January Incentives Thread

[MommyBoo!]

OK, I thought I would go ahead and start this thread. Hopefully it will encourage us to keep going and maybe we'll find some good new sites. If you think it would be better not to put the dollar amounts, let me know and I will edit it. Please post yours!

January was a good month for me because I happened to hit the payout level for several sites and I got some rebates from Black Friday shopping.

Rebates
H&R Block Taxcut Software - $24.99
Seagate Internal Hard Drive - $40.00

Survey Checks
Viewpoint Forum - $10.13
Panel Polls - $10.00
Survey Direct - $2.00

Gift Certificates
GoZing Test Product - $10.00 Amazon (this came from the company itself but the initial email was from gozing; it's still going on so I can't name the company)
Socratic Forum - $5.00 Amazon
Lightspeed - $5.00 Amazon

Gift Cards
Harris Polls - $5.00 Target

Stuff
Zoompanel - Princess Diaries 2 DVD

Coupons
General Mills - $5.00 Off Groceries

 

[eller]

Wow! That's great. I don't keep track of my rewards. I didn't cash out for anything in January.

CR $15
QR $25
HIPoints $35

That's what I have waiting in the wings to cash out, but I like to wait on CR until I have enough for $50 and I'll wait on QR unitl about a month from trip time. HIPoint, I'll wait until we have about $50 worth.

 

[mickeyfan1]

SO far this year I have:

Rebates:

$150.00 from Best Buy Christmas purchase, still waiting for 200 more.

Surveys:

Pine Cone $20, 15 is from last year that came in early January
Synovate - $15.00 payout from last year


Misc:

Chase Visa - $20.00 to sign up for credit payment protection. Card has zero balance and will not be used. (did this before with them, it's free money to me!)

Pending:

Secret Shop $12.00
Your 2 Cents $7.80


I think this is a slow year so far. I am close to small CGs at some survey places, but not at others. Still for the small amount of time it takes to do the surveys, any little bonus is good.

 

[bartleby1]

Great idea! I love to see what other people are receiving. Especially when the earnings are so slim nowadays!

I managed to cash out from a few programs this month, although it took a while to earn them. This is what I've received in January/beginning of February.

Creationsrewards: $25 disney dollars (took 6 months to earn)
Quickrewards: $30 disney dollars (took 6 months to earn)
Memolink: $25 McDonalds (got 5 numbers on memolink lotto to get this)
Rewardtv: $5 Carl's, Jr
Pinecone research: $5 survey

Pretty good month, but now I have nothing left in my accounts, lol!

 

[MichaelsMickey]

I think its fun to see that other people get excited about they extra's they get from different programs. For January I received:

Best Buy Rebate $50.00

Creation Rewards $45.00

Mypoints $10.00 Gap Card

Citicard Reward $100.00 Babiesrus

Discovercard $25.00 Gap Card

Quickrewards I have $118.00 so far, but I'm saving for our October Trip.

I'm having a baby boy in April so I'm trying to save up so that I can do a little baby shopping for clothes and extras with out feeling to guilty.

Good Luck to every out there saving.

 

[azgal81]

For January I got:

Hipoints - $5 gift card for Target
Survey Savvy - $3 check
Pinecone $10 worth of $5 checks
Lightspeed - $25 check (I don't think they do checks anymore though) - I might have rec'd that one late December I don't rememeber.

I just started rewarding in mid January so I have alot of catching up to do with everyone else here!

We should do this type of thing every month so we can see what all everyone is getting it will be fun.

 

[mickeyfan1]

I do keep an Excell SpPread Sheet to track everything. It is fun at the end of the year to see how much it all adds up to, provided you input the numbers! 2005 totally did not track. But this year I have tracked everything so far and intend to do it all year.

 

[dtuleya]

Ok, you've all motivated me into getting my butt in gear and start saving for our 2 week trip in July. Lord knows our budget is out of hand and we could use some extra green!. I'm going to start doing my rewards faithfully again as well as all those surveys I keep dumping in the trash.

 

[eller]

Ok, you've all motivated me into getting my butt in gear and start saving for our 2 week trip in July. Lord knows our budget is out of hand and we could use some extra green!. I'm going to start doing my rewards faithfully again as well as all those surveys I keep dumping in the trash.

Good to see you Denise!

Lori

 

[dtuleya]

Thanks Lori....good to be back. I've been lurking, but I'm ready to get back into my RPBG bad habits again. Bloody marys or mimosas anyone?

 

[eller]

Bloody marys or mimosas anyone?

Hmm. I think that would be a mimosa for me please!

Lori

 

[Pembo]

So if you figure it out on Excel, I know you are reporting your "earnings" to the Irs.........

I'm just teasing....but you are supposed to report it.

 

[mickeyfan1]

So if you figure it out on Excel, I know you are reporting your "earnings" to the Irs.........

I'm just teasing....but you are supposed to report it.

Well, I look at it this way. I am an independant contractor for these companies. They should issue me a 1099 at the end of the year reporting my earnings to the IRS and me. However, if you earn less than 599 dollars from any company, federal law does not require issuance of the 1099. Several of the companies I secret shop for have my SSN on file and I have a contract with them saying I understand that if I make more than 599 in a year, I will get a 1099. I suppose if all my stuff came to more than 500 dollars total in a year, I would be surprised. And unless I get a 1099, I am not going to report it. I did win a contest 2 years ago and the prize valeue was reported to the IRS and I had to pay tax on it.

If you reported all these earnings, you would also have to report every dollar you won gambling, playing bingo, etc. Scratch lottery tickets, etc. You are allowed to offset your winnngs from gambling with the same amount of losses though, so for me, that is never a problem, I might win 25 dollars in a year and spend 50 to do it!

 

[MommyBoo!]

Well, I could sure use a mimosa! It is fun to see what everyone has gotten.

MichaelsMickey - Congratulations!

I forgot to add $53.80 cashback from FatWallet for online shopping (had some electronic$ stuff in there).