Swagbucks Review (Scam or Legit)

November 19, 2009 By: admin

After requests from various visitors, I decided to write a detailed review about Swagbucks.com. I faithfully tried my best to gather all the possible information about Swagbucks but I still cannot claim 100% accuracy of this review. First of all, I would like to mention that Swagbucks currently only registers visitors from USA, United Kingdom or Canada so if you are not from these 3 countries, please don’t waste your time on this topic. Swagbucks is a search based work online and earn type program. The basic idea is to search and earn points. A point is actually called a Swag bucks. It acts like their currency which is redeemable. You can use it to get prizes from a list available. Every prize has a price in SB (Swag Bucks), if you have sufficient SBs for an item, you can purchase it. So you don’t directly earn the money but you actually earn redeemable points. Swagbucks don’t have a membership fee so don’t worry about your money, even if it happens to be a scam, all you can lose is your time spent on it. I haven’t been reported any verified scam report about Swagbucks yet but I am still receiving reviews. For example, users say that the redeem prices are too high. Some members say that most of the redeemable things are actually useless posters and ever useful item has too high redeemed price. Some account locking reports are received but I think it is ignorable that’s because most of the users try to abuse every work online program.
Here are the Registration details for Swagbucks.com:
Yosef gorowitz P.O. Box 2748
Redoado Beach, CA 90278 US
Phone: +1.8777482714
Registrar Name….: Register.com
Registrar Whois…: whois.register.com
Registrar Homepage: www.register.com
Created on…………..: 2007-10-29
Expires on…………..: 2010-10-29
It looks like the website owner resides in US so most likely it is not going to be a scam unless the address is fake. But US users can easily verify their legit entity. Swagbucks also has a blog where you can find their codes to increase your points. I usually try every work online program before posting a review on work online forum but Swagbucks refused to register me due to the fact that I am not from USA, United Kingdom or Canada. I will highly appreciate if you can post a review about Swagbucks in the comments section. Even if you don’t want to register on Swagbucks, revisit this page after a few days and you will find a lot of reviews from our visitors in the comments section.
Conclusion: For the time being, I haven’t received any Scam reports about the Swagbucks so you can give it a try. You are only required to search once or twice in a day which will take a couple of minutes so I think the risk it not too much however take a look on the comments section which will be updated continuously, may be you can find a scam report there by the time you visit.

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65 Responses to “Swagbucks Review (Scam or Legit)”

Comment from daniel
Time December 7, 2009 at 3:23 pm

I can say there is no scam. You search, you win. You search, swagbucks earns money, and gives you some of that in the form of swagbucks to redeem for prizes. They’re obviously making alot of money by the sheer number of searches.

Comment from peaceandlove
Time February 1, 2010 at 4:52 am

Swagbucks is not a scam gus!!! Last week my best friend got a iphone, sign up here to this link and start earning its easy

Comment from SofaKingAwesome
Time February 10, 2010 at 11:06 pm

Swagbucks is not a scam! I thought so at first, until I got 1 $5.00 Amazon gift card in the first week of doing it. I am working on my second one now.

Comment from Mark
Time February 12, 2010 at 8:59 am

SwagBucks definitely isn’t a scam. I’ve been with it for a about a month and have already earned, received and used about $20 in Amazon gift certificates. Just by doing my regular Internet searches and filling in the occasional “SwagCode” (although you can also earn by recruiting friends, buying name brands in their online store or trading in old video games and cell phones). It’s really easy.

The site owners get their money from advertising and partnering with some big names like WWE, Hilary Duff, Matchbox Twenty and even the New Orleans Saints! But they have a strong anti-spam policy — the only email I get from them are the emails I signed up for. It’s definitely NOT a scam and definitely is a great and easy way to earn prizes!

Comment from capri
Time February 20, 2010 at 1:10 am

I am not in the US, UK or CA and I register and so far have 12 SB but it only allows me to get SB through codes not by performing searches.

Comment from rural631
Time February 23, 2010 at 7:17 am

They are very bad about canceling your account when you cash in your Swagbucks, My brother lost 500 bucks, no explanation. I buy Amazon GC every time I get 45 bucks.
Also I’m having to search more, no bucks in 2 days of searching. I’m going to quit at this rate.

Comment from storme
Time February 25, 2010 at 11:09 am

swag bucks just raised all the cost of every single item at the same time they added a zero on every swag buck you earn. they claim that you will earn prizes faster that way.. but, the tick was raising the cost of everything first. so. if this isnt a scam, then what is?

Comment from milllllion
Time February 28, 2010 at 6:27 pm

Good news! While it may seem too good to be true, Swag Bucks is not a scam.

Swagbucks.com is absolutely legit.
It pays out. I’ve been using it for 2 months and have earned $30 in Amazon gift certificates.
And it is EASY. All you do is use their search engine for your everyday web searches. No answering surveys. No clicking on adds. No completing ‘offers’. No need to purchase anything (even shipping is free) and no need to supply a credit card. No email spam. No viruses.

it’s easy as 1-2-3!

1. Search the web as you normally would using SwagBucks.com search engine. You’ll get results from Google.com and Ask.com.
2. SwagBucks will be periodically awarded to you as you search. You can win up to 5 SwagBucks with a single search and on Fridays you can win up to 100 SwagBucks with a single search. You can also find and redeem SwagCodes which will add to your SwagBucks total.
3. Redeem your SwagBucks for prizes ranging from gift certificates for Amazon, Target and iTunes to televisions, video games, iPods, movie, music and sports collectibles and more!

Comment from Hey,Hey,Paula
Time March 9, 2010 at 4:28 pm

I just won $25 PayPal cash. Didn’t do anything except search with their engine, earn swagbucks and then used some of my swagbucks for swagstakes prize!
I have not invested any money and no one asked for my credit card. You must have a PayPal account.

Comment from Joe
Time March 10, 2010 at 3:44 pm

Since they switched over to the “all new” swagbucks, I’ve noticed I don’t win nowhere near as much as I previously did doing searches….and when I do I win it’s either in the early morning or at night….I haven’t won anything doing a search in the middle of the day. I think they have it set up where you can win doing the search only twice a day. I’ve never won more than that and like I said…it’s always been in the early morning and at night. (and usually both times I win within my first couple of searches). Middle of the day seems to be a waste to use swagbucks search. I’m starting to get very weary of the site. Too much time invested over the last 1 1/2 half. I did cashout for a $5 paypal, but haven’t received it yet. Seems like a lot of work for a measly $5 paypal payment that hasn’t arrived yet.

Comment from IndyColts77
Time March 11, 2010 at 6:37 am

you can earn tons of free stuff just by searching the Internet on swagbucks. Happy Searching!

Comment from innordimmisse
Time March 12, 2010 at 10:47 pm

Hi, my name is Tim. Just wanted to say hi to the forum, I been creeping around here for a while now, but tend to participate more. Looking forward to make some new friends. Ciao!

Tim

NY, NY

Comment from Trumendean
Time March 14, 2010 at 9:06 am

Now You can earn up to 1,000 swag bucks wen u refer a friend

Comment from Anonymous
Time March 16, 2010 at 9:19 am

Help me get swagbucks im gatting 20-40 swagbucks a day

Comment from Ashley
Time March 18, 2010 at 6:53 pm

Hi All! Just wanted to say i have been using Swag Bucks for over a year and it is not a scam. I have an autographed poster from Staind and an autographed DVD too. I have also “bought” Coutless giftcards and did all my christmas shopping with it! I win about 4x a day so, GO SWAGBUCKS!

Comment from Salvatore
Time March 19, 2010 at 10:50 am

The site def isn’t a scam… I’ve earned roughly ’5′ $5 PayPal gift cards in roughly 6 months… Its nothing amazing but it certainly is nice when it adds up!

Comment from Tina
Time March 22, 2010 at 4:38 am

Swagbucks use to be a great site to earn points to get overpriced prizes, the most popular being a $5 Amazon gift card at a whopping 450 swagbucks. Since they switched to their new system, where they added a zero at the end, I have had nothing but problems with the site, Viruses, crashes,all kinds of infections. They won’t admit there is a problem cuz their site is clean (so they say). I’m looking for other sites that do not ruin my computer, yet let me earn points or bucks in a fair way. I need a site that is supportive when I encounter problems, especially if everyone else is, too. I’m DONE WITH SWAGBUCKS!!! A scam? Maybe not. Like to spend all your time fixing your computer, sign up…it’s free (well, except your time and computer repair skills).

Comment from dudester353
Time March 22, 2010 at 7:18 am

I have been with swagbucks for about 3 years now and i can truthfully say that it is NOT A SCAM! They definitely give you the stuff that you redeem. I got about 10 hockey cards from swagbucks! it is an awesome site!

Comment from George Wood
Time March 22, 2010 at 11:03 am

I have been with Swagbucks for a few months but I like in the UK, unfortunately most of the prizes (apart from trading cards) Dont ship to the UK. It is DEFINATELY not a scam but I hope that they will update it soon.

Comment from DT
Time March 23, 2010 at 4:02 pm

Swagbucks is a search and win site, not search to win. If you are doing internet searches anyway, why not get something for it? Swagbucks are awarded randomly so not every search you do wins. Awards are usually between $10-$50 swagbucks each. They also give you clues about finding hidden swagcodes that earns extra sb’s. There are numerous prizes available to cash in your swagbucks for as well as a swagstakes that allows you to buy chances for a larger prize with a smaller amount of swagbucks. It takes 450 swagbucks to get a $5 Amazon gift card. They seem to add up pretty quickly depending on how many searches you do throughout the day. There are additional tasks available that allow for more sb’s depending on how involved you choose to be. It is not a scam. You can earn a few bucks using their site. Let them add up and use them to buy things you would have needed or wanted without $$ coming out of your pocket. Its working for me!

Comment from bagusrifai
Time April 7, 2010 at 10:18 pm

I AM FROM SINGAPURA, SO I CAN’T USE THIS.
OR ANY WAY TO USE THIS PROGRAM

Comment from anon
Time April 14, 2010 at 1:14 pm

i’ve been a member of swagbucks for a long time now, and though i haven’t gotten anything in the mail, i can tell you that it’s definitely worth your time. because i’ve only redeemed my “swagbucks” for things like their “swagstakes” which is basically just a sweepstakes.. you give some of your points up so you can enter to win a big prize.. like an xbox 360 elite. i have yet to win one, but now i’m kind of thinking that i should just save up my points.. i’ve been on it for a little over 6 months now and i’ve probably earned over 3,000 “swagbucks”. i could have redeemed them for something like a psp, or a drumset, but decided to take my chances with the swagstakes. but it’s deffinately not a scam. there’s a kid on youtube that’s opening big ticket items every week because he’s “recruited” so many people.. but if you don’t win any points in your search, then try adding a couple words. the search engine kinds sucks, due to all the “advertisements” but if you look at the link then don’t click on the ones that say “advertisement” it’s not really hard and it’s worth it. but it’s deffinately not a scam.

Comment from Barbara
Time April 17, 2010 at 12:33 am

I have been with Swagbucks for about three months. I save up my SBs and redeem for Amazon gift cards. I’ve gotten about $100 so far. Bought diapers, wipes, and baby items with it cuz you can get almost anything on Amazon. Also bought food for the family in bulk. Helps with the little things and costs me absolutely NOTHING.

Comment from Amy
Time April 18, 2010 at 9:08 pm

Now You can earn up to 1,000 swag bucks wen u refer a friend

Comment from Linda
Time April 23, 2010 at 8:59 am

Thanks for this review. I have been trying to find information about Swagbucks. I have found my answer. It’s a no go for me. I thought it sounded like a lot of work, and it is. The comments here were very helpful.

Comment from Jenna
Time April 27, 2010 at 8:38 am

I started using swag bucks a week ago and for some explination it isn’t working anymore , I cant log in I keep getting an error message. Thought it would be fun so far I huge waste of time!!!

Comment from DOBIE66
Time May 2, 2010 at 7:33 pm

I have been with swagbucks for sometime. I have accumulated about $50 in amazon gc’s and a $5 paypal (took about 3 weeks before receiving it)also have purchased small items in the swagstore such as a pair of decorated socks (for which i also won 35 swagbucks for purchasing them and uploading pic to site)They have great swagstakes that you can enter with the earned swagbucks. also when you refer friends you get swagbucks each time they win. I find that it is useful for me and something i enjoy.

Comment from Dan S
Time May 3, 2010 at 9:59 am

Definitely Legit. I have won with this site and know friends who have won as well. Its up to the user to win. I recommend this site 100% but also a lot of patience because it can be slow to award when lots of people are searching

Comment from karen
Time May 7, 2010 at 9:39 pm

I have had a similar experience as tina.

I loved swagbucks at first, but today i made a very unfortunate discovery.

Yesterday I downloaded two free offers (this is one of several ways to earn swagbucks, aside from doing searches). The first was from GameVance and the second from Select rebates. Turns out these websites are TROJAN VIRUSES. So if you do decide to use swagbucks, and want to download any free offersm, I highly suggest searching online first to check if they are viruses or not. Or, I would stay away from the free offer sections completely. It’s really not worth the risk.

This is what happened when I went to use my computer today:

Most of my of applications stopped working. I lost a lot of saved files from applications such as adobe photoshop, and i could no longer use the following web browsers: IE, mozilla, and google chrome. Also, windows support doesn’t work anymore either. GRRRRR!

If this has happened to you:

1. open “task manager” by right clicking on the task bar. if you see the proccesses “gamevance32.exe” or “Selectrebates.exe” on the task manager list that means your computer has been infected.

2. unplug your internet IMMEDIATELY so that the trojan virus is not allowed to steal information from your computer

3. do a clean install of your windows operating system. this can be time consuming but this is the only way to clean your computer of the viruses and get your applications to run properly again. unfortunately there isn’t a way (at least not that i know of) to regain the lost files.

So good luck and beware!

Comment from Yboy403
Time May 11, 2010 at 11:19 am

Swagbucks looks like a great way to do what you do anyways and get paid. Work it out:
A PSP costs 14000 swagbucks. If you make 100 a week, and refer 50 friends who each make, on average, 20 a day each (quite possible, btw), you’ll be working in total an hour a week. Don’t forget, that’s almost all time you’d be spending anyway. So, how long will it take to get 14000 swagbucks at that rate? At over 4000 a month, you could theoretically, if you’re good at getting referrals, earn a free psp in 4 months and have 2000 SB to spare for games. If a new PSP sells for $250, you just made $300 for 16 hours work.
300/16=18.75
That’s getting paid over 18 bucks an hour just to use their search engine. Not bad.
Sign up at swagbucks.com
If you want to be nice, go to swagbucks.com/refer/yboy403 to sign up
so I get a referral and extra swagbucks.
Y

Comment from Bunra
Time May 12, 2010 at 9:43 pm

hi this site is sooo NOT a scam and karen I downloaded gamevance too and it does have a virus, but i just had my anti virus setting on “high” and my firewall on. It helped stop info from being sent and avast(woot) got rid of the virus.
websites i use and are not scam: “http://www.neobux.com/?r=I3unra”

Comment from Lee
Time May 13, 2010 at 3:06 pm

My daughter has used SB and has earned some Amazon gift cards. I used it to order some flowers and am now having problems getting my promised points. I wouldn’t say it is a scam because they don’t ask for any credit card but wondered if it is worth the trouble.

Comment from desertlover
Time May 14, 2010 at 12:30 pm

Boy, I can’t beat the last comment. She is sooo right on. The site is full of viruses since they switched over to the new “rip off” point system. I’ve used Swagbucks for a while now. It’s not a scam, but they certainly are not supportive when you get a virus from their site. All they say is “we don’t have virues, we check constantly”. And by the time they would respond, I’d had so many problems, I forgot which one I e-mailed them about. Bottom line, yeah, you can “earn” swagbucks by searching and finding codes, and eventually turn them into an Amazon gift cards (the only “gift” that I’m interested in. Don’t need highly overprices posters or baseball cards. BUT, what is the value of your time if you have to install your entire system and lose so much important data. It happened to me and I’m still trying to recover. Takes your chances!!!!

Comment from Abigail
Time May 16, 2010 at 4:37 pm

I’ve used swagbucks for little more than a year and have mixed opinions on it. On one hand, it does give you SBs and it gives them rather consistently. In this past year, I have earned almost $60 USD with swagbucks for use on Amazon.com. (They are entered into the website and everything. I even bought a book, but I’m saving the rest for now.) So swagbucks does provide prizes as they say in my experience.

On the other hand, they made a change recently where they increased all values and prizes by 10. (So an amazon gift card that is originally 45 swagbucks, was now 450, and instead of normally winning 1 swagbucks, I win 10. They say this is so they they can award more prizes, however, I think their long term goal may be to slowly work down to lower values of SBs. I do not have any proof of this since now you can win things like 6 and 13 swagbucks, or 28.

They have plenty of ways to gain extra swagbucks, between daily polls (gives you about 1 a day), special offers (if you skip them all, you get somewhere between 1 and 5 a day) and swagcodes. (Where you can just write in these special codes and you’ll get some extra swagbucks without doing any searches.) Referrals are the best way to get a lot of swagbucks. Every time your referral wins swagbucks (this is excluding the previously before mentioned extras) you win that exact same amount up to 1000 swagbucks. (Which is about two amazon gift cards.) However, as far as winning goes, it takes time, especially if you don’t have referrals. Used to take me two weeks, now it’s closer to a month. (Because I use it less.)

I’ve only bought amazon gift cards on there, so I can’t say anything about their shipping or Trojans. So far as I’m concerned, Amazon gift card is the way to go. (If they ever get rid of it, I’m gone.)

As far as it being a search engine, yeah, if you are those kind of people that don’t know how to look up things using google, you might like this. but for any serious searches, just revert back to google. The results are limited and too littered with ads to be of any help.

If you like my review, and want to sign up, I’d appreciate it if you could sign up under me. Part of that whole referral thing. i don’t have a whole lot of them. ;) And if I dissuaded you, well, such is life.

Comment from Ahak
Time May 16, 2010 at 11:17 pm

hi all i am new user of swagbucks i never earned any swagbuck through searching. pls help how can i get swagbucks i got only 2 of them by daily poll

Comment from Ideamaker
Time May 20, 2010 at 4:49 pm

From what all I’ve read, and I’ve read the entire block, it seems the site isn’t a scam, but you’d be best served by going to their website, using something like a net book, and then finding a few friends and explaining the system, which in my mind is something like a pyramid scam, so maybe in totality it is a scam.

They harvest your information so, don’t type stupid stuff, that you don’t want known, they have a daily limit, etc.

In the end, you can use it, and make money, but it depends on how motivated you want to be with it.

If you go home, and want to make money on the side, of just internet surfing, get a cheap netbook, use the site, and after getting enough for a $5 gift card, use your points, don’t accumulate lots of points, so they can screw you over if they cancel your “bot” account

Comment from Mike
Time May 20, 2010 at 10:50 pm

So swagbucks is diffidently not a scam, but the question is whether or not is worth it. yboy403 presented a very interesting option, but in reality that would be hard to reach. specially since the referrals have a cap of 100 swag bucks they can earn you.

While you might not be able to buy some of the nicer prizes, winning one or two amazon giftcards is not out of the question. And if u find some of the cheaper giftcards that they offer useful, then more power to you.

No credit card needed, no money you have to give, no spam mail(at least that i know of), easy set up, no downloading software(unless u do special offers). so u should try it out your self first.

Comment from Shawn
Time May 30, 2010 at 11:18 am

I love swagbucks. 450 points can get a $5 gift card for Amazon.com. I have been averaging one giftcard a month.

Comment from MaryJaneRich
Time May 31, 2010 at 5:58 pm

How do we know who is doing the swagstakes and the 100 swags every 30 minutes I see the same people on there all the time and the swagstakes 1 guy won twice in the same drawing. I think something is fishy and I am waisting my swagbucks on those drawings because they are rigged. Dont You?

Comment from ME
Time June 2, 2010 at 10:07 pm

I am beginning to wonder………… I have been a member since Feb. The winnings were great and no problems. The last 2 months have been nothing short of aggravating. Constantly, it tells me “you could be winning if you were logged in” or when I try to access my g/c ” please log in to access info.” My thinking is, I have a red flag on my account. I have received $100 in Amazon g/c and I have enough to redeem for another $20 worth. I have contacted Customer Service and get NO WHERE. The replies are “we are working on it.” Really? It takes 2 months? Why my account? None of my referrals have troubles, YET!

It was great while it lasted.

Comment from Sethron
Time June 3, 2010 at 6:13 pm

well all i can say is: “http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/Sethron”

lol i could use the Referral

as was said you need ALOT of points to get anything worth getting but hey, there is no time limit so just save em, always use it to surch, and beffor you know it you will have plenty, also there are other ways to get more points like the Referral system but its a little hard to convince people

Comment from Sethron
Time June 4, 2010 at 2:46 am

just like to add, being from the UK…this site realy is not worth the time for UK resedents as there is about 10 iteams that are available for the UK, and most of those are tradeing cards :-/
all the good stuff just say “sorry does not ship for the UK resedents, sorry for the inconveniance” or something like that

Comment from Aleks
Time June 6, 2010 at 6:57 am

Swagbucks.com is my favorite online prize central and is 100% legit I have gotten an Xbox 360 and $50 worth of amazon gift cards off of it and totally enjoying the site. If you don’t know what swagbucks is keep reading.

Swagbucks is a search engine powered by Google and Ask. When you use their search engine, you regularly receive points that can be redeemed for prizes like gift cards, clothing, video games, etc. for free.

If you already use Google or Ask as a search engine, it is a good idea to switch to Swagbucks because it is basically the same thing except that you receive points while you are using it. Swagbucks is completely safe. It does not ask for any personal information such as your phone number or credit card number and there is no spam mail. Swagbucks (Google and Ask) gives people points and prizes in an effort to keep them as a user of their search engine.

Here is the link to register:
“http://swagbucks.com/refer/aleksisbored”
Register at ”’this”’ link and you will start off with 30 free Swagbucks!

Just fill in the boxes to the right hand side and you’ll have your account. If you don’t want to enter your real info, that’s ok. You can change your profile information anytime for free.

Also here is a video explaining everything you need to know about swagbucks.com if you are still unsure about it. Wish you luck!
“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbPjFhV7ZPs”

Comment from Matt
Time June 6, 2010 at 10:04 am

Swagbucks is honestly the best search and win site I have found. I’ve gotten so much stuff from them like 200$ in amazon gift cards and collectible items. The best part is that all you have to do is search daily – like you would everyday. For more info, here is this site I found explaining more on Swagbucks.

Hope it helps:)

Comment from swanee
Time June 8, 2010 at 12:04 pm

Just wanted to chime in and say i love swagbucks!!You would do best to go into it as not a high paying money maker but more as getting paid to do something you already do.I use there search about 4 times a day at 10 minutes max each time and almost always get a win within the first 5 minutes..I cash out $20 a month in amazon gift cards =)

Comment from boobidy
Time June 8, 2010 at 9:22 pm

Swagbucks is legit. Recently got $5 Amazon gift card. All for searching things :)

Comment from BrotherEnoch
Time June 12, 2010 at 9:01 am

Definitely not a scam. I know many folks (online) who use the Swagbucks search engine daily. Most of them cash in for $5 Amazon GCs, personally though I cash in for $5 (US) to my paypal account. I get about $10 a month, so you won’t exactly get rich. But hey, that’s $4120 a year, right? For doing something I’d be doing anyway. Why not?

You also get extra Swagbucks from referrals. The first 1000 Swagbucks your referral earns are matched and added to your account as well. That’s enough for $10 in Amazon cards. Good deal.

And if you’d like to be my first referral you’ll have my eternal gratitude, lol.

“http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/brotherenoch”

Comment from Swagbucks
Time June 12, 2010 at 6:27 pm

Yeah, I’m definitely going right along with all of these comments on here.. I’ve been a Swagbucks member for over a year now, and I’ve gotten some really cool stuff. I’d suggest saving up though.. So many people spend there bucks way too fast!

Comment from SWAGBUCkS KiD
Time June 13, 2010 at 6:02 pm

Trust me its not a scam my neighbor received a a wii & an iPhone i even got a itunes gift card its soooo cool next im going to try & get a 360, sign up here if interested – “http://tinyurl.com/2ez6m6w”

Comment from CAMommaofmany
Time June 16, 2010 at 10:41 pm

I’ve used swagbucks for a year now. I’ve earned $480 in Amazon gift cards. I bought most of my kids schoolbooks last year with swagbucks prizes. Referrals are the key to racking up lots and lots of swagbucks. :)

Comment from Scott
Time June 17, 2010 at 2:36 pm

u can win 80 dollars in 6 months in amazon gift card of checks at “www.opinionoutpost.com” as i have and they are working on getting paypal as reward and is on 50 points to cash out which is 5 bucks and most surveys are 10 points swagbucks been with longer and only got 25 bucks amazon and take awhile opinioutpost.com give it instantly so swagbucks is a scam to me and a ripoff and waste of time

Comment from DG
Time June 17, 2010 at 3:19 pm

i don’t see how you can consider this a scam…It’s not like it’s a get rich quick thing or a work-from-home deal. The concept is simple: You sign up, search for stuff, and get SB. Not every search will redeem you SB, but there are other ways to get SB. It’s basically like using the Google search engine (or any other search engine for that matter,) but in this case you have the potential of accruing Swagbucks. And this is hard because…?

IF for some strange reason it IS a scam, then there really is no loss to you either way. If you think about it, if you were going to do a web search ANYWAY then you aren’t really wasting that much more of your time. I have yet to earn anything myself, but I do not use this quite as often as I could, but I know several people who referred this site to me, have used it for quite some time now, and have reaped the benefits. I know once I start using it more the points will keep coming. I am also affiliated with MyPoints.com (via friend recommendation,) and I definitely like SwagBucks better because I do not have to make strange purchases or do crazy offers/surveys to earn stuff. With Swagbucks you just search, enter the occasional code, and get points. Simple as that. If you can’t handle that then don’t use it. The end.

Comment from DG
Time June 17, 2010 at 3:20 pm

And another thing: If you joined this in hopes that you would get an actual paycheck or some monetary benefit then you are an idiot. It’s a rewards program..the points get you STUFF…it’s not a replacement for an actual JOB. I kinda thought that was COMMON SENSE… >.>

Comment from Jody
Time June 20, 2010 at 8:57 am

I think it’s funny people complaining about Swagbucks. How can someone complain about free money. I use it all day because I’m researching anyway. It’s like they are throwing $ at you every once in awhile for doing something you’d be doing anyway. I’ve been using SB for about a month and have $15 worth of Amazon GC’s to cash in already. For doing nothing different. Seems pretty awesome to me!

Comment from Jody
Time June 20, 2010 at 9:00 am

Forgot to mention-

It’s not a scam…..the items in their store are silly expensive (They have to make money somehow -it’s a company)…….Soooo…..the way YOU WIN is by buying Amazon gift cards. It’s only 450 sb for $5.00 and Amazon sells EVERYTHING.

Comment from Kristie
Time June 25, 2010 at 3:29 pm

Jody has it right. And honestly, it doesn’t take long to get 450SBs if you are searching every day, doing the poll every day, checking into the survey section, do a few tasks….yes it’s only 5 bucks but it’s FREE people.

Comment from amshirah
Time June 30, 2010 at 3:41 pm

I have been using Swagbucks for less than a year and I am addicted to it! I normally use my SB’s for Amazon gift cards, b/c what can’t you get on Amazon?? In less than a years time, I have gotten $65 worth of Amazon cards. All for free-no strings attached! Who can complain about that? And the people that complain about the redemption rates being too high…..HELLO-IT’S FREE! How can you complain?! Anyways, I have also used my SB’s to enter “Swagstakes” which are just contests for prizes. You use your SB’d to buy entries. There are lots of them and most are really good prizes! And searching isn’t the only way to win, the best way is to sign up and refer people. B/c then, not only do you earn the SB’s for your searches, you earn the SB’s that your referrals earn as well! I haven’t one single bad thing to say about SBs! And the Swag Guy and Swag Gal are pretty darn witty….which is an added bonus! :)

Comment from SwagBucks Tricks
Time July 4, 2010 at 6:44 pm

Ohh SwagBucks is very real..

I personally have earned over $200 worth in Amazon Gift Cards from them.

Comment from Abundant Amy!
Time July 16, 2010 at 8:46 am

I totally agree with Jodi and Kristie!!! I’m going to check out Swagbucks and if it doesn’t interfere too much with my searching then I’m all over it! I’m ALL about ABUNDANCE. I’ve got a website I’ve run for over a year where you get to play the big money New York State lotteries (Mega Millions, Sweet Million, Powerball, Lotto) FOR FREE — no strings, no surveys, no BS. And ANYONE can play… if you can leave a comment on a ticket, then you’re in! That’s it. Normally you have to be IN New York to purchase (even online) a lottery ticket legally. Well, not so on my site. It’s legal, it’s ABUNDANT, it’s a pay-it-forward kind of deal. Jodi, Kristie and anyone else that’s into TRUE abundance (which is in your head, not in your wallet) Please leave a comment, LEND just a moment of your INTENTION that we can CREATE the reality where that ticket has won. And if not that, get in on the lotteries for FREE. It’s where your dream is on me.
Thanks!

Comment from AmandaS
Time July 17, 2010 at 11:41 am

Swagbucks def. isn’t a scam. I take online college courses and it actually pops up with some different searches that I don’t get from google right away. I have been a member for about 2 months and already have $60 in Amazon.com gift cards. So I am not using this to make money, it is just an added bonus for me since I am online searching already.

I did have some problems with a purchase I made about earning more Swagbucks. It took over a month to credit the $$$ to my account, but it was well worth it to me.

I was very skeptical to begin with, but I know they actually award prizes now. So if I keep up winning $25-30 amazon.com gift cards in my searches for school then it is well worth it.

Oh and I don’t have any refferals or any of that other stuff.

Comment from And
Time July 17, 2010 at 2:31 pm

when swagbucks first started they werent a scam but now they are. they raised the price of everything so it really is impossible to win anything except for the really cheap crap. well you’ve been warned i used it for an entier year and only won 1000 swagbucks and i still cant really buy anything lols

Comment from Sharon
Time July 25, 2010 at 2:39 pm

Swagbucks is great! In less than two weeks I earned enough for a $5 Amazon gift card and am looking forward to using it more! Wahoo!

Comment from c
Time July 26, 2010 at 4:19 pm

Swagbucks is not a scam. I have claimed over 100 dollars worth this year. I usually get Amazon gift cards and buy items or MP3 downloads. Swagbucks is great.

Comment from AnthemAZ
Time July 27, 2010 at 8:51 am

Just started using Swagbucks. I’ve heard a lot of good things about it. I’m hoping to use my Swagbucks to cash in for either Paypal cash or maybe the Amazon giftcards.

Comment from Kya
Time July 27, 2010 at 9:25 pm

Ok, so while swagbucks is definitely not a work from home type thing, it is definitely not a scam. I have personally already received 2 $15 itunes gift cards. Have fun with this.

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