have you been paid by homepages friends? i think its turning into a scam site!

@dierdre (2207)
Philippines
August 8, 2008 2:07pm CST
well, i joined there last march and i reached payout last april so my payment is supposed to be scheduled in june right? well, guess what? june came, and i received no payment. nada. zilch. nothing. so i emailed them like, 3 times coz they said that if we havent received our payment yet on a specified date, then we should contact them right? well, again, i received no response. they have really lousy customer service. and they always say that they have already completed the payments for the previous month? and are already processing the current month's payment? yeah right. im a member of many forums and i read many posts of people claiming that homepages friends still hasnt paid them, some of them waiting way back march. they even deducted £10 from my account, definitely not from click fraud, but i think they reviewed it and invalidated the websites that i go to everyday that i simply type on their search bar. so it went from £55 to £45. so im now thinking this site is a "semi-scam". like they employ this tactic to just pay a few of their members and scam the majority, so that when they are being accused of scamming their members, there will be people to defend them, with payment proofs to boot. but it is affiliated with yahoo, come to think of it, and yahoo is a reputable company. but hey, maybe yahoo gives homepages friends their share but homepages friends is the one that's pocketing whats supposed to be ours, right? what do you guys think? have you been paid? or youre still waiting in vain to get paid, like me? ive given up on them. i dont even use their search engine anymore. its back to good 'ol reliable google. yahoo sucks anyway when it comes to search results.
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@the_ruler (1442)
• Turkey
8 Aug 08
I have really serious doubts about this site. I reached my minimum payout rate in june so I should be paid this month. I had emailed them about a few subjects and they responded me but of course that doesn't mean they will be paying. But I had too much hope for that site and despite their low pay rate to my search results I just didn't give up using them and I just used their service for my searches and just would love to get my money after all... I doN't think they are officially working with yahoo but they are just sharing some of the money they gain from yahoo but I don't think yahoo is very concerned about what kind of a service that site gives to its members. I just hope to be paid for that site, for all of us. I have seen both good and bad stuff about this site which makes your assumption look true but I hope they will pay ALL of their members :(
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@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
8 Aug 08
I reached payout some time ago too and I believe I was suppose to receive my payment in Aug. I don't bother using that search engine any longer as I'm not sure it is worth it. I did find another that pays you in points towards gift cards, though. I'm much happier with the search features that this new site has, and you don't have to download a toolbar if you don't want to. I don't like adding more junk to my computer, so I just use the search feature online and get the same points. I love it.
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@dierdre (2207)
• Philippines
8 Aug 08
yeah i agree with the both of you, homepages friends sucks big time, with lousy customer service too. and if they were really planning to pay us, they should have at least replied to our emails right? they just IGNORED us. wish that i could get back every second that i wasted using their search engine.
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@the_ruler (1442)
• Turkey
8 Aug 08
homepagefriends doesn't request you to install any toolbar or junk to your computer but it still doesn't mean they are legit and paying. There are many people still waiting for their payments including me,and it looks they are turning into a scam really. but the search box they provide is not a toolbox. It is just a feature of internet explorer 7 or firefox and it just adds a new search service and it only consists of a name and a search url which is really nothing more than a shortcut to your search page. If you would like to use the site you can use it with confidence but I still don't mean they will be paying., but I strongly hope :( That's all we can do anybody near their physical address to ask what the hell is happening in that company? :) I think they are in the UK LOL
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@myliezl0903 (2726)
• Philippines
2 Sep 08
almost everyone who answered in your discussion haven't got paid yet.,seems to be one of the scam site.,i'm almost near payout.,hope they will pay us.,best of luck to everyone.,Ü have a wonderful day to you!
@dierdre (2207)
• Philippines
2 Sep 08
oh i sure hope we will all get paid, but after waiting for 2 whole months, and after reading other's stories that they have been waiting since march.. well, i really doubt it. lets just hope for the best.
@capirani (2739)
• United States
8 Aug 08
What site are you speaking of specifically? MyLot? Or some other site?
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@capirani (2739)
• United States
8 Aug 08
Oh, is it a site called homepages friends? Never heard of it.
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@dierdre (2207)
• Philippines
8 Aug 08
well its a pay-to-search site that i think is a scam. although the strange thing is its affiliated with yahoo. dont waste your time joining that one. you have been "warned"
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@jojofun (18)
• United States
25 Aug 08
I just tried to send an email to info@homepages-friends.com to request info concerning the status of payments. What I received was a delivery failure notification. So, it looks like I've been wasting my time with this one. BUMMER!!!!
@dierdre (2207)
• Philippines
25 Aug 08
oh better not waste your time searching using that site buddy, there are alot of people complaining about not getting paid and our numbers are increasing.. you can try to email them but i dont think they will even bother to reply..
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