13PercentSurf - Payment Change

First off, I got paid again by 13PercentSurf from a cashout request from last night. Gotta like that. Now on to their payment change.

Per an email that they sent out, 13PercentSurf will now only pay out on Tuesdays and Fridays due to script overload. Translation: No more daily payouts. I like this change because nobody thought they could keep up paying daily. If they kept it up, one would think they would eventually drive themselves out of business. My only concern is that this wasn't brought on by money problems and it is indeed a script overload issue. Time will tell.

Here is the complete update.

First I want to thank all who are supporting 13PercentSurf.com. As of today, Payments will only be sent out twice a week. Cash outs will be on Tuesdays and Fridays Eastern time. We have over 1,000 per day to cash out and our script as of now cannot handle the overload... We will update the confirm, from 24-48 hours to 24-72 hours. According to terms, it can take up to 1 to 5 days for finding....

I hope we can continue a long lasting support of
13PercentSurf.com. Please, do not write support
and put an overload about cash outs, we are working
our best to have members paid in time.

Thank you for your time,

Have a great night!
We greatly appreciate your support of 13percentsurf.com

Thank You,
Darrell
13PercentSurf.com Admin

BlackGoldSurf - Still Waiting...

The waiting game continues with BlackGoldSurf. I still haven't received payment from an upgrade that expired on 3/10. I took a look on their forum and it seems the EMO problems have slowed down their payouts because of some of their funds getting frozen in EMO.

There is still communication from the admin and they still claim to pay people, but at this point it'll probably take a while, at the very least, to get paid. I'm still fairly confident that I will get paid for this upgrade... eventually.

As a result of the payment slowdown, I'm gonna place BlackGoldSurf "on hold" on my list. I don't recommend getting involved any further (than you already are) in this program.

Alien Trust - And I'm Back Out Again

Can I make up my mind about Alien Trust once and for all? Well, I think I have. After thinking more and more about their situation and them asking for more personal info, I've decided I don't feel comfortable enough with them to supply them with this. The autosurf industry has been too volatile and inconsistent for me to give any autosurf my personal tax info.

As a result, I've decided to get out of Alien Trust. I'm pretty sure in one of their recent updates (not sure which one or I would post it) they stated that because of all the uproar about the new changes, one could request a refund. That's what I am doing.

I submitted a request ticket to them today. I'll keep you posted if and when I receive it.

G.I.T. - Just Got Paid!

I'm sorry, but I'm pretty excited about this one. This isn't an autosurf that I got paid from (no offense), but Guardian International Travel (or G.I.T.). They are more of a brick and mortar business. Check my prior posts on this one if you want more info.

Anywho (as David Spade would say), I bought a condo card on Feb. 17, received it in the mail about 2 1/2 weeks later, and today received my first (of 22) monthly "complimentary checks" that will end up giving me 500% back on the amount I paid for the condo card. You heard correct. An actual check came to me in the mail. No processor to potentially get in the way, which is nice.

Even though it's only one check, I feel good about G.I.T. and what they have in store in the future. They are continually developing their business and adding new facets to it.

I'm not trying to push anybody into this opportunity, but if you are interested, please note that G.I.T. will be making some changes to the condo card program on April 30. You see, as of right now, when you buy a condo card, you become a Charter member and qualify to receive those 22 "complimentary checks" that turn out to be worth 500%. For all condo card purchases made before April 30, you'll still get the 500%, but after that date, all condo card purchases made by "Charter Members" will receive 300% (which will be paid out over 18 months). Still not a bad deal, but I'm sure I'll try to buy as many condo cards as I can afford before April 30.

Another important fact about this deadline is that after April 30, they will be closing the Charter memberships. You'll still be able to buy condo cards, but it'll be as a different type of member (I forget the name). You'll still receive 18 "complimentary checks" but they'll end up giving you 200% not 300%. Even more incentive to get in earlier than later.

Of course, no matter when you get the condo card, it'll still give you significant discounts on condo rentals around the world and has a nice referral program, if you're into that.

Compact Surfing - Can You Say Paid?

Since joining Compact Surfing a few days ago, everything has been going smoothly. I've been able to surf with no problems. Adding sites to my ad rotation was completed without a glitch. Let's be honest... I've been as happy as you can be with an autosurf that you've been a member of for only 3 days. Last night I decided to test out the most important aspect of Compact Surfing: Getting Paid! As you know, you can request up to 3 payouts per month. Since we're at the end of the month, I though I would request my first payment to see if this thing works or not. Well, I requested it at around midnight last night and when I got up this morning, it was sitting in my E-gold account. Can't complain about that?

I realize that we're in the infancy stage of this one, but I hope this is a trend that will continue far into the future.

E-gold - Hackers Everywhere

Just wanted to post a quick note to be careful with your E-gold accounts. There have been a lot of stories going around of people's accounts getting hacked into through phishing, pharming, and other varieties of methods starting with "ph".

One thing I can suggest is never go to E-gold through any link from an e-mail you get from them. The reason being that I don't think they send out e-mails, so it would be from a hacker trying to get your info.

Also, you can used their SRK virtual keyboard to type in your password info on the site. There's a little "SRK" button to the right of the passphrase entry box. Just click on it and it'll pop up.

Alien Trust - Tax Info = Pandemonium

Stealing a favorite phrase from back in the day from former wrestler/current reality show star Hulk Hogan, "Pandemonium is running wild in the streets, brother!"

That's what I've noticed since Alien Trust sent out their memo about needing your tax info in order to pay people. People don't seem real happy about these new developments. After seeing some various point of views, I'm kind of on the fence. I understand that Alien Trust wants to become a legit company and submit this info for tax purposes. At the same time, people in the autosurf industry have been burned time and time again, so why should they give out this important info, since they could very easily get scammed again.

I'm still going to continue to surf, but not upgrade any further or send them any info just yet. I'll just keep compounding my upgrades and see what shakes out with this in the future.

Vince did send out another couple of updates talking about their reasons for doing this and the fact that they'll still payout for this week without needing to send in the forms.

You can read the full update here. Good luck all you Hulk-a-maniacs.

Time For A Little Housekeeping

We've had a couple of programs that have been lingering for a while and now it's time to decide to either keep them or kick them to the curb. Well, we'll just be doing some curb kicking tonight. Without further ado... here we go:

TingerInvest and ASCfin
- I think it's safe to say that neither of these two are paying or are ever going to pay
Judgement: kicked to the curb

EngageSurf
- They closed shop giving its members a glimmer of hope with a "possibility of refunds"
- Guess what? No refunds have happened and probably never will
Judgement: kicked to the curb

PixMeUp
This one might come as a surprise to you, since I did seem pretty excited about this opportunity. However, as time went on, I felt that there were too many problems/delays launching the site followed by more problems getting everything working properly, which I'm still not sure it is.

My main problem with this site was I felt mislead about the opportunity. There was so much talk of "spillover" and "you don't need to recruit" in order to make money. Needless to say, I was severly disappointed after launch to see my $500 investment turned out a whopping $10 profit.

I know they might indeed get things rolling in the future and I might regret this decision, but I have decided to ask for a refund and wipe my hands clean of this program. The way I see it, I can't promote a program I don't believe in. I didn't get in PixMeUp to shamelessly promote it in order to get paid. I'm not big into affiliate marketing, so...
Judgement: kicked to the curb

I'm gonna update my "Programs I'm Currently In" accordingly by removing these programs. Say goodbye. Let's hope my other programs don't decide to follow suit.

Alien Trust - I'm Back In

Back in the good 'ole days, as I like to call them, when 12Daily Pro and Alien Trust were going strong (sorry for those of you who had shock treatment to forget about you know who), people were all excited about the autosurf industry. Well, we all know that things have definitely changed.

After the whole Stormpay fiasco, I took a break from Alien Trust and moved onto other autosurfs. I was turned off by the fact that they had become a manual surf and it just seemed that weird things were happening over there. However, I have noticed over time that they are doing many things trying to stay the course of a legitimate company. I admire that and that's the reason I'm back in. Another reason is the fact that you can compound your earnings because they allow you to upgrade using your cash balance. Cashing your money out and bringing it back in is necessary. This allows for your money to grow faster.

Now, I obviously know that no autosurf has stayed the course of time, but I feel comfortable enough with Alien Trust to put a medium size spend in it and see if I can compound it for a few months and then take some profit out.

By the way, Alien Trust just posted an update regarding a couple of changes. It seems that you need to mail them a member agreement and some tax documents, which can be found through your "account stats" page, in order to get paid. This is all part of their process to become legit and submit this info for tax reasons (like most legit companies). Now, you can still earn money if you don't get this stuff in, but you won't be able to pull money out until you do. As with most instances of people asking for my Tax ID#, I'm slightly hesitant, but I think I'll probably go through with it further down the line, since I don't plan on withdrawing any time soon.

You can read the full update here.

Compact Surfing - Newest Flavor of the Month

There's another autosurf in the game and it's name is Compact Surfing. I know, I know, it seems that we're juggling so many of these risky autosurfs at the moment. However, it's not necessarily a bad thing to be in a few of these because it means we're diversifying. At the same time, I do plan on scaling back on some of the other autosurfs that seem to be getting more and more risky once I receive my payments from them (i.e. BlackgoldSurf). It's harder to keep track of so many.

Back to the new kid. Compact Surfing is based in Panama, which means it isn't subject to the same sort of investigations that U.S.-based autosurfs are. That's both good and bad I guess, but enough people who's opinions I respect have given this one the thumbs up that I'm going in for a test spend. Here are the basics of Compact Surfing:

• 13% daily for 9 days
• E-gold and bank transfers accepted for upgrade (only withdraws to E-gold)
  
• Autosurf (need to surf 9 sites per day)
• Upgrades are in $10 increments up to maximum of $10,000
• You can upgrade at any time (up to the total upgrade max of $10,000)
  
• Request payout at any time ($10 minimum)/3 payouts allowed per month
• Payouts can take up to 7 days, but they say they are usually processed within 48 hours

That's the gist of the program. If you want more due dilligence info on Compact Surfing, check out their site. They actually have a "Due Dilligence" section (how about that!) explaining how their company works. How nice that a company actually gives out info on themselves without you having to act like Encyclopedia Brown (he was a kid detective, in case my reference is too obscure) and dig it up yourself.

13PercentSurf - Received Payment

That's right. Just got paid from my first upgrade with 13PercentSurf. It took less than a day to receive payment. This one has been pretty smooth for me. The fact that you can request payment daily does worry me a little bit, but I will upgrade for another cycle and see if they can keep it up.

Wired Surf - Paid, Paid, Paid

Good news. Just received payment from Wired Surf for one of my upgrades that expired on March 24th. The weird thing is that I also had another upgrade that expired a day earlier on March 23rd, but haven't received payment for that yet. I'm not too concerned. I'm sure it'll be arriving here shortly.

Also, more good news if you had upgraded using EMO before. They just sent out an email that they are going to start paying out those EMO upgrades. Before, they had decided to see how the EMO issues played out, but decided that that might take too long and paying out their members was a bigger priority. I hadn't used EMO with this autosurf, but it's nice to hear that Wired Surf is putting their members first.

One last thing. Wired Surf sent out another notice about a new option to receive payments quicker, not that 2-3 days isn't pretty quick. Don't worry, it doesn't require any extra money. It's more along the lines of posting on their forum that you got paid and voting for them on certain autosurf sites. They're hoping this will help spread the word about Wired Surf. This can be found on their forum under the topic "Priority List: Voters Club." You'll need to login (or register for the foum, if you haven't already). Don't take my word for it, check it out:

Wired Surf prides itself on timely payments despite our continously growing community, and we will continue to process payments as quickly as possible, however, we need your help.

Rather than charging members a fee to receive payments faster (we don't terribly put much faith in making you pay just to get your money on time), we decided to form the WS Voting Club.

This club is free to join, but requires your ongoing participation. Quite simply, if you would like to be put on a priority payment list, where you will receive your payments faster, you simply need to do the following:

Step #1: Opt In
Reply to this thread with your Wired Surf ID (the number at the end of your referral link), which helps us easily identify you. When you reply you must confirm that you wish to join the club and will complete all required duties to remain on the priority list.

Step #2: Follow Up
Once you have been paid, you will need to complete the following steps:

1- Post a payment notice in our Payment Posts thread informing our forum members that you have received your payment. You must do this every time you have been paid.

2- Vote for Wired Surf on the listing of approved rating sites and indicate that you have received payment. You are only required to vote on the sites within the list but if you wish to vote elsewhere, that is definitely welcomed!

In order to remain on the priority payment list, you must continously update the forum each time you have received payment. In addition, you must also continously vote on the rating sites each time you have received payment.

The more votes we receive and the more current information is posted on these review & rating sites, the better overall exposure we will receive.

If you are willing to help us by taking an hour out of your day every time you are paid, we are willing to bump up your payment so that you receive it faster.

To keep our priority list up to date and manageable as well as to ensure that those members on the list are paid quickly, we will only accept a limited number of priority club members at a time.

For your information, the members that are on our priority list appear with a star by their name in our administration panel, which helps identify that you are a priority member and will be paid quickly.

The list of approved rating sites to vote at are located here.

__________________
Cameron
Wired Network Support

13PercentSurf - Update

It seems that those pesky little hackers have made their way to 13PercentSurf. This seems like (and I hope it is) a minor thing, so let's not get too worked up over it for the time being. Hopefully, 13PercentSurf will lock it down. Here's a word from their admin:

Due to the recent hacking of members accounts, we have removed access to payment processor and email address changes. If you need any of these changes made, you are going to need to contact support, and provide some proof of ownership of this account.

We are still working on some bugs that you, the member have reported. The referral part of the site has been fix and we are now back on track with referrals.

We are still working on some other issues, but be assured we are on top of things.

We will keep you upto date on any more changes to the site

We greatly appreciate your support of 13percentsurf.com

Stormpay - Is The Tide Turning?

I saw this posted somewhere else today.

Stormpay has changed its policy (or someone has changed it for them) that they will only accept payments for sales through their own auctions. Under these new policy guidelines, customers may no longer log into a StormPay account for the purpose of sending money to another online user, or "offsite" website sale. All "spends" and "receives" are and only can be for the specific purchase of a user's auction listing and successful purchase of.

It doesn't help with getting people's money back, but it's nice to hear that they won't be able to screw other sites. You can see the info on Stormpay's site here.

BlackGoldSurf - Behind In Payments

This was just posted on the BlackGoldSurf forum by Charlot (the admin). They are still behind in their payouts which is a concern, but I will say this... Charlot does seem that she is being upfront and honest with her members about what is going on. That's always nice in this industry. That doesn't mean I'll necessarily upgrade again, but it is nice to hear.

Hello Members,

We are working very hard to figure out solutions to our problems. We are very behind on payouts (Still working on the 8th) and continue to pray for EMO to come back.

EMO going down has set us very far behind not because we are paying EMO members out but because of some business arrangements we had made with EMO.

We are determined to stay here.
As I said before you will all get paid, it is just a matter of waiting long periods of time.
We are waiting for payments from some other sources and every dime of revenue we are receiving we are paying out to our members.

But some memembers would rather create more problems for us and other members rather than be supportive of us working so hard.

Example of an Email we received:
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From: Dencho Denchev
Hey Scammers!
If you within 24h not send my earnings, I will post this vote in all of these sites.

"Friend,
Do you want to loose your money? Then invest in Blackgold-surf. I loose my money then maybe you will too!"

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And then he goes on to list several sites where he intends to post.

This is the type of behavior we deal with on a daily basis.
Blackgold-surf has had many attacks.

We weathered the Storm Pay problem, we have had many problems trying to adjust the scripts and our site to be a legal and acceptable surf site, had various attacks and the EMO problem. We also have had to deal with creditors and employees who were paid with EMO so this has not been an easy road for us.

We remain loyal to our members and advertisers.
We will keep working and struggling for all of you who have been loyal to us and have endured the stuggles with us.

We appreciate you greatly and thank you for hanging in there with us. We do beleive BG still has the potential to be one of the greatest surf sites out there.

We will get your cashouts to you as quickly as possible.
For any that wants to use their pending cashouts for upgrades rather than waiting, we will be happy to do that for you. Send your request to: fix@blackgold-surf.com

Charles is back helping me now so we should be able to get through your emails and fix problems a lot faster. We will work on them until all are complete. If we do not reply to your email it is because we are consumed with fixing problems., but you can be assured that we have received your email and are working on them.

We will continue to keep you updated.

Thank you all again.
charlot

XpertHits - Back Up

You didn't think this one was coming back, did you?

That's right. You heard correctly. XpertHits Surf is back up and running again. After 2 weeks, they have jumped back into the game with their new terms, which are 1% daily for 180 days! Yikes! I've got to wait 6 months before my upgrade expires... and to think that I was only a few days away from upgrade expiring under the old 30 day system.

No sense in complaining about it. I'm in it for the long haul now. See you in August.

BlackGoldSurf - Still Nothing

The saga continues...

Today is the "10 Business Day" mark for me with BlackGoldSurf. I should have been paid by today, according to their payout terms, but so far, no dice. Obviously, this is a bit of a concern for me.

I just went on BlackGoldSurf's forum to see what's been going on. Well, apparently they are having problems with their cashout processor. By mistake, it has been sending double payments out to some people, which is not good. That creates a whole new batch of problems (i.e. hoping people return one of the payments, fixing their accounts, and fixing this double payment problem so it doesn't happen again). Like with all the problems that have been plaquing this autosurf, hopefully, this will get sorted out sooner than later.

At least I did see an update as to what day they're making payments for. Apparently, they're currently trying to make payments for upgrades that expired on March 8th. Since mine expired on March 10th, I hope to get it soon.

(Man, I included the word, or variation of, "hope" a lot in this post. Good sign? I didn't think so.)

Phoenix Surf - Still Paying

Good news in these days of uncertainty in the autosurf world. Phoenix Surf is still paying. I just receive payment into my E-gold account today. For those of you scoring at home, my upgrade expired on March 16 and I was paid today, March 23. That's 5 business days (no fasttrack).

I'd like to add that I really like the fact that Phoenix Surf actually sends you an email when they have paid you, so you don't have to keep logging into your E-gold account to manually check. I know most autosurfs do send out emails, but some don't and I appreciate the ones that do, especially since E-gold doesn't send out emails when money has been sent to your account. Why is that anyway? You'd think it wouldn't be that difficult to implement. Right?

Anyway, Phoenix Surf's still paying. Woohoo!

What's Going On?

Hey, everybody. It's been a little slow around here lately. So many autosurfs, so much waiting... Here's a quick update as to what's going on with my current autosurf/HYIP programs:

BlackGoldSurf
Still waiting for a payout from an upgrade that expired on March 10. Tomorrow it'll officially be 10 business days. Their admin has stated that they have repeatedly been attacked by a hacker and that has slowed down their ability to send out payments. Obviously, I'm a little weary of this autosurf right now.

XpertHits Surf
Their site has been down for about a week now. I've heard that they've had problems moving their servers (?) offshore. I received a strange partial payment about a week ago. Still not sure what the deal is with that and haven't been able to find out more, since we can't access the site. The site is supposed to be back up today, but we'll just have to wait and see about that, won't we?

Wired Surf
This one has been smooth sailing (knock on wood). They seem to be one of the faster payers, the surfing is good, and they are quick with support. I'd have to say this is my favorite autosurf right now.

Phoenix Surf
I'm currently waiting on a payment from an upgrade that expired March 16. I decided not to fasttrack the payment because of the fees, so now I'm stuck just waiting for now. This seems to be another favorite autosurf for people. I'm not a big fan of the payout schedule/fees, but if it stays up, you really can't complain. Plus, for a manual surf, it's not that bad.

13PercentSurf
I'm still working on my first upgrade with this one, so I haven't seen how well they payout. I've heard that payouts are quick (less than 48 hours). You can request payouts daily (not sure if that is good or bad), but I'm just gonna wait until my upgrade expires (March 25). Please note that the site will be down today from 2pm-4pm EST in order to do some scripts upgrades and server maintenance.

StudioTraffic
Not sure what's up with this one. It's one of the original autosurfs, at least that I know of. I've heard they lowered their rates (not good), had to let go some of their staff and shut down some offices (really not good), and even told members who were in profit to stop surfing because they couldn't afford to pay them. Obviously, stay away from this one.

Engage Surf
Not surprisingly, I haven't heard a peep or received anything since they shut down their site and gave people hope with the talk of possible refunds.

GoldenRocks
Rumor on the streets is that some people are receiving refunds. I haven't received anything yet. Hopefully, I'll at least get my money back, but I'm not holding my breath. I might send them a $.01 spend through E-gold requesting a refund, if I don't hear anything in a few more days.

TingerInvest/ASCfin
These 2 haven't been paying for a while. I lost my money on these. Please don't invest in either of these programs.

As you can see, things have been very up and down over the past month. It makes me want to look for more programs like Guardian International Travel (or G.I.T.). Hopefully, some other good alternative programs will present themselves that aren't as high risk as the autosurf/HYIP industry.

BlackGoldSurf - Touch and Go

I was just on some of the forums and noticed everyone is starting to panic a little bit over the topic of BlackGoldSurf. Obviously, the autosurf game is a risky one and some people don't realize that they don't have the mindset for it, until they actually invest in one. Heck, I'm not sure if I have the mindset for it either. Sometimes I feel that it would be less stressful if I just took the money and flushed it down the toilet. It'd save me some time at least.

What was my point, anyway? Oh... I noticed that it had been 7 business days today, since my last upgrade expired. Under BlackGoldSurf's new terms, payouts can take anywhere from 7-10 business days. I admit I'm a little antsy to see if this one goes through. From reading some forums, it didn't look like many (if anybody) got paid today. Add to that the fact that I can't seem to get to BlackGoldSurf's forum and it isn't exactly a recipe for confidence in a program.

The one good thing that did happen was that BlackGoldSurf did transfer my cash balance (that was from being credited for missing surf days due to the site being down) to an active upgrade. So, they are actually still there and working. Hopefully, things will pick up in the next couple of days and people will be getting paid again.

I'm not sure if I even made a point with all this. The brain is a little scattered these days. You be the judge.

Phoenix Surf - Payment Problems

This was just posted on the Phoenix Surf forum. Hopefully, payments will be back to running smoothly now.

Dear PS Members,

We encountered some anomalies with our members’ payouts on the 18th of March. Because of these anomalies, we halted all payouts, including the fast track option.

Because of this, those of you who had fast track advertising packages expire on the 17th will be paid by midnight tonight (the 19th). We apologize for any inconvenience but we firmly believe that the integrity of our system is our number one priority.

Regards,

Gabriel Frankewich
President, Phoenixsurf.com

BlackGoldSurf - On Their Way Back?

What can I say about BlackGoldSurf... They have been going through a lot of changes as of late. Heck, which autosurf hasn't? Anyway, I'm currently waiting to receive payment for an upgrade that expired March 10th. Note that this upgrade doesn't include the surf days that I missed due to the site being down. That amount was credited to my cash balance and is currently just sitting there.

BlackGoldSurf just sent out an email update that shed some light on the current situation. Per this update, I sent an email to them about upgrading from my missing surf credits, but nothing has happened yet. You can see what I'm talking about here:

Hello Members and Welcome to All of our New Members!

We are very happy to have the new members joining us!
We have been deleting all inactive accounts and will leave the sign up page open just until we reach 10000 members.

We have several things to go over today.

SURF DAY CREDITS:
If any member is interested in using the pending Surf Day Credits for upgrades instead of waiting on them, just drop us an email to: fix@blackgold-surf.com and we can do that for you.

Changes:
Yes there have already been some changes and their will be more that are being worked on now and will continue until everything is as it should be for us to be a great advertising site! We will have a PTC section and our advertising section will be added soon.
We would like to add our referral comissions back as soon as we clear out all the ones who were abusing the system.

E-Gold Issue:
Apparently we had a lot of members angry that they did not receive their payout within 24 hours and reported us to Egold. We never said we paid in 24 hours. Although, I always tried.
I suppose I had these members spoiled.
The reason terms state 7 to 10 business days is to give space of time in the event something happens with scripts, changes, laws or any kind of problems that can occur on a website. But, reguardless, these members have caused a lot of unecessary greif for all of us.

We are watching for these members and suspending their accounts with us. We have already suspended several today.

We will resume payouts NOW as our Egold account is now UNBLOCKED. We just spoke to them on the phone and the problem is resolved! Thank you to all the members who let me know that they contacted Egold concerning the matter.
FOR now, EGOLD upgrades are being done MANUALLY. For some reason they are not being automatically credited. The programmer is checking on the problem.

EMO:
All EMO request will remain in pending. I feel they will get their issues resolved soon and be back up. They seem to be submitting all of the info they need to the state and trying to get it resolved.
NO EMO cashouts or refunds will be done by another processor.

SFIpay and E-Bullion payouts are going out as normal.

Have a great day!
tq
charlot

Phoenix Surf - Fast Track Payment Available

One of the current darlings of the autosurf industry, Phoenix Surf, has now activated their Fast Track payment option. As you know, this will allow you to get your payments quicker, but it comes at a price. Here are the details per the amount of your payout:

$8.00 to $3,000.00 = 5%
$3,001.00 to $4,500.00 = 6%
$4,501 to $6,000.00 = 7%
$6,001.00+ = 8%

To activate Fast Track you merely need to press the blinking graphic and it will switch on or off. You are able to change it as many times as you need prior to the cashout, once the cashout commences your choice is locked in.

The question then comes down to whether or not one should use it. It does take a pretty heavy chunk out of your earnings. I will probably not use it for the time being and just spread out 2 upgrades (which is the max), so that I have at least one active upgrade going at all times.

Also, keep in mind that you won't make any referral commisions unless you have a current upgrade. Just something to think about if people joined under you. Good luck out there.

XpertHits - Cashouts Complete

As we know, XpertHits Surf has been introducing a lot of changes. Granted, we haven't seen any of them yet because the site has been down since March 10. However, the admin sent out an email saying that payouts have been completed. I don't quite understand this, but I received a small payment to my E-gold account from XpertHits Surf. I'm still not sure what is going on with this one and it's hard to tell, since we still can't access the site.

Hopefully, we'll know more soon. I'm not happy about all of the changes, but I'm in for at least 180 days under the new terms. Here is the email from Mel, the admin.

Hello Everyone,

Cashouts are complete.

We are still waiting to move to a new server.
Hopefully this will occur in the next day or two
so please be patient.

From now on ROI will be 1% for 180 retroactive to
February. All referral payments have been made and
referrals will be removed starting March 1st.

I am sure there are a lot of upset people because
of what I had to do and my heart goes out to all of
you who are. Just remember that the down time caused
by the hacking, the server move to prevent this from
happening again, and site issues has put me in a bind
too, and I\'m left with a choice of trying to help
all of you or just packing it in. I hope you all
understand.

Mel
XHA Admin

Wired Surf - Answers To EMO Users

If you used EMO to purchase upgrade packets with Wired Surf than you need to check this out. It was posted on Wired Surf's forum.

As many of you are aware, EMO is currently being placed in receivership and was operating as an unlicensed money transfer/processing company.

Wired Surf initially accepted both e-gold and EMO as a way for members to purchase ad packs, and up until the EMO website was unavailable we continued to receive funds through our EMO account.

In fact, Wired Surf has a large amount of money in EMO, and while this would typically destroy a business or prevent it from continuing, our company is focused on surviving the current situation, while taking steps to prevent any problems with processors in the future.

Effective immediately, e-gold is the only method in which we will accept money for ad pack purchases and is the only method in which we will pay out any earnings from surf activities. While EMO's website will be available in the near future, we will not be implementing EMO into our system again. When EMO is back online, we will work to move the funds from EMO into e-gold, since that is now our primary payment processor of choice.

Those who initially purchased ad packs with EMO will be paid via e-gold, however we may temporarily place these payments on hold until EMO releases further information.

Wired Surf could continue to survive despite our funds being inaccessible through EMO Corp, however our concern is that EMO will be forced to refund certain transactions, or that these funds will be inaccessible for a long period of time. In light of this, we will place any payments that were derived from EMO ad pack purchases on hold pending further information. Rest assured that we have every reason to believe that EMO will release information within a reasonable time frame and if not, Wired Surf will work out a resolution so that members who used EMO are not penalized or left behind.

The dependency on payment processors can be devastating to any business, and due to the recent situation with EMO Corp, we believe that it is better to exercise caution by not implementing them back into our program.

E-gold has established themselves after many years online and while it can be confusing when you first begin using e-gold, it is currently the safest processor to use. To help people fund their e-gold accounts we will be asking members of our community to participate within a thread set up to help members become familiar with this processor.

Wired Surf will continue to work on releasing our debit card program, and once this is complete and implemented into our website, Wired Surf members will be able to receive their funds through the debit card easily. Wired Surf debit cards will be able to be funded by credit card, e-gold as well as many other reliable and simplified methods. We will also be accepting payment for ad packs through the debit card system as well.

This will release our company from ever having to rely on any outside processor. The card is still in production and Card One Inc will contact us when the cards are ready for release. We will keep our community informed as to the progress and will have an ETA in regards to our cards very shortly.

__________________
Sincerely,

Cameron
Wired Network Support

BlackGoldSurf - Status Update

This may be day old news, but I just read it on BlackGoldSurf's forum. It's from the site admin and lists the new earning rates (8% for 15 days) among other things. I'm still waiting to be paid for an upgrade, so we'll see how smoothly that goes. Here are the other updates. Check it out:

Hello members!

We will keeping our member base at 10,000 members.
Today we will be deleting all inactive accounts and have reopened the sign up page temporarily until we reach 10000 members.

We are excited that our Advertising and PTC sections are almost complete. We are also very happy that the system seems to be working properly once again and that we were able to credit surfers for their missing surf day credits.

Pretty soon all members will be able to earn for surfing and not just advertisers. We are still in the process of fixing that.

All accounts have been updated with surf day credits.
We tried to credit to pending payout request but it could not be done so they were added to your account.

If you do not wish to upgrade at BG again to be able to receive the surf day credits, drop an email to: fix@blackgold-surf.com
This email address is JUST for accounts that may need to be fixed, and nothing else.

We will be be working on getting all the pending payout requests caught up now so if you do not want your pending cashout and would just like a refund, email me at: fix@blackgold-surf.com

The new percentage as begun, 8% for 15 days.
Any older purchases will still pay 12% for 12 days until those upgrades expire.

We have been in the process of rewriting the terms for our new rules and are still working on them. If you read the new terms and do not wish to agree with them, please do not purchase any new advertising units, let me know (fix@blackgold-surf.com) and I will pay you and delete your account with us.

I hope I covered everything for you.
I will update you as changes are made.

Have a great day!
tq
charlot

13PercentSurf - EMO To E-gold

Must say that I'm impressed with 13PercentSurf regarding the EMO problem. They quickly sent out this email stating that all upgrades using EMO will be returned into your e-gold account. I've heard on some of the forums that people are already getting their EMO refunds into their e-gold. Keep up the good work 13PercentSurf.

EMO Issue - March 13, 2006

This is going out to all members If you are not upgraded with EMO please disregard this email.

First I would like to apologize for taking so long to get this email update out to you,as we were waiting to see any results from EMO. As most of you probably know EMO is under investigation, and it probably will not be returning any time soon. We have decided to refund your initial investments that you paid us from EMO, and we have placed it in your earned cash. We have made notes of all member IDs who have upgraded with EMO, and we are only going to honor any withdraw requests payable through E-gold only. There will be no exception to this. If you do not currently have an e-gold account, you may go to e-gold.com and create an account.

For some reason, if you are facing any issues with your account, from this adjustment, please open a support ticket with the subject line EMO ISSUE, and be sure to include your user id number.

We greatly appreciate your support of 13percentsurf.com

Thank You,
Darrell
13PercentSurf.com Admin

13PercentSurf - EMO News

13PercentSurf just sent out an email regarding the EMO problem and how it affects its users. If you use EMO with 13PercentSurf, then you'll want to check this out.

This is going out to all members  If you are not upgraded with
EMO please disregard this email.

First I would like to apologize for taking so long to get this email
update out to you,as we were waiting to see any results from
EMO.  As most of you probably know EMO is under investigation,
and it probably will not be returning any time soon.  We have
decided to refund your initial investments that you paid us from
EMO, and we have placed it in your earned cash.  We have made
notes of all member IDs who have upgraded with EMO, and we
are only going to honor any withdraw requests payable through
E-gold only.  There will be no exception to this.  If you do not
currently have an e-gold account, you may go to e-gold.com and
create an account.

For some reason, if you are facing any issues with your account,
from this adjustment, please open a support ticket with the
subject line EMO ISSUE, and be sure to include your user id
number.

We greatly appreciate your support of 13percentsurf.com

EMO - Frozen!

Bad news for EMO users. Their site has been frozen by the Texas Attorney General. Seems as though EMO isn't able to account for $2.4 million in customer cash. Not good.

We'll see how this affects those programs using this payment processor.

You can read all of the details about this at:
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagnews/release.php?id=1493

13PercentSurf - New AutoSurf

I know, I know. It seems that all we're doing these days is putting money in the always volatile autosurf industry. I'm trying to branch out. I'm excited about the opportunities of G.I.T. and hoping to get involved in more programs like it.

In the meantime, I'm still hanging around the autosurf industry, just seeing if anyone can forge ahead and become the next "you know who."

That brings me to 13PercentSurf. It's got a higher return, which means it's probably more risky, but enough people are getting paid that I'm going to put a small amount in.

Here are the specifics of 13PercentSurf.

• 13% daily for 13 days
• only one upgrade available at a time (however, I've heard you can sign up another account to have a 2nd upgrade going)
• upgrades are available in the following amounts: $10, $50, $100, $300, $800, $1,000, $1,500, $2,000, and $2,500
• withdraws available anytime your earnings are over $13
  
• accepted payment processors: e-gold, E-bullion, Alertpay
  

XpertHits - Ch-Ch-Changes

Unfortunately, that's right. XpertHits Surf has made quite a few changes. The site currently isn't available because they are working on these changes. The major change is the rate of return will be dropping from 4.5% to 1%. That's bad enough, but that's not all. They are making the rate change retroactive back to February 1.

My upgrade was about to expire, so this is unfortunate news for me. Hope to get out of this one as soon as I can. Here is the latest and not so greatest from Mel, the admin.

Hello Everyone,

We are moving to offshore facilities sometime this afternoon and
that for some; it will not even affect them, others it could be a
few hours to 24 hours due to each ISP DNS zone caching policy
and their local pc. So hang tight if you don't see the site up --
keep trying and eventually you will.  We will put up a moving page
that will show on the old server and the site will show on new page.

Because expenses have gone up and revenue has slowed down
I will be scaling back the rate of return and referral commission
payouts.

The new rate of return will be 1% a day for 180 days as well as
1% referral commissions. Both will become effective February 1st.

I regret having to do this, but this is the only way I can continue to
keep XpertHits Advertising viable over the long haul.

I will be offering more advertising options when I return after the
server move so stay tuned. I am not going anywhere.

Mel

BlackGoldSurf - News From The Admin

BlackGoldSurf has been going through some changes lately and I can't say I'm too encouraged by that. They've changed their payout rate, are going to a manual surf, had script problems with regards to account balances, and have missed crediting days due to site unavailability.

Now, that's not to say that they can't correct all these things and start to run smooth again, but it's something to keep a closer eye on (obviously). I have one pending cashout, so I'll wait and see how that goes before I reinvest in BlackGoldSurf. Anyway, here is the latest update from the admin from the BlackGoldSurf forum.

Hello Members,

The purchase upgrade option is now open again.
If your account looks correct, it is safe for you to purchase upgrades again.


Fia and the programmer fixed about 200 accounts last night that was showing negative or something.
Programmer will be still working over the next few days until everything is perfect!

Remember, you WILL be credited all missed surf days once he has fixed the account problems.

PLEASE, do not try to purchase upgrades if your account shows negative upgrades, negative balance, double cashouts or wrong amount.

That's all for now. I will be updating you as progress is made.

tq
charlot

G.I.T. - Condo Card Arrived

As you know, I purchased my first Guardian International Travel (or G.I.T.) condo card last month. I've been anxiously checking the mailbox ever since waiting for the condo card to arrive. Well, my day has arrived. I received it in the mail and finally have it in my hands.

Now, I can't wait to get my first "complimentary check" from G.I.T. Remember, because I bought a condo card, I've qualified to receive 5 times the value of my card over the next 22 months. That's a lot of checks. I should be getting my first one within the next couple of weeks.

Keep in mind that this is only one of the perks of being a Guardian International Travel member. The condo card makes me a Charter Member, which also gives me discounts on condo rentals around the world. If you want, you can also become an Executive Member by purchasing a Gitzee card, which gives you discounts on many things, including airfare, entertainment, food & dining, hotel/motel, movies, services, automotive, shopping, etc. You can purchase either condo cards, Gitzee cards, or both.

Also, they offer many excellent referral compensation plans, if that's of interest to you. They will be introducing more opportunities in the near future. I'm off to get on one of their conference calls to see what's going on.

As always, I'll do my best to keep you up to date.

Wired Surf - Paying, Paying, Paying!

My first Wired Surf ad pack expired yesterday. I was happy to see that I received payment in my e-gold acccount within less than 24 hours. Still not sure if or when they'll be implementing the "fast track" payment option, but if they continue to pay this quick, they won't need it.

BlackGoldSurf - Answers To Questions

I was just checking out the BlackGoldSurf forum, just to see what's up. The admin made a new post. I guess there was a problem sending out emails. She provides some answers to what's going on. The one answer she doesn't provide is what the new percentage will be. BlackGoldSurf is currently paying 12%, but that is going to change. Check out the other answers.

We tried to send an email out to all the members but apparently our email has been affected some sort of way so I am posting here.

We are answering your emails but they are not being SENT to you for some reason.

ALL the questions we seem to be getting are the same over and over again are:

Why does my account show in the minus?
We do not know. We are waiting for Ija to look at it.

Why did I only get paid some of what I was suppose to?
Because the site was down, you could not surf, we have not credited your accounts yet for lost surf days and your upgrade expired during that time.

When will you credit me earnings I missed while the site was down?
As soon as Ija does the credit surf day plugin, we will credit your account.

Why are you paying the cashout if it the wrong amount?
Because that is the amount in the cashout processor.

Can I buy an upgrade now?
Yes you can. If your account is not showing minus, you can buy upgrades.

How much will I make now on my account?
You will continue to make 12% until Ija and Fia get the changes done.

Are you still paying 12%?
Yes, until Ija and Fia get the changes done.

Are we changing to manual surf?
Yes, as soon as Ija and Fia get the changes done.

Have you been in contact with Ija and Fia?
No, I have not. Fia IM'ed me and told me the site was up.

Are the terms going to change?
Yes they are and we have been working on them.

I hope this helps answers any questions you may have.

tq
charlot

I guess it's good to know that we will be credited for the missing days. Not sure how I feel about another autosurf switching to a manual surf. I've heard conflicting reports about whether or not a site being manual actually makes it more legal than an autosurf, but who knows for sure. I guess we'll probably find out over time. We always do...

Wired Surf - EMO Temporarily Removed

Wired Surf announced today that they will be disabling EMO as a withdrawal option for a little while. You can still purchase ad packs using EMO, but just can't withdraw using it. It might not be a permanent thing, but just something to speed up the payments. We'll see. Here is the post from Wired Surf's forum...

To increase overall performance and to keep up the speed in which we process payments, we are going to temporarily remove EMO as an option to withdraw at Wired Surf. While members will still be able to purchase ad packs using EMO, we will focus on e-gold withdraws for the time being.

For those who wish to receive payment into their EMO accounts, you can simply log into your EMO account and link your new e-gold account to it. Once you have done that, you can instantly transfer your e-gold into your EMO account.

You will then have to log into your Wired Surf members center to update your profile to include your new e-gold account number, if you had previously selected EMO as your payment preference.

If we find that offering only e-gold as a form of withdraw does not help with time management and overall functionality, we will add it back to our site, but for the time being, we accept payments via EMO and e-gold, and pay out via E-gold.

Thank you for your understanding as we work towards continuing our organized method of payments, and in improving our program.

PixMeUp - Cash & Prizes

I know, I know. It's been a while since I've posted an update on PixMeUp. I admit, I'm not too happy with the way this opportunity has panned out so far. After the initial launch, I didn't get anywhere near the spillover (or profit) that I expected. I kind of feel mislead by the whole thing, but we'll see what happens.

PixMeUp just sent out an email about their new prize and cash giveaways. I've heard PixMeUp's traffic has gone down after the initial launch. Maybe this is a way for them to get some more eyeballs on their site. Anyway, here's what it's about...

Hello Pixmeup Team,

Check out Pixmeup's New Click and Become an Instant Winner
Weekly Cash Prize Giveaway.

As promised, we are adding an exciting new element to
pixmeup.com.

We're launching our new cash giveaway that is easy to win while
adding fun and pixel ad website viewers to all the thousands of
Pixmeup website links attached to our pixel ads.

We have seen hundreds of thousands of visitors come to
Pixmeup.com in search of interesting websites, cool deals and
unique products. While doing so, we're pumping up the volume by
presenting everyone with an opportunity to win great cash prizes
in the process.

To win a prize, it couldn't be more simple.

How to win prizes:

- The Pixmeup pixel grid is populated by numerous pixel
advertisements of various sizes.

- For a chance to INSTANTLY win prizes, click on the ads and surf
the websites.

- If a prize rolls on your click, you will be forwarded to a winner's
page where you can register to receive your prize.

We call our cash giveawy Pix & Clix.  For more information, go to
our new "Contest" link on the Menu bar, or just click on the new
giveaway announcement at the top of the Pixmeup.com page.

We're rolling this out for a one month try out.  Tell everyone they
have a chance to win.  Any adult can play!

Finally, thanks to all our member's for being great Pixmeup
partners. We are going to be adding new services and incentives
to keep building the Pixmeup opportunity for everyone.

Have a wonderful day/night.  Hope to see you in the Daily Winning
Name for our Pix & Clix giveaway.

Thanks
The Pixmeup Team

BlackGoldSurf - Site Is Back Up

One of the few autosurfs that I'm using, BlackGoldSurf, is back up and running. Granted, I have not been given credit for the surf days I missed from the site being down. I've heard that they will be trying to credit people for these days, so we'll see if BlackGoldSurf can get it done. At least people have still been getting paid, even if it doesn't include days missed from the site's maintenance.

On a side note, I thought I heard that BlackGoldSurf is going to change to a manual surf, instead of autosurf. We'll see if this happens.

Here is the last correspondence with BlackGoldSurf's admin that I know of.

We apologize for the negative balances, and the surf days that were missed surf days. Although the site is back up, we need alittle time for Ija to find out what the problem is. As soon as the problem is fixed, your accounts will be corrected. Just to let everyone know, I am tring to reply to all of your messages indivually, but for some reason when I send a reply, it goes to the out box. So, I am sending this to all members at one time. I can recieve your emails but you cant recieve mine. But I will keep trying. Just remember that if you send an email, I will get it, pay each one the attention that it deserves. Once again, I appollogize for the delay, and look forward to rplying to everyone separately.

TQ,Charles

Phoenix Surf - Just Got Paid!

I just received my first payment into my e-gold account from Phoenix Surf. My upgrade expired on Sunday and they sent me an email today saying that my payment had been processed. Low and behold, they were right.

That's good news for me. I like the fact that they send you an email, so you don't have to continually check your e-gold account to see if the payment came through. Granted, the manual surf isn't exactly ideal, but if Phoenix Surf continues to pay, I'll definitely put up with it. Going in with another spend tonight.

BlackGoldSurf - Update

BlackGoldSurf's site still isn't up and operational. The same message about them working on the site is still posted, so we'll just have to wait some more. I think payments are still being processed in the meantime, but don't quote me on that. Here is the last correspondence from BlackGoldSurf that I know of:

There are several things you are having questions about or I just would like to go over with you of concerning payouts. No big issues just some things we need to address.

ALL payouts are going out a little slower than usual simply because some of our debiting functions are crediting some accounts instead of debiting them. And the day before it paid out some members twice. So we are going a little slower making sure the payment is correct and to verify it.

We know that your upgrades are cashing out now with not enough surf time on them. We had to make a decision to either go ahead and make the payouts or wait until the site is back up, credit your accounts and then pay you.

We decided since we have so many ANXIOUS members that are causing us enormous problems because they are not getting their payment in 24 hours that we would go ahead and make the payouts even if they are short.

I would also, while I am on that subject, to remind members that our payout policy has always been "7 to 10 business days". We just always tried to get them out as quickly as we could but we have never said that we make payout in 24 hours. We have a lot of members that are just totally freaking out because they did not get their payment in 24 hours.

Any surf credit that is not on your payout for lost time surfing will be added to your accounts even if it takes us forever and even if something happens that we do have to credit each account individually. I am sorry for the problem but there is absolutly nothing I can do at this point about it.

E-Bullion:
E-Bullion payouts are still in pending. We should be receiving the Crypto card anytime and I will begin your payouts as soon as it comes in.

EMO:
1) If you are expecting a payout from us to your EMO account, you need to login to your EMO from time to time to see if we have sent your payment and check the box to accept the payment. We have tons that we have sent to members and they still show as pending in our emo account.

2) We have some EMO cashouts that say your account is blocked when we try to make the payout. You need to contact EMO. Here are the member numbers that need to contact EMO concerning your account being blocked.
1441
3728
5192
7330
7460
7526
7873
8094

E-Gold:
Payouts have been going out unless your egold account is blocked then it stays in pending.

Updates, Updates, Updates...

Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. I was busy entertaining a friend who was visiting. But, enough about that. I'm here to inform and a lot has been happening, so let's get down to it. Here are the highlights:

BlackGoldSurf

• There are currently updating their site to make sure that it meets government standards and is deemed legal
  
• Please do not bog them down with email, IM's, or whatever. You'll only slow this process down
• They will not be offering referral commissions for any new members you refer
• They will be lowing the amount that they pay on upgrade amounts

I still like this one. I like the fact that they are trying to make sure that their business doesn't raise any red flags with the government. I know people are still getting paid.

Phoenix Surf

• You know have to manually click and surf, as opposed to autosurfing
• They are currently paying
• They email frequent updates letting everyone know what's happening
  

I'm not sure if being a manual surf program makes it more legal or not, but I like the fact that they are trying. I'm not thrilled to have to manually click, but it's only 15 sites. I think more autosurfs will be switching over to manual surfing in the future

XpertHits Surf

• Recently changed the rules and layout of their site following legal guidelines
• Reduced the payout rate from 5% to 4.5%. Membership still good for 30 days

This one still works for me. I can take the .5% decrease. Since it's still a lower number, the chances are better that they'll be around. Plus, I know the admin is involved with a Yahoo! Group about online investments and is very good about keeping everyone updated.

Wired Surf

• Just announced a Wired Surf/Blog contest for the best article on Wired Surf
• I think the first wave of payments should be going out tomorrow
• Support is on the ball and gets back to its members promptly

I'm anxious to see how payouts go tomorrow, but I think it'll be smooth. I think that this is one of the top autosurfs out there right now. We'll see if that continues.

EngageSurf

• Today is the last day to submit a refund request. After today, you're out of luck

We might all be out of luck anyway, since there is no promise that we will actually get a refund, but you should at least try.

Stormpay - Leave Me Alone

I don't know about you, but I'm pretty tired of the whole 12Daily Pro/Stormpay fiasco. It's exhausting because all this stuff is apparently going on, but nothing is really happening.

I've pretty much written off any money I still have in 12Daily Pro. Anything I get back will be considered gravy at this point. I'm just so tired of talking and hearing about this thing, I almost wish it would completely go away. However, I'm hear to report what's going on, so in case you didn't get the email from Stormpay, here it is:

Dear Geoff,

You are receiving this notice because of your recent involvement with 12dailypro.com.

The S.E.C. has issued a standing order preventing chargebacks against those purchases/investments. Any customer requesting a chargeback or refund either through their credit card issuer or bank are in violation of the order. Specifically, users are prohibited from using self help (including, without limitation, initiating or processing chargebacks of any monies used to purchase or upgrade membership units in or with 12DP) or executing or issuing or causing the execution or issuance of any court attachment, subpoena, replevin, execution or other process for the purpose of impounding or taking possession of or interfering with.

For a copy of the complete S.E.C. order, visit:
http://www.stormpay.com/SEC_v_Johnson_etal.pdf

Sincerely,

StormPay Inc.
1690 Golf Club Ln.

More of the same nonsense. I guess they're trying to make sure that they can stick us for everything we got.

EngageSurf - Refund Form Available

Today, EngageSurf posted a refund form on their website. It seems that you can only request a refund amount no higher than 61% of your membership fees in total - your received payouts in total. Not sure how they came up with 61%, but we'll just have to make due. Hopefully, you kept records of your transactions, so you can figure out how much you're eligible for.

Their terms and conditions for refunds are interesting. Obviously, a refund is not guaranteed, much like the return on your investment wasn't to begin with. I think my 2 favorite parts of this refund page have to be the ad for debit cards at the top of the page (I guess they need to make money for the refunds) and the place in the form for comments. They post the questions "How did you like ES? What would be your best autosurf?" next to the comments form. Is this some sort of trick question? Uh, I obviously would like EngageSurf a lot better if they were still operating and making me money.

At least they took down that "Don't forget to smile" comment that was up the other day. That drove me nuts.

Phoenix Surf - Payouts Coming!!!

Earlier this morning Phoenix Surf sent out an email saying that there were working on patching up a problem that they saw with their site. Just a few minutes ago, they sent this email out, updating everyone on the problem. Let's just wait and see how smoothly the payouts go.

All updates to the Phoenix Surf site and member accounts are
about complete. We have fixed the flawed accounts and are fixing
the last few accounts with negative balances.

We have also dealt with a few accounts that were manipulating
the system for their personal gains.

From the latest estimations, it appears as though payouts could
commence in the next 2 to 3 hours.

Thank you for your patience,

Gabriel Frankewich
Administrator
Phoenix Surf
http://www.PhoenixSurf.com

BlackGoldSurf - Site Changes

BlackGoldSurf sent out an email this morning detailing some changes that they are making to their site. Among the lowlights are no more referral commissions and lowering the amount you make on membership upgrades. Without further ado...

Hello members,

This email is to let you all know that we are working on some
changes to the site. We feel these changes are necessary to
catch up from the recent rapid growth our site has experienced.
Growth can be good but, it can also be bad if things get out of
balance.

First thing is that we will be changing the site to the new server
so if you notice any down time at any time, this is why.

Another thing is that we had said we would give members until
March 10 before we deleted inactive members. Our inactive list
is almost as large as our active list right now.

We feel that everyone has had plenty of time to get there things
in order so we will begin deleting inactives now. So if you notice
a drastic change in membership numbers, this will be why.

One important change is that we will getting rid of is the referral
commission. So, starting now, you will not get paid a referral
commission for any new members you introduce to Blackgold-surf.

The next thing is that we intend to lower the amount we pay on
your membership upgrade levels to surf, we just have not decided
how much we need to lower it yet. We never imagined the site
would  grow all of a sudden like it has. Although we have some
other amount  of income coming into the site from advertising and
other things, it is not nearly enough to keep up with how fast the site
has grown. We must cut the percent we pay you to surf to help
balance this.

We hope you will all bear with us through the changes and we will
do our best to keep you all updated and informed.

Thank you.

EngageSurf - Refund Update

This was posted on EngageSurf's now defunct home page today. I guess this is where they will be posting updates from now on.

Currently we are in process of developing refunds strategy and policy. It may take up to 1-3 days. From Friday you should be able to fill the refund form, which will be available till 7th March. Then we will start processing refunds.

Support Emails will be answered from Saturday so please be patient. Also, we will be doing some forum researches and we will try to find everyone who broke one of our main rule: Improper or abusive posting about ES may result in suspension of the account. Administator's help will be appreciated in this matter.

Thank You for being pro at ES! We will be having some special offers for ex-ES members!

Not sure why they're now looking for people who posted improper or abusive content. I doubt it had anything to do with the site going under, but what do I know.