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Should I Save My Points for a Bigger Reward or Should I Cash Out Now?
As a member of many points-based rewards programs, past and present, I've also been faced with this dilemma: should I cash out my points now for a more immediate reward, or should I save them up for a bigger reward...
SunshineRewards' Closure of Affiliate Program No Cause for Concern, Says CEO
In watching the life cycle of rewards programs, as I have on CompareRewards.com for 8 years this month, there's something I've noticed that happens to every program when it's on the downhill slide: it shuts down its affiliate program. Examples?...
Netwinner.com Down for Good?
Is Netwinner down for good? That's the question on a lot of folks' minds this morning, as visitors to Netwinner.com and their associated sites, PrizeVillage.com, FreeMoneyWheel.com, Adstreams.com, and AdvergameNetwork.com, among others, were all greeted with page load timeout errors. If...
Netwinner.com In the News Again, Makes BBB List of Worst Rated Companies
WSOC-TV in Charlotte reports today that the Charlotte BBB has released its Dirty Dozen List of Worst Rated Businesses, and among those on the list is NetWinner.com. An excerpt from the BBB's comments on NetWinner: "In May, 2008, citing financial...
Boomertowne Newsletter Omits Mention of Points
Update, 9/22: BoomerTowne.com is down for good. Read the email from site founder Herschel Peddicord here. Update 8/20: Again this week, no mention of points in Boomertowne's newsletter. A sign of what's to come? I would certainly think so. Two...
NetWinner Officially Boycotted; Named Worst Business in Charlotte by BBB
Last week, NetWinner was officially boycotted by GPTBoycott.com, a consumer advocacy website founded in 2001. "After a recent decision to retrospectively deny users the ability to redeem their earnings, instead replacing them with sweepstake entries, the site has been boycotted...
BBB "Inundated" With NetWinner Complaints; Says NW "Should Have Halted" Games
The BBB of Southern Piedmont, which services Charlotte, NC (where NetWinner is located) issued a BBB Alert this morning: "Hundreds of Online Gamers Accuse Charlotte-Based Online Gaming Site of Foul Play." In this special alert, the BBB says that it...
NC Residents Ripped Off by NetWinner Needed for TV Report
If you were one of the thousands of people who had your NetWinner redemption reversed, and you live in (or very near) North Carolina, please send me an email ASAP. A TV reporter is investigating and would like to interview...
New NetWinner Forum -- Alternative to NetWinnerCentral.com
Banned from NetWinner Central, the official forum of NetWinner, for speaking your mind about the changes? Or maybe you're just irritated that you can't post freely there without fear of repercussions? A new NetWinner forum has been set up to...
MyPoints.com's Owner United Online Quarterly Talk With Stock Analysts
On Monday, SeekingAlpha.com posted its transcript of United Online's quarterly conference call with stock analysts, held on May 6th. As you know, UNTD owns MyPoints (along with Classmates.com, NetZero, and its most recent acquisition, FTD). Classmates Media, the segment of...
Another Anti-NetWinner Video Maker Interviewed
Since its inception, NetWinner.com used YouTube videos as a tool to advertise their program to potential new members. Now that medium is being used against them, as members who were shafted by the program's May 12th decision to simply NOT...
Interview With Maker of Anti-NetWinner Video
As you know, on Monday, NetWinner decreed that it would cancel all outstanding redemptions for gift cards and Ecount debit Mastercards and simply return the points (doubled) to their members' accounts for use as entries into prize drawings. Many members...
"Get a Life," Says NetWinner
I wanted to share with you one of the comments left on my blog just minutes ago. "Get a life," it said. Here's the comment and please note the IP address from which it was left: http://www.comparerewards.com/getalife.jpg I plugged in...
NetWinner "Refunds" Points in Lieu of Payments
Update, 5/13: According to NetWinner's Terms and Conditions, "Your continued use of the Service following the posting of any changes to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement shall bind You to acceptance of those changes." If you don't...
Becky's Response to NetWinner
Steve, In response to your recent letter regarding CompareRewards, which included inaccurate and misleading statements, I urge both you and my readers to read this entire response. You were absolutely right about my inaccurate description of Dragon*Con. I truly appreciate...
Retraction Regarding Dragon*Con
I received the following via comment and email from the director of communications for NetWinner, Steve Goldberg. In this message, he requested that I issue a retraction regarding my incorrect characterization of the Dragon*Con conference. Here, in part, is Mr....
Freeride Raises Cashout Minimum
In an email to members yesterday, Freeride.com announced that it would be eliminating all $10 gift cards from their redemption catalog, "due to rising costs." The lowest cashout available is now a $15 GC, for 18,500 tokens. Members will have...
NetWinner Sponsors Porn Discussion...at a Dragon*Con Convention
Update, 5/5: I'm not a journalist; I'm a stay-at-home mom. Although I do try to think like a journalist when I do the research for my posts, I did make a mistake on this one: I posted earlier that Dragon*Con...
NetWinner Updates: No $ to Ecount, Major Privacy Violation, Referral Policy Change
Click here for the latest update (4/29). I know all of NetWinner's members would like some sort of update but there isn't much to tell and what I do have isn't good. First of all, yesterday a NetWinner member named...
Exclusive QuickRewards.net New Member Bonus
I know a lot of people are frustrated with the changes at NetWinner or are concerned about FusionCash's disappearance, or you just may be looking for another program to add to your daily routine. I spoke with Dmitry, the owner...
NetWinner Gives AdverGame Network Partner Sites 50% Raise, Asks THEM to Buy Prizes
Update, 4/18 - 12:07am: A post on NetWinnerCentral that contained a link to this article was just deleted. They don't want you to read it. That should tell you something. In a press release on Tuesday, "Casual Games a Winner...
Beginning of the End of NetWinner.com?
In mid-February, I had a couple of interesting conversations with folks over at NetWinner.com, which I put together into a post here on CompareRewards. One of the program's VPs was kind enough to address some of the concerns I'd been...
Mega Multiplier MoneyWheel Monday at NetWinner
Update, 2/10: NetWinner is offering Mega Multiplier MoneyWheel again today but only on their affliated websites, not on NetWinner's main website. Good luck to all! In honor of President's Day, NetWinner is offering multipliers on every MoneyWheel spin today --...
NetWinner VP Addresses Concerns, Talks About the Future
Update, 4/08: I'm afraid NetWinner's days may be numbered; I no longer recommend this program. Please see these updates: April 29, April 27, April 17, April 11. I've heard a lot of complaints about the NetWinner program lately, on the...
Win Netwinner Points in New Forum
The Netwinner game site (earn points by playing games and cash them in for prizes, or earn cash instantly) has expanded to include a new member forum, NetwinnerCentral.com. In addition to chatting with other Netwinner addicts, you can participate in...
NetWinner.com Review
NetWinner Program Review -- update, 4/19/09: Netwinner is down, hopefully for good! As NetWinner is 6 months behind in member redemptions (as of 5/08), I do not recommend this program to anyone at this time. See the Related Articles below...
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