Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Superpoints Is Closed

One of my regular PTC sites was Superpoints. However, visiting superpoints.com now yields only a message that the site is closed because the management company running it has been fired by the company that owns it.

The message claims that pending redemptions will be paid out, however no notice was provided of the impending closing and so all of my points (approximately $15 worth) have now vanished into the void.

The site offers a support email and claims that emails regarding redemptions will be addressed, however as of 14 November, one week after the closure, they have not replied to either of my emails.

If you have lost points when the site shut down, it seems that the owner, Superpoints LLC, is still in business. If the management team does not address your concerns by email, try contacting them here:

Superpoints, LLC
8127 Mesa Drive, B206-258
Austin, TX 78759
(512) 931-4942

Once you've successfully collected your final redemptions from Superpoints, you can continue to earn free gift cards from InstaGC.

Advertising disclaimer: I was paid 25 Points (25¢) by InstaGC for this post.

Status disclaimer: There is currently no evidence that Superpoints is closed because of AIDS and that meme is already long dead.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

I Bid 2 Save Update

I did a post about Ibid2save some time back in which I noted that they differ from most penny auction sites in that they hand out free "promo bids" like candy but charge auction fees that make their prizes near-worthless.

They've recently changed their site. Promo bids are now scarce (coupon codes are much more rare, you get 1 bid for each Facebook "like" instead of 10), and most auctions no longer come with overvalued promo bid awards that make their auction fees exorbitant.

Basically, I Bid 2 Save is now much more like a typical penny auction site.

So if you signed up months ago and stockpiled free promo bids, you may well walk off with as much as $100 for your trouble. Personally, I blew all of mine earning about $3 total profit on a gift card that hasn't even arrived yet.

Honestly, I've gotten more free money from InstaGC than from any lousy penny auction site.

Advertising disclaimer: I was paid 25 Points (25¢) by InstaGC for this post. I was not paid any money by Ibid2Save. Ibid2Save can have their server rooms flooded by Hurricane Sandy and die for all I care.