Freebie Fortress Review and A Life Update

First a short life update... Willie and I purchased the "Arsenic Master" this week. This was the first alternative we have found, that is reasonably priced, to deal with the arsenic in our well water. While it is a bit of a cost at about $1600, it will FINALLY allow us to stop hauling all of our water, and use our well water. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Willie said the other day that it has been almost 4 years that we have been dealing with hauling water. That's a lot of wasted time and gas...

To help off-set some of my water and credit card type stuff I started doing GPT (get-paid-to) sites while I watch TV and before I go to bed. I try to keep on task and writing during the day, but when I am wanting some fun and relaxation, I do the GPT stuff. The idea is that I am dedicating all of the money I make to debt and/or our water project(s). My freelance writing needs to support us, with Willie's income of course, and this GPT cash is going only to debt and not into our general fund.

As I started playing around with the GPT sites I discovered one that I really love. It is Freebie Fortress. I love that I found it when it was practically brand new, I think less than a week old, actually.

I e-mailed the site owner and asked a question and immediately got a response. (I was having issues with the site being slow in IE7 and wanted to let her know because her site was new and I didn't know if she knew there was an issue or not. Ends up that it works in IE7 but works a LOT better in Firefox.) In less than 1 week I have earned over almost $40 from this site. It is by FAR the easiest because offers clear and there doesn't seem to be the long waits I sometimes see on other sites. I also am finding that all of my offers clear. Which is a nice change!

The other thing that is GREAT is that each offer, even the easy zip/e-mail submits, are worth 1 point. 1 point translates to $1! So while other GPT sites are paying $0.30-$075, and only some of them clear, Freebie Fortress has offers of all $1+ and they seem to ALL clear! How totally cool!

Freebie Fortress really is a great site and and I urge all of you to check it out. Sign up! And, ask any questions you might have. I am happy to answer them. To get to the site simply click here!

And no, this is NOT a paid blog posting... I just love the site and want others to enjoy it as well. :)

GPT Basics - FREE Money, Now THAT is FRUGAL!

I have been getting a lot of questions recently on how I am making some extra money to pay off bills. Let me try and explain...

A little while back I discovered GPT (get paid to) sites. On a GPT site you enter your name, address, an e-mail address, etc... and get paid for it! Generally the pay is between $0.35 and $2.00 EACH.

What I did was to get a FREE phone number (voicemail box) from freephone.com. This allows me to use a phone number, and get the messages in my e-mail, but not to have to give out my unlisted home number!

Also, I go to www.google.com and signed up for a few e-mail accounts with easy to type/remember names. I alternate these for offers. Also with google you can use iamsmart, i.amsmart, i.am.smart, etc... and they see it as all one address.

Here are a few of my referal links and thoughts on each site: (Also they each have a forum to read so you can understand how to do things better!)

My favorite by far right now is Freebie Fortress. I have $27 there from about an hour. There are TWO $10 offers for filling out a request for college info! You can do them both (once) and get an easy $20! This site is brand new and looks very promising. I am glad to help her advertise!

http://www.freebiefortress.com?referral=50

Second favorite is Deal Barbie Pays. This was the second site I started playing around with and I LOVE it. Things clear very well! Right now I have money coming from last month and another $20 or so in my account for this month.



Next favorite is Fairy Tale Treasures. This site was my first adventure into GPT and I have $80 coming in about two weeks from a week's play last month! Great pay for something I do while watching TV!



My Cash Safari is another new-to-me site that I think is adorable!



Another brand new site is My Cash Honey




That should be a short list to get you started! Please e-mail me at thefrugalplace@yahoo.com with any questions you might have, or post a comment on my blog!

I will give more info on GPT sites over the next few weeks and will post copies of my payments for proof.

The Cost of Milk!

Geez, I went to the grocery store today and milk, at the cheapest local store with the 2 gallon deals, was $6.29! OMG! Looks like cheese and other dairy will soon follow....

Today was a stock-up day. First Jason and I hit the Rays for some London Broil steaks that were on sale for $2.99 a pound. They look GREAT.

Then it was off to the WalHell to stock up on the usual canned stuff and pasta. I haven't stocked up on pasta in a while and I can honestly say we have some now! :) Also have a lot of Bush's Baked Beans in the huge can for $1.

I got 3 bottles of KC Materpiece BBQ sauce for $0.50 each because of coupons. And, I scored some TP for a great price with a coupon as well.

Then Jason and I went to the grocery store where we got a ton of produce and the golden milk. :)

$250 later we came home and unloaded the car. That's gotta be the worst part!

An update on other things... I have still been playing with the GPT sites. Yesterday was the end of the month cash out and in a week I earned $21 on one site and $85! on the other! HOW COOL!!! Here are the links if anyone else wants to try it out! (IF any of you belong to others and want a referal - send me your link and I will sign up and post it here on my blog!)








http://cashmvp.com/members/register.php?ref=dhentsch