McWilliams’ World

Finally! Just checked my RewardsParade.com account where I’ve been waiting on a $500 American Express gift card since Aug 14, 2007; and its status now says “Shipped”! Oh happy day!

I’m still waiting on a $1k Visa gift card and another $500 AmEx gift card. Shouldn’t be too much longer.

[UPDATE: Received it on 2.14]

I just received my “bonus” check for the iPod Nano for the Zune offer I did at CheckoutPath.net. It can about a week after the $230 check for the Zune.

I’ve updated the Freebie Tracker to reflect the latest gifts and to remove the Zune from Club.Live.com as they now have a stupid rule that you can only receive one hardware and one software item per address and I’ve already received one of each so the likelihood of getting that Zune is slim-to-none. No biggie (I have two).

Now it’s a waiting game for the big gift cards. From what I gathered via email with Brandarama is that that even though they have a “target ship range” of 6-8 weeks, they stated that they’re seeing a delay of 6-8; so it’s more like 14-16 weeks. Man I hope get at least one before Christmas. The first to arrive would be the $1000 one as I wrapped that up mid August. Keeping the fingers crossed!

Just noticed today that my gift (Zune + iPod Nano bonus = check) from CheckoutPath.net has shipped. Hopefully it’s a good amount (I’m estimating about $300 or so) so I can cover the drum stuff and 2 Zunes I bought recently.

The last dangling items can be found on my Freebie Tracker. Mostly some video games and $2000 in gift cards from some Brandarama sites.

I also noticed that I got a $5 bump over at FusionCash.com when one of my referrals cashed out. Sweet! If you sign up, you’ll get a $5 bump just for signing up and if any one signs under you you’ll earn some scratch as well. There are a ton of 100% free offers, email clicks, site sign-ups, etc… When I started FusionCash, I managed to rack up about $50 in about two days of clicking. Just have an extra email address handy.

Another similar site is Inbox Dollars and I’ve been slowly building up some cash there. Mainly just clicking on emails and doing surveys. It’s actually pretty fun and easy.

Just received a $110 check from FreeGameConsoles.net today to cover the 12mo Xbox Live subscription ($60) and $50 GameStop gift card bonus I signed up for. Well, that’ll cover one of the Zunes I bought off off Woot.com today (got two). Check out the Freebie Tracker for more info on the status of other freebies I’m waiting on.

I just cashed-out at FusionCash; $88.15. Not bad but not huge. It’ll cover the hosting and domain costs I incurred recently. Being that this site is more-or-less a “survey” site - I’ve pretty much exhausted all the decent offers and payouts-per-survey; so I don’t feel I’ll be continuing on there - other than referrals. I know I just made Josh Clark about $9 for signing up under him and then cashing-out.

So if you sign-up under me, you’ll get a $5 sign-up bonus to get you started, and I’ll get a few bucks after you register, confirm your account and eventually cash-out. Then you can do the same for your buds.