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ELBC, Part 42

Here's a kinda quarterly update of my iRazoo, Bing & Swagbucks successes.

Gift Cards As of 2013-03-12
$25 Amazon Gift Cards from Bing
$125 Amazon Gift Cards from iRazoo
$50 Amazon Gift Cards from Swagbucks
Total: $200

2013 Cumulative
$1.64

Overall Cumulative:
$3.12 Loose Change
3200 MS points
$230 Amazon Gift Cards

Grand Total:
$273.22

Swagbucks

Along the same lines as using Bing Rewards, you can add SwagBucks to your repertoire. Though not as automatic as Bing at awarding credits it's still fairly simple. Occasionally a search will net a few 'swagbucks'. They also provide daily bonus ways to get bucks, from watching a videos to looking for secret codes on the Facebook page or playing games. If you keep an eye on your Inbox you'll find a couple 2SB videos to watch each day. Watching Videos is the most predictable way to get points. You get 3SB for each 10 videos you watch, or at least the first ~45 seconds worth. There is a limit of 150SB a day for videos.

There is a much wider variety of stuff to redeem the bucks for. There are lots of gift cards for all the places you would expect and sweepstakes to enter, as well as more physical things like stickers, bottle openers, DVDs to electronics and jewelry if you're willing to save that long.

I haven't been very consistent in using SwagBucks. Even still, I've earned 5 $5 Amazon gift cards this year. If you want money to spend like I do, I recommend getting the $5 Amazon gift cards. At 450SB / $5 (90SB/$1) it's the best deal. Normal gift cards are 500SB / $5 (100SB/$1). You are limited to 5 of each particular reward per month. That's OK for me since I don't rack them up any faster than that.

2012-12-22
5 $5 Amazon Gift Card
Total: $25.00

2012 Cumulative
$71.11

Overall Cumulative:
$71.11