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swagbucks driving me mad!

Hi, I have signed up with swagbucks and been playing swagbucks tv pretty much ever since.

The thing is, if I have understood this correctly I need 900 Swagbucks to get £5 amazon vouchers. Each day I can do 1 poll for 1 swagbuck, and then watch swagtv for 3 swagbucks every 10 videos watched.

It is taking me ages to get anywhere with this!

My computer has gone really slow too, probably because it can't take the extra swagbucks software.

Is everyone going through this, and if not, what am I doing wrong?

How can I earn loads of swagbucks really fast (I sure someone said that they are making £5 a week, but at this rate it's going to take me months to get £5!)?

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  • try looking at this site http://sites.google.com/site/swagin101/ it gives some good tips as to how to get there quickly, I make about £5 per week and spend between 15m-1.5h each day depending on tasks and surveys. Also if you open swagbucks TV in a new window and keep flicking back to change videos it's only a case of cliking every few mins whilst you do tasks or surveys :)
    HTH x
  • What I do everyday:

    - daily poll for 1 buck
    - log in on the toolbar for 1 buck (installed on Firefox which I use for my daily clicks etc)
    - NOSO for 2 bucks
    - have Swagbucks TV open in one window all the time, don't watch the videos but just refresh every now and then when the % bar goes up
    - Special Offers - there are usually videos on the RadiumOne and SuperSonic tabs everyday but check all of them for videos as these are the quickest and easiest to credit
    - searching - I usually do one search, click a link, leave it open for a bit, click back and it'll award me around 7-12 bucks but sometimes higher (got 39 the other day but that's quite rare for me!), sometimes it takes a few searches, don't oversearch or it'll ban you. I'll repeat this process later in the day, I normally only get two search wins a day no matter how much I try.
    - codes - there are places that can alert you to the fact a code is out, so you can find the code and enter it before it expires...
    - surveys - I always take all the surveys I can and have never had problems with them not crediting, often they credit immediately

    You can also take other Special Offers but I've never bothered as I'm not interested in signing up to various spammy websites or taking out a fiddly free trial etc just for the sake of 2 bucks or whatever, but sometimes the odd offer pops up that pays the right amount for your time so do check every now and then, like I said though the videos are always the best as they're no effort whatsoever.

    You can refer people (not in this thread though!) and you earn the same amount of bucks as them when they get search wins etc - not sure on the full details as I've not got a single referral myself!

    I don't bother with the tasks as I've only had problems with them, none ever credited for me but they seem to work for others so YMMV.

    I average one £5 Amazon voucher a month using the above steps. Not mega money but it's all extremely little effort.
  • bluffer
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    What I do everyday:

    - daily poll for 1 buck
    - log in on the toolbar for 1 buck (installed on Firefox which I use for my daily clicks etc)
    - NOSO for 2 bucks
    - have Swagbucks TV open in one window all the time, don't watch the videos but just refresh every now and then when the % bar goes up
    - Special Offers - there are usually videos on the RadiumOne and SuperSonic tabs everyday but check all of them for videos as these are the quickest and easiest to credit
    - searching - I usually do one search, click a link, leave it open for a bit, click back and it'll award me around 7-12 bucks but sometimes higher (got 39 the other day but that's quite rare for me!), sometimes it takes a few searches, don't oversearch or it'll ban you. I'll repeat this process later in the day, I normally only get two search wins a day no matter how much I try.
    - codes - there are places that can alert you to the fact a code is out, so you can find the code and enter it before it expires...
    - surveys - I always take all the surveys I can and have never had problems with them not crediting, often they credit immediately

    You can also take other Special Offers but I've never bothered as I'm not interested in signing up to various spammy websites or taking out a fiddly free trial etc just for the sake of 2 bucks or whatever, but sometimes the odd offer pops up that pays the right amount for your time so do check every now and then, like I said though the videos are always the best as they're no effort whatsoever.

    You can refer people (not in this thread though!) and you earn the same amount of bucks as them when they get search wins etc - not sure on the full details as I've not got a single referral myself!

    I don't bother with the tasks as I've only had problems with them, none ever credited for me but they seem to work for others so YMMV.

    I average one £5 Amazon voucher a month using the above steps. Not mega money but it's all extremely little effort.

    where do you see the codes??

    i havent bothered with the surveys or tasks as i think they are just too much hassle. But i have the firefox search bar addon installed so am always logged in and dont get your one a day :( and again really cant be bothered to log off and back in again.

    i have had one referral but I havent earned anything from that in over a year so there might be a time limit on them.
    2023 wins - zilch, nada, big fat duck. quack quack,
  • hi,
    i've only been a member of swagbucks for about 3 months - i have had £40 of amazon vouchers from them already! So it is possible!
    As PP have mentioned - watching videos and checking 'special offer' videos. Most are 1 buck each, but had one for 5 bucks the other week, refresh the page and it comes back up again and again!
    Previously there was a glitch on one of the surveys- but sadly no more.
    Now, i tend to do some 'tasks' - quite simple but very repetitve! but they sure add up! need to be accurate as well otherwise they will stop you from doing that particular task.
    Hope that helps!
    Mummy of 2 DD. July 2010 & December 2011.:eek:
  • Oh - codes - go to google to search for 'swagbucks spoiler' - they will list when they have codes and where to find it! Abit difficult to catch them cos of the time difference in USA and Canada. Usually around 5 -8 bucks per code, once or twice a day!
    Mummy of 2 DD. July 2010 & December 2011.:eek:
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