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gambit00x · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS

I cashed out not too long ago on GiftMonkey and decided to go for it again. So I went for the big prize. Almost 1/3 of the way there (18 credits), I sign in to my account to find that I have been disqualified!!!
Why, you ask?
Well apparently you get disqualified if one of your referrals uses a stolen CC.
What is this!!!
So, (a) How am I to be blamed for this?
(b) What happens to the points I've already attained?
(c) What should I do?

This is the e-mail I received:

Tholek · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:37 am Post subject:

They stated "users" plurally. If there were one, then maybe it can be explained away, and they can let you go forward. However, if there really are several, and they all did refs for you then I don't blame them. That is certainly suspicious.

gambit00x · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:46 am Post subject:

My last ref started acting suspiciously when he began to demand payment just after completing credits. He is the "friend" of a previous ref of mine. When I got suspicious, I wrote GiftMonkey asking them to check them both out for me. They let me know the last one violated the TOS. If they are the perpetrators involved, and my suspicions brought them to GM's attention, would it make sense that I was "in on it".?

phenom212 · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject:

My account was also just disqualified. Out of 62 points, I had about 50. I am waiting for an explanation. If this has to do with credit card fraud from some users (as you experienced above) then how is that our fault?

I am a top earning member from them too--they advertise me to bring in other members and encourage them--yet they disqualify my account?

They had better rectify this situation--it sucks that members in good standing are suffering because of scammers.

I've earned close to 3,000 dollars from giftmonkey. I would assume they know by now that I'm here for the long haul.

gambit00x · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject:

Wow! I'm sorry to hear that! That's terrible business practice to say the least. You're actually a poster child for them and they're going to kick you to the curb like that. I asked them if they would give me at least some kind of compensation, this was the response:

phenom212 · Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:23 pm Post subject:

They just took my account off hold because my referrals were fraudulent. I made my case and they were professional enough to at least hear me out and make the right decision.

Good luck with your case.

Kmarie · Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 1:11 pm Post subject:

Offer Centric's business practices have little to be desired. I have gone round and round with them and I never actually speak (email) to an actual person -- the response messages are very quick and standard record messages.

They have been giving me offers of doom since April and will not add any. Their advertising practices are very misleading to people when they sign up as a referral. I just can't understand how they continue to be in business with tactics such of this. They have to be one of the worst freebie sites -- of course, they suck people into doing offers and then they never have to pay any out -- because the trader cannot complete their site. I am referring to Notebooks4free. I only needed 4 more for the longest time and those who have completed some offers of doom, they are not given credit, so what does that state?

I hope I do not offend any OC fans, but every time I read a post about someone getting "scammed" by them, I feel I have to vent!

I thank you for your time!

P.S. I'm new to this forum, however, I have been doing trades since January 2007.

dmorris68 · Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject:

OOD's have always been standard practice with OC sites. But they've always been pretty reliable as long as the last few refs on a site were willing to do the OOD's. But the OOD's are what keeps them from being as popular as the rest of the sites.

gmario · Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:47 am Post subject:

phenom212 · Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject:

gambit00x · Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:14 am Post subject:

My account was reinstated (thanks phenom). So I'm trying to get it done, still a long way to go.