Thursday, August 2, 2007

Cashcrate

I recently joined CashCrate and wanted to give people some information about it. The idea with CashCrate is that after you sign up, you complete surveys or other offers and get credited some money. The average amount seems to be around $0.50, but some of the offers I've completed on CashCrate went up to a couple bucks. Then, at the end of the month, if your completed offers total more than $10, they send you a check. I took a couple of hours on CashCrate and completed several of the offers and now have a check for $19.05 coming. I've got an additional $8.40 that hadn't been approved by the deadline and since then, only $1.00 more has cleared. I think it is also important to mention the only offers I completed on CashCrate were the 100% free ones, meaning no credit card was required and I wasn't out anything except the few minutes it took to complete the offer. CashCrate does have some "100% free" deals that do cost money, however. Deals like the Vonage trial gets you $44, but you have to remember to cancel the account and send back any equipment. The S&H charge on the equipment is around $10. That's a net $34 for those of you keeping score at home, but it seems like a lot of hassle. CashCrate also has daily surveys you can take, each of which offers $0.80. You can take up to two of these a day. I haven't actually qualified for any of them yet, though. I suppose I could go through several times and answer the qualifying questions differently until I do qualify, but that's too much effort for me. After a couple minutes with a calculator and scanning through the offers that didn't require any sort of commitment, it looks like I could get around $350 or so from CashCrate, which isn't bad. Of course, your mileage may vary depending on what offers CashCrate are are offering when you sign up. Also, these offers are for the US. Other countries have offers, but not nearly as many from what I've read. If you're interested in signing up for CashCrate, please click my link to do it. To be upfront and honest, I'll get a $3.00 bonus if you get to the $10 cash-out minimum, as well as 20% of the amount you earn and 10% of the amount of anyone that you sign up. Just to clarify, however, this is not money out of your totals or anything. It is an extra payment to me from CashCrate. I was referred by someone on a message board and kept track of my offers and anything that he got from my time did not come out of my money. I would also suggest if you are going to sign up at CashCrate to not spent too much time at first. I was (and still am) skeptical, so I just spent a couple lunch hours doing it. Once I get an actual check from them, I'll post a pic here as proof, but I feel it is better to be cautious. And really, if you're not 100% sure about CashCrate, don't sign up for anything that requires money and/or commitment. If you get the checks from them, you're free to do what you want, but make sure you get the checks first!