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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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.
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 $100 my first month, because when my offers didn’t confirm, I read and reread the forums, and asked questions when I couldn’t find the answer I needed. People shouldn’t go off half-cocked and screaming scam and ripp-off, because they haven’t done their homework.
Yes you can perla, with your parents consent. CashCrate is a great way for teens who are too young to get a regular job to earn some extra cash. No it is not a scam. If you join be sure and read the forums and ask questions if you don’t understand something. It’s not hard, but there are certain things you need to do so that your offers will confirm. There are a lot of blogs out there with good information on them also.
I’ve been a member on cash crate since 11-09, I’ve made payout (the min. is 20.00$) 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.
@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.
@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?
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.
ive have my first 20 bucks waiting for first check we will c
Quite honestly, I don’t think CashCrate pays out enough. However, I absolutely love the games and earning points towards my favorite electronics in the process is awesome.
Out of curiosity, what’s the ballpark of how much you make monthly through referral earnings on CashCrate?
Don’t you have to keep track when to cancel those offers you don’t want?
ok im new with using cashrates website in im 16 in im not surw or not if its still a scam i mean some of the surveys ask for my address do they mail me visa cards and all this i dont wan this well could somebody write me back thank
- oscar thomas
I used cashcrate and received a check for $24 I took to my local grocery store where I normally cash my payroll checks, and they could not cash it.
Legit my ars!
okay, I’m a teen and can’t do the 18+ offers and I don’t have a credit card to do offers. Since I’m young I usually don’t qualify for the surveys. My family and friends aren’t interested.. HELP?!
You are correct that CashCrate is a great way to make money with a minimal effort. I spend maybe an hour online per day doing a combination of referring and offers and I make about $100 every month. It is easy money.
@ Oscar: No, very few offers actually send you anything through regular mail. Usually only the medical offers and if you request a travel brosure or something like that.
The comments being left here saying you need to pay money to even start, blah blah blah. They’re all lying. They’ve either never used any paid survey sites or they’re just retarded.
Cash Crate doesn’t charge you to take surveys. Yes, they do have higher paying surveys if you use a credit card for trial offers, it is a faster way to pull in money but it is FAR from the only way.
As for charging up front, it’s free to sign up and get started. They don’t charge you a DIME.
You idiots either need to try it out before talking bad about it or GTFO and stop spreading YOUR lies.
How to retreive the old pendings on the new cashcrate? thanks for any help
Cashcrate is not a scam.I got paid last month.The check cashed at the bank.I’m a real person.I help people work the site.Its very easy.
i am also just jion the cash crate. But i dont know that it is a scam or not. I also feel it is a scam than i try to check and get some idear from you all. But finaly i still cannot get any idear. Actually i used to be liying by other website that they sent me email i will get some one money and i have to sent the money to get the cash. but thank god that when i go to the bank they said this was a lie.
So about cash crate if there is not a scam than as i am cambodia. How i can get the cash?
Tell me how!
I dont want to get lie. but i also want to earn money. cos now m jobless.
Funny how the people defending Cash Crate are all posting links to their downline. Just like any other scam, it’s all about recruiting. I haven’t tried Cash Crate and I’ll tell you why. When they send me an unsolicited e-mail that asks for my personal information: name, dob, phone numbers, etc., and the reply address is a gmail address; well, it smells bad to me.
All of the people that are denying that cash crate is a scam are from the company. Cash Crate hasn’t payed me for my 30+ surveys and left a nasty 180%$ dollar bill on my credit card/
well check it out http://www.cashcrate.com/2562726
it’s a scam. could not cash the check at wells fargo
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I wanted to know if you ccould look into it and see if it was legit.
Could you? Thanks!
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I did like fifty jobs correctly. At first I was getting pay quickly, then it just stopped sharply. Now, I have like 45 pending. I got credit $5 on my supposedly account and $30 in pending.
I have a bad feeling about this site. If I have to use different email addresses every few jobs, do you know how many addresses I have to create to even make $20 dollars? I am starting to think this is a scam. I will wait a few more days to see if any of my pending get pay, if not, this is a scam.
Actually i thought cash crate was real as well. I worked my way up to a 30 dollar cheque. I did get the cheque but in faint writing across the check said “void void void void” wich is hard to recgonize by the naked eye but when they go to photo copy it at the bank it comes out clear as day. Cash crate IS a scam, sorry to burst you bubble.
Folks, it is a scam. All my pending just sit there and not getting pay at all. I am talking about a lot. I also got a bunch of phone calls from colleges, so I just hang up on them. I got three of my friends into doing it and they all have stopped do to non payment. I will spread the words to everyone about cashcrate. The people that are defending this web site are employees. Don’t waste your time. Go to mturk at amazon, that one pays very little but it is legit. I worked there for one month of two days a week and earned thirty dollars.
Cashcrate is not a scam. Just look at the active forums full of real people making hundreds of dollars.
thank you fvey much
Cash Crate is great, but the market is getting really saturated, especially with all the new programs coming out 2011.
If you want to make some free money online I would look into Varolo. Their business model is based upon keyword competition. The site officially launches April 17th and would be beneficial to sign and start promoting early, because they only have 83,000 members so far.
Free Information Regarding Varolo:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/53030160/Varology-Guide-to-Make-Free-Money-Online-With-Varolo
you guys are idots if you believe cash crate is real. Go ahead, waste your time just like i did and find out the hard way its B.S! For any of those who will listen to do it. Just trying to save you the time and effort to get f***ed over.
@ Wanda
What do you mean use fresh email accounts every few offers?
Does this help? should I do this?
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