Change of Prizes At Winster

@schulzie (4061)
United States
October 22, 2008 3:22am CST
I am a member of Winster.com and today when I logged in they had a message that the prizes have now changed and some of the prizes I used to choose are no longer available. I figured it out and they have made the prizes more expensive now, meaning you have to spend more points in order to get the prizes. I guess it was inevitable with the economy the way it is and all, but still it is upsetting. Oh well, I do enjoy playing there and I have made some friends out of it. It just sucks that I will have to play a little longer to get the prizes there. I am saving up enough Amazon.com certificates on there to buy some Christmas presents for my kids. Is anyone a member of Winster here? I do have a link if you are interested - it is on my profile page if you are. [b] Have a great day and happy myLotting!!![/b]
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onlydia
@onlydia (2808)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Your joking right. I have not been on in a couple of day's so I have not seen the message your talking about. Now I have to log in and see what is going on. Well, I hope to see you there and lets get a JP or 2 your friend here and there onlydia
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schulzie
@schulzie (4061)
• United States
23 Oct 08
No, I am not joking. They increased the points to cash in for Amazon.com gift certificates. From their message: "At the same time, we simplified our Amazon gift certificates prizes. We replaced the product-specific ones with more generic ones, mainly in five dollar denominations. Note that the $15 Amazon prize is the same number of "points per dollar" as the old $5 Amazon prize, while the larger denomination Amazon prizes are better deals (and the smaller ones are worse deals)!" That is a verbatim message. Can you believe that?!?
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jillhill
@jillhill (37353)
• United States
22 Oct 08
I was a member but I don't have enough time to play to win anything....it's too time consuming for me!
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onlydia
@onlydia (2808)
• United States
22 Oct 08
It is getting that way for me as well, I don't have the time I did when I joined. But I still like to play just for fun. If I get something ok. Your friend onlydia
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schulzie
@schulzie (4061)
• United States
23 Oct 08
I know it does take up a lot of time to play there every day.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169453)
• United States
23 Oct 08
Like Jill, I cannot spend a lot of time on playing on the internet. I would just feel like I was getting no where.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169453)
• United States
23 Oct 08
I tried to join and it told me I had a problem, did not say what. I am pretty occupied with other stuff here online, and so when I have a problem with a site I usually do not pursue it very hard at all.
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schulzie
@schulzie (4061)
• United States
14 Nov 08
I know it can be frustrating. Thanks for your comment and have a nice day!
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bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
22 Oct 08
i joined from mypoints. it had a link where you could get 750 points at mypoints by plAYing an making 10,000 points there weird huh?
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schulzie
@schulzie (4061)
• United States
23 Oct 08
Yes, I also saw that it is now down to 500 points instead of 750.
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onlydia
@onlydia (2808)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Now it is only 500 points to join. No longer 750. I just got a thing today from mypoints.
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soyporteno
@soyporteno (406)
• United States
23 Oct 08
Yes, I saw that too. I was almost to my cashout level too! I bet they did it to save money.
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schulzie
@schulzie (4061)
• United States
14 Nov 08
Oh, I definitely think they did it to save money. I think everyone is trying to save money here and there with the economy in the state it is. Thanks for your comment and have a nice day!
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