Comments on SWAG BUCKS BLOG: Get The Prize You Want With Swag Bucks

omfg you guys are such big babys your lucky anyone...

2010-03-11T19:34:26.786-08:00

omfg you guys are such big babys your lucky anyone gets anything for free just by searching.so stop whining and just be grateful that ur given stuff for free for doing stuff you already do.what other sites give you free money for such easy stuff.none.so stop being big whiner babies.tsg and swagbucks have been good to us so be nice

Unbelievable. I read through all the comments and ...

2010-03-04T14:33:05.912-08:00

Unbelievable. I read through all the comments and I found ONE positive comment. This site is FREE to sign up. This site is FREE to redeem prizes. You get stuff FREE from this site.

Yes, it does suck that you can only redeem 5 of everything now. But hey, you can still get $400 a month in Amazon gift cards. COMPLETELY FREE.

As for the higher denominations of Amazon Gift Cards costing more, TSG has told you, if you would READ SOME COMMENTS!! TSG said that they had an agreement with Amazon about the $5 gift card but not for the $25 or $50. That is why the $25 and $50 cost more.

You guys make me sick. You are complaining about a site that gives you FREE things for sitting on your butt and doing stuff on the internet.

This rule should quite obviously exclude the e-gif...

2010-01-23T21:05:19.522-08:00

This rule should quite obviously exclude the e-gift cards. It's not fair that the higher denominations cost more in the end, and how can you run out of something virtual anyways? I find it disappointing that after all these complaints TSG still hasn't acted on this. None of us mean any disrespect, we just find this very unfair in terms of the e-gift cards.

Dudes, i dont care about this, i am not getting AN...

2009-12-09T16:42:10.666-08:00

Dudes, i dont care about this, i am not getting ANY swag buck, since i started on swag bucks about a week ago i HAVE NOT GOT 1 MORE SWAG BUCK

i would be pleased if someone helped me

its not like i get to little
I DONT GET ANY!!

I want to know how ya'll are getting 1000s of swag...

2009-12-04T15:46:23.284-08:00

I want to know how ya'll are getting 1000s of swag bucks. I know I just started last week but man they come far in between!

Wow. I really dont like this at all. I worked hard...

2009-11-14T19:33:34.873-08:00

Wow. I really dont like this at all. I worked hard for my 332 Referrals, and now I have to pay 40% MORE for a higher value Amazon Gift card. That's not fair at all. I brought so many people to this site, to get screwed over.

This doesn't make sense. Your blog post says "5 of...

2009-11-10T18:24:30.957-08:00

This doesn't make sense. Your blog post says "5 of the same prize each month," but I can't click on ANYTHING in the gift card section. Nothing redeems. Nothing is happening.

Why can't I get an XBox Live card? That's not an Amazon GC.

Does this apply to swagstakes

2009-11-10T12:53:35.822-08:00

Does this apply to swagstakes

What about adding some higher dollar Target gift c...

2009-11-09T10:20:18.058-08:00

What about adding some higher dollar Target gift cards for those who like Target, at the same ratio as the lower Target gift cards? Your logic for the Amazon being higher is that you have a special discount for the $5 Amazon gift cards, but for other merchants you should be able to add higher dollar gift cards and keep them the same. So add a $25 Target and a $50 Target if you are really serious about letting people "get the prizes they want".

I totally understand about the new limit, but am n...

2009-11-08T19:20:07.731-08:00

I totally understand about the new limit, but am not thrilled with the higher value cards costing a higher ratio of SBucks.

I am equally NOT thrilled that you guys refunded an Amazon GC on me that I ordered and you fulfilled BEFORE this new rule was put in place. Luckily I had not ordered anything with it yet, and I know that I'll be able to order it again this month, but that was a cheap shot to make the new rule retroactive and not even send out an email explaining what you'd done.

oops i thought i had all 0s in there 25+150+250=40...

2009-11-08T18:40:24.680-08:00

oops i thought i had all 0s in there 25+150+250=400

@justine you can get 5 each of the $5, $25, $50 AG...

2009-11-08T17:29:06.904-08:00

@justine you can get 5 each of the $5, $25, $50 AGC. that equals out to $400. 25+15+250=400. TSG said early EACH prize not overall or each category.
@TSG hopefully you will be able to work out a better deal with amazon for the higher denominations but if not oh well.
and @everybody else most of us dont have that many bucks or are able to get that many bucks to cash out everyday. we are just glad to get what we can since everything is still FREE so quit complaining bout it before you ruin everything for everybody!

The Swag Guy said... @anonymous - Swag Bucks still...

2009-11-07T17:50:16.681-08:00

The Swag Guy said...
@anonymous - Swag Bucks still is a great way to save money with Amazon Gift Cards, and if anything is even BETTER now for the bloggers with lots of referrals. With the new higher denominations, it's possible to get $400 a month of Amazon Cards, where the maximum before was only $300.

With the new system that you can only get 5 of the same thing per month, that is only $250 a month if you order the $50 x5, HOW are you getting $400?

To whoever said that the new denominations are a g...

2009-11-07T17:46:07.334-08:00

To whoever said that the new denominations are a good deal, they clearly are not, have you done the math?

Swagbucks are penalizing the power users, the ones who bring in other users, use their system the most, the ones that actually make it popular.

Current system
$5 amazon.ca GC is 45pts

New system
$25 amazon.com GC is 315 pts ($5*5 = 225 points, this new system is a 40% increase)
$50 amazon.com GC is 590 pts ($5*10 = 450 points, this new system is 31% increase)

The higher denominations should be less pts because it takes so much longer to get them. And since we are only allowed to redeem for 5 a month, this way.

Yeah, this pisses me off immensely. Only 5 $5 Amaz...

2009-11-07T17:38:58.715-08:00

Yeah, this pisses me off immensely. Only 5 $5 Amazon Gift Cards a month?

Yes, I realize that you can now get AGCs in $25 and $50 denominations now, but they are so much worse of a deal.

Given: 1 $5 AGC = 45 SBs
1 $25 AGC = 315 SBs

Proof of: 5 $5 AGCs ≠ 1 $25 AGC

(I think you can see what I'm getting at)

Statement Reason
5 $5 AGCs = 1 $25 AGC Assumption
1 $5 AGC = 45 SBs Given
1 $25 AGC = 315 SBs Given
5 $5 AGCs = 5 45 SBs Transitive
5 $5 AGCs = 225 SBs Mult.
225 SBs = 1 $25 AGC Substitution
225 SBs = 315 SBs Substitution
225 SBs ≠ 315 SBs False
5 $5 AGCs ≠ 1 $25 AGC Substitution

THERE! I USED MATH!

I hope you do add higher denominations for amazon....

2009-11-07T17:15:02.499-08:00

I hope you do add higher denominations for amazon.ca gift cards, or else you will lose a lot of canadians subscribers! Also, you should really make the higher denominations equal to that of the $5 gift cards.

Swagbucks is supposed to reward their subscribers, to be this new trend just seems like a huge inconvenience. I know amazon gift cards are popular, but that is because they are a good deal to redeem for, I have never shopped on amazon before, and I think that is the case with a lot people, so amazon is getting a lot of new customers this way.

To all the people asking about Amazon.ca cards, we...

2009-11-07T15:23:50.497-08:00

To all the people asking about Amazon.ca cards, we will be adding the higher denomination cards to the Swag Store next week. Apologies for the inconvenience, but soon you too will be able to redeem the big value cards.

Ohhh man I do not like this new rule AT all. :-(

2009-11-07T12:40:09.042-08:00

Ohhh man I do not like this new rule AT all. :-(

Well this totally screws over people redeeming for...

2009-11-07T12:39:52.404-08:00

Well this totally screws over people redeeming for Amazon.CA cards since they aren't offered in any amounts other than $5. What a poor change swagbucks! You obviously don't care at all about your Canadian members.

I don't see any $25 or $50 Amazon.ca gift certific...

2009-11-07T11:48:14.485-08:00

I don't see any $25 or $50 Amazon.ca gift certificates. What gives?

PS. They should also be worth less SB due to US - Canada conversion.

This policy change was upsetting at first, but aft...

2009-11-07T03:17:41.361-08:00

This policy change was upsetting at first, but after reading that there will be higher-denomination Amazon gift cards available, I was relieved.

THEN I saw that this only applies to Amazon.COM. For those of us in Canada, Amazon.com is not the way to shop - if the thing you want even ships to Canada (which many do not), the shipping costs are ridiculous.

Please add some higher denomination Amazon gift card options for Canadian users of Swag, or don't change the limit of gift cards at all for Amazon.ca. It isn't fair to only offer this for largely American Swagbucks clients!

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Are you going to add new denominations for the ama...

2009-11-07T00:20:19.568-08:00

Are you going to add new denominations for the amazon.ca gift cards too? if not, I think canadians are totally getting the short end of the stick in all of this.

This really sucks for those of us who do redeem fo...

2009-11-07T00:15:54.597-08:00

This really sucks for those of us who do redeem for the amazon DOT CA gift cards. I know you have added the new denominations for amazon gift card, but these are only for the dot com site and does not interest me.

I redeem for an amazon gift card every two days so this is going to put a huge cramp in my routine. And just in time for christmas too when I was hoping to stock up enough gift cards to get a camera.

Not happy SB!

Although this comes as a shock, I am willing to ho...

2009-11-06T22:16:06.991-08:00

Although this comes as a shock, I am willing to hold my judgement to see how this all shakes out.

I am hoping that you will be working with Amazon to try and get a better rate on the higher value cards. I would think this would be very beneficial to Amazon as well. I know that I rarely shopped at Amazon before I joined Swagbucks and now I check Amazon frequently to see what I would like to buy with the Amazon gift cards that I got from Swagbucks.

@anonymous - Swag Bucks still is a great way to sa...

2009-11-06T22:02:34.432-08:00

@anonymous - Swag Bucks still is a great way to save money with Amazon Gift Cards, and if anything is even BETTER now for the bloggers with lots of referrals. With the new higher denominations, it's possible to get $400 a month of Amazon Cards, where the maximum before was only $300. We truly appreciate the blog community and it was with you guys in mind that we introduced the $25 and $50 Amazon Gift Cards.