I am finally the very proud (extremely excited) owner of a Mac, much sooner than expected, and in a different way than I had planned.
And not just any Mac, but the sleek new Macbook Pro.
And I got it for free*.
A few weeks ago I found a site that looked exactly like a million other scam sites I’ve seen before. You’ve probably seen them too. Just participate in a few offers, then refer a couple friends to do the same, and you’ll get a free iPod or other prize.
Some of these companies are legitimate and have even been on the news. A guy I know actually got one of the free* iPods through one.
These sites work because advertising is a huge business. The company offering the prize gets money from all of their sponsors (the companies you complete offers with). After they receive all that money, they have enough to buy the prize (in this case, a MacBook Pro) for the person completing the offers (me) and still make a profit.
The hardest part of these things isn’t completing the offers, but convincing several of your friends to do the same.
NuiTech (a.k.a. TheUseful) is a company that provides such offers, but they twist things up a bit. Instead of needing several friends to complete offers, you just complete all of the offers yourself.
I was naturally skeptical of the site when I found it, so I did a little research. I found a few blogs of real people who have jumped through the hoops and gotten the MacBook Pro, and a couple of forums (forum 1, forum 2) with tons of people who have gotten MacBook Pros and other cool stuff.
So, I decided to give it a shot, and believe it or not, I now have my MacBook Pro!
Proof is here, here, and here.
Here’s how it all works:
I had to complete a total of 18 offers, which were broken up into three pages: I had to choose 3 offers on the first page, 6 on the second, and 9 on the third. Some offers appear on multiple pages, and you cannot complete any offer more than once. Some of the offers are useful or from companies you’ve probably heard of (Blockbuster, New York Times, eMusic.com, Columbia House), some are not.
My Timeline:
10/4/06 – Spent a little over two hours and completed all 18 offers. Credit showed up almost immediately for 15 of them.
10/9/06 – Credit showed up for the 16th offer.
10/10/06 – Credit for the 17th offer received.
10/11/06 – 18th offer credited! After a “verification process” of a few hours, my form appeared online to print out.
10/12/06 – Got forms notarized at the bank (it’s required) and mailed them to NuiTech in Florida. Patience, patience.
10/16/06 – Voucher was received and a “Shipping Request” was issued.
10/30/06 – UPS dropped off my brand new MacBook Pro!
Money spent
In total I spent $168.07 on the offers and got $90.30 back in refunds. Add the cost of shipping a few of the items back ($20.92) and the grand total spent was $98.69, for which I received five bags of coffee, two cans of hot chocolate mix, four “free” movie rentals from Blockbuster, 25 free song downloads, and a brand new MacBook Pro. To purchase this particular MacBook Pro from Apple, it’ll cost you a nice $2,000. Not a bad deal.
Time spent
If you add the 2-3 hours I spent completing offers, time spent on the phone and online canceling trial memberships, and a few hours packing and shipping returns (including trips to the post office), plus my own time spent obsessively checking my e-mail account and “Gift Status” page for updates, I probably spent between 10-15 hours on this project (20hrs tops). Keep in mind, though, that those hours were spread over the course of about a month.
If you’re going to try this (or any similar offer) for yourself, here are a few tips:
1. Read everything before signing up for anything. Especially, read the “Terms & Conditions” and “F.A.Q.” pages on all of the offer sites. This one bit me in the behind. From one of the companies I completed an offer with, I failed to see that after my trial order, I would be required to place an additional order before I would be able to cancel my membership with them. The result was an extra $17 worth of coffee. Not a huge deal (and I do love coffee), just making my point – read everything that you can.
2. Before you begin, look through the three offer pages and form a strategy. Pick which offers you want to complete on each page, how much they’ll cost you, if you will have to cancel a membership trial for it (and when!), etc. Also, I’d recommend completing the offers for the third page first, as it will be hardest to do.
3. Create a new, separate e-mail account for the whole thing. I can’t stress this one enough. Visit Hotmail or Yahoo and create yourself an account. Use this account and only this account for the entire offer process. You will get spammed like crazy before long, so you want an account that you can abandon after you’ve received your prize and cancelled any trial offers.
4. Keep records of EVERYTHING. Print a copy of every confirmation page you reach after completing an offer. Save every e-mail involved with them. Many offers will immediately give you credit on the NuiTech site, but sometimes they might take some time. Sometimes, in rare cases, you might be required to fax or e-mail proof to them (such as that confirmation page) so they can manually give you credit.
Note: Rather than using the ink and paper to actually print a hard-copy of everything you’ll need to save, use CutePDF to save a PDF document of the page, which you can then print out later if need be.
5. Keep track of what you’re doing. Make notes of what offers you’ve completed, which ones you’ve received credit for, which ones you’ve cancelled (after receiving credit), etc. I kept track of every detail using this spreadsheet I created in MS Excel.
Here is a blank copy of the spreadsheet I used. Use it to keep track of all the details you’ll need to save along the way.
Also, check the Frequently Asked Questions page for answers to commonly asked questions.
There really is no trick to this. Just be careful, read everything, and enjoy the prize when you’re finished.
Update: NuiTech has changed their terms and conditions, making it virtually impossible to do this offer anymore. Visit my Free Stuff page for other free stuff resources.
I’ve deleted the link, as it is impossible to do any longer.
Just on an extra note, any information provided on this website is given merely with the intent to be helpful. You are still 100% responsible for what you do, and I cannot be held liable for any financial and/or legal trouble you may become subject to as a result of doing anything written about on this site.
God works in mysterious ways. Use this gift well.
I’m excited for you, because I know how much you have been looking foward to this. I hope you learn new and useful things on your Mac, but make sure you also budget time for the important things in life too. Nothing wrong with your new computer, and I am SO happy for you; Doug’s right, God probably has His plans for that laptop too.
I can’t wait until I get mine and we can video chat before going to Waffle House when we get old. Hopefully getting this delivery today broke your fever, but if it didn’t – I have your cowbell.
I appreciate your willingness to help others get their own Mac by carefully detailing the process in such a thourough manner. It is by your success that I will attempt this adventure over Christmas Break. Mom will want to see that this isn’t a hoax, and you make for perfect evidence.
i really want to do this! i totally didn’t realize you got it for friggin free!! … er…. relatively free… anyway… i’ll definitely consider doing it… and if i make the decision to… i’ll probably be asking you a ton of questions. peace out, and glad you are a mac guy now!
Hey there,
I’m trying out your strategy to see if it works and I’m pretty excited. I have one question. Once everything has been verified and credited, where do you go to print your “form”. Thanks!
Once your offers have all verified, the “Gift Status” page will update to give you instructions and a link to the form to print out.
You can visit the Gift Status page at any time to find the status of your offers by clicking the link at the bottom of the NuiTech website.
A couple of people have asked the specs of my MacBook Pro. Apple recently upgraded the MacBook pro line, so they are slightly different from the Mac I got from NuiTech.
Here are my specs:
- 2.0Ghz Intel Core Duo processor
- 512Mb DDR2 SDRAM (plan on upgrading this eventually)
- 80GB Hard drive
- 15.4-inch widescreen display
- ATI Mobiliity Radeon X1600 with 128M of GDDR3 SDRAM
- Built-in iSight video camera
- Slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- ExpressCard/34 slot, FireWire 400 port, two USB 2.0 ports, optical digital audio input/line in, optical digital audio output/headphone out
- DVI port; DVI to VGA adapter included
- Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet
- Build-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking (802.11g)
- Built-in Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
- Backlit illuminated keyboard and ambient light sensor
- Mac OS X
Okay, I signed up for a deal, too. I’m quite happy with my Macbook, so I found one from the same company for a $2000 gift certificate for a high def television. So far, 8 of my 18 offers have been verified.
Only two of the 18 made me compromise my principles. One was applying for a Discover card and the other was agreeing to a short term loan (which will cost me $10).
I plan on cancelling the Discover card immediately and paying the loan off immediately.
I also followed your guidelines, Josh, and have records on everything. I’m hoping that none of this comes back to bite me, but it’s a bit intimidating!
It is intimidating, I agree, especially seeing all those charges run up on your credit card. When I was going through the process I told hardly anyone about it, just in case that tiny 1% of my conscious was right and I was getting scammed. But no worries! If you are careful and keep track of everything, you’ll be fine. There’s really no trick to it.
I just got my shipping request. Thanks for the help.
you don’t know me at all, but after reading this i decided to go ahead and do it. i’m about 8 offers in now and i have a question. once an offer shows up as completed, is there any problem in canceling it? even if it is only a couple of minutes after signing up for it?
thanks in advance for the help!
As far as I know, Glen, you can cancel anytime after credit is received for the offer. I personally waited a short time after offers had been credited before canceling, but I know others who have canceled pretty quickly without much trouble. I suppose if you read any fine print available and don’t see anything against it, it’s up to you.
Good luck!
I was looking over your spreadsheet and saw that you were able to send back your Columbia House shipment for a full refund. That company is infamous for collecting money, so I was wondering if you had any helpful hints to not only return the first shipment, but also to prevent future shipments and charges from going through. Also, did you find that Columbia House took a while for the credits to go through? I am wondering how long it took for you. Thanks very much for this and all your help!
For Columbia House, when you get the package DO NOT open it, just write “Refused – Return to Sender” on the box and drop it off at the post office. It won’t cost you anything to ship back, and once Columbia House receives it they will e-mail you, asking if you are sure you want to cancel. Simply reply and tell them that YES, you do want to cancel your membership. They will close the account and issue a refund automatically.
Also, yes, Columbia House took a little while for credit to be received, and has for many others I’ve spoken with.
Josh, thanks for all the info. My buddy also received a sweet Macbook Pro. I am currently working on a NuiTech offer for $2000. I had a question about cancelation periods. I canceled some of the online $1 subscriptions (Complete Homes, ValueMax) shortly after receiving credit from NuiTech for them. That should not affect my status during the verification process, correct? Also, regarding the Columbia House scheme, does that not invalidate the terms of the offer? Thanks again.
I personally waited a few days before canceling any offers, even the $1 ones. But, from talking with others, it doesn’t seem to matter whether you cancel immediately after receiving credit or days later.
If upon receiving the package from Columbia House, you follow my instructions in the comments above and return it unopened, they will close your account and issue a refund, end of story. However, if you open the package you are obliged to fulfill their entire membership agreement, which means purchasing five more DVD’s at $20 each within the next year, I believe. Once you open that package, you cannot cancel without incurring a huge fee (the same price as purchasing the five DVD’s).
does anyone know the return policy at apple stores? if it’s possible to return without a receipt for store credit, i’m totally going exchange it for a macbook and have like $700 credit for various other things. that seems too awesome to be true though…
Hey Glen,
Yeah, I actually called Apple about their return/exchange policy once I got my MBP, but before I opened it. The MBP line had just been upgraded slightly and I wanted to see if I could exchange mine for one of the newer ones, or at least get store credit and use that to buy a newer one.
I explained that I had just gotten it as a gift and thus only had a packing slip, but no receipt. The lady I spoke with said it would be okay if it had shipped/been ordered from Apple directly, but since it had come through a third-party vendor (most NuiTech gifts do) they weren’t able to take it back.
Hey Josh,
Thanks for all this info, my coworker and I are working on gettting our free macbookpros now. I saw that you did the Video professor offer, and just had “return within 10 days of receiving” under your notes. I called their customer service number to try and cancel before shipment (It says it wont ship for a few weeks) but everytime i call it says all representatives are busy and to email them instead. there’s no option to wait on hold. i’ve emailed them and received no response. i was just wondering if you had tried to contact them to cancel or if you just waited until you received the package and then returned it. im just concerned that it’s impossible to get in touch with them. thanks again for all of this!!
is that “return to sender” thing for columbia house legit? like is that what you were told to do when you conacted them to cancel? or is that some sort of loophole? i thought it would be a lot harder to get out of that one
It’s no loophole. I contacted the company and that’s exactly what they told me to do.
Hi Krystle,
I waited for the package to arrive from Video Professor. All you have to do then is ship back at least 2 of the 3 CDs within 10 days of receiving the package. I did call the company after I got my package and did get a hold of someone. I can’t remember if it is required to call them or not, what I do remember is simply asking if I understood the cancellation instructions completely. So yes, it is possible to get a hold of them.
josh,
did your credit for relaset take a long time to go through? the only 2 things im waiting to receive credit for are columbia house and relaset. i know columbia house takes a long time, but did u see the same with relaset?
Yeah, I think Relaset was one of the final ones to come through.
it just came through now
now all i’m waiting on is columbia house, and then i have to complete one more- unless i magically get two credits for columbia house like you did (unlikely). im not in a huge rush though, cuz i plan on waiting until i know they’ve started shipping the new mbp models to send in my voucher.
Hi Josh Im a good friend of greg spegal trying to get my imac pro. I have 3 offers that are still pending and I finished all 18 around 2.5 weeks ago. The guy from onlinegiftrewards said that after 30 days of waiting he would help me speed up the process by manually crediting those 3 companies to my account. Is there any way possible to speed up the process? By the way the 3 i am waiting on are, pconline, bargain home and car, and Carleton sheets. Thanks for your time.
Hey Joel,
No, there’s no way to speed up the process. Like the guy told you, you just have to wait the 30 days and then call them again.
So, I’m on the last page for completing offers and it’s mainly credit cards. Does anyone else have this problem? I’m going to have to sign up for 4-5 credit cards to get my last 9 offers in. On top of that, I actually have to make a purchase on each card for my offer to go through. Any ideas? Thanks.
Alex, this might have happened if you did some of the offers on pages 1 and 2 before page three. Some of the offers overlap among pages, so you may have completed an offer on one of the first 2 pages that was also on the third page, thus eliminating it from your list. If that’s the case, there’s not much you can do. You can try refreshing the page several times (or hitting F5 a lot). That may give you a few more options.
Hope this helps!
dude, sweet action, I’ve gone to csf and stuff and heard about all this through a few friends of mine. I’ve done all the promotions, i’m waiting only on netfix and columbia house after only 24 hours from when I started. Cost me a bit more initially, but I get most of it back, and it will end up costing only around a 100 or less. So did you keep the gift cards and stuff or did you have to send it all back?
Unfortunately, you won’t get the gift cards. I’m assuming you’re talking about the ones associated with the $1 offers.
If you read the fine print, you’ll see that you only get those gift cards after staying a member with those companies for one month. However, you have to cancel within a week because that’s the length of their trial, and if you don’t they’ll charge you a ton.
Some of the stuff I did get to keep, like the coffee, but that’s because I really ended up paying for it (I mentioned it in the post).
Hi Josh,
I saw your article about the free laptop computer on a link on someone else’s blog. Anyway, now I’m trying to get the same computer. I have 17 of 18 offers done and I have a few quick questions for you.
1. This has taken me longer to do than expected. It took a while to finally get credit for a Discover Card. Since I started this I have moved to a new location. So, I’m signed up under one address but moved to a new address. Will I have a choice in where the computer gets sent to? I still know the people at the old address so I should still be able to get it, but was wondering if I’ll have a choice.
2. Is the computer sent by UPS? Do you get a tracking number so you’ll know when it’s coming?
That’s it. Thanks for any help you can give me.
Yes, after you’ve completed and received credit for all 18 offers, you print out two forms. One is for you to fill in where you’d like the Mac to ship. The second are tax forms. Since you are receiving a “gift” from NuiTech that is worth more than $600, it is required to report it (for both you and them).
After my voucher had been cleared I called NuiTech to ask if I would receive an email with a tracking number. The rep I spoke with said I would. I never received such an email, nor have others who have gotten their “gifts.” Also, from what I hear, they ship using UPS and FedEx. It was UPS for me. It might vary for you.
Hello Josh,
I just stumbled upon your site wishing also to get a MacBook Pro. Just want to say thanks so much for the info! It’s always great to hear from someone that things are legit, and especially your blog which gives us so much extra information on how to get the item. Thanks a lot! I will probably be trying this offer soon.
i went into verification today
it’s going to be very difficult to resist the urge to send in my voucher before i find out if they’re sending out the core 2 duos
Sorry if this is a repost – not sure if my last message came thru… I was just realizing that it looks like you will have bit of a tax liability with this. Since they made you fill out a W-9 and the value of this was assessed at $2000 it could look like this (I’m just using hypothetical tax rates):
Federal Tax Rate = 15%
State Tax Rate = 5%
Value of MacPro = $2000 (reported on 1099 form)
So… 20% (15%+5%) * $2000 = $400 in taxes
You might have already figured this, but I just wanted to make sure I’m not crazy here!
Thanks MacBro. Yes, I realize I’ll have to pay taxes on the MacBook Pro, and yes, it will probably be a few hundred bucks. I’ve read that it also varies depending on your annual income. So, as a college student with very little income, it will probably be slightly less for me, but you are right, everyone needs to realize that they’ll have to report this on their taxes.
I got to page 3 and had like 5 Discover offers out of 12 offers, making it impossible to fulfill the 3rd page. i also had done a discover offer on the first page, and that only allows 1 application per customer. This is definitely a scam and now I am stuck, with having the obligations of the already established offers and credit charges for nothing!
This isn’t a scam, Julie.
If you had completed the third page first and worked backwards, you probably wouldn’t have gotten stuck. I suggested starting with the third page (see my tips above – #2), and it was discussed in the comments (above – #27+28). Sorry about your trouble.
The only hope you have now is to check the third page again every once in a while (every few weeks/months) and hope that new offers show up.
Hey josh, just got my laptop. It’s sweet, I still cannot believe it. Rock out. I am working on offers for a 42″ sony tv. This is the good life.
hey Chris, did you get one of the newer models? 2.16 ghz, 1gb ram, 120gb hard drive, etc..?
I’m with this glen dude, has anyone that has gotten the macbook pro already gotten the newer model with the specs that he said? I’m very curious.
I was just searching online and I found an interesting peice of info. This other guy did an older promotion for a powerbook right before the Macbook pro came out. He Got the power book from nuitech, then he took it unopened to the nearest apple store ( which in lexington would prolly be comp usa. He then traded it in for 2000 dollars in gift cards for apple, then he used them to get the macbook pro he wanted. here is the site I read this at. http://freebiecast.com/category/nuitechtheuseful/
oh, and did anyone do netflix? how long does it take to confirm, I did it a week a go. Do I have to wait and complete the entire 2 week trial period?
i did netflix you have to wait till they charge you before you get the credit. By the way for anyone who would like to know I found this website which offers a 37 in plasma with an Xbox 360 in which you have to complete the same amount of offers as you would for the Macbook Pro I guess it just depends on what you want. http://www.consumerincentiverewards.com/rd_p?p=96980&t=1321&c=328236&a=free%20plasma%20tv
jaron- i came across that website too a while ago. i called my local apple store and asked about their return policy. i was told that they can’t accept any returns/exchanges for items that weren’t originally bought from apple. niu tech ships from warehouses, which should kill the chances of an exchange. i’m still going to try it when i get my macbook pro, however, since believe it or not i would rather a regular macbook. i would customize one with 2gigs of ram and 120 gb hard drive for about $1500, and then have the rest to buy random stuff with. it’s a sweet deal, but i doubt it will work. i’m also hoping to get my mbp not too long after christmas, so i can cash in on any “holiday return policies”
my other option is to sell it on ebay, but i don’t know if i’m feeling ambitious enough to go through with it.
just so you all know as well, if you are just waiting for one or 2 confirmations, you can just do another one to replace it and most of the offers confirm instantly. No reason to wait a month for one confirmation.
Josh-
I somehow missed your advice about the 3rd page, and now that I went back and read through it again… well, I’ve totally shot myself in the foot! It’s definitely gonna take some time, and NuiTech wrote me with the same advice. When I was going through the pages, I didn’t realize that you can start/stop as far as the order of the offers… I figured you had to do them all consecutively… ah well… maybe (just maybe) this will work itself out eventually.
I did do one of the offers on the last page (PeoplePC) but it hasn’t cleared yet (all of the ones on the first 2 pages have thus far).
Chris? Specs?
ALL of mine are cleard and my voucher is available to print. Thanks for all the help all of you. It only took me 8 days to get it all through, all I have to do is mail a few things back (mostly for free) and wait for my beautiful new laptop. Oh what a glorious day is today:)
Julie –
Same thing happened to me and I was so bummed out. But, again, I didn’t the advice about the tricky 3rd page. I reloaded it so many times but have finally gotten all the things done and am just wating for my last 3 to connect.
Also, I was tricked into a Discover card when I clicked on the link on the bottom of the 3rd page that said “click here when finished”, so that took me to a smoker survey, and then an app for discover. seeing no way around the darn thing, i signed up for one (argh!) and then realized it was a dead end! all i had to do was click the link on the bottom of the main page for gift status check.
Just waiting for those last 3 to clear before I can sleep better
jaron- you might wanna hold off on sending in that voucher. niu tech is still sending out the older models. if you wait a while you may be able to get one of the current ones.
A friend of mine got his MBP this morning. It was one of the older models.
Glen, you might be able to call NuiTech and ask if they know when/if they’ll send out the newer ones anytime soon.
I know that you have to send in your voucher within 90 days of receiving it. IF they are going to start sending out newer models, it would probably be before three months from now, but that’s IF they ever send out the newer ones. I have no idea how their ordering process works.
Just a word of warning.
I’m going to call and see if maybe they will send me a cash reward instead of the mac so that I can just buy the new model online. It’s worth a shot.
its a long shot, but let us know how it works out!
they may not do that simply because the $2000 gift is 19 offers, not 18. you may want to try just asking for a core 2 duo, since there is actually another niu tech site that specifies that the gift is the c2d. i wish i knew that before doing this one..
anyone notice that as of this morning the onlinegiftrewards site doesnt work, and it doesnt come up in a google search? i just sent in my voucher on saturday, and am a little concerned that the site’s not there anymore.
the link on this page still works just the same as it always did. I just went there. And glen, I called and they wouldn’t change anything, even though I’m sure they could. I’ll just have to try and see if the apple store will switch out the old for the new. Its worth a try, if nothing else maybe I can just pay the difference, its worth the 40 extra gigs and extra ram.
nevermind guys, we’re back in business
i guess it was just down for a bit.
So, I fulfilled all 18 offers on August 5th and now 8 days later I am only waiting on PeoplePC and Columbia House. I know that most people had to wait on the columbia house to go through, but I starting to worry about the PeoplePC. Did anyone else run into this problem? Do I need to go ahead and do another offer?
If everything works out as planned the Mac book pro will only have cost me around $30.00 and some time! Thanks Josh, Jaron and everyone else!
Joshua – PeoplePC took an extremely long time to go through for me. I ended up doing another offer instead and it went through right away. Best wishes.
You can wait 30 days and call NuiTech to fax them proof that you completed the offer and they’ll approve you manually, or just do another offer for cheap.
Thanks everyone!
I decided not to wait on PeoplePC and did Carlton Sheets. I sent off my verification yesterday! Josh, how did you return the Carlton Sheets stuff?
Hye Josh- Thanks so much for all of the advice you’ve put out for people to utilize! After looking over your site and several others, I have started the process! However, I am having trouble getting NYTimes and USPS stamps verified. Any one else have trouble with these being slow-going? Thanks! -Lauren
I returned the Carlton Sheets, but make sure you call them first and get a return authorization. They also want you to pay for insurance worth $300 (I can’t imagine that box–heavy as it is–having $300 worth of stuff in it) and delivery confirmation. Of course it’s smart to get delivery confirmation on everything you send back anyway. I think the Carlton Sheets deal cost me about $15 just to send everything back, but that’s okay. I sent off my voucher for a gift card for a $2000 television today.
Speaking of which, has anyone besides me been working toward the plasma television? Has anyone gotten one yet?
The offer is for a gift card for $2000 toward a plasma TV. I’m hoping there’s not another shoe to drop on this deal like it being $2000 toward a $5000 set or something like that. My hope is that I can get a television puchased and delivered with no extra expense over that $2000 value.
But I’d be interested to hear from anyone who might have heard for sure.
Rick,
A friend of mine got a 42″ plasma through a different offer page than you did, but yes, he got it in the mail last week. I’m really curious about how this gift card will work, too.
I know there are a few of you waiting to send in your vouchers.
Well, I got a call today from a friend who just received his MBP in the mail, and yes, it’s one of the NEW ones. So send those vouchers in.
Oh my god that is incredible! It was from the same website that you (and most likely everyone else on here) did? i’m going to get my voucher notarized right now. please write back asap!
Yes it was the same site.
Hi-
Josh, you don’t know me, but I am friends with Mallory at Union. I am working on getting my own Mac! I had a question for you though. If I am running close to a cancellation deadline for a service, and it still has not verified, should I let it charge me or cancel it? If I cancel it at that point, after 30 days, can I show the manual proof that I had registered? Or should I just let it charge me so that I can get credit for it? I’m leaving the country in 2 weeks and am worried about this happenening! If anyone could give me advice, I’d appreciate it!
Hey Lauren,
I had a friend who had the same problem. You should be fine if you go ahead and cancel the service before the 30 day trial is up, and then at 30 days you call NuiTech and tell them you haven’t received credit yet. They’ll email you, and you’ll have to fax them a form and probably a copy of your credit card statement showing that you did actually do the offer. Then they’ll manually give you the credit for it.
Hopefully everything will work out for you before you leave!
josh- just out of curiosity, do you happen to know when your friend sent out his voucher?
No, I’m afraid I don’t know exactly when he sent it
josh, your email address was down, so i’ll post my message here. an answer would be greatly appreciated!
I just want to know if you can confirm for a fact that your friend did
indeed receive an updated model. It should be a Core 2 Duo, model
MA609LL I assume. Did he use onlinegiftrewards.com? Nuitech has another
site (electronics-rewardpath, which has the C2D model on it)
I’m not skeptical, I just want to really be sure that he got an updated
model. Some people like to lie just to piss us off, or conversation
gets mixed, so “new” actually refers to not used/refurbished or
something like that.
Could your friend give us the model number off the box, maybe put up a
pic of the model number on the box?
Hey Scott,
When I say new, yes, I meant one of the new Core 2 Duo models. My friend told me the box said Core 2 Duo processor, 120Gb hard drive, 1Gb ram, etc. That’s the newer model.
Just as a warning, I have no idea how NuiTech’s ordering process works. In other words, just because one guy got a Core 2 doesn’t mean everyone will. Hopefully that’s the case, but who knows. They order their “prizes” from various retailers.
Well, my shipping request was made on Thursday for my MBP. I’ll let everyone know what I get!
I hope it comes soon!!!!
How long does it take for them to verify everything. it sounds like it was pretty speedy for some. I did all my offers and they are said completed and now it is going through its verification process. Let me know if it took a while for this to go through.
Verification might take up to a few days. When I was in verification last week, it took about 2 1/2 days. Some people get it in a matter of hours though, so I’m guessing NuiTech might be manually reviewing them?
I just got my shipping request on Thursday. How long does it normally take to receive the mbp? I can’t wait to get it!!
Ok, I have questions on three of the offers that I did and need clarification of what gets me credit.
First, on Stamps.com it says credit is applied when you stay on for at least 30 days as a member. Does the 4 week no-risk trial count, or do I have to pay for month #2 to have it count?
Second, how do i go about cancelling video professor? I can’t seem to backtrack my steps to find this answer. Do I just “return to sender” the CDs once I get them?
Third, is it my understanding that with the NY Times, I have to pay for 4 weeks for $4 to get credit? If anyone knows the answer to any of thse questions, please help! Thanks-Lauren Crane
First I would like to take the oppurtunity to respond to Lauren Crane’s Three questions.
For stamps.com you get credit as soon as you apply and you can cancel without having to pay a cent. Video professor in order to cancel you need to call there number which is 1-800-525-7763. They we tell you what to do. DO NOT WRITE REFUSED RETURN TO SENDER! And Fianlly for the New York times yes you are correct you just have to pay for 4 weeks for $4 to get credit.
Ok now josh I know you were wanting to know how many people were doing this to get a count. And I am from Lexington, Kentucky and one of my buddies Greg Schuette told me about your site and I decided to do it. Right now I have done one for a MacBook Pro and a 37 in Plasma with an Xbox 360 and both are currently on the page where it says shipping request received. As soon as I get these items be sure to look for a donation from me.
For video prof call 1-800-525-7763 and cancel. Then, when you get the package send at least one of the cds back. the others i dont know.
Is anyone having trouble getting Carlton Sheets to clear? What was the time frame for that one to clear?
People PC is taking forever to clear, and since I screwed up by not doing page 3 first, I am slowly biding my time for some cheaper/less commited offers to come up.
Actually 1 offer I did on the first page (Cosmetique) has never sent me anything in the mail or an email confirmation of joining, but it cleared through NuiTech. I’ve been charged on my credit card, but I’d like something to show up in the mail so they dont pull some crap that wherein they charge me some monthly fee when I never got the intro package to begin with. Anyone else try this offer?
Cosmetique will send you a package. In it you will have an account number where you can sign up on Cosmetique.com and manage your account. On your account page, you can cancel the account if you’d like. Cosmetique appears to be an offer that lets you choose your monthly package (or decline it entirely), however I’m not 100% sure.
Hey Joe,
Carlton Sheets seems to take a long time for many people. I’ve heard a lot of people say it simply never cleared, so you’d have to wait 30 days before calling NuiTech and sending them proof you did it so they can manually apply credit.
For anyone who hasn’t already signed up for Carlton Sheets, I think I’d recommend you trying to go with another offer if you have the choice.
If you sign up for Carleton Sheets, expect them to harass you nonstop via phone even after you ask them to quit. I’ll pay for the wine next time instead of Carleton Sheets.
I had no problem with carleton sheets. I already returned it and they did not say much to me. oh well
Josh,
Thanks for all the useful information. I’ve been content (for the most part) with my desktop which is about three years old, but I switched to Windows 2000 about six months ago (previously using Linux and FreeBSD), and lately the PC has been a little too sluggish. It could just be the hard drive being full, but who knows. If everything works out, I’ll finally have one of those computers that I used to look and just say to myself, “one day, if I’m rich, I won’t feel bad about spending so much on one of those.”
I’m also glad to hear that your friend got a new model. Hopefully I’ll get the same model, as opposed to one of the older models with only 512MB of RAM (my PC has more than that, so I know I would need more).
One question I have. I read on the scam.com forums that you can only use one site once (i.e. onlinegiftrewards), and then NuiTech wants you to use a different site if you do another offer. But can I go ahead and start a new offer on a different site, or do I have to wait until I complete this one?
Anyway, I’m still waiting on Columbia House and PeoplePC after a week (everything else was instant). With PeoplePC I after I got to the last page of the signup (where, I assume, I would download the software), I was told there was an error, so I had to go to the home page, log in there, and download the software (my credit card has been charged though). So I’m worried that I’ll have to request manual credit if I want it. As soon as I get credit for Columbia House I’m probably going to just do another offer, and if I don’t get credit within a week I’ll just go ahead and do two offers.
I am still waiting to be verified. It has been 5 days now that i have been in this process. Is anyone else having this same issue here lately? Or is this just me. Let me know so i dont get too freaked out.
Hey Julie-I did Cosmetique, and was wondering a bit of the same thing. I called the # today and got my account number, went online and created my online account, and cancelled it. I have not yet received credit for it, but they charged my card, so if in 30 days no credit is shown, I’ll show them my bank statement. I didn’t want to wait to get the item and the account # in case it would be after they started charging me, so I went ahead and cancelled easily online.
Bubba-I did all of my offers on Friday, the 15th, so it has been a while for me to get verified too. I am still waiting on 7 of them. The 3 level 3 ones don’t really concern me, except for stamps.com, which I still don’t know if I have to pay a month or not. All my others seem to be in good condition, just slow. But don’t worry about the 5 day time lag. I think it’s OK! -Lauren
Quick question on NYTimes. I signed up for it, and see that I have to pay $4 for 4 weeks, but I have a $9.95 charge on there from them. I am not getting the paper version, but rather the online version. Will this deal still get verified? Anyone know? -Lauren
Lauren,
I emailed NuiTech about that very question as soon as I saw that home delivery wasn’t available in my area, and they told me that the online offer wouldn’t count. But if you try to get manual credit, they may always give it to you, for all I know.
Question about the Voucher:
I finished my offer sheet on Saturday December 16th and as of the night of December 21st it website still says it is waiting for final verification. Has anybody else had this problem? I’m am going through the same company but am going for a Nintendo Wii and $1000 dollar gift card to Amazon.com – Tom
I finished and was completed on Sat as well, then it went to verification and has been there since. Hopefully we wont have worry. I think alot of people are doing this at the same time and they are slower.
I have a 1-offer $50 voucher that has been in verification since Sunday.
Question: ive noticed that typing in the website for the MBP doesnt come up… clicking on the link on this page however takes me to it… do you or anyone think that there is a possiblity that they are not doing the promotion anymore or do you think it is relativly safe that i can start? thanks yall
I’m not sure what you mean by “typing in” the website. If you copy and paste the link or just click on it, it works both ways (I just tried to be sure).
However, since there are a handful of people who say they are still in the verification process, I’d wait until someone says their’s goes through to start. I’m guessing that this is probably just because there are a LOT of people doing it, plus it is almost Christmas…maybe they’re on some sort of break?
When someone who is in verification now comes through, please post and let everyone know. Thanks.
World Avenue (the company that’s doing this MBP promotion) was off on Friday and will be off next Friday as well as Christmas and New Years – so there will be a slow down.
Hey you all. Glorious day… the new mac came. I about crapped my pants when I looked at the specs and it said it had 120 gigs and 1 gig of ram. They are sending the newest versions. Nuitech is the bomb.
I just canceled SmilePro, but forgot to ask if I need to send back the trial product. Does anyone know if I need to send it back to not be billed anything? As I said, I did call to cancel already. Thanks for the help! God bless this Christmas! -Lauren
My verification took about four days. I sent off my paperwork on Tuesday, and am just waiting.
Tell me, do they send you anything or give notice when the Mac ships? I know some of you tracked the shipment–how does that happen?
Thanks.
Lauren-
you definitely have to send the product back to them in order to not be charged 79.82. yikes! i’ve misplaced the return address, but they’ll give it to you if you call them at 866.407.1024.
p.s. i’ve been in verification for a week now, with no light at the end of the tunnel.
Man, I am getting worried. I have been waiting almost 9 days in verification. Is anyone else having this problem. I finished and completed all my offers in only 1 and a half-2 days and then went into verification. Please give me some comfort knowing some others are in the same boat.
Dont worry Bubba my buddy is having the same problem and I sent in my voucher a week ago and it still has not processed I am guessing that with it being the Holiday Season Nuitech has shut down that part of the company.
By the way does anyone have or know where I could get the Word/Powerpoint/Excel a.k.a. Office for the Mac???? I would be willing to pay for a burnt copy if you have any clue. I live in lexington and would be more than willing to pick it up and pay for it.
Hey Dustin,
As a UofK student you can get the Standard Office suite for Mac (including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Entourage) for about $60, directly from UK.
Visit http://download.uky.edu, login with your U-Connect info, and click on the blue e-academy link. You can purchase it there. That’s what I did.
I realize it’s not as dirt-dirt-cheap as getting a burnt copy from somebody, but it’s by far the cheapest way you’ll get it legally.
though i havent used it personally, i hear OpenOffice is a pretty good ms office substitute- and its free
Josh, I just sent off my voucher and am waiting for my MBP! Now everyone in our office is waiting to see what is up. Do they let you know when they recieve your voucher and are shipping out your laptop?
YES!! I printer the voucher and sent it in !!. After about 11 days of verification. There is hope. Let you all know when i get it.
Hey Rob,
Awesome! Yep, just keep checking your gift status page and it’ll keep you up to date.
Bubba, glad to hear that the verification went through. I’m sure you’ve eased a lot of people’s stress level now. Thanks.
Man, I cant spell. I meant to say I printed the voucher. Anyway, my friend John also could print his voucher today, so merry christmas again to both of us.
The last time I did an offer (Mac Mini – Jan ’06), WA e-mailed me a tracking number the same day that my Mac Mini was delivered. For those of you that got your MBP, when did you get your tracking number in relation to the delivery of the item?
Acadiel,
See comment #32 above.
Hi Josh,
I just received my macbook pro, so thanks
The only cancellation im still dealing with is Columbia House. I refused my initial shipment and returned to sender on 12/7/06 and never received an email from them about cancelling. I have been trying for days to get in touch with someone on the phone but it is virtually impossible. i’ve tried multiple numbers, and every option on the menu. but you cant get a person on the phone, and then it just hangs up on you. They also will not respond to the emails i send (i assume bc im trying to cancel). I just received a respond to director’s selection in the mail, saying i have until 1/4/06 to respond. im reluctant to decline it bc i dont want to confirm in any way that i have an active account. basically i just want to know if you or anyone else reading this has any suggestions as to getting in touch with them or what i should do about them not acknowledging my refused package. Thanks!
krystle-
i too had trouble cancelling/getting refunded for columbia house. i never received an email to confirm the cancellation of my account, and i also kept getting directors selections. i got through to them by email. i chose the “username and password” subject in the “contact us” page. in the message i just said i sent back my initial shipment and would like a refund. they wrote back within a few days saying i would be refunded and to disregard any further emails from them in reference to directors selection, etc..
hope this helps, good luck!
Is anyone here doing the Xhobatol offer? Mine still hasn’t cleared yet…
I’m having the same problem with the xhobatol offer. I even received the package and still haven’t gotten credit for it. Same with the New York times offer too.
Wow. WA sure is timely with the delivery e-mails. I got an e-mail today at 3:04 PM (1/2 hour ago) about my MBP being delivered.. TODAY.
Dear Jonathan,
Thank you for participating in our promotions.
Your MacBook has shipped. Please go to ups.com to track your package.
Tracking number:
Please remember to register your product for the manufacturer warranty.
If you have any questions about the delivery of your gift please contact
our customer service call center at (561)674-9700.
Please do not reply to this email as the account this is sent from is
not monitored for incoming mail and you will not receive a reply.
Please use the contact form provided at our website.
Thank you,
Support
Has anyone had any success with People PC processing? I don’t mind waiting around for a week or so, but if no one has ever had it go through I don’t want to waste my time (and don’t want anyone else to waste their money).
If it did go through in a reasonable amount of time for you…did you do anything (i.e. download software, call them, etc.) which may cause the process to move along more quickly? Just curious…
Ryan, did you try logging into their member area and checking your PeoplePC e-mail? That seemed to do it for me.
Hey Ryan,
I did People PC as one of my offers. I had to download the software and login. I received credit the next day, uninstalled the software, and cancelled. But yes, I did get credit.
I came across this website while do a google search for carlton sheets. someone mentioned above it would be better off ordering wine than ordering carlton sheets…i definately agree with them. i’m trying to find a legit address to mail the box of materials back to them. they “presuaded” (pressured) me to keep the materials longer, by doing this my free trial period expired. i do not have a return authorization number, but i’m going to send it back anyway with a letter. any chance you would respond with the address you used to mail the box back? Thank you VERY much!
Dan, this is where I sent the Carlton Sheets box back to:
PEI
8004385553
605 CROSSROADS PARKWAY
BOLINGBROOK IL 60440-356
Yeah, I’m the guy that’s going to buy wine next time..
Those CS people are something else!
thanks so much. i really don’t want a big fight on this, but it appears they are going to be hard asses about it. congrats on the MBP – 18 offers is a bit much for me, i usually stick to 6-10 offer sites.
Here’s pics of the new MBP I got on Thursday!
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17538661
Josh, I just downloaded people pc and it kicked me off internet explorer. When i signed back on it still showed my old credits, but started a new offer under the same email(basically said i had 13 credits to perform and underneath that i had 17 to perform after i completed another). Do you have any idea how to correct this? Thanks for the help and the site!
Hey Chris,
I had a friend who had a similar problem with multiple things appearing under his account. I’d call NuiTech and just ask them about it if I were you. Since it sounds like it wasn’t your fault, they can probably sort things out for you.
I did not have any problems canceling anything. Yeah, they tried to get me to keep it but i would say no thanks and let them I wanted to send it back. CS does call several times after you have canceled, but oh well, I am getting a new macbook pro.
Alright I was just wondering if any one had sent there voucher in within like the past 2 weeks and were having trouble with them saying that they had received the voucher. I’m not sure whether I should send it in again or should I give them a little more time. Also this is my 2nd time to do this except I did a different web page http://www.consumerincentiverewards.com rather than onlinegiftrewards.com but both are run by nuitech so maybe I screwed myself over and I am not allowed to do 2 even though they are from different websites. If anyone has any idea or could give me any comfort please let me know. Thanks
dustin-
i’m in the same situation. i sent my voucher on dec. 17 and i still didn’t get a shipment request. the same has gone for a number of other people. it appears that nuitech has had a lot of days off for the holidays. i’m hoping to be processed by the end of the week. as far as your concern with doing 2 websites, that’s not a problem. if you got your voucher for the mbp, there’s no worries.
Glen,
That’s right. Customer support told me today that they’ve been working three day weeks since Christmas. Good for them, bad for me! My voucher arrived at their office on Dec 26 (I tracked the mail) and I still haven’t received word of shipping.
Patience isn’t one of my virtues, but it will have to be.
my voucher finally was processed today. so anyone who was starting to get nervous- you just need to be patient, it’ll be processed eventually
i have not got my people pc confirmation e-mail yet. it has been a few days and still nothing so has anyone else had trouble with people pc? how long should they (people pc) take to respond?
One question guys:
If I completed all my offers and printed my voucher, am I okay to cancel all my offers? It seems since they have provided me with a voucher that I am free to do what I want at this point… Is that okay to do?
Joe,
See comment #120 above.
Matt,
From my own experience, you can cancel an offer the minute after you receive credit for it. Literally. If anyone who has done this has had problems as a result, please correct me.
Ok I have one last question… when you receive the email giving you your tracking number for your macbook who does the email say its from in other words in the sender category what does it say? I get so much junk mail a day I am scared I might accidently delete it.
how long did you have to wait for your confirmation e-mail from people pc? it has been 4 days and still nothing from people pc.
After about 4 business days my PeoplePC offer went to Completed. After I purchased it I made sure to install the software and log on. Do this during business hours. After I did that, a couple days later I got credit for the offer.
How long has it been, Josh since you received your laptop? I am about to start the process but incase there are any hidden problems that arise after a period of time has elapsed, I would just like to know how long youve had the mac. Thanks
Hi Jocelyn,
Not to be rude, but did you read my timeline above? It details the whole process (plus it’s highlighted).
But to answer your question, no, there has been no catch yet after several months. Also, I wondered if signing up for so many offers and canceling them all would affect my credit score. Just so everyone knows, no, it didn’t hurt it at all (so far), and I have a terrific score, in fact.
thanks Josh! I really appreciate the help. Our mutual friend Shaun told me how helpful you would be… and Im glad to report he’s right! I will read twice next time! Thanks again!
Has anyone done the Vonage and SunRocket phone service offers? How did you complete them and get credit for them? How long did it take to get credit?
I did the Vonage one. It completed within a couple days for me. I was mailed a USB Phone adapter. I actually just sent it back yesterday via UPS and canceled my subscription with them. After doing the offer though they said something about a $40 restocking fee. I haven’t been charged yet but if I do get charged…that’s pretty ridiculous. I didn’t even open the package when it came. I guess it wouldn’t bother me that much though considering I am getting a $2000 laptop nearly free. So I guess if ya can…try and do a different offer. If not, you’ll end up paying $7 to ship it back to em and POSSIBLY a restocking fee.
Another question I have is if anyone has done the Affnio- Great Fun and Affnio- Valuemax. How long do they take to credit you?
the affino’s get credit immediatly
i did both sunrocket and vonage, sunrock didnt cost anything and to ship back just open the package and there is a prepaid UPS label for it. vonage didnt cost to ship back i dropped it off at a DHL box, all you need to do is call and cancel, they will give you a Return Authorization code, you put that on the box and send it away. they do charge 39.99 to “disconnect” your service, which sucks… hope this helps
did anyone use active periodicals? if so how long did it take to clear?
Out of curiosity, has anyone tried to get two? Or is that prohibited? I’d like to try and do this for my husband as well. Thanks
Just out of curiousity, how long did it take for the Columbia House DVD offer to clear? This is the last offer I have to get credit for, so I am getting anxious. Thanks.
Joe,
I signed up for Active Periodicals as well. I’m having problems canceling my subscription with them. I called them and said that I wanted to cancel my order and they took down some of my information and said they would have someone call me. Well guess what…I haven’t had anyone call me yet. I just realized they charged my credit card $49 and ain’t too happy about that. Has anyone here had problems with Active Periodicals? And if so, can you tell us what you did to cancel your subscription? Thanks!
Okay update with Active Periodicals. I tried sending an e-mail to them and turns out the e-mail address they provide is a fluke. So yeah, we are pretty much getting scammed with this one. I dunno what to do.
The affnio’s usually credit right away, but I signed up for Great Fun last week and still have no credit. (the other ones I got within like 30 min) I signed up cuz I thought ny times wouldn’t give it to me on page 2, but that one showed up. So I don’t need the credit for Great Fun (since ny times was my 6th on page 2). But I thought that was a bit weird.
Now I’m just waiting on Columbia House, The Wine Company (i like wine) and peoplepc to verify. I know columbia house takes awhile but I wouldve thought people pc should be done by now…I’m hopin i dont have to do another offer in it’s place. I downloaded their program and logged into my email, but the program wouldn’t install on my old pc …does it have to be logged in through the software you downloaded?
just waiting on 3 verifications and I started last Tues … woo.
Just got credit for all 18 offers and am waiting for the verification process. How long does that take? And has anyone had to provide them with proof of completing offers.
I’m sure you will get “qualified” within a couple of days. I didn’t have to provide any proof of anything and I don’t think most people have so I’m sure you are most likely fine.
I know this is probally just my lack of patience bugging me but I sent out my voucher 12-28 and have not yet recieved a shipping request. Should I call?
After combing through the comments, I did not seem to find my question answered. I was just curious about the verification time for columbia house and netflix? Any input from anyone on those two. Thanks for any answers in advance.
I am a mere 4 verifications shy off greatness!
Josh or anyone else…
I just finished all my 18 offers, and when i click on the thing that says when you’re finished with this page, click here, it just takes me to a bunch more offers, do i have to keep going? where do i go from here? please help
josh, another question, my internet browser shut off twice when i was in the process, so when i go to check the status there are three different things that pop up, but i have completed all 18 offers, did i jack this whole process up?
Just to let you know Brett I sent my voucher in on the 21st and still my voucher has not gone through I called and they said they had been closed a lot for the holidays and that they were backed up on vouchers… so hopefully they will go through soon…
has anyone registered for onlingo twice? it’s giving me the opportunity to do that but im not sure if it would count.
Im wondering cuz I only have 2 left to get verified (but they’re already completed) but im not sure people pc will go through cuz it wont install on my computer for some reason, though i logged in with my email account there.
Peter. After I logged onto my people pc email account, I got credit for it. I never installed the software at all. Never even downloaded. Having a mac, makes downloading a bit pointless anyways. I am not sure why its not verifying yet. I have a feeling its just different for different people, seeing as i have a few like columbia house, and netflix that have not verified yet, and i have heard that those verify quickly. I get the feeling that it just varies for different people. It’s just an annoying waiting game. Stay strong!
I sent my voucher out on 12/26 and I just recieved my shipping confirmation TODAY!!!
It takes awhile, so hold on and keep checking. I cant wait to see a brown box on my doorstep.
Bubba. How long has your overall process taken thus far? Just asking to give a few of us some solid hope!
Hey guys this is the first time ive posted a message, but ive been checking the forum for a while now… just wanted everyone to know that i got a shipping request today as well!!
Cant wait for the Macbook!
I started around the 14th of dec. I was completed and done in just a few days. I then went through verification for ever. It took a solid two weeks. I was able to print out my voucher on the 26th. I sent it in the same day. The post office was closed and well as nuitech, so it might have taken longer. I then was updated to shipping on the 9th of Jan. hope that helps
Josh,
this is just a suggestion but I think you should make a part in your web page for people to put the url of other Nui Tech offers they have found that other people might want to do. Such as I have found two new ones from Nui Tech for a 50″ in DLP Samsung and and 52″ LCD Panasonic HDTV. Its just a suggestion but I think it would give people a variety of choices. Thanks!
bubba-
when you say you got a shipping confirmation, do you mean a “shipping request” , or an actual e-mail saying it has been shipped, with tracking number? i sent my voucher dec. 17th, and got a “shipping request” on jan. 2. this doesn’t mean it has been shipped though. it can still take up to a month for it to ship (though that is rare). i’m patiently waiting for a tracking number e-mail
no email. most people seem not to get an email. if you read scam.com, most of the people say the macbook pro just shows up with no email. one guy said the when he got his shipping request, the laptop came the same day. Oh well, hopefully we shall have our macbook pros soon.
hey josh! Quick question. I ordered from Pitney Postage as you did, but am unsure as to the if I just send the package back or call someone. How did you go about cancelling the order? Thanks
To cancel Pitney Bowes, just call (800) 468-8454. After the rep cancels your account, they’ll mail you a return label. You put that on your box and drop it off at the post office to ship it back, free of charge to you.
bubba (aka roommate)–
that’s GREAT news to hear! i hope to have an identical brown box on our doorstep when i return from the emerald isle. oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I have a random question for whoever might know the answer. When completing offers, do I need to make sure I do them on the SAME computer everytime. I was not sure if the site ties offers to an IP address or not. I just really was curious if there was any harm in logging into the Nuitech site on more than one computer. I have not done this as of yet, but am curious if this would be a complication that would void my offers.
This might be a silly question, but…I got this fairly unmarked package today– it says “DVD Service Center” with a return address. One the sides it says, “The movies you requested have arrived!”. I just want to make sure this is the Columbia House package before I do return to sender on it. Could anyone affirm this for me?
Brett- i have done it from multiple computers and I was credited.
Hi Lisa,
Yep, that’s Columbia House. Don’t open it, just write “Refused – Return to Sender” on it.
Funny how they make it so anonymous and urge you to open it quickly (it plainly says on the side “Open Here”), as if they were hoping you’d questioningly open it and lock yourself into some agreement or something.
Mike,
Sorry not to have answered yet, I think your questions got lost in the shuffle (comments #155 + 156).
As far as I know, if there are multiple listings of your gift you’re okay as long as you get credit for all the offers on only one of them. You can call NuiTech to see what they say.
Also, when you get done with all the offers, don’t bother clicking on the link at the bottom of page three to continue. It just takes you to more surveys and ads and usually ends with a credit card application that you can’t get past. You don’t have to do ANY of that to get verified. Just complete all the offers.
just got my macbook pro! it’s the core 2 duo model, 2.16 ghz, 120gb hard drive, 1gb ram.
SO PUMPED!
question for anyone that can help. I did the Denise Austin weight loss offer. I wasn’t thinking and I sent them an email a few minutes later requesting a cancellation BEFORE it was confirmed. DOH! They sent back an email verifying the cancellation but still not confirmed on the site. I do have an email verifying that I did purchase the program though so I guess worse case scenario is that I wait the 30 days and just show them the proof of purchase and have it manually approved. Any thoughts?
Glen, did you get a shipping tracking email? just wondering.
Oh, just to let you all know, there is a new Nuitech website out. Who wants a new apple iphone when it comes out?
http://www.electronics-rewardpath.com/rd_p?p=104136&t=3152&c=531396&gift=24214&a=24214-free%20iphone
Bubba, I love you.
I looked for a free iPhone site last night after watching Jobs’ keynote, but they didn’t have one yet. I figured it was just a matter of time, but already? Wow.
I received the new MBP in the mail yesterday! By the way, Vonage will charge you 39.99 when you cancel, but will refund it when they recieve the equipment back. Time to work on the iphone:)
I just went into verification yesterday for my MBP. I have a couple offers to cancel though. I had a question though. The offers I have to cancel now are ones that sent product. For columbia house, everyone says write return to sender on the box. Will they refund you though? Also, anyone did sirius radio and cancelled? I didn’t see anything about cancelling with them in their terms and conditions. They talked about the actual radio subscription. I cant wait for this verification to be over.
Hey Rob M, did you get a tracking email, or did it just shoe up?
How long did it take for OnLingo to credit you?
show up I mean. I can not type with out having a mistake.
Sue. I am having the same issues with onlingo. They are taking forever to verify. Vonage is also taking a VERY long time. They are my last two, and then I am home free. Anyone with wisdom on these two offers would be greatly appreciated! I am being patient, but at times I just get a little antsy! Thanks.
Onlingo was credited for me instantly. But, when I did it on my safari browser it wouldn’t work, it wouldn’t take me to a confirmation page. So i did it on firefox, and it did. Shortly after that it was credited. Brett, i am still waiting on discover, VONAGE, and people pc, oh, and netflix. but it’s only been five days for me i think, maybe 6. how long has it been for you brett?
i was wondering if i could register for a mbp more than once or if there is something restricting me from doing that because i would like to get one for myself and my brother a birthday present thanks for your help
Hey Paul,
No, I’m afraid you can’t register for a MBP more than once. In the terms on their website, NuiTech explains that you are limited to one of each gift. This does not mean that you can’t do a MBP and a tv or iPod or whatever (if there are enough offers for you to complete them), but you can only do one of each item.
Mike. I have officially been signed up for everything for 7 days. I have verification on 16 of my 18 offers, and so far all have been done on safari. People PC and Netflix both worked quickly for me. I am simply waiting on my Vonage and Onlingo. I have already gotten the vonage package in the mail for that matter, but still have no credit. Oh well…the key here is being patient and not signing up for 50 offers in hopes of getting the 18 you need. I feel bad for the guy who has to cancel all those offfers!
Has anyone used diet.com? I’m unsure if you have to do the paid membership or just the free one. The website was not specific. By the way, my Onlingo posted immediately. I’m waiting on Discover, Columbia and Diet.com.
Ok, I went to the scam.com forum and found a deal for a $100 gift card for three offers. My question is, has anyone been able to sign up for the SAME offers on other prizes. IE, can you sign up for video professor for both the MBP and say the $100 gift card?
This would really lower the cost of the MBP, and save a newly married college kid alot of money.
can a promotake away a credit once it has been given? I would think not but one of them says on the promotional page that they don’t offer refunds, but when I go to the actual signup site, it talks about an unconditional money back guarantee. They have already creditied me and I would like to know if I can safely get a refund now.
I don’t think I’ve seen any comments about the PayDay One loan– I was approved for it and have even paid it off already, but it is still showing up as “Not Complete” on the Nuitech site. Has anyone else had similar issues? (I’ve been waiting since 1/3)
Lisa:
I did the PayDay One loan back in late December, and it came through complete about a week ago.
On a similar note, I have been in the final step verification process for a little longer than a week. Anyone have any advice?
Does anyone happen to know about what the turn around is on the verification for the Wine offers? It’t my last one, and let’s be honest, I am getting a little antsy! Any help would be very appreciated.
Verification took 2 weeks + for me. Dont worry. Then you will be 2-4 weeks in shipping confirmation, so hold tight.
Does the payday loan work like a credit card and count against your credit score?
Hey John, I did diet.com and talked to a guy at Nuitech and he said you have to do the exact offer that is listed on the site, which is the premium member. It’s $86.95 but they offer a full MBG less a $19.95 one time charge. I’ve already sent in my cancellation request but have not heard back yet. It hasn’t poted with Nuitech yet but I am giving it a few more days before I start pushing it.
can anyone answer #192 for me? Thanks for any help.
B-Rad – Thanks for the info on diet.com. i wasn’t sure if you actually had to buy it. i just signed up and it should be the last offer i need to get in. thanks!!
I have to say, it feels great to have all 18 of my offers done and verified. I guess now all I have to do is wait on them to double check everything and send me along my forms I need to get filled out. What kind of time frame should i be looking at on this process? Thanks in advance for any info.
Thanks for all the info. I’m at 16 down, 2 to go. Waiting on Diet.com and Columbia House DVD. They just added TriClear Skin product to my page 3, so if I only have one left I may just use them since it’s only $7 shipping for the trial.
brett, did you have to get anything verified manually? anyone can tell me, just wondering what the process is like since i think i am going to have to do that with vonage and columbia house.
For everyone on here that has asked about how long things take and are getting worried: it takes time. Josh has made a great blog with alot of helpful information, but the time line of doing this offer in Oct compared to now is not as realistic. I know people who signed up for stuff and did not get credit for a few weeks on certain offers. Once you do complete all the offers you will then go to verification, which you check at the bottom at gift status. After a few days, week, or weeks (mine was about 16 days) you can print out your voucher. Mail that in and then you are going to wait again until your status has changed to Shipping confirmation. It took about a week and a half for my voucher to get sent and show up. Then you will wait at least 2 weeks in most cases for you laptop to show up on your door. So for everyone who is worried about things taking a few days or a week, sit back and relax and most likely, wait another week.
Anyone have a contact number for Belisi ties? The web says i need a RMA number to send it back and get credit… I guess return to sender wont work for them and they will only allow you to contact them via email.
Update on diet.com. They responded to my cancellation today and credited back $65, so it did net out to $19.95ish, but it still has not verified with Nuitech. So now it’s wait and see.
I was in verification for 5 days. I just printed out the voucher today and mailed it. I’m in orlando, so my voucher will get there no more than 2 days. Now I gotta wait on the fulfillment part. I’ve seen some guys get their laptops in a 4 days, 1 week, and 3 weeks. So its different for everyone. now its time to do a 2k giftcard. Thats gonna help out with the new apartment I’m trying to get this summer. I love these freebies. I wish I could find some more cash freebies with less offers.
Bubba: I did not get a tracking number. It just showed up. FYI: The entire process for me took 5 weeks.
Got the macbook in today! Just for all u guys who are curious i started on dec 18 and got the mac today. So the whole process took 4 weeks. Thanks for all the help guys
Thanks for all the helpful info. It encouraged me to try it out myself. I am waiting on Netflix and Columbia House, and Il be done.
Do you know if you have to complete the trial period for Netflix to complete.
Also, how does going for another offer work? Is it all the same offers?
I am thinking about going for an iphone too, but will i be forced to complete the OODs since I have already done 18 offers? Even if the same offers are available, am I able to signup for them again?
Thanks in advance.
You could probably sign up for the same offers again….although I wouldn’t recommend it. You might look a bit suspicious to them after signing up and then canceling again…
I got my Macbook Pro yesterday. It was a great day, and now I can sell my white macbook. I started about Dec 12ish. No shipping email, so do be looking for that either.
Hey everyone,
Just wondering if any of you knew what shipping company is used to send out the MBP’s. I sent in my voucher on Tuesday and am expecting it to be delivered to my home, but I’m kind of concerned that it might come when I’m at work. I’m assuming that a signature is required upon delivery? Just want to make sure they don’t leave it lying around my apartment building! Thanks.
Done filling out the offers. I guess I got lucky, the page three offers were a little slim (yes I started out w/ page three!) But when I filled out columbia house I got the shipping and handling one too.
Now its just time to obbsessively check every day to see if I’ve been credited.
I just got mine mbp but they did leave it at my door, and i live in a townhome, so i think they will also leave it at your apt. You could make a note on your door for them to leave it at you apt office or something. i used to do that.
Hey Bubba, I know others got a core2Duo 120gb version, did you get the same, or is it an older core Duo?
It is the brand new core 2 duo. It is wonderful and I am using right now.
Hey, just got referred to this site from a friend who got his voucher. I have 14-18 done myself. I am waiting on peoplepc, columbia, discover and payloan. Has anyone had any trouble with these?
So it’s been 9 days since I completed all of my offers and I am still waiting on 5 to be reported. Are the following five usually slow at being reported?
1. Yourmusic.com
2. Diet.com
3. PeoplePC
4. Vonage
5. Discover
Let me know your experience!
Hi – just a quick questions. I know there’s been alot covered here about Columbia House, but I was just wondering… I know that once an offer has been completed, it disappears from the page. That has not happened with Columbia house. After I placed the order I did get a confirmation page saying thanks for my order, but have received no communication from them at all via e-mail. Does this mean it didn’t go through and I should try it again? Thanks so much!
I’m not sure.
Yourmusic.com took a couple of days for me, and PeoplePC was a couple of days too. I didn’t do any of the others you mentioned. I am still waiting on Columbia House DVD.
PeoplePC – I think you have to download their software and login through that.
Discover – I think you might have to get the card, activate it, and make a purchase to get credit.
Correct me if I am wrong folks.
Lisa,
Columbia House just takes a long time to do everything. It’ll take a while to get any email from them, and to get credit, and once you send back the package, it will take a while for them to close your account. Some of the offers stay on the page for a little while. Don’t worry about it.
MacBro’s post #35 really got me thinking about taxes that will need to be paid for the MBP “gift.” If he’s right, then the _real_ cost for the MBP (time excluded) is ~$100 + $400 = $500. Still a very good deal, but the taxes are a bit disappointing. Are their any gift tax experts to confirm this?
Hi. I have 14 of 18 done (actually 16, but waiting on New York Times and OnLingo)
I was wondering about NY Times. I read earlier in the blog about having to pay for 4 weeks in order to get credit. Does that mean I have to wait for four weeks in order to get credit on the site? Has anyone else gotten credit from NYTimes?
Also, correct me if I am wrong: To get the Diet.com membership, you have to pay the 20$ to their “premium membership”, but then you can cancel?
Finally, has anyone done the “John Alexander” one? His site looks REALLY shady, and I can’t find any info about calling and cancelling/contacting them.
How about Sirius satelitte radio? How much would I have to eat on that deal? Thanks
Hey does anyone have the link for the $2000 gift card? Thanks
I think there are two differnt columbia house offers. They are both the same offer, but one seems to show up S&H and one is just DVD.
Me and my sister-in-law signed up the same day. She got credited today(s&h) and I still havent (DVD). But then again, I have been credited for my peoplePC and she hasn’t.
I guess it just depends.
BTW, I am only waiting on Columbia House. I getting anxious, but then again its only been 3 days.
Anyone have insight on my last post (#224)?
My other question would be:
Say for example I am signed up for diet.com (credit card is being charged and all). However, I don’t have confirmation on the freegift site yet. Can I cancel the diet.com membership (so I am not charged) and then still be able to receive credit?
I’ve added a “Frequenly Asked Questions” page to answer common questions that have shown up. The link is in the sidebar and also at the end of each of the three Mac posts. Please read the questions on that page and search through all of the comments on this page before asking a question.
Josh, I’m a bit confused. When I start the process it seems to take me to many pages, not just 3. The first batch of pages have one offer each. Was this your experience as well?
Rest assured that if this works out for me I’ll send some dough your way. thanks
Disregard my above post. I was confusing the “surveys” with the offers, and must have accidentally signed up for a survey thing, which then led me off-track a bit. Got it figured out now, I think!
New York times will credit before the four weeks is up. It took three days for it to credit on my account. I’m down to waiting on Columbia house and people pc.
Connor,
I did diet.com too. Yes you have to do the premium membership. I cancelled it and did eat the $20 but the other $65 has refunded to my account. It has still not verified, it’s been a week for me, so I’m not sweating it yet.
Reading the fine fine fine print on the sirius offer you have to sign up for 6 months of service and not through the company you are getting the radio from but through sirius directly. Bringing two companies in the fold is probably not a good idea and Sirius is at least $10 bucks a month, so you’re talking about eating $60 plus any shipping on the radio. I didn’t do it.
I agree, the John Alexander site looks way too shady. I know the work from home site said that if you are found out to be trying to “work an online points scam” that they will not credit you and there are lots of T&Cs to their refunds. I don’t know that I would try it.
It is taxed as income so it isn’t like you are paying it out of pocket and you don’t have to worry about it until tax time next year.
First off, everyone needs to always read the terms and conditions of the offers you are signing up for. You are responsbile for meeting them. So you should perform your own due diligence.
If you actually read the offer, Discover requires card activation and a purchase before you will get a complete from them.
NY Times takes 6 days before even getting a pending charge from them at your bank.
I got a credit in two days from the Sirius offer and I only bought the radio. I did not get a subscription. I’ll either return the radio if possible or just sell it at a loss.
Weird, I just did another columbia house offer. Like listed above the first one says dvd, the second says s&h. The weirder part is a received a verification email from the second, nothing from the first. It’s strange.
Josh,
What is your take on the Columbia House offers. I did the DVD one, but still havent got credit, the other shows up on my third page. Am i eligible for that offer?
Chris,
The Columbia House offers are easy (you don’t even have to call to cancel), you just have to be patient. They always take a while to give credit. After you receive credit, it should disappear from every page. Several offers remain on there until credit is given.
Excellent.
One other thing I have read from numerous sites including scam.com, in fact you might want to update your link in your post. Apparently, NuiTech has numerous sites for anything under the sun for free, however not all of them are valid all of the time. From what I have read, if you can find it on Google, then you’re good, if not then it’s probably not valid. I can’t find the link I used on Google, but I am not worried.
I did an offer on page two that showed up on page one as completed. I called in and they had no problem with the site i used to start the offer, and told me they would take care of the mix up with the credit showing up on the wrong page.
Regardless, it would probably be wise for those that are about to start to do a search on google for ‘free macbook pro’ to find a valid link to start the offer. I think Computer-Offer is the valid Nuitech site of the moment for MBPs.
Again, thanks for the info Josh.
Chris,
I’ve heard similar things and checked with NuiTech about the validity of links. I said that I had gotten a Mac and wanted to give the link to a few friends, but had read on their site that some links might not be valid. From what I understand, if a link isn’t valid, you will get to the site and the page will say it isn’t valid. I’ve seen a few of these already from other links people have given on scam.com.
Also, I’ve had this link up since the end of October and everyone who has used it to work on their free Mac has gotten one, plus the site is still up, so it must still be valid.
Once the site goes down I’ll update the link to a newer one (assuming I can find one at the time). Thanks for the comment.
Quick question- do these come with the Standard 1 year ProCare warranty?
Josh,
Thanks for all the helpful info. I completed all 18 of the offers today and kept records using the template spreadsheet.
Just have to cancel them etc…
Were there any that you noticed took a longer time to show up as completed?? When did you start cancelling your offers? Immediately?
Thanks again!!
I did the John Alexander site and canceled within three days (per the terms). Got credit immediately and am waiting for the refund. They said it would be 7-10 days. We’ll see. Overall as to the shadiness, it was relatively easy./ I think they get people with the 30 day money back guarentee stamp, when in the terms is says you have thre days from purchase.
Started on Jan. 4th and I’m down to 1 offer left to credit.
So impatient!
I finished my offers on Jan 11 and still have not received credit for People PC and Onlingo and I know friends that have completed them since and have gotten credit. Do you think they will credit me? or will i have to wait 30 days to manually receive credit?
I failed to RTFM and wound up with horrible choices on the 3rd page. Given my circumstances, I’m hoping someone can give me some input (other than don’t be an idiot)
1) Any one had any positive experience with Active Periodicals?
2) Did anyone do the Instant Loan offer? I’m averse to the potential credit impact of that offer
3) I already have a Discover card. Doest that mean I can’t apply for another, say the gas card?
Any help is appreciated!!
Jason,
How instant was the credit for John Alexander?
Clint,
Firstly, Active Periodicals worked very well for me. I was able to email them last night and today they responded and scheduled my refund.
The credit cards are a bit of hassle. In some cases you need
to actually receive and USE the card in order to get credit.
They also take several weeks in some cases to even get the card
to you.
Best of Luck.
So… are we in agreement if we click the link Josh has provided that the offer is still valid? I mean, can i do all this and get to the end and them tell me that the offere was not a real offer or it had expired?
(from onlinegiftrewards… cause for concern?????)
“Our Programs are presented to customers by invitation only.
This means that you will only receive valid links through our e-mail advertisements, pop-up advertisements, and/or web page banners. Links obtained through friends or other venues usually are obsolete and will not enable you to qualify for Gift redemption.”
Hey Gavin,
I’m assuming you’ve read my response above (comment #239) to Chris’s question about the validity of the link.
What you quoted from NuiTech’s site is the exact section I emailed them about, because I didn’t want to give people a link that wouldn’t work. As I said above, from what I understand, when a link is “not valid,” you will click it, get to the site, and the site will say that the offer has expired.
This link does not do that. I have seen others that do.
(Had I saved NuiTech’s email, I would provide it for you.)
Furthermore, when I did the Mac offer myself back in October, I got the link off another person’s blog, not any kind of advertisement. And if that isn’t enough, there are many, many people who have posted on here and who I know personally who have gotten their Macs through this link.
If you don’t trust me, please feel free to search Google and use another link. I encourage it.
If this link turns out in the end not to be valid and someone gets screwed, I cannot be held liable. However, it appears to have worked for many, many people.
Thanks, Josh, for all of the helpful information. I’ll gladly through $ your way. Sent my voucher in two days ago – now, just waiting for the shipping request, etc.
You’re the man, Josh!
I’m a little unclear on this. I read through this page and thought i’d give it a try but once I get to the offer selection page on the site it just has a list of offers with nothing to click on. Am I supposed to search out the websites for all of these offers or should there be links that just arent showing up on the page?
Ok, has anyone else had onlingo show up and onlingo 2. I was wondering if these are two different offers and if I should do the second one? They give fast credit.
Does one email the zsubscriptions to cancel NYTimes–not sure if I even want to wait for “credit.”
I’m concerned about my Discover Card I applied for. I have already recieved it, activated it and made a couple purchases. I spoke with their customer service and they said they don’t report if to NuiTech. I emailed NuiTech and they said they will only do something after 30 days. I made a purchase about 5 days ago and nothing has happened this far. Has anyone else run into this problem?
Dude James I was thinking the same thing, let’s try it and see what happens…
does anyone know the deal with diet.com? Do you HAVE to sign up for the premium membership? It doesn’t really seem to be clear. It looks like you might be able to just sing up (which is free) and the premeium thing is just a lure, but maybe not neccessary for credit from nuitech. Hmmm
@Gavin
You must buy the premium kit for some $86. NO other way around it.
Here’s an interesting one. I signed up for onlingo, and it has credited. So I’m doing the check back every two minutes to see if I’m verified, and I got tired of that so I went to check to see if any other offer’s popped up, lo and behold Onlingo is back up. So i’m wondering if I can do it again and get credit under onlingo 2.
Any one else experiance that?
I tried to buy onlingo again and it wouldn’t let me. sad sad.
I got credit for onlingo and onlingo 2? I just did two different languages.
holy cow i did too, i tried french this time and it worked!!! i wonder if you could do it three times?????????
I hate waiting–plus I think I signed up for Columbia House twice, somehow…
hmmm. Anyone know how to cancel the NYTimes–z-subscription’s email?
MIke-
IF you do onlingo a bunch of times, i would be afraid that they would try and void your offer once you had completed everything and then you would end up getting nothing…i could see something like that going down. What do you all think? Then again it seems folks are getting computers who got credit for 2 columbia houses and everything!
hmmm…
Oh well… i did it too! I got credit as well. IF only onlingo sold cd’s for 9 languages.
Adam – I emailed Z-subscriptions and was told explicitly that they have nothing to do with cancelling. you have to contact NYTimes customer service @ 1-800-NYTIMES (1-800-698-4637)
Also, anyone done the wine? How long does this thing take? I did it twice, once on page 2 and once on page 3. I got tired of waiting so I did something else to complete page 2, but I’m out of offers on page 3, so I have to wait it out.
Thanks, Clint. Very much.
I’m impatient but I’m sure Columbia House will click in at some point–might as well cancel all the other 7 day things, since they will count no matter.
Also, if anyone knows, Onlingo is call-to-cancel, correct? They sent an email saying they rather dislike “Refused–Return to Sender.”
Yes, I just called Onlingo to cancel. I actually did it twice and when I called they said “we show you have two accounts”. And I was able to cancel them both. I got one before the item shipped, so I won’t even have to bother returning that one.
Has anyone selected the Advantage Language? Any issues?
Also, noticed that some of the offer sites don’t appear to connect back to onlinegiftrewards.com, meaning no visible identification in the http link. Any issues with this? Making sure I’m not signing up for something that won’t give me the credit. Thanks.
Clint –
I am still waiting on the Wine as well, two of them.
I am guessing it will be sometime this week. I think
its just a matter of the company going through their
orders. The only other one I am waiting for is
PeoplePC. I started on 1/23 so I am going to be patient.
Let me know if your wine goes thru!
WOO HOO! Verification! We will see how long that takes. Thanks again Josh.
I got verification too! Thanks a ton Josh. I started Jan. 8th, and it’s Jan. 27th. I did the discover card one, and it just completed after making a purchase with the card about three days ago.
im waiting on three to come: has anyone had any trouble with relastin, netflix, or cafe belmondo? i’ve been waiting for them for like a week…i dont know if that is a long time or not, but when you’re waiting it sure seems like it!
Impatiently waiting for NYTimes, PeoplePC, or Columbia House. Either two of the three…
Can’t wait to start canceling :\
Adam –
NYTimes and Colombia House took about 4 days for me.
Still waiting for PeoplePC as well, make sure you
actually sign in and check your PeoplePC email
that seems to have been the case for others…I did for
mine, but still waiting.
I’ve used PeoplePC, but only with a broadband connection (no dialup). Do you think that makes a difference?
eeh, I doubt it. It has only been 2 and a half days, I just need to wait
Thanks for sharing, Trev.
I only need 2 to be done, I have 4 pending:
SunRocket
John Alexander
PayDayOne Incentivized
4 Seasons Wine Club
Come on baby, let’s get some updates!! I’m really nervous about SunRocket since that cost so much $$$. I want to get that one cancelled ASAP.
I cancelled Sunrocket with out any problems. Will get a full refund.
does anyone know if you keep your dvd’s from columbia house (the ones you initially sign up for) and do not “return them to sender,” Can you still cancel and not be charged anymore other than the initial $12? I havn’t gotten mine yet, but i thought i might keep them if that were the case. Thanks everyone.
Gavin -
I haven’t read the terms and conditions of Columbia House, but typically for them (and others like BMG) once you accept the initial “free” items, that commits you to make future purchases. You can always choose not to make those purchases, but they’ll charge a cancellation fee of some sort. So the answer to you question is no, you can’t keep the DVDs and get out for just $12
I have a question. When I start the process I get a page that asks me to complete a survey. Do you have to accept any offers from the survey in order to advance to the 3 pages of offers?
When you fill out the tax form at the end do they ask for your SS#?
I’m not sure when to cancel some of these. Is there a good time period to do that. Certain ones give me a time period in which I need to cancel by, so I wait until near the end of the trial.
But others, I’m not sure about. Will I lose credit if I cancel them in like 4 or 5 days after I applied?
kb, you don’t have to do those surveys
Jordan -
As far as I know, you can cancel them as soon as you get credit. I tried to make sure I cancelled any of the offers that send me stuff ASAP in an effort to avoid any return process/shipping costs. I’ve pretty much cancelled everything thus far, and have never lost credit for any of them.
Thank you Clint, I’ll do that.
Hey guys, for those who did the diet.com promo, how do you cancel it exactly? I can’t seem to find a number or anything on the site.
Does anyone know how long 4 Seasons Wine, Netflix, and Columbia House DVD take?
The rest have been credited, I plan on canceling them soon. But, I am still awaiting those few.
Jordan- Can’t speak for the wine, but Columbia house and Netflix are both rumored to take a while. It’s been ten day’s since I signed up with Columbia, and I got credit for S & H but not for the DVD’s themselves. Patience…
OK… i know i’m probalby just lazy but i’m not really up for reading all the previous posts (which would probably answer my question)
Q. Has there been a consensus drawn on if you can cancel an order (during the appropriate trial period), prior to receiving credit from onlinegiftrewards, and then receive credit after the cancelation. I simply do not like having these accounts open, but i don’t want to wait 30 days then have them not credited.
To simplify: Has anyone canceled an account then received credit after the cancelation?
(as it relates to above) Has anyone had such an experience with people pc and sunrocket?
Jordan -
My Columbia House credited in about 4 days. I’ve still yet to receive credit for the wine (I did both). I got a letter in the mail today from them asking me to make sure I lived in a “wet” county (GOOD JOB TEXAS) so that’s why my order has taken so long to process. Hopefully it’ll clear any day now
Hey Guys,
I started this process Sunday night, Jan.28 and I’m 14/18 confirmed.
Here’s what I did:
Page 1: Complete Home, Emusic and Everyday Values Total Cost= $2 and all were credited quickly and I’ve already canceled them.
Page 2: Simply You, GreatFun, DisneyBooks, BMG, Valuemax and Cosmetique
Total Cost= $32.47
All have been credited and 4 have already been canceled by phone. I’ve got to wait for Cosmetique to arrive in order to cancel and I’ve got to wait for BMG to arrive to cancel.
Then there’s Page 3:
A bit of different story. It’s a little more difficult.
I did Video Professor, Pitney Bowes, Onlingo, Advantage Spanish, and Blockbuster… all of those have been credited and I’ve canceled Blockbuster already. The others will require waiting for product to cancel.
The remaining, Columbia House, Diet.com, Sunrocket haven’t cleared yet.
That leaves me 1 more… I originally signed up for PeoplePC, but duh… I have a mac so it didn’t work.
So now I have wine, vonage, discover and active periodicals to choose from.
I’m thinking Active Periodicals will clear the fastest. Is that true? To those of you who have signed up for Active Periodicals how fast did it clear? Someone mentioned having trouble canceling it and another said they had no problem…any updates on that?
By the way… this is so fun. I can’t wait to get that MPB! Thanks Josh!
Also, has anyone actually received credit for diet.com and if so, how long did it take? I keep hearing people say it takes awhile, but does anyone have an estimate? Should I anticipate 4 days or 4 weeks? I’m so anxious…
And also, what’s the guesstimate on Sunrocket?
Must be patient, must be patient, must be patient.
Thanks…
Who has had to manually credit anything, and what was it?
I’m being impatient, but still waiting on Columbiahouse, PeoplePC, and/or NYTimes (I know they all tend to take a while, and it’s only been 3.5 days).
Just curious… Also, does anyone have “BN Proce,” or similar, show up on a CC statement?
My PeoplePC went by very fast.. Adam, make sure you downloaded their software, installed, and logged in once. You can remove it afterwards, but it should be the next day or so once you do that.
I heard Columbia House takes a little time. I’m waiting for them, Netflix, and 4 Seasons Wine.
Does anyone know how long it takes to get everything done after you get the 18 credits?
Did you call to cancel John alexander or did you have to send a letter. I read in the terms and conditions about sending in writing to an address by the 3rd business day. Thanks
I’ve logged in and checked email, sent email, received email. I did not log in using a dial up connection, however.
Ok, I’m sitting on 5 outstanding so far.
I’ve finished Columbia House, and I know I did cause I got the confirmation email. International wine cellars and 4 seasons wine are both finished, but not showing up as being credited. How long have those taken for people?
SunRocket had a hang up where it said my credit card was not accepted, then when I called AMEX and confirmed that it was me makignthe charge, they processed the payment. However, SunRocket hasn’t credited me yet. Does this simply require a phone call?
Lastly, how long has it taken for people w/r/t the NY Times subscription? It’s been like 5 days and I haven’t been credited for that one yet, despite AMEX sayign that the payment had been processed.
About people PC- I’m running on a mac so I didn’t download the software. I did however log on and check my email, as well as send an e-mail to my hotmail account. Still though, it’s been eleven days with nothing going through. So my suggestion is, if you can replace people PC with something else, I’d do that.
I’d also like to hear from anyone who had called NuiTech and done a manual verification.
I did the John Alexander offer, and I know that I only have 3 business days to cancel. Today will be the 2nd business day and I still don’t have credit.
Can I call NuiTech today or must I wait some predetermined period of time? Anyone know?
Clint,
I thought John Alexander had a 30 day free trial?
Clint.. I did John Alexander last night and I had credit for it this morning. They’re easy to cancel with on the phone.
For PeoplePC, I did it last night too, just signed up, downloaded the software, ran it for a couple minues… then went into their webmail and checked that. Had credit this morning.
Has anybody done Disney books? How long does that take to credit?
I got credit for the John Alexander site almost immediately after I finished signing up.
Hey, the John Alexander. What do i have to do to cancel? I cant find a phone number. Thanks
john alexander cancellation number is 800-853-7381
Did anybody here do Bargain? It was easy to sign up and cancel and I got credit immediately, but then I saw this in their terms:
”
For certain online marketing campaigns that require a printed-out and mailed form, your membership must be active at the time the fulfillment center receives your form in the mail. Please refer to the terms on the offer for how long to allow for the fulfillment center to receive your form in the mail and verify your membership, and for how long to allow for the fulfillment center to process your request and forward your premium.”
It’s a 7day trial but we have to be members when NT verifies us?? I already cancelled and don’t really want to do another offer ;(
Anna,
Disney book was immediate and I was able to cancel before the even sent me a package. Very simple!
Matt S.,
Thanks for the PeoplePC tip. I just checked my webmail and it gave me credit immediately! No need to sign up for something else now.
TIm,
I think with the NY times you get credit after 4 weeks of delivery. Do a text search (command F on a mac)of this page for “New York” and you’ll see a bunch of folks who have done and they’re thoughts.
Has anyone tried for multiple free offers? I was just wondering if there would be any problem signing up for a free trial more than one time if you were trying for several of the free offers.
I signed up for the NY times offer on friday and I received credit today.
How did anyone cancel PeoplePC and was it a hassle, and did you get refunded?
Greetings all,
I am currently waiting on two: Columbia House as well as Diet.com.
Has anyone had trouble with diet.com? I’ve tried calling them to no avail and left quite a few emails. It has been a few days.
Appreciate the site Josh. I’m crossing my fingers for this one!
Paul: According to another poster, diet.com will cancel your account, but they are rather slow to respond to emails. So keep track of it but don’t get too worried.
As far as NY Times goes, I signed up for them on the 13th, my friend signed up on the 16th, and it gave us both credit on the 22nd. This leads me to believe they issue credit on mondays, but that’s just a guess.
To all the lucky ones who got their peoplePC to credit after logging in: I’m quite jealous of you.
i signed up for netflix on the 20th, it’s now the 30th, and i have yet to get credit…anyone having similar issues…?
im also waiting for cafe belmondo…these are the last two for me…if you know how long i’ll have to wait, that’d be great!
i have 1 more offer to complete: get the discover card and buy something with it.
however, 3 other offers have not cleared yet:
columbia house dvd
sunrocket
ny times
everything else was pretty much instantaneous. do you guys have info on those three places?
Went to verification today!
I started on Jan. 3rd and it’s taken this long. Just be patient. I know it sucks but from what I’ve read even after all the credits register, I’ve still got another 2-4 in front of me patience wise.
I also know people who have been getting the Macs, so I am really ocnfident that this is going to happen.
It just takes time.
decided to withdraw the discover card app and went with john alexander. but no instant credit? is it overnight?
Andrew, I cancelled PeoplePC today. It takes FOREVER to get through on the phone. The message says “please call back later” but if you wait you can get connected (after several minutes of holding). They also harrass you to keep it for longer but as long as you firmly tell them you want to cancel, they will do it. Good luck
I signed up for
Diet.com on Sat. night and got credit today, Tuesday morning.
Canceling PeoplePC:
I called and went through they’re menu to the billing dept. and they said there lines were overloaded and to call back. So I immediately called back and pushed the button for tech support. I told the person I needed to cancel and she transferred me directly to a billing person and I didn’t have to wait. I just told them I had a mac and they aren’t compatible.
Other than that, no problem canceling them.
Dennis, John Alexander was overnight for me. Hopefully the Disney books one I did today will be overnight too, then all I’m waiting on is Columbia and NYTimes.
If all goes according to plan and the Bargain people don’t screw me over during verification, I will have spent a total of about $30! Yay!
Matt S,
I did NYTimes on the 25th, received credit today. I’m waiting on Columbia House or People PC.
By the way, does anyone know if I will run into verification troubles if I canceled video professor before they charged my card?
Adam- you may run into problems if you have to submit proof of your sign up and you dont have a CC statement listing the Video Proffessor charge. Still, if you can get away with it, then kudos to you.
Matt S,
I suppose I could just sign up again and let them charge me, if the need for proof is necessary? Will the fact it won’t be from a link on their site — VP offer disappeared — even matter, you think, with it already showing as “complete,” etc?
It’d look a little foolish to the customer service folk, but hey.
FYI, I got my voucher sent today! Now for the waiting game!
Thanks again Josh!
Seems like alot of people have had to wait for 4 seasons wine, and I haven’t found one response on how long it took to be credited. Does anyone know? I’m only waiting on that one and Great Fun to get my new MacBook!!
Adam- if it already says complete then you are way good.
how long does it take sun rocket to post?
i’m really worried about columbia house and sunrocket. NYtimes and john alexander seem to have worked for most people.
Dennis, I haven’t read a single post where Columbia House did not credit eventually…
Anyone have a new number for valuemax? I just got billed 20 dollars (yes I had cancelled) but the number I used is no longer in service. It’s the same number listed on my bank statement next to the bill.
OK nevermind, I’m a moron. I was dialing 800 instead 888. Called in and he said my bank account would be credited within two days.
ugh… I hope that isn’t the case (getting billed after canceling) with all of this junk.
josh and everyone that replied, thanks for the help. started on the 28th and i just went into verification today. now i just have to cancel all this crap
by the way, will i be ok to cancel all this stuff while my account is in verification? especially since i’m hearing it’s been taking up to 2 weeks for the process
down to two offers left…
ny times and columbia house dvds.
i’m actually looking forward to this.
How long do SunRocket and the two wine co’s (Int. Cellars, 4 season) take? Those are my last 3 and then I’m all set.
sunrocket took 2 days for me and i don’t have the wine companies
Matt S,
I did the same thing, and the representative I was spoke to was rather insistent on retaining my membership (perhaps they have a quota? heh). After telling me of their great future deals for 4 minutes: “I’ll just keep your membership, have a good day…” Then I became more firm.
Thought folks would like to know: Columbia House DVD – S&H has now “completed” for me, while Columbia House has not.
Make sure you actually order some dvds–also make sure to not open them, remember?
Jay,
How long ago did you do the wine?
Do you have to download the stamps.com software in order to get the credit? I’d prefer not, but if someone knows, I’d be grateful for that info!
I sent emails to 4 Seasons and
Int’l Wine asking what the hold
up is….They 4 Seasons responded
saying that due to very strict
shipping regulations on Alcohol
they are on a very specific
schedule…my 4 seasons should
ship tomorrow (about 8 days after
ordering). We will see how long they take to credit.
Still waiting on PeoplePC, they
are really making me angry…
I did the whole download and sign in thing and yet still no credit. AND they already billed me.
UGh.
Patience, I guess.
i didn’t do the wine
some people are saying that Colombia House is two credits for them?
My offers only say “Columbia House DVD – S&H,” but no other credit. It also has not completed along with the 2nd Page Wine Offer and NY Times.
Columbia House: Did any of you get a confirmation email from them after you ordered? I didn’t and I’m wondering if my order even went through.
Sally G,
I believe you are in a similar position I am, or was in. I never received a confirmation email and ultimately ended up signing twice–since then I have received confirmation of registration, confirmation of dvds being shipped, and credit.
I’ve just gotten the email from columbia house today, but no credit yet. It says I have to make five purchases by Jan 28th (it’s the 30th). Do I have to order another 5?
bank told me columbia house charge was not authorized, so i’m going to have to sign up again. but since discover sent their card out already, i think i’ll go for that. so i don’t have to deal with sending back the dvds.
what do you guys think?
Adam,
So I’m not sure I understand. Was the confirmation you got from the first sign up. Or do I need to sign up again?
Thanks so much for responding.
Sal
Did anybody here do Bargain? It was easy to sign up and cancel and I got credit immediately, but then I saw this in their terms:
â€
For certain online marketing campaigns that require a printed-out and mailed form, your membership must be active at the time the fulfillment center receives your form in the mail. Please refer to the terms on the offer for how long to allow for the fulfillment center to receive your form in the mail and verify your membership, and for how long to allow for the fulfillment center to process your request and forward your premium.â€
It’s a 7day trial but we have to be members when NT verifies us?? I already cancelled and don’t really want to do another offer ;(
————
That stipulation is for their free gift offer like a home depot card or whatever, it does not apply to the Mac Book offer.
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People PC gives you a hard sell before you can cancel. I told them I was cancelling to get cable internet and they said they’d transfer me to their tech department to solve my speed issues! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Talk about blindly reading your script and not even listening to the customer.
———–
Columbia House is a pill, had to sign up twice because I never had any inidication that my first sign up even went through. The second sign up gave me an instant confirmation. Now I have two boxes to return….
Sally G,
I had to sign up twice. The confirmation was from the second sign-up. The first attempt does not appear to have officially gone through to either NT or Columbiahouse.
Matt also had to “sign up twice because [he] never had andy indication that [his] first sign up even went through,” which is what happened to me.
Make sure they don’t charge you twice, though, as well as send you two packages of DVDS.
I’m waiting for Verification to go through (worried about my early cancellation of Video Professor though), it’s been 2.5 hours so still plenty of time.
how is the ebay toolkit?
legit? instantaneous? easy to cancel?
its some guy named alan dunn trying to get you to get the kit for 39.95 a month….anyone?
so its called the FAST AUCTION TOOLKIT
The fast auction thing was only 1.97 shipping for me. I cancelled it is as soon as it went thru in the morning so I wasn’t charged the membership fee… I don’t know if thats what you’re talking about.
Guess what? I finally got confirmation from Columbia House via email, but no credit has banked in my NT account.
OMG
FINALLY! Thanks to the Fast Auction Toolkit offer appearing, I was able to get my 18th and final offer taken care of.
I never got credit from John Anderson, PayDayOK or SunRocket.
Now comes the agonizing wait of the verification process…whee!
Thanks to everyone who was so very helpful throughout this ordeal!
Congratulations Clint!
I’m in the verification process as well, but am planning on re-ordering the Video Professor set through a customer service representative tomorrow morning. There was never a charge to my CC so I think NT will dislike that…
so what is the deal with fast auction toolkit? is there a 30 day trial?
Anna: You were able to cancel the Alan Dunn deal w/o paying the $40? IF so that would be great for me.
Adam: I really think you would have been fine without re-ordering video prof., but still, here’s hoping that all works out for you.
ok jumped on the alan dunn deal so I dont have to activate my discover card.
just waiting for NY Times to credit me!!!
I wish they’d hurry.
Oh nevermind, the fast auction thing is something different. I did the make money on ebay offer on the 2nd page or whatever and that was the $1.97 one. sorry guys!
im still waiting on NYtimes and columbia, both of which I did 1/29. hard to be patient!
So did the Alan Dunn, Fast Auction toolkit, credit fast?
Sally -
The auction toolkit credited me immediately
Thanks Clint.
same here. auction toolkit was fast.
immediate credit.
NY TIMES!!! Please Hurry!
Do any of the offers, experienced thus far, not allow P.O. boxes?
I’m waiting on Sunrocket and Columbia. Both of which I’ve received email confirmation of membership from them, but no credit has been given at NT. Argh…
As soon as I get one of those, I may just do the Auction toolkit to be done with this process.
Is the Auction thing non refundable $40 or do I understand it to be free for 30 days THEN they charge your card?
man. i did Sirius just now, its a no credit card required offer, and I just got instant credit for my 18th offer.
i can cancel NY Times!
Do you guys know if they verify overnight? Or do they do it during business day
Dennis,
I’m looking at the Sirius offer now… the first page asks for my shipping address and then it takes me to a page and asks for my credit card info.?? I’m confused… you didn’t have to do that?
mine is something siriusstuff.com and it asks for my name, phone, and email. thats it. when you get to the second page, i already got credit.
under the offer it says something like TJZ Sirius $50 radio.
but i entered no radio nothing.
last line ‘radio’ = ‘credit card’.
That was CRAZY! I originally was using Safari and it was showing me a completely different page that required my credit card. So I switched to Firefox and wa-la…just like you said. No cc and I didn’t sign in and got credit instantly. AWESOME. Thanks Dennis!!
******** Hey EVERYBODY>>> you must do the above offer on PAGE 3 from Sirius. MAKE SURE YOU AREN’T using Safari!!!
yay for sirius!
btw, sally, my sunrocket took 1 day. i signed up tuesday early morning (2am) and got credit today (wednesday) at around 9am.
OMG! I did it… I was waiting for Columbia and Sunrocket, but I decided to just go for and did the Sirius thing and the Ebay thing on page 3 and the credits were immediate. Total cost = 0
I am in verification process BABY!
Clint and Dennis RULE!
Thanks guys!
Strange… I signed up for Sunrocket on Sunday and still no credit. I got their package today. So I’ll just send it back with their prepaid UPS label and be done with them.
That Sirius Offer was a GREAT call!
Thanks Dennis!!
Just waitin on the two wines
which are supposedly shipping
tomorrow, so there should be
verification in my near future!
Congrats Trev…keep us posted!
started last wed, went into verification today…what what
Guide to Easy MacBookPro: Total Cost (if all goes according to plan): $20.90 + cost to ship crap back.
I thought I would list the FAST(almost immediate) credit companies:
Please add your insight if you have it for newbies!
Sign up for them in this page order: 3,2,1
Page 3)
* Video Professor: $6.95, will get full refund, but must pay to ship it back
* Pitney Bowes: $30, think I can get full refund, but must pay to ship back
* Sirius Radio Offer: (do not use Safari browser when you click through it will require a ccard. For some reason, Firefox did not require and gave credit immediately.)
* Onlingo x2 $6.95×2 : sign up for 2 different languages. Will have to pay to ship product back, but will get full refund.
*Advantage Language: $6.95 – will get full refund, but paid $2.30 to send back.
*Ebay Fast Auction Toolkit – $39.95 – will get full refund.
* Blockbuster – $9.95 non refund.
* PeoplePC – $6.94 I downloaded software to my desktop. Promptly threw it away. Signed into their webmail and logged into my web account using Firefox. I got credit immediately. Then I called and canceled telling them that I couldn’t use it because I had a Mac and they refunded all of my money.
Total cost: 9.95, plus shipping costs to send all the crap back.
Page 2)
SimplyYou $1
GreatFun $1
DisneyBooks $3.99 (canceled mine before it shipped. Got total refund)
BMG $19.53 (will write “refused. return to sender when I receive it. Don’t know if I will get refund or not)
ValueMax $1
Cosmetique (will receive and have to send back package) 5.95 plus s&H to send back.
Total: 8.95 (plus 19.53 from BMG if not refunded)
Page 1)
CompleteHome.com $1
Emusic.com
EverydayValuesClub $1
Total cost: $2
Thanks for the tip on the SIRIUS credit. that worked really well Sally!
Has Anyone done the printer Ink offer? What’s required to get credit?
Is anyone else panicking that the main page is all of a sudden blank?
It would be one thing if it were down, or getting a 404, but it’s blank.
Oh please don’t tell me I’m going to get screwed after all this work
i’m getting that too…
oh man that would suck.
i’m going to try to call them when to open at 8.30am est.
blah they said the developers blew something out when they were uploading some info…should be up in 24 hours.
i also had him check my account, and he still said my offers were still there intact.
8:30 now, still having problems opening the page. Sucks, I wanna go do the sirius deal. I hope they don’t take that stuff down.
24 hours?! That sucks.
what’s the phone number?
Website now says “Our site is temporarily down for maintanence.”
ahhh… I’m scared.
number is 561-674-9700
PeoplePC is telling me that I have to continue my membership for 3 months before they’ll give me the credit. This is bogus; I’m cancelling and doing a different offer.
It’s back up and running!
site is back up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
site’s up
So I have credit for 17 out of 18 offers (why is SunRocket so slow?)….can I go ahead and start cancelling a bunch of these already?
Even if I cancel during the free trial period and get some refunds will my credit still stand or will they revoke credit?
Everybody Say it. Site is up.
is anyone else still able to do the no radio sirius offer? I’m trying to do that, and it still makes me choose a radio! Is anyone using a pc, or should i just switch over to my mac and use firefox to get that choice?
I went ahead and canceled some of the ones I have credit for and nothing has been revoked.
Good call on the Sirius offer. They changed that from the other day. Good for us! I’m waiting on columbia house to credit me and then I get a free mac!!
If anybody tries to sign up for Payday OK be aware that if you do not get approved for a loan they might, just might, try to find you someone else to give you a loan. You might even get a phone call 30 seconds after you exited out of the website without signing up for anything, from a different company who is asking if you still want the loan. And if you are one of the lucky people Secret Credit Card will send an echeck from your bank account to them for $49.95, the best part is you don’t even have to ask them. They will gladly do it without your permission. And they will not reply to any e-mails.
But the good thing is anytime I want to pay for things online without anybody knowing (Secretly) I will have already paid the one time fee. Thanks Secret Credit Card your the best!
I apologize if I sound angry. Just a heads up.
Chanelle: I just compelted it on my PC at work. So I don’t know what to tell you.
Is anyone else having trouble contacting Diet.com? I cancelled a couple of weeks ago and still haven’t received any confirmation or response regarding a refund.
All, quick question: where are you checking your status – through TheUseful.com or OnlineGiftRewards.com? I’ve been using OGR.com for offer status. Out of curiosity, checked TU.com and not registered.
Should I be concerned or is this an issue?
I have 17 out of 18, and obviously would be upset if this worked against me.
Thanks in advance.
Yeah Matt.. I seem to have been having bad luck with this whole entire offer thing.. but i’m NOT giving up.. perhaps I need to meditate or something.. lol.. Alright, i’m trying it elsewhere….
Was anyone able to cancel the Web-site pro builder thing before it charged your card?
About Sirius:
There are two different Sirius sites, it seems.
One makes you buy with a credit card, the other only wants name/number (and are pre-populated by computer-offer). The latter is the one that gives you instant credit.
So try clicking on the Sirius link until you get the correct site.
Hey Chanelle,
I had luck with the Sirius thing on my mac using Firefox. When I used Safari on my mac it made me choose a radio.
Good luck!
Verification. Awesome! Thanks for everyone’s help! I hope this works out.
Also, I’m wondering what the cancellation or return/refund method is with Onlingo?
Just finished doing the 18 today. I started yesterday. So far all but 3 have not been “completed”. Those are Columbia House DVD, PeoplePC and NetFlix. Anyone have troubles with NetFlix?
I had one kinda strange thing happen, when I signed up with Todays Escapes I got an error that it couldn’t go through, but got “CREDITED/COMPLETED” on offer page. Should I be worried? This is one of the $1.00 offers I think.
Hey guys,
For those who did the Columbia House thing, how did it ship? Was it regular post, FedEx, UPS? Regardless, I live in a condo complex and have no idea how to “reject” the package…any support or recommendations would be appreciated!
Columbia House will ship regular post. It’ll show up in your mailbox. all you do when you get it is write “Refused-return to sender” with a sharpie and leave it in your box or place it in the mail.
Sally, that’s great info on how to save, but just for your future reference, you dont have to pay for return shipping for any of those offers. If you do not open your boxes, you can call, get a return authorization number, write the number on the front of your box and write RETURN TO SENDER on the front and put back in your mailbox. MAKE SURE YOU DO GET A RMA number though or they will charge you for just returning it (exception is Colombia House). For fedex or UPS packages, you can call them and schedule a pick up at your house for a refused shipment. They come the next day and pick up. I did not pay for one return. Just FYI to all of you out there working toward your MACs. Don’t pay or spend time shipping returns.
For reference, the things I returned and returned for free were: Advantage Language, Onlingo, Sunrocket, Belisi Ties, Seattle Coffee, Pitney Bowes, Video Professor, and Columbia House.
sally, thru with verification yet?
i’m still on verification.
man and its been at that since midnight!
Paul, you just put it back in your mailbox. Write Refused: Return to Sender on the front. It came USPS. I was not home for 3 shipments that came UPS, FedEx and DHL. I called and scheduled a pick up for FedEx. I dropped the UPS package and DHL package off at a close UPS Store. I wrote Refused: Return to sender on both of these too, but I got Return Authorization Numbers for both of these as well as for all other of my USPS shipments.
i’ve been in verification since yesterday morning, i’ve seen on other sites that some people recently have gotten through it in a day. does anyone know if i can go ahead and cancel items during the verification?
May I just suggest that folks
avoid PeoplePC. Not only do they
take forever and a day to credit
(I actually did a different offer
becuase they never did) but they
are also extremely laborious to cancel.
They will talk circles around you.
I had to raise my voice and talk over the rep to get cancelled.
UGH. PEOPLEPC = NOT WORTH IT!
What are the cancellation and return criteria for Cafe Belmundo…do you get to keep the coffee and the mug or do you have to ship it back. thanks
You can cancel items as soon as they have cleared if you want. It will not effect your verification. Most of mine were cancelled before I went into verification. It went through in about 2 days.
Thanks a bunch Sue. Since I live next door to a post office, I just shipped the meter back that way. It was only 15-16 bucks or so. Should that be ok?
Also, Columbia House has charged my card and taken out the charge for shipping, but it still says Not Confirmed for me on the site. Will I end up needing to fax Niutech stuff or will it credit in a few more days?
Thanks for the info everyone!
Thanks Levi, I’ll probably cancel all of my stuff tomorrow. How long ago did you do your verification
Sue,
Thanks for that awesome insight into shipping stuff back! I will definitely do that.
Trev and all of you PeoplePC folks,
I told them I had a mac and didn’t realize that they weren’t compatible when I signed up and I had NO PROBLEM canceling. Maybe that excuse will save you the run around. I hate these people, BUT… it will all be worth it when I’m in front of my new MacBook PRo.
Amen, Sue!
I was trying to make the point
that PeoplePC, relative to the other offers I did, was the most hassle to cancel.
They insisted on keeping the account open, blah, blah blah. I just kept repeating, No thank you – I would like to cancel today.
Mac Book, here we come!
man in verification since midnight. good 16 hours already. can’t wait!!!
Hey Trev,
I hear ya and totally agree. Have you gotten the “We’re running a special and now you can get the whole year for only $19.95 (instead of 19.95 each month)” line from other people I’ve called. It’s so ridiculous. This is all such a hilarious and interesting commentary on American commerce. Ridiculous. But I’m lovin’ it. ha!
Dennis,
You and me both. Can’t wait! It’s so hard to sign and check every hour!
Update: Still in verification–has been 24hours more or less.
I still need to return Advantage, Onlingo, and video professor (when it arrives, I ordered again in case I need a charge on the credit card), and blockbuster, but I may keep that one for a while since movies are all good.
Anyways, who else is in verification and how long has it been for you, so far? Josh’s “after a verification process of a few hours” has me thinking the worst.
So, one must call and get RMA numbers for Video Professor, Onlingo and Advantage, but not for Colombia House?
“Pitney Bowes: $30, think I can get full refund, but must pay to ship back.”
Wrong – they ship a pre paid label to you when you call to cancel.
People PC was an immediate credit for me and I didn’t log into my account with them either.
—In fulfillment status.
I think they have forgotten about me. I have been waiting on 5 offers to be reported since the first day I signed up for all 18.
Yourmusic.com; diet.com; peoplepc; vonage and discover card.
I’ve been waiting since 1/13. Ahhh!!!
Ok, I don’t feel so bad, I am STILL waiting for 6 offers, and i have one more to complete but i’m scared to do so in the case that i won’t get my credit.. *sigh*.. my friend did it and he did it without a hassle and was able to get his verification QUICK… is something wrong with me?!?! I don’t get instant credit for anything, I’m waiting on Vonage, People PC, John Alexander and others… UGH!
Hey, was anyone able to get credit from great fun? I signed up for them but still haven’t gotten credit.
Adam, for me, I got RMA numbers for Video Professor, Onlingo and Advantage and put it right back in the mail, however, I did not open them.
For Pitney Bowes, I called for a pick up from fed ex. I left it on the door step, they came to my house and picked up because I wrote “refused: return to sender” on the box. it was soooo easy!!
Anyone try and Cancel Sirius yet? I got my reciever and want to send it back, but I’ve been on hold with them forever. any thoughts?
How does the Sirius site that doesn’t require a credit card differ in appearance from the one that does require one. It would help alot to know so that I could check faster again and again until I get the right one. Thanks.
Also, has anyone gotten the good Sirius offer using internet explorere? Or is it only with firefox?
Tim
I sent my sirius receiver back today. No problems. The only catch is that you have to get a tracking number when you ship it back, then call Sirius back and give them that tracking number. They use that to track it back and issue the refund.
Thanks Clint.
Anyone know how long the wine takes? I’ve had one sitting in the queue for a week now, and I have confirmation of the purchase sitting in my inbox already.
Adam,
I read on the other blog pages from Josh’s site that some folks were in verfication for up to 10 days! So don’t sweat it too much… it may be a while before we hear anything. Big sigh…..
10 days!!! oh dear!
it seems as if everyone is getting different offers. I’m not seeing the pitney bowes offer on page 3 and for sirius they keep requiring me to use a credit card. I haven’t did any offers and I was trying to do the sirius offer on page 3 first. Would completing previous offer first make a difference?
KB- Keep checking back, the offers tend to change periodically. Also, on the forums mentioned at the beginning of Josh’s post, they discovered that you got different offers based on your age and sex.
Screw It I went and picked up to freebie offers (find a home and Ebay$) and I am now in verification. Woo- f***ing-hoo
Question –
I’m in verification (and have been for about a day), but my 3 day term is up today for John Alexander.
If I call and cancel this offer today, will that blow up my verfication? Or is it somewhat of a crapshoot with no hard and fast rules?
Has anyone considered waiting to send in their shipping request until the new OS X Leapord is out (due Spring 07)?
By the way, I had my 18 offers credited across three different accounts. I called Nuitech and they said it was no problem to combine them but it would take 24-48 hours. After that I would go into verification. Just thought I’d add that in case anyone else is in the same situation.
John
New Mac OSes are easy to install on top of the old ones.
The only thing worth waiting for is 801.11n wireless protocol
i think diet.com is screwing me. They won’t respond to my emails and that is the only way they can be reached. that’s 60 bucks!
Tim, the N series wireless is already installed. You may have to pay 1.99 for apple to set it up, but thats it.
John: If you wait for Leopard to ship, you’ll be right around the corner from a MPB line upgrade, so you gotta jump the gun at some point in time, might as well start enjoying your new computer now. (BTW- You’re shipping request form must be sent in w/in 30 days, so unless Apple releases on the rumored Feb 20th date, you’re pretty much not gonna make be able to get it).
Chris: As stated above, you do not need to have an active account with all the offers to get verified. You are free to cancel as soon as you order if you want. The only thing that you will need (in a worst case scenario) is fax in a bank statement showing your CC was billed.
!
Qualification! Going to do the voucher thing today, maybe, if I can find a ride (being at college and all..).
That was what, a 2 day wait? yay!
I qualified today as well. It took almost exactly 24 hours.
i got the forms!!!
36 hours total!
how long do you have to cancel people pc?
I was in verification for about two days and I just received an email saying that they need “valid identification” before they can proceed, and asked me to fax over a copy of a government issued identification.
I have a question. While you are waiting to be ‘completed’ for various things, they still show up on your list of choices for offers. Does anyone know if you can do an offer more than once and have it count? I mean, other than the 2nd language thing for onlingo or the mysterious double columbia house. I’d just rather sign up for double the cheap ones rather than risking on Sunrocket or Vonage or Sirius. Just wondering. Also, has anybody tried cancelling Columbia house prior to them shipping the DVD’s and, if so, did you still get completion? Thanks.
Andrew: 1 month, beware, they try to make it as hard on you as possible when you call in to cancel.
Nathan: You can try that, but you run the risk of being DQed. If you read the terms and conditions, you see it’s pretty much a no-no. Plus, even if you do try it, I don’t know if it will give you two credits.
Thanks Matt. Have you or anyone else tried a discover card offer? And if so, how long did it take to get completed? How about payday OK? Anybody tried that? And if so, how long did it take to get ‘completed’?
Nathan,
You can cancel columbia house by just writing “Refused – Return to Sender” on the CH box when it gets to you, then tossing it into the USPS mailbox. nice and simple.
Does anyone know what I have to do for Columbia house to credit me? And Netflix? They’re both taking forever, I’m wondering if I did something wrong.
And 4 seasons wine, they’ve shipped and charged me…isn’t that what it takes to be credited?
Jordan- Columbia house and Netflix are both reported to take a while. I got credit for columbia house s&h after about a week, but got to impatient to wait for the other columbia house to credit.
Nathan: I believe you get next day credit when you complete the requirements. Those being that you use the card for a purchase or balance transfer. As far as payday ok, I had thought someone said earlier they had a problem with that, but I don’t know for sure.
I just got the shipping request form, do I have to do anything else or just wait for the macbook? Also, how long has it usually taken people to get their macbook once received the shipping request.
Has anyone cancelled the “no credit card” Sirius offer?
I know it’s supposedly a 7 day trial offer, but I couldn’t find terms and conditions to save my life. Anyone know the phone number to cancel?
Nathan: I completed both the Discover and PayDay OK loan. The Discover offer credited about 2 days after I made my first purchase (about $6…shipping another item back). The PayDay OK is another story. It has been almost three weeks since I completed the offer and accepted the loan and it still has not credited. Since it was my last one I went ahead and did the Fast Auction offer to finish out my 18. Fast Auction credited immediately.
Thanks all for the advice on my decision to wait for the new OS or not.
Ok, just received verification -started Saturday, 1/27, so less than 7 days. Here are the offers I did with some notes:
Page 3:
1. Blockbuster – immediate credit, canceled online next day; cost: $10.59
2. Onlingo Spanish – immediate credit, cancelled by phone 1/29; wrote “refused – return to sender”, cost: $0.00 (supposedly a full refund)
3. Onlingo French – immediate credit; no issue cancelling both; cost: $6.95 but told I would be refunded for both, maybe getting package back is trigger?
4. Advantage Language – immediate credit, cancelled by phone 1/29; rep said to write “refuse – return to sender”; cost: $6.95.
5. Video Prof – immediate credit; cancelled 1/29; rep said when box arrives, call for RMA; cost: $6.95.
6. Sirius – immediate credit (used IE from wintel laptop) without credit card; nothing to cancel; cost: $0.00.
7. SunRocket – immediate credit; received box before emails said they were shipping box; rep said either refuse or open and use prepaid label; cost: $0.00.
8. Columbia House S&H – immediate credit; cancelled by phone, rep said to refuse package and get full credit; cost $0.00.
9. FastWebAuction/Alan Dunn – immediate credit after buying the $39.95 package; this one worries me; cost: supposedly after cancelling within 30 days and returning package, $0.00.
Page 3 Total Cost: $24.49 – 31.44 depending upon refunds.
Page 2:
1. NY Times – credit was 5 days later; received newspapers before credit and credit card charge; will need to cancel; cost: $4.00.
2. SimplyYou – immediate credit; cancelled by phone next day; cost: $2.00. IMPORTANT: take a look at this one, it says you’re also signing up for a SavingSmart account, make sure to cancel this.
3. Today’s Escape – immediate credit; cancelled by phone next day; cost: $1.00.
4. ValueMax – immediate credit; cancelled by phone next day; cost: $2.00.
5. Phonics – immediate credit; cancelled by phone next day; cost: $0.00.
6. BargainNetworkHomes – immediate credit; cancelled by phone next day; cost: $2.00.
Page 2 Total Cost: $11.00
Page 1:
1. eMusic – immediate credit; cancelled online same day; cost: $0.00.
2. Everyday Values – immediate credit; cancelled by phone next day; cost: $1.00.
3. CompleteHome – immediate credit; cancelled online next day; cost: $1.00.
Page 1 Total Cost: $2.00
Total Cost: $37.49 – $44.44 depending upon refunds.
Observations:
* Cancelling via phone appears to be rep based. Several people identified that some companies wouldn’t cancel easily, and that wasn’t the case for me.
* Cancelling before verification appears to have no affect on verification.
* Get cancellation ID/#’s for everything.
* The regular Columbia House hasn’t credited, fortunately, I don’t need it.
* When cancelling, apparently saying “I had very recent life change and need to take care of a lot of things” prevents the hard sell to stay on, try different options, etc.
After telling my wife I might try for the Panasonic Plasma, she rolled her eyes.
Josh, when my MacBook Pro is in my hands, I’ll make a donation to you.
Thanks!!!
… and good luck …
I’m in, forms filled out and sent in. The mac is on the way!!
Just be patient everyone, it really does work.
Hey all,
For those who did the Columbia House offer, I just received the S&H credit today but have not received the DVD club credit. How long does it take for the club to credit, or is there a problem with my account?
Any help would be appreciated!
I got an email confirmation about 2 weeks after I signed up. When you sign up, you are essentially submitting an application for club membership. Once they approve you they will ship it out. I can’t tell you if I got credited ro not since I got tired of waiting and submitted another offer.
just received my voucher today, verification took about 2 or 3 days for me
The 4 seasons wine will credit when they have confirmation that you have recieved your wine.
Yeeehaaw!!! I’m verified. Got my voucher right here! It took about 2 days.
I’ll let you guys know when I have computer in hand.
Good luck to all.
hmm. I use Windows and Firefox and I can’t get that sirius offer, the one w/out a credit card, to show up! I’m going to the third page, clicking the sirius offer, it goes to mysiriusstuff.com/checkout or whatever and on the 2nd page asks me for my CC. any tips?
Anyone know what the deal is with diet.com? They’ve charged my card but not credited my offer sheet. I called them today to cancel and they seemed oblivious when I brought up the rewards offer. Looks like I’ll be faxing stuff to Niutech?
I just wanted to say I also know 2 people who have completed this offer and gotten their free laptop! I have 9 credits to do still, and am excited! Also, I remember checking my friend’s computer’s specs and it had 1gp ram stock from Nuitech. He got it recently so maybe they now send the newer versions of the Pro.
Hey Paul, it took a solid 4-5 days for diet.com to show up for me.
Hey Anna,
I used FIrefox on a mac and it worked. Maybe you could try and find a mac and see if it works. If not, I’d be willing to try it for you. You’d have to give me your sign in and your address though and I would understand if that’s too scary to give someone on the web.
Sally,
Did you cancel before the 4-5 days? I have already cancelled and am a little bit worried that I cancelled too soon!
Anna,
just go to the page 3 offers page, in Firefox, and click the sirius link, if it’s not the right one close it, then refresh/reload the page 3, click on sirius again.
Does this over and over till it shows up. I did. But it took me only maybe 3 times.
ah well, thank you guys for the help, but it just isn’t showing up for me. I guess I’ll just wait for Columbia to go through, it’s the last one I’m waiting for, since I got credit for NYTimes today! Patience just isn’t one of my virtues, I suppose
SallyG, keep us updated on how things are going! Hearing good news from others makes it even more exciting.
I actually signed up for more than I was supposed to, 4 for page 1, but the 4th was an accident, but I guess it’s a nice back-up. I signed up for 10 offers on page 2, yeah I know i’m nuts, but i’m way too impatient, anyways, that finally pushed me more ahead. Now all i’m waiting for is Columbia House DVD to go through and i’ll have all 18 “completed”. I’m soooo tempted to sign up for Vonage or one of the others to try and get this done quicker.
sent my voucher off just now!
keep you guys posted on my progress.
Paul,
I didn’t send a cancelation email until after I got credit and I haven’t received anything from them confirming my cancelation. Do you have any pointers on canceling? Sending an email doesn’t seem to do the trick…or at least hasn’t yet for me.
Hey Jeff,
I’ve heard Vonage took awhile for some folks and they charge a $40 restocking fee when you send the stuff back…so beware.
Hey Sally,
I called their 800 number almost once an hour. I also sent an email every time I called. Its 1-800-784-2080. Hit 1 and 99% of the time you will be kicked to a voicemail but just leave your name and say you want to cancel. I signed up two days ago, called a lot yesterday and sent a ton of emails and they called me at 10am today and sent an email saying they canceled my account and would refund $65.
I suppose I’ll have to send Niutech my statement or welcome email showing that I signed up for it. Oh well. As long as this works!
How did you guys cancel Disney? I don’t see a contact listed nor terms and conditions on their site.
Hey Sally G. Would you email me at drnate02@hotmail.com. It’d really help if I could ask you a few questions. Thanks
Ray,
Disney (800)353-3140
Also Ray… I called before they shipped out my package so they stopped shipment and I didn’t have to fuss with that. It was awesome.
“Also Ray… I called before they shipped out my package so they stopped shipment and I didn’t have to fuss with that. It was awesome.”
It is behavior like this that if repeated long enough will end offers like the ones we are all trying to complete.
You could at least PRETEND to be interested in the product and return it AFTER receiving it, NOT BEFORE! Cancel the trial the day before it ends, not the second after you sign up for it. Sheesh people, you have some nerve.
Calm down Matt.
It’s all good. This is a happy site.
If I thought for second I was making this harder for other people I wouldn’t have done it.
What does the columbia house box look like? I recieved a package that just says something about enjoying your dvd’s tonight and there is no indication as to what company sent the package. If its columbia house then I dont want to open it. Any info would be appreciated.
Yeah CH hides the fact that the box is from them. Don’t open it, just go ahead and refuse return to sender it. They know that you are curiuos and will open the box, and once you do that they have your money.
Man, I got all excited. I just got my first email from Columbia House welcoming me as a member, so I thought maybe my last credit (aka “completed”) went through, it didn’t.
Oh well. I guess I have to learn patience.
One thing i’m wondering, how the heck am I going to print my voucher stuff without a printer? LOL
Kinkos, ups store, all those good places.
Does anyone know if there are limitations to the number of people per address that can try this?
I live with a roommate in an apartment, and he wants to try this. I don’t want him to have to go through the whole thing if he won’t get the laptop at the end.
Thanks.
Matt S,
I’ll probably have to do that. How do vouchers come? In email? Like “click here for your voucher” and then it opens a webpage with it?
Did anyone download their free 25 songs with eMusic? Just curious.
Once you complete the macbook offer…can you still use onlinegiftrewards to do the apple iphone offer?
Matt,
I canceled my offers within hours of signing up for them. I don’t want to get into a debate with you, but this offer isn’t for the companies, its for us. If you want to throw caution into the wind, be my guest but some of these companies are shady with when you can cancel or not (i.e. John Alexander) so whatever we as customers have to do to get the voucher, I say do it.
That being said, how long was it for people to get the DVD club credit after you received credit for the S&H?
Ray: I believe its on MBP per address.
Jeff: Once you are verified, a link is posted on the status check site.
Andrew: Yes you can, though it’s recommended you use a different e-mail address, other wise you’ll encounter a problem wher less ofers are displayed.
Each person can do one of each gift site that NuiTech has, so yes, you can do a MBP and then an iPhone or something else.
However, you should not just use another email address. Yes, offers you’ve already done before would show up, but a) you can’t sign up for most offers a second time without a different credit card, and b) NuiTech won’t allow it. From their Terms & Conditions page:
Any attempt by an existing Member to register for another Membership with a different e-mail address in combination with a telephone number and postal address already in our database shall be null and void and shall not qualify for Program Membership consideration.
does anyone have a charge on their credit card statement saying “DAY HOSTING” for 39.95?
i did both john alexander and fast auction profit toolkit that night and both are 39.95
however, i only have one charge on my cc for 39.95, and want to figure out which one charges under the name DAY HOSTING.
well i think its John Alexander, because i got a refund for that DAY HOSTING charge, but was charged another 39.95 for something called webprofit.com.. i’m thinking that must be fast auction profit toolkit
So Josh, you’re saying that if you want to do another gift, you have to use the same email address, and just hope that you can get through the offers by finding ones that you haven’t done for previous gifts? That might be pretty hard.
In regards to having to use the same credit card for other Niutech offers, you may get lucky if you have a “shopsafe” system offered for your card that offers one-time use credit card numbers.
I haven’t tried it, and not sure if I will, but there it is.
Yes, Nathan, that’s what I’m saying. But what did you expect? They aren’t going to make it easy on you.
If you wait a while your chances get better at being able to do another gift, because new offers show up. There are several that you all are doing now that weren’t available when I did it in October, and there are several that aren’t available to you now that I used.
Day 5, still no “completed” for Columbia House. I wish some new offers would show up on page 3 so I can get this done.
Hmmm, maybe I should just go out and smell the flowers and get a life?
Hitting a webpages refresh button over and over again cant be healthy for me.
1 more to go through!!! Hopefully I’ll get my wine sometime this week…
Anyone else get double charged for John Alexander?
I did video Professor and I’ve been charged for it and I have already recieved it but it still hasn’t gone through for me. It says to ship it within ten days so I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions or if I should just send it back and cancel it and try something else. Thanks to anyone who can help!
I went into verification today!! I’m so pumped!!!
JC… I did too! Congrats! And now the waiting begins!
JC and Anna, how long did Columbia House take for you to get a “completed”?
That is, if you did Columbia House.
hey jeff, I did all my offers (except disney which I did the next day) on January 29th. Columbia was my final offer and I went into verification today, so that makes it about six days.
Congrats of verification guys! Can’t wait to send my voucher in tomorrow!
hey guys….i made a dumb mistake by starting the survey over and over again each time i went back to filling out offers, instead of going to the gift status part of the page (which i obviously didn’t notice for a while). If there happened to be even one or two people out there that may have done the same thing, ending up with like 8 MBP gift status lines….Don’t Worry! I called this morning, and they said that once all 18 were in, they would combine them all so I can get the gift. That was a great relief! hope that helps if anyone else did the same thing. cheers!
I have been in verification since last Friday afternoon.
How much longer can I expect? I have heard a rumor that verification only comes through on Friday. Has any one else received verification on another day of the week?
Does anyone know the number to cancel the Sirius offer?
DJM – you haven’t been verified since friday because nobody is at work on the weekend to verify you! it probably won’t be much longer.
OMG, I’m finally being verified! I guess it’s not surprising since I just got an email saying my Columbia House order has shipped.
I’m in day 6 now of this whole thing. Hope all goes well.
How long did it take people to get NYTimes credit? I’ve been waiting for 4 days.
Mike,
NYTimes never credited for me. I think people say that can take a week. Try and do an extra offer like one of those $1.00 ones if you are anxious (aren’t we all).
Siruis return
1-888-539-SIRIUS (7474)
I’m in the home-stretch! I was confirmed for Columbia House’s S and H on Friday and am awaiting the confirmation of the DVD club offer. Anyone with experience know when the turnaround is? I figure that I’ll get confirmed when CH can confirm the delivery of my DVDs…but I’m keeping my fingers crossed!
Paul,
I signed up with CH 6 days ago, they where the first offer I did. On the 3rd of this month (2 days ago) i got my first emails from them welcoming me to the club. Today (the 5th) I got an email saying my movies have shipped AND it finally credited (showed as complete). I guess they wait until they ship the movies before you get the “complete”. At least for me.
I got my forms mailed in, woohoo!
One thing that worries me is this, however: In the fine print, they say that they can change the gift that you recieve basedo n their available supplies. Has anyone here gotten somethign besides the MacBook? I really, really don’t want a Toshiba laptop or an HP. that’s what’s being offered on the front page of their site, for the record. Anyone else have any input on this?
AHH! I QUALIFIED! Printing out the voucher… yayyy
Anna, congrats!!
I’m nervously checking mine every 5 minutes, LOL. Hope hope hope.
I just qualified…wahoo!! Printing Vouchers now!!
Is there anybody out there who had People PC never go through? I know ones like Columbia take pretty long but usually complete. Just wondering about PPC. Thanks.
can i cancel my membership as soon as i get credit? blockbuster showed up immediately and i was wondering if i could go ahead and cancel it?
I signed up for PPC last night with cable modem and no phone line. I got credit this morning,and cancelled it right away.
And the John Alexander realestate thing took forever on phone. i was on hold over an hour when i finally decided to leave a message. And sure enough they called at about 5:30pm and I cancelled my order right then.
I’m starting to get very frustrated and impatient!! I have been waiting for the same 5 companies to report since day one, which was 1/13!!! Everything has already been charged, sent back and cancelled…and still no reports!
Do I HAVE to wait exactly 30 days before they will manually credit me? And how can you prove to them that you did a credit card offer?
Anybody get instant credit or next day credit for the New York Times offer?
@emily I’d sign up for other offers. Why not tell us what offers are deadbeats so others can avoid them?
@nathan NY Times takes about 5 days to credit.
@ heather – cancel blockbuster as soon as you get credit, cause you ain’t getting your money back, you just paid for 1 month access.
why sign up for more offers if i can call in a week and get them manually credited? The ones I have been wating for for so long are:
1. PeoplePC – I logged into my account
2. Diet.com-I signed up for the premium account
3. youmusic.com- received 1st cd
4. Discover Card-approved and got a balance transfer over a week ago
5. vonage- received and cancelled
It’s been 21 days since I completed all of my offers.
oh and heather… you might as well take advantage of your blockbuster membership for the month you’ve paid for. i’ve watched SO many movies this month!!
Anybody know what’s involved in cancelling the NYT offer? Can you get all your money back? Can you cancel right after signing up? Thanks everybody for the help
Emily,
The Diet.com membership only took me a week or so to credit. I signed up last Monday and it credited this morning.
Question about Pitney Bowes:
So they charge tyou $30 in pre-paid postage…when you get the machine can you use up the $30 in postage during the first month and still cancel and send the machine back free of charge (less the $30 in postage you used)?
Has anyone had any success with waiting the 30 days, faxing the receipts for any of the “slow ones” specifically people pc, sunrocket?
Sirus Question: Are they not going to send you a sirus radio and a bill for $50 even if you don’t enter your credit card?
Hey Gavin,
I helped a friend of mine fax some stuff to NuiTech after 30 days (he didn’t have a fax machine). It was not for those specific offers, but I understand from others that the process is the same. After 30 days, you can call NuiTech and tell them the situation. They’ll send you an email that you have to print out and sign, and fax that along with a copy of your credit card statement showing the offer’s charge and a copy of an offer completion page or email. I have also had a few friends say they had to fax a copy of their driver’s license, or just some form of ID. They’ll tell you what to do.
After faxing stuff in, my friend’s verification went through in only a few days.
Chris:
Yes, you can use the postage if you like, but you can also just leave the meter in the box and ship it back without using any of the postage. You don’t have to use any postage at all. I didn’t, and got my full $30 back.
Josh,
one more thing… since you are somewhat of a legend these days,and a cultural icon, you should come up with a T-shirt design that you could give in exhange for “donations” Maybe they could say something like:
*”If i go to jail, it is Josh Clark’s fault”
*”Josh Clark…because he had a ‘set’ on him, i’ve got a mac on me”
*”If i were gay, i would marry Josh Clark”
Those would be my top three
You should seriously consider this…
@nathan to cancel NY Times you call the phone number that comes on the plastic bag that your paper is delivered in. Or go their website. You don’t get anything back, it was only a $4.13 charge I believe. I wouldn’t cancel anything until it was listed as completed or you can prove with a credit card that you were charged for it.
@emily, you have a lot of patience. I went from initially signing up for my first offer to fulfillment status in 13 days. I don’t like wasting time. Offers are easy to cancel.
To each their own.
I completed everything and sent in my verification voucher notarized and everything on the 31st of January. I was wondering if it shows up on the “help desk” page (where I printed the voucher) that they recieved the voucher. BTW I am going for the 1k visa gift card.
-gRANT
@LGB it will show up that you are in fulfillment status when they have recieved your voucher.
Thanks matt. Appreciate the help
About NYT: I called to cancell, and I was told that I would receive a credit for the remaining days, granted it only worked out to be a dollar, but I did get money back.
has anyone shipped back vonage? how did you go about doing it? I got my RA#, do i just write that on the box and return to sender?
I SIGNED UP FOR PEOPLE PC LAST NIGHT. DOWNLOADED THE SOFTWARE, LOGGED ONTO THE WEBMAIL AND GOT CREDIT THIS MORNING.
IS EVERYONE HAVING PROBLEMS CANCELLING THEIR OFFERS? I HAVE SPENT FOREVER ON THE PHONE WITH THESE PEOPLE TALKING CIRCLES AROUND ME. HAS ANYONE FOUND AN EASIER WAY TO CANCEL, LIKE ONLINE OR THROUGH MAIL?
Got my voucher like 20 minutes ago! Woohoo!
FYI – I signed up for the Sirius 7 day trial offer that didn’t require a credit card and called today to cancel.
Per the customer service rep, they had no record of my account anywhere and she told me it simply ends at 7 days. You have to then sign up for additional service if you want to.
Your mileage may vary, but it looks like this was a completely clean offer. No cancellation required.
Heather:
1) easy with the capslock there, no need to shout.
2) When you call to cancel your offer jsut say “I want to cancel.” repeat it over and over. They’ll try to keep you enrolled, the smart ones will even try to sell you more stuff. don’t fall for it. Just say “I want to cancel”.
sorry about the shouting…i don’t like to type! anyway has anyone tried mailing their requests in. on most of these offers they have the option to mail in your request to cancel. i am only asking because family members have asked me to do the “hard” work for them since i am a stay at home mom!
Has anyone who used Onlingo twice gotten verified/shipped/gotten their mac? Also, has anyone signed up for stamps.com? How soon did it credit?
I’m being verified now. Damn this waiting.
Mike, are you saying you did Onlingo twice and are getting verified? And Steve, if you’re out there, did you get verified/get your computer?
How long has the verification process taken for everyone?
I’m in the verfication process now! How long does it take anyway?
WooHoo! verification!!
VERIFICATION!!! YAY
LOVE IT! HAS ANYONE SEEN THIS LATELY??? I GOT IT TODAY, NEVER GOT A VOUCHER BECAUSE ALL MY OFFERS WERE UNDER 3 DIFFERENT TICKETS, SO THEY SKIPPED THE VOUCHER PART AND SENT ME THIS…
COMMENTS?
Our records indicate that you have qualified for a
Apple® MacBook™ Pro
We have received and processed your Gift Redemption Voucher, and a Shipping Request has been issued.
Your gift will be shipped to you via Federal Express or UPS, however it can take up to 30 days for the Fulfillment Center to assemble, package, and ship a gift after your voucher has been received.
We appreciate your patience. Your gift should arrive in the next few weeks.
Mike, my circumstances are similar to yours and I received the same message. I’m curious as well what that means. Any thoughts anyone?
Anyone know how long it takes them to pcocess vouchers?
I expressed mailed it on Friday and know that they received it on Saturday.
Does it usually take a while?
Telling people pc you have a mac computer is genius…my cancellation took about 20 seconds. thanks for the help
Mike and John, you guys are lucky.
I just had my voucher notarized and mailed it off. I can’t believe you all didn’t have to do that.
BTW, mailed back my first return today, TriClear. Had to pay the postage back because they said “no returns accepted that aren’t opened and/or marked return to sender”. Cost me $3.27.
Did anyone have to ship back smilepro…the agent said that since I was in my free trial period and paid for the shipping that the package was mine. He says he canceled my account but I was just making sure thanks.
I started yesterday morning, and have 17 of 18 completed! Does anyone have an estimate of how long Columbia House S&H takes to confirm? I’ve seen anywhere form instant (post #459), to weeks. Is it worth waiting on, or should I sign up for something else to get that MacBook Pro ASAP!?
Daniel john ott,
If it were me, i would do something else, like ebay or something. that is really really fast dude to get 17. wow.
Andrew, I kept smilepro too, no worries.
Has anyone received credit for Sunrocket? I’ve read through all of the comments but no one has mentioned receiving credit- people just mentioned waiting. Let me know…
Does anyone have a phone number for Onlingo?
The number for onling is
1800.949.6880
Sue’s advice(#411) about getting the RMA #s for free returns was great, but it hasn’t worked for me. I asked for one at Advantage and was told they don’t do that. So any tips, Sue, on how to phrase it?
You can cancel Onlingo online and just follow the instructions.
http://onlingo.syndtk.net/onlingo/customerservice/customerService.jsp
Joanna,
you don’t need an RMA for Advantage. Just cancel your account over the phone and write “return to sender” on the package and mail it back free. They said I could do that no problem AND that my money would be refunded.
I did sunrocket and got credit the next day after signing up…i’ll be canceling and shipping back today.
Joanna, I did what Jeff said. I did write the cancellation number on the front so there was no question about it.
So how long does verification take? I completed my 18th offer at noon today.
Joanna: I’ve recieved credit for Sunrocket, but I got it the next day.
Has anyone gotten a call from the Alan Dunn people after you cancelled?
Paul, it took 24 hours for me. Was in verification yesterday morning and this morning got my voucher.
Both Alan Dunn and John Alexander will give you a follow-up call to try and rope you into additional promotions. Both calls come from an 801 area code.
The calls will come regardless of whether you have already cancelled or not.
These reps are pretty aggressive but aren’t outlandish. I just brushed them off (although the Alan Dunn guy sounded offended).
Thanks Chris. I was worried that I hadn’t truly cancelled.
Oh yeah, I started the 31st of January and am now waiting for the shipping confirmation. I still haven’t recieved anything from triclear or Video Professor. Any idea on how long those usually take to ship out?
Hi, I have been following this for a while now (about a week) and i was wondering if it was ok to cancel after they credit, but before you recieve anything in the mail
Quick Question. I sent in my voucher Tuesday of last week.
Will my status ever change from Congratulations! You have qualified!?
Does that happen as soon as they recieve the voucher?
The reason I ask is because I forgot to get delivery confirmation on the voucher.
Thanks.
has anyone canceled via mail?
@joanna
Sunrocket is great. I called to cancel late Sunday night and have the money confirmed by my credit card company as being fully refunded this morning (Tuesday). It doesn’t go any smoother than this.
I am thinking about resending the voucher in because I had mine notarized and sent in on the 31st of january and my status has not changed on the website. I called them this morning and the man said that there might be a problem because my TAX information is different then my contact information. No big deal, I will call them tomorrow and see if I can send in another notarized voucher. I hate this whole waiting thing. It is so awesome that everyone is getting verifications at the same time, I wonder if that will affect wait times on receiving the MacBook pro. I am going to do the MacBook Pro offer when I get my 1k visa gift card.
I just got my MBP in the mail today. What a great day it is! I started on January 7th and recieved it on February 6th, so thats a pretty quick turn around. Thanks for everyones’ input and help on here. What a great resource. Goodluck to those who are still in progress…
Alan Dunn did call me. I just told them I wasn’t that ambitious enough. I thought it would take less time. I too received my voucher and have sent it off. If anyone has more questions you can email me at hauser2717@hotmail.com
Brett,
How long did it take from when you got notice of shipping request to when you got the computer? thanks!
Question:
I had a lot of page 2 offers not go through when signing up saying “error, we’re sorry you are not eligible for this offer at this time.” or some stating that my credit card number was wrong, when it isn’t. These are mostly on the $1.00 offers..
Does this mean my bank is refusing these? or is something else going on?
Do you have to wait for everything to be completed & notarized before you can cancel any of some of these offers? It seems the $1 offers can be canceled immediately, but what about things such as Columbia House DVD, Advantage Spanish Language, Onlingo, John Alexander, etc.?
Chuck:
Make sure you check to see if you got credit even if it did not go through. Also I had some issues using safari. I had to use firefox for some of my offers because they wouldn’t go through. There were others that said they didn’t go through, but when I checked my credit they did.
Chuck, there may be a hold on your credit card
Hey guys, this is my first day tying out this offer, can any one tell me where to go to view my account and whats been credited?
On a whim I tried to get to the “no credit card” sirius page. I got to the page, in safari!! I filled it out, but there was no instant credit
Maybe because it’s not business hours or something… I really hope so!
Mike.
It took 13 days after I had shipping verification to get the computer. So about two weeks is all it took. I hope that helps give you hope. I know how long the waiting game can feel.
Hey, I just wondered about the verification process….
it says they contact their advertisers and might ask proof of purchase and whatnot. I did everything correctly, I just canceled some of the offers. Will this be a problem?
Corey, go to the page Josh linked to and in the bottom left corner it says, ‘check gift status.’ Click on that and enter your email address.
Jordan, cancelling offers is not a problem, according to everyone who’s gotten their computers and in the verification process.
Anyone want to share their experiences with how long it took them to process their voucher and get something other than the “You’ve Qualified!” message on the status page?
It sounds like about 2 weeks for shipping once they’ve acknowledged receipt of your voucher….but how long does it take them to acknowledge receipt of your voucher?
Qualified! Now to send this business in…
So I sent my voucher in on Saturday morning, and USPS says it was delivered yesterday morning around 10am.
I wasn’t in fulfillment this morning, so I call them.
CS guy says that it takes up to 2-3 weeks to receive and process the vouchers. He wouldn’t tell me if they got my voucher yet, all he said is that he could have gotten it, but he doesn’t know cause its at a different address.
This is so dumb. I hope I get this fast. Scam dot com people are saying that it’s been taking some of them since 1/27 mailing and still no fulfillment.
Argh.
Hi again everyone,
I stupidly sent in my voucher via normal post-stamp mail — idiot — and am now doubting what is otherwise a reliable mail system. There’s no reason for it to not arrive, but those who sent theres in and had their status change from “send in voucher” to “voucher received,” how long did it take?
adam.. what’s so bad about sending normal post-stamp mail? thats what I did…
Adam, I sent it two-day priority mail. The $4.05 stamp was most certainly worth it. they hardly ever lose those big envelopes.
Well, I started today. Did 4 offers on page 3 (out of 9) and credit showed up instantly for the two language deals (Onlingo and Advantage). Nothing has shown up for Columbia House or NY Times just yet.
I’m jazzed man.
its 20 offers now!
glad i finished.
but i hope they send out my mbp soon!
Anna, I’m just impatient and paranoid.
Does anyone know if the offer is still valid? The link, that is? Could someone begin today and still be okay?
I signed up under a new e-mail addy to see if this had changed to a 20 offer deal, and it shows that it is still 18 offers.
Went into fulfillment today! Mailed Tuesday of last week.
Hey Chris, did you send your voucher by priority or through regular cheap old snail mail?
Computer-Offer.com which is essentially the same thing by NT, which is also the same like that shows up when you search “free macbook pro” is now 20 offers.
when i started I did computer-offer because it had a copyright date of 2007
@chris I went from “you’ve qualified” to “in fulfillment” in less than 24 hours.
How long does it take for Diet.com, John Alexander, Great Fun, and Time Mug to credit
this whole thing about 20 offers has gotten me thinking. more and more of us are doing this, i wonder what this whole offer thing will look like in a few months. whether it be a mbp, or a tv, it seems like nuitech is going to have to make some changes with everyone figuring out how to get everything done relatively quickly. or do they want to change it? it could be they don’t care how many of us do it, since they are getting paid by the companies, they could maybe charge more for their ads if there’s more people signing up? is anyone else thinking this much about this or am i just weird?
i would love to tour nuitech’s offices!
I accidentally set up two gift offers accounts on the same email address and now my offers are spread out two different sets?
Has anyone been credited by onlinegiftrewards on the same email address but different set of 18 offers…? I have one showing 12 to go and another showing 14 to go….the 4 from the 14 should go on 12 on? Yea a little confusing…you think if contact onlinegiftoffers they can clear it up?
Mike,
I’m unsure if they allow you to do multiple sites/gifts. I have read you need at the least a different address and a different credit card (billing address?). I wonder?
Do all banks notorize? Or do I have to find a notary somewhere other than a bank?
Brandon,
See Mike’s comment #560 above.
Paul,
I think most banks notarize, but you’d just have to call your local bank to find out. Also, I’m pretty sure most UPS stores have a notary.
Everyone:
Regarding whether you can do multiple gifts, or any of several other questions:
Check my Frequently Asked Questions page for many of those answers.
I gave up on waiting for Columbia House. Did stamps.com, instant credit, and now I am waiting for the completion of the verification process!
I had been waiting for the wine for awhile, and I just did the stamps and it was instant credit. Yahoo!!! Just waiting for verification now.
How long have people been waiting to get the MBP, once they got the Shipping Request? Also, did you get the tracking number soon after you got the shipping request? Thanks…
my bank actually wouldn’t notarize the form because it wasn’t for bank purposes. i went to the UPS in the same plaza and they did it though for 10 dollars.
as for when people are getting the MBPs, it seems like most people get them around 2 weeks from “fulfillment.” i just went into fulfillment today as well and i can’t wait to have the thing show up at my doorstep.
Someone in the scam.com forum is claiming he mailed his voucher in on 2/2 and already is in fulfillment.
Lucky bastage.
that would be me. i sent it in last friday. well. i definitely consider myself lucky with how easily everything has been. i read the scam.com forum’s thread on the macbook pro from beginning to end to pick out which offers to do and to do everything the right way as well as quickly. it’s my first niutech thing i’ve done and probably my last since of all the things i’ve heard about checks bouncing for those $2000 dollar offers and about people getting auditted for doing other niutech programs repeatedly.
Some notes about my process. I started on Feb. 5th, and today on the 8th I have 2 offers left. Here’s what I noticed-
- The longest to take to credit was the Columbia House, but that credited today. I actually logged into the website, i don’t know if that sped up the process or not.
- I tried to do the wine offer, but they don’t ship to PA! Not even just PA, but DE and NJ and all the surrounding states, so that I couldn’t even get it sent to a friends house!
- Cancelling was easy enough. Luckily I had a day off work so that I could cancel them all at once. It seems that they all have a cancellation speech, and it doesn’t help to try to cut them off, so just be patient and let them say their piece, and respond with ‘no thank you’ when they’re done. I found that having a hands free headset and video games helped alot.
- Phonics was the most difficult to cancel only because I was waiting for someone to answer for almost an hour. Thats when the handsfree and video games came into play.
- Some of these offers are even adventagaeous to keep. Like the blockbuster one, i got a ton of movies to watch for this trial month. And i think one of them includes a 20 dollar gas card with the 1 dollar fee, i gotta make sure using the card doesn’t force me into some kind of deal with them
- I’d advise to watch the 3rd page for a few days before even attemping the 2nd or 1st page. An offer from page 2 showed up on page 3 a few days into the process, and it was one that i had already completed.
- I think i’m gonna try stamps.com to see if it gives me instant credit. The description makes it look like it would take 30 days, but some people are reporting instant credit. Worth a shot.
Steve,
Did you send your voucher express mail or regular mail?
I overnighted mine on 2/2 (confirmed receipt on 2/3) and am still sitting in “Qualified” status.
I hope there isn’t some strange problem…like the R JACKSON that signed for it didn’t leave it on his desk or something.
i sent it off at the post office.. i asked how much next day mailing was and they said that it was 14 dollars so i just decided not to do that so i suppose they just sent it regularly.
Did anyone do the Bargain offer on page 3. If so, how long did it take to show as complete?
ONLINGO: Has anyone received an RMA number when they call customer service? The email they sent when you sign up states “return to sender” is bad but a customer service representative has told me twice that I don’t need an RMA #…
Anyone get one when they called up?
Stamps.com was instant credit for me and I was able to cancel the same day. No money. Best page 3 offer.
Hello, my gift status page has not updated since I completed 8 offers on my first day (1/28/07). It isn’t showing that I’ve started any other offers eventhough I’ve completed all of them. Should I call Nuitech, if so, what’s the number. I found one on the “Useful” site, is that the right one? Any help is appreciated, thanks
Brandi,
If you’re talking about Bargain Network Homes, yes, I did do it – not for my Mac, but for offers my Dad was doing for a TV. It’s only $1 and was pretty easy to cancel, if I remember.
Adam S.,
I’d call NuiTech. I haven’t heard of anyone having that problem before. Did you use the link I gave above, or go through another one on Google?
NuiTech’s phone # is (561) 674-9700.
Adam,
Regarding ONLINGO – when I called to cancel and return the product I didn’t get an RMA # but in the confirmation e-mail they sent me, there was a case number in the e-mail header. I was sure to include it both inside the package and on the address label. Hope this helps.
Hello everyone. I have been waiting over a week for Discover card and PayDay OK. Does anyone have any idea how long these take. I have paid the loan off and have done a balance transfer plus 2 purchases with the Discover. Any advice would help, thanks!
Hey Chris,
R JACKSON signed for me too on 2/7. I’m still in “Qualified” status, but I’ll give an update if things change.
Good luck!
Sal
i’ve signed up for a few that seem to be taking forever…
walmart gift card
lowes gift card
stamps.com
new york times
vonage, etc…
i even have the vonage box in my kitchen as i type this and no credit. :/
Sally, we both went into verification together.
The received my voucher on 2/6 but no word on fulfillment yet.
This is killing me.
ADAM,
I just cancelled with Onlingo, and this is what I got in the email that Cust. Serv. told me i would get..
Hello Chuck,
Thank you for ordering Onlingo, the most educational and comprehensive language learning program available.
You have cancelled during your free trial period. As specified in the Terms and Conditions to which you agreed, we now ask that you please return the Interactive CD-ROM to:
Onlingo Returns
P.O. Box 1566
Suisun City, CA 94585
along with a bunch of “but, please keep it for $$$$$$$$$” stuff on the bottom..
Thanks for the onlingo response. I ended up including the case number and doing a “return to sender.” Likewise with Advantage Language — they may not like that — and Columbia House. Ah well, can mess with it later.
I just want fulfillment to happen
Some of you need to wake up out there.
Adam, if the customer service rep told you you don’t need an RMA to return the merchandise then why are you posting and asking us about it? Hello? You don’t need an RMA. If you would bother to READ the TOS you’d know exactly how to cancel and exactly how to send the product back.
Has anyone received the email about the Alienware computer? I was wondering if this is legit…it claims to be form nuitech
I went into verification mode after two weeks, but I never got credit from Peoplepc, paydayok, however I did get credit for both onlingo and sirius no credit card.
Matt,
If you read the TOS for onlingo they state they dislike “online scams” and furthermore: “We do not accept packages marked “Return to sender” as a way of canceling. You will be charged. Refunds may be subject to a restocking fee.”
Are you really going to pick my post amongst the many other worthy candidates as an example where the post’s author needs to “wake up?”
Started sunday night february 3rd and got all my credits except netflix. Columbia house gave me credit today. Not too bad. Now i gotta start makin phone calls!
How long does netflix take for most people? I got my first trial rental in the mail yesterday.
I hope i get my macbook soon!!! YAY!
i did netflix but i’m not sure if i ever got credited for that. if you read how it works, you have a free trial for 2 weeks, then they charge you for first fee. but then again, emuusic was instant credit even though it’s a free trial so i can’t say i’m totally sure. so you might not get credited until you’re actually charged. i actually ended up doing about 8 tier 2 offers because i got tired of waiting. good luck.
so i have to wait two weeks get charged and then get credit? Hmm Not sure if its worth waitn for. Maybe i’ll get they skin cream… haha
steve which tier 2 credits did you get instantly?
those 1 dollar offers are instant BUT be super careful because when you sign up for let’s say Shopping Essentials+, you’re also signing up for Saving Smart which is also a 1 dollar charge so if you cancel SE+ but didn’t know about Saving Smart, you’re gonna get hit with a 20-30 dollar charge. i did Zooba books which was 2 credits. 1 credit for the membership fee and 1 credit for the book i bought. you can return the first book to zooba and they will refund your membership and book charge but make sure you don’t open the package. i also did yourmusic.com which took a few days to get credit. i did the ebay toolkit which i think was my final credit. i had netflix but i didn’t ever see it give me credit.
i also did the people magazine which was instant or fairly quick. really easy to cancel as well.
Steve, do you have a contact number for shopping essentials and saving smart? I’d appreciate it if you do. Thanks.
shopping essentials is 1-888-999-0564. saving smart is 1-800-316-8774. they’re all the same company. if you get a nice person on the phone ask them to do a deep search by name, telephone number, address, and e-mail to look up ALL your accounts.
steve you rock!!! I did Ent Weekly Magazine!INSTANT CREDIT! I’m done! YESSS!!!!!! THANK YOU!
you’re very welcome. i hope you get your MBP soon! i’m guessing i should be getting it about 2 weeks from now. i can’t wait.
In regards to Onlingo: If you cancel over the phone they will tell you that it is ok to return it by writing “return to sender”. They can do this because your membership has already been canceled. If you return to sender to cancel your membership then they have all kinds of problems trying to figure out what to do with it.
Sent in my voucher yesterday after one day of verification!!!
I GOT MY MACBOOK PRO!
Yesterday in the mail, they rang the doorbell and left the box on the porch. I called Online Gift rewards yesterday and they said that it was ordered on January 31st. So it took a week from the time they ordered it to show up at my house. All together I spent less than $200 and in less than a month got my reward in full. Thanks everybody, this is great.
Do you have to do something for stamps.com. I signed up and downloaded the software and they haven’t verified. Either has Columbia House but it looks like they are always slow.
Any help would be great. Thanks!
Has anybody who received their MBP during the calendar year of 2006 done their taxes yet? (Maybe Josh since he was the first one) There was some speculation about the cost, but I’m curious if anyone has an actual number. Thanks
Levi,
Did you ever get a tracking number or did it just show up? Also, when did you get your shipping request? I got mine on the 31st, so I was just wondering about the timeframe and what to expect. Thanks and congrats.
Congratulations Levi! what are the specs on yours?
I didn’t see this in an earlier post of yours, but how long did it take the site to update you from verified (send in voucher) to fulfillment?
sorry if this is redundant
David- Periodically check Josh’s FAQ section, he said he would update the tax cost as soon as he knew.
Hey David,
I haven’t done my taxes yet but I did email NuiTech about it and they said I should be receiving a 1099 in the mail any day. I’ll let everyone know whatever I find out.
Also, Scott, I’m gonna go ahead and guess that Levi didn’t get a tracking number (correct me if I’m wrong, Levi). The vast majority of people do not, and the very, very few people who do, for whatever reason, always seem to get that email the same day their gift shows up on their doorstep.
Just a reminder for everyone to check the Frequently Asked Questions page, as a lot of questions I see people asking are already answered there. Just trying to save you some time.
Lol. Thanks Matt. I was typing my post before yours had been submitted.
Levi, what are the specs on your mac?
Hello everybody. I am about to start completing offers for the MacBook Pro. I have been told to start on the third page of offers and I was wondering if anyone could recommend any offers that seemed easier and/or cheaper. Thanks.
Went into fulfillment today. They received my voucher last Saturday, for those curious about timeframes.
Awesome.
Tom: Steves post (I can view the numbers fully because I have a crappy work computer) I beleive its #359 details his processs. You can follow that one, it seems to be pretty cheap and fast.
If you want to find it you can CMND (on an apple) or ALT (on a PC) F and type in:
Steve Says:
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Just went into Fulfillment!!!
Timeline so far…
Timeline so far:
1/29 started offers
2/1 verification
2/2 voucher printed
2/3 mailed voucher
2/6 voucher was received
2/9 fulfillment!
i think i responded to your question in scam.com but i’ll post it again for people reading josh’s blog.
my recommendations:
1. blockbuster (easy and cheap)
2. sunrocket (i did the 199 offer because you’ll get a full refund when you cancel, easy to cancel and they credit you back before they even received the package back. nice customer service when i called. you can choose to do the lesser expensive plans but you won’t get a full refund.)
3. active periodicals (simply e-mail them to cancel your subscription. i received a 49 dollar refund which is what i paid to sign up.)
4. columbia house (i haven’t received the package yet but i’ll do a return to sender to get credit back. you can always actually go with the plan and you’ll be getting about 10 DVDs for a little over 100 dollars. not a bad deal.)
5. video professor (just make sure you cancel during the trial period.)
6. people pc (cheap. i received credit in about 1 day. easy to cancel as long as you can handle being put on hold for about 10-20 minutes. some people had a hard time getting credit though. ymmv.)
7. onlingo (cheap and easy to cancel. like video professor, make sure you cancel before the trial period.)
8. advantage (just like the rest of the language offers, cancel before trial is over.)
i had pitney bowes which was easy to do but it’s been taken off. the offers that i chose to do were based off reading the forum from beginning to end (research!) to make sure i picked the best offers to do in of pricing and quickness. i really can’t recommend that 9th offer you should do but from the choices that are left, i’d probably go with sirius. AVOID diet.com. i’ve read nothing but bad things about cancelling.
Steve,
I did the cheapest SunRocket plan, ~50 bucks, and I had no problem getting a full refund.
oh? from how i interpreted their terms of service, i thought you had to pay for their launch kit. if not, definitely go for the lower priced plan. regardless, they’re really easy to deal with and even have a prepaid return stamp in their box you receive.
I was fully aware of the previous posts about tax stuff and Josh’s FAQs. I was curious if anybody had actual information from their taxes. I guess I need to have patience until people do their taxes.
Onlingo told me they DO NOT accept “return to sender” packages, even if they’re unopened. you have to pay for shipping to send at least one back.
Anna: You are correct, they will not accept “return to sender.” FYI- Shipped mine today through my companies UPS acct (We get a discount) and it was 5.97 from GA. Advantage though- you can refuse return to sender that one. I did, and I got credit for it.
David- I got a rough estimate from my father in law (he’s a CPA). 2,000 prize on a 30,000/yr taxable income will cost you about $300 federal tax (you pay 15%). Obviously though, it will vary by your tax bracket and such, but hope that gives you a rough idea.
Does anyone have the Alan Dunn customer service number?
looks like i can expect to pay 300 dollars for mine. still not bad.
Thanks for the repsonse Steve. I appreciate your advice and I have about 15 offers to go haha. But I cannot wait until I get the MacBook Pro I love macs theyre the best. I have another question. About how long can it take to get credited on the gift status after completing an offer? Out of the few I have done so far, two were instantly credited but one has not (even though I really have given it no time considering I did it today).
about 15/18 credited within the first couple of days. the rest took about 5-6 days.
I just wanted to say that I had the complete opposite experience with diet.com than that of most of the people on this board. I sent them one email with the title ‘Cancel Account’ and the text, “I cannot afford to maintain this service. Because this cancellation request is within 31 days of the trial period, I expect to be refunded $65, as per the user agreement.” I expected to have to email and call aggressively, but after 2 days i received an email saying they would cancel my account, and my credit card has already been refunded the money. So good luck with all your cancellations. It really is a crap shoot as far as which ones complete immediately, which ones are difficult to cancel, etc. There’s no rhyme or reason apart from some general patterns, which I know can be frustrating! (For instance, I am still waiting on Sunrocket – it’s been 10 days and is the only one I have left…)
My experience with Diet.com was similar. I got through the first time I tried to call, and the rep was very friendly. I just said I didn’t want the service and she said I’d be refunded all except the 19.95. I received an e-mail verification that I was cancelled and would receive a refund 5 minutes after I hung up. They were probably the easiest for me to cancel with, along with PeoplePC. There’s always some variance when it comes to customer service.
One question, I’ve received e-mail confirmation from Columbia House for both order and shipment, but have received neither credit. Anyone else have this experience?
J- Yeah thats normal. I got an e-mail from Columbia House two days after I signed up, but did not get credit for a week. (Actually, the credit I got was for S & H, I Never got credit for the other Columbia House).
Hey Steve can I get the number to contact SunRocket?
Has anyone signed up through Great Fun? All my other offers have responded via email, shown up on my credit card charges, or both. There also was no confirmation page at the end of the offer.
Does anyone have a number for them, or even a website or email?
BTW, SunRocket was my favorite offer. I signed up on 2/6. I was credited DOUBLE on 2/7. The package arrived 2/8. I cancelled 2/8 (talked to a really sweet rep, with no pressure to stay on). I shipped 2/9 with prepaid UPS label (inside box). My $50.53 was refunded 2/9. The most expensive up front, but certainly the best all-around experience!
Thanks Josh!
SunRocket: (800) 786-0132
Great Fun’s number is:
877.488.9480
I think I just went through the fastest verification in history! I completed all of my offers last night around 7pm and went into verification, and today around 3:30pm it was verified! I was planning on it taking weeks!! How lucky am I!
Maybe its had something to do with how impatient I was and I signed up for about 21 offers instead of 18, but i doubt it. The Mac gods are on my side!
When I click on the Sirius radio link I do not see where I can sign up with out a credit card. Can someone help me find the way to do it without a credit card. Thanks.
I think I am starting to get a bit bitter, especially after that last comment! I completed all 18 offers on Dec. 15, and am still waiting. I have to get manual credit for 4 of them (the maximum amount, they told me). Therefore, I had to do one more level 3 offer, so i did PeoplePC on Monday night……I am still waiting. I am so frustrated, and ready for my stinking computer! Any tips on peoplepc besides logging in, checking my e-mail and fiddling with my settings?? I’ve done it all! Thanks, and congrats to those who are getting verified super-quick!
If you can avoid doing stamps.com and bargain home on the first two pages it will show up on page three a couple of days after you begin. It did for my brother. He started the process during the superbowl and was verified at 2:00 today. Fast!!!!
Hey…I am waiting for 2. One is the wine and the other is Netflix. Do I have to sign on to Netflix order a movie and then I’ll get credited? and the wine…do I have to get it and then send something back to them to get credit? Also, what is this bank notorizing thing…i’m a bit unfamiliar…Thanks for your help guys!
Sorry one more thing. Did anyone do Reward Depot? I did it thinking I could just cancel…and it said it was only going to be like 10 bucks but I checked my credit statement and it said it was like 67 bucks! ok thanks again.
any one have trouble with john alexander site…i got charged three times becasues i was told my order didnt go through it finally did…but now i have been charged three times…i know they have good money back policy…
1. What does the friend need to do for you to get credit for a referral?
2. Has anyone else been asked to only complete 1 offer and given only one page? I cant get past the first page.
Thanks!
FYI- when I went to cancel PeoplePC, I told them I didn’t need the service because I use a MAC at home. They proceeded to ask me if I wanted a refund for my first month of service????? I said sure! So if this scenario is also true for you, you might want to ask for refund. It isn’t much, but I wasn’t expecting to get $5.47 back from them.
Ronald,
1. You don’t have to get referrals, you just do all the offers yourself – that’s what’s so great about this offer.
2. When you first put in your email and info, it will take you through a “survey” several pages long. These aren’t the offers you have to complete to get your Mac (or whatever you’re working for). Just keep selecting “No” on all those or if the page has a “Skip” button hit that. It will tell you you’re at something like “Top Offers Page 1″ when you get to the first of the three pages of offers.
any offer reccomendations for the 1st and 2nd page???
Tom,
Steve’s comment # 459 above would probably be helpful to you. He has composed a good list of recommendations.
Question:
Suppose I do the Mac offer. Can my wife subsequently do another offer (say, one of the television or game console offers)?
If so, we should be able to sign up for some of the same offers I signed up for? Or is something like that frowned upon.
She’d have the same address as I would, but different email and phone numbers.
Has anyone done the Sirius satellite radio deal on the third page? Not the no credit-card one but the regular one where they charge you 50 dollars for just the radio.
How long does that take to credit? I need one more offer on page 3!!
Thanks for all your help everybody. I hope to be finishing this thing this coming week!
~j
Hey Jay. I did the Sirius offer on the third page. I did it yesterday but I did not recieve credit for it yet.
the sirius one takes longer than CH.. I’d say probably like a week or so…at least for me it did.
thanks josh
Has anyone who’s completed this noticed any increase junk mail or telemarketing phone calls from any of the companies they signed up in trials for?
Yes. I setup a separate email address just for this promotion. Right away, before I even signed up for any offers I had 17+ messages in my spam box at my yahoo address.
I have a question about the Sirius radio offer- it’s only free if I sign up for 6 months of the service, so can I just return the radio and get a refund, tell them I changed my mind about the service?
Also wondering, if I did the MBP deal, can my husband do it too? He is at the same address but would be using a different email and credit card. The terms at the onlinegiftrewards site seem to say just 1 per person, not one per household.
Thanks! (I’m in verification right now- yea, MacBook Pro, yea Josh!)
Matthew and Maria,
I’m fairly certain that each person (even if they live at the same address) can do a gift offer from NuiTech. I have heard of roommates and spouses who have each done gifts and I’m pretty sure they didn’t have any problems.
There are some other companies besides NuiTech who do stuff like this, and some of them will only allow one account per address. You just have to read the terms of service.
Matt,
Yes, you will get some junk mail and telemarketers, but not an overwhelming amount.
Since October when I did the offers myself, I have gotten a handful of telemarketing calls from various companies (probably not even 10). Most of these calls came within a month/month-and-a-half of doing all the offers and stuff. I haven’t gotten any calls in a long time. Also, you will probably start getting a little junk mail, but also not an overwhelming amount. I get a credit card offer or something every once in a while, but it’s really not a big deal.
Of course, you’re going to get spam in your email inbox (and lots of it), but that’s why we create a separate email account for the offers.
I’ve been waiting on my last offer, People PC since 1/26… i’ve logged in, logged into my email, etc… nothing. So I tried signing up for a different language of Onlingo… and that didn’t work either. It just charged me for another video i’m going to have to return
. So now I am trying NY Times and hoping it will go through.
Seems like that last offer just takes a long long time no matter which one it is, because my Columbia House and others went right away… makes me think the gift reward place is just making you wait so you’ll do more offers, or maybe i’m just unlucky. Anyway, just wanted to share my experience. Thanks Josh for this site, I couldn’t possibly have done it without you. I’m gettin my mac for my daughter in college who is taking graphic design, and this is such a blessing because otherwise there is no way i could have afforded one. thanks!
Has anyone done the Scholastic offer?
1/27 – started
2/1 – 18th offer completed
2/2 – verified
2/11 – fulfillment in progress, shipping request has been issued.
Can someone give me contact information for Phonics and Columbia House please?
Has anyone done any other gifts beside the macbook? If so what are the url addresses for these gifts, thanks.
Has anyone had to wait a bit for obtaining credit from People PC, SunRocket, or Columbia House????
on the dslreports.com forum, none of the people who went into fulfillment on 1/31 got their MBPs yet. But Levi mentioned they ordered his on 1/31, which probably means they ordered a bunch on 1/31.
If this is the case, and seeing so many SUNDAY fulfillments today, they are probably ready to order a bunch tomorrow (to meet a quota for a discount).
This could be good news.
1/31-Completed All 18 Offers
2/2-Verified
2/3-Mailed Voucher
2/11-fulfillment
Thanks Josh for the blog and thank you everyone for sharing all of your advice!!!
hey Brett M. what do you mean by fulfillment? Do you mean you already got the computer…or a tracking number? 8 days is all it took?
Chris-
I don’t know if it makes a difference, but People PC didn’t credit for me until I sent an email from the account after I logged in. I logged in once and didn’t send an email, and it didn’t credit. Maybe it was coincidence, but not too long after i logged back in and sent the email, it was credited.
Jordan, after completing 18 offers, you wait for onlinegiftrewards.com to put you into the verification state. Once there, you print our the voucher, fill it out, notarize it, then mail it in. You remain in the verification state until onlinegiftrewards.com reviews and approves, then you move to the fulfillment state. According to Josh and others, tracking information is received seconds before the box arrives.
So no tracking number or box yet. Apparently, getting either could take 1 day or 3 weeks. It’ll happen when it happens.
Officially in “fullfillment!”
Boy, I hope my MBP comes soon.
I wish they emailed us with tracking numbers when we go into fulfillment.
I just took the plunge and started this process yesterday — so far I have 16 of 18 offers credited (not bad!). Obviously Columbia House hasn’t credited yet, so I’ll wait a week or so before panicking on that one. My question is about Onlingo, I’ve tried to sign up for it several times but I get an error page when I click ‘Submit’ — has anyone else had this problem? I called Onlingo and they dont have a record of my submission, so it’s obviously not going through.
I called NT this morning, asking if I could get a tracking number.
A friendly lady picked up and took my info and told me that she will email me when there will be a tracking number.
However, she said that my MBP was NOT ORDERED YET.
I went into fulfillment on Friday 2/9.
Does anyone know how much time it takes for them to ship it once it is ordered? They said mine was ordered on the 6th.
Jordan, I was just told that my voucher has been recieved and that they have placed an order for my computer. I wish it was already here, but alas it is not.
Hey, I’m trying to see if I can get some average times before you’re “qualified” after you send in your voucher. Josh had four days, my best friend has five, it’s been six for me and no word.
brett,
you mean they ordered it?
i went into fulfillment 2/9, called at 11am this morning, and they said it hasnt been ordered.
i’m still on the shipping queue, and which means it hasnt been ordered.
Matt S.,
I sent my voucher in last Tuesday. They technically received it on Wednesday (R.Jackson? signed for it) then I checked the gift status page this morning, Monday, and it said “Current Status: Fullfillment In Progress” “We have received and processed your Gift Redemption Voucher, and a Shipping Request has been issued.”
Dennis,
I can’t wait either! Keep us posted when you get it!
Sal
I’m right there with you, Sally, fulfillment as of 11:00am today.
I still need to cancel a few things, but for those who want to know I sent in my voucher on the 5th (monday) or the 2nd (friday). I honestly can’t remember. I sent it via normal post-stamp mail and it probably arrived in 2 or 3 days (MO to FL). I’ll guess it arrived on the 7th or 8th, which makes the voucher-processing wait only 3 or 4 days.
I hope we get the good models, Sally, and quickly too.
Sorry Dennis. I guess I am a little confusing. I just got the page that said “Current Status: Fullfillment In Progress†“We have received and processed your Gift Redemption Voucher, and a Shipping Request has been issued.†I don’t know if they’ve ordered it or not.
Hey Dennis, when you called, did they say anything to you about when they were going to order the Macbook Pros?
Brett, they said they don’t know.
I know they’ve ordered on 1/31 and 2/6 now. So thats Wednesday and then Tuesday. So hopefully they will order tomorrow or Wed.
the guys on this forum, http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17798382~days=9999~start=280
have said it takes about a week after fulfillment to order. then again another guy got it 8 days after he went into fulfillment. So I have no idea.
Erik,
Which offers did you do?
I have ready pretty much every post on this page, and have thrown my hat into the ring for a new MBP.
Here is a list of the offers I completed. If anyone has a comment about one of them (which may be a pain to cancel, or any tips) please post it. All the help I can get will be appreciated.
Complete Home (Vertue at Home).
Everyday Value
At Home Rewards
Entertainment Weekly
Today’s Escapes
Shopping Essentials
Scholastic Phonics
Scholastic Disney
Simply You
Columbia House
Discover
John Alexander
SunRocket
Blockbuster
People PC
Onlingo
Advantage Language
Video Professor
total spent before refunds $172.66
Wish me luck
A nice little side note.
The email address I created is iwantmymac@gmail.com
I’m wondering how you all got People PC to credit so fast. I completed the offer, downloaded the software, even recieved some cds in the mail today and still no credit
Hello everyone. My question regards verification and the voucher. Do you recieve an e-mail from them to print the voucher or when you log in to check your status does it pop up then? Any help would be great, thanks!
When you log in you will find your voucher.
Chadwick
I didn’t get credit for people pc. Took a few days for columbia house. There are 2 columbia house offers. I recommend doing them both. They will only charge you for one. Keep watching and check your status after each time you click on a link/offer. Many times you wll get a different offer even though it is the same company. The offer status will look different. It will say, onlingo or onlingo 2 . Blockbuster or blockbuster-page 1. You can do each of these offers because even though on paper they are the same, as far as NT they are different.
I am interested in doing this but I have already filed my taxes, do this mean it will come out of my refund or that I will owe the IRS or do I just do it in 2007?
I mean do i do it when I file taxes for 2007 in 2008?
Stephen,
a link to the voucher and instructions will appear on your gift status page.
Samantha,
As far as I understand taxes, you will file/report the gift in your 2007 taxes next year (early 2008). Everyone should keep this in mind, so they aren’t surprised when a few hundred dollars of taxes is due a year from now and they’ve forgotten about it.
And no, I haven’t gotten any tax info from NuiTech yet, but hopefully soon. I’m going to call again to inquire about it.
Hey guys, I read above that sometimes if you try Onlingo for a different language, then you get credited…I tried it twice with 2 different languages and I didn’t get credit and it didn’t show up that I looked it up on my Gift Status page…but I did get a confirmation email on both…can I cancel before they send it out? I don’t want to have 3 of these things and have to send them back…what do you guys think?
i wouldn’t cancel before they’re sent out because if you’re not properly charged on your credit card, niutech can audit you. from what i’ve read in various forums, they’ve been auditting a lot of people lately.
JUST IN CASE SOMEONE MISSED THIS.
I GOT MY MACBOOK PRO!
Yesterday in the mail, they rang the doorbell and left the box on the porch. I called Online Gift rewards yesterday and they said that it was ordered on January 31st. So it took a week from the time they ordered it to show up at my house. All together I spent less than $200 and in less than a month got my reward in full. Thanks everybody, this is great.
I started filling out offers on Jan. 10th and received my Macbook Pro on Feb. 8th.
The Specs on this machine are:
-120gb Hard Drive
-1 GB Ram
-2.16 ghz Core 2 Duo Processor
-Dual Layer Super Drive
-ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 128MB of GDDR3 SDRAM
-iLife (itunes, iphoto, safari, garage band, ichat)
-Built in isight
-Airport (Wireless Internet)
Well worth the time and money.
Hey everyone! I’ve completed all of my offers but alas, the only one not to credit so far is columbia house. I didn’t want to do this as a 3rd page offer but I didn’t want to do a sunrocket or nytimes either. So I took the plunge on Friday. I’ve still not received my confirmation email from them, a package or my credit. I understand that it takes a few days for them to credit but I would think that they would at least send my confirmation email within a day or two. Even if I wanted to keep the service this type of communication would force me not to! I need them so I can go into verification!!!!
As far as the tax question goes, You’ll be issued a 1099-MISC (kind of like your W-2 from work that reports your income) from NT around January or February of 2008. You’ll then report this as income on your personal tax return. Don’t try and not report it, because NT sends the exact same information to the IRS. Trust me, you don’t want the IRS auditing you. I’m a tax accountant working on my CPA…so if you have any more specific tax questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
how long did it take everyone to get their package from Columbia House?
woo! i just called and they said the computer was ordered today. from what i’ve read i should be getting it in a week.
EVERYONE BE CAREFULL WITH JOHN ALEXANDER. I got charged 5 times because i thought it wasn’t going throug but everytime i tried i got charged. When i called their customer service they only had record of one charge. Thank god for capital one credit cards.
oh also in better news i got verified friday the 9th but didn’t get around to sending in the voucher till yesterday the 12th. I sent it usps prioity with delivery confermation for like $5.
i started late feb 4th early feb 5th.
One week aint too bad for getting completed and verified. hopefully i ony have 2 more weeks of waiting!
Remember be careful with john alexander.
Levi,
Congrats–I hope mine is a similar model (gig of ram, 2.16, etc).
An observation and a question:
When you call to cancel John Alexander you have to specifically request a refund. Unless you do, you won’t get one.
Is Alan Dunn (Fast Auction Toolkit) supposed to offer a refund? I called customer service and they said they don’t handle those requests and transfered me to another number, but I didn’t have the time to sit in the queue.
I was just wondering if there has ever been a case where someone’s status for an offer ever went from “Complete” back to “**Not Completed” becase of cancellation, etc. Any help would be great. Thanks.
Steve,
I just called them and they told me they ordered mine too!!! Now its just about a week’s wait.
My timeline to refresh others:
1/29 started
1/31 completed + verification
2/2 qualifed + got voucher
2/3 mailed voucher
2/6 NT received voucher
2/9 fulfillment
2/13 NT ordered MBP
I’ve signed up for probably 9 offers that also included the Saving Smart trial. Does anyone know if I just need to cancel that once? I’m assuming so since there is only one number for them.
About returning Onlingo for you all. when I called, they told me I could not send it back “refused, return to sender”, and that I would have to pay shipping to return it. When I went to the post office, the woman told me it had been shipped first class, which means it is free to send it back to Onlingo Returns. I asked her why they would have told me otherwise. She only guessed that perhaps they are trying to get you to keep the program. Just a thought for you all.
I called nuitech today to see what the deal was, and they said it takes up to two weeks to receive and process the voucher. This really blows, because everyone else I know has been able to take care of theirs w/in a week.
Well I had my ipod stolen today, a 60 gig video gone. Someone broke into a locker and stole it.
I get a new computer, lose my ipod…has anyone had good luck selling the macbooks on ebay?
matt, i thought the same thing happened to me, but i had an issue with my address and did not see the email they sent me to correct that. so you should check through your email to see what’s going on
Jay- I checked my email right before I called. When I called she told me that she could not even confirm it had been received yet. Curse me for not sending it UPS!
So I signed up for a ton of $1 offers last night and all but two of them said they processed my transaction, while the others said my card had been declined. I got a call from the fraud department on my CC and authorized all the charges. What I’m wondering is, now that these merchants are getting their money, (even the ones who initially said my CC was declined) will they inform NT to credit me or SOL? Anyone have any experience with this, because none of these offers are showing credits?
Here’s a tip for anyone working on the offers right now. All of the offers that involve the $1 processing fee and also sign you up for the Saving Smart trial are through the same company. You are only signed up for one Saving Smart account despite it being listed as part of all the $1 offers. These offers are really great because (a) the credit posts to your NT account instantly [or the next day] and (b) you can cancel without having to talk to anyone. When you do cancel, make sure to have the automated system look up your account with the credit card number you signed up with — this is the only way you can cancel without speaking to a rep. It’s much faster than having to talk to a not-so-smart rep who usually takes 5 minutes just to pronounce your name, much less look up your account and cancel it. However, most reps will probably cancel all of your accounts for you if you just tell them you have several accounts with them and you’d like to cancel them all. Just some tips! I got my entire 1st and 2nd page done with these offers alone!
So, I am waiting for 1 more offer on page 3. It’s either Columbia House or the wine…and both seem like a pain…so Advantage language is still available but everytime I try to register, it says: error…and that i am “ineligable.” Do you think if I used my friend’s credit card…it would work and get me credit and not disqualify me? Thanks guys…
Eric K:
Where do you go to cancel these accounts?
Heather- Information on cancelling accounts is listed on the terms and conditions page of each of the “vendors.” You can go to each “vendors” website and Terms and Conditions should be on the bottom. Though, I must say, you probably should have looked at those BEFORE you signed up…
Jud- another credit card shouldn’t be a problem. My question is, where do you live, that may have something to do with your eligibilty (Say you live in Canada or Europe or something like that).
Has anyone done the Sirius offer on the last page that requires you getting the $49 radio. I tried all those tricks of getting the page without the CC info but it doesn’t work. Can you just send the radio back for a refund?
Matt, I did the sirius radio. Sirius credited instantly and its not a problem cancelling. All you have to do is send it back and call them back witha tracking #. Once they receive it they will credit your return.
Just tried to check status through the link in the blog and it redirected me to a site with a $50 Gift Card offer.
I tried putting in my email address to check status, but it was not found.
Can anyone confirm?
question about CH – all you have to do to cancel is write ‘refused- return to sender’ is that correct? i don’t have to call and discontinue my membership with them? If I do have to do that, does anyone have the number?
It is closed down. Good job Josh you did it you ran them out of Mac’s. I am proud of you and you should be proud of yourself.
http://www.computer-offer.com/rd_p?p=104136&t=1069&c=512014&gift=13514&a=13514-free%20macbook%20pro
For new ones to the mac offer this is another site for it, however, it is 20 offers now rather than 18. Still worth the trouble and the time.
It looks as though the offer has ended..
Greatt….I saw this yesterday and decided I’d start today. Of course this happens.
I don’t know I went to this page: http://www.onlinegiftrewards.com/rd_p?p=141017&t=1208
and put in my info on the check gift status link at the bottom and it showed up on that one.
Looks like they’ve stopped the offer and redirected traffic to another offer. Use this link to see if you can check your status:
http://www.onlinegiftrewards.com/redeem.htm
Im starting tonight wish me luck!!
MATT S:
I AM TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE $1 OFFERS. IT STATES YOU HAVE TO CALL TO CANCEL SO I DON’T HAVE A WEBSITE TO CANCEL AT.
I am most of the way through my process but the link does not go to the MacBook offer. Does anyone know how to get back there if the process is mostly finished?
I think you will just have to call them and see what they say.
(561) 674-9700
Caleb, check out: http://www.onlinegiftrewards.com/redeem.htm
That should get you to where you need to be.
i just happened to go to the offer today and the bumped it up to 24 offers. holy crap!
is there a new link for the mac?
I went to http://www.onlinegiftrewards.com and click on gift status page, put in my email, and was able to get to the checklist.
I have 2 offers yet to confirm, so I don’t know about getting to the rest of the pages for the offer.
I’m still waiting for Diet.com, PeoplePC, and Columbia House. Been waiting 3 days now for the credit! I know columbia house can take a couple weeks, though. I’m so impatient!
I found out what the problem was with my verification form, the lady that I got to notarize it had the same last name as me. Even though she wasn’t a family member, that is apparently still a no-no, why could I have a weird last name like Zambrovich or something? Anyways, got a new form notarized (this time by a Ms. Long) and UPS’d it down today.
What happened to the free macbook pro site???? It changed!
Is this offer still valid? The link now takes you to another offer for a $50 gift card. I’m still able to access my ‘account,’ but I’m wondering if anyone else will be able to apply.
Well, I didn’t read the comments above. Whoops. This is for Caleb: If you go to onlinegiftrewards.com and click on Check Gift Status you should be able to get into your account. Then just click on the link to go to whatever page of offers you still need to complete. Good luck!
Yea it is now a $50 gift card or something…I was halfway through the offers and now it doesnt even recognize my email address!! this is not good!!!
yea my bad CASS is correct just go to http://www.onlinegiftrewards.com to navigate to your current status. Thanks, I was scared there for a second.
Thanks Cass! Thanks Sean!
The phone number and advice worked wonders! I was totally in a tizzy…
The link I originally used was “http://www.computer-offer.com/rd_p?p=104136&t=1069&c=512016&gift=13514&a=13514-free%20macbook%20pro” and that seems to still work fine. It does show 20 offers needed now, though (5-6-9).
has anyone recently gotten the double credit for Columbia House? I noticed that Josh got it in the initial write up but that was a while ago.
Also has anyone done the Advantage periodical offer? It says on the page: “You have to accept the first monthly subscription fee for your gift credit.” It seems confusing does that mean you can’t cancel it?
Does anyone know what’s going on with the gift rewards website? Is it at a new address, or did they cancel the offer?
oops i meant “Active periodicals” in the above post sorry….my brain is fried.
uh oh…
no more macbook pros.
according to the terms and conditions on nuitech’s website, if you’ve already started an offer for a gift, you’re locked in to receive it even if they decide not to offer it to the rest of the mac-wanting masses.
glad i started one for my dad yesterday. whew.
(i got mine last wednesday! thanks josh!!!)
Okay, so the link on this page for the offer is now directed to a new page… and my e-mail address wouldn’t even show up as registered. So I had to call, and they told me to just now always type in onlinegiftrewards.com So I did that, and the offer has changed. I called again. My offer is still the macbook pro. Fortunately. I was freaking out.
Everybody calm down.
If you started work on your Mac, you’re still going to get it, according to NuiTech’s Terms & Conditions page.
For those who have already started working on their Mac using the link in my blog post, simply go to http://www.onlinegiftrewards.com/redeem.htm to check your gift status and finish completing your offers.
I have updated the link in my post to direct to the new, 20-offer Mac page from NuiTech.
Note: I’m going to disable comments on this post for the next 24 hours or so just so this information doesn’t get buried in a million other comments, and to keep others from freaking out.
If you have a question, do a Ctrl+F or Command+F (on a Mac) to search this page for keywords, and also check the Frequently Asked Questions page. If you can’t find an answer to your question, post it tomorrow evening after I re-enable comments.
Comments have (obviously) been re-enabled.
With the outbreak of panic that ensued after the old 18-offer Mac site expired yesterday, I thought I’d give everyone a helpful hint:
If you visit a NuiTech site and think that at some point in the future you may possibly, seriously consider doing offers for that particular gift, go ahead and register for the gift – even if there aren’t enough offers to complete it at the time. This locks you into getting the gift and getting it for the current number of offers (even if the site expires).
For example, my girlfriend will soon begin doing offers for her own MBP. She created an account about a week ago through the old 18-offer site, but hasn’t completed any offers yet. Now, even though it has “expired,” she can still login and complete the offers and do it for only 18.
The bottom line: if you see something you might want go ahead and register for it, then bookmark that gift status page. Better safe than sorry.
Eventually, new sponsors will come along and you’ll be able to do another gift. I did my Mac offers back in October, but now there are enough new ones that I can complete another 18-offer gift if I want – once another paycheck or two come in, perhaps.
Also, when signing up for multiple NuiTech gifts, use the same email, name, address, etc. You can do sponsor offers again with a different email and credit card if you’re doing it for a gift through another company besides NuiTech, but if NuiTech catches you with multiple accounts across several email addresses or other info, they’ll cancel your account and you will have wasted money.
Hey, thank u so much for making this site, ur great.. i have a quick question tho…How do i know that i get credit for filling out an offer? do i have to subscribe to nuitech?
Hey Cindy,
Just check the Gift Status page to see all your offers and which ones have completed. Get there by clicking on the “Gift Status” link at the bottom of NuiTech’s page.
Hey guys – in fulfillment! Hopefully it’ll just be another couple of weeks! This is amazing
Well I didn’t do this the right way and now am stuck with a lot of crappy offers on the last page. Did anyone notice if they waited for a while that maybe some of the offers changed once you went back to that page?
Matt- jump up two posts. The offers change, you just have to wait a few days. And btw, some of the offers may seem crappy, but consider that you are getting a 2000 dollar computer for maybe doing another 40 dollar offer (Which you will get your money back from) its not a bad deal.
ok… so the word “completed” on the site means the same thing as credited?… i just want to make sure before i cancel my memberships
Yes, “completed” means credited.
Check the Frequently Asked Questions page for related questions.
Matt,
As the other Matt has already said, you might just have to wait a little while. Depending on how many new offers you need, though, it will probably take more than just a few days for several new offers to show up. Also, try refreshing the page a few times and one or two might change.
i guess what im trying to ask is, when is says “offer completed”, does that mean that the specific offer gave me credit and is it ok for me to cancel?
RIF
Cindy- yes, when it says completed you have received credit for it.
Side note you do not have to wait for something to credit before you cancel it. As long as you have been charged for it, you are safe.
My husband just started the 20-offer Mac, after I had completed my 18-offer Mac last week. When looking through the new site, everything seems to be the same. Instead of Page1 being 3 offers, it is 5 (which doesn’t seem like a big deal because those are the easy ones anyway.) From what I can tell, this isn’t much of a change.
**Dance**
My new (and improved) voucher has arrived at Nuitech. Signed for by a Joeseph. Here’s hoping they speed it on through.
SunRocket is the only credit I need! I signed up for it a week ago and I’m sending back the package today hopefully I’ll be credited by the end of the weekend. What happens when you are credited for all 18 offers? What “step” are you in then?
i sent in my voucher via priority on monday. It arrived yesterday (feb 15) at dawn. Still nothing. I hope they process it soon.
I just went into validation. NT had to combine 2 offers, but I am almost there.
I was able to do all the offers (actually got 21 done, just in case and I was impatient) and spent a total of $8.99!!
I was able to get ALL the offers on page 3 credited back to me.
JM,
I’m sure I’m not the only person who’d like to hear which offers you did so that you ended up spending so little.
Can you give us a quick list?
Tom- You are in the “validation” step, at which point Nuitech checks to see if you really did purchase the said products. After that you will be given a voucher to print and get notarized.
Sure–
Page 3 – Total of $0.00
Blockbuster – canceled right away, was not charged
SunRocket – returned for full
Onlingo – returned for full
Advantage Spanish – returned for full
Columbia House DVD – return for full
Video Professor – return for full
PeoplePC – I have a mac, no charge to cancel
Sirius – return for full
NY Times – canceled before any paper was sent out
Stamps.com (used on page 2, but was a different offer)
Page 2 – Total of $6 (all $1)
Bargain Network Homes
Today’s Escape
Valuemax
Great Fun
Simply You
Shopping Essentials
Stamps.com
Page 1 – Total of $2.99
eMusic $0.99
Complete Home Care $1
Passport to fun $1
I have a question about the new 20 offer page. Do you still do the last page or platinum page first. Basically im wondering if everything is the same or if there is some sort of new trick to not get stuck with credit cards.
Powell- yes, start with the final page first.
Went into verification on Weds. Just waiting for the voucher. i did my offers for $30.15. Only because I actually kept the inkjet offer.
Does anybody know anything about Saving Smart? Three of the little $1 offers I signed up for say that I also signed up for Saving Smart, and I’m wondering if I need to cancel it 3 separate times or if once will suffice.
What does NUITECH’S verification email look like??? What’s the subject title? I think it might be going to my junkmail perhaps…i’ve been waiting since Wednesday to get the email for the voucher.
Cass,
You need to cancel saving smart once. If you look at all the offers that have saving smart they give you the same phone #. It’s real easy. Everything is automated.
Complete: What do you mean by verification email? Nuitech normally e-mails you if there is a problem, not to confirm something.
I’m talking about the email they send you that you print out with the voucher… My “gift status” page says “You’re almost there…” and i’m wondering if the email they send me to print out the voucher is getting sent to my yahoo “Bulk Folder”.
Does the gift status page just suddenly turn to “Fulfillment” when they get done with everything?
Matt S- What happens if when they check to see u actually bought merchandiase they don’t see too much money spent because you were refunded a good sum of money???
Did anyone NOT have their NY (New York) Times credit go through on a Monday? I’m just trying to gauge when it will go through for me. It’s now Friday and I signed up on Monday, so I’m thinking that based on the a few comments above that my credit will come in on this coming Monday??? It’s my last one…
Ok I can’t find the new 20 offer MAC page. Josh’s link takes me to a “computer offer” page that has a $50 gift card as the reward….what am i missing?
I am doing the 18 offer but I’d like to start my 20 offer project asap before they get greedy and want 30!!
By the way Josh, your site rocks…
Marty (drummer out at Southland)
JM, how quickly did you cancel Blockbuster to not get charged? I’ve never heard of anyone doing that.
Complete7, like Matt said, you won’t get any emails from NuiTech unless something is wrong. The link to print out your voucher will appear on the gift status page. Just keep checking it.
Tom, they will look at your credit card statement to see the original charges by the sponsors.
I also wanted to share that when I called Vonage to cancel, I made sure to tell them that I hadn’t even opened the package yet and that I wanted to cancel (despite their attempts to retain me). So their initial charge was like $42 and now they’re charging me another $42 to disconnect but he said that upon receiving the equipment back that I’d be refunded for both at a total of $80-something. That’s great, I was planning on just taking a loss for the $39 disconnect fee as mentioned above in several places, but it sounds like I’m getting it all back!
Sorry forgot to mention for reference that when I told the Vonage rep I hadn’t opened the package yet, he said to just write/attach the RA# and new return address on the package and bring it in to DHL and tell them that you are refusing the package. So I don’t have to pay shipping either! I didn’t know you could refuse a package and have it sent to a different address…
Marty,
Uh oh.
Um, it looks like NuiTech has expired the newer 20-offer MBP too…
Um…
Google isn’t finding a new one from NuiTech, either…
Um…
I just wanted to thank Josh and everyone participating in this blog entry. They finally gave me a gift voucher after waiting 3 days.
Did exactly 18 offers, didn’t go over and did it patiently. I have 2-3 deals to cancel and I am all done. I will have spent less than $100 bucks which includes the fees I paid to ship a few items back to the services.
Thanks again everybody for all your help.
I canceled Blockbuster literally immediately after I signed up. As soon as I hit the submit button, I checked the status and it showed completed right away. I went back to the blockbuster site and canceled my account. Signed up and canceled all within 5 minutes.
I was verified this morning and now I see shipment was submitted. Very quick! I didn’t have to do the voucher because they had to combine offers from 2 different and complete it manually. That seemed to shave a few days off.
Wow, things change quickly (google search results are different for me too). I hope everyone registered in time, follows the well documented (and repeated) directions, recommendations and gets their gift(s). You might even keep/enjoy some of the sponsor offers, I’m keeping some myself.
Since my voucher was received, I hope I get the MacBook Pro. BIG THANKS to Josh Clark for your time, info and bandwidth.
Has anyone had problems with the sirius radio offer. Im looking at the terms and conditions and it says that you may be charged 75.00 if you cancel? is that true? how do i get around that? Thanks
thanks josh.
tim- i did the sirius offer and i had no problem canceling and i did not receive any fees like that. they actually refunded me. i cancelled before they sent my radio out but im sure as long as u cancel within the trial period they wont give u crap. luckily their customer service isn’t too bad. they also credited within a day or to.
For anyone out there who is needing a Mac Book Pro I started an account under a false name and just some made up e-mail address (from Hotmail), however, when I completed my offers I did it under a different account. I was not able to contact the offices of Nuietech yet, but if it is possible for me or someone else to change the name on the account then maybe I can help someone out. I will contact them on Monday to find out. Feel free to e-mail me if you want to find out what I discover and about getting this account from me… keruso1624@gmail.com
Hope this is okay Josh… you can expect some money from me for your help with my mac book pro. I am very excited to receive it, they just ordered it today.
Tom – I just did the sirius radio and got credit right away, I called them a cancelled before they sent out the radio. I noticed that i was charged the 52 bucks on my credit card. How long did it take for them to credit you back?
Question:
Right when I got started on the whole deal, I hit backspace during the survey. Now on my giftstatus page it shows two hyperlinks for the Mac offer, but only one has been recording my offers (I think a good thing). Has anyone experienced this? Will this be a problem?
JM, when you said ‘they had to combine offers from 2 different’ is this what you meant?
What I mean by combining is that I had started, by accident, 2 Macbook pro accounts. I didn’t realized until I had signed up for everything that the missing completions were on another account. NT has to manually combine the accounts. When they do this, they do not need the voucher to be signed and sent back in order to go into shipment request. Rather, I just had to notarize a W9 substitution form (did that today).
Cancelled my Sunrocket today. The dude on the phone asked if I had opened the package yet, and I said no. Then he asked why I was returning, and I said, “just don’t need it.” He didn’t try to give me a hard sell or anything – just put me on hold. When he came back and gave me my cancellation #, he then said, “i just have one question – what did you get?” I asked, “what?” and he said, “was it a free laptop, ipod, xbox.. what did you get?” He was chuckling and I ashamedly said, “laptop…” He said, “yeah, I get a lot of those.” It was probably the most pleasant cancellation out of them all, unlike PeoplePC which was by far the worst.
Also – it appears that even the updated 20 offer mac site redirects to a 50 dollar gift card. Is there any way to do a search and find other macbook pros from a reputable site?
Ahoy dudes,
My gift status page has been on “verification” for a few days now, no follow-up Emails from Nuitech yet. Is this cause for alarm based on anyone’s prior experience? Anybody gotten a raw deal at this point in the game, i.e. getting denied credit on deals previously listed as “complete” on status page? I’ve cancelled quite a bit already, can they get me on that?
Thanx amigos,
peace
D-Flos
derek – just registering that my situation is the same as yours. I’ve even noticed that I canceled a few before a credit card charge even showed up — but i did receive notice that I had ‘completed’ the offer on the website. I’m just hoping that I haven’t paid a $30.00 stupidity tax by doing this. :\
Wow, just got my macbook pro a few days ago.
Its a bummer that they seem to have discontinued the mac offer. Glad I finished
Good luck to all in finding another one!
j – holler back if you hear something from them, i’ll do the same. solidarity, amigo.
if the bottom drops out on me, i might be using that generous intro APR from Discover to by a mac at retail. (or using the John Alexander inverse purchase method to get rich).
Just went into verification, sweet!
Also just went into verification. Got tired of waiting for Discover, so did Bargain Homes on the 3rd page. Immediate credit.
Fingers crossed, seat back and tray table in full upright position.
has anyone taken up sean on his macbook offer? it’s a good way to get a mac since the offer is no longer good to new people!
just went into verification…hopefully I won’t have to wait long.
tim- i called sirius customer service 1-800-422-7142 and i spoke to someone and i told them to refund me and i was refunded withing about 4 days. i did experience being charged the $50.53 twice from them but i was refunded that as was the first $50.53 that i paid. so i was fully refunded and i got credit pretty quick. good offer!
whoops tim i meant “$53.13″ (not $50.53, that was sunrocket who happened to double charge me too, actually triple charge now that i think of it)
Just finished verification this morning…have my voucher to print out and send in Monday. Just so all know, I had cancelled all of mine prior to entering verification and was approved 3 days after I went into verification…so cancel away once you’re credited!
Does anyone know the number to call NY times and cancel, I tried calling 1800NYTIMES and they told me i dont have an account. Which is weird cause ive be nuitech gave me credit for the offer?
yo J, just out of curiosity, what day did you start filling out offers? if you don’t wish to disclose the info, that’s cool, i’m just trying to see if maybe they’re processing the verifications chronologically by start date. Still high and dry on verification, day 4 or 5 with no follow-up requests from Ntech. every email status request I send is answered with the same message on the “gift status” page. I’ll call monday but am thinking I’ll get the same response. too bad none of the offers were for anxiety meds.
peace,
d-floss 3K
I have been waiting on my People PC to get credited for about 2 weeks now. I have signed in, fiddled with my staus, checked e-mails, sent e-mails….all to no avail. Any tips? How long do I have to wait to get manual credit for this? It’s my last one, and I started in December. Please help, I am ready for my computer! -Lauren
I’ve emailed Sean about picking up the remainder of one of his offers – Sean if you’re out there, I can take over.
Also, does Nuitech have a website?? (might be a silly question), but when I google it there’s nothing?
Guess it’s time to do a plasma or something else!
I’m not sure you’ll be able to do a plasma offer, as it looks like all of the Nuitech offers have disappeared entirely from Google.
My guess is they’re either (A) shutting down or (B) completely reworking their offer system.
Let’s hope it’s the latter and not the former.
Chris,
I’m still finding their ads on Google searches, no problem. I looked for a Plasma TV and an iPhone and found both. They are changing the look of many of their sites; maybe you thought they were something else.
Lauren,
You have to wait 30 days from the day you signed up for an offer before calling NuiTech for directions on how to get them to manually credit you.
Okay, so I’m new to all this, but starting to understand how it works. I know that you (or your household) cannot receive the same promo/gift. My question is this: Assume I get the plasma from one website (say, http://www.freeplasma.com. Does that mean I can’t try for OTHER NT offers, like freegiftcard.com? Is there like a main database for all of the NT promos?
Josh,
I wasn’t trying to sound alarmist, so thanks for following up.
Nevertheless, I’m still not able to find a Niutech free plasma site through Google, although I did find the iPhone one.
What was the URL for the plasma site you found?
Chris,
I found this one through Google:
http://www.sports-fitness-rewardpath.com/rd_p?p=104136&t=3119&c=534200&gift=9388&a=9388-free%20tv
but I know that I’ve seen others too. Also, the links on the scam.com forum I linked to in my post still work.
Brad,
You can’t do more than one of the same gift site, but you can do one of each that NT has. Read more on my Frequently Asked Questions page.
Are those links in the scam.com thread still active?
In other words, if you can still sign up, will Nuitech still honor the offer and the gift?
Josh, Im looking at my third page and I see that i started a “blockbuster” offer which shows complete and a “blockbuster online DVD rental -1 page” which shows not complete. My question is by doing the second blockbuster offer will nuitech honor that offer or will i have to do another one?
Chris,
I’ve talked about this some further up in the comments, but here’s what I understand about links:
If you visit a link and it is not good, the page will either say it is invalid, or it will show a nameless $50 gift card (as the MBP links have now done). It won’t let you sign up for anything. Those links still appear to be good.
Now just to be safe, I’ll say that this is just what I understand, and if you sign up through one of those links and something goes wrong, I can’t be held responsible. Personally, however, I wouldn’t hesitate to use one of them.
Tim,
The only offer I’ve heard of that you can sign up for twice is Onlingo. I’ve never heard of Blockbuster showing up twice, so it’s really up to you. However, Blockbuster might only let you sign up a second time with a different email and credit card, and I’m not sure how that would work in relation to getting credit.
Im still confused a little bit. I didnt get registered for the 18 offer computer but got registered for the 20 offer page. the 20 offer set up is page one 5 offer page two 6 offers and page three 9 offers. With the 18 offer site the third page was the hardest and you did that first but you only had to do 3 offers. So im confused as to what page to start on. I dont wanna get stuck with only credit card offers. IS there anyone who has done the 20 offer site that can give me some verification.
Josh,
Thanks for the response regarding the active/inactive links.
I’ll call customer service and inquire about “old links”, and let everyone know what they say.
I started the 20-offer mac (by that I mean that I just signed up with my email but didnt start any offers.) Does this mean I am locked into getting a mac? If so, how do I access the redemption page? Thanks!
Rebecca,
See my comments #795 & 796 above.
How do you cancel the stamps.com membership?
I’ve been waiting for a few days for verification. Some of the charges are still “pending” on my credit card, so I wonder if they have to actually go through before I’ll be verified.
What’s the longest anyone has waited for verification?
Josh,
Do you still start on page three for the 20 offer page.
thanks
Josh, when you did it, you said that columbia house gave you two credits, one for shipping and one for the actual deal, Did nuitech honor both of those during the verification part? I did the sirius offer and they gave me two credits, one for just “sirius” and another for “Tranzact SIRIUS $50 Free Radio” I wonder if i got lucky – thanks
i was just wondering what to do in order to cancel the stamp.com membership and the N.Y. times… and did anyone do the payday ok offer? how long did it take to confirm?
also does anyone know how long it usually takes People PC to confirm?
Andrew and Cindy,
You can cancel Stamps.com by calling 877.782.6736.
I don’t know about NY times.
Paul,
nearly every step along the way varies greatly for each individual. I have heard of people taking a few months from doing offers to getting their Macs, and just last week I met a guy who did all his offers and got his Mac two weeks later. The key to this whole thing is patience. Everything will go through eventually.
Powell,
Yes, I’d recommend doing the third page first. The offers on the first page might have gone up by two, but the third page is typically still going to be the hardest – more offers to complete, less to choose from.
Tim,
You may have gotten lucky. If they both show up as credited on your gift status page, it will probably go through in the final steps.
Cindy,
As I said to Paul above, nearly every step along the way varies in the time it takes to complete, just like nearly every offer varies in the time they take to credit. Everything will go through eventually, but until then, there’s really nothing you can do about it.
PeoplePC does usually seem to take a while, though.
Powell- on top of what Josh just said. You should use his spreadsheet (and add two rows for page 1), to pre-plan which offers you are going to work with. You can jump from page to page with no problem, so I really think that doing that will be your easiest route.
I just cancelled my SmilePro, and they said I don’t have to return the stuff they sent…did anybody have a problem by doing that? I noticed somebody said that you had to return the stuff to not get charged further.
i am starting to get impatient waiting on verification. i have been in verification since wednesday. how long does it typically take in verfication stage?
heather
- I also was in verification since wednesday and I just qualified this morning. So hopefully you will be qualified today also!
(i’m j. from February 16th, 2007 at 8:37 pm)
I was finally verified! received my voucher about 5 mins ago.
Timeline so far…
2/11/07 pm – began offers
2/15/07 am – went into validation
2/16/07 pm – all offers cancelled
2/19/07 am – Qualified!
So on the PLASMA deal (link above), Josh, probably yet another answered question, but will I be able to do it with the same address,visa,home number?
Offers look exactly the same…18 in all just like the MAC.
I am almost done with my MAC but watned to start something else.
How long does it take for the packages you need to send back to get to your house. I mean this in general b/c i realize that every company will take different amount of time. Im just wondering if i can fill out my offers and send everything back in time for my spring break trip. i dont want a bunch of stuff coming while im not here.
Powell,
My offers came between 5 and 10 days after I completed them.
(still waiting on either PeoplePC or Discover Card before validation process…) dum de dum…
JP, People PC came after 2 days for me. Discover made me impatient. If there are any $1.00 offers on that page for you, I say do them. Will get you there faster.
JP – Did you make a purchase with the Discover card? It took me about 10 days to get the card, and then I got credited within about 2-3 days after I made a purchase with it. I also find the PeoplePC problems that people are having very odd. I got credited instantly on that one. Never even downloaded their software. And cancelling it was pretty easy too.
I”M VERIFIED!!!! FINALLY
started- 2/7
completed all offers- 2/14
verification- 2/15
received voucher- 2/19
i’m mailing this ASAP
J – were you verified BEFORE you cancelled everything or were you still in verification when you cancelled?
Me again. I just found this link for a free Mac Book Pro – thought some might want to check it out.
http://www.consumeroffersource.com/?as=29999&sel_card=13514
Did anyone find that on the 3rd page they had offers that they already completed on other pages? I refreshed my third page today and noticed another blockbuster offer that appears to be the same thing as on the 2nd page but the offer page looks different. Plus it posted Onlingo on there again. Has anyone recently signed up for two Onlingo languages and got both to credit?
Thanks
Cass – some of my things had been canceled before i went into verification. I cancelled the rest during verification. After I get my mac I plan to do a more through timeline.
Congratulations! You’ve Qualified.
Damn skippy! Started Monday night (2/12). Verification started on Saturday morning (2/17) Ready to print and mail voucher tomorrow.
Anyone have thoughts on shipping methods?
Also, can you pick which color MBP by maybe enclosing a note?
Cass: If you are worried about cancelling and not getting verified- Don’t. There is no problem with doing that.
Chadwick- MBP’s do not come in different colors, you are thinking, most likely, of macbooks. Macbook Pro’s come in an aluminum (or some sort of mettalic) shell.
Matt- You are the second person who has said something about a second blockbuster offer. Just to check- has your first blockbuster offer been credited? If it has, then I’d say go ahead and sign up for this one as well. It may be another onlingo type thing, though I can’t quite see how.
I made a purchase (Discover Card) Friday Feb 16th (2 tix to Ghost Rider >-D) and haven’t seen it go through yet. I wonder if they don’t process on weekends or something. I have looked…my impatience is…well…impatient and I’ve already done 11 offers on the 3rd page. Has anybody had troubles with John Alexander not refunding?
Cass,
I saw that link too. It’s with a different company and since I don’t have experience with them, I didn’t want to just change the link. I’m probably going to make a new post or two soon to address it. I wouldn’t mind doing it again for the cash since it’s with a different company.
You’re right Matt S. I was looking at the regular MacBooks. This will be go at an Apple. I hope I like it, but if not, there’s always eBay.
Josh – I was just informed that in their fine print it says you have to refer another family that also completes the requirements…hmmm.
i just got verified!!!!!!!!!!
is there anything wrong with mailing my voucher in by regular mail or do i need to send it a different way?
Heather- you can send it regular mail. My first go, thats what I did, and it took them a week to process it. On my second go (read my post about a hundred back) I sent it 2nd day air. They processed it the day they received it. So, it’s up to you, they are fast about processing, so its just a cost thing.
Chadwick- Give it about a week and you will love your mac. It’s a better built machine then any pc you have worked on (I can almost gaurantee it).
Cass,
In the “fine print” on the front page it says something about that. I went ahead and created an account and looked on the Terms and Conditions page and can’t find anything at all about that. Weird.
Heather,
I sent my voucher by regular mail. Regular mail will probably take a few business days (3 or 4) to get to them. If you pay extra you can get it there a littlefaster, but I didn’t really think it was worth the extra money.
Chadwick,
Think about whether you want the MacBook Pro (in silver) or a MacBook (black or white) before you get it in the mail. If you decide you want a regular Macbook, don’t open your MBP when you get it. A “new, sealed in box” MBP would go for more on eBay than “new, but opened.”
timeline update!
2/11 — started offers
2/17 — verfication begins
2/19 — voucher available, used notary at fedex and shipped the sucker! now it’s time to sit back and… check my status every five minutes.
Printed the voucher, had the tax form notarized, and mailed it! Can’t wait to receive my MBP. Used the $5 free postage on my stamps.com account to sent the voucher priority mail with delivery confirmation. So postage didn’t cost me a dime.
OK, impatience did me in and I did the Sirius offer. I got immediate credit and canceled literally 90 seconds after I saw my gift status go into verification!!! They were able to cancel with no charge to my card before it fully went through. I just called the number tom noted in comment #849 above. Thanks Tom!
A few (hopefully) helpful clarifications:
Despite the alarms raised over at scam.com, you can indeed cancel Columbia House just by returning the initial shipment. Although everyone here thought the same, I just called to to make sure.
Secondly, to answer questions from posts #359 and #750, Alan Dunn Site Create Pro is a 30 day trial with full refund. They hadn’t refunded me; I just called, and as in #750 was transferred. I hadn’t been put in for a refund, a state which the woman on the line corrected. We’ll see.
No problem JP I’m glad I can help. I hope you enjoy the better life with a MAC! I’m just waiting for SunRocket or PeoplePC to credit. I’m getting sort of impatient so I might have to do an 11TH OFFER on the third page to fill in that credit. I just did John Alexander because I figured PeoplePC wouldn’t credit if I didn’t sign in (and I cancelled so it’s impossible to sign in now).
Has anyone been working on any offers to get a Nintendo Wii??? Once I get my Macbook Pro I wanna start to work on that. Any reccomendations for websites or forums? Thanks.
They just added a slew of cookie-cutter diet programs to Page 3. They’re all the same, but with different names. Apparently, they charge a minimum of $60, non-refundable (a 10 week commitment).
I’ve been waiting on PeoplePC forever, and I doubt it’s going to go through within the next few weeks so I just wanted a quick insta-credit to hit my 18.
Is it completely unfeasible to try to get a refund?
if anyone tries those new diet offers on page 3, let us know if they were instas
This is the correct address to send the voucher right?
Voucher Processing
4801 Linton Blvd.
11A PMB 654
Delray Beach, FL 33445
I just want to make sure it gets there.. notarizing and mailing off tomorrow.. I’m ecstatic!!
Regarding the Diet programs, the one i did was not very good. It’s been up for a while, Diet.com, had to lay down 80 beans only 50 of which was refundable. i did it out of haste to try and “buy” an instant credit but it took forever, the last one to come through. The only silver lining was that cancellation was easy via email.
I did find out what was holding up my verification process. I go by my middle name, because it sounds slammin’, so I put that on NT’s registration form. On the offers, I used my first name (Carlton) because it’s on my credit card. sounds obvious enough in retrospect, but caused a long administrative delay in getting verified. Seems like I had to call to get the ball rolling, so if you’ve been waiting more than 3 days on a verification, I’d recommend holla’n at those playaz if you haven’t already. Then check your email for status updates. Call to verify reciept of anything you have to fax, took me two tries, they wanted to see my ID.
If you try another gift on NT are you able to repeat offers used on previous gifts?
It seems like they’ve been str8 shooting on the fulfillment end and sending everyone MBP’s and not subs, anybody experienced otherwise?
Word up, time for D-Flos to roll into KFC.
peace out playaz,
hey Mike, People PC went almost immediately for me… i think ur supposed to download their software and connect with them at least once for you to get credit for it… at least that is what someone said at scam.com and it actually worked for me. hopefully it works for u.
Cindy- you are correct, you are suppose to download and connect to the program. If you have a mac though, it seems to be a crapshooot, you do need to download the program, but crediting may take a few days (or it will never credit, like mine).
People PC seems to be the worst for me. Just so people know and what ive found by people’s comments on this site. People PC only credits you fast if you apply and download in the same process and you dont have a mac. I applied for it but closed the window on the step where you download…so i had to go back to their site and download it. Its been a week and I still having gotten credit. hope this helps and id still take PeoplePc over the diet programs any day
does anyone have any thoughts on sunrocket and john alexander? do they generally take a while to credit?
My question is for anyone who has done more than one Nuitech offer. Since the offers are pretty much the same, have you had any problem doing some of the same offers a second time? I’m just curious if they give you a hard time for ordering again on things that you have already ordered once and cancelled.
Here is another mac book promotion i have just found. Does any one know about platinumprizes.com and how well they are known for shipping prizes?
http://platinumprizes.com/?cid=rQfm/Y29Loo&u=65c148989eb2c53cad8c4a61861d2ad8&=
I found this through a google search, has anyone completed this offer? This stinks that the mac book offer is gone!
http://consumerresearchcorporation.com/vaiomac/index.php?lid=::go_freemacspacebook(vomb)&nopop=1
Has anyone done the stamps.com offer? If so please give me details of how it was thanks. I need this to replace SunRocket and PeoplePC because they both did not credit =(.
Cindy – I got credit instantly for John Alexander, but I think Sunrocket took a day or two.
Tom – I think stamps.com credited instantly…at any rate it wasn’t more than a day. This is a pretty good deal, because it doesn’t cost you anything.
Just sent in my voucher…getting more excited! Started on Jan 31, so be patient.
i saw people note they are getting a refund for the onlingo offer. they informed me that the 6.95 in non-refundable. is that what everyone else is seeing?
Stamps.com charged me $1.00 on my credit card, but it credited immediately. I never got credit for PeoplePC. Sunrocket took 4-5 days to credit, but was easy to cancel and return the product. I mailed my voucher this morning. Thanks Josh!
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Josh- Links down again, it’s sending you to the un-named $50 gift card. I looked on google and I couldn’t find another nuitech one.
Thanks Matt, I know. Look for a new blog entry soon.
I wouldn’t do the platinum prizes option. you have to do 3 platinum prizes on page 3 and there are only 3! Eloan, road loan and the ever popular wine! I’d look for other options unless you need two loans and bad wine.
For stamps.com do ou have to download their program or anything (and would their program work on a Mac)? Or do they credit you as soon as you sign up? I’m sure it varies but any information would make me happy.
I was wondering what the average shipping wait was once you get in fulfillment. It looks like about two weeks, is this correct or is it shorter or longer. Thanks!
i got my MACBOOK PRO! Stephen, it takes about 6-7 days for someone to get their MacBook Pro once it’s ORDERED. i was in fulfillment for a couple of days before it was ordered. Niutech usually orders a bunch of MBPs on one day every week probably to get a discount. i’d suggest calling and finding out if they’ve ordered your MBP and what day it was done on.
Lots of gifts available here. The PS3 only requires 8 offers, but page 3 is a doosie. I think the options are Disover, Sunrocket, Payday OK, Blockbuster and something else. Only 5 to choose from, and you have to do 4 on page 3. But it’s definitely possible.
Consumer offer source, according to scam.com, is no good.
Anybody done the mac mini offer from computer-offer or know anyone who has? Curious if they’re shipping any with the intel chips.
how many beans does the wine offer set you back? i’ll have to find somebody to give it to, lord know d-floss don’t need none that ju-ju poison. word up (check my style out).
OMG! Finally verification! How long could this take and what are the odds I will be denied????
@Derek Floster
The wine cost about $81 after shipping. Still hasn’t arrived. I want my wine!
Tom, if it takes over 3 days to verify, I recommend calling for a status update, even if they just give you a paraphrase of the “gift status” page over the phone, i think that prompts someone i customer support to actually look into the issue and then email you with new info.
from what i’ve ready, the most anyone’s waited to get verified (other than myself) is 3 days. I had a 5 day wait but after I called NT they straightened it out. so far, I have not heard of anyone getting denied during verify.
peace out,
d-Flizz (oss)
word up, d, thanx for chekkin’ my style out.
do you have the option to return the wine for a refund?
does it take onlingo and advantage language a little while to get the product sent out?
anyone experienced 2 charges from vonage? i’m thinking that one is the “disconnect fee” and one is the “hardware fee” and that both will be refunded when receiver is shipped back within 14 days of RA# issue. holla back if i ain’t str8 trippin’.
Does NT mostly use UPS for gift fulfillment? anyone received gift via another carrier?
thanks
Hi again,
Mine has not yet arrived, but Steve, what are the specs? Anyone who receives a MBPro should post the specs!
Does anyone know how to cancel Stamps.com because I called the number and it said it was out of service
sorry, i got so excited i just started playing with the MBP and headed off to school with it and forgot to post the specs.
2.16GHz Intel Core 2
1GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
120GB 5400-rpm hard drive
15.4 inch TFT widescreen display
ATI Mobilith Radeon X1600 with 128MB of GDDR3 SD Raqm
Garrett,
Is this the number you used?
877.782.6736
Cause I just called it and it works.
If you try again and it still won’t go through, also try 888.434.0055.
I just got my MBP yesterday (2/20)
My timeline:
Started 1/29
Verification 1/31
Voucher Printed 2/2
Voucher Mailed 2/3
Voucher Received 2/6
Fulfillment 2/9
MacBook Ordered 2/13
MacBook Shipped 2/16
MacBook Received 2/20
Offers I did:
Page 1: eMusic, Advantage Language, Everyday Values
Page 2: Simply You, Value Max, Today’s Escapes, Bargain Network Homes, Shopping Essentials, stamps.com
Page 3: Sirius Stuff, Blockbuster, Video Professor, Onlingo, Vonage, Fast Web Profit, John Alexander, SunRocket, People PC, and New York Times (I did 10 because I didn’t want to wait for NYTimes, which took till Friday 2/2/07 to finally credit)
I wound up spending 23.33 (including postage to mail voucher) with all refunds already credited. I also got two $10 gift cards to Bed, Bath, and Beyond from the Everyday Values Offer, bringing my net cost to 3.33. Some stuff never charged me like Blockbuster because there was a free first month. I also cancelled Video Prof before it shipped so that was only 1 dollar. If you guys want my excel file that I made, feel free to email me.
I spent a total of 3.33!!! I am so excited.
Thanks Josh and everyone else for all the help.
This baby is sweeeeeet.
Here are the pics if anyone wants to see them.
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17872379
The specs of the comp are posted as one of the pictures in the above link.
I know some people have gotten credit for stamps.com before the 30 days the site requires. Has anyone done that recently? I have had a membership for over a week and still no credit.
Sorry, I’m an idiot. To get credit for stamps.com you have to fill out the info on the right side of the first screen. I initially clicked “learn more” to try to find the terms & conditions and once in that rabbit hole if you sign up you dont get credit even if you do end up creating an account.
stamps.com credited instantly for me i didn’t even have to download their program.
Does anyone know how to cancel Advantage Spanish Language. I can’t find the website anymore and I need to cancel.
Advantage, call 866-809-8255 to cancel
Hey folks, to avoid all hassles with People PC if you haven’t heard before just tell them you have a mac and it won’t work. They will try to sell you an e-mail account and all you have to do is tell abdul that you dont want it! Thats all. I got credit the next day after downloading, logging in and cancelling.
I was wondering if anybody could show me the best way to do the thir d page for the t.v.? It seems that no matter what its gonna cost at least $180 non-refundable.
Okay, I don’t mean to freak everyone out, but the MBP offer has been removed from Nuitech’s offers site. A friend just told me this morning. He’s waiting for his MBP to arrive and is already finished. I was about 10 offers into to this, but today I’m stepping it up and finishing it off to make sure I get a MBP. Just an FYI
AGH!!!!!!! i forgot to put my social security number on the tax form!! that’s why my voucher hasn’t been processed! Don’t make my mistake. I just wasted a week! I’m gonna reprint,renoroeize, and resend my voucher. I’m so mad at myself.
Checked my gift status today and it says fullfillment in progress. Does that mean it has been ordered or will it tell me when it has been ordered? Thanks!
Also how long did it take for Columbia House to send you a cancellation e-mail once you sent the package back?
diet.com just credited me! omgwtfbbq!!! it took them 8 days including the weekend and pres.day. so I guess they are legit, just slow. All 18 are in verification process now. yippee!!
I just got my MBP today (2/21)
My timeline:
Started 1/24
Verification 1/29
Voucher Printed 1/31
Voucher Mailed 2/1
Voucher Received 2/6
Fulfillment 2/7
MacBook Received 2/21
Thanks goes to Josh, and to everyone esle.
i see all these comments about customer service reps harassing people on the phone. the best way to avoid that is to have a reason where they can not sell you anything, like i said i was moving for all the phone and internet services in my roomates already have that. or for those videos and real estate kits i said my father just purchased it so i don’t need it. once you say something that they cannot even argue with it’s no problem and no hassle
Well, I’m trying to bust through this deal today and I’m only having issues with page 3. I get all the way through the John Alexander thing and then it tells me that I’m not eligible for this offer. Weird. Anyone else get that. I’ve got Discover (which I won’t apply for. I hate ccards), Vonage, SunRocket, 4 Seasons wine, Active Periodicals, Diet.com, Jillian Michaels Weight loss and Denise Austin Weight Loss.
Any ideas which show as completed first and refund the quickest anyone?
I GOT MY MACBOOK PRO!!!!
Chris- couple questions.
1. When did you get your shipping request submitted.
2. Can you use the tracking number on the package and tell me where it originates from?
Thanks.
Overnighted my voucher yesterday and today R. Jackson signed for it at the reception desk. If this could be here next week, I would be thrilled. (Began process 2/12.)
Just curious… for those of you who HAVE received your MBP – Did you receive a tracking number/shipping confirmation fron Nuitech? I spoke to them on Monday, and they said that it had been ordered, but not shipped yet and that they would e-mail me with that info. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Thanks in advance to anyone who replies!
Hey Lisa, I wondering the same thing. Made a call on Monday and they said it was ordered and they would send a tracking number, but haven’t received one.
Dennis,
Did you get a Tracking Number? We were in verificatino together. By the way, CONGRATS!
BTW a little tip for anyone out there having issues with page 3. Go to your browser options and clear out your cache and then re-open your browser. Hit refresh a few times and different offers should start showing up. I had this issue as I was trying to figure out which of the expensive offers to try and I got stamps.com and Bargain Network to show up. Did them and got credit immediately.
Been waiting on NY Times forever (2 plus weeks) and haven’t gotten a paper or credit. Cancelled today on the phone and they are giving full refund. Oh yeah, they charged me right away, but didn’t give me anything.
Just waiting on some of the page 2 offers to credit and then I’m done. Should be tomorrow morning I’d imagine.
Yay!!! Thanks Josh and I will be donating a little jack your way when I receive this puppy.
@Matt:
I never recieved a tracking number or shipping confirmation email. I went into fulfillment around a week and a half ago.
The package shipped from Ft. Worth.
I received a Core 2 Duo model.
Ugghhh!! Learned about this think last night from my sister and can’t find a legit MBP anywhere! I would love to dual-boot XP/MAC. If anyone finds this deal sprout up please post for those of us late in the game.
Thanks!
I started doing a ipod shuffel/nano/vidoe offer today. its at http://www.ipodsweepstakes.com, what you do is just take surveys and recieve info about diffrent products. Dennis (who posted above) did it and I was wondering if you (josh) or anyone else has done it. I have not earned credits for the offers I have done yet but they say you have to wait at least a day to get the credit. Would love to know how it has worked for other people and how long you have had to wait for the credits. Josh this site is awesome and I am eagerly awaiting the new MBP link (heard about the offer after it shut down).
Has anyone NOT gotten immediate credit with Stamps.com? I signed up for it last night but it wouldn’t accept my credit card. I was able to download the software anyway and log on. Today I tried again with my same credit card and it was accepted but I have yet to get credit through NuiTech. Anyone have any input on this??
does anyone now how long reward depot takes to refund?
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17859173
Ok, so not so upset any more. Did a google tonight from a suggestion on one of the forums for something like ‘kitchen makeover’ and it turned up a $2,000 gift card. Completed all offers in about 6 hours tonight and show 6 pending to credit.
Figure this way I can pick up a macbook, plasma, or whatever else looks good when I hit the store.
Will definitely throw some moolah your way for getting me past disbelief.
Just got my Columbia House package today…very discreet looking almost opened it by accident. Does the “refused return to sender” thing still work with them or do you have to call to cancel?
Matt-
I did return to sender with the Columbia House package and dropped it off at the post office, then I went home and emailed Columbia House through their site contact form as well as their dvd_cusomter_service email address, telling them that I received the package and refused it and asked them to cancel my account and refund my money. I got an email back from them about a day later saying that they hadn’t received my refused packaged (obviously because I had just sent it) but that they would cancel my account and refund me the money anyway! so I probably could have kept the dvds and still gotten my money back…fyi.
David- is this a nuitech offer? If it is, thats very strange, thats a high reward/low offer deal.
Matt- yes, refused return to sender still works.
i received my macbook pro yesterday, about a week after my birthday…thanks for the bday present josh, you’ll be receiving you’re commission very soon
thanks for everything bro, have a great day!
does anyone have a fax number to nuitech so i can fax confirmation of an offer. it has never cleared my account.
Oh man! Just printed out my voucher and sending it tomorrow! I honestly thought something would go wrong for me but I did it. Now as long as I successfully send it out I’m in good shape. Thank you everybody especially Josh.
yay!!! im in verification!
Hi Josh,
Just received my MBP!!! Thanks for all the info on your blog – I don’t know how you manage to keep up with it all! Anyways, just kicked a little coin your way to say thank you. God Bless!
Matt S,
Yes the $2k “kitchen makeover” offer David mentioned is a NuiTech offer. I found it on Google.
Why is that a high reward/low offer deal? It’s the same number of offers as the Mac (18) and the same value as the Mac ($2,000).
Heather,
Have you called NuiTech about receiving manual credit? That’s the process you’re supposed to take. Do that, and they’ll tell you what you need to do. They should also email you a form to fill out and some instructions.
Lisa,
Thanks a ton for your generous donation! It will help pay for the bandwidth to keep the site up for everyone. Much appreciated!!
josh,
do you have the link for the airport express offer?
Has anyone recieved manual credit before the 30 day period they tell you to wait? Ive been waiting on people pc for 2 weeks now and its really frustrating
Watch out on the thing for rewards depot! They will get you on the hook for 64 and that is not stated in the Terms of Conditions. It seems like its a dollar thing, but don’t do it!!!!
Did anyone do diet.com? If so, how long did it take you to get credited?
Thank!
wow it only took a day from verification to qualified status. I just need to print out voucher and get notarized. anybody know what documentation do i need for a notary? Is Social security card necessary or will a employer paystub with my SS# on it suffice?
Gary– Fedex/Kinko’s usually have notary available for $1 — you just need ID (drivers license, etc).
I don’t know if anyone else has ran into this problem but I thought I would let everyone know just in case. I signed up for Today’s Escapes and called the toll-free 800 number to cancel and got a recording that gives me their new phone number which is in the Caribbean and international phone rates will apply. So I checked my email and got the email from Today’s Escapes. I logged on to their website and clicked on My Account and then clicked on Contact Us and I sent them an email saying that I wanted to Cancel. I haven’t heard anything yet but hopefully I won’t have to be charged for INTL rates through my phone service. What a bunch of crap!!
Josh – do you know anything about Generous Genie?
Matt/Josh,
Yeah, it’s Nuitech. I think you might have misread what I put. Immediately after completing the offers (18 req.) it showed I had 6 to go. Checked this morning about 8 hours after completing all offers and it only shows 1 to go. Sirius gave me 2 so I have Jack Anderson and diet.com to clear. Hoping one of them comes through today and I can complete the whole deal is less than 24 hours.
Sweet stuff…
I just got my voucher for my macbook pro. Would it be a violation if my mom, (same address, completely different credit card) did Nuitech offers? even the same ones i did?
I hae completed more than the required offers and as of today…I have this beautiful screen to look at when I check my gift status.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71563956@N00/398984870/
Its so close I can smell it guys.
Josh/David- I was confused for a second there, I thought it said it was ONLY six offers. My mistake. Good find btw, I’m starting on that one today.
Oh, interesting fact. I called NT today, and got a message saying that they were having a company wide meeting. So anyone waiting on something from them, it may be delayed just a bit. The recording did say the meeting will be over today at 2:15.
So far, I have had some crazyness with Columbia House. Let me share:
Signed up about 5 days ago;2 days later, I looked at my bank account and saw that I had a pending credit AND debit for 12.40 from CH. My bank said that this happens when a transaction has been interupted by an error or something. I looked the next day, and the debit and credit were still pending, but an extra 12.40 Debit had been added. This made sense to me, because now I was 12.40 in the hole–I thought my payment had gone through. The next day, I received an account confirmation email from them with my member ID and saying that they had created a temporary user name and password–my member ID and zip code respectively. I tried it, and the zip wouldn’t work. I emailed them with my account number, and customer service emailed me back the next day with THE WRONG account number and someone else’s username and password (looked like names of children or something). Still have not been charged or credited.
Anyone else have such problems?
I failed to mention in the above post that all three of the credit card transactions have disapeared from my statement entirely
For the $2K kitchen offer do you have to use the card at lowes/sears/ace or can you use it anywhere.
If I went into fulfillment on 2/9 and haven’t yet received my Mac, should I be worried?
Is it worth calling customer service to follow up or should I just sit tight and not sweat it?
Tim, make sure you log onto your email with People PC. That’s the only way it credits. If it’s still not showing and you’ve got proof you paid for it, you’ll have to wait up to 6 weeks from the start of the service date to try it. I had that issue with NY Times and they had charged me, but I’d received no papers or credit. I ended up cancelling them and getting a full refund and signing up for something else.
For anyone trying to cancel Everyday Values, they have the incorrect phone number posted on their website, the correct number is: 877-707-2061
Thought that might help someout out.
I’m still waiting on People PC and Sunrocket to go through. Tried to download trick, but did not work with me. Only two offers left….I am impatient so I tried Sirius. Is anyone else having problems getting Sirius, it won’t take my CC and I have tried two different cards and both are not locked.
Just got my brand new Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro!!! Too bad it’s at my house and I’m stuck at school until tomorrow. Thanks Josh and everyone else for all of your help and advice!!!
are there any other offers available thru nuitech right now…if u know any let me know the url’s thanks
Brett, when you initiated the process was it for a MBP C2D or Core Duo?
I got mine today, 2/22, it shipped from NJ to me here in Maryland.
11 days from fulfillment. I’m so freaking happy. I’m tinkering with it now. Never used a mac before.
Thanks Josh and gang!!
I simply can’t believe this worked.
How long till you recieve an e-mail from CH once you have returned the box?
Andrew-
Heres two sites that ive found, for the plasma its the same deal as the macbook pro was with the same offers.
the other site gives you a whole bunch to choose from, I just looked at the xbox 360 and its 10 offers, 2 on page 1, 2 on page 2 and 6 on page three, if the links dont work let me know
http://www.onlinerewardcenter.com/rd_p?p=103124&t=496&a=samsung%2042%20inch%20plasma
http://www.onlinerewardcenter.com/rd_p?p=96980&t=434&a=free%20gift
Scott,
I did it through the original link Josh posted, which was for the original Core Duo, but I’m fairly certain that all of those are gone. I wouldn’t worry about recieving the old Macbook Pros anymore.
Alright i’ve got 17 offers credited and i need to pick one more I’ve got all those diet offers, Vonage, Active periodicals, john alexander, payday ok and diet.com left. Which one would anyone reccommend? Hopefully something that credits quickly.
Has anyone done two offers to be delivered to the same address??? My girlfriend wants to do it under her name…her credit card…but sasme address.
Whaddo you all think?
Matt, Try clearing out your cache in your browser and then close & re-open the browser. Go to the page 3 and refresh a few times. I bet you have different offers there now. I was having trouble deciding on the last few and I did this. I ended up doing two offers that cost me absolutely nothing. As opposed to putting a chunk of change out there and fighting to get a refund later.
Good luck.
I’m about to do the $2k MasterCard for 18 offers. To answer your Q above, most GC offers $500, 1k, 2k, etc. are usable anywhere, not just at a store unless the store sponsors the gift card (like a Lowe’s GC).
In this controversial Sirius offer (touched on above) has anyone been able to cancel before being billed after they’ve signed up for 6 mos of service? Great site, Josh.
Quick Q about NY Times. The offer on the selection page is $4 for 4 wks, but I only have a 7 day @ $6.20/wk offer, M-F @ $3.10/wk, or Sunday @3.15/wk when I actually enter my zip in to complete the offer. Anyone know which one is required for credit? I don’t see anything about a $4 for 4 wks offer.
Kyle T. – Thanks for the tip but I had already tried that. unfortunately all the ones that cost nothing or close to it I have already done….which I don’t understand why they would still be up on the page.
Brett M,
Thanks a ton for your generous donation. Glad I could help, and enjoy the Mac!
Heather (from way up at #980),
I’m thinking I’ll make a separate post soon about where else everyone can find free stuff. Be excited.
For everyone who doesn’t know what we’re talking about, be sure you’ve read my newest post, “The Free Mac: Four-Month Update.”
H-rob, the fax I have for OLGR is (561)-997-7220.
liz – i did diet.com and it took a while to get cred. i was able to diagnose myself as a “night-time nibbler”.
Does NT ship macs as “no signature required”? seems to be the case in most posts I’ve read anyone find otherwise?
thanks
d(iesel) flizzy
3 K
oh yea, word up, forgot to ask, anyone been denied credit for using a different Email on the promo partner’s sign up site than you did for the NT registration? Anyone been able to get away with this?
peace out playaz,
derek floss
Once all offers show completed will the status page be updated to show the verification process is under way? I’ve completed the necessary offers and they show completed however the page still states
“Current Status: Redemption Requirements Not Met
Our records indicate that you are in the process of qualifying for a Apple MacBook Pro”
I just figured out how to confirm the status and I’ve qualified! I had to select the “Gift Status” link at the top of the page.
hey Josh, im a college student and i live in the dorms… would NT ship the MBP to my school or would i have to ship have it shipped to my house?
Matt,
The Sirius offer gave me two instant credits and I will probably keep it anyways as I travel for work and it’s about $15/month for 6 months. That’ll be the most expensive thing. I think I saw a $75 cancellation fee on it as well.
Mac Book Pro just arrived.
It came UPS.
My gift status never changed from in fullfillment, and I never saw an email.
1/26 Started
2/11 Began Fullfillment
2/13 Ordered
2/22 Arrived
Can’t believe it worked.
Thanks
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8711/mbparrives016vd1.jpg
2.16 core2, 1gb ram.
Anybody who has received the MBP wanna make a quick list of the programs loaded on it?
holy cow, i think the computer they sent me is refurbished for those of you who have gotten yours, check safari to see if other sites have been visited. like when i typed in “m”, a bunch of sites i had not been to popped up. THOUGHTS?
Does anyone have experience with the diet offers? like diet.com and jillian michaels, etc. If you do and have advice on how to get credit for those i would greatly appreciate it.
all the stuff that usually comes on a mac
i life and everything else
I finally found a valid $2000 gift card offer!
http://toy-offer.com/rd_p?p=104136&t=1068&gift=3316
hey josh, I think I may have found a different mbp site like NT but a different company and i was just curious what if anything you knew about a company called generousgenie?
Holy crap, I got my MBP today and am typing on it now!
I went into fulfillment on 2/9 and receiving it 2/22.
As for it being refurbished, I get the same “m” pop-ups in Safari, but I’m under the impression that that is just preconfigured “advertising”, not someone else’s links.
I’ve waited two weeks for Vonage to credit me and they haven’t yet — it’s the only offer I’m waiting on. Has anybody else waited this long for credit? I’m tempted to do another offer…
Cindy,
That depends on your school and how mail/packages work there. If you can accept other packages via UPS or Fedex (probably UPS), it should be fine.
A note to everyone: whichever address you use originally to sign up, put that same address on your voucher. I know several people who have had problems and almost got disqualified because they switched addresses in the end.
JP,
Thanks for the link to the $2000 Mastercard.
For a list of software that comes on every Mac, visit http://www.apple.com/software/ and look under the first three categories: Mac OS X, iLife, and iTunes.
Grace,
Sorry, never heard of them. According to people on the scam.com forums, they aren’t good.
I’ve heard of others signing up for 2 different languages (simultaneously) w/Olingo without problems.
Does anyone know if you can sign up for 2 different languages on Advantage Language & have smooth sailing?
…also, what about Video Professor? Can we sign up for 2 different Video profressor titles, or is this a 1-time shot?
Mike- even if you have a refurb, they wipe the hide drive before its sent out. So, I doubt you got a refurb, but I don’t know what to tell you about the “m” deal.
Did it take a couple of days from the time your redemption voucher was received and signed for and the time they told you on the website that they had received it? My form was received and signed for on Wednesday morning, and the website tells me, “However we have not yet received the Gift Redemption Voucher for your account. In order to receive your Apple® MacBookâ„¢ Pro, you must mail us the Gift Redemption Voucher.”
Should I call them? or wait until monday?
I’m in the same boat J. Mine got there on Wed. Keep me updated on what you hear and if you call (and the number you used).
I know impatience is a poor virtue, but I want my MBP!
For those with questions regarding receiving refurb. computers I have this to offer. During my waiting I have been researching best practices for switching from PC to Mac and came across a great resource. One suggestion is as follows…
“The default behavior these days is for the Mac to prompt you for an installation language the first time it boots from the hard disk and, after installing a few files (a few minutes’ worth) configure your locale settings. If your Mac boots straight to the Finder or to the login panel, then someone else has used it before (sadly, this is a common thing with Portuguese retailers, who like to play around with their customers’ gear). If so, I recommend using the restore CDs/DVDs included with every Mac to restore it to a factory-fresh configuration.”
Hope that helps. By the way the entire post is a great read and is here http://the.taoofmac.com/space/HOWTO/Switch%20To%20The%20Mac
I got my voucher! I got my voucher!
Hey Guys!
I completed the Macbook deal for $34.88 in December and received it January 9th. Now I’ve completed the 42″ Plasma HDTV offers(http://holidayshoppingrewards.com/rd_p?p=158031&t=3337&c=&a) through Nuitech (this was the only one I found saying HDTV). I’m doing it under my wife’s name, credit card and 2 different addresses, because the $1 offers wouldn’t work with the same address I used before. Currently ,I’m waiting on 3 offers to credit (Columbia house, Vonage, and great fun). If this works out I’ll teach you how to do it! Hopefully Nuitech doesn’t catch us!
Wassup Josh and everybody!
First off, thank you Josh for posting this info on here!
I’ve been wanting to escape into the mac world for the last 3 years, and hopefully this will be my escape route (as a brotha is kinda strapped for any retail mac money.)
I’m down to the last page with 4 offers left to do (really 3, I’m still waiting on the peoplePC joint to come thru.)
Like everybody else, I’m nervously anxious to get my hands on this MacBook Pro.
Anyway, I just wanted to drop this note to show some love. Good lookin out, Josh.
How long till you recieve an e-mail from Columbia House once you have returned the box?
Stephen,
In my experience, sometimes they don’t even email you. I think others have said the same thing. After maybe like two weeks, send them an email asking to cancel and saying you sent the package, and they should respond.
PAQMAN,
It should work. I talked to a friend of mine last night who did the MBP offer and his wife is doing it now too. She received a shipping request and is just waiting for it to come in the mail.
Apparently, as long as you use a different name, email, and credit card, your address can be the same. I know several people have been wondering about that.
My wife wanted to do an offer after I received my MacBook, so she emailed Nuitech to ask them if this was OK. This was their response…
“As long as the credit card information that is used is your name and your account number then that won’t be a problem. Any additional
questions can be directed to 561-997-6484.”
I just figured out the trick to getting instant credit for stamps.com. Make sure that your name, address and email is already filled in for you when you reach the page. You cannot change this information at all. If your info. is not there, try a different browser. I had to use Firefox to make it work. It’s such a great, free way to get a page 3 credit.
Also, I have learned a phrase to use when cancelling an offer that works every time. Whenever someone asks me “May I ask why you are wanting to cancel our excellent service?” I kindly respond, “I’d rather not give a reason; I would just like to cancel.” That really leaves them with nothing to say, and nearly evey time, they are very polite and don’t hassle me at all.
One thing to remember is that they are the ones offering a free trial of their product. You are under no obligation to give them any reasons for cancelling. You are well within your original agreement with them if you do not want to give them a reason you are cancelling. You have a right to privacy, and you do not need to share any of your personal reasons with them at all.
I hope that makes the tedious task of cancelling a little easier!
While I am on a posting spree here, I just thought I’d give a report of my Nuitech dealings…
-I received a MacBook Pro on 2.8.07
-my wife has sent off her voucher for a 42″ plasma
I sent off my voucher for a $50 gift card
-I am in verification for a Plastation 3
The retail value on all of this is $4347. We got it all for under $200.
I have already registered for the $2000 gift card, so my plan is to wait a few months for Nuitech to put up some different offers (as you can imagine, we have signed up for all of the inexpensive offers). When we get the $2000, I plan to use it to pay our taxes on all this stuff and still have plenty left over to buy something else.
I love this stuff. It’s become my new hobby!
So Josh, was there enough offers left over after you got the MBP to complete the PS3??
Yes, there were. It took a few weeks, but Nuitech changes the offers, so I just waited until offers appeared that I could do. There were also a couple of them (Onlingo and stamps.com) that let me sign up twice.
so to clarify, as long as there are enough offers you can do multiple items using the same name and address, am I right?
i am confused by stamps.com. what do i have to do to get the credit, when can i cancel, etc.?
it seems like i have to have it 30 days to get credit, but the free trial says “4 weeks”. also, i just installed it even though i joined about 10 days ago–does that matter?
help, anyone?
bueller? bueller?
I’m in the same boat as Stephen. Can you sign up for Advantage Language twice w/the same user info on different offers, provided you sign up for different languages?
What about Video Professor? Any help would be appreciated.
yes, you can do multiple offers. But the same person cannot do the same offer. So, I can do the MacBook and PS3, but I cannot do 2 MacBooks.
From what I have experienced, if stamps.com does not credit instantly, you have to wait the 30 days to get credit.
Does anyone know if I can sign up for the vonage service (or any other service for that matter) but use a different address than what I sign up for my nuitech account. I live in Hickville and they don’t offer such reasonable services as VOIPs, but what can you do. I just want to make sure that I get credit and I know that the companies don’t actually report to nuitech, but I want to make sure I don’t screw it up. I would love to know this as I am about to start an offer real soon. Thanks for your help.
hi everyone–
my dad, who is a tax wizard, came up with a pretty easy formula to figure out the amount of taxes you will owe for your shiny new macbook pro. here it is:
if you take your net income and multiply it by 0.015 (or 1.5 percent), you’ll get a general estimate of how much to set aside when tax time rolls around.
for example, if you net $30,000 a year (take home 30k after all other taxes and deductions/write-offs), you can expect to pay about $450.00 in taxes for this taxable gift.
dad says the actual amount might end up being more like 1.3-1.4%, depending on the other exemptions you claim. in other words, this might be a good time to get married and have lots of kids.
hope that information helps!
Has anyone else had this…?
When I sign in to check my status I have a list of the promotion that I am completing and Apple MacBook Pro is listed like 7 times and it has the “Additional Offers Required” column to the right. Obviously I’ve only done the offers for one of those links and I’m not sure why the other six are there. Does anyone think its a problem that those other links are there? I have one offer left to complete and I’m hoping that Nuitech doesn’t disqualify me for something weird like saying I started all those promotions.
Man, I am so jazzed. I got my voucher/W9 done today and FedEx’d overnight for receipt tomorrow. I’m thinking about two weeks or maybe a little more and I’ll be Mac’n again. Thanks again Josh and I’ll keep the updates coming with a timeline once it arrives.
Oh, and of course some Paypal cash for Josh too.
how do i find other offers from N?
Hey matt I had the same thing happen to me when I signed up. In fact I had multiple Macbook Pro offers for 2 different sites. Like you, I only did the offers on one of the links and on only one of the sites. Anyway, I qualified with no problems and sent my voucher to NT this morning so I figure you should be alright.
Okay, time for an answer marathon:
Josh (comments #1043-1045)
Thanks for the useful tips. Everyone should read them.
DocJeff (comment #1050)
The only offers I’ve heard of people signing up for more than once is Onlingo, and sometimes, Blockbuster (although I’m not sure how that ended up working out).
John (comment #1053)
Thanks for the helpful tax info. I still haven’t received my tax form from NuiTech. I’m planning on calling them on Monday.
Matt (comment #1054)
When you go to NuiTech’s site, don’t register your email again each time, just login after clicking the “Gift Status” page at the bottom of the page.
Call NuiTech when you’ve completed all the offers and they will combine the multiple listings, if they need to.
Joe
The simplist solution is to search Google for what you want and look for an ad link for a site that looks similar to the other NuiTech sites.
Be careful of that $2000 Giftcard. I don’t think its a Visa or MC. It says “Get cooking with $2000 in Lowe’s®, Sears®, or ACE® Hardware Gift Cards FREE!” Doesn’t sound like a versatile credit card to me.
Thanks Brad, I noticed that too. It says that, but the page does say $2,000 Mastercard at the top, and if you enter your zip code it only says $2,000 Mastercard on the next page.
I sent NuiTech an email to see what’s up. I’ll let everyone know what their answer is.
Just in case everyone didn’t see:
There is a new MacBook Pro link! Tell everyone who wanted to sign up but missed the first two offers.
The link is updated in the post above. Also see my newest entry, New MacBook Pro Link!!
I got verified yesterday doing the $2K mastercard. When you go to print your voucher you can choose between Lowes, Ace, Sears, or Generic (I’m hoping and assuming that by generic they really mean generic and its good anywhere) In my opinion that’s better than a macbook….anyonw have any tricks to get offers to show up? I working on one for my wife and I can’t get stamps.com to show on page 3?
D-Jeff, I tried to double down on vid prof for another gift (after using it for MBP and canceling) i think they reckognized my email and my info would not go thru. that prompted me to try using a different email. it went through but i don’t think i’ll get credit.
one quick word-up then i’m out 2 KFC. anyone that hasn’t reg’d w/ NT yet and is planning to, if possible, try not to use a “#” in your address and sub it with “apt” or something. reason being, some promo partner websites won’t accept a “#” sign in the address field, and by changing the field during sign-up I think you can delay your credit, which josh touches on in regard to stamps.com above.
J. and wick, Ialso theorize that the admin folks at NT HQ aren’t exactly hustlin’ to get vouchers entered into the system. the paperwork probably arrives and then gets routed to someone and sits on their desk until they get around to entering it into the system and updating the “gift status” page.
d-floss
Quick question, Once your gift status page has gone to Fulfillment in Progress and says that a shipping order has been requested, is that it or will another page show up when it actually has been shipped? Thanks!
How do you get credit for the diet offers? I’m waiting on those, so if you could help that would be great.
Hey guys I just wanted to tell Josh thanks – took me roughly 3.5 weeks start to finish. I’ve got my MBP pro. Just a heads up I don’t think the gift tax is calculated on your net income, the 1099 is filed with the amount of the gift. If I read right, should be around 18% of the gift value made into taxable liability. So … around $380 taxable liability.
derek p.–
the gift tax is calculated based on your net income because the 1099 is issued for taxable income in the form of a gift. the formula i mentioned above is the rough way to figure out how much extra tax you would owe if you added 2,000.00 to your net income…which you are doing with the acceptance of this “gift.” 18% isn’t necessarily the amount you’ll have to pay– it all depends on what tax bracket you’re in. this might be the only time it’s beneficial to be broke.
oh, for anyone who might be wanting something a little less “pro,” i found a link to a $1000 Apple Store gift card. You can get a Macbook (or anything else) for that kinda cash, and the best part is that it only takes 10 OFFERS to get it! Here’s the link:
$1000 Apple Store Gift Card
And to Josh, thanks again and again for helping me get my Macbook Pro!
Scott,
It takes about a week for everything to go through for diet.com. Don’t worry, they’ll credit you just be patient.
That being said, I am typing this on my new macbook pro! Thanks Josh for the site and good luck to everyone! It totally works!
Quick question, Once your gift status page has gone to Fulfillment in Progress and says that a shipping order has been requested, is that it or will another page show up when it actually has been shipped? Thanks!
Stephen,
The “shipping request” screen is the last one you see. After that, it’s usually about two to three weeks before you get your Mac.
Also, please don’t repost the same question more than once unless it’s been like a week without an answer. Thanks.
i am in verification for an apple i phone, here’s the link…
http://consumerincentiverewards.com/rd_p?p=159876&t=3556&c=&a
John B, I’m not sure that I’m down with your tax formula. Based on your math, a student making no money other than the value of the gift would pay $30 (perhaps that’s true) while someone taking home 300,000 pays $4,500 which is more than the value of the gift.
I am getting some of the same offers on the page 3 as I did on pages 1 and 2. Can I register for the same company if its on another page and get credit for it twice?
Garrett,
Once you do an offer on any page, it will disappear from all pages.
Just a reminder: complete all your offers on the third page first, then the second, then the first.
Here’s a link for $1000 VISA. It’s ten offers, and I’ve completed all of them in 48 hours. 9 of the 10 have credited. It says “Lowes Giftcard” on the page, but the dropdown has an option for Visa.
http://www.superbrewards.com/rd_p?skipRedirect=1&&p=114517
Sorry if I seem link-happy, but here’s a free $50 Starbucks card for two small offers. Seems a no-brainer! It isn’t NT, but seems legit.
http://www.giftconga.com/path/lp_sdesign.aspx?xsid=1&xpid=2&xcid=355&xlid=130&xprodid=1269
Sorry about the repost. Won’t happen again and once I get my Pro I will send some money to help your cause. I will throw a little extra in to cover the repost. LOL! Just kidding with ya! Thanks again!
Does anyone know how to cancel NY times
For those of you lucky enough to have received your MBP, are they coming with glossy or non glare screens?
Anybody gotten their MBP on a Weekend?
non glare; love it. i was worried they would give me glossy
Mike,
I’d agree with you that it doesn’t look like what I’d call a “glossy” screen, but I noticed that if I visit Apple’s support site and enter my serial number, it says “MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy).”
???
Josh, that is weird. a very small part of me is suspicious that my mbp is hot
ok.
let me say that after looking over my tax formula earlier and comparing it to what i actually ended up paying for my computer, the correct percentage to plug into the formula is more like .75-1%, as opposed to the previously stated 1.3-1.5%. however, the formula is still a pretty accurate way to figure out what you owe.
i think people are getting hung up on the idea that they are paying taxes specifically for the computer. you aren’t. you are paying taxes on an additional 2,000.00 of income for the year. if you cleared 20k before the computer, the “gift” addition means you now made 22k. that additional 2,000 dollars will cost you somewhere between 165-220.00.
this method works over a range of about 8,000-75,000 income per year. actually, if you make less than $5350, you don’t have to claim any taxes at all, and once you hit about $100,000ish a year, the tax bracket levels out at about 37% of your income. adding 2000 at that point (and beyond) means you’ll pay about 740.00…not that you’d care.
that’s all for now. hope that clears up some confusion. oh, and if it’s any help at all, i had to pay 167.50…but since i was already getting a refund larger than that amount, uncle sam bought my macbook pro.
Sally,
If you’re still reading this forum,
no I did not get a tracking number. All I know is that mine was ordered 2/13 and it came a week later on 2/20. My cousin’s was ordered 2/16 and his came on 2/23.
That seems about right. As long as you are fulfilled before they day they order, your’s gets ordered. If not, then the next batch.
So I’d call NT to see when your MBP was ordered.
Good Luck!
And I got all my refunds back within a week, and after everything, the total was -4.62 for my MacBook Pro, since I got 2 $10 gift cards to Bed Bath and Beyond from Everyday Values.
I made $4.62 in addition to a free MacBook Pro! Woot!!!
Did anyone do the sirius offer without a credit card and not get instant credit? I was just wondering because I did it where it was the 7 day free trial and still no credit for it. Let me know…
CBrown60@gmail.com
Hello everyone. I need some advice. I only need to apply for 3 more offers on the third page, but all seem like they are going to cost $50 or more. I have the following available: Discover credit cards, Vonage, sunrocket, john alexander, smarter cash advance loans, active periodicals, sonoma diet, south beach diet, and sirius radio. Which of these would be cheapest and fastest? Thanks for any help.
Nick, John Alexander and Sirius. Both credit within a couple of days and are 100% refundable.
Nick,
John Alexander credited next day and Sunrocket took two days. Like Mike said, both are refundable.
J,
I’m still showing “Congratulations: You’ve Qualified” Have you moved into the next phase yet? Have you or are you going to call?
How long does it take Columbia House to post credit. I did it on Thursday and still don’t have credit for it. Its the only one I’m waiting on.
chadwick – its still saying the samething to me as well.. I’m going to call tomorrow morning if it doesn’t change today.
About how long does it take to go into fulfillment?
My voucher was delivered to Nuitech Thursday 2/22, and I’m just curious. I heard it usually only takes 3-4 days, I’d definitely would like to go into fulfillment today so i can hop on to tomorrow’s order (I’m seen a trend that they place orders on Tuesdays..)
crossing my fingers..
Hughley, you have to call NYT and tell them to cancel immediately. They’ll push back to try to get you to keep it, but be adamant.
Nick, try the old “clear out your browser cache and hit refresh a few times when you log back into page 3″ bit. I was stuck in the same position as you and I did this…next thing I know I completed two orders (stamps.com and some house thing) that cost me absolutely nothing at all. Give that a shot. Things showed up on my Page 3 that had never been on there before.
Well guys, my voucher was received and signed for this morning (by a P. Joseph). Yay!!! I’m closer still to receiving the blue steel beauty.
Can I get a difinitive answer on doing MULTIPLE MACS….
I have done 1 MAC from the older offer. Last night I started yet another MAC using the newest link. I used a different address, email, phone number, and different name. Should that cover me?
((GREEDY)) I know….this is going to be my Summer job if it works!!!!
Martin
1/27 – started
2/1 – 18th offer completed
2/2 – verified
2/11 – fulfillment in progress, shipping request has been issued.
2/26 – MBP arrived!!
4 weeks, 2 days.
I appreciate the help guys. I just finished my last offer. I need the following credits to post: Columbia House DVD, Diet.com, NY Times, John Alexander, and Sunrocket. How much of a wait time am I looking at? 3 days? Thanks again.
Chuck, I’m totally with you man, my voucher was also received 2/22 and I’m still in ‘Qualified’ status — hoping for fulfillment soon. I’ll let you know when mine changes (I decided not to call them to verify until at least tomorrow). Keep me posted on your progress too…
just got my mac, timeline
1/29 – started
2/1 – offers completed
2/5 – mailed voucher
2/12 – found out voucher was screwed up and did address verification
2/16 – fulfilled and they said it was ordered
2/26 – received macbook pro
thanks for the help and josh as promised i left you a donation
Hey has anyone tried any other offers? http://www.games-toys-rewardpath.com/rd_p?p=104136&t=3069&c=526778&gift=22694&a=22694-free%20wii
That’s the link for a cool Wii Package and I was wondering if this is a legit offer like this MacBook Pro one. It has a lot of the same offers as the Mac one and its only 15 offers. I don’t think it is run by NuiTech, so if it isnt does that mean I can sign up for the same offers again?
Voucher received in the Nuitech office on Wednesday 2/21. Very tempted to call today in an hour or so if it doesn’t post to fulfillment.
Any thoughts?
Chadwick-
I’m about in the same boat as you.
Got my voucher on the 16th and shipped it out on the 17th. I know they got it last week.
It seems to me that a good handful of folks have not been put into fulfillment who received a voucher on the 16th so they may be waiting for a few more to order the next batch?
Couldn’t hurt to call though…
Keep us posted!
The new link is down again
hope everyone got it started. I’m in the same boat as a few of you, waiting on sunrocket, netflix’s, ny times, vonage, and sirius. Did all these take a while for you guys???
Jay- I think I may be very jealous of you today. I my voucher was processed on the same day as yours (16th) but I don’t believe mine has come in yet. I’ll find out ina few hours when I get home. I fear for the worst, but hope for the best.
I broke down and called. They gave me the “let’s check your account” deal. If nothing by tomorrow afternoon, I’ll call back. In a word, frustrating.
Can anyone tell me the procedure to cancel Active Periodicals? Do you get that first month payement back? Thanks.
Is anybody having a hard time with Simply You or Today’s Escapes or any of the other $1 deals on page 2? None of them are going through. I have been using a Kroger prepaid Mastercard for most of the purchases, but they didn’t take my it or my bank debit card. Perhaps I should try a credit card, but I already used my one credit card number for the MBP, I’m doing the $2000 gift card this time. Anybody had better luck with CC than with DC on those sites?
Jay,
Thanks a ton for your donation! I appreciate it, and I’m glad I could be of help.
Patrick- Just e-mail Active Periodicals and tell them you want to cancel within the trial period and you will be refunded $49.
I got my MBP today. It is sweet. About 10 guys from the office are do to get theirs in a week or two. Awesome!!!!! Josh, come to Southeast and look me up. I will take you to Lunch.
Lol. Thanks James. I grew up in Louisville. Next visit I might just take you up on that offer.
Martin,
As far as I understand, you can do one of each gift site, even if (as in this case) it’s the same gift. Especially using someone else’s information, it will be fine.
Tom,
Yes that Wii link is legit, and yes it is NuiTech. One of my roommates is planning to do it soon. Notice that at the bottom it says it comes with a $1,000 Amazon.com gift card!
Note: There is a brand new link from NuiTech for a MBP. Just found it today on Google. I’ve updated the link in my post and on the “New MBP Link” post.
These are the offers I can do: Vonage, SunRocket, The Smarter
> Cash Advance, Active Periodicals, and a bunch of diet ones. Which ones would
> you recommend?
>
> Also, I had a few specific questions:
>
> 1. If I have to buy another phone for the Vonage offer, can I still get a
> refund on the phone because I’m just going to end up keeping my phone and my
> service that I have now.
>
> 2. I have a wine offer too on my page, so do they check your D.O.B. for real
> or can anyone over 18 pass as 21? Also, can I just send the wine back when I
> get it and get a refund?
If anybody can shed any light on this that would be great! Thanks!
Ok, after reading everyone’s advice, i guess my only question is about vonage. Will I have to eat the new phone that I have to buy or can I refund that?
Is anybody ever had trouble with security issues on Active Periodicals?
Ok, the new link takes me to a new offer, If i go to the old link which now says it’s for a $50 gift card, do I still get the Macbook. I can still go in under gift status and it says apple macbook and how many offer I need. I just wouldn’t want to go through all that trouble for a gift card. Should I continue or start the new one??
Patrick,
Since you already started on the old link, go ahead and continue with it. Once you register for a gift you are locked in to get it even if the page expires and no one new can sign up.
Josh for that Wii package. Can I do it? I just did this one for the MacBook Pro and there its a lot of the same offers. I would probably end up doing almost every offer again.
My voucher was received and signed for last Wedenesday (2/21). I just called them and like Chadwick, they simply just told me, “Sometimes it takes 2-3 weeks to process the vouchers, we may have your computer here already and just haven’t processed it yet, try back in another week if nothing has changed.”
Did anyone ever have the status site tell you that they had received your voucher and that you were fulfillment? Or is that the shipment/tracking page that people are sometimes getting even after they have received their mac..
Just impatiently waiting…
I have been waiting on sunrocket, vonage, netfilx, and ny times for over three days now and have not gotten credit for any of them, and i have the vonage package in my living room! Is this normal??
I tried to see if this question was asked before but couldn’t find anything so sorry if this is redundant…. I finally completed the offers and had already cancelled some of them. They all just completed and now the gift status page says:
Is this what everyone has seen?
“We appreciate your patience while we complete the verification process.
Once we have contacted our Advertisers to confirm your purchases, you may be required to provide proof of purchases, such as credit card statements or shipping labels. Should we need to request the above information, we will email you at the email address you provided at the time you registered.
STAY TUNED and please remember to check this site for updates regarding your gift redemption status.”
I just sent this message through onlinegiftrewards.com’s customer service after seeing a post above regarding a different shipping address than the one with which you have registered. I’ll paste their response in as soon as I get one.
“I have 2 questions:
1.I have sent in my notarized gift redemption voucher. On the voucher I put my parents’ address as a shipping address because my home address is in a bad part of town and I didn’t want to risk the gift being stolen after delivery while I was at work. Has anyone had a chance to review my voucher, and if so, will this be a problem?
2. Can I receive a different free gift through your website, such as a PS3 or plasma TV? If so, are there special steps I should take or can I just proceed as I did with the macbook pro offer?”
Josh,
Just went into verification and must say that I am about to crap my pants waiting for this mac, thank you very much for the posts and guidance in doing this. Once again, THANKS! I will send a donation your way!
-Chris B.
By the way folks, just letting you know that if you can, cancel your cards and get new ones after all that junk is paid off and cancelled. Thats what I am going to do. The only confirmation problem I had was canceling rewards depot which doesnt give a number and doesnt respond to e-mail…They tried to get one over on me and I got one over on them by cancelling my card on them…sucks to do, but had to do it!
I sent my Columbia House package back on 2/14, but the only emails I have received from them are my Director’s Selections. How long did it take for them to contact some of you? Is there a phone number?
ahem, full figured youth guy — send an email to columbia house with their online contact form telling them that you refused the package they sent you and that you want them to cancel your account and refund your credit card. you should get an email back from them in a day or two confirming your requests, and then you’ll get your refund a day or so after that. i also sent my request to dvd_customer_service@columbiahouse.com just to be sure.
has anyone tried this offer? i just didn’t know if it was legit…
http://www.consumerincentiverewards.com/rd_p?p=96980&t=1321&c=467436&a=free%20plasma%20tv
Full figured- I just now got a confirmation email saying they had received my shipment, which I sent back on the third. So, their turn around time on it is pretty poor.
I have been waiting since the 16th for NY Times, Discover (activated but haven’t used), Your Music and PeoplePC. Did anyone else have similar issues or have to mail these in to get credit?
jared:
people pc you have to log into the mail and check it in order for your account to be processed. nytimes credited me within a week. your music won’t credit you until the music has been sent out and discover won’t credit until you have made a purchase. hope that helps!
my vonage will not credit and it has been since the 16th. i have already received my package and sent it back (gotten a charge and a credit) but still has not shown up. it that normal for everyone else?
ffyg – It took Columbia House over two weeks before I got my credit card refunded. Their # is 1-800-262-2001. But I never received any e-mail from them. I did receive the mailing saying which picks they were going to send me next. When I called to make sure I was cancelled, they said “we received back your initial shipment, so your account was cancelled”. That’s it. You really don’t need to contact them at all, as long as you “return to sender” their initial shipment.
heather robinson-
i signed up for the XBox 360+Plasma TV offer. All my offers have been approved and I mailed in the paperwork, just waiting on confirmation that they received it and then the long wait for the goodies.
so i guess to answer your question, it’s nuitech, same company doing the MBP’s, and those are legit so I can’t imagine having any problems just because it’s a different prize (at least for your sake and mine I hope not)!
steve:
thanks so much for your info. my husband has been on me to start this offer for him but i have been a little scared…if it worked for you, i guess i better start the process!
Hello everyone! Just wondering about the shipping of the computer. Is it customer signature required or is it just dropped off? Thanks!
Just got my MBP!
1-13 – started & completed offers
2-7 – Tired of waiting for PayDay OK to credit and did Fast Auction Toolkit…immediate credit
2-8 – Called NT to manually combine three different offers into one
2-13 – Fulfillment. B/c they manually combined my accounts I got to skip verification
2-27 – MBP on doorstep
Chuck (and anyone else) — My order status just changed to fulfillment this afternoon!
Timeline:
2/11 — started offers
2/17 — verification begins
2/19 — voucher available
2/22 – voucher rec’d by NT
2/26 – fulfillment
A few reflections…While I’m happy to have a new MBP this will be my last foray into these types of programs. The stress of worrying about ID theft, if this is real (it was), etc is a bit more than I want to go through again.
In addition, I have been convicted that, while legal, I’m not sure it’s moral. I signed up for these offers then immediately told them I didn’t want them anymore. I understand that these companies are not forced to advertise on NT but it just seemed a little deceptive to me.
I’m not trying to pass judgement or try to convince everyone to stop. You must come to your own conclusions just as I did.
Thank you
John -
I see no moral grey area here. Most of these offers are trials. The companies just want you to sample their goods/services. Their business models are such that in a certain percentage of these trial offers people will a.) like their service enough to keep it, or b.) be too stupid and/or lazy to cancel. If you try the offers and then decide to cancel, then I don’t see any harm done. The advertising companies are getting exactly what they wanted.
Don, thank you for your comment and I see your point. I probably “tried” only a few of the offers and attempted to cancel the others as soon as possible…preferably before they mailed the product to save on shipping. Judging by the number of people asking how soon they can cancel and still receive credit leads me to believe that I’m not the only one with that strategy. The fact that I never had any intent on keeping or even trying a product is what bothered me.
Chuck, J, Erik K,
I went into Fulfillment today between 3 and 3:30 est.
2/12 started offers
2/17 went into verification
2/19 printed voucher
2/21 voucher received by NT
2/27 fulfillment
…and now the agony of the wait for that beautiful brown box.
Hi Guys,
I signed up for 6 $1 offers that all partner with SavingSmart (if you read the fine print it also adds you to the SavingSmart program). Do I have to cancel SavingSmart 6 separate times as well or does the system only enroll you in it once for the first $1 offer?
Thanks!
Chaadwick,
yup, I went into Fulfillment around then as well.. WOO!
As soon as it comes, Josh can expect a nice Paypal donation..
Thanks for everything Josh!!
FYI, here’s my timeline..
Started Offers: 2/06/2007
Finished Last Offers: 2/15/2007 (took me an extra week due to needing to get paid, and a credit
card fraud lock i had to get rid of)
All Offers Credited: 2/17/2007
Verified: 2/19/2007
Voucher mailed: 2/20/2007
Voucher recieved: 2/22/2007
FulFillment: 2/27/2007
Waiting for the brown box to arrive now…
Kristine, You’ll only need to cancel once (and I was actually never charged by them despite supposedly signing up many times six signups). See my tips on easing the cancellation process for these offers: http://www.joshclark.com/blog/?p=167#comment-2230
How have people been returning the stuff from Onlingo, Advantage and Video Professor? Can you just put the cancellation number and Return to sender or do I have to pay for all these to go back? There seems to be so many differing opinions on this comment section.
Matt,
You can put the cancellation number on the outside and return to sender, no charge. The companies will tell you different things, but it works fine.
Thanks to everyone who’s contributed by answering other people’s questions. I can’t keep up with all of them sometimes.
eric, chadwick, chuck:
how did you mail your voucher? i sent mine regular mail on 2-19 (actually that was a holiday so it was 2-20 before it went out). i was just wondering if mine got there as fast as yours because i am not in fulfillment yet.
heather,
I sent mine via FedEx 2-day because I wanted to track it and get signature confirmation that someone there signed for it..
hey josh did you get your xbox 360 from freexboxzone.com . I was in the car today and I heard a commercial about getting a free xbox360 online by completing a few online offers. I looked it up when I got home and it looks legit, you just have to do 3 offers on each of the 3 pages, and there are a ton of offers on each page. If anyone else knows about this hit me back, thanks all.
Dear John (post# 1137),
I, too, had some moral difficulty with participating in this program. However, I believe that these companies are immorally trying to deceive uneducated or unprepared individuals by making bold promises while concealing the truth in small print. These companies take the chance that a relative few (and believe me, even with all of the people doing this now, it’s still a relative few) will be able to avoid massive charges and hidden fees. I assure you, though, that many people who cannot afford to pay 29 – 69 dollars/month for some of the sponsors’ services are signing up for free trials, not cancelling because they don’t realize they need to, and racking up hundreds of dollars in charges. These people probably aren’t even able to get the free macbook pro because they lose interest or, even more likely, complete the offers in numerical order, thus rendering their attempts null because of an inability to complete the third page. Of course, I wouldn’t say it’s O.K. to steal from these companies, regardless of their immoral tactics, but I think it’s perfectly within our moral bounds to avail ourselves of the opportunity they have given us in their attempts to cheat us out of $$$.
As far as the Onlingo, Advantage and video professor go, I found that the cheapest way to do it is to return 1 cd (which is all they ask for) in an envelope and put it in the mailbox. All it takes is two stamps, only 78 cents. so if you do all three it will only cost you $2.34. Not bad for what you get in the end! This is just a suggestion if you are worried about using the return to sender. Hope this helps a few people.
I just canceled my advantage by calling them and they told me that all i needed to do was return to sender. This came straight from there mouth, and its free.
MY MACBOOK PRO SHOWED UP TODAY!!! So very excited! Thank you Josh, and everybody else, for all of your help!
Wow burncity, i never thought of it like that. I mean these big corps or as I like to call them “The Man” are tryin to keep us down. Most of us arn’t rich peeps who can go out and drop 20 stacks on a new computer. Burncity that post was like music to my ear way to not let the man get you down, cuz thats how they want you to feel, guilty. Burncity you are my inspiration, if I knew you personaly I would shake your hand . May one day our paths cross.
Thanks Eric! You’re right, I was able to cancel the $1 accounts by using my cc number. I did have to talk to one rep to cancel SavingSmart but I’m happy I’m done with page 1 and 2
On page 3, the ones that cleared instantly or next morning:
blockbuster
vonage
advantage italian
video professor
sirius
active periodicals
just waiting on columbia DVD, sunrocket, and John Alexander…I thought John Alexander was an instant credit for most people but hopefully it’ll post in a day or two.
Kristine, was sirius instant for you? I just signed up and nothing.
Did anyone get this error message from John Alexander? “Missing link ID. You are not eligible for this promotion.” It gives me this after I enter my credit card info. I’ve tried this several times, over several days. I’m one completion away!!!
No Sirius was not instant but next morning.
here’s a breakdown:
blockbuster – instant
vonage – next morning
sunrocket – on day 2 and nothing
video professor – instant
columbia house – on day 2 and nothing
sirius – next morning
advantage italian – next morning
active periodicals – nearly instant (hrs)
john alexander – on end of day 1 and nothing
disney – instant
ge critics choice – next morning
great fun – next morning
all the other $1 ones – instant
Yeah i got that error message when filling out john alexander credit card info. On the third try it worked and brought up a confirmation page. Still waiting on credit though. (Clicking submit three times probably isn’t the smartest thing to do…who knows I might end up with 3 charges
Kristine- I did John Alexander on Monday evening as my last offer and I went into verification sometime late this morning (Tuesday) so if my experience is any indication, look for it tomorrow.
Ok thanks Kristine, hopefully sirius will show up for me tomorrow. Also do you guys think it matters that I chose the $20 radio instead of the $50 one?
Got my macbook today!!!!
Thanks Josh, you rock!
Steve,
Thanks for your very generous donation! It will help pay for my constantly-growing bandwidth costs.
FINALLY… I got my mac! After a week of tracking down a miss addressed UPS package I drove to the UPS center in Chicago and it’s in my hot little hands! It’s beautiful and I’m in love. Thanks Josh and friends.
Has anyone tried the new offer on Page 3, Stock Take from Jim Cramer? It’s a Free Trial offer for 30 days that can be canceled anytime but if you don’t cancel, the charge is $399.95… that’s pretty frightening! I’ve been waiting on Columbia House, NY Times & Stamps.com for a week now and I’m getting impatient and tempted to just sign up for other offers that are quicker!
How do you cancel John Alexander? I found an address to send a written notice to in the terms and conditions and I sent an email to the contact email but have received nothing in return.
Like so many others, I’m in the process of finalizing my “Complete” list – I have 3 more to go. Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the commentary here.
My question is whether or not my wife could also act on this offer for a free MAC. We are in the same household. Is that allowable under the rules? It seems to me that it would be OK from what I’ve read. Does anyone know otherwise?
Thanks again.
Brad — I also got that error message with John Alexander. Then I tried it with Internet Explorer instead of Firefox and it worked, so it might be the browser or it might be chance…
Dang!
I’ve still got the “You’re Qualified” message showing. I know my voucher was only reeived on Monday morning, but still. I was hoping for it to move along a little quicker.
Keepin’ ya updated gang.
can anyone explain how vonage works if i sign up for it. Are you able to get a full refund and stuff?
I just moved into fulfillment literally 10 minutes ago.
Vouchers sent 2/16.
Fulfilled on 2/28.
I thought waiting until fulfillment was agonizing. The wait to get the damn thing is going to be ridiculous.
Stay patient guys.
Kyle T. – Let me know when you see it go into fulfillment. My voucher was received on Monday 2/26 as well. I’m checking the site every five minutes to see it go into fulfillment, but still nothing. I started the whole process on 1/29, so it’s been taking a while, but I’m hoping I’ve only got another week or two to wait.
Kyle – it took 6 long days for them to tell me on the site that they had received my voucher, even though I knew they had signed for it 6 days prior.
Isn’t there an old phrase.. good things come to those who wait… I kept telling myself that while i was trying to save up for a mac.. well, the waiting just got shorter.. yet it still can’t get here fast enough.
I’m with you Kyle. I sent my voucher out to them friday morning (2/23) and got delivery confirmation monday morning (2/26). So I guess we’ll wait together!
IN FULFILLMENT!!!! I thinkj i lit a fire under their butts by calling them and letting them know i got verification that it was signed for by someone there named “joseph” so at the very least they know i KNOW and EXPECT them to be shipping soon. i’m pretty much done with this anxious waiting now. time to sit back and relax.
How long after do you become verified after the 18th offer is credited? My page says:
We appreciate your patience while we complete the verification process.
Once we have contacted our Advertisers to confirm your purchases, you may be required to provide proof of purchases, such as credit card statements or shipping labels. Should we need to request the above information, we will email you at the email address you provided at the time you registered.
STAY TUNED and please remember to check this site for updates regarding your gift redemption status.
On Morality.
I sleep like a baby at night.
Remember that these companies are paying for FACE TIME. That is, time we spend looking at their web page, reading the offer, reading the terms & conditions.
Not one of us will soon forget Onlingo, Pitney Bowes, Sirius, and so on. That is what the marketing strategem is aiming for…their products are now in our psyche whether we know it or not. If someone asked me about teeth whitening, I am almost sure to mention Smile Pro!
Leave the moral questions for other areas of your life.
(not to mention, the statistics will show that each of us, out of 18 offers, probably will purchase one product or use a product in the future).
Alright, PeoplePC and Netflix are really slow and making me angry. Has anyone else had to wait over a week for these two?
Hey everyone. Be sure to read my newest post, “The Moral Side of the Free Mac Process,” and let us know your thoughts in the comments there.
If I have done the John Alexander and it has credited and I have canceled it. But now the like is showing back up again. So does anyone think I could use a different credit card to do the offer again.
Has anyone done the offer called “The Street” by Jim Cramer?
Thanks for the help
Ross- i did people pc around the 13th..still no credit. ive been debating for awhile to just wait the 30 days and get the manual credit or do another offer. good luck
I did the Street offer. Pretty easy. Credited the next morning and no problem cancelling.
Still not there boys. I guess we’ll all wait as a team right? I mean, its just no fun being miserable alone. We can be miserable together.
Ha!
$400 even if you get fully refunded is still pretty high for the street. Is it the 50% off NY Times that credits instantlyÉ
Jeesh, you know it takes NY Times like 30 days to issue a refund. Weird, it only took them 1 day to charge me a load of $$$.
gigathlete – the $400 is for the annual subscription. You can select a monthly subscription (like $60). I did this yesterday, got credit today, and cancelled two hours ago. No charges, no problem.
great! I will do the street when i get home then.
Dear John and Burn City, Post #1137, Regarding the ‘moral issue” with completing this offer…
I also felt some conviction about it. I completed my offers, but I wish i had never started it and will not do another one. I couldn’t sleep the first night I started. I felt dishonest in signing up for offers and agreeing to terms when I knew in advance I was going to cancel and not even consider using the goods or services. And when they would ask me why i’m cancelling, I didn’t say “i just did it for the macbook”. Each time I cancelled an offer I felt worse. I didn’t “change my mind”… I did it for the prize.
Perhaps it also bothers me becuase I am a business person too, and I do not like it when people take unfair advantage of offers we provide.
I guess my point is, that if you feel conviction about it, don’t proceed – just cancel what you have done and be honest about it when you cancel. If you don’t feel conviction, then do it. Every person has their own background, beliefs and relationship with God that creates the basis for their own individual conviction. Just be true to yourself – thats all you’ve got to do.
If any of what I wrote sounds judgemental, then I have miscommunicated my message here. Please don’t take it that way. Everyone on here seems to have good intentions. I am only speaking of how it is affecting me. I DID complete the offers and cancel them. I am in verification to get my notebook. I just feel guilty… greedy.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Is vonage pretty quick to credit and easy to get a fast refund? Also, how much does it charge on the card when you complete it? Thanks in advance guys.
Just to let everyone know… NY Times took 7 days to credit for me. Now I’m waiting on Columbia House and Stamps.com… anyone know how much more of a wait I should have? It’s been a week since I signed up for those.
Does anyone know if you have to create the free website for john alexander to get credit?
has anyone had credits taken away because they cancelled too early (like cancelling with one of the coffee suppliers before the first order was shipped)?
I have a friend who is working on the MBP offer, and was audited. Nuitech asked him to mail or fax in all of the confirmation pages. He wasn’t charged for some of the offers, even though they posted as complete. Needless to say, he is worried.
I also didn’t get charged for some offers, but am already in fulfillment. Luck of the draw, I guess.
Hey Josh, Did you eve rhear back from NT regarding the $2K promo?
Josh, thanks for all the help! I am typing right now on the new computer! I will drop you some money when i get back from vacation next week! Also, what is the link for the $2k gift card? I am going to use my wife’s info and try to get that one. Thanks again and money will be your way shortly!
here si the link for a 2k mastercard.
http://www.automotive-rewardpath.com/rd_p?p=104136&t=3075&c=447856&gift=2926&a=2926-free%20gift%20card
John Alexander credited for me instantly when I did it, so I guess its diffrent for diffrent people. Some people got credit for vonage and sirius quick and I still haven’t gotten credit for them and I signed up for them 4 days ago. Thanks for the info on the NY Times I will be eagerly waiting for it to credit, I need two more to be qualified. I am sitting here in my house with 2 vonage boxes( I must have ordered twice??) a sunrocket box, and some NY Times and have no credit for any of them yet!? O well hopefully 2 of them credit soon. I want my computer. Also Josh offered some good advice when people ask you why your canceling , just say “I would rather not say” they have no response for that and your not lying, give it a try, you all might sleep better at night.
Since the ethical/morality issues of the Macbook Pro offer were voiced, I too have had to consider what I was doing. My two cents (more like 2 bucks worth)…
Question-Have you ever been in a mall and seen the chick-fil-a person handing out those delicious sample chunks? Have you even taken one with no intention of buying lunch from them at that moment or that day? Weird, but they even smile at you and seem glad you tried it. Even if you walk the opposite direction than their cash register. Hum? What if you took the nugget…walked 10 steps away and then returned it? You did not eat it nor throw it away. Just simply handed it back and said, “thanks, but I didn’t really want it to begin with…you may give this to the next person”. I don’t see anything morally or ethically wrong with that. But it would seem rather odd.
It seems what we have here is 18 different people handing out “nugget” offerings. And in this case if I just “take” them all then I get an expensive toy from RALPH (Ralph is this guy who is BEGGING me to come into the mall…go over to the food court and try these nuggets. He made a deal with the nugget folks. He even has these “toys” available to give to those who “take” the nuggets. Wow!
Sure they all want me to actually taste their nugget then “eat” at their counter but most know I won’t. They are smart and they even expect it. They even hired a marketing guy (lets call him Cunning) who did spreadsheets and told them so. But he also told them their overall sales would increase…even with these loss-leader give-a-ways. Again, I take all their “nuggets” and then oddly hand them back. Ralph shrugs at my shrewdness and says, “You did exactly what I asked…here is your toy”.
Yes it may be disappointing to the chicken sandwich seller. But most of them don’t have false expectations or hopes. They have realistic hopes. I have yet to see a vendor pull his/her “nugget” in all the weeks I have followed this offer. They are making money. They are not too disapointed. I do not think it is morally or ethically wrong to play Ralphs game.
Final question…What would it look like to do this offer “ethically” for those who are concerned about it? If it means to sign up for 18 offers with NO intent to cancel then your average subscription could run nearly $35. Multiply that by 18 and you should be prepared to spend $630/mo for your new services…or $7560 your first year! Let’s see…you got an $1800 laptop…hum…poor stewardship might be the new sin now…
I could be rationalizing bad behavior but I really am seeking to walk an upright path.
When their terms say, “If during the trial period you are not COMPLETELY satisfied then you may return the nugget for a full refund”…To that I say my REASON is that I was never INTENDING to be fully satisfied to start with.
Odd perhaps…but immoral/unethical? I will seriously continue to ponder…yet sleep.
Ok. I’ve been sitting back waiting looking at folks pontificate on the morality of this issue. The fact is that there is nothing immoral about this. PERIOD. Those offers that charge you $1 for a free 7 day trial are making mega cash because they KNOW that they’re guaranteed $1 no matter what you do. If you decide to keep their service then that’s just the cherry on top. Look at how these offers are presented. You can get “X” product for a free 30 day trial for only $6.95 shipping and handling. You order “x” product and it takes 2 weeks to get to you. Why? Because they send the package 3rd class mail to save on shipping. So they’re actually making money off of your “shipping” charges. Bottom line is that no company is going to sign up with nuitech or any other company to advertise these offers if it didn’t benefit them in some way shape or form. As long as you follow the terms and conditions of the offer and of nuitech or similar site you have NOTHING to feel bad about. Business is business.
does anyone know if an apple store would accept the macbook pro in exchange for an apple giftcard? mine should be arriving in the next week or so, and i’m toying with the idea (i have a macbook, and don’t really need the pro right now).
http://www.games-toys-rewardpath.com/rd_p?p=104136&t=3069&c=526778&gift=22694&a=22694-free%20wii
I just did the Macbook Pro Offer and I sent my voucher in. The site above is an offer for Wii and $1000 Amazon gift Card. I was wondering if I can do any of the same offers eventhough they are both run by NuiTech.
So, what if I get audited and I don’t have all the confirmation pages? For example, my NYTimes order went through weird because of a mess up on the nytimes website and so I couldn’t get a confirmation page, but it still got credited. Will I be able to show other proof instead? Maybe like a CC statement showing that they charged me?
Also, the Sirius offer now cost $59.99. Is that offer any different than the 49.99 one? Will I still be able to cancel it for a refund?
Thanks guys!
(Josh, great site btw!)
kidrock,
You might think about keeping the MBP and maybe selling your MB on eBay or something. The MBP is drastically better.
Still nothing on the site even though they signed for my voucher three days ago now.
So here’s my first bad experience with any of the offers. For Video Professor, I got either instant or next morning credit. I called and cancelled, received confirm number and everything. Today I see a 4.95 charge for S&H. I call back. Operator tells me the first operator never cancelled and the discs are shipped out already.
She is mailing me a paid shipping label to mail the cds back and she gave me another confirmation number for the cancel. She said the 4.95 will be refunded within 10 days and I won’t receive another charge for the cds (I hope). At least their system had recorded that I did call the first day to cancel.
Columbia House just charged my card on day 4. Just need that last credit from them and I’m done!
I emailed Diet.com about cancelling and told them I wanted $65 refunded ($19.95 left to be charged to my credit card) and they responded with this: “Thank you for contacting diet.com. We are sorry to hear that you wish to cancel your membership. As requested your membership has been canceled. We have refunded your account $45.70, the amount you paid for your membership minus the $39.95 nonrefundable initiation fee. The initiation fee is nonrefundable in all cancellation cases.” Did anyone else lose $39.95 on diet.com? Anyway around this?
Kidrock,
I called the Apple store once I got my Mac in, but before I broke the seal. I was wondering about exchanging it also (for the slightly newer model that had just come out). I said that it was a gift and that I only had a packing slip (no receipt). They said that was fine, as long as it was purchased directly from Apple. It wasn’t. So unfortunately, since I haven’t heard of anyone getting theirs directly from Apple, you can’t take it to the Apple store.
A new, sealed in box MBP will make anywhere between roughly $1500-1800 on eBay, just as a side note.
Devin,
Chadwick’s friend is the only instance I’ve heard of so far of anyone getting audited. I think that possibly there was also some talk about it on the scam.com forums. I wouldn’t worry about something that hasn’t happened to you. It probably won’t.
As a side-note for everyone, it seems like if you get audited it will be because you tried something a bit fishy, like canceling an offer immediately before even being charged on your credit card. It might save you a few dollars (as if you weren’t saving enough on a $2,000 Mac already), but it isn’t worth the risk. I don’t recommend it.
How long does Netflix usually take? And also, my Vonage order has been shipped to me, yet it has not credited. I downloaded PeoplePC, signed up, connected, and stayed on for hours. I just want my TV!
Ross,
I did peoplePC last night and was credited this morning, it might just be luck of the draw. And I’ve heard that netflix takes a long time. That’s just hearsay from message boards though.
Another question. I tried signing up for the New York Times offer (the one that you get 4 weeks for $4), and when I push submit to confirm my account, the screen just disappears for a second and then returns to the sign up page again. Is this offer good anymore? It’s driving me nuts that it won’t go through. Or maybe it is going through and I just don’t know it. Anybody else have this problem?
Devin,
My brother was doing offers last night for an Xbox bundle and called me because he was having that same problem with NY Times. Not really sure what to do about it.
Devin,
try opening it in a different browser. same thing happened to me using firefox, but it worked fine with IE.
Devin,
I had the same problem with NYTimes… like Tom suggested, if you’re using Firefox (which is what I initially used) then switch to IE and it should work fine!
Nick,
they ripped you off. they told me it was a $29.95 non-refundable fee and I was under the impression from earlier posts that it was only supposed to be a 19.95 fee. so it looks like they’re getting smart to everyone’s canceling. It took them 8 days to credit me and it happened the same day i emailed them to cancel and get a refund. Stay away from diet.com, people!
The diet.com initiation fee is non-refundable. It is in their terms and conditions. It’s not a rip-off, it’s their standard practice now. I noticed this was also true of some of the other diet related offers on page 3.
Ok, I have not gotten credit for services like vonage, Sirius, Ny Times, and the street. If I cancel and sign up again do you think I will get credit faster?? Has anyone tried this? Would love a response, thanks
Does NY Times 50% off still credit instantly? has anyone tried that one? Not the $4 for 4 weeks one, that one takes 1 week but the other one that shows up sometimes.
Lexi,
NY Times took 7 days to credit for me. It showed up the same day on my online credit card statement. I didn’t sign up for any of the other offers you mentioned but I am curious about Cramer’s “The Street” so let me know how that goes!
It has been 36 days since I completed all 18 offers on the NuiTech site. As of right now, I am still waiting on 6 offers to be credited: Blockbuster Online, Great Fun, Pitney-Bowes, Sunrocket, Todays Escapes, and BMG. I called Nuitech and was advised that I can receive manual credit by faxing confirmation emails from the participating companies, but they will only give manual credit for 4 offers or less, not 6. He advised me to contact the companies directly and advise them sent Nuitech the confirmation. I’ve now called 3 of the six, Todays Escapes, Great Fun and Pitney-Bowes. No one at any of these companies has any idea what I am talking about and can do nothing for me. Mike at Pitney-Bowes was the most helpful and actually let me 3-way call Nuitech. He and the rep from NuiTech had a 10-minute conversation that basically ended with Mike pledging to “look into this” and call me back.
So, has anyone else gone this long (36 days) without getting credit from so many of the offers? If so, any success with calling these companies and getting them to send NuiTech the confirmations that the offer was completed?
I’m a bit worried here. 3 of my close personal friends have completed the offers and already received the MacBook Pro (2 of them started the offers 2 weeks after I did!). I just hope I am not one of the rare cases that misses out on this because of some glitch.
The street is very easy and completed overnight for me! The only pending charges on my cc are 2 $1 ones. That offer is great you guys should do it.
Josh,
Once again, I just sent my voucher in and will be getting the mac book pro soon. Thanks for the site and I hope to contribute to the fund here to help you out.
Other users who are trying to get the offers,
You have to be patient, sometimes things are weird, heck I only did 8 3 page offers and got double credit somewhere. Just be patient with this and dont get in too much of a hurry. You have to be willing to think that a little inconvenience for a $2000 computer is well worth it.
-Chris B
My verification process started Wednesday morning, February 28. What kind of wait time am I looking at? For anyone who entered the verification process in the past week or so, what was your wait time so that I know what to expect? Thanks.
Nick I’m in the same stage as you. Started the verification process on Wed. morning and I keep checking on there every few hours or so, just being impatient. I would say they will probably go through tomorrow.
Lexi,
Don’t cancel and sign up again. That would definitely not work, it would just mess things up. Just be patient. Credit will come eventually, and if not, call NuiTech after 30 days to get them to give you manual credit.
Does anyone think that going ahead and cancelling PeoplePC will speed up the confirmation process? Or Netflix too?
I had mentioned in an earlier post that I put a different shipping address on my redemption voucher, and then sent an email to customer service.
I got a call from them today telling me that they received my voucher and everything was o.k. The dude on the phone didn’t address my other question (about doing multiple NT offers), and I forgot to ask. My page went to fulfillment immediately after I got off the phone with the dude.
it took me a day from verification until i got the form to print out.
you all see the new terms and conditions????
Effective March 1st, 2007
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PARTICIPATION IN OFFERS AND FRAUD
Posting information on a website, forum, or auction that has to do with “canceling the offers” included, but not limited to, cancellation phone numbers, cancellation time frames, and any encouragement or direction to cancel the offers after signing up with them, is strictly prohibited and constitutes grounds for termination of account and disqualification from receiving any gifts. Users that are found to have fraudulently created orders on advertisers’ sites solely for the purpose of receiving credit towards a gift will be disqualified from receiving a gift. For purposes of participation in this program a user will be deemed to be Fraudulent if the user signs up for advertiser’s offers and subsequently cancels three (3) or more of those offers for which a purchase has been made within a 90 day time period from the date of signing up for the offer. Additionally, any user that is deemed to be Fraudulent will not be given credit for any other offers that were previously completed and will be banned forever from participating in the company’s programs.
Users agree to submit accurate and valid information on all Advertiser offers. Failure to submit accurate information or valid credit card information will be considered Fraudulent and the Company will have no further obligation to provide a gift and the User will lose all credit for previous offers completed towards a gift. Additionally, any user that submits inaccurate information will be forbidden from ever participating in the company’s programs.
A user may not “walk” a prospective member through the creation of an account or any subsequent campaign activity on our sites and give directions on how to make orders on our advertisers’ sites and immediately canceling the order after receiving credit. If a user is found to have “walked” a prospective member through the signup and/or offer process with instructions on which offers to complete and then cancel after receiving credit, all involved parties (both the users making the posting and the users signing up through the posting and the canceling their advertiser orders) will have their accounts placed on hold and disqualified from receiving a gift.
Users may only receive credit for first time offer completions that are conducted within 90 days of new account signups. If the user has previously signed up for an offer elsewhere, he/she cannot receive credit for completing that offer on our network. For example, a user who is already a member of eBay may not sign up for the eBay offer through our website.
nt said my mbp was ordered on feb. 27. how long after my computer was ordered should i expect ups to drop it off?
joe,
usually like 6 days or so..
So…the Man is getting wise, huh? What do these new “Terms and Conditions” mean – that if you cancel more than 3 (out of 18) within 90 days, you’re disqualified? Sorry, but I can’t afford to keep and pay for 15 of 18 offers.
The new Terms and Conditions just killed this off. It’s over.
Chuck – good observation. Those new terms and conditions are a real kick in the ‘nads for anyone who had been planning to do this thing.
Bonty, I wonder if there is something wrong with your computer/browser. Maybe you don’t have cookies enabled or something? Great Fun and Today’s escapes credited IMMEDIATELY for me, and probably for most other people too. Blockbuster was a quick credit as well, and sunrocket took only a few days.
So if I started a program before March 1, do these terms & conditions apply?
And I agree. Anyone with half a brain can figure out that these offers are no longer worth the cost. So much for next to free stuff.
That means they have to make us wait 90 days before sending our gifts then. Because right now, people receive them in less than a month. If they continue shipping them that quick, there is no way they can check after 90 days.
So, has anybody found out what the official tax implications would be? I’m freaked out about getting charged $800 or so for gift tax…I know it all depends on what bracket you’re in, but I just wanted evidence from someone…..anybody know?
Craig,
It’s considered income of $2,000. So it will be taxed at the same % rate as your income. If you just did taxes for 2006, then you should know what your % is.
Just be thankful that you got one before they killed the whole thing off – TODAY!!! Since I’m still awaiting final credit a couple of items; and I’ve already cancelled more then 3, I think I’m SOL.
This is a travesty. Just started the process a few days ago and have the wind completely taken out of my sails.
Oh crap… I’m really worried now… I’m waiting on 2 offers but I have canceled all of the others already… am I screwed???I had a feeling that something would go wrong… just my luck…
I’ve been stuck at 7 completed for almost three weeks now. The first 4 popped up almost instantly but things slowed to a crawl once I started massive cancelations. Even though I started before the change in Terms, I sense they froze me weeks ago.
Anyone have any suggestions before I totally give up and contact the BBB? I’m happy for everyone who got macbooks but this has been a huge waste of time and money ($75+) for me. Sux.
Hey everyone,
I found out about the new terms & conditions earlier today as well.
This is going to kill their business. What are they thinking?
The only reason I can think of that they’d do this is if they were losing money on this.
I know there are many people in the middle of the process wondering where this leaves them.
Tomorrow I’m going to call NuiTech and ask some pointed questions. There will be a new post sometime tomorrow after I find a few answers. I will make sure everyone sees the new post. Watch for it, and we’ll see what happens.
I’d encourage others to call with questions as well. It can’t hurt to let them know people are upset by what is obviously a bad move on their part.
Thanks for your help Josh! You are great!
The MBP is here and thank God it came earlier this week! Hardware acquisition complete, initiating application installation (tricky, but doable). It arrived in perfect condition: twenty-five days total, about $150 (kept some stuff), 7 days after ‘ordered’ and just under the March 1 bombshell (horribly written by angry middle manager).
Good luck to others in the process (waiting was the hardest part). Thanks again to Josh and all who helped!
i think it may be a while before NT can disqualify us for posting advice on a forum. The first amendment and freedom of speech might take a while to change.
To me, if you started the program before March 1st, the NEW terms shouldn’t apply – I had all my offers credited except 1 that required manual verification… and now i’m stuck waiting on that. Thanks Josh for calling. I’m anxious to read what you find out.
Josh, I’m sending a very small amount of dough your way just so that I can activate my Discover card… there will be more where this came from if my offers still go through smoothly. I just want you to know how much I appreciate all your help!
Okay, sorry for repost, but I got scared about the donation because your website address is listed on PayPal and I don’t want NuiTech to get suspicious if they’re aware of your site. But as long as all goes well, you’ll get your donation!
Will this affect people who have sent their vouchers out already?
Teek,
I agree that legally speaking, a company shouldn’t be able to change terms someone agreed to after the fact, but I’m no lawyer. We’ll find out soon.
Tom M,
No idea. Will find out tomorrow.
Should my friend try to do this now? Or even bother? Is it really over?
Craig,
As I’ve said, no one knows. Wait until tomorrow. Thanks.
Of course I just sent out my voucher yesterday and now they’ll probably try to disqualify me….keeping my fingers crossed.
matt: man, i would guess they’ll still send it to you since you already have the voucher. i would worry about the verification stage (which i’m in, and you’re past)
this is wack.
I am waiting for my final 2 offers to credit. I cancled most of my orders before the March 1 change so as long as my last 2 offers go through I won’t have to cancel more than 3 which would make me qualified for the Mac Book still. I think that I just barly made it through, I sure hope so. Josh this is the perfect time to tell us your other tricks to getting free stuff. Thanks for checking on all of this stuff for us.
Whitetyce,
I will post very soon with details on getting other free stuff from companies besides NuiTech. There are a handful of them. Unfortunately, most of the others are a bit more complicated, or don’t offer things quite as elaborate as a MacBook Pro or Plasma TV, but there is still stuff out there people can get.
Anxious to hear what you find out this morning Josh.
I went to verification on Tuesday afternoon (2/27) and this morning between 7:30 and 8 it switched to Voucher status. I did keep some offers and cancel some (more than 3) if that means anything.
Also, I did the $2K giftcard and it does have a choice on the voucher for Lowe’s/Sears/ACE/or Generic. I called and asked about Generic and he said it’s either a Visa or Mastercard with $2,000.
I think the point is if everyone is telling everyone else that if they go sign up for offers and then cancel before they even get charged, companies WILL withdraw from Nuitech and they will go out of business as a company. They have to change something.
Back to the moral thing, if the advertising company wants to charge me $1 to sign up for a trial I may keep and give me credit for it, then that’s legit. Play the offers for what they’re worth and pay the cost ($50-$150).
Anxious to hear what the phone calls turn up.
For anyone whose status is ‘shipping request issued’, I just called to double check on my order this morning and they said that it had been ordered today, so at the very least I think if you were through verification and had a shipping request in place before March 1st, you should be ok.
NuiTech is supposed to “come to a decision” about some things this afternoon. I will call them to find out more after I get out of class for the day. Expect a post update mid-to-late afternoon.
To add to the bad news, I got this email from a friend this morning:
I talked to Video Professor yesterday and they saw that I signed up for the product through a survey. After that, they started DRILLING me with questions and then said that if I am cancelling that you won’t recieve credit. They said
that in the terms it says that I must purchase the product in order for you to get the credit. That seems a little ridiculous since it’s $80!
Also, did anyone notice the bit in the new terms about being banned forever from the company’s offers if you post any information online about cancelling offers, cancellation phone numbers, cancellation time frames, and basically anything to do with walking someone through the process, or even hinting at cancelling the offers to receive credit?
Apparently they’ve seen my site, and apparently I’m completed screwed forever.
Good thing they made the offers impossible anyway, or I might just be upset.
Josh you have taken down a major corp., not many people have done that in there life time, I’m thinking that this might make a good chapter or 2 in one of your books your going to write in the future. I’ll be first in line to buy it. Maybe we’ll find a way to do an offer and get your book for next to nothing:)
What is the site for the $2k gift card. I saw one posted on here for a $2k car body kit card, is that the correct one?
Josh, I just called NT and they said if you registered the program on or before March 1st you are not bound by the new terms and conditions.
So you’re clear if you’ve registered before March 1 – even though you haven’t done any of the offers? Sweet! I’ve registered for, like, three more things once I learned about this. Just havent started on them.
Josh, if you find out about your friend not getting or getting credit for vid professor let us know cause ive been looking all over their site for something that says you have to spend the 80 bucks and i havent seen a thing. If companies try and pull that especially with it not being in writing then i dont want to start a new offer
I hope you are right about still being able to get your gift if you signed up before March 1st. Because I have put in a lot of time on this, and I would be PISSED if I didn’t get my 42 inch plasma now.
I got my voucher and it says they can substitute any gift with a similar item, substitute any gift item with another of similar value to be determiend solely in their discretion, or send the cash equivalent solely on their discretion… is this new or have others who were verified before these new terms worded differently?
CC I know that those are the exact words that were in mine also. I don’t think it is anything to worry about. You should receive what you applied for. I think that is just wording that they use to protect themselves from some crazy problem that might arise from the dealers that they obtain their products from.
Oh yea CC i forgot to tell you that I was verified about a month ago, before the new terms! So no need to worry!
Thanks Stephen!
Be careful of the $2000 MC Kitchen Makeover. I called NT, and they said it was good only at the three vendors listed: Ace, Lowes, and Sears. Who the heck can spend two grand at Ace Hardware?
I thought that might be the case with the 2k offer, but i saw a sweet plasma tv online that was a 61″ for 2300, that’s as big as my apartment wall!
Well, I couldn’t take it any more and called in. They told me that it can take two to three weeks after a voucher is received to be processed. I don’t think I’ve given any tips on how to cheat the system on here, so I hope that’s not the hold-up.
Oh well, I just checked, and though my voucher pack was received and signed for 02/26 @8:53AM, still nothing. I’ll feel tons better once this things gets moving along again.
I’m a little nervous about the whole new terms and conditions thing that just came up yesterday.
Josh, Whityce has a good point. I’d attribute this all to you – which means you helped a lot of people get free stuff. Enough for NT to make a major change. I don’t give credit to Scam.com or other similar sites, as they have known and been discussing NT for a long time, and nothing seemed to change because of them. It was only after you spread the word that NT felt the sting.
Who says one person can’t make a difference?
Hey Kyle T. they received my voucher on Monday too. I just checked my status and I’m in fulfillment. Maybe you’re clear now too?
Hey Brad,
I went to voucher status today on the $2K kitchen makeover. It does have a choice on the voucher for Lowe’s/Ace/Sears. Now, obviously you can buy just about anything at Sears, but it also has an option for Generic. I called and specifically asked what Generic is and was told it’s a Visa or Mastercard with $2,000.
Just waiting to receive it now…
Mark D.,
No not just yet. I hope this isn’t a bad sign.
Cross your fingers for me.
Brett,
I found out my friend was doing the Video Professor offer for another company’s free gift. It shouldn’t effect those doing NuiTech offers.
David – Great to hear that! I guess one of Nuitech’s operators had bad info. Thanks!
Geez this must really be pissing these companies off. I just called to cancel sunrocket and got the 3rd degree from one of their reps.
hey dudes, just got back from visiting the fam in toledo. no internet there so I’m just now catching up, did i miss anything?
After reading the new terms and conditions it seems all is lost…I was wondering if anyone knows if the terms only apply to new sign ups after march 1 or applies to everyone. I have like 5 deals that i signed up for using all friends information and credit card info and stuff and i did that before march 1, but i havent done any of the deals yet, Anyone have an idea if these will still work?
Brett,
Surely you haven’t missed the bright red box at the top of every page?
Ok waiting for one offer to credit. How long did it take for sunrocket to credit???? I have been waiting for a week. Should I risk trying to do People PC to get my last credit??
…my bad, sorry josh
Does the MBP come with the glossy or original style screen?
I feel bad. The legacy lived on for so long and gave us poor college students (and just anyone else who wanted a Mac) the oppurtunity for a fabulous Macbook Pro. It really sucks for anyone in progress. So it effects everyone even the ones who signed up before March 1st? That sucks. Fortunately I just went into fufillment. I started 2/9 I hope to receive it in a week or two.
Tom,
The new Terms DO NOT effect anyone who signed up for a gift site before March 1st. Please read my latest post, and don’t post things unless you’re sure they’re correct. We don’t want to cause confusion.
I’m sorry Josh I understand. I just have one more question. I signed up for a Nintendo Wii package and it seems to be run by NuiTech as well. I can’t do any of the offers I just did for my Macbook Pro can I? Thanks for everything.
Dang It!!!
Still no change on my status and they signed for my voucher on Monday @8 in the morning.
I’m starting to get a little worried. I didn’t do any of the stuff the exclude for in their new terms and conditions. I’m just wondering why its taking them so much longer to move me into fulfillment?
Yep, it’s frustrating, but the price is right. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for Monday morning.
I’m a little confused as to what “signed up” before March 1st means. When are you signed up exactly? For example, I went through the “Complete the Survey Below” section and when I go to the bookmarked link to the $1000 and $500 VISA card, it just says 8 of 8 offers required and 10 of 10 offers required. Does that mean I’m signed up? Thanks.
Kyle,
My voucher was received on Saturday the 24th and I’m still not seeing anything change. When I sign in to gift status it still says “Congratulations, You’ve Qualified!” and that they still haven’t received my voucher etc. I’m frustrated that it isn’t on my doorstep yet too. Don’t worry though, I’m pretty sure they’ll follow through, they have for so many others. Patience patience patience.
I am waiting until I see the fruits of my labor (MBP in hand) before I complete any more offers on the other gifts I parked before these new terms.
Waiting rather impatiently…
Jp,
They got mine that day too, and still no change for me. I’ve heard it’s about 8 business days for fulfillment….so we might miss this week’s batch and go into fulfillment around Wednesday, should definitely be no later than that though
Ok guys all my offers have credited now and I’m on the FInal Step Verification page, how long untill I can print out my voucher???
tyce – it took me about 1.5 days. morning of march 1st: verification, midday march 2nd: voucher.
For those who missed registration with NiuTech before March 1, 2007: I saw an ad at weather.com yesterday for a free* Macbook Pro. I’m not sure if it’s legit but you could look into it. Here is the link: http://producttestpanel.com/macbook/?lid=::wc-zo_300x120macintelMB/
Courtney,
I’ve seen this company before, and looked into it. They don’t have a great reputation as far as giving credit and sending out gifts. Also, on the third page, the only offers you have to choose from each cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars.
I know this has been asked a bajillion times, but it’ my turn..
Went into Fulfillment on Tuesday 2/27/2007. I called them on Friday and they said it was ordered, and that I would get an email with a tracking number soon. Of course it seems that email is mostly a myth.
Just curious on when you all think my MBP will arrive at my doorstep, given those two dates..
I’m thinking sometime this week, maybe Thursday? I hope either Tuesday or Thursday, I have those two days off..
Chuck,
I went into Fulfillment on the same day. It looks like they process a week’s worth of vouchers all together. Most people have been getting their MBPs 6 or 7 days after going into fulfillment. Most have received no email, or got one after they got the MBP.
Today is 6 days from 2/27, so I have my fingers crossed and keep anxiously looking for the UPS man.
Well, as of right now (about 9:07AM ) I still have not moved into fulfillment. Man, I really hope it happens before tomorrow as I understand they make the orders on Tuesday.
Anyway, good luck to anyone else awaiting the fulfillment message for a longer than average wait time.
Chadwick,
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. It’s just nervewracking becuase everything I have shipped to me, I like to track, and it’s kind of just like “Welp, i dunno!” (throws arms up) with the tracking of rht MBP shipments…
I’m just anxious to get it, like a kid waiting to open presents at Xmas..
don’t get me wrong, i’m not complaining though..
Here’s a question for the people that have gotten their MBPs already.
If you got it delivered via UPS, did you see any type of “Shipment Reference” on the outside of the box on the UPS lable? because you can look up shipments this way to your zipcode if you have a reference number or keyword on the UPS label.
chuck and chadwick,
my status also changed to fulfillment on 2/27 and i called them on friday (3 days ago) and they said it was ordered that day. i thought most people had received their mbp’s 6-7 days after it was ‘ordered’, not 6-7 days after it was in fulfillment. so that would be 6-7 days from friday, which would be the end of this week or early next week, right?
I called, too. Ordered on Friday 3/2. CSR said it was “shipped directly from the company” and that I should “receive an email shortly.”
Alas, I must wait another few days.
got our mbp today. thanks, josh good luck to those still in process. any luck on other sites and other offers?
Josh, or anyone who may know:
I did this offer to get the mac for my college daughter, so she is going to take the tax hit. It will still come to the same address. Do you know of any problems with filling the voucher out in the name of your child instead of your own? Thanks
Joe,
When did you go into Fulfillment?
Man, what a bummer. Yep, I’m still crying about not moving into fulfillment yet.
On a lighter note, my buddy got his MBP today. He moved into fulfillment within about 4 days and just a mere two weeks later, he’s received the little beauty.
So, needless to say, I do feel a lot better about the whole process now.
my mbp was ordered on 2/27 and arrived today. i went into fulfillment on 2/22. i started on 12/28 so it has been a long process but it paid off. hooray!!
Here’s a bit of interrogative speculation only: Even though NT says that those who signed up prior to March 1 are not bound by the new terms and conditions, the sponsoring companies may be abiding by them anyway, as it is in their interest. For example, Great Escapes or ValueMaxx or one of those joker companies might make you wait 90 days to get credit, rather than giving you immediate credit as they had been doing. Has anyone still in the process noticed unusually long waiting periods for your “completed” status from sponsor companies? This information would be useful to those who signed up before March 1 but have/had not started the process until after that date.
If you signed up for two different languages of ONLINGO, please read. Watch your credit card carefully. They only cancelled one of mine, even though i have two cancellation email confirmations and had postal tracking numbers, and just charged me $70. When i called they tried to charge me an additional $9.95 for restocking! He finally agreed to refund the entire amount, but it was a HASSLE. Just watch your credit card statement CAREFULLY. Also, keep all those tracking numbers and email confirmations for awhile too…
Paul R.,
I had only two remaining offers as of the new terms & conditions, and I did stamps.com and Belisi silk ties and was credited instantly. Granted these companies are a little more reputable than ValueMaxx or Great Escapes, but I thought I’d give my experience anyways.
Did these last two offers yesterday after getting tired of netflix and peoplepc to clear.
I am in verification….sooo sweet!
I just went into Verification after my Discover Card finally credited and I re-signed up for Stamps. Here is my word of advice after going through this process: do everything during regular business hours. I had a little mix-up with Stamps and Columbia House because my credit card was being declined. But when I tried to sign up again during business hours everything went through smoothly AND I got immediate credit. Thanks so much Josh! You will get your donation as soon as my precious little gift arrives! I just hope that these new T&C’s don’t come back and bite me!
Yay!!!
Finally, I am in fulfillment. Only a few short weeks away from my silver beauty coming home.
Man, it did take over a week to go into fulfillment though. Just an FYI.
Yay!!!
Just letting everyone know there is a new blog post about more free stuff through another company. Check it out!
yeah im doing a website complete one offer (blockbuster)($10) and have 20 people do the same it is just takeing so long to get credit for the offer and it is so hard to get 20 people to sign up! please please please if you want to help out go to http://freemacbookpro.com/index.php?referral=638818 and fill it out …heck maybe you have more friends then i do!
Hey now that a few more of you have completed all the offers I would like to know how long it is taking for Nuitech to put up the voucher for you to print out. I have had the page “Your almost finished/ Final Step” since sunday. Others have told me that this page usually changes to the voucher slip in a day or 2. Maybe Nuitech is looking closer at all the offers we do now that it is post March 1. How long has it taken for people who have recently completed all the offers?
i went into the verification process on feb 28th and could print out the voucher a full 48 hours later.
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FULFILLMENT! Finally 12 days after the voucher was received! We’re in business Kyle T! I’m somewhat relieved.
guys, I have one more offer to complete on page 3. my choices are:
discover, sunrocket, paydayOK (I really dont want to do this one), Columbia House (tried signing up for them before, they never charged my CC), several diet ones, sirius and NYT. I want to finish as soon as possible; what do all the seasoned MPBers out there recommend?
Has anyone recently received the mac from this company. I’m curious to know what the specs are on it? Josh listed them a while ago, but I think they’ve upgraded since then.
Thanks!
Does anybody know if you get to keep the giftcards from the offers you cancel like great fun, simply you, and todays escapes.
Doom,
Sirius was instant credit and I was able to call in and cancel before they sent the radio. Make sure you call in within the first 10 minutes. It worked for me.
Hey any suggestions for getting people pc to credit. i have been waiting what seems like forever and have tried everything that has been suggested
Doom,
I would suggest NYT or Sirius both were pretty quick for me and I know NYT is easy to cancel….i even just kept it for the trial period. I haven’t cancelled the Sirius thing.
Sunrocket is ok too it credits in a few days but they kind of gave me a hard time when I called to cancel….not too hard though
JP, You might want to use better discretion in cancelling these orders. Behavior like this is one of the reasons why nuitech changed the terms of conditions. At least make it seem like you want the product. When you order a product and cancel it 5 minutes later these companies view that as fraud. Order the product. Send it back when it arrives. With Sirius it would’ve cost you 5 bucks to send it back.(They need a means to track the radio) That’s a drop in the bucket considering you’re getting a 2 grand machine. It would help us all out if EVERYONE uses better discretion when completing these offers.
Ok is everyone else experiencing the long wait from “Final Step” to “Voucher” page. I am getting impatient, most people said that there voucher came up 2 days later. Is everyone else who just finished the macbook offer going thru this too.?
And doom, NY times took about 6 days to credit, and I got instant credit with People PC
sadly peoplepc has been sitting here a week and they have not credited me, i checked my webmail and all that jazz. i just want to be done at this point.
JP good to hear it man. Welcome to the final waiting game.
I got two $10 ExxonMobil gift cards from the Great Fun thing, but guess what? The closest gas station is about 130 miles away. Yikes!
I’m going for the HD-DVD player for the XBox 360 on the new page Josh directed us to. Looking forward to it.
kb
My bad, I did that about a month ago before there was a whole lot of info in this site. I figured at this point it doesn’t really matter much with Nuitech since they’ve already closed shop for people who didn’t park before March. You’re right though, it isn’t a bad idea to just send back the product, which is what I did for everything else except SIRIUS, I was just not wanting to get stuck with a contract and a $75 cancellation fee.
Ballin,
If a trial is 30 days (like Great Fun), you will be able to get the gift card, but if it’s a week or two (like most of the others), you won’t. You have to be a member at the time you request your gift card. Great Fun will send you an email about it, the others have a link to “claim your free gift” in the intro emails.
Question for anyone who has recently gone into fulfillment: How long from when you mailed out the voucher to when you went into fulfillment? I know they received mine last week but I’m getting anxious and impatient….so close.
mt,
7 business days.
So my MBP came yesterday and I just have been loving it and caressing it since then.
I was fulfilled on 2/28
received MBP on 3/7.
So I received it a week later. Pretty fast. So all of you who got fulfilled on the 27th or 28th, be on the lookout!
Thanks again everybody.
Finally, my voucher!! What a relief. Now I can wait without worry of being rejected or disqualified.
hey whitetyce i am in the same boat as u… im waiting for my voucher and it should come, since i compelted my offers two days after urs, in about two days. my question is to u… or to josh… wut do u do when u get the voucher… wuts all this stuff about goign to the bank??
DayJilla,
Did you ever receive an email with tracking info? If so, when?
DayJilla,
Wow, I went into Fulfillment on the 27th, but nothing yet here..
Did you call them to find out when it was “Ordered”?? I wen into Fulfillment, but when i called, they said it was ordered on the 2nd of March.. hmmm…
luckily i have the day off today so i get to sit back and wait for the delivery truck to get here.. (if it comes today, hopefully..
)
Chuck,
I have the same fulfillment/order dates as you. I’m also hoping it comes today, let me know when yours arrives; I’ll do the same…
Frank, when you get your voucher you have to fill out some personal information proving that you are who you say you are. They do this to make sure that you have used your idenity, not someone elses. Once you fill out this info you go to a bank or any other place that can notorize you and they confirm that you are who you say you are. It’s just so that nuitech doesn’t get scammed by people using fake names and info. I feel bad for the people who thought they were being tricky completed all the offers, got the voucher and THEN found out they were screwed because they used a fake name. Good luck Frank
i never called them or anything so i have no idea when it was ordered.
it shipped to me here in new york from pennsylvania.
Frank,
It looks like you and I are in the same time zone… I went into verification on Tuesday and I’m still waiting on the Voucher. Congrats whitneyce, I’ve been waiting to see how long it took for you!
Fulfillment on 2/27, shipped 3/2. Still no Mac on my doorstep. Fingers crossed for tomorrow. Would make for a fun weekend.
I GOT MY MACBOOK PRO!!!!!! Started on Feb. 8th and got it exactly one month later!!!! I was coming home and ran after the UPS man as he was pulling away from my apartment building!
2/28- Fulfillment
3/08- It ARRIVED!!!!!!!
For everybody still waiting that got fulfilled at the same time…stay strong. This is real and it’s coming soon. I’m about to call all my friends who didn’t believe!
Thanks Josh, sending some money your way soon!
I got my Macbookpro today also! BTW, UPS sucks because she just left the box by the side door and didn’t even ring the doorbell! Luckly I was walking out the door and saw it!
Just got my mac after work today, I’ll post some photos tomorrow, I’m psyched!
MT,
I had 8 days after they received my voucher before I switched over to fulfillment.
For the record guys, my buddy’s MacBook Pro arrived 13 days after he went into fulfillment. I’m hoping for the same or better. Better’s always good right?
I have yet to return Sunrocket … how do I do it so that I do not have to pay shioopping? Do I call them to cancel and then write return to sender on the package or what do u guys do?
Got my mac yesterday. Thanks for all the great info everyone, here’s my recap:
Timeline:
2/11 – started offers
2/17 – verification begins
2/19 – voucher available
2/22 – voucher rec’d by NT
2/26 – fulfillment
3/2 – ordered
3/6 – shipped
3/8 – delivered
Here are some photos (only photo site not blocked by firewall):
Single: http://www.bolt.com/frankjohnson/photo/macbook/3098036
Gallery: http://www.bolt.com/frankjohnson/photo/
P.S. Josh you could seriously reduce your bandwidth costs if you paginated these posts, they are insanely long and I imagine most pageloads are just to check if new comments have been posted. And you still have your search form at the top if someone wants to find specific info. Just a thought.
Frank,
There is a prepaid shipping label inside the SunRocket box. Just call to cancel, then use that label to ship it back.
Erik,
Nice photos. Any chance at getting a higher-resolution version of some of them? Specifically the one with the apple logo?
Thanks for the suggestion about paginating the comments. I have thought about that, but decided against it because a)I was having trouble finding a good plugin to paginate them and b)the search box doesn’t actually search comments, just the blog entries. Therefore, my bandwidth might actually go up if I paginate posts, since people might have to go through each page searching for info.
but sicne it was shipped ups i have to take it back to a ups carrier right?
My mac arrived today! I used my work address for everything so it’s here now.. and sitting behind me. I think I’m feeling a little ill now *cough*cough* perhaps I should go home and play with the little guy.
2/11/07 pm – began offers
2/15/07 am – went into validation
2/16/07 pm – all offers cancelled
2/19/07 am – Qualified
2/20/07 am – Voucher notarized and overnighted
2/21/07 am – Voucher signed for/received
2/27/07 am – Fulfillment
3/06/07 – Shipped UPS Ground
3/09/07 am – Received!
Sweetness!
Got my Mac today (just now!).
It was weird. It came in a FedEx box inside a UPS box, delivered by UPS. It was like opening several layers of Christmas presents.
So…
does this mac come with the glossy widescreen?
Got mine today!
Thanks, Josh!
Timeline:
Signed up for offers 2/6
Offers Completed 2/15
Verified 2/19
Mailed Voucher 2/20
Fulfillment 2/28
Received MBP 3/9
Do you have to sign for the package when the Mac gets shipped to you? In reading the posts, it seems that sometimes UPS just dropped the box by the front door without signature. Is that always the case?
I might be out of town the week that mine comes – and it would be great if UPS needed a signature.
i finally got my voucher but its really confusing… there are two forms the gift redmeption voucer and the w9 form is that correct? I fill out the gift redemption voucher myself but i take the w9 to the bank? Also it asks me to put down my social security number is there any way around that? thanks guys
Has anyone gotten credit from sunrocket, nytimes, and columbia house since the beginning of march? I am stuck on these three and they are showing no sign of posting anytime soon. Also, has anyone gotten their final credit in march? A friend of mine is stuck on waiting for one last credit and it hasn’t posted since the new terms and conditions were posted. Any help is appreciated.
I have gotten final credit in March, I did People PC and got credited on the 5th I think.
Frank, you must fill out ALL information on both forms. The IRS needs your social so they know who to tax for the Macbook, no way around it. They will not deliver on the Mac if all info is not filled out. My brother in law was delayed about a week in recieving his mac because he forgot to fill in his zip code. Look at it this way, you have already spread your credit card # and personal info all over the internet, why not mail away your social to Flordia.
Got my sweet MacBook Pro today. Widescreen, not glossy, for those who are wondering.
I started doing offers 2/6, NT received my voucher 2/21, put me into fulfillment 2/27, ordered my MBP 3/5, and I received 3/9.
Spent just under $100 on offers and got 4 bags of coffee, a coffeemaker, a coffee grinder, Sunday NY Times, 2 $10 gas cards, Spanish lessons, EBay auction lessons, some free songs, a few movies and a couple of issues of Entertainment Weekly.
Maria and Thomas,
Thank you each for your generous donations!
On the W-9 form the address we put in should be what… where we want our macbookpro sent or my permanent HOME HOME address because where i want my macbookpro sent is to my dorm room at ucla.
also the notary statement i leave for the bank right?
Frank,
I would advise that every bit of information you have used with Nuitech be the same (as original signup). Varying addresses, emails, etc may cause delays or forfeiture of gifts.
josh did you, or anyone, ever get a W-9 from NT?
Joe,
The W-9 is the form that prints out with your voucher. A 1099 form is what they’re supposed to send you. I emailed them about it in early February. Here is their response:
Dear Josh,
Thank you for your inquiry.
I believe you will be receiving a 1099 from our company. From what I hear that paperwork has been sent out so you should be receiving that paperwork in the mail. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Thank you,
Support
I have never received this form. At this point, it’s too late and I need to do my taxes, so maybe they’ll send me one for next year’s taxes? Who knows.
started offers on 2/28
whats wrong!
I made a purchase with my discover card on friday 3/9. The offer still hasn’t “completed” on my list. Its my last one left
I also downloaded, logged in, and checked my email with PeoplePC and no luck there as well. Am I doing something wrong here?
- from a concerned person with only one offer left to verify on the third page.
Just got my Macbook Pro today! Thanks Josh you’re the man!!! I’ll give you a donation when I get some more money.
Nick C —- the Discover card will clear in another day or two, so don’t worry. It takes a few business days after your first transaction for it to clear. At least mine did.
Anyone know if last week’s fulfillments shipped out today?
IT CAME! So happy
started 2/12
finished all offers 2/21
verification on 2/22
mailed voucher 2/22
voucher received 2/26
fulfillment 3/2
ups delivery 3/12
I’m sending a donation your way, Josh, but it’s going thru paypal checking so it might take couple days to clear
I signed up for the 37″ Plasma TV and XBOX 360. The XBOX came on Friday and my television arrived today. Thanks Josh for all the help. Hope you got the donation.
God Bless,
Steve E.
Steve, Gary, and Stephen,
Thanks a ton for your generous donations! These are extremely helpful in paying the bandwidth bill and keeping the site up!
ILoveFreeMacs
Has anyone taken notice as to where the packages are shipped from?…I thought I had read someone saying PA which would be awesome since I live there. I went into fulfillment today so now the agonozing wait takes one step closer.
Mine came from:
Technology Integration Group
80 Micro Drive
Jonestown, PA 17038
See: http://www.bolt.com/portfolio/photo/original.jsp?original=http://content.bolt.com/uploads6/photo/1/2/9/3/6/6/5/1293665/large/1173454840720.jpg
I sent in my voucher (just with a 39 cent stamp) about 8 business days ago and my status says they still have not received my voucher. How long does it take for that status to change? Should I call them and ask since it has been so long? Or should I give it more time?
Thanks for any help.
Question Josh…
Is there any way to get easier offers for page 3 for a nano? it seems i can’t cancel any of the offers on gadgetcity…..and is there any other sote that is easier to get nanos from?
Thanks!!!
BTW…my bf got me a vaio thanks to you..he will be sending you a check! Thanks a bunch!
Ash,
Clear your browser’s cache and then close, re-open your browser. Navigate to page 3 again and hit refresh a few times.
I did this and got more offers to appear.
Good Luck
Ash,
I don’t understand. What do you mean you can’t cancel any of the offers for gadgetcity? Let me know. Thanks.
Josh on gadgetcity you just have to do 1 offer for each page to get a 360. So did you just do the web hoasting offers on page three and four, if not what offers did you do. And GC makes you wait 45 days to verify you info. Did you have to wait to cancle your services til the 45 days were up?
Whitetyce,
Yes, I did Web.com and HostGator on the third and forth pages.
I actually just minutes ago posted about GadgetCity. Check it out for more info.
Niutech received my voucher on the 6th and my status still has not changed. However two my friends sent their vouchers in and they were received on the 8th and there status changed to fulfillment yesterday and today. Should I be worried?
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ballin’
I did the same thing and it was recieved on the same date as urs and still haven’t heard anything either. I dont know whats going on. Hopefully soon we will move there as well. Keep us posted as I will as well.
whitetyce, did they receive your voucher yet?
No they have not. I mailed it in (regular post) on the 7th I think. My brother said that after they recieved his voucher he had to wait 9 days till he went into fulfillment. so I figure that they got my voucher on the 9th, and I should be recieving credit around the 18th, or sometime early next week.
Fulfillment baby!!!
Just another week or two. The free ipod shuffle and nano are sweet, but all I really want is my sweet sweet MacBook Pro.
Just droppin’ in to say I got it today. Fulfillment on March 6th, got it on March 16th. It shipped March 14th from Georgia.
Wild ride!
Whitetyce – glad to hear it. I sent in my voucher last Friday, the 9th, and I’m concerned that it hasn’t been “received” yet. Perhaps early next week.
Its here. Here’s my timeline…
2/7 – Started the process.
2/28 – Received voucher and sent it in.
3/6 – Moved into fulfillment.
3/16 – Received MBP.
Thanks so much everyone for your help. I’m writing this entry on my new silver beauty actually. Money coming your way Josh.
does anyone know how long it takes to manually credit an offer? i signed up vonage on the 7th and never received credit. i waited four weeks and faxed in the info they requested to manually adjust and it has been a week and still nothing. does anyone know how this works?
Yeah Kyle, I got mine today too! Fulfillment March 9 Received March 16
AHHH the wait is killing me… I sent it the 12th by Priority mail and now I’m just slowly waiting for fulfilment…
Has anyone else been asked for a state issued ID after sending the voucher?
jmac,
I’ve known several people who had to fax in their photo-ID, many personally, so don’t worry, it’s not anything out of the ordinary.
my voucher was recieved on the 6th and still no change…im getting fed up but i cant call until its been 2 weeks…im getting impatient
of all of the diet offers on page three does anyone know if any of these credit instantly and which are the easiest to deal with?
Got my MBP, if it wasn’t for the fact I was low on the flow I would be donating to the cause. But I wanted to say thank you.
Several of you have recently received your MBP. What are the specs on it?
Thanks!
I know of a few folks who still haven’t gone into fulfillment on gifts despite the fact their vouchers were receiving a couple weeks ago.
Not sure what the deal is. If it’s been that long, it’s probably best to call and find out what’s going on.
CB,
I’m thinking they may have misplaced our vouchers or something. Both of ours were recieved on the 6th and they still havent been fulfilled yet. While people who sent theirs in a week later have already been put into fulfillment. We might have to send our vouchers in again.
Yea, me and a friend also sent our vouchers in on the 3/9 and 3/12 and we haven’t gone into fulfillment either
Ballin, let me know when you go into fulfillment because this is horse crap. I am getting super impatient with nuitech and shopfree pay and im ready to get this stuff over with. Once i get my 80 gb ipod and ipod nano and shuffle, im not doing anymore except maybe an xbox.
CB and Ballin’,
Why don’t you just call customer service and ask them what’s going on?
I already have, they just said they havent processed the voucher yet. When I told them it was received on the 6th, they said everything gets received at their ups store. They said when 3 weeks go by and they still haven’t processed it yet, then resend it.
I contacted Nuitech this morning and they still are given me the same crap. They did however say that because I put a different address on my voucher than the one i signed up with, that might be a problem. Just tell them the situation if its like that and they will notate that. The other thing is you could just redo the voucher and put the correct address you signed up for on there instead of your home or whatever.
CB,
Yeah I’ve heard of several people who had huge problems by putting a different address on the voucher. Doesn’t seem like a good idea.
yea, but i just didnt want it coming to my dorm. She said that she flagged it to let the address go through, so we will see. I have another voucher printed out and already notarized, so next tuesday if there is still no change I guess I will just send it off again… Dont want too, but as long as i get the darn thing I guess I will live with it.
Also, those who did the wine, how long did it take to credit and could u cancel and get money back on it? please let me know, shopfreepay has taken the lunarpages off the third page, the credit card still hasnt come and I am getting restless for the mac and the 80 gb video ipod i got coming for it.
So on the new offers on Nuitech they say that you have to remain a member for 90 days to get gift credit. Does this still apply even though I have signed up for my 2k offer prior to march 1? I have 4 offers done, can get manual credit for sunrocket, and there are 3 other offers that I can do… so that leaves me at 8 offers complete for the third page. Do you think that they wouldnt give credit for 90 days or just credit you quick and watch you for 90 days? Anyone tried one of the new offers on the Plat. page???
josh, thanks for your reply
i’m still quite worried. how long does it take to re-read the voucher with a faxed ID?
has anyone done the wine offer from shop free pay and how long did it take to get credit?
Delivery question. For those that have already received it – do you have to sign for the package? Or do they just leave it on your doorstep? I’m likely going to be out-of-town when it arrives, so I’ll need to have a neighbor be watchful if it’s just dropped off. Please let me know. Thanks.
Quick FYI…for those people having trouble with Belisi neckties…
I finally found their number online
1-800-434-1962
They said I simply had to mail the ties back to the address on the original box. She also put my account on hold as to not allow any more ties to go out.
Very easy and no RMA. The number took forever to locate though. Good luck with all your remaining offers.
One more thing regarding stamps.com cancellation.
A few people, as well as me, have experienced them trying to charge you a $15.99 fee for cancellation charges. But per their terms and conditions you are not charged a fee if you cancel during the trial membership.
Be sure to remind them of this and they will not do it. I think they are just trying to milk some extra money out of people that are leaving them and don’t read the fine print. Beware….
Ballin,
Have you heard anything yet?
Just went into fulfillment yesterday!
Began Offers: 2/27/07
Completed Offers: 3/06/07
Verification: 3/12/07
Fulfillment: 3/19/07
Awaiting my Macbook Pro which from everyone else’s posts I expect on next Thursday 3/29/07 as it seems to take 7-10 days.
nope, i havent heard a thing. i didnt have a different address on mine, so I just assume that they misplaced them or somehting. Ill be sending mine again soon.
ballin’ and cb…
my voucher was also received on the 6th and still no fulfillment.
when I called they said they should have it, they just haven’t processed it yet and that they will probably get to it this week.
whatever that means.
Hey Josh or whoever, can someone answer my question real fast? I sent out my voucher on 3/12 and today they said that they need verification because I wrote the name incorrectly. So I faxed it in. However, no I am worried becaues the id, which was my drivers lisence, has my home(permanent) address on it but on the voucher I put down my dorm address. Is this goign to be a problem? I do not want to have the forms renotarized…anybody know whats goign to happen? This is so frustrating!
Thanks Mike I appreciate that and its good to hear that its not just me and Ballin that its other people so that puts me at some sort of ease…
I am getting the 80 gb ipod video from shopfreepay and I am about to blow a gasket for this MAC.
frank, i have the exact same problem as you do..
i guess we just need to be patient since they said the voucher goes back to the bottom of the pile again
jmac, did you put down a different address too?
yes i did. if i knew all this trouble would happen, i would have just put in whatever they want
What so besides the address was there any problems? You didn’t put down your permanent address on both or you put down different ones?
Josh, I have 3 offers left and i started before march 1, i was gonna do columbia, advantage language and sirius but now the third page says you must stay a paid customer for 90 days to get credit, it happened like overnight, does this apply to me as well? Any help would be great
Just to clarify that, the offer itself says “must stay a member for 90 days” under it
CB and ballin’…
you guys going to send your vouchers in again?
did customer service say anything about doing this? like wait until so many weeks after is has been unprocessed or don’t do this?
Yeah Im going to resend mine. They said if its been three weeks and you still havent been moved into fulfillment, then send it again.
MacBook Pro backlog?
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=17420
i havent given up hope, but I am going to resend it as well.
when are you guys resending? or have you already?
i think i may wait until friday and then overnight it via USPS not UPS in hopes of changing my luck!
yeah im sending mine out friday as well using usps. i sent mine out ups the first time too, they must have just gotten misplaced.
ballin, any change yet?
Ugh, I’ve had to fax in mine…refax because it was blurry…let them a note saying why there is a difference between my drivers liscence and the address I put down and now i must wait…
Nope, still no change. Will be sending out the new voucher tomorrow.
Finally!!!! I got my Macbook Pro today….9 days after going into fulfillment (it took about a week before that to process the voucher).
I need one more to credit on the third page. I have all the diet programs and the loan program left to do and i was wondering if anyone know the time it takes to credit these or if they credit at all.
2/9 – Started Offers
3/10 – MacBook Pro Received
Thanks Josh!
*3/12 – MacBook Pro Received
-my error
after almost 3 in verification and them having my information since march 6th …. still no fulfillment and I am irate. The 2-3 week excuse will not due! Anyone been in fulfillment this long? besides ballin
i meant verification, not fulfillment
My MBP went into fulfillment today. I believe I’ll be one of the last folks who gets a MBP from NT as I signed up on 2/28 before the new rules began.
2/28 started offers
3/18 finished offers
3/19 last offer credited, notarized form sent
3/20 form rec’d by NT
3/23 shipping request issued
So hopefully I’ll have my computer the first week of April.
Question for those who have theirs: does NT update the status page to show that your computer was actually shipped? How did everyone know when their computer was actually ordered or shipped?
pacmantech- After mine went into fulfillment the status page never changed. The box just showed up 9 days later. In fact it still hasn’t changed eventhough I received the notebook yesterday.
Ballin, and anyone else who have sent UPS to Nuitech….
I called, they said that whoever the Joseph person is is at the recieving center of the PO box they have. He said that typically UPS sent stuff gets lost… or something, and he couldnt give a good reason otehr than that, so I resent mine USPS and I am tracking that. I will keep all updated.
Yeah thats what I figured. I sent mine out today via USPS. Hoping for more luck. Ill keep you all posted.
FedEx gave me no problems…
are you saying the Joseph guy always loses the stuff???
I dont know. Im just saying what was said to me.
IN FULFILLMENT. Finally. They received my voucher at 9 this morning. And then an hour and a half later I was in fulfillment. They must not be receiving too many vouchers these days. So I guess CB that proves they misplaced our original vocuhers, just like I said from the beginning.
Or it might just mean they found my original voucher. I just thought of that.
Ballin,
I just got into fulfillment as well and I am excited as a Christmas Turkey!!!! I resent my voucher last friday and they said it wouldnt be there until tuesday, but I am soo glad that IM in FULFILLMENT!!! WHOOO HOOOO I LOVE IT!!! CANT WAIT!!!!
Patience is a bitch, and a virtue, but its very nice.
They might have found the original because mine is not there yet, atleast the new one i sent, so maybe our originals were found. I think after I questioned to why our stuff was missing that they got there butts in gear!! Congrats. Let me know when you get yours
CB
I signed up in February and I’m still trying to complete offers. I am waiting on 2 credits. I just need 2 of the following to credit: columbia house, sirius, or sunrocket. But they aren’t going through. It has been about 22 days since I applied for these. Should I just wait and try to get manual credit? How easy is it to get manual credit? Fast? Or should I go ahead and do two diet programs on page 3 which will cost $30 each? Are these credited pretty fast? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Bob,
Just wait and get manual credit. You only have to wait 8 more days (30 total) before requesting manual credit, and for the most part it’s a painless process.
You will be required to fax NuiTech a form (which they will email you), copies of the confirmation screens after signing up for the particular offers and a copy of your credit card statement showing those particular charges. In some more rare cases, they will also ask for a copy of an official ID (such as a driver’s license).
Hey, How long did everyone’s shipments take? It says that they received my voucher and have placed the mac ‘in shipment’ but it also says that it could take 30 days. They received my voucher on March 6th, so 30 days is comming up really quickly. The reason i’m worried is because on Josh’s timeline it says that it only took 14 days, and it’s been a lot longer than that. What should i do if it reaches 30 days?
Thanks,
Blaise
Blaise,
I am in the same boat as you. I went to fulfillment around that time and are still waiting, Ive called 3 times and got different versions of the same answer, “macbooks take a long time to process and that it could take up to 4-6 weeks”. The last lady i talked to said that mine was ordered on the 21st (around two weeks after i went into fulfillment) and that it could take up to 30 days from then. Its really pissing me off
blaise & joe.. yup. same here. i’m tryin to refrain from callin em cause i’ve already called twice. i was told mine was ordered on the 13th! i just wish they could at the very least, give us a tracking number
oh yeah.. when i called they said that it had been ordered, but it hadn’t shipped yet. they told me this last tuesday (the 20th).
My shipping request message popped up on 3/23. I am being as patient as possible – it’s only been 4 days – but these reports of delays have me down. Three scenarios run through my head: 1) they’re waiting until the end of first quarter or the beginning of second quarter for business reasons (delay expenses until early April), 2) they get a bulk discount on the units somehow (which is very doubtful – I worked IT for a school that purchased Apple products in bulk, and they are not in the business of giving discounts), or 3) they are waiting until refurbished units pop up in the Apple store, since they are technically allowed to send us refurbs and the price is 10-20% cheaper. We’ll see though. Only four days and I am very anxious!
Speaking of which, Apple does have the refurb MacBook Pro in stock that NT promises us, and it’s only $1600 vs the $2000 cost for a new one. (Items are removed from the online store when stock runs out – click on the red tag on the from page of the online Apple store, then the “Apple Certified – Mac” square to see.) Personally, I’ve always bought refurbs from Apple and have never had a problem, so I don’t care what I get…I just want it soon!
Agh!! so my name was mispelled on my tax form. So i had to fax in my passport as proof of who i am. I went into fulfillment on wednesday the 21st of march. I called today and they said it hasn’t even been ordered! its been almost a week? I’m thinking positve. Anybody have a timeline similar to mine??
Whoa whoa whoa, the Macbooks we are going to receive are refurbised?
Mine was ordered on the 21st too. Still waiting…… Maybe tomorrow??? Prolly not. But I have a baby on the way and I have to wait 6 more months for that, as long as I get my Mac before I get my baby.
Frank,
The voucher you sign and the site’s terms & conditions say that they can send a refurbished item, or an item of equal value, or money, but I haven’t heard of an instance of this happening.
Mine was ordered on the 21st too… so I’m really hoping it will be here in the next day or so. Looking back in the previous posts of the last shipment of Macs… they waited about 10 days. My 10 days in up on Friday so we’ll see…
shoot.. my 10 days has BEEN up. it’s been 2 weeks already.
Mine MBP also went into fulfillment on the 21st. Let me know if you all get yours! Just as a side note–the same day I went into fulfillment, my ibook was stolen from my car. ;( I’m really hoping it comes soon!
Who here received the message “a shipping request has been sent out” after March 1st and has gotten their Mac? Anyone?
Just curious…
If you look at some of the above posts many people who were moved into fulfillment around the 6th, received their macbooks about 10 days later.
For anybody wondering what the manual credit process is like:
After 30 days, call NuiTech and they’ll e-mail you a form you need. You simply fill this out and include it with your e-mail varifications and a bank statement (with your name on it) showing your purchases from the companies that didn’t go through. Then they spend about a week validating the credits. I’ve been waiting 7 days for them to verify the offers…
Simple enough, I’m just getting sick of waiting (started in early Feb.). But I can’t complain: free MacBook Pro, afterall.
Josh, just wanted to say thank you. Got my MBP last night. Went into fulfillment on the 20th and it was shipped from Fort Worth on the 27th and received it on the 28th(in Oklahoma). The wierd thing is that I called Nuitech on the 27th and they told me it had not been purchased yet and they would email me with a tracking number? Thanks again…defintely worth the time and effort.
Is there a toll free number for nuitech or do you have to call long distance? Hopefully when I get home it will be there.
wow, kirk, congrats! WHERE THE HECK IS MINE?!!?! im buggin out over here.
kirk..u got a reference number? shipped UPS, right?
Whitetyce,
I’ve never seen anything but the long distance number.
Kirk,
When my status changed to “shipping request issued” I too called NuiTech to ask about a tracking number, and was also told they would email me one. They never did.
99% of people never get a tracking number, and the small handful that do, usually receive that email the same day the Mac arrives on their doorstep.
I have been waiting almost a month for my macbook and people after me have already gotten theirs. Its really pissing me off, Josh- do you know if they just leave the computer on your doorstep if your not home or do they keep coming back?
YO I JUST GOT A TRACKING NUMBER!!
JUST GOT IT!! Too bad I’m at work. Can’t wait to get home and play with my sweet new toy. You the man Josh.
whitetyce…did you have a tracking #? mine was ordered the same day, and i’m hoping i’m as fortunate as you today!
Just checked my email and no number even though I have already recieved my MBP. I hope everyone recieves there MBP today, waiting sucks.
whitetyce do u know if came through fedex or ups? mine was ordered on the 21st too and ups just came with a box from wine.com lol- arg
I’m not sure who it came through, I’m at work and I just got a call saying that my computer was here, so I’ll know when I get home at 6.
Wow, so it didn’t come today but I got the phantom email that ppl talk about and its gonna be here tomorrow!
Dear Erik,
Thank you for participating in our promotions.
Your Apple® MacBookTM Pro has shipped. Please go to ups.com to track
your package. Tracking number: 1Z 462 E56 03 0102 *** *.
Please remember to register your product for the manufacturer warranty.
If you have any questions about the delivery of your gift please contact
our customer service call center at (561)674-9700.
Please do not reply to this email as the account this is sent from is
not monitored for incoming mail and you will not receive a reply.
Please use the contact form provided at our website.
Thank you,
Support
yup.. me too!
Well mine is at home and my wife is playing with it right now, she said it came through UPS. A sweet core2 MBP, hope you all get yours soon.
Erik,
Who sent you that email? And also, did it come in your inbox? I’m worried that it will come in my Yahoo Bulk Mail. Mine has yet to show up today but I’m due today or tomorrow as my shipping request was issued on the 21st as well. You all have made me super anxious now…
No e-mail for me, and mine was ordered the same as you all. Maybe tomorrow?! I CANNOT wait until all of this is over.
I GOT MY MAC!! Thank you SO much for all of your help Josh!!!
For the benefit of others still waiting, here is my timeline:
-Febuary 18th: register and begin offers
-Febuary 26: completed offers and sent in notary form
-March 6: “shipping request sent out”
-March 29: Mac arrives!!!
Again, thanks to everyone here who helped out!!!
I went into fulfillment around March 13th. I received my MacBook Pro today. Thanks Josh!
Called today and I was told that my compy was “ordered” on 3/29, yesterday. Also, oddly, the CSR told me that the shipping department isn’t available to talk until 2pm EDT daily, so I guess I’ll call then. (The same rep told me that all gifts are shipped to NT first, then to the customer, which is completely false, so who knows.) I only went into fulfillment on 3/23, and I’m trying to be patient!
Those who called and were told that the MBP was ordered…how long was it until you got yours?
i went into fulfillment on the 26th and I called yesterday to see if it had been ordered yet and it hadn’t. but then I called today b/c I saw saw pacman’s post and they told me it was ordered about 5 mins after I talked to them yesterday. So i should be receiving it in about a week and a half. Thank god.
I just called Nuitech and they said they put the order in today. Firstly what does that mean? and how long does it generally take from then?
I got one of those notes from UPS saying I need to sign for something. I checked my email and sure enough, the tracking number email from Nuitech 8 minutes before the attempted delivery! I am going to pick it up tonight at 8PM!
I first got into this free stuff with Gadgetcity.com. I got an 80GB ipod video and now this. My college buddies are all jealous!
Josh – is there anywhere I can find out the specs of the Macbook without actually opening the box? I am planning on selling it.
Alex,
“Ordered” means that they’ve put in the order with whichever retailer they’re buying it from. It should ship to you soon.
Chris,
Yep. The specs are listed on the outside of the box.
So I have read a few previous posts about changing your address, but has anyone been successful in changing shipping addresses and having little or no trouble? My 42″ Plasma is in the “final verification” stage. I leave school in a month, so if it’s not here by then, I may have to change addresses. Anybody?
Ballin,
I know you said that yours was ordered and I guess mine would be as well since we got it the same day, have u gotten the phantom e-mail or seen anything close?
pacmantech I called them today and thats what they told me too… it was ordered on the 29th… it will take up to 3 weeks blah blah blah. Has anyone received anything as of late?
Yes, I got mine friday.
CB,
no I havent got an email or not I would say they will ship them by the end of the week and we will get them sometime next week, hopefully.
My shipping request was issued on the 21st and I’m still waiting on delivery or email or any sign of light! I called but it was useless… the man just told me to be patient and that I should receive an email. I’m worried because most of the other people that got a shipping request on the same day as me have already gotten their macs. Is anyone else in the same boat as me with the same timeline?
Courtney, i got my shipping request on the 21st too. I’ve heard there are some delays. Its hard to be patient. I’m trying not to concentrate on it. Its like the last 5 minutes of detention. They are the most painful.
I called too, they said it wasn’t even ordered yet. Think positive. Waiting sucks… but we did get a macbook pro for $50 . There’s always a catch.
Sorry to be preachy.
Don’t worry we will get our computers. SOON! YAY!!
I too went into fulfillment on the 21st. Mine was ordered that day, but they have not shipped it as of yesterday. I’m in the same shoes as you guys. Good luck! Post as soon as you get it!
I am wanting a iphone how can i get one is there a site i can go for this
my macbook was “ordered” on the 29th, what’s the average time for the mac to shipped after that stage?
I just got my delivery status email… my mac should be here tomorrow!! I’m so pumped… I can’t sleep!! I hope your alls is coming soon too! I’ll let you know all about it when it gets here!
I’m getting impatient, i called and they told me it was ordered on the 29th also. They couldn’t give me any more information then that. I’m checking my mail every other hour. Post it when i get it.
Agh Courtney, you made me super impatient. I really hope i get mine today. Why do they mess with us like this, giving us so little info??
Fingers crossed for today or tomarrow! PLEASE!! Its already been two weeks!
RAMO, I really hope you get yours today! I’m typing this on my new very own Macbook Pro!! Thank you so much Josh, this is even better than I had imagined! I think once we all have our Macs we should video iChat… haha! Anyway, be patient… it is SOOOO worth it! And Josh, you will get your donation as soon I my next paycheck rolls around!
Hey Courtney who was the sender of your e-mail, and did it come in your inbox or bulk, im looking out for mine still?
Eric,
The sender was OnlineGiftRewards Support (the actual email address is long w/ a bunch of numbers plus it’s one of those “do not reply” addresses). The subject was Delivery Status. It came in my Inbox at Yahoo the night before my delivery. Good luck, be patient… it’ll get there soon!!
OK today wasn’t the day…. i’m cool, no rush… i can wait, “good things come to those who wait” i keep telling myself. I’m gonna go and finish all my classwork. Get my mind off this thing. its consumed me.
I am wanting an Iphone where can i go
GOT IT FINALLY! I’m typing this message on it right now
THANKS A MIL, JOSH!
For those who got it… when did they say it was goign to be shipped???
For those who got it… when did they say it was goign to be shipped??? I went into fulfiment(saying that it will be shipped) on March 23rd ordered it. I called 3 days ago and it says it was “Shipped” March 2/9 or more like ordered. Anybody else in my position but has recieved it? I am getting very antsy…
Frank, I myself am in your shoes, and several of my friends are as well. Be patient. Remember, it’s “free.”
so if you call them can you ask if it has shipped or not? because when i called they said it was ordered on 29th but would not tell me anything about shipping
Well my CC just got stolen, and the culprits are Video Prof. Thats what the people at Citi cards said. So if you did anything from Vid Prof I would check your cards regulary. Or when you finish all your offers canceling your card would be a good idea. Just a thought.
OK-check this craziness out! I came home and there were two (count them 2) large boxes in front of my garage. I had only qualified for one. My wife also filled out offers but is ONLY in the validation stage. So here were 2 boxes and I hadn’t signed for ANYTHING! So then my 12 year old daughter looks at me and asks, “Dad, what are you going to do with the other MacPro”? Well, in order to get to heaven, I called Nuitech and confessed their mistake. I hear some of you thinking, “fool”, “hasn’t he seen my post? I deserve that one”! I feel your pain.
Anyway, I then told the Nuitech rep that my wife was in validation and suggested they just let me keep the 2cd one in order to save them paying shipping charges and the hassle of ordering another one when my wife cleared.
He seemed annoyed that my wife also has applied and was in validation but said he would check with his superiors. Here we go! He calls me back and says NO. Return the duplicate unit and go through the regular waiting game process. They said they’d email instructions for returning the duplicate. A week later they did. Well, now 3.5 weeks have passed and my wife is STILL in validation!!! I kind of figured this might happen so guess what I did? Yep…don’t worry, it is still sealed. Any thoughts from you all as to what you think might be happening…and what you would do/or would have done???
So I have 16/18 of the offers done on a NuiTech site. Yes, I started after the March 1st change and have cancelled all of my offers. Was wondering if it would be worth doing the last two and seeing if it goes through? Anyone does the NuiTech since the 3/1 change and received anything or do you have to wait a full 90 days after you are done?
Thanks
Has anyone else been in verification for 3 weeks? Are they just backed up or is there something wrong?
chase2 what was your timeline for everything??
oh yeah.
started the offers 2/15,
completed 3/1,
fulfillment 3/12,
ordered 3/14,
shipped 3/22,
ups messed up routing so i ended up receiving on 4/4
I have a question. It says the following for me when I login. “We have received and processed your Gift Redemption Voucher, and a Shipping Request has been issued.” What does that mean exactly. Is my current stage the same as chase2 “shipped 3/22″? Can anybody shed some light on this matter?
frank, I’m not exactly sure what that means but I can tell you that I received my Macbook exactly 2 weeks after I got that message! Hope that enlightens you a little! Best of luck!
Well, nothing this week. I got fullfilled on the 21 of march. They ordered it 3/29. Nothing this week.
No email. next week for sure… (finger crossed)
hey guys. like all of you all, i was becoming skeptical to whether or not my mac would really pull through, but yesterday i came home from work, and my husband had my beautiful new mbp sitting on the kitchen table. it will come! my timeline…
february 26–began offers.
march 14–in verification
march 21–in fulfillment
april 6–received macbook pro
do you know when it was ordered?
Logicman,
That’s pretty crazy. So you kept the other for now, just to see what happened with your wife’s status? Keep us updated.
Scotty,
If you already did 16, then yeah go ahead and do two more. Might as well see. Please keep us updated to see what happens, and thanks for taking the plunge on this.
C,
Yeah, my girlfriend is in verification for her MBP and has been for about a week and a half now.
Has anyone who has been in validation for a while called to check on it since the site says it only takes 3-5 days?
I started filling out offers on 2-24 and finished on 3-6 but one of my offers didn’t credit automatically (payday OK) and I had to wait thirty days for manual credit, which I finally got on 4-3 because my status changed to validation. Now I’m worried I’m not going to get it because some of you have said you’ve been in validation for a few weeks.
If you call, what do they say?
DUPLICATE LAPTOP SAGA… Well, I just got the second notice from Nuitech. It was the ole’ “our vendor hasn’t recieved the duplicate laptop. Please send immediately or we will be forced to charge you $1999.99. You may use our Fed-Ex number to avoid shipping charges”! Well, isn’t that sweet. I had every intention of returning it but really am surprised they would threaten charging me based upon my one phone call. Chances are it was recorded and that is their proof. My wife’s remains in “YOU ARE ALMOST THERE…
FINAL STEP for a Apple® MacBookTM Pro” limbo land going on 4 weeks! I guess I trust their integrity as much as they do mine. So…in the morning the duplicate Macbook Pro goes back to the warehouse in Clearwater, Florida. Sad face. It would be really ironic if my wife’s clears and gets shipped and the serial numbers match…they end up resending the same one! We’ll see…
HEY!!!! I recieved my macbook pro today! I was really getting antsy! Wow I’m reall happy. I wish i was more of an expert of macs but all in good time. Be patient! you’ll get your computers soon! YAY!!!!!
Came in a big box and was poorly wrapped. What losers. At least my mac was ok!
Does anyone know about the leopard upgrade and if we will get a free upgrade.
Well Ramo, congrats. I am in the same boat as you except you reached the promise land much quicker. I called and they said it was ordered on the 29th… so hopefully I get it today. Where do you live by the way?
Got mine today too. Did not come straight from Apple…got it from some warehouse in NJ. But it’s a brand new laptop as promised. Finally! It shipped 4/6, and I live in a one-day UPS radius from where it shipped, so I received it today. I received no word from NT that it shipped. I was told on a phone call last week that the MBP was ordered 3/29. I have a feeling that they waited to order a bulk amount to get a discount on them, or something similar. Anyway, I’m very excited to take it out of its wrapper tonight.
Ramo,
Congrats! Enjoy the Mac.
No, you won’t get a free upgrade to Leopard.
I live in the greater atlanta area.
Bummer on leopard! We should get free upgrades. All the windows comps sold close to the release date got free vista upgrades. Whatev. Soon my friends, soon. I really do love this mac. I’ll master this OS in no time.
oh BTW theres bluetooth! i hooked up my razr so easily!
oh and i never got a tracking number.
YES. I got mine too guys. What’s all this deal about leopard? Josh the laptop we got is worth 1999 correct? Where can we find the specs? I am pretty excited I can finally sell it! Josh a donation will be coming your way soon!
I signed up before the first of March (before NuiTech’s terms changed)for Seattle Coffee as one of my offers. When I signed up there was an asterick at the bottom saying I had to keep Seattle coffee for 90 days. Can you cancel earlier if your voucher has already been received and processed and you’re just waiting for the iMac to ship?
well i found out mine was actually ordered on the 30th, i still have not recieved mine so hopefully tomorrow?
Frank,
Yep. The specs are on the box.
Thanks in advance.
This may seem kinda stupid but… I want to sell it but I don’t want to break the seal. Now, everyone’s sure theres the laptop as advertised inside right because I could looka wfully stupid if it does not.
Frank,
I’d recommend you open the brown box. The Mac inside is still sealed in its own way, so you can still sell it as “New, still in sealed box.” Plus, there’s a packing slip inside and you should probably take that out before selling it. Then, just tape the box back up and ship it after it’s sold.
If you’re selling it, people will ask if the display is matte or glossy. The one I received was (unfortunately) matte, which isn’t really that big of a deal. (There is no price difference between the two options if you build to order from the Apple Store.) But people will ask, and there is no way to tell from the box….so your answer should be that it’s probably matte but you can’t tell.
Got a free mac mini thanks to you. Some folks from Highview let me know about it.
Just got my tracking number from Nuitech. It should be here tomorrow. I cant believe it.
Hey everyone! My MBP JUST got in the mail and i’m really excited with it. Brand new in box and I can’t put it down! Thanks josh! Expect a donation soon, thank you tax returns!
Thanks everyone for your help and heres my time line:
completed offers 28-Feb
verified 13-Mar
voucher 15-Mar
mailed voucher 23-Mar
fulfilled 28-Mar
received MBP 10-Apr
Got my tracking number in the mail today also. Should be here tommorrow. It’s been a long time coming!!!!
Ballin’,
I finally got my mac book pro, i hope you got yours too. We waited forever. and Josh…THANK YOU!!!
hey, just checking to see if anyone else has ran across this problem.
I parked my email address before March 1 and was just NOW ready to begin the process of signing up for offers. i called Nuitech to verify that the new rules would not apply to me.
i was told that the nre T&C would apply and i couldn’t cancel more than 2 offers within 90 days, and that it would take at least 90 days to get the mac.
has anyone had success with getting credited and into fulfillment by parking before 3/1 but starting offers afterward?
bearxor,
Yeah, I’ve been in verification a while too (3 weeks). I called to see what the deal is because they said it would be a maximum of 15 business days, and NT said they’re behind so it might be a few extra weeks. A few?!? Getting impatient.
I, too, have been in verification for just over 2 weeks (10 business days today), and I’m anxiously awaiting my voucher. I wish Nuitech would get it together and deliver in the time frame that they promise. Haha I’m getting impatient.
Hey,
I started late march and am still in verification process. Pretty crappy.
Can anyone tell me how much they got from selling their macs on eBay or other online stores? I’d like to have an iMac instead of the pro and was thinking about just selling it. Any info you can give on your selling experience would be very much appreciated. THANKS!
My brother in-law sold his NIB for 1730. And just wondering why you would want an iBook rather than a Pro. The MBP you get is amazing, but I guess the iBook is good to and you get to keep the extra cash.
everybody is getting theres and i have not got mine, kinda worried
Whiteyce,
My wife and I all ready have two laptops and no desktop. No need for a third. I could always sell one of my others. I’m just trying to weigh my options.
I just got off the phone with Nuitech and they said that all the offers I signed up for after March 1st are bound by the new terms. They said that since it’s not in my history that I was told differently, I will have to submit credit card statements showing the charges for 90 days worth of service for all those offers. Looks like the found a way to get around the rest of us who signed up before March 1.
Josh to clarify, I opened the brown box which it came in and now I just have the MaxbookPro box, the box which has the laptop picture on it. If I open that then the MacbookPro is no longer sealed correct? Is there something that is sealing the MBP itself within the box?
just got my tracking number!
Frank,
Right don’t open the actual black MBP box with the laptop pictured on it. That’s the seal you don’t want to break.
OMG. WHEW thanks a bunch josh.
josh, thank you so much! After going through the loops my new book arrived today without any sort of notification/tracking number. I’m a happy customer.
view some pics here: http://flickr.com/photos/bking/457978124/
josh (and all of the helpful people who have commented)-
thanks for all your help with this site! i started in january and 3 of my offers never completed on their own. so of course, i had to wait 6 weeks before i could get all of my offers completed manually by nuitech. after a long verification process, i finally printed and mailed my voucher today!
i’m broke as a joke, but i’m still sending some money your way because i’m moving to haiti and needed to purchase a laptop and there is no way i could have afforded to do it without this site!
Hey everyone, i read the things about nuitech not approving, and its true because a computer sorts through the system, if you are waiting for offers after march first it will say you have to wait 60 days after the verification process, but i called them and told them that i started before march first, and completed all my offers before then, and they sent me straight through to the voucher stage, and now my mac is in the mail!
Hi, i finished my offers, turned in my vouched, and i am awaiting my macbook pro. I called niutech to see when if they have a tracking number and the said they havent got one yet but that my gift had been ordered from apple and they would email me when they had it. Well they said that the order it 24 days ago and i have called several time and the dont have a tracking number and i havent obivious recieved the mac yet. Is this normal????? Niutech said it could take 30 day to six weeks but it seems like everyone gets theirs in about 2 weeks.
I received my MBP in Feb. and I just received my amazing Panasonic 42in. HDTV yesterday. Total cost: $77.47 Hats off to you Josh. You’re a stud.
I got my Macbook Pro 2day!!!!!! I am typing this post on it right now!!! thanks Josh
A friend of mine got his Macbook Pro recently and told me about how he got it, and so naturally, I wanted to know more. I see you can no longer get the Macbook Pro anymore, but there are tons of other places you can go to get other stuff–YET I’m still nervous about doing the whole thing. I “started” to do it, but chickened out because I really don’t feel like I know what I’m doing (even after reading the blog and the success stories.) I really, really want to try this and I understand there’s “no trick to it,” but I’m still having second thoughts. Anyone have any words of support or encouragement for someone who’s VERY nervous about it all?
Hey Lincoln.
What site are you going through to get a Mac? I can tell you whether it’s legitimate or not.
Also, believe me, it’s real, and it’s not hard to do. Just keep track of which offers you do, when to cancel them, and you’ll do fine.
Josh, do you know if this is legit? (requires 27 offers) or has anyone dropped in lately to tell you the best sites to still find Mac Book Pro’s?
My bad,
http://www.webservices-rewardpath.com/rd_p?p=104136&t=3123&c=544766&gift=25098&a=25098-free%20mac%20book
Alex,
That link looks like Nuitech, so it may be legit, but read Josh’s post called “New update on Nuitech”.
Someone else feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m 99% sure that site is a Nuitech.
Josh, I found a new free macbook site that looks REALLY good. But first, let me say this…you have started a revolution. You are an urban legend: I heard you are the reason NuiTech is out of business or had to change everything! That’s awesome, if you ask me.
Anyway, the site is notebooks4free.com and is run by OfferCentric. I didn’t see them on your avoid list. You should check it out. I would love to hear your thoughts.
Saw you are involved with CSF in Lex. Do you know Jade C? I did Young Life with her husband. Peace.
Hey Alex, if you read the terms and conditions on that site, you will see that you cant cancel the offers untill you have been credited for 60 days, so if you cancel, you will be discredited, this is their way of getting their money out of you, buy making you pay more over time.
Hey everyone,
I really want a Sony Vaio, but I’m new to this and kind of terrified I’m going to get ripped off or something. Feel free to post with whatever site you think is best and any tips you might have for me.
Thanks!
Eric
Hey Eric, if your looking for a sony Vaio check out ShopFreePay.com Josh recomended it, and its legit, and pretty cool, they seem to be pretty nice, they sent josh a letter, check it out..
Hey, i recieved my mac, but onlinegiftrewards still dosent say that it’s been shiped, and i got my mac 3 days ago, and my mac was shipped from california, is that right?
Anyone know how long it takes for Trimday, Vioderm or Ivory White to verify?
Has anyone received an iphone from nuitech that completed the offers prior to the T&C change? I am waiting for mine and just wondered if they had them in stock.
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I’m completing offers for SFP and I have a question about the 4 Seasons wine club. I had heard that you could cancel the membership and ship the wine back to them and get a full refund. Has anyone tried this? Did it work?
Quick question all,
Has anyone listed the offers that are easiest to get credit for and the quickest to cancel?
I saw that some people went with the 1$ subscription offers .
I am definitely staying away from Columbia house.
This is more of a shortest time least aggravation approach. I wanted to suprise the wife and kids with the Macbook Pro before Xmas.
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Hey Josh,
I just read your blog for the first time and think it’s cool to hear that everyone is these free laptops. I was wondering what you and others think is the current easiest site to get a free Macbook Pro from. Thanks
DTJ Writer,
I haven’t done the wine offer myself, but I believe people have been able to return it for a refund, yes.
zman,
Unfortunately a lot of sites are now saying that if they find you recommending specific offers and talking about canceling them it’s a violation of their terms of service and you can get your account closed for it, so I can’t really put together such a list (though I’d like to).
Andrew,
I currently don’t know of a legit site to get Macbook Pros. However, there are a few where you can get a Macbook. Read my post about GadgetCity, then try their sister site http://www.anyfreelaptop.com
The process is the same for both.
Has anyone tried notebooks4free.com?
is it legit. I really need a macbook pro – any advice out there?
Thanks!
K-rock: Thats an OC site… don’t do it… you’ll never finish it.
Thanks Ark. I read something like that on referral swap. I reallllllly need a macbook pro. Please somebody help me find the best sight. I just did the offers for the itouch – my 1st entree into the world of free-dom. Oh, macbook pro where are you?!
I’m trying to find the customer service phone number for Shop Free Pay. Does anyone have it?
I have been in “Ordered” status on my iMac since 10/4/07.
DTJ,
There is no phone number. Just keep emailing them.
anyone have any experience with elitegiftgroup.com – they have macbook pro’s – is it for real?
Josh I have just stumbled onto your site, I love it! k-rock I feel your pain I need a MBP too. Any help is appreciated.
Can someone please email me the Nuitech phone number for customer service. I am still in the battle being 4 offers away before Mar 1. Thanks. Please email number to austinklife21@gmail.com
Can you find any websites that offer a 17″ macbook pro and some software with it?
Well after months of trying to get 4 discount club offers from the same company that had cancelled my accounts because I screwed on the amount needed on a pre paid debit card. (they refused to allow me to sign up again or renew, and when I tried they woudl then cancel again) I talked to NT customer service, and they gave me a set of replacememt links. She told me I needed 3 offers for 60 days and would be complete. I then signed up for netflix, gamefly and one other.
I am now the proud possessor of a New Mac Book Pro, received on Friday!
BTW the cust. service number is on the link at the bottom of your verification link
561-674-9700
-scott-
@k-rock – Seems to be good but they are closing down very soon.
Hi Josh…
Just been listening to the XXXchurch.com podcast and heard your interview- so decided to come and check out your site… definately worth it.
I’ve tried a few of these before, but haven’t got anywhere with them because found some scammy ones… Thanks for all your advice… Keep it up!
God Bless,
Mitch
Josh~
Awesome info about NuiTech. I had been considering going that route to get a free MacBook Pro myself. I looked at the offers, and nothing really stood out to me.
Doing some research I have found an even easier way to get a free MacBook Pro! It’s a game called FutureGame that awards iPods, cash, and Apple computers. It’s really easy to play, and it’s addicting!
I was skeptical, but since there isn’t any investment necessary in order to play I figured I couldn’t lose. I mean, I haven’t even seen any spam from the site. Also, I contacted the guys that run the site and asked if they were legit and they were more than helpful in addressing my concerns (a personal email!)
If you are interested in winning a MacBook Pro check out FutureGame:
http://www.futuregame.com
Thanks again for all your helpful information!
I just wanted to post a quick note for everyone to let you know that http://www.giftconga.com is either a fraud or is out of business.
What is the website address for Nuitech/Macbook offer?
I believe the site I’m interested in is Nuitech — http://www.freeintelimac.com/ . The requirements for this particular site are completing 1 offer & accumulating 20-something referrals. No CCN is asked for, so it seems legit enough. I’ve signed up but haven’t completed any offers yet because I’m still mousing around for info on scams, etc. But anyway, that is one Nuitech site, I believe.
Oh! Exactly 20 referrals needed for that last site. I just checked
Lana,
That’s a site by the Free Site Alliance. I’d avoid them if I were you. Read my review here:
http://www.joshclark.com/blog/?p=201