free xbox 360 ms points/ wii points!

[hulkster]

**update 9/20/07** you can now fill out surveys legitimately, but be hassle free!  the only bad part before about filling out surveys was giving these companies your phone number...and then you get telemarketer calls.  well go sign up at www.privatephone.com and get a local number.  this allows you to post your legit phone number to companies, and then when they call, it goes straight to your voicemail.  you can then check your voicemail from any phone, by dialing your new privatephone number and putting in the PIN number.  BUT THE COOL THING is that you can then call back that number and it will show up on caller ID as your privatephone.com number!  whys that so cool??  because gaminglagoon requires you to call them back to give your shipping info, but you have to call back from the number you registered on their site (shows up on their caller ID) or they wont send you your prize.  well privatephone solves that problem!!!  booyah! 

no this is not spam, just thought id help out fellow BYOAC 360/wii owners.  if you want a FREE 1600 ms points code or wii points, then listen up.  no it's not a scam, yes it is real and you do get the code to use on your 360/wii.  and no it's not like the old conga line things where you have to sign up for bmg and columbia and then get all your friends and their friends to sign up, etc. etc.  this actually works.  i have already gotten two 1600 ms point codes via email and used them. 

first of all go here

then all you do is sign up and start filling out surveys.  just about all of them are free (i dont do any of the fee based ones), and you get "points" for filling them out after they are approved.  i just made up a temp hotmail email address and put in fake address stuff in the surveys so it doesnt come back to me, or spam my email inbox.  it takes 22 points to get the free ms points or wii points card.  right now i have 10 points and that only took a day to get.  i should my code in the next day.  so go try it out. 

im really not trying to spam or anything here, because it honestly works.  go to the support forums on that link i sent and you can see the testimonials from people getting their stuff.  hope this helps someone. 

[sphetr2]

OK, so you don't need referrals, but what advantages do they offer? (I can see that you had us sign up under you)

Cool site BTW. Thanks.

[pointdablame]

that's kind of lame not saying your link was a referral link.  You get 15% of whatever "points" people you refer get.

But for the shadiness... here's a link with no ref code:  http://www.gaminglagoon.com/

[hypernova]

i have 10 points and that only took a day to get.

How long did that take?

[rockhopper]

i have 10 points and that only took a day to get.

How long did that take?

and how many points did you get? 

[sphetr2]

i have 10 points and that only took a day to get.

How long did that take?

and how many points did you get? 

I believe he was talking about how long in hours, not in days, because this does take a long time.

[hulkster]

how is it shady?  i didnt lie or decieve or whatever....and i get 15 frickin percent.  whoopty doo.  you can go do the exact same thing, and its encouraged or they wouldnt put a referral link in your member profile on that site.  thats like going to an electronics store like hhgregg and saying "hey man, quit being so shady by selling me this tv when you make commission on it."  its not shady, just using whats given.

anyway....9 points took me about and hour or two.  and once you start getting referrals it adds up.  of course 15% isnt much, but referrals help.  no it doesnt take a long time.  a lot of the offers, it tells you before you click on them from the gaminglagoon site "just complete the first 2 pages", so you arent doing the whole survey on a lot of them.  i just do the first 2 or 3, and then close the window.  its all bogus info in the survey anyway, so it doesnt matter. 

the points you get are based on what kind of survey you take.  it tells you in the "available offers" link under each offer how many points you get for completing the survey.  some are 1 point, some are 2 even, and then theres the ones that are like 15 points, but those cost money usually.  i figure on just doing the free ones since thats the whole point of this anyway.

so do it, don't do it....but dont call me shady for trying to inform people on how to get free stuff.  thats like "thanks for the tip, but its shady and i hate free stuff".

[pointdablame]

so do it, don't do it....but dont call me shady for trying to inform people on how to get free stuff.  thats like "thanks for the tip, but its shady and i hate free stuff".

That's not why I said it was shady.  You're right... its only 15%... and its encouraged.  But you've been here a long time, and even mentioned the congas, so why not just TELL us that that's your referral link and tell us what you get??   The folks here don't care about things like that if you're upfront about it, and you know it.  Think back to the shills who come here trying to sell their products by pretending to be happy customers.

It IS shady, whether you want to believe it or not.  A simple "This is my referral link if you'd like to help me out" would have been fine.  But you didn't mention refs at all until you got called out on it.

[Goz]

Damn kids and their Conga lines 

[Barry Barcrest]

Is that Donkey Conga 

[hulkster]

so do it, don't do it....but dont call me shady for trying to inform people on how to get free stuff.  thats like "thanks for the tip, but its shady and i hate free stuff".

That's not why I said it was shady.  You're right... its only 15%... and its encouraged.  But you've been here a long time, and even mentioned the congas, so why not just TELL us that that's your referral link and tell us what you get??   The folks here don't care about things like that if you're upfront about it, and you know it.  Think back to the shills who come here trying to sell their products by pretending to be happy customers.

It IS shady, whether you want to believe it or not.  A simple "This is my referral link if you'd like to help me out" would have been fine.  But you didn't mention refs at all until you got called out on it.

hmmm, well i see your point about the "shills who come here trying to sell their products by pretending to be happy customers.". 

okay, well i didnt mean to be shady, otherwise i wouldnt have done it.  the only reason i made the "here" link was to make it so that it wasnt all long and stuff with the crazy numbers at the end. 

so how about this:  "the link above is a referral, and it will help me out as well when you sign up."  better? 

[DrewKaree]

Hulkster pulled a Christian

[hulkster]

Hulkster pulled a Christian

[hypernova]

anyway....9 points took me about and hour or two.

it takes 22 points to get the free ms points or wii points card.

So, then it could take anywhere from 2.44-4.9 hours to earn a single $20 card?  Yeeeesh.  I earn multiple times that in the same amount of time doing regular work.  Sorry, but time's a bit more valuable to waste so much of it trying to earn that tiny amount of a reward.

[hulkster]

anyway....9 points took me about and hour or two.

it takes 22 points to get the free ms points or wii points card.

So, then it could take anywhere from 2.44-4.9 hours to earn a single $20 card?  Yeeeesh.  I earn multiple times that in the same amount of time doing regular work.  Sorry, but time's a bit more valuable to waste so much of it trying to earn that tiny amount of a reward.

i agree....my job pays a lot more than that.  HOWEVER....i do this because my wife lays down the hammer on me and gets pissed when i go out and spend "our money" on more game stuff.  i have a wii, 360, ps2, arcade, etc.  if its not my birthday or christmas or whatever, she gives me the whole "you dont need it" speech, and then i wind up with nothing.  this way i can fill out some surveys every now and then, and get free stuff and i dont have to hear any griping. 

for all us married guys with wives who dont want any more "game stuff" costs coming out of the ol' account....this is a good way to get it.   

[Howard_Casto]

Umm I think the term "only 22 points" is relative.  By looking at the offers, 90% of the free ones are 1 point or less that means a person would have to do at least 22 surveys.  That's cruel and unusual punishment.

[hulkster]

depends on what surveys you do.  plus most of the surveys only make you complete the first two pages.  and dude....its FREE. 

i think whats more cruel and unusual punishment is the fact that video game developers are charging you extra to download content thats either already on the disk and just needs to be "unlocked" but spending extra money, or thats a "new feature" and requires to buy it.   

[stephenp1983]

Hey I have a question.  I assume I have to put my correct address on the original site in order for them to mail me the wii points card or whatever.  Is this correct?

If so do I have to put my correct address on the other sites, I mean does it look at it for a match?  I really don't want to get alot of crap in my mailbox.

[shmokes]

Hulkster pulled a Christian

Drew is finally beginning to understand one of the problems with Christians in general.   

[hulkster]

Hey I have a question.  I assume I have to put my correct address on the original site in order for them to mail me the wii points card or whatever.  Is this correct?

If so do I have to put my correct address on the other sites, I mean does it look at it for a match?  I really don't want to get alot of crap in my mailbox.

yeah put your real address on the site so they can actually send you your stuff.

[stephenp1983]

Looking at some of these sites they seem pretty sketchy.  One was trying to install a certificate on my computer, and one of the questions was asking for my ssn, and bank routing number.  No way I'm going to give that out.

[hulkster]

Looking at some of these sites they seem pretty sketchy.  One was trying to install a certificate on my computer, and one of the questions was asking for my ssn, and bank routing number.  No way I'm going to give that out.

i never gave out my ssn or bank routing number. 

[stephenp1983]

I can avoid those if necessary.  Just curious did you give your real address and phone number, or something different.  Also do they check to make sure the information matches with what you put on the surveys.

[hulkster]

real address for gaminglagoon, not for the surveys and no they dont check.

[stephenp1983]

Looks like they've taken off the wii points card.  Maybe they'll put it back on.

[hulkster]

Looks like they've taken off the wii points card.  Maybe they'll put it back on.

nope, its under available prizes at the bottom of page 1.

[stephenp1983]

your right I guess I missed it   I was looking ahead and they have a wii charge station on there for 30 something.  I was thinking about going for that but it doesn't give that many details.

[tommy]

so do it, don't do it....but dont call me shady for trying to inform people on how to get free stuff.  thats like "thanks for the tip, but its shady and i hate free stuff".

That's not why I said it was shady.  You're right... its only 15%... and its encouraged.  But you've been here a long time, and even mentioned the congas, so why not just TELL us that that's your referral link and tell us what you get??   The folks here don't care about things like that if you're upfront about it, and you know it.  Think back to the shills who come here trying to sell their products by pretending to be happy customers.

It IS shady, whether you want to believe it or not.  A simple "This is my referral link if you'd like to help me out" would have been fine.  But you didn't mention refs at all until you got called out on it.

Christ! Why the hell are you causing trouble and making such a big deal over this? I could see if the guy was banging down your door telling you to join him and telling you lies..

I think it's pretty shady that you posting what you posted for no reason.

[hulkster]

your right I guess I missed it   I was looking ahead and they have a wii charge station on there for 30 something.  I was thinking about going for that but it doesn't give that many details.

oh, well if you join....DONT get the charger.  i looked on the support forums a while back and a few guys got the charger and its not the nice Nyko charger.  its a piece of crap Pelican charger or something like that....single remote charging.  anyway, go for the wii points or something else. 

[stephenp1983]

I was hoping it would be the nyko one.  Yeah I'll just get the wii points card and get one of the cheap walmart recharable battery packs.

[hulkster]

I was hoping it would be the nyko one.  Yeah I'll just get the wii points card and get one of the cheap walmart recharable battery packs.

cool.  and just so you know, sometimes if they have the wii points cards in stock, they will get the code, and just email it to you so you can have it faster.  if they dont have any in stock, they will ship it to you.  my first wii points card was emailed to me and i got the points right away.  the second wii points card was shipped and it took about a week or two to get it after they processed my prize request. 

[igboo]

oh, well if you join....DONT get the charger.  i looked on the support forums a while back and a few guys got the charger and its not the nice Nyko charger.  its a piece of crap Pelican charger or something like that....single remote charging.  anyway, go for the wii points or something else. 

It now states on the available prizes page that it's a Nyko charger.

I just got my first Wii points mailed to me.

[hulkster]

oh, well if you join....DONT get the charger.  i looked on the support forums a while back and a few guys got the charger and its not the nice Nyko charger.  its a piece of crap Pelican charger or something like that....single remote charging.  anyway, go for the wii points or something else. 

It now states on the available prizes page that it's a Nyko charger.

I just got my first Wii points mailed to me.

whoa!  for real!?  i need to check that out.  i was holding off getting one because i heard it was the crappy charger.  sweet, ill have to get that...although i just used up 22 more ponits to get another 1600 ms points card 

[igboo]

I haven't ordered one myself, but it does say Nyko in the prize description.  YMMV

igboo

[hypernova]

Because of the charger, I signed up.  Thought it'd be worth a shot.  While watching the OSU/Gtown game, managed to rack up 20 points.  Watched the Florida/UCLA game then as well...

And the disapprovals started.  I did all the free non cc ones first.  Like I said, things went well.  Then the points stopped flowing.  According to the forums, if you haven't been credited for the completed survey within 15 minutes, more than likely, you won't get credit for it ever.  So far I have 27 approved, and 7 disapproved.  I have a run of 6 disapproved in a row currently, and that list is likely to grow quite rapidly while I sleep tonight.

So I used up all the free non cc ones, and decided since I was only 12 off the charger, that I'd try the True offer.  You sign up for a free week's worth of service, but you can cancel by calling after that.  It's worth the most, at a whopping 18 points.
Well, it's been an hour since I completed that one, and still no approval for it.  It ain't looking good.

The forums are becoming overrun with complaints about surveys not being approved, and many times its the same offers.  Some offers just don't seem to be approved for anyone.  The site's moderators give a small checklist, and I know I fit all the requirements to have the True offer approved, yet it's looking like the opposite is inevitable.

Since I'm relatively close, and there's a few other offers that'll get me the necessary points for that charger, I'll keep trying for a week or two to get the damn thing, but other than that...

THIS SITE IS NOT WORTH YOUR TIME OR PATIENCE.

I claim to know nothing about free sites.  This is the first time I've ever attempted anything like this.  Never tried conga lines, but this one seemed relatively easy.  It is, but geez, it's becoming increasingly frustrating.

If you wanna help me get that damn charger, here's my referral link.

Edit:  dammit...forgot how to change the words of a link...nevermind...had it backwards.

This is my first attempt at "free stuff" online, and after this sole experience, it will probably be my last.

[AtomSmasher]

I decided to try it out while I was home sick today and I completed about 10 points worth (although it looks like 3 or 4 of those points are going to be rejected for some reason), but I find some of the descriptions of the offers pretty funny.
"Free Trial is only 3.95"
"Pay the Free Shipping of only $4.95"

They have a funny definition of "free"

[hulkster]

hypernova - when i first started on this site, i could only get about 10 points myself.  i saw the value in getting referrals...and truly, that is the way to go.  i mainly sent an email out to friends, who then forwarded it to others, and after a couple of days i had over 60 referrals.  i havent filled out a survey myself in 2 weeks, but managed to accumulate 40 points.  i totally agree with you that if you fill out all the surveys YOURSELF then it will take a long time, and its not worth it. get some referrals and it will add up.  the disapproved surveys are a probably because the surveys you are filling out are afilliated with other surveys that have already been approved.  they answer all your questions in the FAQ section....but of course all the complaints on the forums are because no one reads it.  much like the newbies on the BYOAC msg board.  no one searches, or reads the FAQ, so they complain about not knowing stuff, or that no one is responding them or whatever.  get some referrals, and be patient.  if you dont have the patience, then odds are you are more apt to go out and just buy what you need anyway.

atomsmasher - 75% of the surveys are legitimately FREE.  the other surveys that actually cost money are the credit card offers that i personally dont do.  thats the reason that you get a crap load of points for filling those out.  you pay shipping, but you get like 15 points for it.  i dont want to give people my CC number or SSN so i dont fill those out.  however...once again some of my referrals do fill those out.  if they fill one out and get 15 points for it, i get 2 points for everyone they do.  some people do all the CC offers so you can see how my points will rack up.  in this case it is sorta like a conga line, but you arent restricted to your prizes only if they sign up...you can get it on your own but it takes longer.  that is why it is encouraged for you to get referrals.

to date i have 4 ms points cards, and 1 wii points card.  i got that in 2 months.  i have almost enough points accumulated in a weeks time right now to get my wii charger.  so if that is not worth my "patience" then thats cool with me.  ill be sitting with all my legit FREE stuff...but doubters will either have zilch, or will just go out and buy it themselves which is a whole lot faster.  but if you are like me and your wife is telling you "no more game stuff", gaminglagoo is heavensent.

[hypernova]

i mainly sent an email out to friends, who then forwarded it to others, and after a couple of days i had over 60 referrals.

Guess that's where I'm screwed then.  Being 27 and a father of two, friends in any capacity are hard to come by for me.

[hulkster]

i mainly sent an email out to friends, who then forwarded it to others, and after a couple of days i had over 60 referrals.

Guess that's where I'm screwed then.  Being 27 and a father of two, friends in any capacity are hard to come by for me

forums are also a good place.  of course you run the risk of being accused of spamming    but whatever.  if you have some other forums that you frequent, thats a good place to start.  you will always have the naysayers who just want to accuse you of doing anything that remotely resembles something theyve never tried...but hey, they are the ones without free stuff. 

[AtomSmasher]

Well I ended up with 11 approved offers and 7 not approved offers.  I now have around 8 points, but I'm calling it a bust since so many offers get rejected.  I figured I'd be able to get up to 22 points without referrals, since they reject so many offers for no reason, that doesn't seem to be the case.

oh well.

and hulkster, I understand that most of the ones marked free are free, theres just a lot of them marked as I pointed out, which I thought was funny.  You sure are overly defensive of this website, sheesh.