For those of you who may not know, I enjoy debunking myths. Whenever I hear something that sounds suspicious, I’m usually the first person researching it. Recently, I helped a friend avoid a fake check scam after he posted a used item for sale online. The potential buyer sent a fake check for more than the price of the item and told my friend that his secretary had made a mistake. The buyer asked my friend to deposit the check and wire the difference back to him. If my friend had fallen for the scam, he would have lost around $1000.
If you’ve made it to this page, you’re probably here to find out if CashCrate is a scam. When something sounds too good to be true, most of the time it is. Well, the purpose of this post is to expose the truth about CashCrate and resolve any questions or doubts that you may have. Let’s start with the big question.
Is CashCrate a Scam?
The simple answer is no. CashCrate is not a scam. No matter what you’ve read elsewhere, I assure you that CashCrate is 100% legit. Over the course of a few months, I’ve made almost $100 through CashCrate. Below is a picture of the first check I received back in December.
Will I make a lot of money?
Probably not. Even though it’s easy to make money through CashCrate, I think most people would prefer earning money through other means. Why? Because filling out surveys and completing trial offers can get pretty boring. The reason you see so many positive reviews of CashCrate is because they have a generous referral program. Some people probably earn a decent amount of money from CashCrate through referrals, but they have to put in a lot of hard work in advertising their referral link. It’s basically like a second job.
Should I try CashCrate?
If you’re just looking to make a little extra cash with a minimal amount of effort, then CashCrate is for you. If you’re trying to build a sustainable source of income, then look elsewhere. CashCrate isn’t going to make you rich. If you’re still interested in CashCrate after reading all of this, then check out a couple of helpful pages that I’ve written about CashCrate.
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Simple answer, VERY UNRELIABLE
I have worked out that only 1 in 10 users actually get paid the correct amounts. If you feel lucky, take the risk if not DO NOT be surprised if you do not receive any payments.
Thank you, Dr James
Actually… I have not had any problems with them.
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how about this website guys its like cashcrate . Sign up and help me please
http://www.treasurertrooper.com/522240. It will be good if u sign up and do some offers. It is a legit site dont worry
A great way to get referrals for cashcrate is at http://www.getref.com/index.asp?id=NKSAM09 you exchange referral links and can quickly add referrals up.
I love this site, you should also review other sites like squishy cash, inbox dollars,etc
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Your check says it is from Kingside Media. Why doesn’t it say it’s from Cash Crate? Sounds like a legitimate way to make some pocket cash. Thanks for the post.
I still haven’t gotten any replies from them. They wasted so much of my time and so blatantly ripped me off that I don’t mind writing things like this on various sites. Maybe I can save just a few people from wasting their time. Plus I have telemarketers calling me all the time now asking me if I “started to sign up” for their offer.
I’m currently doing an experiment with CashCrate now to show people what it’s like. I did a 2 day challenge to make the payout of $20. I’m expecting my check the end of the month.
If you’re really curious about CashCrate, feel free to stop by my blog and see what’s up. I’ll be updating a lot since it’s a new site, so bear with me
See what’s up today at The Cash Critic
great site.
http://gpthq.com is going to be way better than cashcrate; just google it.
Launches in 48 hours, I’m excited!
Ah, I’ve used cashcrate before, never really liked it.
But I found a newer and nicer one called Cashle. It paid for my domain name, mycheatzone.com, and a lot more. Sign up by clicking my name here. 
I recently made 27 bucks.
It’s not much but I guess it’s better than nothing
GPTHQ is up and I’ve already made $68. Take that, cashcrate
I signed up for GPTHQ and it looks pretty good but I’m scared to try it now that I was cheated by Cash Crate on all of over 40 offers. Plus once you do the surveys with one company it seems like you are shut out from all the others since they all carry similar offers.
I don’t mean to destroy Cashcrates’ rep, but I really like GPTHQ. I’m doing very well with GPTHQ. Some people are saying that GPTHQ is a scam, it just wanted to say that GPTHQ is not a scam. If you’re interested in joining, click my name or go to http://www.gpthq.com
Stefan – I know what you mean. I quit GPT sites for ages after Cashcrate because they always seemed to rip me off, but I have to tell you GPTHQ is, at least so far, awesome.
My current earnings (screenshot) here: http://alexispetrov.com/images/paymentproof.jpg
How have you referred 118 people already Alexis? It’s only been launched for six days now right? It looks like you own that site or at least help run it?
For everyone else here: If you haven’t taken the MWP tour please click on my name and check out the company I’m involved with. I just got my discount membership card in the mail and they already sent me a check for what I earned referring just one person.
This is definitely not a way to get rich. Actually it’s not even a way to pay any utility bill. Only a few offers paid me instantly. I ended up with a bunch of pending credit w/o knowing why they never confirmed it to pay me. I then found out that all the quizzes and surveys, which made of up like 95% of the offer list, are held by the same company. What that means is that if you complete multiple surveys/quizzes using the same email addr, you’ll get nothing. This is crazy. So if you don’t mind signing up for like tons of email accts then go for it. Another thing is that filling out those surveys/quizzes get really boring and repetitive. Just make sure you don’t fill out and submit any offer w/o reading everything in the term/condition cuz you might end up with surprised charges on your home phone etc.
That’s just my 2 cents. I made $20.10 and that’s enough to get a taste of CashCrate
Cashcrate is hit and miss, it’s hard work earning money and you may or may not get paid. Getting paid the wrong amount is almost guaranteed.
I have only received 1 of the 4 gift cards I have ordered from them in the past year and their customer support is almost non-existent.
I have created a new website called http://thecashcratereview.webs.com/ that tells you how cashcrate works, survey tips, and referral tips. for all those people still confused on cashcrate, try it.
@Stefan Bodle, you’re wrong. CashCrate is not a scam. Go to my blog and search “”Cashcrate payment proof”. I bet you didn’t do the offers right or join the forum.
@Austin A. – What do you mean by “join their forum”? I didn’t read anything about needing to post in the forum to get paid! I filled out about 50 offers, very carefully, and got paid for none of them. I got credit for the first dozen or so offers I did but that seemed like it was just a trick to get me thinking they were legit! I didn’t suddenly stop filling them out correctly but they sure as hell suddenly stopped paying me! I got to watch $25 vanish from pending without any explanation. And there’s no way I am going to believe that I filled the offers out correctly the first hour and then suddenly did them wrong *all* the rest of the day. There’s _NO WAY_ they treated me legit in my mind. I hope CashCrate dies a horrible death!
In Love with Cashcrate. Great post
@Stefan Bodle, the answers to your questions are in Cashcrate’s forum. After 90 days, unconfirmed offers are removed from your pending automatically. Did you delete your cookies before and after completing offers?
Cashcrate is great! Im 15 n its easy. Just fill out as much as it tells you in the description n exit. If you keep doing everything that it tells you in the popup it”ll send u somewhere else.
@Austin – I read the forums and the instructions. Especially after watching my pending money vanish, all at the same time! If I had done offers wrong my pending would have just gone down a little bit at a time! And no, I didn’t delete my cookies. Why would that even matter? They keep their own records! Cashcrate ripped me off and then ignored my three E-mails which were all very polite. If they were reputable or had any kind of answer for where my money went they could have written me back. I’m hardly the only one that’s gotten ripped off! How many complaints are there about Cashcrate now?? It seems *pretty* obvious that they’re a scam! I don’t doubt they’ve mailed out some checks. But they are far from legit.
I joined CashCrate on 1/02/10, by the end of the month I made $106.36. CashCrate is not a scam. If you do the offers correctly, clean out your cookies (anyone who has actually read the forums would know to do this) use fresh email addresses on every few offers, they will confirm. Maybe not always on the first or even the second attempt, but if you give up, they certainly won’t. I had no prior experiance on GPT sites, and I managed to make over $100 my first month, because when my offers didn’t confirm, I read and reread the forums, and asked questions when I couldn’t find the answer I needed. People shouldn’t go off half-cocked and screaming scam and ripp-off, because they haven’t done their homework.
im thinking about joining cashcrate but i dont know if its a scam or not plus im only 13, can i join?
Yes you can perla, with your parents consent. CashCrate is a great way for teens who are too young to get a regular job to earn some extra cash. No it is not a scam. If you join be sure and read the forums and ask questions if you don’t understand something. It’s not hard, but there are certain things you need to do so that your offers will confirm. There are a lot of blogs out there with good information on them also.
I’ve been a member on cash crate since 11-09, I’ve made payout (the min. is 20.00$) every month, and received a check so it is defeinatly not a scam.
If you take your time and learn the ropes and sign up under someone who will take the time to help you, you can and will get paid. The forums on cashcrate are invaluable and you will tons of information there plus more proff that it isn’t a scam.
@Stefan Bodle, I just hit 70 referrals at CashCrate and I’m earnings tons of cash. I feel sorry for you. I can’t believe that you quit the best GPT site on the web. I hope you find a better one, if possible. Good luck, and have a nice day
@Austin – Great man. I am glad they aren’t ripping you off. I had little choice but to quit. If your cash just vanished and they ignored your E-mails, you might have quit as well. I was hardly going to continue filling out surveys when I saw $0.00 in my account!
@Stefan Bodle, I know what you mean. I’ve been scammed by PTC sites before. It does take tons of time to fill out offers, and when you see it disappear, you do get mad. I like your landing page by the way.
@Austin – Thanks. I’ve lost my taste for MyWorldPlus too though, I think. I’m getting ready to pull the plug. I’m getting better with PHP and think I’ll focus more on my programming a game to make some cash online. Network marketing and PTC sites don’t seem like they are as lucrative. I see a lot of people that appear to be wasting their time on Facebook.
PTC tends to be a bit tricky; they only pay like 0.001 per click and it is only Indians who pursue it for longer than a day or two.
Cashcrate is a great site. Even though i only been a member for a week, i found out how to do everything. its that simple and its easy to use, so try it out by making a free membership
Cashcrate still doesn’t pay via Paypal though, or any other way – they only send you a check, and you have to make $20 first.
John, you should try GPTHQ, they pay via Paypal amongst other things and they don’t make you wait until you have $20
@GPT, CashCrate doesn’t pay via PayPal because people we stealing money from them and the only way to stop it was to remove that option. They did have it at one point.
How could people steal from them using Paypal?
It wont let me edit my comment. I wanted to ask, do you mean actually stealing from them or simply committing fraud from places like India? Because provided they didn’t offer instant payout and waited for merchants to verify leads, this wouldn’t be any different to a check, only more convenient.
I made 190.05 on cashcrate!
@Thomas How long did it take you to do that!? It took my friend one month to earn $100 (it was his 1st month). Was it from offers or referrals?
I have $200.00 now I m 13 years old…It took me about 3-6 hours, tha is an estimate. But it all says it is in my pending earnings what does that mean? In my Aprils earnings it says $1.00 for Aprils earnings.
By the way Anonymous man…It was by doing offers….Didn’t take me verylong.
If it’s in your pending, you probably won’t receive it. You have to erase your cookies before and after completing each offer, plus, you should use a different email for every offer.
Try visiting the CashCrate forum. That’s the best way to learn. My name there is Austin A. Go there, and ask questions, it’s the fastest way to get answers.
Thomas that’s awesome – I notice your url doesn’t have your ref link when commenting, maybe consider including it.
Oh also Congrats
and Austin, why’d you change your name here?
heyy everyonee check thiss site out!
its really cool and you can receive free money JUST for taking surveys.
remember,companys want to know what you think of their products so this isnt a scam!
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