Those using swagbucks ???

[Cydney]

What would be the best way for me since I don't have a target red card?

Swagbucks has an offer for getting a red card. I think it is 400SB or something like that. You can apply for the debit card instead of the credit card and you get the same 5% discount and free shipping. Some people get target gift cards from swagbucks and then choose to churn them on ebay for extra savings. Some just have the red card as the default and pay with the card earned on SB for a 5% discount and free shipping. Either way if you go through Ebates and add something cheap like a wooden ruler you will get 2% when you buy your gift cards.

 

[DIS_MERI]

How to you use you swagbucks towards your Disney trip? As in, what giftcards do you buy? I was going to get paypal giftcards but seen that you can pay for your trip with paypal. I need help lol

A lot depends on your location, risk tolerance and timeline. I live in an area with Kroger. So, I get my first discounted card ($25 for 2200SB) as target and get the rest as paypal. I use my paypal money to transfer to my bank account, and then when Kroger offers 4x fuel points, I buy more Target cards with my swagbucks money. I then use my Target cards with my redcard debit and get 5% off ebay gift cards at Target (you can do the ebates ruler thing for another 2%, I don't ever actually spend any of my money on the debit card, just have to have it to get the 5%). Then, when ebay offers 4x or 5x ebay bucks, I go through SB (currently 2SB/$1) to buy either Target gift cards (usually have to pay shipping on those) or Kmart cards (where I buy ebay or disney cards). Ebay bucks are normally 2%, so at 4x that's 8%, 5x is 10%. When I have more target money than I can spend at ebay, I either buy Disney gc or southwest airlines gc.

It takes time to do the swaps between target cards and ebay cards, and it takes quite a long time for Ebates, swagbucks and ebay bucks to pay out. There is a risk that you could be left with gift cards tied up in any of the gift cards that you suddenly can't turn into Disney cards (kmart has told me before that I couldn't buy gift cards with gift cards, but then the next time, they let me....). But, I am making approximately $800 every 6 months off churning gift cards, using only the money I earned from swagbucks last year (I'd do more, but you can only spend $5000 in ebay bucks every 6 months).

 

[crazymomof4]

Anyone getting Happy Hour on nCraves yet tonight?

 

[afan]

Anyone getting Happy Hour on nCraves yet tonight?

No Hoping if I run more than one it will appear. I met my first goal but I was hoping to get some more out of happy hour.

Also, since I hadn't been doing ncraves until like 4 days ago, the number of options for them I have is shrinking. Will they come back or should I limit what I do each day?

 

[mzscott81]

That seems like a lot of work and since I just started on SBs and leave in 2 months. I think I will just get gift cards to walmart. Can you by disney gift cards at walmart with walmart giftcards? If not, I will just use that for stuff I need to get for the trip. Thanks for all your help.

 

[DIS_MERI]

No happy hour here either I did just do a 3SB autorun hoping it would appear, and actually got credited 6SB for it, so I guess that's nice at least lol. It took forever, so it shouldn't have been worth 3 anyway....

That seems like a lot of work and since I just started on SBs and leave in 2 months. I think I will just get gift cards to walmart. Can you by disney gift cards at walmart with walmart giftcards? If not, I will just use that for stuff I need to get for the trip. Thanks for all your help.

I am not sure if walmart sells Disney cards or not, but they would likely be at face value anyway; I do know that you can use Walmart cards to buy Disney cards at Sam's a slight discount, which would help cut costs more (if you're a Sam's member with a club close by).

 

[havaneselover]

Anyone getting Happy Hour on nCraves yet tonight?

Nope. I'm only had 216 sb today. Lowest total in more than a month. No surveys, no ttg, no laptop guy, no happy hour, and the apps are a disaster.

 

[ThisIsJason]

Welcome to the first of the year! If it is anything like that past two years the first 6-8 weeks will have slim pickings.

 

[crazymomof4]

Welcome to the first of the year! If it is anything like that past two years the first 6-8 weeks will have slim pickings.

It's good to have this perspective. I've only been SB'ing since July and don't know what to expect. So hearing this makes me hopeful that I can "ride it out" and things will go back to at least near-normal. I have a while yet before our trip, so that's a benefit. More time to save!

 

[crazymomof4]

That seems like a lot of work and since I just started on SBs and leave in 2 months. I think I will just get gift cards to walmart. Can you by disney gift cards at walmart with walmart giftcards? If not, I will just use that for stuff I need to get for the trip. Thanks for all your help.

Like a previous poster said, if your Walmart sells Disney GCs, (mine does) it will be at face value. Sam's sells a pack of 3/$50 Disney GC for just a tad less discount than Target's 5%. I think it's $142.98 (??) You can use either Sam's GC or Walmart GC at Sams. Not sure if you can buy a GC with a GC in the store but you can online. I've done it.

 

[Narnia_girl]

How to you use you swagbucks towards your Disney trip? As in, what giftcards do you buy? I was going to get paypal giftcards but seen that you can pay for your trip with paypal. I need help lol

What would be the best way for me since I don't have a target red card?

I usually cash my Swagbucks in for WalMart gift cards and then use those at Sam's to buy discounted Disney gift cards and discounted Southwest gift cards.

Like a previous poster said, if your Walmart sells Disney GCs, (mine does) it will be at face value. Sam's sells a pack of 3/$50 Disney GC for just a tad less discount than Target's 5%. I think it's $142.98 (??) You can use either Sam's GC or Walmart GC at Sams. Not sure if you can buy a GC with a GC in the store but you can online. I've done it.

Yep, you can buy them in the store, too!

 

[PerfessorZ]

I guess the "anger" is that its just a change that in no way benefits the user and is designed to give SB a way out of having to pay the bonuses. I agree its not a huge hoop to jump through but its a change that doesn't help the user in anyway, most likely will hurt some users and that they buried in the blog that I assume most people never read.

It seems a little like your company switching from direct deposit back to handing you paper checks... and if you don't cash them in time, they're worthless.

 

[PerfessorZ]

PS, my Perk earnings are noticeably lower today, too, so it's not just Swagbucks that's short on advertisers right now. Things are tight across the board, no matter what GPT site you're using, it seems.

 

[momabaarjo]

GRRRR....I completed 2 surveys this morning and NO CREDIT

 

[momabaarjo]

GRRRRRr...3 surveys STAY AWAY FROM THEM TODAY apparently

 

[havaneselover]

GRRRRRr...3 surveys STAY AWAY FROM THEM TODAY apparently

I got one to work on shopping and earned a whopping 24 sb!
LifeStylz, Sportly, and Movie Clips won't run and I've maxed out the other apps. I ran a 6sb nCrave which took about 25 minutes. So now I'm back to the Watch playlists which I can't stand.

 

[JenzyHP]

Thank goodness for a low 1st goal. I won't be getting more than that. I may give up for the first 6-8 weeks then as swag bucks at a snails pace isn't fun.

 

[afan]

I hope the survey's pick up this next week. I haven't qualified for any yet, even peanut labs. At least I've gotten 1 sb for a lot of them disqualifying me. I just want to meet my min goal each day.

 

[mzscott81]

How many sb do yall normally earn in 1 day?

 

[DIS_MERI]

How many sb do yall normally earn in 1 day?

Before last week, I averaged 250-350/day for about 4 months. The last week has been 150-250/day. Not getting bonuses on SBTV/apps not running right is killing me. I don't do surveys, and I only run on 1 laptop (mostly nCraves) and 1 ipad (apps).