Christmas in June? Only if I want it free in december!  |
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|  I do GPT, surveys and such and have been cashing them out these last months and have gotten some really nice things and a nice chunk of cash (that goes into savings!) but now, JUne is my start date for my "march to a free christmas". I have done this for 2 years now and it works so great!
For the sites that pay in points and you collect points an then redeem them for gift cards or cash - those sites I leave the points to collect until November - then I go shopping! THey have gift cards for most any store you can think of! I didn't use to like Gift cards (in my day it was called GIft certificates!) but lately they have come to be my best friend.
I get gift cards for each of my kids to a place that they really love or a speciality store they like but can only seldom afford or a fun place they like to go. I have been giving my daughter a $50 starbucks gift card and the squeals I hear from her are compared only to those of her little daughter when I give her one for her favorite place and she knows she gets to buy whatever she wants! With the Starbucks card, she can get a treat for herself that she usually can't afford and thinks of me every time! She loves it and I know that I gave her something she enjoys and i snot sitting someplace being forgotten!
These last 2 years I have done this, the kids have just loved it so much, can't see doing any different! I wait till November and then go shopping and redeem my points for the gift cards so they are in my hands in time. THen I wrap them uniquely - like I got empty cups from Starbucks and "pretended" to serve coffee, only for my daughter to pick up her's with the gift card in and see that big smile! So much more fun than standing in lines nad paying high prices.. this way too... they can go shopping after christmas and in January when things are on sale and get what they want at a cheaper price!
The whole thing works out so great that the stress and all that is often associated with christmas rush and all, doesn't exist for me! And my kids are happy as they can be...
So... do you start planning your christmas in June? What is your startegy? Do you have a plan for a free christmas? Share it with us!
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1.  JudithP (183)
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4 years ago
| |  I just started working on some of these sites a few months ago. What a great idea. Thank you for the heads up. By the way, what is GPT?
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 coffeebreak (7200)
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4 years ago
| | GPT is Get Paid To - these sites have merchant offers that you get paid for giving email addy or doing a survey and things like that - freebies mainly. I only do 2 of those - there are tons and I got caught up 2 years ago in "doing them all" as forums promoted, at the time I didn't realize they were only doing that to get referrals and that you can only do one offer per merchant period. So I slimmed down and down until I hit these two Fairy Tale Treasures and Squishy Cash - they pay well and I have had very good "luck" with them. Lost a few bucks for sites closing and not paying, so I figured, since I can only do one offer once anywhere, why "work" so many, so these two were the best at paying and having good offers.
This is a great way to do christmas. Even those that pay with paypal, I use that for stocking stuffers (my favorite part of christmas gayiety!) and to my savings with the rest! I sound like I am talking tons of cash, but it isn't. It is just enough and a little extra! Totaly worth my time to do it! Good luck!
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| 2. drannhh (9930)
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4 years ago
| |  I prefer to give gift cards too. For one thing, since I am a frugal tightwad, the shipping is cheaper! The other thing is I would rather get a gift card myself, as I can probably get more stuff for the dollar than most other people anyway. I might end up with twice as many goodies and then too it would be stuff I like and want, not somebody else's best guess. Also you know for sure that the gift card is not just a recycled gift that the person got and didn't want and sent me instead, lol.
I like gift cards much better than gift certificates as they are smaller, work more places, and don't get ruined in the rain.
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| coffeebreak (7200)
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4 years ago
| | You're preaching to the choir now! I to, prefer a gift card and that in itself is saying ALOT!!! I use to hate them. I thought "is that all they bothered to think about me was a gift certificate/card? Couldn't they have given ME a littel thought as to what I would want, instead they just grab a card and say 'here - thinking of you". But once I did it and saw how happy the reciepient was and learned that yeah, I could get more for the $25 on the GC, than they could have given me if they'd bought something for $25, I fell in love!
I started doing this "march to free christmas" thing as I had some points to redeem and there was nothing on there that I wanted, but htere was a Starbucks. My daughter loves starbucks and treats herself once a week casue that is all she can afford...so I got that starbucks gift card, gave it to her one day and she was so excited and happy and just thrilled to death! So that is when I thought, good grief, why not make her that happy at christmas time too! So that is when I started saving from June on for more GC's for christmas. WOrked out really great! I like getting them now too! | | | |
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3.  workingparent (145)
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4 years ago
| |  What kind of gpt program are you signed up with ?
Thanks,
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| coffeebreak (7200)
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4 years ago
| | Check out my profile and at the top is a yellow box that says "my March To FRee Christmas has begun! and here's how I do it" and click on that and it will tell you the ones I use the most. Good luck | | | |
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| coffeebreak (7200)
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4 years ago
| | SOunds like you have it under control! Sure is a help to earn the money easily to invest it to make more! No problem there!
GPT is Get Paid To - these sites have merchant offers that you get paid for giving email addy or doing a survey and things like that - freebies mainly. I only do 2 of those - there are tons and I got caught up 2 years ago in "doing them all" as forums promoted, at the time I didn't realize they were only doing that to get referrals and that you can only do one offer per merchant period. So I slimmed down and down until I hit these two Fairy Tale Treasures and Squishy Cash - they pay well and I have had very good "luck" with them. Lost a few bucks for sites closing and not paying, so I figured, since I can only do one offer once anywhere, why "work" so many, so these two were the best at paying and having good offers.
This is a great way to do christmas. Even those that pay with paypal, I use that for stocking stuffers (my favorite part of christmas gayiety!) and to my savings with the rest! I sound like I am talking tons of cash, but it isn't. It is just enough and a little extra! Totaly worth my time to do it! Good luck!
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| skinnychick (3313)
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4 years ago
| |  I kind of look at it as free money. It's a good thing and every little bit does help.
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