IM Rant

After my trek with the Go Green stuff (which was pretty cool at the time), I ventured off into another model that promised big bucks.  Nothing to get rich but just enough for me to not worry about cash ever again.  I know you have heard about these GPT (Get Paid To) methods, where all you do is click, do a task (some for a certain amount of time) then collect a few pennies.  I have tried three certain and most well known GPT methods: Read, Click, and Take Surveys.

Let’s begin with Read.  I stumbled onto a site called Money List Profits, which was some overseas guy (I think Indian) named Tushar Sheth.  After being patient enough to read through the very dizzying sales page filled with shitloads of testimonials, I had to look deeper into this.  After being assured that it wasn’t a scam, I plunked down the $80 to check it out.  The premise of this was to sign up to several PTR (Paid To Read) sites and use throwaway e-mails to read the e-mails that the PTR sites will send you.  But what they DON’T tell you is that in order for this method to work, you will need to get people to sign up under you at MLP, meaning they will have to plunk down $80 as well.  Do you smell MLM?  I sure did when I read through the course.  But the thing is this: If you’re an expert internet marketer, this can work for you someway.  And let me tell you this – don’t sign up for any of that crap that promises you MLM leads.  They suck.  So I got my refund from this program (since it was Clickbank) and moved on.

Now on to Click.  Now ironically, a certain PTC (Paid To Click) is how I discovered MLP.  And it is one of the most known PTCs out there: Bux.to.  The same premise is there as PTR – you click on ads, wait 30 seconds, then get paid pennies.  But the real meat is when you actually invest into Bux.to.  They have this little thing where you can buy a certain amount of referrals that signed up without anyone referring them with you reaping all the rewards.  The cash sounded promising, and after talking it over with friends and God I plunked down $339 to invest in a premium membership and 300 referrals.  I eventually cashed out $355.25 in hopes that I’d get it in the 30 days they promised.  I had a plan but they ruined it all.  But thankfully, they DID eventually pay me, though it took 89 days instead of 30.  This was because of a whole lot of bullshit that would take me ages to explain.  At the moment, I have another pending cashout, this time of a much larger amount: $1100.28.  It has been pending since July 20, 2008.  That is not a typo – 2008, NOT 2009.  As in well over a year ago.  However, I still visit the site today but I am nowhere near as active as I was during the times when I was really into it.  Bux.to isn’t a scam, but in the condition they’re in now, it’s just a waste of time.  Bux.to DOES have competition, in NeoBux.  I have been flirting with signing up with them (instant payments and better autoclicker protection), but right now I’m just doing something else.

And finally, Paid Surveys.  I know during your time online you have heard of taking Paid Surveys for cash.  Basically, you take a survey, let them know of your opinion, and get paid a few dollars to several dollars.  But here is the thing: Most paid survey sites require you to be qualified to take a survey.  And it is a huge headache because even when you know you’re qualified to take a survey, you get told off after answering a few questions with “Thanks For Your Time” or other crap.  No explanation why, just said that you’re not qualified.  Like if you want to take a survey about Wal-Mart (which is a household name) they just tell you off for no reason.  So don’t waste your time with this crap.

All in all, the GPT methods aren’t ways you can make a reliable and stable source of income.  There is always some crap that comes up with them, i.e. bux.to.  After my experience with those, I went elsewhere.  Into a world that changed the way I talked forever….

And keep this in mind: If it doesn’t work for me, it won’t work for you.  Chase the pipe dream.  Live the pipe nightmare.