Gagabux may now be officially a SCAM
By jambi462
@jambi462 (4576)
United States
August 5, 2010 10:07am CST
Hey everyone, I've been using gagabux for quite a few months now and have received a payment from them a month or two ago. Recently though I went to cashout and they said that cashout is only available for upgraded members. This already kind of shouts out "SCAM" to me but since I have been paid by gagabux before I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt.
So I've been trying to work my way up to their cheapest upgrade which when I first looked at it was listed as 6 dollars for a 1 month silver upgrade. So I clicked ads until I reached 6 dollars and when I went to purchase the upgrade they had moved it up to 7 dollars. So I clicked more ads until I reached 7 dollars and when I went to purchase the upgrade it had been raised to 9 dollars for the one month silver upgrade.
So what do you guys think, should I continue to click ads and see if they change the upgrade amount again once I reach 9 dollars or should I just quit clicking ads all together?
If anyone else has any experiences to report with gagabux or any other complaints I'm sure there's plenty of users that would enjoy reading them to better help their case with this website. I thought it had a lot of potential, now I'm not so sure.
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8 responses
@parrot2010 (813)
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8 Aug 10
Yes it's a complete and utter scam and I feel for you for all that time you've invested in it. Best thing to do now is to never login again, just quit there are better ones out there, legit ones ;)
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
8 Aug 10
Even since when they started I was hearing complaints of them being scammers but I did eventually get my first and only payment but it took a month for me to receive it. Now the whole upgrade thing is ridiculous because every time I go to get an upgrade so I can try to cashout they raise the upgrade price by like a dollar.
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
8 Aug 10
We all have to be careful when it comes to what sites we choose to dedicate our time to because some sites work real hard to make their site appear legit but they are really just clever and well thought out scams. One of the biggest thing that we need to watch out for is shady looking sites being promoted as legit on people's blogs.
Really look out for posted payment proofs because those ones usually have a much better chance at being legit.
@lilkitty15 (115)
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5 Aug 10
Have you tried contacting Gagabux and telling them what you have found with the site and seeing how they respond to this? Very rarely...but sometimes...this does help. If other members also have complaints you could give them a list of complaints that other memebers have had to back up your claim.
If they're a decent company they should either give you a payout or upgrade youu for for free. If they can't be bothered to respond then I would say leave them well alone.
I don't have any experience with this company but that's what I'd do if I was in that situation.
@juliusports (274)
• Philippines
6 Aug 10
hi it seems that there are a lot of good sites at the start who turns to be scam later on. How well do you detect scam sites like gagabux? can enumerate lists of scam sites? is it possible here. By the way, thanks for letting us know. Good day.
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
9 Aug 10
I would have to say that any site that makes it so you have to upgrade to be able to cashout seems like it could be a scam but there are probably legit ones that have similar policies. The best way to try and find out if a site is turning scam is to search discussions from mylot about the website you are trying to find information about.
@jenniferferrer (29)
• Philippines
7 Aug 10
hi there, you said you just upgrade then thats all what you got , i must say , its your decision if you are tired of receiving less as you not expecting by upgrading, have a nice time!!
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
8 Aug 10
That's not what I said, I was basically warning people that gagabux is a scam because everytime I go to buy there cheapest upgrade available they raise the price for it and I've been trying to buy their cheapest with my site earnings they make it not possible. They also make it so you can't cash out unless you have an upgrade.
@rcl888 (70)
• Philippines
5 Aug 10
Hello! Gagabux is already a scam site. They don't pay all of their members, just like what you have said, you need to upgrade in order to cashout. They keep on changing their TOS (Terms Of Service) just to keep their site going. There are other bux sites that are trusted and paying.
Have a great day!
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
6 Aug 10
Yeah even when I did get paid by gagabux I was still reading lots of bad reports about it. A lot of members were complaining about rented referral and how they got reset and gagabux didn't do anything to fix it.
A lot of sites kind of conveniently become scams after offering upgrade specials or making it part of their requirements to make an investment in the site. But like you said there are plenty of other bux sites that are legit and paying out there.
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
3 Sep 10
You right, my friend. Gagabux is now scam I think because it is impossible for them to pay million of members..because they say gagabux member are million in number and if we take a calculation they pay millions a month or every two months since they do not have more adverisers that pay them million dollar...
