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Just jumped on board, and I'm all caught up! Your plans sound great so far, congrats on getting all of your ADRs too! Good luck with the surprise, I love the plans for the reveal with the breakfast plate I'm planning a surprise for my DDs with our November trip too, but it's getting harder and harder to keep the secret! Good luck with the rest of your planning!
Oh, and I love hearing your ideas on saving money for your trip. I follow Kristin on Couponing to Disney too, I love that site! I found her on Facebook not too long ago, she has really helped me save a lot of $$.
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Great news on the $$$ front! What sites are you using?
Thanks! I have been so excited for the survey sites. I joined some of them at the end of Oct., others I joined in Dec. So I have been doing them for 8 months and that is what I made for 8 months...well slightly more, because some had rewards left over after I cashed in. But I think $560 is great!! It is somewhat time consuming, but I am a stay at home mom, so I have the free time. Here are the survey sites I use...in case you interested. I listed them in order of my faves, with my reward amount for each and a little note.
I am only listing the ones I have already cashed in for and received the rewards. In a few weeks when I cash in the others, if I receive all the rewards I will post them as well.
Toluna- $100 check, 16 days till receipt- This is my fave site. It has polls as well as surveys so you can make thousands of points per day. 60,000= $20.
Opinion Outpost- $95.50 VISA giftcard- 1 day till receipt, as you can choose a virtual giftcard to use online or on the phone. This site sends surveys through email. The only tip I have is cash in once you hit around $50, I got about 5 surveys a month once I hit $50. After I cashed in...I have been getting about 5 a day again. 1 point= $1 dollar
MyPoints- $25 VISA giftcard- 6 days till receipt- This site is cool bc you can do surveys, get points for reading emails and for shopping at various stores through their site. Like Kmart, Walmart...national stores. $25 girftcard= 4600 points
My View- $50 PayPal- 1 day till receipt, again I got a virtual giftcard. You can choose a physical gift card if you want as well (with all the sites)This site is cool bc they give you points even if you don't qualify for the survey itself. $50 giftcard= 66,500 points
Ispos Isay- $20 check 19 days till receipt- Receive a good amount of surveys per day through email. $10=1000 points
Epoll- $10 Paypal 23 days till receipt- This site sends surveys through email, but I don't get very many. Most of them are worth 500 points though and the surveys seem pretty short. $10= 6750 points
Survey Scout- $10 giftcard 10 days till receipt- This is one survey site I am giving up. I just didn't qualify for as many surveys. That doesn't mean it isnt good, someone else might qualify for more than I do.
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Just jumped on board, and I'm all caught up! Your plans sound great so far, congrats on getting all of your ADRs too! Good luck with the surprise, I love the plans for the reveal with the breakfast plate I'm planning a surprise for my DDs with our November trip too, but it's getting harder and harder to keep the secret! Good luck with the rest of your planning!
Oh, and I love hearing your ideas on saving money for your trip. I follow Kristin on Couponing to Disney too, I love that site! I found her on Facebook not too long ago, she has really helped me save a lot of $$.
Glad you have joined my PTR party! I am so excited for my ADR's, I can't believe I got all the ones I wanted in the first shot. I've been pretty lucky with that through the years.
I can't wait to use the plate for my DD, I am having such a hard time keeping this quiet!! So hard!! So I get that completely.
I love Kristin's site, I too follow her on FB. It was a post from her site that inspired my plate idea, actually. I wrote to Kristin about it and she ended up reposting the link with a pic of my plate and my idea. That was really cool! Parially bc I think she has probably heard a whole lot of surprise ideas, and she was thrilled about mine, one she hadn't heard before. Kristin has helped me in so many money saving ways and ideas, from survey sites, to the plate, to using coupons. I it!!
Thanks for posting the survey sites. I will be checking them out! I always thought they were shams...I love the change jar...but my DH, also...tends to raid it...grrr.....
Thanks for posting the survey sites, I've been wanting to check some of them out for a while but also thought they would be too time consuming or a scam.
Good luck with the change. I always save my change and usually end up with about $100.00 per year. It's like found money. Now my saving is a little slower because I give some to my son for his piggy bank and I've been saving quarters and pennies for the pressed penny machines.
Thanks for posting the survey sites. I will be checking them out! I always thought they were shams...I love the change jar...but my DH, also...tends to raid it...grrr.....
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Congrats on the extra money!!! I might have to try a couple of those sites myself!!
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Thanks for posting the survey sites, I've been wanting to check some of them out for a while but also thought they would be too time consuming or a scam.
Good luck with the change. I always save my change and usually end up with about $100.00 per year. It's like found money. Now my saving is a little slower because I give some to my son for his piggy bank and I've been saving quarters and pennies for the pressed penny machines.
back Shelly!
Yw! Yeah, I wondered about the survey site too as far as being shams. But decided to give it a go, like I said when Kristin on Couponing to Disney said she did them and they work. I am proof now as well that they do! I still can't believe it! Just keep in mind when you going to check out or do the surveys....
1.) Not everyone qualifies for all surveys, it all depends on what they are looking for...age, occupation, kids, where you live, etc. I have found some sites that I qualify for many more surveys than others. You kind of have to use my list (just bc I know they pay their rewards) and then see what happens....if one isn't worth your time...forget it and continue on with the ones that are.
When I started doing the surveys I started out joining about 20...I have whittled that number down to 12 and I plan on discountinuing a couple more soon. I would rather concentrate on the ones that seem to work better for me.
2.) They can be as time consuming or not as you want. I probably spend 30 min to 1.5 hours a day doing them at various times of the day. I might spend 30 minutes in the morning and then an hour at night. Or 10 minutes in the morning and 1.5 at night. You can always skip surveys that you don't like some questions for some reason or if you don't like what they are paying or you feel that survey is too long. It's all up to you!
3.) I still have a few sites to cash in for and I will let you know about those sites as well. I cashed in today from 2 sites for $75 PayPal. So in the next 2 weeks we shall see about those!
I am so happy for my change jar, so proud I should say. It's hard for me to save change (I usually end up using it) but I have been! I just put another $10.35 in it last night. Which means I am officially done with saving for Mousekeeping, DME, laundry, and mugs. I have started working on paying for CRT, which is $125, but I am down to $120!!
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OMG those survey sites are addicting! I feel a bit like I am selling my soul....
I know Shelly!! Believe me, once I actually got some savings into them and I saw my points/money accumilating....look out! Especially when I got a couple test products...crazy! LOL At one point, I stopped watching tv and was on here doing surveys instead. I barely watch tv anymore now with this computer....between Pogo, FB, PP and NOW SURVEYS, oh boy.
I am planning to pay for my trip alone next year to meet up with my PP girlies, hopefully , by those survey sites. We'll see, I'll keep you posted there will be a PTR and TR for that trip! I may be on to a title for the PTR...maybe subtitle..."Can I pay for WDW completely from doing Surveys online??" LMAO
I am finding out that I do not qualify for most. And I keep getting a variation of the same survey! I tweak my answers a bit and still do not qulaify! I can imagine this bieng very time consuming! But now that I am home for the summer, I do have a little extra time to waste and am also trying to get more money for a 2012 WDW trip!
I am finding out that I do not qualify for most. And I keep getting a variation of the same survey! I tweak my answers a bit and still do not qulaify! I can imagine this bieng very time consuming! But now that I am home for the summer, I do have a little extra time to waste and am also trying to get more money for a 2012 WDW trip!
I can understand that. Like I said, there are some I gave up bc it just was not worth the time with the amount of times I wasn't qualifying. These are what I was left with.
My View gives points even if you don't qualify and Toluna a try, with the sponsored (polls) under the explore tab you can rack up the points I have found. You just have to see what ones work for you.
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Congratulations on the great pay out, I have done some survey sites and can't believe the points that add up, I think almost 90% of Christmas shopping was either paid for by the visas I earned or Amazon points
Congratulations on the great pay out, I have done some survey sites and can't believe the points that add up, I think almost 90% of Christmas shopping was either paid for by the visas I earned or Amazon points
Thanks! Really, that is what I am saying! I am loving my survey sites right now. They do add up fast!
on the extra cash!!!! that is very cool!!! Might have to check those out for future trip savings!!! We do the change jar too! Can't wait till next week to see how many we have in there!!!
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on the extra cash!!!! that is very cool!!! Might have to check those out for future trip savings!!! We do the change jar too! Can't wait till next week to see how many we have in there!!!
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