Updates and Deletions, August 2010

Hello! I've been doing some minor maintenance this weekend and made some changes and deletions to the listed sites, both here and on the Quick List.

First, just some updates I noticed while going around to various sites and checking up on things...

Unless something's changed, DealBarbiePaysFast now offers instant payments by verified PayPal, but as there have been some problems with fraud and abuse since Barbara started offering instant payments, those wishing to do so will have to go through a verification process by the admin and be approved in order to be eligible for instant payments.

R U Ready 4 Money now offers daily PayPal-only cashout for upgraded members. The site also now offers check payment as another payment option, with a $0.50 fee.

I also noticed a change since I last looked over at Clickers-Union, which is now offering a minimum cashout of $0.85 by PayPal (AlertPay is still $1.01 minimum). There are no fees for either cashout option.

Now for the deletions... I have removed AdsForAll from both here and the Quick List as, when I made my recent rounds, I discovered my account had been deleted (presumably for inactivity). Well, if you've been here very long, you are probably well aware that I am highly against the 30-day deletion practice (thank goodness not many sites do this anymore). Deleting after 60 or 90 days? Eh, maybe... but according to my records, I last logged into the site on June 23rd, so it hasn't even been 60 days yet. In any case, this was a site I hadn't made much progress on balance-wise even though I'd been a member a pretty long time, so whatever.

I've also removed Clix 'n Cash from the listed sites after I discovered it is now forwarding to Incentria instead, so apparently it closed. At first I thought the Incentria owner must have bought it, but after sending in a support ticket I discovered this was not the case and apparently either the former CnC owner or someone that bought the domain is forwarding the old CnC domain to their Incentria referral link. Thus, it's been removed from the listed sites.

I thought the other day that YouData had finally dropped off the planet for good as I couldn't get the site to come up - it almost might as well have since it's done next to nothing since the end of April. But I'm keeping it on the list temporarily still (with a warning that the site may be closed/closing posted) and just waiting a little longer to see what happens. Pity, it was a good idea when it started.

On another note, one of my longtime favorites and top earners, Rhino Riches, appears to be down/suspended. I've asked around a bit and haven't heard anything yet and am hoping it's just a case of the server bill not having been paid or something and the site temporarily suspended, so not inclined to remove it from the list of active sites yet. I know the owner was having some stuff going on in offline life she was having to deal with. Anyway, here's hoping a temporary suspension is all it is.

My list of recommended sites seems to be getting smaller and smaller as time goes on - that's okay, I remain committed to trying to recommend only trustworthy and good quality sites that won't be a waste of your time. Granted, once in a while still one shocks me by doing something uncool, but most of the few left are longtime and established sites that have had a proven track record for years and aren't likely going anywhere.

On a final note, I do know there are still some good other general GPT sites out there that I'm just not a member of because I started limiting my number of active GPT sites some time ago, as paid to sign up offers were just something I no longer had time to do much of anymore. So just because a site's not here on the active list (especially if it's a general GPT site) doesn't mean I think it's bad or unworthy - I'm just not a member.

That said, this site and the Quick List will keep going indefinitely as long as the tried-and-true and trustworthy and established paying sites on the active list are still out there, and most of them aren't going anywhere (especially the PTRs and some of the PTC sites).

Okay - so I have some new payment proofs to post this week (two first-time-ever ones!) that I'm really excited about being able to post, so stay tuned for updates as the week progresses!
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