Product Test Panel?
galperi1
31-01-2007 19:49:51
Has anyone ever done the offers on this site and gotten an actual prize?
Just wondering because it is tempting me right now (
dmorris68
31-01-2007 19:58:55
Impossible 3rd page offers. Unless you consider $3000-$5000 possible.
galperi1
31-01-2007 20:14:56
[quote8118edabcc="dmorris68"]Impossible 3rd page offers. Unless you consider $3000-$5000 possible.[/quote8118edabcc]
true... although on my site it can be done for 1K on the last page....
mind you this is for a LG HDTV, 1K Visa Gift Card and a MacBook Pro
dmorris68
31-01-2007 20:30:49
I signed up once for a Canon 20D and a Sony Laptop. Had to do 3 offers on the last page, out of 4. The cheapest was around $800 as I recall, the most expensive was $1700. The other two were over $1000.
Guess they've gotten cheaper offers now, but it's still a helluva lot of money to blow, especially given the less than reliable performance of many DIY sites and the length of time it usually takes to get paid My luck I'll blow $1000+ and get nada, so I'll stick with the reduced risk of the more popular freebie sites. )
RolltheStampede
20-02-2007 08:42:28
So no one knows if they are reputable just expensive
RolltheStampede
15-03-2007 09:53:28
I took the plunge for a vaio desktop, macbook pro, blank blue rays and 1,000 gift card now for the 2 month wait
dmorris68
15-03-2007 10:51:36
[quote2e0ce1b7da="RolltheStampede"]I took the plunge for a vaio desktop, macbook pro, blank blue rays and 1,000 gift card now for the 2 month wait[/quote2e0ce1b7da]
I'm curious -- what was your total out of pocket, and have you received credit for all offers yet?
doylnea
15-03-2007 11:52:43
ffactoryxx got something, but it was small
RolltheStampede
19-03-2007 13:31:34
My total out of pocket was about 1,000 bucks, but i will get it back and then some.
all my offers but my premium (page 3) offers are showing as pending, they told me it should be around 30 days to credit and i will most likely have to wait 2 months to get manual on the premium offers. Its a little pricey but well worth the return
manOFice
19-03-2007 13:34:23
You're crazy!! LOL
RolltheStampede
19-03-2007 13:42:27
Like a Fox
JUNIOR6886
19-03-2007 14:53:42
they're definetly legit but they're about as fast as brandarama when it comes to sending stuff....
[quote42376c4bea="RolltheStampede"]I took the plunge for a vaio desktop, macbook pro, blank blue rays and 1,000 gift card now for the 2 month wait[/quote42376c4bea]
How are you able to do all that at once? It's like one package or something?
RolltheStampede
20-03-2007 20:17:56
vaio desktop initial gift sign up
macbook pro bonus for doing all offers in 30 days
blank blue rays premier advertiser
1,000 gift card bonus for doing a 7th offer
justinag06
04-05-2007 08:30:00
so roll did you get credit on all your offers?
manOFice
04-05-2007 08:31:06
[quote8db271d2f1="justinag06"]so roll did you get credit on all your offers?[/quote8db271d2f1]
Yeah? Do you have an update?
RolltheStampede
04-05-2007 10:11:11
i got credit for the first 2 pagesand bonus offers after 30 days, i have to wait for 8 weeks to be up to get manual for my premium offers which i have about another week.
RolltheStampede
16-05-2007 13:32:27
printed out my voucher today
manOFice
16-05-2007 13:40:14
[quote68c7dcd5e5="RolltheStampede"]printed out my voucher today[/quote68c7dcd5e5]
So how much did you send and how much are you getting?
ghounds07
16-05-2007 13:48:43
Nice to hear of your progress RTS -- keep us updated, hopefully the $1,000 investment pays off, lol.
I still think the brandarama site have a better payout with some sites giving $250 per offer completed..or at least a smaller initial cost )
ghounds07
16-05-2007 13:50:20
[quote66f2a2f054="O4F-Manofice"][quote66f2a2f054="RolltheStampede"]printed out my voucher today[/quote66f2a2f054]
So how much did you send and how much are you getting?[/quote66f2a2f054]
basically he is getting a macbook pro, a sony vaio desktop, and blank blu ray disks for free (he probably paid around $1,100 but he gets a $1,000 Visa card back).
So it seems good, if they would have a site for a macbook pro, $1,000 Visa GC, and a HDTV I'd be in....someone find it D
RolltheStampede
16-05-2007 14:27:52
[quotea980f3b4f5="ghounds07"][quotea980f3b4f5="O4F-Manofice"][quotea980f3b4f5="RolltheStampede"]printed out my voucher today[/quotea980f3b4f5]
So how much did you send and how much are you getting?[/quotea980f3b4f5]
basically he is getting a macbook pro, a sony vaio desktop, and blank blu ray disks for free (he probably paid around $1,100 but he gets a $1,000 Visa card back).
So it seems good, if they would have a site for a macbook pro, $1,000 Visa GC, and a HDTV I'd be in....someone find it D[/quotea980f3b4f5]
http//consumerresearchcorporation.com/wstv/?lid=go_freeplasmatv(wstv)&nopop=1
have fun with that
i did spend around 1100-1200 retail value of gifts is about 5400
ps they pulled on of the offers I did burnlounge so your cost may differ
ghounds07
16-05-2007 14:30:26
also, is there a time limit to completing this site?
RolltheStampede
16-05-2007 14:30:42
[quote4a872ea0fe="galperi1"][quote4a872ea0fe="dmorris68"]Impossible 3rd page offers. Unless you consider $3000-$5000 possible.[/quote4a872ea0fe]
true... although on my site it can be done for 1K on the last page....
mind you this is for a LG HDTV, 1K Visa Gift Card and a MacBook Pro[/quote4a872ea0fe]
what the link for the LG HDTV all i see is samsung and sony
RolltheStampede
16-05-2007 14:34:23
[quotec4b0aeced1="ghounds07"]also, is there a time limit to completing this site?[/quotec4b0aeced1]
if you want all the bonuses you have to do it in 30 days, if you arent going to do it in 30 days its not really worth it. the macbook if the 30 day bonus. there is usually a sponsering offer for something for 4-500 range
and the 7th offer gets you the 1,000 gift card
shortys408
16-05-2007 15:15:05
did you get anything for the 1000$ offer. did you buy furniture or something?
tylerc
16-05-2007 17:01:26
Just FYI, I signed up to simply check it out, the last page requires 2 out of these 3 following offers
RoundSquare Hosting-Requires purchase of one year of the Platinum Package
Room to Go Kids-
$1,500 Minimum Purchase Required, credit received upon approval of delivery
RailEurope-Requires purchase of package for 2 (min. price $899/person)
ghounds07
16-05-2007 18:50:09
sounds like some great offers there tyler, I really need a room to go kids and a nice raileurope package D
manOFice
16-05-2007 18:54:12
That is freakin nuts
06pontiac
16-05-2007 19:53:02
Yeah they are out of their mind. You can always send, oh well, nevermind. you get what im saying.
RolltheStampede
16-05-2007 19:56:04
[quotef9b4d27a15="shortys408"]did you get anything for the 1000$ offer. did you buy furniture or something?[/quotef9b4d27a15]
i got some business cards from vista print for like 5 bucks
there are 4 offers on the last page if you create an account and do offers from the status page, the 2 offers I did did not show up on the initial sign up, i did them from my status page. you have to look at the status page for all the offers, all accept the bonus offer which is the link on the bottom of the 3 sign up tiers, i think you get an email about the bonus offer as well
ghounds07
16-05-2007 21:07:05
RTS what offer did you do for $1,000?
RolltheStampede
17-05-2007 08:50:23
[quotefa7a903024="RolltheStampede"][quotefa7a903024="shortys408"]did you get anything for the 1000$ offer. did you buy furniture or something?[/quotefa7a903024]
i got some business cards from vista print for like 5 bucks
[/quotefa7a903024]
kingsmoit
17-05-2007 09:59:41
Here are all four offers... the other one is a real winner too. It would seem to cost $449.95 + $840 + other offers for a free gift...
This was for a macbook pro, a Canon digital camera, and whatever you would get for a bonus offer... I'm assuming $1,000 gift card like above.
Edit Just got an email... my bonus offer was a PS3 with games.
Rooms to Go Kids Rooms to Go Kids specializes in value-priced kids' furniture, large selection, safety and style, Rooms To Go Kids delivers quality kids' furniture fast!
$1,500 Minimum Purchase Required, credit received upon approval of delivery
Rail Europe Its time for a great Fall getaway! At Rail Europe you can plan your Fall getaway with one of their great travel packages!
Requires purchase of package for 2 (min. price $899/person)
RoundSquareHosting Start your own website with one year of great hosting services from Round Square Hosting
Requires purchase of one year of the Platinum Package
Primesource Travel Start your own travel business. Work from the comfort of your home and earn extra income.
Must choose one of the $449.95 offers
RolltheStampede
17-05-2007 11:20:22
the offers are the same for all gifts so you migth as well go for the highest priced gifts
ghounds07
17-05-2007 13:43:17
[quote71c8622103="RolltheStampede"][quote71c8622103="RolltheStampede"][quote71c8622103="shortys408"]did you get anything for the 1000$ offer. did you buy furniture or something?[/quote71c8622103]
i got some business cards from vista print for like 5 bucks
[/quote71c8622103][/quote71c8622103]
so the $1,000 offer only cost $5? I think you just worded it wrong, or maybe you paid for the $1,000 offer and only got some business cards out of it )
ghounds07
17-05-2007 13:46:31
[quotefa847825c7="kingsmoit"]Here are all four offers... the other one is a real winner too. It would seem to cost $449.95 + $840 + other offers for a free gift...
This was for a macbook pro, a Canon digital camera, and whatever you would get for a bonus offer... I'm assuming $1,000 gift card like above.
Edit Just got an email... my bonus offer was a PS3 with games.
Rooms to Go Kids Rooms to Go Kids specializes in value-priced kids' furniture, large selection, safety and style, Rooms To Go Kids delivers quality kids' furniture fast!
$1,500 Minimum Purchase Required, credit received upon approval of delivery
Rail Europe Its time for a great Fall getaway! At Rail Europe you can plan your Fall getaway with one of their great travel packages!
Requires purchase of package for 2 (min. price $899/person)
RoundSquareHosting Start your own website with one year of great hosting services from Round Square Hosting
Requires purchase of one year of the Platinum Package
Primesource Travel Start your own travel business. Work from the comfort of your home and earn extra income.
Must choose one of the $449.95 offers[/quotefa847825c7]
Yup, after adding it all up you would probably pay around $1,400 for everything (that $450 charges $500) -- so if you get the $1,000 Visa you pay around $400 for a Macbook pro, a digital camera, and a PS3 + games.
In my mind that equals out to a free macbook pro and a digital camera (after selling the PS3 [I probably woulda sold the camera but idk how much they go for]).
Seems nice but I'm going to have a friend signup for that TV site so I can see what all the prizes are -- seems legit, but I still want to hear what happens to RTS.
manOFice
17-05-2007 13:50:00
and what happens when say a 1000 dollar offer doesn't credit? they do manuals??
shortys408
17-05-2007 13:58:15
you can sell whatever you order from rooms to go.
ghounds07
17-05-2007 14:04:32
[quote70289c2df6="shortys408"]you can sell whatever you order from rooms to go.[/quote70289c2df6]
was thinking the same thing, but I don't know who would purchase a pirates of the caribbean themed room or a winnie the pooh one, I would probably put an ad in the paper asking them what they wanted and sell it to them for cheaper
RolltheStampede
17-05-2007 14:32:15
Ok there are 3 tiers of offers and then you have to do one offer on a 4th page you could call it to get the 1,000 bonus gift card.
i did 2 on each page.
on the 4th page I did 2 offers as well as i was worried about crediting.
I did some make money of ebay thing which i sent back, and i did vista print (which cost me 10 buck cause i got glossy cards) both credited after 30 days
the only expensive offers are on the 3rd page. everything else is fairly cheap.
I did the promotional offer
and i completed them all in 30 days so i got the bonus offer, which for me was a macbook pro, which is the bonus gift for the higher priced its.
whether you go for the vaio combo or the plasma combo the retail of both totals out to be $5398.
You can get manual credit but you have to wait 8 weeks.
I think you have to have kept the offers to get manual credit for them. the rest credited after 30 days
RolltheStampede
17-05-2007 14:37:18
[quoteabb38fc2e2="ghounds07"][quoteabb38fc2e2="RolltheStampede"][quoteabb38fc2e2="RolltheStampede"][quoteabb38fc2e2="shortys408"]did you get anything for the 1000$ offer. did you buy furniture or something?[/quoteabb38fc2e2]
i got some business cards from vista print for like 5 bucks
[/quoteabb38fc2e2][/quoteabb38fc2e2]
so the $1,000 offer only cost $5? I think you just worded it wrong, or maybe you paid for the $1,000 offer and only got some business cards out of it )[/quoteabb38fc2e2]
an no i didnt word anything wrong the offer for the $1000 bonus was some business cards, i guess i coulld have done blockbuster or something but i needed some business cards so there.
When I did it the most i paid for any offer was 500 whcih if you had jump on in march you would have too but the other cheap offer is gone.
kingsmoit
17-05-2007 15:49:54
Hmm... from what I understood, I wasn't getting the $1000 gift card. My "extra offer" bonus was the the PS3. It might even be worth it if I was sure I'd get the gc, but way to much out of pocket otherwise.
ghounds07
17-05-2007 18:28:03
Oh okay, what I meant by the "$1000 offer" was the last page offer (the most expensive one) -- so maybe I had the wording wrong, haha.
What did you get for the page 3 offers you did, and what was the cost for those 2?
And those offers are both gone now right?
supafreak00
18-05-2007 09:09:29
So when will you get your gifts RTS? And are you getting them for sure?
RolltheStampede
18-05-2007 09:33:53
Vouchers should make it there next week, and the CS told me the standars 30 days, bu ti heard form someone else it was more like 2 weeks.
[quote90b6b0e939="kingsmoit"]Here are all four offers... the other one is a real winner too. It would seem to cost $449.95 + $840 + other offers for a free gift...
This was for a macbook pro, a Canon digital camera, and whatever you would get for a bonus offer... I'm assuming $1,000 gift card like above.
Edit Just got an email... my bonus offer was a PS3 with games.
Rooms to Go Kids Rooms to Go Kids specializes in value-priced kids' furniture, large selection, safety and style, Rooms To Go Kids delivers quality kids' furniture fast!
$1,500 Minimum Purchase Required, credit received upon approval of delivery
Rail Europe Its time for a great Fall getaway! At Rail Europe you can plan your Fall getaway with one of their great travel packages!
Requires purchase of package for 2 (min. price $899/person)
RoundSquareHosting Start your own website with one year of great hosting services from Round Square Hosting
Requires purchase of one year of the Platinum Package
Primesource Travel Start your own travel business. Work from the comfort of your home and earn extra income.
Must choose one of the $449.95 offers[/quote90b6b0e939]
How did you get the 4th(Primesource Travel) offer to appear?
RolltheStampede
18-05-2007 14:11:38
make an account, log in and do the offer from your status page
when i did ti i had primesource and burnlounge both under 500
[quote4f48bd673c="RolltheStampede"]make an account, log in and do the offer from your status page
when i did ti i had primesource and burnlounge both under 500[/quote4f48bd673c]
Were there three or four offers on the page? I have never been able to get that 4th offer to appear.
RolltheStampede
18-05-2007 14:26:59
i dont know what there now, when i did it there where 6 offers, youll just have to wait for more offers i guess
I see them now(it appeared they remodeled the site from the last time I checked), thanks
supafreak00
24-05-2007 08:30:50
Has anyone else done this site and received their gifts?
manOFice
24-05-2007 08:31:24
[quote94a5d59b8d="supafreak00"]Has anyone else done this site and received their gifts?[/quote94a5d59b8d]
I don't think anyone else has had the balls to do this site.
RolltheStampede
24-05-2007 08:56:37
someone on scam macphisto has done it and mariners99 is about a week behind me on it.
ghounds07
24-05-2007 14:13:23
what is the expected date for you to get the products RTS?
RolltheStampede
24-05-2007 14:33:33
they said first i should get the MBP. then the check then the Vaio desktop since it is being custom built and can take a week. I would say no more than 2 weeks. Ill keep you posted
ghounds07
24-05-2007 16:13:06
awesome, that site you sent me for the plasma, mbp, 1k visa, and ent. system looks amazing...might have to do it.
ghounds07
07-06-2007 13:42:31
any updates RTS? It's been exactly 2 weeks )
RolltheStampede
07-06-2007 15:25:20
Yes , there is an update, I have slain the Freebie Beast. I got my check for 1500 and macbook pro today. MY Vaio desktop comes in tomorrow according to the fed-ex tracking.
~5400 in one fail swoop bow before the Freebie King P
j/k but a really nice payoff
Ill post picks when i get the desktop in tommorow
manOFice
07-06-2007 16:32:56
[quote6af8157c43="RolltheStampede"]Yes , there is an update, I have slain the Freebie Beast. I got my check for 1500 and macbook pro today. MY Vaio desktop comes in tomorrow according to the fed-ex tracking.
~5400 in one fail swoop bow before the Freebie King P
j/k but a really nice payoff
Ill post picks when i get the desktop in tommorow[/quote6af8157c43]
Very impressive, to much of a risk for me.
But GOOD JOB!!
ghounds07
07-06-2007 17:06:34
RTS thank you so much for your updates, once they change their last page of offers I may try to do this one as well!
luumon
07-06-2007 17:14:48
I don't think they ever will change the last page. a total killer
ghounds07
07-06-2007 17:29:38
the last page was different for RTS...
ghounds07
07-06-2007 17:32:50
also RTS...what size MBP did you get?
supafreak00
07-06-2007 17:54:08
Why was the check for $1500? I thought it was for a $1k visa.
ghounds07
07-06-2007 17:54:59
maybe for the bonus prize as well?...not sure
RolltheStampede
08-06-2007 05:54:51
it was the standard freebie mbp, 15inch 2.16ghz and the check was for the gift card and my blank blueray disks.
My last page had burnlounge which was short lived, i also did the primesource travel.
ILoveToys
08-06-2007 06:10:28
Wow...I don't think I have the nutsack for this one.
RolltheStampede
08-06-2007 06:18:17
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Come on be a man
ILoveToys
08-06-2007 06:28:49
That's maybe the strangest picture I've ever seen....
ghounds07
08-06-2007 09:54:52
burnlounge is back on their page....might have to try this this weekend )
tylerc
08-06-2007 09:58:53
Very nice, biggest payout I have ever seen.
Congrats D
[quotec77c0eb674="RolltheStampede"]Yes , there is an update, I have slain the Freebie Beast. I got my check for 1500 and macbook pro today. MY Vaio desktop comes in tomorrow according to the fed-ex tracking.
~5400 in one fail swoop bow before the Freebie King P
j/k but a really nice payoff
Ill post picks when i get the desktop in tommorow[/quotec77c0eb674]
Congrats. You truly exemplified the phrase "fortune favors the bold."
RTS, do you know if completing within 30 days means the offers must show as completed within 30 days? Or does that mean that you simply "complete"(do) the offers within 30 days? In other words, what if you need manual credit and it passed 30 days?
supafreak00
12-06-2007 07:46:55
RTS, did your Vaio come in?
RolltheStampede
15-06-2007 07:56:08
Vaio came a week ago, complete in 30 days means do all your offers in 30 days, they may not show up but manual is possible after 8 weeks.
LucaBella
15-06-2007 10:24:29
[quote702e75a35a="RolltheStampede"]Vaio came a week ago, complete in 30 days means do all your offers in 30 days, they may not show up but manual is possible after 8 weeks.[/quote702e75a35a]
but really, what was the 1500 for? If you got the Vaio and the Macbook and the actual discs.. why'd you get 1500 instead of the 1000 Gift card?
box86rowh
15-06-2007 12:20:19
Because he didn't get the discs....the xtra 500 was for them...
casakid06
17-06-2007 08:03:14
Any pictures?
RolltheStampede
19-06-2007 09:49:10
I will im just being lazy becaue the camera i have takes crap pictures
kidd2108
19-06-2007 10:15:32
[quote8c78e0f0e7="RolltheStampede"]I will im just being lazy becaue the camera i have takes crap pictures[/quote8c78e0f0e7]
?
I'm sure you got a nice GC lying around. Buy yourself a nice, cheapo camera. wink
ghounds07
19-06-2007 17:49:32
can anyone check and see what offer the bonus offer is for PTP? thank you!
www.producttestpanel.com (just click on any of the 3 i am all ready signed up and can't find it)
Thanks!!
ghounds07
19-06-2007 19:50:06
figured it out myself...turns out theres like 10 offers to choose from D
RolltheStampede
20-06-2007 06:53:13
The Swag
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The Stats
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The Check is somewhere on my phone, havent gotten it off yet
ILoveToys
20-06-2007 07:15:50
That's sweet, just not worth the ca$h upfront....
RolltheStampede
20-06-2007 07:40:50
5400 payout -1200 investment = 4200 net profit. Yeah dude your right totally not worth it
ILoveToys
20-06-2007 09:41:42
4200/5400 = 78% profit
Any I-deal site that the requirements haven't gone up (I'll use the 24" Dell LCD even though it's old as an example). I had to do 6 offers (all under $10) and get 1 ref who I did 3 more offers for on various sites, so I had a max of $90 into it and got a $1000 monitor (that is what I-Deal paid for it so don't give me crap about you could get it cheaper). Now that means a profit of $910 or 91% profit, and I only had to front $90, not $1200. I'm sorry, it's a lower payout ratio, and you have to put way too much out there for it to be worth the risk.
Now, yeah that's only a $1000 payout so let's say I do 5 of these sites, it costs me no more than $750 (and that's estimating on the extreme high side), for $5000. A profit of $4250 (more than you PTP site), and I invested only a little more than half of what you would on PTP. And BTW 4250/5000 = 85% profit, and remember my numbers are estimated in your favor. You could probably complete them cheaper than $750.
Now, I realize I-Deal "screwed you" in the past RTS, but more and more ppl are finding them to be legit, and the chances are they had some reason to DQ you that you don't like to tell us in your rants about it.
As far as PTP goes...It's just my opinion; to each their own.
ghounds07
20-06-2007 10:13:44
im with RTS i wanna start one of these...so few offers, too bad burnlounge isn't up yet...congrats man.
I look forward to getting a hdtv, macbook pro, $1,000 gift card, and surround sound system )
RolltheStampede
20-06-2007 14:17:23
[quoteccbc368569="ILoveToys"]4200/5400 = 78% profit
Any I-deal site that the requirements haven't gone up (I'll use the 24" Dell LCD even though it's old as an example). I had to do 6 offers (all under $10) and get 1 ref who I did 3 more offers for on various sites, so I had a max of $90 into it and got a $1000 monitor (that is what I-Deal paid for it so don't give me crap about you could get it cheaper). Now that means a profit of $910 or 91% profit, and I only had to front $90, not $1200. I'm sorry, it's a lower payout ratio, and you have to put way too much out there for it to be worth the risk.
Now, yeah that's only a $1000 payout so let's say I do 5 of these sites, it costs me no more than $750 (and that's estimating on the extreme high side), for $5000. A profit of $4250 (more than you PTP site), and I invested only a little more than half of what you would on PTP. And BTW 4250/5000 = 85% profit, and remember my numbers are estimated in your favor. You could probably complete them cheaper than $750.
Now, I realize I-Deal "screwed you" in the past RTS, but more and more ppl are finding them to be legit, and the chances are they had some reason to DQ you that you don't like to tell us in your rants about it.
As far as PTP goes...It's just my opinion; to each their own.[/quoteccbc368569]
yeah the whole ideal thing would be nice i fthey actually credited the way they were suppose to and would payout what t hey are suppose to. but despite the price PTP was the esiest freebe site i have doen and they actually have customer service that you can get ahold of. And Ideal did dq me for no reason, my referal referal was dqed for repating offers and for some reason they decided to dq me too. im not saying do one or the other do them all for all i care, good luck finding 5 ideal sites that will payoutand credit the way its suppose to.
LucaBella
20-06-2007 16:09:03
[quotecd3ed681e1="RolltheStampede"][quotecd3ed681e1="ILoveToys"]4200/5400 = 78% profit
Any I-deal site that the requirements haven't gone up (I'll use the 24" Dell LCD even though it's old as an example). I had to do 6 offers (all under $10) and get 1 ref who I did 3 more offers for on various sites, so I had a max of $90 into it and got a $1000 monitor (that is what I-Deal paid for it so don't give me crap about you could get it cheaper). Now that means a profit of $910 or 91% profit, and I only had to front $90, not $1200. I'm sorry, it's a lower payout ratio, and you have to put way too much out there for it to be worth the risk.
Now, yeah that's only a $1000 payout so let's say I do 5 of these sites, it costs me no more than $750 (and that's estimating on the extreme high side), for $5000. A profit of $4250 (more than you PTP site), and I invested only a little more than half of what you would on PTP. And BTW 4250/5000 = 85% profit, and remember my numbers are estimated in your favor. You could probably complete them cheaper than $750.
Now, I realize I-Deal "screwed you" in the past RTS, but more and more ppl are finding them to be legit, and the chances are they had some reason to DQ you that you don't like to tell us in your rants about it.
As far as PTP goes...It's just my opinion; to each their own.[/quotecd3ed681e1]
yeah the whole ideal thing would be nice i fthey actually credited the way they were suppose to and would payout what t hey are suppose to. but despite the price PTP was the esiest freebe site i have doen and they actually have customer service that you can get ahold of. And Ideal did dq me for no reason, my referal referal was dqed for repating offers and for some reason they decided to dq me too. im not saying do one or the other do them all for all i care, good luck finding 5 ideal sites that will payoutand credit the way its suppose to.[/quotecd3ed681e1]
he does have a point... My mother did the washer and Dryer site and got a check for 2 grand... a few months later everyone else was offered 1250 for that site.... the plasma sites where they offered everyone 1000 bux and refused to ship the tv... I don't know if i could put 1200+ into a relatively unknown site though, now that burnlounge is gone...
we all need to do one of those foreign money games where everyone puts in 100 bux and once a month some person gets all the cash til everyone is paid... and we can let DudeLovesFinch hold all the cash...
casakid06
21-06-2007 07:09:48
thanks for the pics, i am definately gonna try this site out.
tylerc
24-07-2007 10:27:41
RolltheStampede
24-07-2007 10:32:46
one of the other links had a 46 inch sony, which i thik the bonus was a macbook pro, along with the surround and the 1,000 bonus
tylerc
24-07-2007 10:34:51
[quote7134c7bd16="RolltheStampede"]one of the other links had a 46 inch sony, which i thik the bonus was a macbook pro, along with the surround and the 1,000 bonus[/quote7134c7bd16]
shock
Was it 7 offers too?
RolltheStampede
24-07-2007 10:56:43
they are all 7 offers no matter the gift
bayarea05
11-08-2007 15:26:53
wow. u are crazy man!!
so in total, how long from start to finish??
RolltheStampede
13-08-2007 08:20:34
i needed to wait for manual so 8-9 weeks till i got a cert.
2-3 weeks for shipping
about 3 months standard diy time
RolltheStampede
29-08-2007 08:46:44
http//producttestpanel.com/wega/?lid=wega_41_prBR55inch&add_offerid=46693114&addomain=eleadstracker.com
55 wega/surround/bluray play/1,000 bonus
06pontiac
11-09-2007 21:15:48
RTS, do you have a link for the most profitable, or BEST Product Test Panel site to complete? Or anyone else? Really I want something that I can sell, because I need the cash.
RolltheStampede
12-09-2007 06:40:04
http//producttestpanel.com/snapper/index.b.php?lid=snapper-r1-b_5836_811&add_offerid=8731628&redir=1&addomain=eleadstracker.com&c1=
snapper/macbook/weed eater/1000
http//producttestpanel.com/appletv/?lid=appletv_41_prW5aplson&add_offerid=1899851&addomain=eleadstracker.com
atv and apple tv or somehing
http//producttestpanel.com/panplasma/?lid=panplasma_5063_ami&add_offerid=81567467
http//producttestpanel.com/bluvaio/?lid=bluvaio_2125_
vaio desktop/ camera/???/1000
06pontiac
12-09-2007 10:34:02
How much is the camera worth on that last one, and what is the ???. Does that mean there is no bonus or you just forgot what it was?
RolltheStampede
12-09-2007 10:35:39
when i did it i got a macbook pro instead of a camera and a check for 500 in blu rays but i didnt go through it to see what the gifts were.
i have no idea how much the camera goes for is say like 12 i think
bgarmon
26-09-2007 09:54:55
Just finished the product test panel for the sony LCD and apple box thingy today. The bonus for 30 days is a macbook pro and the 7th offer was another sony Wega Flat-screen. Total investment about 1400-1500. The sony LCD's on the market are 40 and 46 inch's so thats anywhere from 1700-2700 depending on which they send. Will let everyone know how things go. Support has been amazing with this company. Wish me luck.
manOFice
26-09-2007 10:04:10
[quotedc694a9fc0="bgarmon"]Just finished the product test panel for the sony LCD and apple box thingy today. The bonus for 30 days is a macbook pro and the 7th offer was another sony Wega Flat-screen. Total investment about 1400-1500. The sony LCD's on the market are 40 and 46 inch's so thats anywhere from 1700-2700 depending on which they send. Will let everyone know how things go. Support has been amazing with this company. Wish me luck.[/quotedc694a9fc0]
You have major balls and I tip my hat to you on your journey ;)
06pontiac
26-09-2007 10:21:12
Bgarmon, about how much money worth of products are you expecting to get out of this? And how much can you resell all of the products for? If this goes good for you, I will be doing the same thing. Good luck.
RolltheStampede
26-09-2007 11:16:08
[quote0e6bedfa38="bgarmon"]Just finished the product test panel for the sony LCD and apple box thingy today. The bonus for 30 days is a macbook pro and the 7th offer was another sony Wega Flat-screen. Total investment about 1400-1500. The sony LCD's on the market are 40 and 46 inch's so thats anywhere from 1700-2700 depending on which they send. Will let everyone know how things go. Support has been amazing with this company. Wish me luck.[/quote0e6bedfa38]
welcome the club )
RolltheStampede
26-09-2007 11:21:01
are you sure the 7th was a flat screen the 7th offer is alway a 1,000 gift crd i think you were reading the heading wrong.
I just hope they dont ship you a smaller sony tv lcd
http//www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665192800
bgarmon
26-09-2007 13:04:05
No it was defiantly another Flat Planel Tv...I have the email....but it wont show the pics of the TV any more just say's its a flat panel if you want I can forward you the email of the bonus offer. Something about my server changing. I got a new dsl modem/router(damn lightening) and haven't quite got all the kinks out of it.
It looked more like a rear projection like this........
http//www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=11035043
mariners1999
26-09-2007 13:12:18
[quotec80b9c2242="RolltheStampede"][quotec80b9c2242="bgarmon"]Just finished the product test panel for the sony LCD and apple box thingy today. The bonus for 30 days is a macbook pro and the 7th offer was another sony Wega Flat-screen. Total investment about 1400-1500. The sony LCD's on the market are 40 and 46 inch's so thats anywhere from 1700-2700 depending on which they send. Will let everyone know how things go. Support has been amazing with this company. Wish me luck.[/quotec80b9c2242]
welcome the club )[/quotec80b9c2242]
Honestly this company must have the BEST customer service I have ever had!!! I did this offer about the same time Roll did and was VERY happy with my prizes. After taxes and costs made just shy of 3k.
M
manOFice
26-09-2007 13:13:29
[quote8f50b50fb1="mariners1999"][quote8f50b50fb1="RolltheStampede"][quote8f50b50fb1="bgarmon"]Just finished the product test panel for the sony LCD and apple box thingy today. The bonus for 30 days is a macbook pro and the 7th offer was another sony Wega Flat-screen. Total investment about 1400-1500. The sony LCD's on the market are 40 and 46 inch's so thats anywhere from 1700-2700 depending on which they send. Will let everyone know how things go. Support has been amazing with this company. Wish me luck.[/quote8f50b50fb1]
welcome the club )[/quote8f50b50fb1]
Honestly this company must have the BEST customer service I have ever had!!! I did this offer about the same time Roll did and was VERY happy with my prizes. After taxes and costs made just shy of 3k.
M[/quote8f50b50fb1]
Just wish I had that cash to front this but that is a negative.
RolltheStampede
26-09-2007 13:39:25
but didnt you just get like 3 plasma in the past 2 months. are you using them as wall paper, sell those puppies
manOFice
26-09-2007 13:41:22
[quoteafdcab49e3="RolltheStampede"]but didnt you just get like 3 plasma in the past 2 months. are you using them as wall paper, sell those puppies[/quoteafdcab49e3]
I got 2 tv's, and i'm not selling them, they look very nice in my place ;)
mariners1999
26-09-2007 14:08:39
[quote8a5515cdf8="manOFice"][quote8a5515cdf8="RolltheStampede"]but didnt you just get like 3 plasma in the past 2 months. are you using them as wall paper, sell those puppies[/quote8a5515cdf8]
I got 2 tv's, and i'm not selling them, they look very nice in my place ;)[/quote8a5515cdf8]
Sell one..... get cash.... do ptp with that cash...... then buy 3 more with the money you make. D
RolltheStampede
26-09-2007 17:05:48
or do PTP and get 2 more tvs like the guy above you
fbskiracer
26-09-2007 22:20:43
How long does PTP take to credit an offer?
RolltheStampede
27-09-2007 07:02:30
30 days for the normal offers. 8 weeks and manual for the premiums
ghounds07
27-09-2007 07:19:14
anyone know what premium offers they have atm?
I'm waiting for the 2 cheap ones..
prizejunkie
27-09-2007 08:06:59
shhhh their listening.... lol
RolltheStampede
27-09-2007 08:43:26
there are never any cheap ones unless you consider 500 bucks cheap.
fbskiracer
28-09-2007 10:38:34
I guess before I jump into this, I am wondering if the Tax implications make this worthwhile.
I mean if you spend $1500 and get 5 grand, thats a $3500 profit. However wouldn't you also pay another $1500 in taxes?
Maybe I'm missing something here.
bgarmon
28-09-2007 14:25:00
Have a very good accountant......plus I am in a different tax bracket then most. Being disabled I get a break. Another thing is to know the fair market value of what you receive. That is invaluable to a good CPA.
ghounds07
30-09-2007 09:43:24
[quote990d63ab7a="RolltheStampede"]there are never any cheap ones unless you consider 500 bucks cheap.[/quote990d63ab7a]
yeah thats what I meant, right now there is only 1 $500 one correct? I think the next cheapest is like $800 or something
LucaBella
10-10-2007 03:00:09
[quote4cd040145b="ghounds07"][quote4cd040145b="RolltheStampede"]there are never any cheap ones unless you consider 500 bucks cheap.[/quote4cd040145b]
yeah thats what I meant, right now there is only 1 $500 one correct? I think the next cheapest is like $800 or something[/quote4cd040145b]
What you need to remember is that the "cheap" 500 dollar offer actually costs at least 600, because you have to keep that travel service for at least 2 months or you won't get anything.. Then the next cheapest is nearly 900 dollars for webhosting....
It's tough, cause I mean.. you could freaking just BUY a plasma for that.. I know you get more but still... so freaking much money upfront....
RolltheStampede
10-10-2007 06:17:19
whaa whaa, if its too much money dont do it. if you got it flaunt it and double your money
mariners1999
10-10-2007 10:30:37
[quote9454664cb1="RolltheStampede"]whaa whaa, if its too much money dont do it. if you got it flaunt it and double your money[/quote9454664cb1]
I agree with Roll as I did it as well however when I did it I had 2 500.00 offers so instead of 1500.00 out of pocket it was more like 1000. Makes quite a difference as that extra 500.00 paid my taxes.
M
LucaBella
10-10-2007 11:43:59
[quote59c6a1b544="RolltheStampede"]whaa whaa, if its too much money dont do it. if you got it flaunt it and double your money[/quote59c6a1b544]
I'm just saying, plan to spend more than the initial 500 because you have to keep the offers, that's important. I clearly see that if you have 1600 you could double your money, I know man...
Now loan me 1600 D
ghounds07
10-10-2007 13:33:02
I have the money to invest, just got $1500 worth of brandarma cards, if someone could tell me when they have those 2 $500 offers that would be awesome though, since there is a time limit if you want to get the bonus gifts and stuff.
thanks
RolltheStampede
10-10-2007 13:35:43
the other company was burnlounge, i think they went bankrupt or something so i doubt them will be coming back.
just pay the extra cash for the hosting
bgarmon
10-10-2007 16:38:01
I completed the site with the 600 and 860 dollar offer and I think I am making out like a bandit for the investment. I'm getting a 32" sony bravia lcd, a 40" sony bravia lcd, a macbook pro and an apple tv. I could barely buy the 40" sony bravia lcd for the price it took to comlete the site so everything else is a bonus.......1000 32", 2000 macbook pro, and whatever the apple tv thing costs 300-400. I'm just waiting on manual credit for the premium offers right now. Should be all said and received around christmas to boot.
RolltheStampede
29-02-2008 09:54:19
[quotea30de75b19="bgarmon"]I completed the site with the 600 and 860 dollar offer and I think I am making out like a bandit for the investment. I'm getting a 32" sony bravia lcd, a 40" sony bravia lcd, a macbook pro and an apple tv. I could barely buy the 40" sony bravia lcd for the price it took to comlete the site so everything else is a bonus.......1000 32", 2000 macbook pro, and whatever the apple tv thing costs 300-400. I'm just waiting on manual credit for the premium offers right now. Should be all said and received around christmas to boot.[/quotea30de75b19]
didi you ever get your stuff?
http//producttestpanel.com/rockband/?lid=rt-cnet_Gamespot(R)300x250guitarROCK
Rocking bundle
wiebelhaus03
17-03-2008 12:43:55
rts since your the expert on ptp, could u pm me the list of ptp sites you have? I'm especially looking for the best site for a macbook pro (not a macbook) Thanks!
freeipodplayer
17-03-2008 13:19:58
[quotea38456d5ed="wiebelhaus03"]rts since your the expert on ptp, could u pm me the list of ptp sites you have? I'm especially looking for the best site for a macbook pro (not a macbook) Thanks![/quotea38456d5ed]
Unless you plan on spending 2300 dollars on the last page, you should wait until it falls below 1300 again.
I have every site PTP is promoting.
wiebelhaus03
17-03-2008 15:38:35
freeipodplayer could you pm me that list please? I'd really appreciate it.
Also, to anyone who has received apple products from ptp....Do you know if they bought directly from apple or from a different place?
ghounds07
17-03-2008 16:25:04
How about freeipodplayer posts the list here? It's not they up the referrals or offers for these sites it is always the same so no reason to hide the links..
connorBC20
17-03-2008 17:32:04
Just to let you know, with this link http//producttestpanel.com/macbook/?lid=cj-00_textMB&PID=2210202
you can get 2 MBP ( when you are doing the survey make sure to say that you would like to see them be offered), a 1400 camera and a Video ipod.
RolltheStampede
18-03-2008 06:52:27
[quote8dc312e060="connorBC20"]you can get 2 MBP ([/quote8dc312e060]
I only see 1 mbp or did you mean to
connorBC20
18-03-2008 15:23:32
[quote24b6eaf0d9="RolltheStampede"][quote24b6eaf0d9="connorBC20"]you can get 2 MBP ([/quote24b6eaf0d9]
I only see 1 mbp or did you mean to[/quote24b6eaf0d9]
During the survey they ask you what gifts would you like to be offered more. If you select Macbook Pro then it will be your bonus gift.
RolltheStampede
18-03-2008 16:03:56
huh didnt know that where do they send you the bonus in the email or on the offer pages
wiebelhaus03
18-03-2008 16:07:51
in the offer pages instead of the $1000 cash
RolltheStampede
18-03-2008 16:11:01
nice find looks like i missed out on 1,000 bucks (
massman
24-03-2008 22:02:29
if you could buy the cheaper gym then it's worth it, but you have to buy the $1700 version
freeipodplayer
26-03-2008 17:09:28
Since plenty of people PM'd me for the PTP list... I uploaded it to my blog. If this is considered "SPAM", I will take the link down ASAP.
lieditli link taken out.
doylnea
26-03-2008 19:08:59
you should take that down since those are all affiliate links.
ghounds07
26-03-2008 21:45:52
just post em on the thread wow, hah
LucaBella
29-03-2008 23:43:33
[quoteff0aa844be="wiebelhaus03"]freeipodplayer could you pm me that list please? I'd really appreciate it.
Also, to anyone who has received apple products from ptp....Do you know if they bought directly from apple or from a different place?[/quoteff0aa844be]
A dif place. My mom got the old a week after the new ones came out. tried to take em to the apple store, they were like "no"
sucked...
baabaablacksheep
31-03-2008 19:49:43
Yea i recently took the plunge , should be getting a macbook air, macbook pro, imac 24", and ipod video. i don't think the oqo model 2 computer will be hard to resell, the only thing i'm worried about is the total gym. i'm prepared to take a large loss on this thing, but they are selling the same set on ebay for like $750 with free shipping, and being that this thing weighs about 100lbs shipping is gonna cost an arm and a leg. i'm gonna contact PTP about this offer specifically to see if i could return it within my "trial period" but not too hopeful. anyone have any ideas how i might minimize my losses here?
bruman
31-03-2008 19:53:18
[quotef45f29628c="baabaablacksheep"]Yea i recently took the plunge , should be getting a macbook air, macbook pro, imac 24", and iPod video. i don't think the oqo model 2 computer will be hard to resell, the only thing i'm worried about is the total gym. i'm prepared to take a large loss on this thing, but they are selling the same set on ebay for like $750 with free shipping, and being that this thing weighs about 100lbs shipping is gonna cost an arm and a leg. i'm gonna contact PTP about this offer specifically to see if i could return it within my "trial period" but not too hopeful. anyone have any ideas how i might minimize my losses here?[/quotef45f29628c]
If possible you could sell it to locals on craigs list.
steveyankee
31-03-2008 20:26:22
this sucks
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http//producttestpanel.com/images/sorry/sorry_04.gif[" alt=""/img21d052840b]
chewy
06-04-2008 13:49:36
has anyone made any progress with them lately? im still deciding to do it or not. did anyone buy anything on lovesac? cant decide what to do. big reward.. i am thinking of the 2000 lowes gift card, macbook pro. i would like to know if i need to keep the gym set to receive my prize
zr2152
06-04-2008 15:57:11
[quote10db0bcaec="chewy"]has anyone made any progress with them lately? im still deciding to do it or not. did anyone buy anything on lovesac? cant decide what to do. big reward.. i am thinking of the 2000 lowes gift card, macbook pro. i would like to know if i need to keep the gym set to receive my prize[/quote10db0bcaec]
I think your best bet would be to just resell it.
soccerbud
07-04-2008 03:02:00
I am wondering why no one does the euro rail pass?
you can keep cancel anytime within 1 year and only pay 15% penalty
doylnea
07-04-2008 06:42:59
[quote1cd65f47f3="soccerbud"]I am wondering why no one does the euro rail pass?
you can keep cancel anytime within 1 year and only pay 15% penalty[/quote1cd65f47f3]
Be very careful about your next post. I've banned folks for less overt cancellation talk.
baabaablacksheep
11-04-2008 07:46:10
I just sold my Total Gym the other day on craigslist for a whopping $400. You can get em on ebay new for like $500 shipped. If i do another offer with them I think i would look into doing lovesac and buying gift cards.
RolltheStampede
11-04-2008 07:58:51
lovesac has giftcards?
chewy
11-04-2008 09:08:24
[quotea4c9db77c2="RolltheStampede"]lovesac has giftcards?[/quotea4c9db77c2]
no
RolltheStampede
11-04-2008 11:34:59
i didnt think so but those couches look kinda comfy
wiebelhaus03
12-04-2008 07:32:19
no there's no giftcards for lovesac (
RTS how long did it take to receive all your stuff after you submitted your MCR's for PTP?
baabaablacksheep
12-04-2008 14:19:07
eh i thought i read that someone said there were giftcards. sux cuz that would be easier to resell. i imagine it would be a little ruff tryin to resell furniture.
So if I were to do another offer could i buy another OQO computer and another Home gym on the last page? it's not like there are a whole lot of options if you do want to do it again.
wiebelhaus03
12-04-2008 16:19:22
you can only do one ptp site......after your first one you're done so you better pick a good one the first time!
massman
13-04-2008 14:46:08
so there's a lovesac offer sometimes on the last page? I've never seen it...what're the terms?
wiebelhaus03
13-04-2008 18:48:25
if you check your status you'll see all 4 offers....the terms for lovesac is to buy at least $1500
RolltheStampede
13-04-2008 18:55:30
[quote314f02cd51="wiebelhaus03"]no there's no giftcards for lovesac (
RTS how long did it take to receive all your stuff after you submitted your MCR's for PTP?[/quote314f02cd51]
i think after they got my credit i got my certificae in a few days, after i sent in my certificate i recieved my gifts in a few weeks i think. it has been almost a year though do some searching to check my timeline.
ghounds07
14-04-2008 01:34:13
man my friend just bought a lovesac this year too...too bad I didn't know about that offer sooner would have been nice...oh well
freeipodplayer
14-04-2008 18:10:53
Just completed my offers. 8)
wiebelhaus03
14-04-2008 22:27:19
which site?
ghounds07
15-04-2008 13:05:38
total cost?
wiebelhaus03
15-04-2008 13:39:39
total cost is a minimum of $3000+
wiebelhaus03
24-04-2008 05:24:12
just completed all my offers yesterday, costed $3700 shock
jman23s
24-04-2008 06:09:50
what site? link?
massman
24-04-2008 18:11:18
i would leave this site to DIY pros for those considering it.
wiebelhaus03
24-04-2008 18:36:13
[quote1f1353ba80="jman23s"]what site? link?[/quote1f1353ba80]
I did it for the macbook air, don't have the link at the moment but it's not very hard to find it's advertised everywhere.
and ya ptp is definitely not the best start to start with for your first diy haha
I'll keep everyone updated how it goes
ashilef
24-04-2008 19:12:14
[quote575f182eaf="massman"]i would leave this site to DIY pros for those considering it.[/quote575f182eaf]
Hmm and what's the criteria for being a DIY "pro"? I'm just curious as to what your defintion is...
doylnea
24-04-2008 20:08:47
could we please try not to fight. great, thanks.
massman
24-04-2008 20:37:45
[quote7f6840d4c5="ashilef"][quote7f6840d4c5="massman"]i would leave this site to DIY pros for those considering it.[/quote7f6840d4c5]
Hmm and what's the criteria for being a DIY "pro"? I'm just curious as to what your defintion is...[/quote7f6840d4c5]
i only meant people who have made enough out of the DIY scene where even if they don't get the gifts, they're still having a healthy net profit.
IE I make about an extra 10k/year on DIY's. I'm not saying I'm a pro, because freeipodplayer probably makes 2-3x as much as me (at least this year)...but I'm at least experienced enough where if PTP fucked me, it wouldn't be the end of the world. (this is not me bragging, I know there are people on here RTS/ManofIce/etc who make even more, and I would argue, [especially in the case of RTS] have a better understanding on some of these sites than i do)
My basic logic being, if you haven't made at least a 2k profit off of DIY, I don't think it's the greatest idea on doing their sites.
But alas, I'm not a financial advisor, I'm a male nurse )
ashilef
24-04-2008 22:38:53
[quote22ccf8a2c8="doylnea"]could we please try not to fight. great, thanks.[/quote22ccf8a2c8]
I was asking a legitimate question.
ashilef
24-04-2008 22:47:52
[quote52bf4a34cf="massman"][quote52bf4a34cf="ashilef"][quote52bf4a34cf="massman"]i would leave this site to DIY pros for those considering it.[/quote52bf4a34cf]
Hmm and what's the criteria for being a DIY "pro"? I'm just curious as to what your defintion is...[/quote52bf4a34cf]
i only meant people who have made enough out of the DIY scene where even if they don't get the gifts, they're still having a healthy net profit.
IE I make about an extra 10k/year on DIY's. I'm not saying I'm a pro, because freeipodplayer probably makes 2-3x as much as me (at least this year)...but I'm at least experienced enough where if PTP fucked me, it wouldn't be the end of the world. (this is not me bragging, I know there are people on here RTS/ManofIce/etc who make even more, and I would argue, [especially in the case of RTS] have a better understanding on some of these sites than i do)
My basic logic being, if you haven't made at least a 2k profit off of DIY, I don't think it's the greatest idea on doing their sites.
But alas, I'm not a financial advisor, I'm a male nurse )[/quote52bf4a34cf]
Ok well that makes sense when you put it that way. I didn't know that there was more to it. When I thought of pro I just thought it was based on how long the person had been doing it, not on how much a person makes from it.
RolltheStampede
25-04-2008 07:10:21
It doesnt really matter as long as you do your research before you jump into it. Im scooped out PTP for a good 2 months before i finally did them and i talked with someone who had done it before me about it before i did it.
there have even been a few sites that I checked out for too long and it then turned out to be legit before I did it.
I guess it just all boils down to if you have the money to risk if you think there is a risk and if you have done you research on the site and feel comfortable about it.
also wen i did it i didnt have as much out of pocket as they do now.
Mine was about 1300 OOP of which 1,000 i had just got from Brandarama but 3700 is a big chunk of change as well.
slambam
26-04-2008 22:33:56
So what are teh best PTP sites out there right now? I'm considering this one....
http//producttestpanel.com/lowesgc/?lid=lowesgc_5063_&add_offerid=296692&addomain=ileadsoffers.com
$2000 Lowes + 50" Samsung plasma TV + TiVo + $1000 check I believe for doing everything within a day.
macbook733
27-04-2008 10:06:38
[quote5da6b4dfbe="slambam"]... $1000 check I believe for doing everything within a day.[/quote5da6b4dfbe]
You definitely want to answer all the questions in those surveys when you sign up, esp. the ones about which gifts you would like to see. If you select flat screen tvs you can get another 50" plasma (it comes up as your bonus 7th offer instead of the generic $1000 G.C.). You can also select a macbook pro, a macbook air, etc., and those will be your gifts instead. So basically you're looking at $2000 lowe's GC, 50" samsung TV, tivo, and either $2k TV or similarly priced laptop. Total value of around $5500-6000, for about $3700 spent. Not too shabby...
mookieb2
27-04-2008 17:46:12
nice tip thx. Gonna take the plunge as soon as the wife gets her head wrapped around spending out that much.
Kind of shocking when you think about the cost of it.
ashilef
27-04-2008 21:13:33
[quoted29e257101="mookieb2"]nice tip thx. Gonna take the plunge as soon as the wife gets her head wrapped around spending out that much.
Kind of shocking when you think about the cost of it.[/quoted29e257101]
yea it is a lot up front, but I think the payout is really worth it.
diggy
27-04-2008 21:51:31
What type of offers are we looking at for those tv's and gift cards?
macbook733
27-04-2008 23:52:16
mostly standard offers like you'd find on any freebie site, but there are the 2 at the end that will cost you over $3500 up front. I would strongly recommend signing up for the offer first using a fake email/information so you can navigate through all the offers you will be required to complete. That way you will get a feel for the site before you actually complete any offers, because you really dont want to screw something up when it's go-time.
Actually, I would say that's pretty standard advice for just about any website, because sometimes you really don't know what to expect until you check out all the requirements. Don't just take someone's word for what you have to do- check it out yourself.
dmorris68
28-04-2008 06:19:58
[quote49b7975fdd="macbook733"]mostly standard offers like you'd find on any freebie site, but there are the 2 at the end that will cost you over $3500 up front. I would strongly recommend signing up for the offer first using a fake email/information so you can navigate through all the offers you will be required to complete. That way you will get a feel for the site before you actually complete any offers, because you really dont want to screw something up when it's go-time.
Actually, I would say that's pretty standard advice for just about any website, because sometimes you really don't know what to expect until you check out all the requirements. Don't just take someone's word for what you have to do- check it out yourself.[/quote49b7975fdd]
BAD ADVICE! Signing up first with bogus info will wind up disqualifying you, as your IP will be the same unless you go to some lengths to prevent it.
Just signup with your legit info -- you can still see all the offers required before you start. If you don't like the offer mix, just don't do any and move on. Or you can keep checking back for better offers -- the offers aren't locked in to your signup, if they change for anybody, they'll change for you too.
doylnea
28-04-2008 06:30:55
[quoteaf84e95078="dmorris68"][quoteaf84e95078="macbook733"]mostly standard offers like you'd find on any freebie site, but there are the 2 at the end that will cost you over $3500 up front. I would strongly recommend signing up for the offer first using a fake email/information so you can navigate through all the offers you will be required to complete. That way you will get a feel for the site before you actually complete any offers, because you really dont want to screw something up when it's go-time.
Actually, I would say that's pretty standard advice for just about any website, because sometimes you really don't know what to expect until you check out all the requirements. Don't just take someone's word for what you have to do- check it out yourself.[/quoteaf84e95078]
BAD ADVICE! Signing up first with bogus info will wind up disqualifying you, as your IP will be the same unless you go to some lengths to prevent it.
Just signup with your legit info -- you can still see all the offers required before you start. If you don't like the offer mix, just don't do any and move on. Or you can keep checking back for better offers -- the offers aren't locked in to your signup, if they change for anybody, they'll change for you too.[/quoteaf84e95078]
Actually, there's a time component to registration and offer completion on PTP site. That doesn't change the fact that it's a bad idea to sign up more than once on this or any site.
dmorris68
28-04-2008 06:48:14
I didn't remember that PTP had an expiration, but still, as you say, it's a bad idea.
macbook733
28-04-2008 09:32:51
BAD ADVICE! Signing up first with bogus info will wind up disqualifying you, as your IP will be the same unless you go to some lengths to prevent it.
Just signup with your legit info -- you can still see all the offers required before you start. If you don't like the offer mix, just don't do any and move on. Or you can keep checking back for better offers -- the offers aren't locked in to your signup, if they change for anybody, they'll change for you too.
...Actually, there's a time component to registration and offer completion on PTP site. That doesn't change the fact that it's a bad idea to sign up more than once on this or any site.
I apologize for not pointing that fact out in my earlier post. Yes, you need to be aware that they collect the IP of everyone who signs up for an account with them. That said, while I understand why you guys are reluctant to recommend a test-signup with bogus info, as long you use a different computer/network for your actual account, you will be fine. I think it is extremely foolish to sign away over $3500 without first knowing what you're getting into, and by letting time lapse, as dmorris recommends, you'll miss out on the additional gift (the 50" plasma in this case). I guess my point was that it's a large investment, and you shouldn't just take the word of strangers on a board as gospel -including mine.
mariners1999
28-04-2008 15:51:41
[quotefd838a6598="macbook733"][quotefd838a6598="slambam"]... $1000 check I believe for doing everything within a day.[/quotefd838a6598]
You definitely want to answer all the questions in those surveys when you sign up, esp. the ones about which gifts you would like to see. If you select flat screen tvs you can get another 50" plasma (it comes up as your bonus 7th offer instead of the generic $1000 G.C.). You can also select a macbook pro, a macbook air, etc., and those will be your gifts instead. So basically you're looking at $2000 lowe's GC, 50" samsung TV, tivo, and either $2k TV or similarly priced laptop. Total value of around $5500-6000, for about $3700 spent. Not too shabby...[/quotefd838a6598]
I did this back when it only cost about $1500 to complete. The only advise I will say is remember you will be taxed on the ENTIRE amount you receive. So if you spend say 3700.00 and get 5500.00 and you will have to pay tax at say 15% you will only really make 975.00 profit after tax..... Pretty big risk vs. little reward but that is just mho.
M
RolltheStampede
28-04-2008 16:17:58
but Uncle Sam will love you for it
P
macbook733
28-04-2008 21:11:22
[quote8e0c800ee1="mariners1999"][quote8e0c800ee1="macbook733"][quote8e0c800ee1="slambam"]... $1000 check I believe for doing everything within a day.[/quote8e0c800ee1]
You definitely want to answer all the questions in those surveys when you sign up, esp. the ones about which gifts you would like to see. If you select flat screen tvs you can get another 50" plasma (it comes up as your bonus 7th offer instead of the generic $1000 G.C.). You can also select a macbook pro, a macbook air, etc., and those will be your gifts instead. So basically you're looking at $2000 lowe's GC, 50" samsung TV, tivo, and either $2k TV or similarly priced laptop. Total value of around $5500-6000, for about $3700 spent. Not too shabby...[/quote8e0c800ee1]
I did this back when it only cost about $1500 to complete. The only advise I will say is remember you will be taxed on the ENTIRE amount you receive. So if you spend say 3700.00 and get 5500.00 and you will have to pay tax at say 15% you will only really make 975.00 profit after tax..... Pretty big risk vs. little reward but that is just mho.
M[/quote8e0c800ee1]
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but that figure is assuming that you are just out the $3700 you had to front for the offers. Assuming you were able to sign up before they took the mini computer down (which would be fairly easy to resell) and got creative with the other big offer, your total cost comes down to somewhere in the neighborhood of $600. Take the $4075 you netted from your gifts after being taxed (granted, this is still assuming a paltry 15% rate), and you have a profit of MINIMUM $3500. It seems like you're taking a larger risk because of the upfront cash, but you are practically guaranteed to get all but $600 (which is the absolute worst case scenario- you complete offers, but no credit is given) back.
mariners1999
29-04-2008 10:36:02
[quote0beb612af6="macbook733"][quote0beb612af6="mariners1999"][quote0beb612af6="macbook733"][quote0beb612af6="slambam"]... $1000 check I believe for doing everything within a day.[/quote0beb612af6]
You definitely want to answer all the questions in those surveys when you sign up, esp. the ones about which gifts you would like to see. If you select flat screen tvs you can get another 50" plasma (it comes up as your bonus 7th offer instead of the generic $1000 G.C.). You can also select a macbook pro, a macbook air, etc., and those will be your gifts instead. So basically you're looking at $2000 lowe's GC, 50" samsung TV, tivo, and either $2k TV or similarly priced laptop. Total value of around $5500-6000, for about $3700 spent. Not too shabby...[/quote0beb612af6]
I did this back when it only cost about $1500 to complete. The only advise I will say is remember you will be taxed on the ENTIRE amount you receive. So if you spend say 3700.00 and get 5500.00 and you will have to pay tax at say 15% you will only really make 975.00 profit after tax..... Pretty big risk vs. little reward but that is just mho.
M[/quote0beb612af6]
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but that figure is assuming that you are just out the $3700 you had to front for the offers. Assuming you were able to sign up before they took the mini computer down (which would be fairly easy to resell) and got creative with the other big offer, your total cost comes down to somewhere in the neighborhood of $600. Take the $4075 you netted from your gifts after being taxed (granted, this is still assuming a paltry 15% rate), and you have a profit of MINIMUM $3500. It seems like you're taking a larger risk because of the upfront cash, but you are practically guaranteed to get all but $600 (which is the absolute worst case scenario- you complete offers, but no credit is given) back.[/quote0beb612af6]
I don't have any idea what the other offers are..... When I did this site I was out about 1200.00 and my 2 big offers were a TOTAL waste of money. One was a MLM scam called burnlounge and the other was another MLM scam called YTB travel. I was out about 1200 between the two so if you can get something that has value to sell and you only luse like 600.00 you are better off then I was when I did the site. Good Luck!
M
freeipodplayer
29-04-2008 14:04:00
[quote83cd03a45f="massman"][quote83cd03a45f="ashilef"][quote83cd03a45f="massman"]i would leave this site to DIY pros for those considering it.[/quote83cd03a45f]
Hmm and what's the criteria for being a DIY "pro"? I'm just curious as to what your defintion is...[/quote83cd03a45f]
i only meant people who have made enough out of the DIY scene where even if they don't get the gifts, they're still having a healthy net profit.
IE I make about an extra 10k/year on DIY's. I'm not saying I'm a pro, because [b83cd03a45f]freeipodplayer[/b83cd03a45f] probably makes 2-3x as much as me (at least this year)...but I'm at least experienced enough where if PTP fucked me, it wouldn't be the end of the world. (this is not me bragging, I know there are people on here RTS/ManofIce/etc who make even more, and I would argue, [especially in the case of RTS] have a better understanding on some of these sites than i do)
My basic logic being, if you haven't made at least a 2k profit off of DIY, I don't think it's the greatest idea on doing their sites.
But alas, I'm not a financial advisor, I'm a male nurse )[/quote83cd03a45f]
lol, thanks for the shout out.
In actuality i've received over 6k worth of gifts so far this year. With alottttttt more to come.
doylnea
29-04-2008 14:11:20
[quote2dd1bc000a="freeipodplayer"][quote2dd1bc000a="massman"][quote2dd1bc000a="ashilef"][quote2dd1bc000a="massman"]i would leave this site to DIY pros for those considering it.[/quote2dd1bc000a]
Hmm and what's the criteria for being a DIY "pro"? I'm just curious as to what your defintion is...[/quote2dd1bc000a]
i only meant people who have made enough out of the DIY scene where even if they don't get the gifts, they're still having a healthy net profit.
IE I make about an extra 10k/year on DIY's. I'm not saying I'm a pro, because [b2dd1bc000a]freeipodplayer[/b2dd1bc000a] probably makes 2-3x as much as me (at least this year)...but I'm at least experienced enough where if PTP fucked me, it wouldn't be the end of the world. (this is not me bragging, I know there are people on here RTS/ManofIce/etc who make even more, and I would argue, [especially in the case of RTS] have a better understanding on some of these sites than i do)
My basic logic being, if you haven't made at least a 2k profit off of DIY, I don't think it's the greatest idea on doing their sites.
But alas, I'm not a financial advisor, I'm a male nurse )[/quote2dd1bc000a]
lol, thanks for the shout out.
In actuality i've received over 6k worth of gifts so far this year. With alottttttt more to come.[/quote2dd1bc000a]
You also complete offers with intentions to fraud. I'd say that makes you anything but a pro.
DRay9911
29-04-2008 15:23:14
i don't think you should try and tackle a PTP site based on what you have received in the past/future from DIY sites.
i think it should be based on if you have the cash (read job) to work on one and could take the hit financially if it doesn't work out.
even with a decent job, this type of site goes above and beyond the normal (yfd, nuitech and even i-deal) DIY. i'd never dish out that much cash on what should be "trial" offers.
-dan
[quote47d5f3ca90="massman"][quote47d5f3ca90="ashilef"][quote47d5f3ca90="massman"]i would leave this site to DIY pros for those considering it.[/quote47d5f3ca90]
Hmm and what's the criteria for being a DIY "pro"? I'm just curious as to what your defintion is...[/quote47d5f3ca90]
i only meant people who have made enough out of the DIY scene where even if they don't get the gifts, they're still having a healthy net profit.
IE I make about an extra 10k/year on DIY's. I'm not saying I'm a pro, because freeipodplayer probably makes 2-3x as much as me (at least this year)...but I'm at least experienced enough where if PTP fucked me, it wouldn't be the end of the world. (this is not me bragging, I know there are people on here RTS/ManofIce/etc who make even more, and I would argue, [especially in the case of RTS] have a better understanding on some of these sites than i do)
[b47d5f3ca90]My basic logic being, if you haven't made at least a 2k profit off of DIY, I don't think it's the greatest idea on doing their sites.[/b47d5f3ca90]
But alas, I'm not a financial advisor, I'm a male nurse )[/quote47d5f3ca90]
hum1m9e8r8b
29-04-2008 17:39:53
On the bonus offers do you have to do everything in 1 day (including signing up for the site), or do you just have to complete all your offers in 1 day?
-hum
wiebelhaus03
29-04-2008 17:49:51
you must sign up for the site same day as well. They don't mind if you sign up with a different email address the day you complete your offers though
soccerbud
29-04-2008 20:32:38
[quote3a0547b118="hum1m9e8r8b"]On the bonus offers do you have to do everything in 1 day (including signing up for the site), or do you just have to complete all your offers in 1 day?
-hum[/quote3a0547b118]
you have to complete all the offers on the same day. And from what I understand, it will cost your anywhere between $3500-$4000 to complete all the offers.
zr2152
29-04-2008 20:43:50
PTP allows manual credit for all their offers I believe so I do not see how it wouldn't work out.
But yes, have a real job and food finances. I might do one when I am looking to move or take a trip or something.
box86rowh
30-04-2008 10:27:10
I have done two of these sites over the past year. Right now I am waiting the required 60 days to request manual for the 2 expensive offers(did club furniture and the OQO computer). My gifts will be the base gift of the Macbook Air, an Imac 24" all-in-one desktop for completeing in one day, a 160gb ipod video for completing one of two select offers on the first page and a $1000 dollar visa card for a seventh offer(did not know about the question on the survey at the time). I spent around $3500 on it...and to the questions sure to follow I did ask if I was allowed to complete this site after doing the first one and was told I could. It is like YFD, different domain names. Also on the first site I did Rooms-To-Go and the YTB offer.
ashilef
30-04-2008 11:35:33
[quote5227d71647="DRay9911"]i don't think you should try and tackle a PTP site based on what you have received in the past/future from DIY sites.
i think it should be based on if you [b5227d71647]have the cash (read job)[/b5227d71647] to work on one and could take the hit financially if it doesn't work out.
even with a decent job, this type of site goes above and beyond the normal (yfd, nuitech and even i-deal) DIY. i'd never dish out that much cash on what should be "trial" offers.
-dan
[/quote5227d71647]
I totally agree. A lot of times I notice that people are almost depending on the freebie money. As I understand it this is supposed to be a fun hobby (well I think it is anyway). In other words don't quit your day job. )
massman
30-04-2008 20:11:37
[quoted7d2243e18="ashilef"][quoted7d2243e18="DRay9911"]i don't think you should try and tackle a PTP site based on what you have received in the past/future from DIY sites.
i think it should be based on if you [bd7d2243e18]have the cash (read job)[/bd7d2243e18] to work on one and could take the hit financially if it doesn't work out.
even with a decent job, this type of site goes above and beyond the normal (yfd, nuitech and even i-deal) DIY. i'd never dish out that much cash on what should be "trial" offers.
-dan
[/quoted7d2243e18]
I totally agree. A lot of times I notice that people are almost depending on the freebie money. As I understand it this is supposed to be a fun hobby (well I think it is anyway). In other words don't quit your day job. )[/quoted7d2243e18]
Yar! My freebie addiction pretty much pays for the random shit I wouldn't otherwise buy...or at least couldn't justify the expense
rustvyper
01-05-2008 07:53:13
curious about the car loan...anyone done this? is there a minimum amount you have to borrow? I'm thinking if you bought a 3 or 4k beater that gets good mileage, then paid off the loan you'd be out peanuts. Any thoughts?
zr2152
01-05-2008 07:55:52
interest
tylerc
01-05-2008 08:09:09
If you paid it off within the first month, could there still be interest?
rustvyper
01-05-2008 08:13:45
exactly...minimum amount at least.
zr2152
01-05-2008 08:29:20
[quote8b0a5d719a="tylerc"]If you paid it off within the first month, could there still be interest?[/quote8b0a5d719a]
Yes. Usually how loans work is that when you apply for the loan and figure out the amount you want, the monthly payments are made including interest. For both car loans that I applied with from my bank, that is how it worked.
That is how they make the money. You can still pay it off in the first month but you are still going to be paying the interest. I'm not quite sure how this Road Loans offer is but I'm sure it is the same way.
manOFice
01-05-2008 08:38:30
stupid car loans.. i have two and don't need another
doylnea
01-05-2008 08:45:47
there's a $7500 minimum required for RoadLoans.
zr2152
01-05-2008 08:50:34
[quote46f695134b="doylnea"]there's a $7500 minimum required for RoadLoans.[/quote46f695134b]
Ouch. You're probably looking at almost 10K with that offer then.
lol
rustvyper
01-05-2008 09:13:21
really? i've paid off a few car loans just by paying the principle. You just get a pay-off quote. That doesn't include insterest. Some banks tried for a while to prohibite you from paying off early, but those lost court cases. Some still charge early pay-off fees, but those are capped on what they can charge. in short, you won't be paying interest...still $7500 is purty steep!
dmorris68
01-05-2008 09:58:22
No, you don't pay the entire term's interest when you pay off a loan early -- you only pay the interest you've accumulated up to that point. When you sign a loan, you are shown what the total amount paid over the term of the loan (3/4/5/6 years, whatever) will be, including interest. However, that interest is accrued over the life of the loan, not all at day one. All but the most shady & predatory lenders allow you to payoff the loan at any time, with no penalties, paying only the interest accrued up until that point.
Interest is compounded daily with most simple interest loans like car loans, so if you pay off a loan 2 weeks after got it, you would only be subject to 2 weeks worth of interest. Now granted, the interest is amortized to the front-end of the loan, with your first payments going mostly to interest, so a 2-week payoff would probably cost you roughly 1/3 to 1/2 of a monthly payment in interest (so, say, no more than $150 of a $300 payment).
rustvyper
01-05-2008 10:21:31
oops, forgot to include that. thanks. That's what I meant at the begining. Pay off the loan w/minimum interest. Still though...now you have a car that's depreciating soon as you pay for it. If you needed a car though...might be a way to kill 2 birds w/one stone
doylnea
01-05-2008 10:57:23
Most of the Loan offers require that you keep the loan for some period of time, so that the originator can get their full interest expectation out of you. That is, you pay the loan plus interest amount for whatever period the loan is written for, whether you pay it off in 2 days, or in 5 years (assuming 5 years is the loan period).
ghounds07
01-05-2008 11:09:28
do you need to buy a car with the loan tho?
dmorris68
01-05-2008 11:17:44
[quote320cfb2923="doylnea"]Most of the Loan offers require that you keep the loan for some period of time, so that the originator can get their full interest expectation out of you. That is, you pay the loan plus interest amount for whatever period the loan is written for, whether you pay it off in 2 days, or in 5 years (assuming 5 years is the loan period).[/quote320cfb2923]
So you're saying these offers penalize you for early payoff? None of the ones I've ever used have done that, including ELOAN, which is backed by RoadLoans. But maybe they have different terms for these freebie offers.
I've had many loans in my life, and I only remember one that had an early payoff penalty (it was a 15-year 2nd mortgage with a minimum 3 year term; after 3 years, no penalty). That said, I never tried to pay one off THAT early -- maybe halfway through the term, when I had already paid most of the total interest anyway.
But typically, my final payoff amounts have been remaining principle + pro-rated interest since the last payment, as far as I can remember. That's why you always have to call to get the exact payoff amount as of the payoff date, because the payoff amount varies -- every day extra you take to pay it off, you accrue another day of interest. If it was always a flat amount (i.e. just the total of your remaining payments, which would include the the whole term's interest) then they wouldn't need to compute pro-rated interest, they'd just ask you to pay the remaining payment total.
dmorris68
01-05-2008 11:24:39
[quote83140f76c3="ghounds07"]do you need to buy a car with the loan tho?[/quote83140f76c3]
Of course. You don't get credit for the offer until the loan is funded, and the loan will only be funded against an auto purchase.
RolltheStampede
01-05-2008 17:40:51
you could refinance a current loan
dmorris68
01-05-2008 18:01:27
[quote173cf827f9="RolltheStampede"]you could refinance a current loan[/quote173cf827f9]
True, but only a car loan. I assumed he was asking about using the money for other, non-auto-related purposes.
rustvyper
02-05-2008 08:06:18
heehee! like $ to pay for the rest of those offers...train tix to europe anyone?
RolltheStampede
02-05-2008 08:14:01
[quotea025b4168c]Q What terms do you offer (months)? What if I want a shorter term?
A We always approve you for the longest term possible. If you wish to pay the loan back sooner, just increase your monthly payments to the lender. The loan is a simple interest loan and carries no penalty for early payment. The choice is yours![/quotea025b4168c]
dmorris68
02-05-2008 12:01:21
[quotec024ba5df1="rustvyper"]heehee! like $ to pay for the rest of those offers...[bc024ba5df1]train tix to europe anyone?[/bc024ba5df1][/quotec024ba5df1]
Tell me where I can buy those and I'll be first in line. I'll be sure to pack my scuba gear too.
;)
[quotec024ba5df1="RolltheStampede"][quotec024ba5df1]Q What terms do you offer (months)? What if I want a shorter term?
A We always approve you for the longest term possible. If you wish to pay the loan back sooner, just increase your monthly payments to the lender. The loan is a simple interest loan and carries no penalty for early payment. The choice is yours![/quotec024ba5df1][/quotec024ba5df1]
That seems a bit sneaky to me. By setting up the loan for the longest possible term, they know most people will get suckered by the lower monthly payment and stick with the longer term, therefore resulting in greater total interest paid. Most of your reputable lenders set the terms of loan to whatever you prefer, while still allowing you to pay it off early.
RolltheStampede
02-05-2008 14:32:33
they terms are 3-6 for a refinance and 2-6 for new loans seems prety standard to me.
this offer is actualy right up my ally might give it a go
rustvyper
05-05-2008 09:00:56
hmmm...you guys can maybe check my math on this one. I'm seriously considering the roadloans. My only hang up is all they have is the stupid love sack & rail europe packages. If only they still had rooms to go kids or the website package! Oh well...
Anyway, right now I have a 00 Ford Exploder. All paid off but w/190000k on it!
assuming w/gas at $3.50/gallon & going up, & I drive around 25k miles/yr @ 20mpg, that's $4500 in yearly gas $.
buying a 04 honda civic hybrid @ around $10k (there's one for sale nearby for 9800 w/104k miles) that chops my gas bill (conservatively) by $2k/yr.
Road loans is offering 36mo @ 7.2%, so that puts me paying roughly over $1100 for a 10k loan w/$300/mnth payments.
Check me here guys, but that means my car will pay the loan interest in the first year, correct?
+...2100 in tax credit, not much, but cover some of the free gift bill
+...2k lowes card, 50in tv (1800), tivo, & 1k or laptop (which I need)
-...~1500 for other offer.
What am I missing here? anything? 'preciate you guys fact checking me!
dmorris68
05-05-2008 11:09:50
Those figures on the car savings sound about right, but 7.2% sounds kinda high for a 36 month term. Maybe not though, since it's used, but when I was shopping for my daughter's car I was initially shopping for a used Civic until I realized that, due to their high resale, a new one was just a little more than a 3 year old one with low mileage. So I bought her a new 2008 Civic and got a 5.9% for 60 months from both Capital One's Blank Check auto loan as well as Honda Credit (who initially came back at 6.19% but then matched my Capital One offer). 36 months would have been closer to 4.9% probably. Used runs higher on APR, but I didn't remember it being lithatli much higher.
soccerbud
06-05-2008 13:27:48
[quote540c442fd4="rustvyper"]hmmm...you guys can maybe check my math on this one. I'm seriously considering the roadloans. My only hang up is all they have is the stupid love sack & rail europe packages. If only they still had rooms to go kids or the website package! Oh well...
Anyway, right now I have a 00 Ford Exploder. All paid off but w/190000k on it!
assuming w/gas at $3.50/gallon & going up, & I drive around 25k miles/yr @ 20mpg, that's $4500 in yearly gas $.
buying a 04 honda civic hybrid @ around $10k (there's one for sale nearby for 9800 w/104k miles) that chops my gas bill (conservatively) by $2k/yr.
Road loans is offering 36mo @ 7.2%, so that puts me paying roughly over $1100 for a 10k loan w/$300/mnth payments.
Check me here guys, but that means my car will pay the loan interest in the first year, correct?
+...2100 in tax credit, not much, but cover some of the free gift bill
+...2k lowes card, 50in tv (1800), tivo, & 1k or laptop (which I need)
-...~1500 for other offer.
What am I missing here? anything? 'preciate you guys fact checking me![/quote540c442fd4]
I am weary about doing any offers with plasma tv's b'c their values (especially resale values) are quickly dropping. If you google around, the plasma is selling roughly $400-$700 less than the advertised $1800 because a newer generation of plasma tv's are coming out soon.
RolltheStampede
06-05-2008 17:58:48
macs are probably your best bet
baabaablacksheep
07-05-2008 19:25:38
just wanted to note that i see on my account page where it lists some of the offers, the RoadLoans says it only requires a $2000 minimum loan.
Also towards the end of this month I will be requesting manual credit for my offers. Almost there!
bradjohnson08
10-05-2008 20:34:07
It does say min 2,000 on the PTP site but i called roadloans and the minimum the lady told me was a $7,500 loan for all the loans. Also, if you plan on doin the roadloans offer make sure you pass the basic credentials which the customer rep told me was "18 or older, 55+ credit score, and $2,2000 gross monthly income".... because if you do it all in a day and find out your denied the loan the next you missed out on your free gift for doin it all in one day.
RolltheStampede
12-05-2008 06:04:43
55+ do you mean 550?
bradjohnson08
12-05-2008 08:44:19
haha... ya, did that in a hurry.... but now on PTP it says it requires a new car purchase.... who knows...
RolltheStampede
12-05-2008 09:46:34
yup they just changed it guess people were just refinanceing,
oh well guess ill just wait for another offer or buy a new couch.
rustvyper
15-05-2008 17:53:24
Ok...I'm getting close to doing this monster. Anyone come across one of their deals better than the lowes GC? Between all the free stuff I'm going to get out of this & my new (used) hybrid's gas savings, the car will practically pay for itself inside of 2 years...a rare deal.
RolltheStampede
15-05-2008 23:01:19
that tv isnt gonna carry much value. it just depends on what you want and what you can get for what you are selling. if you do retail report card you can get 1500 in gift cards and 2 macbook pro.
if you do the mac site you can get a macbook air, an imac+software and ipod + a macbook pro or another air.
i really depends on what you pan to do with the prizes.
tylerc
16-05-2008 05:55:23
That's so much stuff...
rustvyper
16-05-2008 11:46:37
Yeah, but I kinda want a new TV & I def need a new laptop. Both of these are almost 2 years old. I just don't think it's kosher for us DIY knights to have any kind of out-moded stuff, ya know? )
-still selling the macs gives me a lot more freedom on what I want to buy...what's the current street value of those? ~$3.5-4.5k?
although buying a tv or laptop with $ would just feel so...wrong!
RolltheStampede
16-05-2008 14:30:33
i know i have a hard time buying any electronics that i know i could get doing offers. the last big purchase i made was for my vaio almost a year ago, but i sold 2 macbook pros to pay for it.
wiebelhaus03
16-05-2008 15:42:32
i prefer to buy laptops rather than get a free one so that way i can choose the specs.......but i use the money i got from freebies D
ashilef
16-05-2008 16:46:11
[quotec1fc07136d="wiebelhaus03"]i prefer to buy laptops rather than get a free one so that way i can choose the specs.......but i use the money i got from freebies D[/quotec1fc07136d]
It's also probably a good idea to just sell the ones you get and use the money for the one you really want because usually they will send you something that is already in some cases outdated... Except for macbook airs of course. D
hum1m9e8r8b
30-05-2008 13:24:27
How do you guys figure out all of the bonus offers and such when their terms state that you can only get the bonus offers if it is your first time to sign-up to a ptp site? Do they just not enforce that rule?
freeipodplayer
30-05-2008 15:38:15
Its almost manual credit time for me. hehehehe
luumon
30-05-2008 17:42:44
is requesting manual credit after 4 weeks or 8 weeks? also do we have to test out those 3 products they ask us to do? thanks
freeipodplayer
31-05-2008 13:20:08
[quoteb45688286c="luumon"]is requesting manual credit after 4 weeks or 8 weeks? also do we have to test out those 3 products they ask us to do? thanks[/quoteb45688286c]
regular offers are 4
the 2 expensive offers are 8 weeks.
hum1m9e8r8b
02-06-2008 09:52:34
How do you figure out how much you'll pay in taxes for a ptp site?
tylerc
02-06-2008 09:54:35
No one will be able to tell you a number because we don't have the important information (single/married, how many exemptions, other deductions, income, etc).
The more income you have, the more you can get taxed on, so keep that in mind.
hum1m9e8r8b
02-06-2008 10:03:40
[quote9b012c3eb4="tylerc"]No one will be able to tell you a number because we don't have the important information (single/married, how many exemptions, other deductions, income, etc).
The more income you have, the more you can get taxed on, so keep that in mind.[/quote9b012c3eb4]
Ok, thanks. Does it count as just regular income, or does it apply under another category?
dmorris68
02-06-2008 10:30:23
It's regular income. You can file it as "other" or "miscellaneous" income if you don't have a 1099. Most sites will send you a 1099-MISC if you cashed out over $600 for the year, and you'll just file it with the rest of your 1099 income.
hum1m9e8r8b
05-06-2008 15:34:04
[quoted7c8d0d3d7="RolltheStampede"]
if you do the mac site you can get a macbook air, an imac+software and iPod + a macbook pro or another air.[/quoted7c8d0d3d7]
Does anybody know the imac model that they are giving out? I know the ipod is 160gb, and the laptops are the base models.
freeipodplayer
05-06-2008 16:37:03
[quote8cc6ca1c37="hum1m9e8r8b"][quote8cc6ca1c37="RolltheStampede"]
if you do the mac site you can get a macbook air, an imac+software and iPod + a macbook pro or another air.[/quote8cc6ca1c37]
Does anybody know the imac model that they are giving out? I know the iPod is 160gb, and the laptops are the base models.[/quote8cc6ca1c37]
It says right on the page. "24 Inch Imac."
You really need to read and research some more.
hum1m9e8r8b
05-06-2008 18:20:50
[quote3c5e44bfdd="freeipodplayer"][quote3c5e44bfdd="hum1m9e8r8b"][quote3c5e44bfdd="RolltheStampede"]
if you do the mac site you can get a macbook air, an imac+software and iPod + a macbook pro or another air.[/quote3c5e44bfdd]
Does anybody know the imac model that they are giving out? I know the iPod is 160gb, and the laptops are the base models.[/quote3c5e44bfdd]
It says right on the page. "24 Inch Imac."
You really need to read and research some more.[/quote3c5e44bfdd]
There are TWO 24" iMac models. What page are you talking about?
wiebelhaus03
05-06-2008 22:28:22
they always give out the base model for everything, so it will be the $1799 24" imac.....right away when you sign up after putting in your zip code it says 24" imac
soccerbud
06-06-2008 02:25:28
[quoteb95f6bd9f8="hum1m9e8r8b"][quoteb95f6bd9f8="freeipodplayer"][quoteb95f6bd9f8="hum1m9e8r8b"][quoteb95f6bd9f8="RolltheStampede"]
if you do the mac site you can get a macbook air, an imac+software and iPod + a macbook pro or another air.[/quoteb95f6bd9f8]
Does anybody know the imac model that they are giving out? I know the iPod is 160gb, and the laptops are the base models.[/quoteb95f6bd9f8]
It says right on the page. "24 Inch Imac."
You really need to read and research some more.[/quoteb95f6bd9f8]
There are TWO 24" iMac models. What page are you talking about?[/quoteb95f6bd9f8]
they will probably give you the cheaper of the two
soccerbud
09-06-2008 00:03:12
what the heck
a bunch of my completed offers disappeared from my account (lost 4 in all)
box86rowh
09-06-2008 07:36:33
Just call and they will straighten it out...
And I am typing on the Imac right now. Specs are....
24"
2.8 Ghz
2GB Ram
320GB HD
ATI Radeon HD 2600 With 256MB Ram
wiebelhaus03
09-06-2008 08:43:07
u received it from ptp?
box86rowh
09-06-2008 09:05:33
Yes...as well as a Macbook air and a Sony Vaio...
wiebelhaus03
09-06-2008 09:23:49
nice, i'm in the middle of the site right now....9 days away from mcr. would you mind giving me a timeline?
box86rowh
09-06-2008 09:45:36
About 2 weeks from MCR request to gifts at my door...VERY fast...and nice CS!
tylerc
09-06-2008 09:57:30
How much did you spend out of pocket, and what is the total value of gifts you've received?
box86rowh
09-06-2008 10:06:29
I spent around $3300 and received about $5200 worth...but I sold the computer I bought from OQO for a $300 loss and still need to sell $1500 worth of clubfurniture gift certs...so it will end up being about $750 cost..
bradjohnson08
09-06-2008 12:28:07
I am at week 5.... all reg offers are credited, just waitin for mcr.... did the lowes site btw .... what do they require for proof on the mcr's?
luumon
09-06-2008 12:45:22
[quote91a2deca0d="bradjohnson08"]I am at week 5.... all reg offers are credited, just waitin for mcr.... did the lowes site btw .... what do they require for proof on the mcr's?[/quote91a2deca0d]
you're lucky. only 2 out of my 4 regular offers credited. hopefully mcr works.
box86rowh
09-06-2008 12:48:12
MCR is VERY good, just need email and charge...CS is AWESOME with this company!
luumon
09-06-2008 12:56:10
[quote52a9a52cbb="box86rowh"]MCR is VERY good, just need email and charge...CS is AWESOME with this company![/quote52a9a52cbb]
that's good to hear. it seems everyone's regalar offers credited except for mines.
freeipodplayer
09-06-2008 13:39:53
[quoted3790d85cd="luumon"][quoted3790d85cd="box86rowh"]MCR is VERY good, just need email and charge...CS is AWESOME with this company![/quoted3790d85cd]
that's good to hear. it seems everyone's regalar offers credited except for mines.[/quoted3790d85cd]
Sending in my manual credits in a few hours. P
bradjohnson08
11-06-2008 08:18:02
How did the MCR go "freeipodplayer" ?
RolltheStampede
11-06-2008 12:23:06
you just fax em in and they approve them in a few days.
Washington is getting the shaft now.
http//www.producttestpanel.com/sorry.php
ashilef
11-06-2008 13:55:10
[quote7fce35bb3e="RolltheStampede"]you just fax em in and they approve them in a few days.
Washington is getting the shaft now.
http//www.producttestpanel.com/sorry.php[/quote7fce35bb3e]
ahh, that's wack!!! Just when I move up here too. blah!!! Why do they ban certain states anyway?
freeipodplayer
11-06-2008 16:40:14
Just printed out my certs.... hehehe
dmorris68
11-06-2008 18:51:38
[quotec282b49a44="ashilef"][quotec282b49a44="RolltheStampede"]you just fax em in and they approve them in a few days.
Washington is getting the shaft now.
http//www.producttestpanel.com/sorry.php[/quotec282b49a44]
ahh, that's wack!!! Just when I move up here too. blah!!! Why do they ban certain states anyway?[/quotec282b49a44]
Most likely due to state law banning or regulating certain promotions and contests. Such laws vary wildly across the country. Or perhaps they were sued in that state, and part of their settlement was to cease doing business there. You can be sure it was a legal situation, whatever it was.
box86rowh
11-06-2008 20:06:03
[quote6fa9bdfbbb="freeipodplayer"]Just printed out my certs.... hehehe[/quote6fa9bdfbbb]
Told you they were quick! Congrats!! D
cannmj
28-06-2008 11:31:50
I need some help.....I signed up for the $2000 Lowes PTP site however when I click on member login and enter my email it directs me to retailreportcard.com. How do I check the status on the PTP site? Is there a step I'm missing?
RolltheStampede
28-06-2008 12:09:44
http//www.producttestpanel.com/status.php
cannmj
28-06-2008 12:22:12
yeah...for some reason it keeps directing me to retailreportcard after I enter my email address. I'm using the same email address that I signed up for the site with. I guess I'll just have to contact support. By the way, do they offer phone support? Thanks for your help RTS!
RolltheStampede
28-06-2008 14:50:43
they do, i belive someone posted the info on AT4F
Waltmeister
01-07-2008 02:06:20
Decided to give it a go for the Mac Air/Mac Book Pro/IMac/Ipod combo. Was wanting to replace a couch and get some bean bag chairs for the kids anyways. All of my offers are already listed under "Completed Offers" except the 2 biggies.
I had a question. What are "Action Points". It say i require 6 and I have 0. It seems to imply that you get one for each offer completed.
It's also kind of confusing because the status page has no mention of the bonus ipod, nor the IMAC 24". Just making sure I'm doing everything right.
) 7 more weeks til the MCR's for the OODs
hum1m9e8r8b
01-07-2008 15:23:09
[quoteebf224ce67="Waltmeister"]Decided to give it a go for the Mac Air/Mac Book Pro/IMac/iPod combo. Was wanting to replace a couch and get some bean bag chairs for the kids anyways. All of my offers are already listed under "Completed Offers" except the 2 biggies.
I had a question. What are "Action Points". It say i require 6 and I have 0. It seems to imply that you get one for each offer completed.
It's also kind of confusing because the status page has no mention of the bonus iPod, nor the IMAC 24". Just making sure I'm doing everything right.
) 7 more weeks til the MCR's for the OODs[/quoteebf224ce67]
I thought action points were basically how many offers you need to do.
wiebelhaus03
01-07-2008 15:31:07
woohoo! it took two weeks for manual credit because i was having problems with oqo, but its all resolved and I'm printing off my certs now! If you're reading this, thanks angela you were a huge help!
massman
01-07-2008 17:37:59
[quote1edcec259b="wiebelhaus03"]woohoo! it took two weeks for manual credit because i was having problems with oqo, but its all resolved and I'm printing off my certs now! If you're reading this, thanks angela you were a huge help![/quote1edcec259b]
yeah, she's super nice. I would say the CS dept at PTP is hands down the best in the freebie world...
box86rowh
02-07-2008 12:01:07
I concur with that statement! Angela and Kim are awesome!
RolltheStampede
02-07-2008 14:17:55
yeah outside of the price of completion it was one of the best diy sites i had done. just follow the rules
tylerc
02-07-2008 14:22:03
This is getting more and more tempting, but I just can't stomach the initial investment if something went wrong.
RolltheStampede
02-07-2008 14:54:30
only thing that could go wrong is you don't follow the rules or you dont do all the offers in 1 day to get the bonus gifts
wiebelhaus03
02-07-2008 15:40:13
well for me, oqo cancelled my order after 2 days, but then reordered it using the same credit card.....that's why it took so long for manual credit, but hopefully it still counts as doing it in one day
hum1m9e8r8b
02-07-2008 17:00:09
[quote031f4afa44="wiebelhaus03"]well for me, oqo cancelled my order after 2 days, but then reordered it using the same credit card.....that's why it took so long for manual credit, but hopefully it still counts as doing it in one day[/quote031f4afa44]
Why did oqo cancel yoour order?
wiebelhaus03
02-07-2008 17:07:34
When i contacted them they said that the credit card would not process, so i told them to try it again, and they canceled my order, reordered the computer (using the same card) and it was fine after that
I don't know why they had to cancel the order though.....
RolltheStampede
02-07-2008 18:37:08
you should be fine
box86rowh
02-07-2008 19:48:02
I had a similar problem when I tried to to Round Square Hosting...the same day I signed up for them, they were removed as a sponsor and might have gone out of business. The company that handled their billing told me there were to many complaints against them and they were no longer accepting payments for them. After a couple weeks, I had to do OQO, but Kim worked with me to get me the bonus anyway!
cannmj
02-07-2008 20:28:43
I completed all of the offers for the $2000 Lowe's card on Monday and all of the offers credited (except premium) yesterday. I am very nervous about the upfront cost but I hope everything will work out okay. Support is great! Has anyone had the premium offers credit on their own?
l0pher
02-07-2008 20:46:24
finally, when I think I can do this site because I needed some Rooms to go furniture, it turns out the offer isn't there anymore.
soccerbud
02-07-2008 22:13:12
i can double vouch for PTP's customer service.
They are perhaps the best customer service i have ever talked to/worked with for any kind of company.
RolltheStampede
03-07-2008 06:20:15
[quote94f233647e="l0pher"]finally, when I think I can do this site because I needed some Rooms to go furniture, it turns out the offer isn't there anymore.[/quote94f233647e]
thats been gone for so long, you could use the love scs maybe they have couches or a really big bean bag
wiebelhaus03
03-07-2008 08:01:14
ya lovesac has couches as well
freeipodplayer
08-07-2008 19:39:00
Got all my stuff from PTP a couple weeks ago.
wiebelhaus03
08-07-2008 22:52:42
what all did you end up getting
freeipodplayer
09-07-2008 09:05:06
[quote2213e4839b="wiebelhaus03"]what all did you end up getting[/quote2213e4839b]
everything we were supposed to. ) (you know what I mean)
I got it about 12 days ago, but I was on vacation for the past 2 weeks in Europe.
wiebelhaus03
09-07-2008 09:28:55
so you got 2 macbook pros? angela told me i was only eligible to get one...
freeipodplayer
09-07-2008 09:34:56
[quote25f4484a7a="wiebelhaus03"]so you got 2 macbook pros? angela told me i was only eligible to get one...[/quote25f4484a7a]
yea, 2, they are sitting right next to me.
wiebelhaus03
09-07-2008 15:32:53
hmmm, thats really weird this is what she said to me
Please note that the completion of 2 bonus offers does not merit the award of 2 bonus gifts. Unfortunately I am bound by the terms and conditions in this matter. As per the terms a member is only eligible for one bonus offer
I am going to shoot her an email and maybe call in the morning.....
freeipodplayer
09-07-2008 17:21:10
I wouldn't worry, before I received the gifts, they gave me a big ass list of random gifts "i signed up for".... and I was like .... uh ... nope. and they said "oh, okay then"
I think the stuff on the CS side is alittle screwed up.
Kim was the CS that helped me the most, she even called me to let me know they received my certs. )
RolltheStampede
10-07-2008 05:46:19
[quote9a7c1d4f92="wiebelhaus03"]hmmm, thats really weird this is what she said to me
Please note that the completion of 2 bonus offers does not merit the award of 2 bonus gifts. Unfortunately I am bound by the terms and conditions in this matter. As per the terms a member is only eligible for one bonus offer
I am going to shoot her an email and maybe call in the morning.....[/quote9a7c1d4f92]
well it depends on what you signed up for.
what was all the gifts you recieved ipod.
For example if you signed up for retailreport card the gift is a 1,000, the finish it today gift was a macbook pro, the bonus gift was another gift card and the 7th offer was a macbook pro.
luumon
10-07-2008 12:55:00
after you submit your paperwork for manual credit, how long does it take for them to update it. thanks
box86rowh
11-07-2008 07:28:01
a few days to a week...
freeipodplayer
11-07-2008 08:11:32
[quoteeecdddcb0b="luumon"]after you submit your paperwork for manual credit, how long does it take for them to update it. thanks[/quoteeecdddcb0b]
Mine took 24 hours
luumon
11-07-2008 13:00:45
pretty fast crediting. thanks for your help!!! cant wait
Waltmeister
24-07-2008 00:11:22
Just giving an update on my status. 5 offers were at status complete a few weeks back and then went to pending. Now at the 4 week mark, the same 5 went to completed. I went from 0 Action points to 4 Action Points earned. Just the 2 biggies to go!
A word about Lovesac. They used to have free shipping on orders over $1000, but that has been bumped up to $2000. My $1700 order would have cost $400 to ship. So look to spend $2K if you do that offer.
4 weeks till MCR for OODs D
tylerc
24-07-2008 06:30:09
I can't imagine spending $2k on one offer, regardless of what I'd be getting. Maybe when I'm older, making more money with a steady paycheck, and actually NEED one of the offers I can justify investing $2-3k in a website to get $5k+ in stuff.
RolltheStampede
24-07-2008 08:25:16
did you buy a couch how is it. need a decent couch
freeipodplayer
24-07-2008 08:40:57
Just so you guys will stop being panzies. For my 1k (after selling off the expensive goodies) investment i got 2 Macbook Pro's, a Macbook Air, a 24" Imac, and an Ipod 160gb.
Step your game up players! (and check your email for a bonus Macbook Pro, hehehe)
tylerc
24-07-2008 08:46:12
I'm going to be a sophomore in college and I don't work during the school year. I can't afford to just invest $2-3k and not have a return on it for a few months.
freeipodplayer
24-07-2008 08:47:55
[quote82dee77e04="tylerc"]I'm going to be a sophomore in college and I don't work during the school year. I can't afford to just invest $2-3k and not have a return on it for a few months.[/quote82dee77e04]
Credit Card.
Pay the minimum for a couple months.
RolltheStampede
24-07-2008 08:48:29
[quote1886ed63c9="freeipodplayer"]Just so you guys will stop being panzies. For my 1k (after selling off the expensive goodies) investment i got 2 Macbook Pro's, a Macbook Air, a 24" Imac, and an iPod 160gb.
Step your game up players! (and check your email for a bonus Macbook Pro, hehehe)[/quote1886ed63c9]
i think you just got over. its a plus one bonus, not plus two.
they will only let you get one now.
tylerc
24-07-2008 08:51:39
[quote05791b7d46="freeipodplayer"][quote05791b7d46="tylerc"]I'm going to be a sophomore in college and I don't work during the school year. I can't afford to just invest $2-3k and not have a return on it for a few months.[/quote05791b7d46]
Credit Card.
Pay the minimum for a couple months.[/quote05791b7d46]
I pay my entire balance off every month and always have. I'd rather not jeopardize my credit score for some freebie sites.
freeipodplayer
24-07-2008 08:52:02
[quoteb60b8e4c72="RolltheStampede"][quoteb60b8e4c72="freeipodplayer"]Just so you guys will stop being panzies. For my 1k (after selling off the expensive goodies) investment i got 2 Macbook Pro's, a Macbook Air, a 24" Imac, and an iPod 160gb.
Step your game up players! (and check your email for a bonus Macbook Pro, hehehe)[/quoteb60b8e4c72]
i think you just got over. its a plus one bonus, not plus two.
they will only let you get one now.[/quoteb60b8e4c72]
That sucks for people who didn't do it though.
I got everything, and so did a friend. (meaning, double bonuses)
freeipodplayer
24-07-2008 08:52:40
[quoteb5912c4c1b="tylerc"][quoteb5912c4c1b="freeipodplayer"][quoteb5912c4c1b="tylerc"]I'm going to be a sophomore in college and I don't work during the school year. I can't afford to just invest $2-3k and not have a return on it for a few months.[/quoteb5912c4c1b]
Credit Card.
Pay the minimum for a couple months.[/quoteb5912c4c1b]
I pay my entire balance off every month and always have. I'd rather not jeopardize my credit score for some freebie sites.[/quoteb5912c4c1b]
I am a Junior in college as well. No risk, No reward.
dmorris68
24-07-2008 09:00:46
[quote36eee92682="tylerc"][quote36eee92682="freeipodplayer"][quote36eee92682="tylerc"]I'm going to be a sophomore in college and I don't work during the school year. I can't afford to just invest $2-3k and not have a return on it for a few months.[/quote36eee92682]
Credit Card.
Pay the minimum for a couple months.[/quote36eee92682]
I pay my entire balance off every month and always have. I'd rather not jeopardize my credit score for some freebie sites.[/quote36eee92682]
Not to try to convince you to get over your head or live beyond your means, but carrying a balance for a couple months, especially if it's not more than 50% of your available credit, will not significantly affect your credit score. Not only that, but paying it off in a couple months when you recoup your rewards will restore it to the same state it was in before, if not a better state.
Not to mention, as has been discussed before, actively using credit by carrying small balances is often seen more favorably by some lenders than someone who never carries a balance. Particularly with those lenders who analyze your credit usage patterns beyond simply looking at a final score.
I think people get a little too caught up in their credit scores. Once it is past a certain mainstream threshold (say 720-750 for FICO), there is very little to no extra benefit to a higher score. I maintain a high score despite having a lot of outstanding debt, because I've responsibly managed and paid that debt for many years, and still maintain a high available credit ratio.
tylerc
24-07-2008 09:59:42
That's a good point dmorris, thanks. I negotiated a lower interest rate because I was using my main Visa for FullTilt poker deposits, which are cash advances. I called because I was getting like a 22% charge for cash advances, but they lowered it to 20.99% and my purchases finance charge to 15.99%. My credit limit is too high, $4000, for me to ever use more than 10-15%, and even that's usually on the high end.
wiebelhaus03
24-07-2008 11:51:42
still pissed about only getting 1 macbook pro, you got extremely lucky freeipodplayer lol i started a week after you
RolltheStampede
24-07-2008 12:27:33
your pissed i only got 1,000 bucks.
DRay9911
24-07-2008 12:45:10
did you ever post pictures of everything you received?
i don't remember seeing a brag bag thread.
-dan
[quote6e5a1deb1c="freeipodplayer"][quote6e5a1deb1c="RolltheStampede"][quote6e5a1deb1c="freeipodplayer"]Just so you guys will stop being panzies. For my 1k (after selling off the expensive goodies) investment i got 2 Macbook Pro's, a Macbook Air, a 24" Imac, and an iPod 160gb.
Step your game up players! (and check your email for a bonus Macbook Pro, hehehe)[/quote6e5a1deb1c]
i think you just got over. its a plus one bonus, not plus two.
they will only let you get one now.[/quote6e5a1deb1c]
That sucks for people who didn't do it though.
I got everything, and so did a friend. (meaning, double bonuses)[/quote6e5a1deb1c]
massman
24-07-2008 12:56:47
just to confirm something, doesn't PTP usually offer the same exact gift for the 1st bonus offer and the 2nd?
only because I received my gifts today and both bonus offers were not what i signed up with and they are saying it's not their fault even though I gave screenshots and forwarded the e-mail they sent me.
luumon
24-07-2008 13:31:11
[quoteb6d37e2868="massman"]just to confirm something, doesn't PTP usually offer the same exact gift for the 1st bonus offer and the 2nd?
only because I received my gifts today and both bonus offers were not what i signed up with and they are saying it's not their fault even though I gave screenshots and forwarded the e-mail they sent me.[/quoteb6d37e2868]
what did you end up getting? also did everything arrived today? thanks
massman
24-07-2008 13:41:41
[quotef54489e515="luumon"][quotef54489e515="massman"]just to confirm something, doesn't PTP usually offer the same exact gift for the 1st bonus offer and the 2nd?
only because I received my gifts today and both bonus offers were not what i signed up with and they are saying it's not their fault even though I gave screenshots and forwarded the e-mail they sent me.[/quotef54489e515]
what did you end up getting? also did everything arrived today? thanks[/quotef54489e515]
it was supposed to be
1 imac
1 mac air
2 macbook pros
1 ipod
but received
Nikon + dank lens - $1600
MacAir - 1800
24" Imac - 1800
visa card - $1000
Ipod 250
microsoft office 150
DRay9911
24-07-2008 14:22:44
jeezus that is a haul.
even though i'm not a mac guy, congrats.
-dan
massman
24-07-2008 15:23:10
[quoted465d24c96="DRay9911"]jeezus that is a haul.
even though i'm not a mac guy, congrats.
-dan[/quoted465d24c96]
thanks, but i really wanted a macbook pro and was gonna unload my alienware...
but ah well...
bgabb1
24-07-2008 15:44:08
i keep on waiting for the last page offers to get a bit easier, but i think i may be waiting for nothing
soccerbud
24-07-2008 17:39:46
[quotebf0a70d478="bgabb1"]i keep on waiting for the last page offers to get a bit easier, but i think i may be waiting for nothing[/quotebf0a70d478]
yeah, its a bit harder than when you can do the OQO 02
Waltmeister
25-07-2008 00:34:26
[quote9b325e8fb9="RolltheStampede"]did you buy a couch how is it. need a decent couch[/quote9b325e8fb9]
I bought a Deep Sofa Sactional and 2 KidSacs. Their products are much larger than I expected. The sactional top cushions are still a little warped because of the way they ship them, but they should spring back into full form after a while. The dura foam inside the Sacs smell a bit chemically but I'm sure that'll go away after they air out. The items came in separate shipments over a span of 3 weeks. I didn't get the covers to my sactionals until a week an a half after my bases and sides. Customer service was very responsive when I asked about my order. They gave me all the fedex tracking numbers, but for some reason 2 of them didn't register.
Overall I'd say their products seem high quality and very durable. You get a 3 year warranty on the covers and a lifetime warranty on the sac inserts and the frame. The covers are the real expensive part of the deal. Right now in the clearance section, they are offering some free covers with sac purchase, so those are some really good deals. I noticed some sacs selling on ebay, so there is some resale value on them.
So you can do another PTP site as long as the domain is different?
RolltheStampede
25-07-2008 07:33:01
You can only do one PTP site, but my mom might want to buy me a new couch P
RolltheStampede
25-07-2008 07:34:20
[quote7805a10b2f="massman"][quote7805a10b2f="luumon"][quote7805a10b2f="massman"]just to confirm something, doesn't PTP usually offer the same exact gift for the 1st bonus offer and the 2nd?
only because I received my gifts today and both bonus offers were not what i signed up with and they are saying it's not their fault even though I gave screenshots and forwarded the e-mail they sent me.[/quote7805a10b2f]
what did you end up getting? also did everything arrived today? thanks[/quote7805a10b2f]
it was supposed to be
1 imac
1 mac air
2 macbook pros
1 iPod
but received
Nikon + dank lens - $1600
MacAir - 1800
24" Imac - 1800
visa card - $1000
iPod 250
microsoft office 150[/quote7805a10b2f]
sounds like you got the raw end of that deal, did you try calling them and asking to speak to a manager.
DRay9911
25-07-2008 08:42:43
i totaled up what you actually received and that came out to $6,600 (which is very nice).
doing an estimate of what you should have received, it can go anywhere from $7850 to $8850 to $9450 (macbooks go for $1999 to $2499 to $2799). guess you did kinda get jobbed based on retail value.
Can you give a link or the model number of the camera you received?
-dan
massman
25-07-2008 13:09:45
[quote26a5963f77="DRay9911"]i totaled up what you actually received and that came out to $6,600 (which is very nice).
doing an estimate of what you should have received, it can go anywhere from $7850 to $8850 to $9450 (macbooks go for $1999 to $2499 to $2799). guess you did kinda get jobbed based on retail value.
Can you give a link or the model number of the camera you received?
-dan[/quote26a5963f77]
Nikon D200 10.2 DSLR w/ brand new Nikon Nikkor Lens (AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF -ED lens
but yeah, debating on taking it to the next level or not....but likely going to file a complaint with the BBB and AG, only because their rationale is that I could have created my proof. Which I didn't, I'm a nurse, not a frigging IT guru creating back-dated e-mails and whatnot.
RolltheStampede
25-07-2008 13:17:43
but you said you had emails form them, they know what they offered
DRay9911
25-07-2008 13:56:22
that camera looks so bad ass. i could take some awesome pictures of cheerlea....i mean, birds and flowers and mountains.
-dan
dmorris68
25-07-2008 15:41:36
[quoted4630b3211="massman"]...brand new Nikon Nikkor Lens (AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF -ED lens[/quoted4630b3211]
I'll give you $300 for that lens!
wiebelhaus03
25-07-2008 19:25:47
[quote91fa52c1cf="RolltheStampede"]but you said you had emails form them, they know what they offered[/quote91fa52c1cf]
I have emails from them, but they still refused to give it to me, there's not really much you can do....
How much did everyone spend? I'm still trying to persuade myself to take the plunge.
slambam
26-07-2008 09:25:31
anybody know if you can complete the lovesac offer by buying a gift card?
slambam
26-07-2008 13:49:03
also, can you put in a dummy email to check the gift for the offer on the first page? or will it not let you complete it if you do that then put in your actually email?
soccerbud
26-07-2008 19:03:06
[quote027c2c8421="slambam"]also, can you put in a dummy email to check the gift for the offer on the first page? or will it not let you complete it if you do that then put in your actually email?[/quote027c2c8421]
when are signing up, just close the window.
A pop up will come on, and click cancel.
It will take you to the page showing you the bonus page.
slambam
26-07-2008 23:41:54
yea, it doesnt do it for all the sites though...
steveyankee
27-07-2008 08:45:26
So a few months ago I signed up for a PTP site, but I forget which site and which email I used. I didn't complete any offers though.
Can I sign up for another PTP site with a different email?
zr2152
27-07-2008 17:57:24
[quote33d98a974a="steveyankee"]So a few months ago I signed up for a PTP site, but I forget which site and which email I used. I didn't complete any offers though.
Can I sign up for another PTP site with a different email?[/quote33d98a974a]
If you go to producttestpanel.com I believe you can check all the sites that you ahve signed up for.
I am not sure about the email rule though, might want to either call them or check the terms.
swbball28
29-07-2008 23:09:28
anyone know the specs of the macbook pro, macbook air, and imac that they are sending out? for the PTP site that includes those gifts and the 160gb ipod.
wiebelhaus03
29-07-2008 23:32:57
they are all the newest specs...if you want to see what they are just look at apple.com
swbball28
30-07-2008 08:06:47
but theres different models of each of the items. some lower end and some higher end.
wiebelhaus03
30-07-2008 09:00:01
they are as advertised lowest end (lowest end 24" imac, lowest end macbook air, lowest end 15" macbook pro, office 2008 mac home and student edition, and 160GB silver ipod classic)
bradjohnson08
30-07-2008 09:24:10
They told me I should be getting all of my gifts around the 1st of august.... We'll see how true that is.... i did the 2K lowes GC site and talked to the CS woman (angela) and she said she may be able to send me a visa GC instead. Sure hope that happens.
wiebelhaus03
30-07-2008 09:39:30
a $2k visa would be sweet. Imagine walking home from an atm with $2k worth of 20s haha
luumon
30-07-2008 10:25:53
it's nice that you're making progress. it's been 2 weeks for manual credit and 1 offer have not been creditted.
bradjohnson08
30-07-2008 10:35:15
Well i have good news and bad news..... they said the TV is getting dropped off by best buy on tuesday.... and have the rest of my gifts by next weeks end but he DIDNT get the message for the visa gift card instead of lowes and its already ordered... said he could have done it if he would have seen it but o well.... luumon, none have gone through at all or just the platinum offers?????
tylerc
30-07-2008 13:11:11
Use giftcardbuyback.com or eBay to sell your giftcard if you want cash.
freeipodplayer
30-07-2008 15:30:20
[quote259255cc74="tylerc"]Use giftcardbuyback.com or eBay to sell your giftcard if you want cash.[/quote259255cc74]
Ebay only will allow you to sell giftcards upto $500.00 and you can only list 1 gift card a week.
giftcardbuyback.com limits you to $350 dollar gift cards.
wiebelhaus03
30-07-2008 15:31:32
you can have lowes seperate the card into smaller amounts if you want
luumon
30-07-2008 15:32:40
[quotea4ecdbdcbe="bradjohnson08"] luumon, none have gone through at all or just the platinum offers?????[/quotea4ecdbdcbe]
i'm waiting for the platinum offers and the prime offers. they said it takes 12-14 business days. today will make it 14 business day. so hopefully tomorrow everything will be creditted.
swbball28
30-07-2008 19:34:14
anyone know what steps i need to take in order to get the mac air, imac, macbook pro, and ipod? (with what to click on the surveys and all that?)
hum1m9e8r8b
30-07-2008 22:23:45
[quoted6646ae940="swbball28"]anyone know what steps i need to take in order to get the mac air, imac, macbook pro, and iPod? (with what to click on the surveys and all that?)[/quoted6646ae940]
1. sign-up to the mac-air site
2. when completing the initial survey it will ask for your opinion on other promotions they might offer. select the macbook pro - you will get an email for a bullseye bonus, for 2 extra offers you get the macbook pro
3. the imac should be a 24 hour completion bonus
4. the ipod is a special offer bonus
freeguygeiser2000
31-07-2008 17:45:32
You guys need to read the terms more carefully. They have cut back on the bonus offerings due to everyone posting on this site. Good luck
slambam
31-07-2008 20:21:10
[quote1d4485b1ce="freeguygeiser2000"]You guys need to read the terms more carefully. They have cut back on the bonus offerings due to everyone posting on this site. Good luck[/quote1d4485b1ce]
err? ?
zr2152
31-07-2008 20:54:08
[quote85a1c200f0="freeguygeiser2000"]You guys need to read the terms more carefully. They have cut back on the bonus offerings due to everyone posting on this site. Good luck[/quote85a1c200f0]
PTP Rep?
wiebelhaus03
31-07-2008 22:22:26
probably...they cut back my bonus offerings (
zr2152
31-07-2008 22:49:35
Yeah well the one post and the "Good Luck" at the end gave it away.
What is in the terms that we are missing?
wiebelhaus03
31-07-2008 22:51:47
i would guess that their is only one bonus offered....angela said "she is bound by the terms and conditions" quite a few times when we were arguing about the bonus gifts
EDIT she also said she knew about this site, so its probably her or kim
zr2152
01-08-2008 00:19:40
Why does everyone freaking hate us...seriously. I am tired of this shit. I-Deal and now PTP.
Ridic.
RyanG
01-08-2008 05:45:47
[quotee29ab3d2ea="zr2152"]Why does everyone freaking hate us...seriously. I am tired of this shit. I-Deal and now PTP.
Ridic.[/quotee29ab3d2ea]
simple, lots of people here cheat the system. ie, LOL EDITTED CUZ CRYBABIES. people try to do it the cheapest way possible and only do offers they can return and get money back from. I'm not saying everyone, but a lot of people lurk on here that don't post. It's a shame really; I don't really blame companies hating people from forums completing their sites. you have people who can somehow do more than 1 PTP site, are doing every YFD and Brandarama site and still somehow have "not repeated offers." BTW, don't just click links on forums and start doing the site. It lets them know where you come from where you sign up, hence them coming here and finding all this shit out. Thought everyone knew that by now...
This post is not directed at people who actually do shit legit. For those of you who don't, you're slowly ruining the scene...
for the record, I haven't done a PTP site but read about the railpass thing on a forum.
beerman
01-08-2008 06:35:26
...and you're only making it worse by posting things like this even if you saw it on another forum.....
tylerc
01-08-2008 06:44:19
And YOU'RE making it worst by quoting his post so even if he edits it it will still show in yours.
beerman
01-08-2008 06:52:45
happy?
RyanG
01-08-2008 07:06:16
lolololz i took it out. it's not like people didn't already know it? shit, I didn't even do a PTP and I knew it.
RyanG
01-08-2008 07:08:07
btw nice sites in ur sig tyler, brandarama must be adding new offers daily to keep up with those amounts of gifts.
tylerc
01-08-2008 07:19:58
Actually, yes. Considering it had been nearly a year since I'd done a free website since I was at college, there were plenty of new offers available, and Brandarama DOES add offers in quite often. I'd be happy to copy and paste the offers if you really want.
RyanG
01-08-2008 08:35:38
i'll pass. after you monitor what sites people have been doing and the amount of offers needed to be completed, you start to figure out who is abusing the system. if you attest to being legit then so be it. there's just too many these days ruining it for the rest of us.
wiebelhaus03
01-08-2008 09:10:50
i believe tylerc did them all legit....i've done almost as many, and now when i look at the bradarama offer list (since i'm planning on doing more of their sites) i see that there are over 15 new offers that i haven't done yet......
tylerc
01-08-2008 09:53:26
Thank you, like I said, Brandarama is constantly adding offers, almost on a weekly basis.
bradjohnson08
01-08-2008 10:55:51
I am still lost as to what was changed with PTP and why it can't still be done.... what offer is being denied? the bonus offer at the end or the 24 hour signup bonus or what?
zr2152
01-08-2008 11:17:08
[quote130969f907="RyanG"][quote130969f907="zr2152"]Why does everyone freaking hate us...seriously. I am tired of this shit. I-Deal and now PTP.
Ridic.[/quote130969f907]
simple, lots of people here cheat the system. ie, LOL EDITTED CUZ CRYBABIES. people try to do it the cheapest way possible and only do offers they can return and get money back from. I'm not saying everyone, but a lot of people lurk on here that don't post. It's a shame really; I don't really blame companies hating people from forums completing their sites. you have people who can somehow do more than 1 PTP site, are doing every YFD and Brandarama site and still somehow have "not repeated offers." BTW, don't just click links on forums and start doing the site. It lets them know where you come from where you sign up, hence them coming here and finding all this shit out. Thought everyone knew that by now...
This post is not directed at people who actually do shit legit. For those of you who don't, you're slowly ruining the scene...
for the record, I haven't done a PTP site but read about the railpass thing on a forum.[/quote130969f907]
no shit.
soccerbud
01-08-2008 15:26:07
[quote409dc865f4="RyanG"][quote409dc865f4="zr2152"]Why does everyone freaking hate us...seriously. I am tired of this shit. I-Deal and now PTP.
Ridic.[/quote409dc865f4]
simple, lots of people here cheat the system. ie, LOL EDITTED CUZ CRYBABIES. people try to do it the cheapest way possible and only do offers they can return and get money back from. I'm not saying everyone, but a lot of people lurk on here that don't post. It's a shame really; I don't really blame companies hating people from forums completing their sites. you have people who can somehow do more than 1 PTP site, are doing every YFD and Brandarama site and still somehow have "not repeated offers." BTW, don't just click links on forums and start doing the site. It lets them know where you come from where you sign up, hence them coming here and finding all this shit out. Thought everyone knew that by now...
This post is not directed at people who actually do shit legit. For those of you who don't, you're slowly ruining the scene...
for the record, I haven't done a PTP site but read about the railpass thing on a forum.[/quote409dc865f4]
he's got some good points.
too many people in the DIY scene are gaming the system
mariners1999
01-08-2008 16:43:15
he's got some good points.
too many people in the DIY scene are gaming the system
roll
We are ALL gaming the system to a point. You can't tell me that you REALLY wanted to try EVERYTHING you have bought..... If so I would like to know how the penis pills worked for you? Also did you lose weight on all the diet pills you tried? How many languages have you learned? Bet the wife LOVED the girls gone wild videos.... twisted
freeipodplayer
01-08-2008 17:53:14
[quote9f733a20c5="mariners1999"]he's got some good points.
too many people in the DIY scene are gaming the system
roll
We are ALL gaming the system to a point. You can't tell me that you REALLY wanted to try EVERYTHING you have bought..... If so I would like to know how the penis pills worked for you? Also did you lose weight on all the diet pills you tried? How many languages have you learned? Bet the wife LOVED the girls gone wild videos.... twisted[/quote9f733a20c5]
bahahahahaha.
Thanks, I needed that.
maverik
01-08-2008 18:58:11
Video professor FTW!
zr2152
01-08-2008 19:06:28
as long as the advertisers are happy, so should the affiliate that advertises them.
freeipodplayer
02-08-2008 10:31:23
[quote76c7f4e584="zr2152"]as long as the advertisers are happy, so should the affiliate that advertises them.[/quote76c7f4e584]
The advertisers shouldn't be happy with us. Buy, Cancel. Buy, Cancel. I really don't understand why these companies even allow Incent.
swbball28
02-08-2008 22:24:48
according to these cut backs on the bonus offers, does the macbook air site still offer the mac air, imac, macbook pro, and iPod?
zr2152
02-08-2008 22:52:50
[quote47648cc750="freeipodplayer"][quote47648cc750="zr2152"]as long as the advertisers are happy, so should the affiliate that advertises them.[/quote47648cc750]
The advertisers shouldn't be happy with us. Buy, Cancel. Buy, Cancel. I really don't understand why these companies even allow Incent.[/quote47648cc750]
OMG it was a rhetorical question = no answer.
nOObs.
tylerc
03-08-2008 13:37:53
It wasn't a question to begin with zr, it was a statement.
zr2152
03-08-2008 17:31:59
[quote737c1cf156="tylerc"]It wasn't a question to begin with zr, it was a statement.[/quote737c1cf156]
My first one was. The one that everyone replied to and RyanG wrote a Novel about.
bradjohnson08
12-08-2008 17:09:41
Got all my gifts....
2k lowes (know someone that wants to purchase or how to get the gift cards in smaller increments let me know)
hd tivo
$2,000 hd plasma from best buy
macbook pro
post pics later
manOFice
12-08-2008 17:15:26
[quotec07a5fc3a1="bradjohnson08"]Got all my gifts....
2k lowes (know someone that wants to purchase or how to get the gift cards in smaller increments let me know)
hd tivo
$2,000 hd plasma from best buy
macbook pro
post pics later[/quotec07a5fc3a1]
how much was your profit?
bradjohnson08
12-08-2008 17:52:32
6-7k or so... plus i freakin love my love sac couch! that was prolly the best part of it all
LucaBella
12-08-2008 20:30:55
[quotebb61916d6c="bradjohnson08"]Got all my gifts....
2k lowes (know someone that wants to purchase or how to get the gift cards in smaller increments let me know)
hd tivo
$2,000 hd plasma from best buy
macbook pro
post pics later[/quotebb61916d6c]
Buy something for 500 bux, take it back with just the receipt and they'll put the money on a new gift card. do it 4 times. then sell them on fleabay.
Oh and they're not only telling me I chose a 1K Visa instead of the macbook pro THAT I DID CHOOSE, they're also saying they WILL NOT send me the email bonus gift as well. Someone needs to sue. I can't make up my mind if it will be me, but they're offering me $2000 less than I was supposed to get when I signed up to the site. It's just so fucking shitty.
cubbieco
13-08-2008 11:06:43
Just went to brandrewardzone.com and the lovesac has been replaced with some bridal gown thing. I don't have any need for a Bridal gown. I was planning on doing road loans and the lovesac. Anybody know how often they change their offers?
wiebelhaus03
13-08-2008 11:26:20
they change them randomly...
cubbieco
13-08-2008 11:55:28
OH I just checked the status page and its there.
massman
14-08-2008 13:59:20
[quotec1815f6a04="LucaBella"]
Oh and they're not only telling me I chose a 1K Visa instead of the macbook pro THAT I DID CHOOSE, they're also saying they WILL NOT send me the email bonus gift as well. Someone needs to sue. I can't make up my mind if it will be me, but they're offering me $2000 less than I was supposed to get when I signed up to the site. It's just so fucking shitty.[/quotec1815f6a04]
Honestly, and BBB isn't getting me any headway. I sent in screenshots and the e-mail proving what I signed up for. The manager basically said that my records were wrong, his were right and even mentioned this website as a reason to question my credibility.
they sent me close to 2k under what I signed up for as well....want to file with the AG of SC? maybe if a handful of people do it at the same time it will get a little attention...i don't know...
freeipodplayer
14-08-2008 16:11:21
[quotef7f4924add="massman"][quotef7f4924add="LucaBella"]
Oh and they're not only telling me I chose a 1K Visa instead of the macbook pro THAT I DID CHOOSE, they're also saying they WILL NOT send me the email bonus gift as well. Someone needs to sue. I can't make up my mind if it will be me, but they're offering me $2000 less than I was supposed to get when I signed up to the site. It's just so fucking shitty.[/quotef7f4924add]
Honestly, and BBB isn't getting me any headway. I sent in screenshots and the e-mail proving what I signed up for. The manager basically said that my records were wrong, his were right and even mentioned this website as a reason to question my credibility.
they sent me close to 2k under what I signed up for as well....want to file with the AG of SC? maybe if a handful of people do it at the same time it will get a little attention...i don't know...[/quotef7f4924add]
They mentioned this site?
bahahaha. As long as they don't mention the other one we frequent.
playful
luumon
21-08-2008 12:10:36
LucaBella and massman do you have any update on this. I'm also having a hard time with this company. They are claiming I didn't click on the their links to do the offers.
beerman
21-08-2008 14:00:53
are they not even showing as pending?
luumon
21-08-2008 14:23:30
[quote02e643d3a4="beerman1976"]are they not even showing as pending?[/quote02e643d3a4]
no, requesting manual credit for 4 offers. 2 of them are the premium offers.
beerman
21-08-2008 14:36:29
[quotefc73b401b2="luumon"][quotefc73b401b2="beerman1976"]are they not even showing as pending?[/quotefc73b401b2]
no, requesting manual credit for 4 offers. 2 of them are the premium offers.[/quotefc73b401b2]
all but my premium showed up..... that would suck cause I bought $3k in furniture!
massman
21-08-2008 19:50:18
[quotef39973fcbe="luumon"]LucaBella and massman do you have any update on this. I'm also having a hard time with this company. They are claiming I didn't click on the their links to do the offers.[/quotef39973fcbe]
no headway.
those platinum offers always need manual credit, don't fret.
cronerd
22-08-2008 00:48:44
[quote1334eaed0f="mariners1999"]he's got some good points.
too many people in the DIY scene are gaming the system
roll
We are ALL gaming the system to a point. You can't tell me that you REALLY wanted to try EVERYTHING you have bought..... If so I would like to know how the penis pills worked for you? Also did you lose weight on all the diet pills you tried? How many languages have you learned? Bet the wife LOVED the girls gone wild videos.... twisted[/quote1334eaed0f]
the penis pills worked GREAT!! I'm up to 4 INCHES NOW!!! did u try them too?? lolololol
RolltheStampede
22-08-2008 06:47:20
ah that sucks dont tell me they are going down the crapper as well.
Oh well
freeipodplayer
22-08-2008 15:23:36
[quotef885a1d2ad="luumon"]LucaBella and massman do you have any update on this. I'm also having a hard time with this company. They are claiming I didn't click on the their links to do the offers.[/quotef885a1d2ad]
No way....
Man, these companies are turning into jokes!
doylnea
22-08-2008 21:25:40
No, they're not turning into jokes; they're just cracking down on serial fraud artists like yourself.
freeipodplayer
24-08-2008 09:36:35
[quote9d59cf07ce="doylnea"]No, they're not turning into jokes; they're just cracking down on serial fraud artists like yourself.[/quote9d59cf07ce]
and i love it!
Doesn't matter to me, I got my 8k worth of stuff from PTP...
hum1m9e8r8b
24-08-2008 22:57:32
[quoteaf5b716cd5="freeipodplayer"][quoteaf5b716cd5="doylnea"]No, they're not turning into jokes; they're just cracking down on serial fraud artists like yourself.[/quoteaf5b716cd5]
and i love it!
Doesn't matter to me, I got my 8k worth of stuff from PTP...[/quoteaf5b716cd5]
roll
LucaBella
10-09-2008 09:16:12
[quote910aabe622="luumon"]LucaBella and massman do you have any update on this. I'm also having a hard time with this company. They are claiming I didn't click on the their links to do the offers.[/quote910aabe622]
in the end I took what they offered me, as they promised to hold my gifts hostage when I threatened to sue... They went from really great to totally fucked up in a year. Avoid at all costs.
RolltheStampede
11-09-2008 21:18:52
damn that sucks. oh well atleast i made a decent payout on them and got others some cash while they could.
Waltmeister
17-09-2008 21:15:19
Just got my stuff (24" IMAC, MacAir, MacBookPro, 160GB Ipod Classic, and Office 2008 Home/Student Edition)
Time line
June 24th signup
-All offers cleared within 4 weeks except biggies.
Aug 24th sent proof of biggie offers
Aug 26th received Congratulations email and printed redempt certs
Aug 29th sent in certs and w-9
Sept 10th received Fedex tracking info for 2 shipments
-I was worried that they were only sending me 2 things, so I emailed them
and they replied indicating the IMAC was in one box and everything else was in the other box.
Sept 17th Items received! (I live in California so it took a bit longer)
Received more than I expected. Didn't recall seeing Office while doing the site. Never got email for additional bonus like others did previously. Terms changed on June 30th after my signup date. Dunno what exactly changed as I didn't save the old terms.
Thanks for the support. Good luck!
beerman
18-09-2008 06:24:36
nice haul!!, got a question, 4 of my 6 offers showed up on day 30, obviously the two big ones didn't show up yet (got about 3 weeks to go).
But our bullseye bonus we got through an email from then
never showed up on our status page after 30 days.
Did this happen to you? Ifso were they pretty cool with manual credit?
RolltheStampede
18-09-2008 10:07:42
they were cool with manual when i did it but youu have to wait 8-9 weeks .
And you wont receive credit unless you kept he offer
beerman
18-09-2008 10:18:32
we still have it, it is Disney and we love it! DVD prices are not too bad if you wait for a B-O-G-O-F sale.
I was just concered cause it was one of those we get in our email, not a pop-up from the website....
I'll keep my fingers crossed..
RolltheStampede
18-09-2008 12:34:26
i meant the OOD
beerman
18-09-2008 12:49:07
oh, yeah keeping those too, got a whole set of bedroom furniture on its way
So have you ever heard them manually crediting a email bonus (non ood) offer?
RolltheStampede
18-09-2008 12:52:10
i dont think anyone has had to, but maybe
beerman
18-09-2008 13:04:15
Well I'll be the first, all mine non-oods went through except my email bullseye bonus offer I did
luumon
18-09-2008 14:01:31
for those who are doing this site is the oqo offer is there? thanks
soccerbud
18-09-2008 22:45:37
[quoteea18d581c8="luumon"]for those who are doing this site is the oqo offer is there? thanks[/quoteea18d581c8] that offer is long dead and gone
andyoi630
19-09-2008 06:27:59
So I'm seeing some mixed comments. Is it worth doing PTP's sites anymore?
beerman
19-09-2008 07:18:46
depends on what you do it for, if you are looking for pure profit than I would say no. I didn''t do it for the profit.
wiebelhaus03
19-09-2008 08:15:13
agreed....only do it if you are looking for some furniture or a wedding dress or whatever the premium offers are now
cannmj
23-09-2008 14:58:00
They are denying me the 50" TV as a bonus because they said I have signed up for their site before. I don't recall ever signing up for their site and I didn't complete any offers but they are saying that bonus is for you INITIAL sign up only...anyone else have this problem?
I did receive the $2000 Lowes, HD TIVO and Macbook Air
wiebelhaus03
23-09-2008 15:07:17
wow thats really shitty for a ptp payout.......too bad they used to be one of the only good companies left....
beerman
23-09-2008 15:33:15
[quote61019d5d8a="cannmj"]They are denying me the 50" TV as a bonus because they said I have signed up for their site before. I don't recall ever signing up for their site and I didn't complete any offers but they are saying that bonus is for you INITIAL sign up only...anyone else have this problem?
I did receive the $2000 Lowes, HD TIVO and Macbook Air[/quote61019d5d8a]
Did you sign up previously using the same email address?
cannmj
23-09-2008 16:05:27
No...different email address but Angela the customer support rep. told me I could just use a different email address and that it would be okay....
cannmj
23-09-2008 16:07:07
I'm not too happy with them but don't know how to proceed. I have talked to the CS manager but he won't budge. If anyone has any ideas or has had a similar problem please let me know....thanks!
luumon
26-09-2008 13:58:59
[quote6a5e8de152="cannmj"]They are denying me the 50" TV as a bonus because they said I have signed up for their site before. I don't recall ever signing up for their site and I didn't complete any offers but they are saying that bonus is for you INITIAL sign up only...anyone else have this problem?
I did receive the $2000 Lowes, HD TIVO and Macbook Air[/quote6a5e8de152]
at least you got something. so far i got nothing. still trying to fight it.
RolltheStampede
26-09-2008 14:11:11
[quote7a55b8fc6f="cannmj"]No...different email address [/quote7a55b8fc6f]
what is there to fight you said you did sign up before?
cannmj
26-09-2008 20:25:40
The first time I signed up I could not access my account -- it would redirect me to another page so I assumed that I didn't sign up correctly. The CS rep told me to just sign up under a new address. Now they are saying that the first address did count but my point is that I couldn't access my account so how could that be a valid sign up. Am I making any sense?
cannmj
26-09-2008 20:26:44
Luumon -- why weren't you able to get any of the gifts?
kingsmoit
28-09-2008 18:18:13
Has anyone ever done the angel bed offer? I actually need a bed right now and that one looks interesting, but I'm assuming I need to wait 90 days and keep it to qualify?
luumon
29-09-2008 12:13:50
[quote2340362526="cannmj"]Luumon -- why weren't you able to get any of the gifts?[/quote2340362526]
they claim i didn't click on their links to do the offers.
andyoi630
29-09-2008 12:21:31
[quote5d7f576e2d="kingsmoit"]Has anyone ever done the angel bed offer? I actually need a bed right now and that one looks interesting, but I'm assuming I need to wait 90 days and keep it to qualify?[/quote5d7f576e2d]
I haven't seen that offer, can you send the link to the site that has it please?
Thanks
RolltheStampede
29-09-2008 12:40:57
no not the gift, the offer is you buy a bed.
beerman
29-09-2008 13:17:44
[quote591253cca2="luumon"][quote591253cca2="cannmj"]Luumon -- why weren't you able to get any of the gifts?[/quote591253cca2]
they claim i didn't click on their links to do the offers.[/quote591253cca2]
you must have done something wrong or something got messed up with your cookies. I signed up for the site like 4 times before actually completing it because something kept crashing my internet explorer (I think it was adobe PDF). So I got on another computer and signed up, did all the offers and they all have shown up so far. Just waiting on my manual, which won't happen until my furniture get delivered.
my 2 cents...buy heck, what do I know, this is my first PTP site.......
andyoi630
29-09-2008 15:49:56
[quote5d0ef5b9cd="RolltheStampede"]no not the gift, the offer is you buy a bed.[/quote5d0ef5b9cd]
That's what I meant, I would do one of these offers possibly but I don't need a wedding dress or a car loan.
wiebelhaus03
29-09-2008 22:57:07
they have 4 total offers when you check from the status page
soccerbud
30-09-2008 16:27:35
what are the OOD's for PTP nowadays?
cronerd
30-09-2008 17:04:30
damn I cant believe PTP went down the crapper, another loss
beerman
30-09-2008 17:23:52
who says they went down the crapper? I think if you do the site correctly they will pay out. I will have proof of that in a matter of weeks.
kingsmoit
30-09-2008 19:57:10
Bah! You're right, the offers got worse - a wedding dress and a railpass in Europe (
Worst part is I actually need furniture, and now I'll have to pay for it. lisighli
andyoi630
01-10-2008 12:12:23
[quotee79b928677="kingsmoit"]Bah! You're right, the offers got worse - a wedding dress and a railpass in Europe (
Worst part is I actually need furniture, and now I'll have to pay for it. lisighli[/quotee79b928677]
If you log into your status page like was said you can see a clubfurniture offer. Looks like they have nice stuff.
ILoveToys
01-10-2008 13:19:46
My wife and I just ordered a couch from clubfurniture...damnit...I could've done a PTP site had I know that.
kingsmoit
01-10-2008 16:28:46
You're right, it was on that page. It still doesn't do much though - I can't see myself netting out very well (or even positive) if I have to purchase a $1600 rail pass ( [And now $2000 worth of furniture]
Something to think about tonight; thanks!
luumon
02-12-2008 11:19:28
hello,
I know it's a slim chance but if anyone could help me it will much be appreciated. I'm still fighting to get my gifts. I'm trying to get manual credit for oqo. oqo finally fax a paper saying order purchase, date of purchase and commission paid to direct-us.com, which is ptp. But ptp denies that they are direct.us.com. Months ago lovesac sent an email and documents of the same thing paying commission to direct-us.com. Which I got credit for. Anyways, ptp is saying they are not direct-us.com. And oqo have mistaken direct-us.com with ptp. Cause ptp is subscriberbase.com. Which I search and ptp is under subscriberbase.com. This is so frustrating. I have click on the right links which directed me to the offers. I have never heard of direct-us.com until lovesac mentioned it. Anyways, I'm back and forth with the guy from ptp. And currently trying to find a connection between direct-us.com and ptp. If anyone can help me this, again I will be much be appreciated!!! thanks for reading!!!
beerman
02-12-2008 11:37:34
I checked myipneighbors.com and I cannot find any link between direct.us.com or direct-us.com with PTP.....
doylnea
02-12-2008 11:38:04
fairly certain that direct-us.com is not related to PTP.
Check out their whois for example
Registrant
Ritm, Ltd
Alexey Bochkarev ()
2nd Murinsky ave, 3-45
St.-Petersburg
,194156
RU
Tel. +7.8129323682
Creation Date 30-Aug-2006
Expiration Date 30-Aug-2010
Domain servers in listed order
ns2.noxyu.com
ns1.noxyu.com
freeipodplayer
02-12-2008 13:00:50
[quote1e3fc9ce11="luumon"]hello,
I know it's a slim chance but if anyone could help me it will much be appreciated. I'm still fighting to get my gifts. I'm trying to get manual credit for oqo. oqo finally fax a paper saying order purchase, date of purchase and commission paid to direct-us.com, which is ptp. But ptp denies that they are direct.us.com. Months ago lovesac sent an email and documents of the same thing paying commission to direct-us.com. Which I got credit for. Anyways, ptp is saying they are not direct-us.com. And oqo have mistaken direct-us.com with ptp. Cause ptp is subscriberbase.com. Which I search and ptp is under subscriberbase.com. This is so frustrating. I have click on the right links which directed me to the offers. I have never heard of direct-us.com until lovesac mentioned it. Anyways, I'm back and forth with the guy from ptp. And currently trying to find a connection between direct-us.com and ptp. If anyone can help me this, again I will be much be appreciated!!! thanks for reading!!![/quote1e3fc9ce11]
Take them to court.
hum1m9e8r8b
02-12-2008 13:11:04
[quotec874c41e5f="freeipodplayer"][quotec874c41e5f="luumon"]hello,
I know it's a slim chance but if anyone could help me it will much be appreciated. I'm still fighting to get my gifts. I'm trying to get manual credit for oqo. oqo finally fax a paper saying order purchase, date of purchase and commission paid to direct-us.com, which is ptp. But ptp denies that they are direct.us.com. Months ago lovesac sent an email and documents of the same thing paying commission to direct-us.com. Which I got credit for. Anyways, ptp is saying they are not direct-us.com. And oqo have mistaken direct-us.com with ptp. Cause ptp is subscriberbase.com. Which I search and ptp is under subscriberbase.com. This is so frustrating. I have click on the right links which directed me to the offers. I have never heard of direct-us.com until lovesac mentioned it. Anyways, I'm back and forth with the guy from ptp. And currently trying to find a connection between direct-us.com and ptp. If anyone can help me this, again I will be much be appreciated!!! thanks for reading!!![/quotec874c41e5f]
Take them to court.[/quotec874c41e5f]
Is that really worth it? Wouldn't he have to file wherever ptp is located?
andyoi630
03-12-2008 06:13:38
[quotefaa5ed8517="hum1m9e8r8b"][quotefaa5ed8517="freeipodplayer"][quotefaa5ed8517="luumon"]hello,
I know it's a slim chance but if anyone could help me it will much be appreciated. I'm still fighting to get my gifts. I'm trying to get manual credit for oqo. oqo finally fax a paper saying order purchase, date of purchase and commission paid to direct-us.com, which is ptp. But ptp denies that they are direct.us.com. Months ago lovesac sent an email and documents of the same thing paying commission to direct-us.com. Which I got credit for. Anyways, ptp is saying they are not direct-us.com. And oqo have mistaken direct-us.com with ptp. Cause ptp is subscriberbase.com. Which I search and ptp is under subscriberbase.com. This is so frustrating. I have click on the right links which directed me to the offers. I have never heard of direct-us.com until lovesac mentioned it. Anyways, I'm back and forth with the guy from ptp. And currently trying to find a connection between direct-us.com and ptp. If anyone can help me this, again I will be much be appreciated!!! thanks for reading!!![/quotefaa5ed8517]
Take them to court.[/quotefaa5ed8517]
Is that really worth it? Wouldn't he have to file wherever ptp is located?[/quotefaa5ed8517]
Since it was online they are considered to be doing business in your state. You can take them to court in your state.
doylnea
03-12-2008 08:12:23
[quote52827e3ecc="andyoi630"]Since it was online they are considered to be doing business in your state. You can take them to court in your state.[/quote52827e3ecc]That will be fairly hard to prove, especially in small claims.
hum1m9e8r8b
03-12-2008 09:48:42
[quote03f22a7a05="doylnea"][quote03f22a7a05="andyoi630"]Since it was online they are considered to be doing business in your state. You can take them to court in your state.[/quote03f22a7a05]That will be fairly hard to prove, especially in small claims.[/quote03f22a7a05]
Yeah, if that was true wouldn't we have to pay taxes on amazon?
freeipodplayer
03-12-2008 17:26:10
[quote987591c531="doylnea"][quote987591c531="andyoi630"]Since it was online they are considered to be doing business in your state. You can take them to court in your state.[/quote987591c531]That will be fairly hard to prove, especially in small claims.[/quote987591c531]
He can take them to small claims in his home state or the companies home state.
I already went through this with Ideal. evil
Mind you, most small claims set a limit on the monetary value of the case. AND the defendant can, atleast in my state, request the trial to a federal court (if I remember correctly, i dont remember which court it was) if the monetary value was over $1500 or so.
andyoi630
03-12-2008 18:15:08
The only proof you need is that you live in your state and you were able to access it from your state.
The amazon taxes is a good question though.
hum1m9e8r8b
03-12-2008 21:35:14
[quotefd0824e5fe="freeipodplayer"][quotefd0824e5fe="doylnea"][quotefd0824e5fe="andyoi630"]Since it was online they are considered to be doing business in your state. You can take them to court in your state.[/quotefd0824e5fe]That will be fairly hard to prove, especially in small claims.[/quotefd0824e5fe]
He can take them to small claims in his home state or the companies home state.
I already went through this with Ideal. evil
Mind you, most small claims set a limit on the monetary value of the case. AND the defendant can, atleast in my state, request the trial to a federal court (if I remember correctly, i dont remember which court it was) if the monetary value was over $1500 or so.[/quotefd0824e5fe]
What was the outcome? I have been screwed over by a freebie before fore a good bit of money, but I always thought it was hopeless to take the legal route.
beerman
17-12-2008 18:33:19
my PTP gift delivery is so close I can taste it!
beerman
18-12-2008 20:06:08
Finally got it.
Macbook Air
Macbook Pro
$1500 in Visa Gift Cards
![]("3724973976)
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box86rowh
18-12-2008 20:16:10
[quote098748b0dc="beerman"]Finally got it.
Macbook Air
Macbook Pro
$1500 in Visa Gift Cards
![]("098748b0dc)
http//i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee1/beerman1976/photo-2.jpg[" alt=""/img098748b0dc][/quote098748b0dc]
SWEET!
RolltheStampede
18-12-2008 20:33:13
nice haul brings m back
steveyankee
19-12-2008 07:41:19
I wish I got in that site when it was doable.
beerman
19-12-2008 07:46:15
not sure what you mean, it is still do-able. I just did it.
steveyankee
19-12-2008 08:46:26
Oh really? Maybe I'm thinking of nuitech.
What site did you do for your gifts? Also, what's the turn around from start to finish?
cubbieco
19-12-2008 09:27:05
Right now the last page is just house of brides (doable), Vayama (international travel) and Rail Europe. Both of the travel sites say credit awarded on completion of trip. I never saw it say that before. Is that new?
wiebelhaus03
19-12-2008 11:22:47
ya thats new....its to prevent people from buying the tickets and returning them after receiving their gifts
beerman
19-12-2008 11:57:08
yeah, they changed the terms the day after I signed up, unfortunately I did not PDF the terms when I did the site so they held me to the 30 day rule fore Club Furniture. I did not get credit for club furniture until 30days after I received the furniture (which the delivery was about 6 weeks late). Rail Europe requirements were not enforced.
I did Retailreportcard.com
Waltmeister
31-01-2009 21:31:00
Question for those of you who did PTP in previous years, what was the amount that PTP put on your 1099? That's the final form I am waiting for to finalize my taxes for the year, so I was curious. Also, when did you receive it?
TIA.
beerman
31-01-2009 21:41:47
[quote3c18777ba7="Waltmeister"]Question for those of you who did PTP in previous years, what was the amount that PTP put on your 1099? That's the final form I am waiting for to finalize my taxes for the year, so I was curious. Also, when did you receive it?
TIA.[/quote3c18777ba7]
I didn't get mine yet.
massman
01-02-2009 06:18:50
they have to have it mailed by jan 31st, so my guess is we'll have it monday/tuesday
freeipodplayer
01-02-2009 11:56:08
Don't have mine yet either.
Waltmeister
04-02-2009 21:05:23
Just received my 1099 today.
It was 6139.63
That was for IMAC 24", Macbook Pro, Macbook Air, Ipod, and Office.
LucaBella
04-02-2009 21:46:57
[quotea3ec8288fa="Waltmeister"]Just received my 1099 today.
It was 6139.63
That was for IMAC 24", Macbook Pro, Macbook Air, iPod, and Office.[/quotea3ec8288fa]
they're putting down full retail price, if you got your mac stuff after Apple had put out newer ones, you can put down Fair market Value on your taxes, which is what we plan to do...
RolltheStampede
05-02-2009 06:46:42
roll
tylerc
05-02-2009 07:32:14
You can adjust the 1099 for FMV.
Please try to edit your posts so they make sense.
RolltheStampede
05-02-2009 08:41:11
roll
tylerc
05-02-2009 09:31:10
You can adjust for FMV if you received something that they inflated the value of.
Say they put a 42" plasma for $3,000 on your 1099. It's only worth $1,500, so if you can include proof that that's what the FMV is, you can adjust your 1099.
box86rowh
05-02-2009 09:55:19
There is an option to do that in turbo tax..
tylerc
05-02-2009 15:06:59
[quoteb29bbd757c="box86rowh"]There is an option to do that in turbo tax..[/quoteb29bbd757c]
Exactly, why would a program like Turbo Tax include it if it wasn't allowed?
RTS needs a new tax professional.
freeipodplayer
05-02-2009 16:25:30
I saw it on HR Block online too.
My question is, Can FMV be what I sell the gift card for? lol
RolltheStampede
05-02-2009 16:33:19
i never said it couldn't be done i said you can do it with these 1099s because they report it as they are giving you cash, not like you won a prize on the price is right.
you cant report fmv on a check you got because of inflation.
but do what you want just have the extra cash laying around when they audit you.
freeipodplayer
05-02-2009 17:04:56
[quoteb8b74b6057="RolltheStampede"]i never said it couldn't be done i said you can do it with these 1099s because they report it as they are giving you cash, not like you won a prize on the price is right.
you cant report fmv on a check you got because of inflation.
but do what you want just have the extra cash laying around when they audit you.[/quoteb8b74b6057]
The problem is, they fucked up.
FULL value prices at apple.com when I got them, is over 600 dollars cheaper than what my 1099 says. A bit bull, don't you think?
Waltmeister
05-02-2009 18:58:03
I got my stuff 2 weeks before they switched to the new Macs. But the point is moot because RTS is right. PTP put the amount in Box 7 Nonemployee Compensation. Which means PTP is considering it as a commission or similar. We can't claim FMV unless it is box 3 Other Income.
I think PTP can do it this way because these are incentive gifts, not something we actually won.
Disclaimer I am not a tax specialist and I do not advise on any personal income tax requirements or issues. Use of any information from my post is for general information only and does not represent personal tax advice either express or implied. You are encouraged to seek professional tax advice for personal income tax questions and assistance. wink
dmorris68
05-02-2009 19:04:00
Folks, keep in mind the FMV adjustment, while allowed, isn't as easy as it sounds.
IRS regulations require that the FMV you're claiming is documented [i75a5d0c17b]as of the time the gift is received[/i75a5d0c17b] and not as of now. You must have and be prepared to bring to audit something [i75a5d0c17b]dated[/i75a5d0c17b] from that point in time showing the lower amount. You can't just look it up now and print something out. If you received something in March of 2008 and didn't capture some proof of lower FMV back then, you'll have a hard time doing so now.
Also, the whole tax processing system is mostly automated. IRS computers already know what 1099s have been reported for you, and if your return matches what they have on record, everything is streamlined and processed quickly. However if things don't match up due to something you've adjusted or failed to report altogether, then it's often kicked out of the automated process and processed manually, resulting in potentially delayed refunds, greater scrutiny of your return, red flags for audit, etc.
If the risk is worth it to you then go for it, just don't underestimate the risks involved.
LucaBella
06-02-2009 06:49:25
Valid points, I think I may have sparked this tax issue and things were left unclear... Yeah you needed proof of the value WHEN YOU RECEIVED the item, and you need to talk to your tax person and explain and have them help you decide how to report what you received and why the price adjustment could be necessary. A simple letter explaining that you did not get cash, but rather computer equipment that was older and not worth the retail they paid months previously, should suffice. However, once again as mentioned...
know what you're doing and the risk that could be involved. I didnt mean to make the whole FMV sound easier than it is.
freeipodplayer
06-02-2009 10:05:22
[quote19da5ef634="LucaBella"]Valid points, I think I may have sparked this tax issue and things were left unclear... Yeah you needed proof of the value WHEN YOU RECEIVED the item, and you need to talk to your tax person and explain and have them help you decide how to report what you received and why the price adjustment could be necessary. A simple letter explaining that you did not get cash, but rather computer equipment that was older and not worth the retail they paid months previously, should suffice. However, once again as mentioned...
know what you're doing and the risk that could be involved. I didnt mean to make the whole FMV sound easier than it is.[/quote19da5ef634]
To properly adjust the FMV, you have to send other forms into the IRS... blah blah blah.
If it is crazy off, I would, but a few hundred... I wouldn't do it. Too much risk to have them ask where every single deposit in my bank account came from.
beerman
07-02-2009 18:23:13
[quotef520f7953f="Waltmeister"]I got my stuff 2 weeks before they switched to the new Macs. But the point is moot because RTS is right. PTP put the amount in Box 7 Nonemployee Compensation. Which means PTP is considering it as a commission or similar. We can't claim FMV unless it is box 3 Other Income.
I think PTP can do it this way because these are incentive gifts, not something we actually won.
Disclaimer I am not a tax specialist and I do not advise on any personal income tax requirements or issues. Use of any information from my post is for general information only and does not represent personal tax advice either express or implied. You are encouraged to seek professional tax advice for personal income tax questions and assistance. wink[/quotef520f7953f]
I got a corrected 1099-MISC that put the amount in Box 3 today.
Waltmeister
07-02-2009 20:33:49
[quoted1ebff391f="beerman"][quoted1ebff391f="Waltmeister"]I got my stuff 2 weeks before they switched to the new Macs. But the point is moot because RTS is right. PTP put the amount in Box 7 Nonemployee Compensation. Which means PTP is considering it as a commission or similar. We can't claim FMV unless it is box 3 Other Income.
I think PTP can do it this way because these are incentive gifts, not something we actually won.
Disclaimer I am not a tax specialist and I do not advise on any personal income tax requirements or issues. Use of any information from my post is for general information only and does not represent personal tax advice either express or implied. You are encouraged to seek professional tax advice for personal income tax questions and assistance. wink[/quoted1ebff391f]
I got a corrected 1099-MISC that put the amount in Box 3 today.[/quoted1ebff391f]
Cool! Did you request it to be changed, or did they just send it to you?
beerman
08-02-2009 07:27:02
they just sent it to me.
heather77
09-02-2009 15:17:56
So my husband and I are gonna take a trip to Scandanavia, so I did the macbook air site for railpasses and airfare. about $4000 for our trip, which is more than I'd have paid otherwise. I'm supposed to get the macbook air, imac with office 08, 160 g ipod, and $1000 home depot gift card. Do ya think i'll be able to sell that stuff (im keeping the gc) for at least that? If so it'll be like taking a free vacation.
RolltheStampede
09-02-2009 15:33:22
even at full value you would be looking at
ipod - 300
mac air 1700
imac 1800
so if you sell it look at 70-90% return.
beerman
09-02-2009 15:59:24
I doubt she'll get the new macbook air, I got the old one...when the apple store looked where they bought it from they found it was several months old, so they have several of these old ones stockpiled.....
heather77
09-02-2009 16:55:08
I'm also using my purchases for Mpell money, btw!
LucaBella
09-02-2009 16:55:33
[quoted8f3fcc2ef="heather77"]So my husband and I are gonna take a trip to Scandanavia, so I did the macbook air site for railpasses and airfare. about $4000 for our trip, which is more than I'd have paid otherwise. I'm supposed to get the macbook air, imac with office 08, 160 g iPod, and $1000 home depot gift card. Do ya think i'll be able to sell that stuff (im keeping the gc) for at least that? If so it'll be like taking a free vacation.[/quoted8f3fcc2ef]
No, you won't be able to get it free with this setup. You need to find one of their sites where the 1K giftcard is a 2K prize. And, they will send you the old versions of at least one of those macbooks...
pm me if you want to know of their sites with higher payouts...
wiebelhaus03
09-02-2009 17:23:16
their 2k lowes site is one of their best imo (although i did do the mac air site thinking i would be receiving 2x mac pro)
heather77
09-02-2009 17:30:01
I saved the link for the 2K Lowes, and when I tried today it was no longer working, so I did the Mac site
bayarea05
10-02-2009 17:32:46
any good sites out there to try??
slambam
11-02-2009 19:19:02
Not ptp, thats for sure.
heather77
07-03-2009 12:23:14
So I'm not getting the iMac since I guess I've signed into a PTP site before for a different promotion but never completed any offers.
Ugg, I finally had a reason to do the site and now I'm only getting the Macbook air, 1000 home depot, and the 160 g iPod. Barely 3K worth of stuff and spent over 4K. I had to add an additional purchase to raileurope, too because they said I was $2 under the minimum required purchase, they counted the cost of the rail protection plan as tax or something. Did anyone do Vayama? The tickets cost over 1000 each, but they seem to include all sorts of fees in the cost of each ticket and i would hate for them to try to pull the same thing with that offer, especially since the tickets are nonrefundable. As long as I end up getting reimbursed for the railpasses I guess I'll be happy, since we were going on vacation anyways but we wouldn't have spent nearly as much on train tickets normally...
wiebelhaus03
07-03-2009 12:25:17
thus the reason why many people said not to do ptp unless you are planning on purchasing the stuff in the first place......
heather77
07-03-2009 13:19:02
for sure, its definitely not the site to do if you're trying to make a profit.
LucaBella
07-03-2009 18:23:20
You did the wrong site from jump, and then they screwed you on the bonus gift...
That's the real issue with PTP these days, in between giving your older less valuable equipment and dicking you around with wait times and requirements not specified in the Terms, they'll also do their best to completely withhold gifts, and as you found out, you can actually get significantly less than you paid for your offers... which manages to both suck and blow.
RolltheStampede
08-03-2009 00:18:26
fortune favors the bold, but once the sites hit the forums they go to crap