do i celebrate now or celebrate later when the pay out is actually made?

Philippines
April 3, 2007 5:15am CST
just a mylot reflection: i didn't pay much attention to earnings earlier when i signed in, and was quite surprised by the congratulatory message from mylot that my earnings for march qualify for my first pay-out on or before april 15th. i was happy to have beaten the clock, coz a day before the end of the month, i was almost $2 short of the minimum pay out. i told myself, it's alright if i don't make it, anyway, i've just been here 3 weeks and not 300 posts yet to my name. and then i made $2.44 for 50 posts... well, it felt good. but then i remembered that there will be "clean up", that some discussions may be deleted and earnings may decrease. so with my last month's $10.59, how much would be retained after the clean up... when will be the clean-up actually? now i'm reflecting, should i celebrate now and congratulate myself for making my first pay-out... or celebrate later when the actual pay-out has been confirmed credited to my e-gold account? :)
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@kaplya (1578)
• India
3 Apr 07
i think u can celebrate it now as mylot has already contacted u it means u r going to get ur pay out for sure!:) i don't think clean up is going to reduce ur earnings by more then few cents. and as far as i remember they do it near the 15th of every month before the pay out. and congrats for making $2.44 for 50 posts that's quite good!!:)
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• Singapore
4 Apr 07
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• Philippines
4 Apr 07
thanks kaplya! it's not a private message or something sent by mylot to inform me of the pay-out, i just found it in the earnings page... just automatically informing the mylot user if he or she has achieved enough for the pay-out. :)
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• Philippines
4 Apr 07
littleguyzg, unfortunately, i'm not from the US. ;)
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@evelynlyp (788)
• Japan
3 Apr 07
Celebrate after achieving your goals. You haven't achieved it yet. I make it a habbit to celebrate after achieving goals. I wouldn't feel good if i celebrated and then find out later that I didnt' achieve my goals instead.
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• Philippines
3 Apr 07
yeah, but it dampens the little success i've made so far. :) thanks!
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• Philippines
3 Apr 07
yeah, but it dampens the little success i've made so far. :) thanks!
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@NatureBoy (493)
• Singapore
4 Apr 07
Congratz on hitting your first payout. Wow with just close to 300 posts. I think celebrations are called for. But just don't overspend on it. Cheers
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• Philippines
4 Apr 07
-lol- not a lot to spend in the first place. :)
@jengrin (944)
• Philippines
4 Apr 07
Wow congratulations! I'm glad you met the minimum though I didn't meet the minimum. I lack $1.90 the day before the end of the month but I didn't reach the minimum. But it's ok for sure I will get something next payout. It's ok to be happy but I think you better celebrate when you already got the money. But again congratulations. Good luck and Keep posting!
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• Philippines
4 Apr 07
thanks! you're definitely gonna get it at the next pay-out. goodluck to us! :)
@nagatraju (198)
• India
4 Apr 07
You done great job. I think you must Celebrate only after getting your payout. And one more thing is, where is e-gold option? Please explain me to include our e-gold account number in our myLot account. I must be appreciate it very much.
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• Philippines
4 Apr 07
thanks! :) for information about e-gold and how to put it in our payment information please refer to http://www.mylot.com/o/faq/faq6.aspx#7
@wachit14 (3595)
• United States
4 Apr 07
Congratulations for making a payout, but I don't quite understand about the clean up. What exactly does that mean anyway? Will they delete posts and then deduct money that they were supposed to pay out in the first place? I certainly hope not. In any event it is certainly cause for celebration.
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• Philippines
4 Apr 07
thanks! yes, clean-up is like that. but mylot has certain grounds for deleting posts or discussions... just those that violate the regulations as well as spams. :) i do try to avoid discussions like that. :)
• United States
3 Apr 07
I would go ahead and celibrate a little bit. I had a few post deleted because the topics were bad but I still made my payout that month. Since you have $10.59 I doubt it would get taken down that much. So i would go ahead and celibrate and congrats on the payout.
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• Philippines
4 Apr 07
;) thank you.
• Ireland
3 Apr 07
Why not have two small celebrations. You are not far off your 300 points mark, so have a little celebration when you reach this and then have another little celebration when you receive you paymount. Congratulations on receiving your first payout and I hope you will receive many more. Keep up the good work.
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• Philippines
4 Apr 07
thank you so much! ;) i always appreciate your responses as well as whenever i was able to participate in your discussions. i remember that you were one of the first mylotters i requested to be included in my friends' list. :)
@mssnow (9484)
• United States
3 Apr 07
If you keep posting until the payout you should still have enough by the time they clean up. I am pretty sure that as long as you still have ten dollars after clean up you will get paid. so don't worry about it.
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• Philippines
4 Apr 07
thanks! :)
@nic_knick (739)
• China
4 Apr 07
? i really cannot imagine you could earn so much within suck a short period of time and with so few postings. how can this be achieved. i have done a little more than 100 postings but i am still earning very littl.e only more than a dollar. and i know no reason why my efforts wouldn't be paid as the amount of work i did. much too weird. how i am supposed to do so that i can earn some more bucks. waiting for you mails at nic_knick@hotmail.com
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• Philippines
4 Apr 07
there are several ways i could tell you how but the main focal point will be "quality". go for relevance and usefulness. i've made no secret of what i do and don't, as well as what i earn and how. hey, i'll add you as a friend so you can send PMs if you like. but even if you don't, you can check out my responses on how i earned it. goodluck! :)
• Canada
3 Apr 07
Well I would say wait till the payment is actually in your e Gold account. While I don't see your earnings being decreased by more than a few cents for any discussions that might be deleted I'd play it safe. Congratulations on making payout so far though :o)
• Philippines
4 Apr 07
thanks! ;)
@Erilyn (3020)
• United States
3 Apr 07
I would go ahead and celebrate, its a mile stone:). I haven't been here very long myself, don't have many posts yet lol, and so far I have little over $2 in my account. We'll see what it is tomorrow after the posts that I have made today. I don't remember how many posts I had when I logged in today but I think I am doing pretty well for being a newbie :). I don't have any referrals yet either even though I have been trying hehehe. I do congragulate you on your mile stone and hopefully soon I will be able to celebrate it myself!
• Philippines
4 Apr 07
thank you. goodluck to you too. i hope you get yours soon. enjoy mylot! :)
@ryanphil01 (4182)
• Philippines
4 Apr 07
i think it would be better if you wait for your payment first before you celebrate. it would be a nice feeling when you get your hard-earned money right in your hands. you must be working too hard in posting discussions here in mlot so you deserve to relax and enjoy. i didn't know about the "clean up" you are mentioning here. if it's gonna happen. poor me!!! it will take sometime again to increase my earnings. being in mylot really demands much of your time. anyways, i am enjoying a lot here.
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• Philippines
4 Apr 07
continue to enjoy, i do too. :)
@taymouse (585)
• United States
4 Apr 07
Wow that's a lot for 50 posts, congratulations! After 121 posts I've only made $2.28. But I would wait to celebrate after you get the money because then you will have it and it will be yours and no one can take it from you. If you celebrate now, something might happen for you to not get it (I'm not trying to be pessimistic here, but it could happen). Congratulations, though! I'm eagerly waiting when I get my first pay out. :)
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• Philippines
4 Apr 07
goodluck! :)
• India
3 Apr 07
By george did u made 2.504 for 50 post. WoW like that u can actually celebrate before getting the pay. Partyon girl
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• Philippines
3 Apr 07
thanks! i meant celebrate as feeling happy... $2.44 can't be enough to party with... -lol- but others tell me it's quite a good earning for 50 posts. :)
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@Karmalina (647)
• Australia
3 Apr 07
I hope that cleanup isn't too rough, I've got over $7 now and I'd be crushed if i got knocked back by dollars or something that was hard work. A few of my discussions were when I was new and I responded (as constructively as possible) to whatever popped up that I could make sense out of. I'm afraid some of those posts might go =(.
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• Philippines
4 Apr 07
the best of luck to us all. :)
@krayzee (1160)
• Romania
3 Apr 07
I think you should celebrate both :) Once because you have reached your goal and one because you got an actual payment :) :) See, they're both reasons for celebration :)
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• Philippines
4 Apr 07
thanks, it is indeed an achievement however small, still is an achievement. :)
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@Phoniex (74)
• India
3 Apr 07
you should wait for that the payment and then you can celebrate with money in your hands.
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@pengqing (217)
• China
4 Apr 07
You obtained pay? Congratulates you !:)
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• United States
4 Apr 07
i would celbrate when i get payed lol.