BeccaGirl's Money

So, it looks like Kira (admin from Cash Duck) is done with phase one of reversals. I only had a few dollars (as far as I can tell) reversed - all from referrals, so not bad at all. But of course that few dollars translates into $30-$50 worth of earnings (if they're Level 1 referrals).

Here's what Kira posted on her forum earlier:

For the time being I have sorted through the denials as have been processed by the advertiser right now.. there are over three thousand left that have not been declared either way. I will hear about those later in the month and there may be more reversals. For right now, I have only given denials to people who had more than five of one family of offer reverse. There are always a few freebie reversals for no good reason here and there every month so if there were less than five I did not give you reversals. However, there may be more reversals coming once all the leads are reviewed.

For right now, if you are more than five dollars in the red, I will be reversing your cashout. You can redo it and it will be paid as soon as I can (along with reversing the leads, the payout was also held up.)

I was poking around on a forum earlier today and noticed a lot of talk about the reversals going on. Of course they were praising Christina (Deal Barbie Pays admin) to no end... and lamenting the end of the GPT sites as we know them. A little too dramatic for my taste...hehehe.

It's really going to suck for the people who do go into the red though - especially if they were counting on that money to pay bills or for some kind of planned purchase.

I think it's normal for everyone to be confused... scared... unsure... especially if we've been doing this for a few months or longer. I'm sure the GPT admins are doing the best they can, but many it seems, are not even trying to be understanding or offering any further explanations.

I actually purchased my own GPT site about a month ago, but have had zero time to get very far with it. Good thing, I suppose, because I would not have wanted to be in the middle of this mess.

Anyway, the dreaded reversals don't seem to have affected me all that much... yet. Stay tuned. ;)

Labels: gpt sites, reversals

Posted by Becca at 5:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

New Freebie Regulations

Earlier this month GPT site admins (Cash Duck, Deal Barbie Pays, Rock Hard Cash, Pocket Cash GPT, etc.) sent out PM's/emails announcing that there had been a rash of users doing freebies (particularly surveys) on one GPT site after the other. The message went on to say that this was considered fraud and would be taken very seriously. Anyone found to be doing this would have their account placed on hold or worse, completely deleted.

Needless to say, this had everybody scared. After all, how many of us really keep track of the surveys we do? I sure don't. Have I done surveys on all these sites? Yes. Did I intentionally try to commit fraud? No.

Surveys Affected

Further PM's/emails came explaining that because of this, users would now be limited to doing one survey from these "survey families" per week. The surveys affected were:

Big Buck Surveys
Consumer Beat
Consumer Expressions
Survey Network
Winning Surveys

So fine, if those are the rules those are the rules. Still, many users were confused as to which surveys they could do, waiting times, etc.

Affected Surveys Marked

Then came the PM from Cristina, the Deal Barbie Pays admin, explaining that she had marked the affected surveys so that they would be easily recognizable by the users. All other freebies/surveys could be done without spacing them out by a week. She was the first to do so - but the other site admins quickly followed suit.

Mass Reversals

Well today, there are new PM's announcing that there will be reversals. Massive reversals. Kira, the site admin of Cash Duck even went as far as to say that they were coming faster than she could keep up with and that they were in the thousands. Here's more:

You can bet that the advertisers are PISSED. Things that piss them off: doing the same survey more than once on different sites, using false information such as fake names, addresses, phone numbers, and using garbage emails that bounce. Hopefully the freebie restrictions will keep the same thing from happening next month, because this is BAD.

-Cash Duck Blog

Of course this sucks, because everyone knows that payday is just around the corner and now noone is sure how much their payouts are going to be affected. I took a quick glance at my Cash Duck account and saw only small amounts reversed so far, but I know it could get worse. I have 100+ referrals in my downline (70+ are Level 1 referrals) so who knows how much I'll end up losing.

No Reversals on Deal Barbie Pays

However I did notice something interesting on the Deal Barbie Pays site. Here's the PM from my inbox:

Some of you may have seen some freebies reversals. I have decided not to reverse the rest. I don't feel that you or myself has done anything wrong. I am not going to punish my members for something that I do not agree with. Please be assured ALL of the offers with these issues were pulled several days ago. So you can continue to complete offers on DBP without worry of uncalled for reversals in the long run.
-Christina

Christina from Deal Barbie Pays seems to be on top of this freebie ordeal and doing her best to put her members at ease by pointing out the high-paying freebies, promoting contests and refusing to do any reversals. I'm sure that her members will be more likely to stay loyal to her site. Members on other sites seem to be confused and holding off on doing any offers until they (and the site admins) know more.

So we'll see. I'll keep you informed if I see any reversals on my accounts and feel free to post your own. I'd love to know how widespread this is and how this is going to affect the GPT world in the future.

Labels: freebies, gpt sites, reversals, surveys

Posted by Becca at 8:18 PM | Permalink | Comments