credit. It can end up being a problem with either the freebie (IFW) site or the offer itself, or just an anomoly.
First of all---you need to know that the crediting times on the advertisements on each site can be misleading.
"Instant" can mean anything from 1 minute to 18 hours.
"Instant to 1 Day" is more honest.
Most of the offers that say 1-7 days are being truthful, I have mostly only done offers that say "instant" so I don't have a lot to offer there.
So~~You've waited 24 hours, now what?
- Log into the site with your email and password. Depending on the site, the support area you need will be either under "Support" or "Support>missing credit"
- If there is a link for "missing credit report" or something similar, click that and then be prepared to pick the date you ordered the offer, and then copy/paste the full headers and all of the confirmation email from the offer you completed.
- If there is no link other than "support," ---For the Subject, write "Manual Credit Request: Title of your Offer" (where "Title of your Offer" is the name of what you signed up for, ie "chuck mullaney's ebay)
- In the "Body" of the support ticket, you must paste the contents including headers of the "welcome" or "confirmation" email that you received when you signed up for/ordered the product or service. (For instructions on finding the headers of the confirmation email, see below)
- Once you submit your support ticket/missing credit report, you may have to wait several days before it even gets read, let alone gets sent to the vendor. This is one reason to see the next blog post >>>>>
To find the total headers of the email you need:
- Gmail: Next to the time stamp at the top right of the email, click on the down arrow to the right of "reply." Left click "show original." It will open in a new window. Just "select all" and "copy" and then "paste" it into the support ticket.
- Hotmail:1. If you are using the classic version: Once you log in to your hotmail account, (before clicking on inbox), near the top center you will see: You are using the classic version of Windows Live Hotmail.Have a fast connection and want more features? Try the full versionClick Full VersionOnce you see your inbox, find the email you need the headers for.Do NOT open the email. Right click the name of the email, and click on View source. It will give you everything you need to copy and paste. It worked for me!2. If you already use the full version, just right click on the name of the email, click View Source, and it will bring up a page to copy and paste. (thanks to "lostsprings")
- Yahoo: just click on the email you need the headers for and then click where it says Compact Header (top right corner of the email) and this will bring down a list. Click on Full Header and it will pop up in a separate window. Right click and Select All. Right click again and Copy. Then, Paste to your support ticket/credit request ticket.At least, that's how I do it and it works like a charm! Hope this helps! (Thanks to "premierdreams")
- Yahoo (2): At the bottom of the confirmation email I have received from an offer on the right is a place that says "full headers". I just click on that. The email is then transformed with full headers and all the info I need. I then copy and paste the whole email and use that. Yahoo makes it really easy!! It must be ok because I have used it in the credit request areas and it is accepted. (Thanks to "lvmtina33")
- As others give me hints on other email programs I will edit this blog post to help.
Crediting--How Can I Make Sure?
1. Turn off any firewalls, anti-virus, or spyware programs before completing an offer. There are instances in which these programs interfere with the tracking.
2. Disable all pop-up blockers
Internet Explorer
- On the top of the browser, click on "Tools" and then "Internet Options."
- A new window should pop up.
- Click the "Privacy" tab and uncheck the "Block pop-ups box (if it is checked), and then click "OK."
Mozilla Firefox
- On the top of the browser, click on "Tools" and then "Options."
- A new window should pop up. Click the "Content" tab and uncheck the "Block pop-ups box (if it is checked), and then click "OK."
Also, check any toolbar add-ons you may have downloaded like google, yahoo, etc. that may have pop-up blockers included.
3. Accept all cookies
Internet Explorer
- On the top of the browser, click on "Tools" and then "Internet Options."
- A new window should pop up.
- Click the "Privacy Tab" and there should be a bar under "Settings."
- Lower the bar to "Accept all cookies."
Mozilla Firefox
- On the top of the browser, click on "Tools" and then "Options."
- A new window should pop up.
- Click the "Privacy" and then the "Cookies" mini-tab.
- Make sure the "Allow site to set cookies" box is checked and the two boxes below are unchecked.
- Also make sure the setting "Keep cookies" is set to "until they expire."
4. Clear your cookies and cache before completing offers
Internet Explorer
- On the top of the browser, click on "Tools" and then "Delete Browsing History." Click "Delete All."
- A new mini_window should pop up and you should check the "Also Delete files and settings stored by add-ons" and then press "Yes."
- Once the mini-window stops deleting files, you can continue
Mozilla Firefox
- On the top of the browser, click on "Tools" and then "Options."
- A new window should pop up.
- Click on the "Privacy" tab and then the "Cookies" minitab and press "Clear Cookies Now."
- Then click on the "Cache" minitab (right next to the "Cookies" minitab) and press "Clear Cache Now."
- Complete the offer until you reach the confirmation/completion page (unless stated otherwise in the requirements), and when you are on the confirmation/completion page, STAY on the confirmation/completion page for at least 5 minutes before closing the page.
Internet Explorer is the recommended browser to complete offers as it is more reliable in terms of tracking. Nevertheless, do not use any browser other than IE or Firefox.(b).