The Path to Financial Independence: Fail.

Boy, you know… this is hard isn’t it. You put your blood sweat and tears into something thinking that it’s going to pay off and what do you get out of it.

The sad thing is…. there is so much stuff like this around, you can’t trust anyone on the internet. You can’t assume just because they are a “business” that they are legit or that they will do what they say they will.

Sorry for your experience, Chris. But at least you’re not my ex-husband, who with his girlfriend got scammed out of $4,100+ physical money… yeah.

I know now that all PTC sites seem to be ponzi schemes. They pay random people who cash out lower so they will post the payment proof to get people to continue paying and click. If you notice its the same ads every time I think they are even fake ads.

Blake

I signed up as well, but after digging around the site and some of the issues with the way the ads were presented while poking around, I had this feeling that something just wasn’t on the level. Looks like my tingling geek sense was right.

I will say that the email account I set up for signing up for the account as a test hasn’t had any spam come in yet, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t eventually start coming in at some point like it has with a couple similar sites I checked out.

That’s strange, I got my $2000 from bux.to

I think we all sometimes have to learn the hard way , unfortunately this company has to do business in this way. For this reason a lot of us are hesitant in doing any type of financial institute a chance on line. This could be a good case for the State Attorney General. These type of scams should be outed and prosecuted by the Government. This is why the federal government should get more involved in the internet.

And the sad thing is you will still get your payment even after bashing bux.to, but maybe a little later than you expected.

Chris, how could you ever be so naive as to think this could work?

why don’t you get on there forums and get information from the people that deal with Bux.to everyday? I have gotten paid and so will you, just be patient, i know your special but with bux.to everyone is treated the same. I think it is funny that now most of your fans will take your word that bux.to is a scam and miss out on good money.

I got paid from bux.to three times already and I’m waiting for my fourth. I’m ahead $550.00 already next payment will be $500. This payment is taking a little longer than usuall but with all the improvements they are making that is understandable. I’m not worried at all. spillpill

We’ll i think this is more of traffic generation rather than actual new lol
We’ll if you think they are fake just wait for another few weeks or just a month & you’ll know what others at PtcTalk have realised
:)
Hope this answers your experience
I bet & I challange this thing :)

You’d wait a bit more, many people got paid delayed.

The Path to Financial Independence: Fail. March 17th, 2008 at 04:17am Under UncategorizedHot Topicswrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt So, here’s the story behind the tweet (that was screen shot for posterity on TechCrunch). I signed up after learning from someone that they (indeed) paid out for referrals. That gave me a

That totally sucks man, theres so many different websites doing the same ****, I wouldnt be surprised if its ALL one big community that just have these sites. And they go around masking sure they just keep taking peoples money. As Chris said, shows you if its too good to be true then maybe it is. Its just another learning experience about the web, take it in learn from your mistakes and keep it moving. Let us know IF they ever write back Chris.

Gracias,
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Many of these sites will put paid search ads on their site (google adsense) and pay people to click a link and then click that ad….they keep everything in a frame…and make them stay on the page for 20 seconds…They pay the person $.01 to click each ad….then make the $.20 they got from the click.

Excuse me, but there is something that was clear all the time.

You say this:
# You can’t make money fast.
# You can’t get rich easily.
# You can’t expect to get a lot of anything from doing little to nothing.

And their FAQ says this:
Bux.to is NOT a (…) “Get Rich Quick” scheme.

So, in those points there is no point for complaining.

That’s all I have to say.

This reminds me of years ago when there were websites that would have people download programs that would pay you to keep an ad bar(seperate from the browser window) on your desktop. My brother tried and did get paid but i think it was less than $20

I was skeptical of the entire thing, but I decided to as well give it the college try too/

Sadly, after failing to get people to “follow me” there, I lost interest in the ordeal, and quit even trying.. after two days.

I’m going to file the “service” under the same mental fire I have those annoying myspace messages that claim that every time you forward one of them around, someone gets a dollar toward surgery, and those damn emails that claim “Microsoft is tracking, and will give you a dollar for every time is is forwarded.”

You should have read before starting live chat…
“Live Chat will only answer basic questions and deal with reports of spammers/fraudsters. For all other problems please go to buxtosupport.com”

Seriously, the facts speak for themselves, there will always be “NO PAYMENT!” “BUX IS A SCAM” “I HAVEN’T GOT PAID!”
Those complaints are from those who have no patience to wait.

They are fast to complain, but once they get paid, they’ll keep their silence until something else comes up.

Overall, it doesn’t sound like you bothered to follow the news, the announcements, or to be an actual member of the community.

Bux.to DOES payout, and they released a Mastercard debit card fed by your bux account recently. This article is really bad PR for them and I don’t think it is very fair for how much work they’ve had to deal with recently.

-matt

Hi - disappointing, but not completely unexpected to hear this. Although I wish you had put Bux.to in the subject line of this posting, as the update from Feedburner made no sense (”The Path to Financial Independence: Fail.”), and I did not initially make the connection - although I had been following the story.

Let us know what happens, will you?
Thanks

I was just thinking about the amount of times you told us this site was legit. I’m sorry, Chris. I’m not being negative towards you but you did it to yourself when you put your faith in bux.to.

In fact, the bottom of the pyramid yeided such a little reward that it feels as though you may have abused the respect of your viewers by asking them for referals (even though they knew of the risks themselves).

The payments are only delayed. Chris is ignorant, and if he spent 5 minutes to actually research the topic he’s writing about he would find out why he doesn’t have his payment. People are STILL getting paid like usual every day, all you have to do is look at the forums.

MrBuzz, you really shouldn’t comment on something you have no knowledge of. It’s not a pyramid. You only have referrals directly under you, and they are not linked all together which would be a pyramid scheme.

Matt
“SCAM” “I HAVEN’T GOT PAID!”
Those complaints are from those who have no patience to wait.”

Why should any premium member have to wait? The whole idea of being a premium member is getting paid faster. That whole free referrals deal is the gimmick. There is absolutely no excuse for Bux.to or any company of its size not to pay out by a strict deadline. Clearly, their business model sucks. Otherwise the whole payment drama would not even be an issue.

Is is a SAD news if you are trying to make money from Bux.to as it is now joining the deadpool like AGLOCO. Some of you will be shocked but it is true, no way. Here is the detailed message fromChristalking about this: I signed up after learning from someone that they (indeed) paid out for referrals. That gave me a small bit of confidence in forking over a wad of change for instant referrals and a premium account. I did know it was a calculated

sources in forums and in blog posts to read about to see how legit a service is, I’ve provided links to some of them showing success and failure with these services, you decide what you think about them once you check them out. Paid2ClickReviewsThe Path to Financial Independence: Fail. ~ Chris PirilloBux.to Success Stories PTC Sites that pay on Squidoo PTC sites that don’t pay on Squidoo

Ok, i wasn’t going to post on this topic until I actually got paid from bux.to. Well yesterday they finally paid me, $161 to be exact. I requested it way back on Jan 29th. I’m just an average skeptical user and have never really earned anything on the internet. I signed up with bux.to using chris as a ref back in early Jan.

Is bux.to legit and actually pay it’s members? Yes, I have first hand experience with this now.

Can you expect to make any money back that you invest into the site? Most likely, ive earned 3 times my investment so far.

Is bux.to something that you can depend on for steady and timely payouts? Not at this time, you’ll be waiting some months after you cashout. Will this get better? Who knows, they have alot of members and limited people actually working behind the scenes.

For now i’ll just use the site as an extra cash wallet that I wont count on getting soon, but down the line.

ach

i am a member of bux.to but i only have cents in my account.lol.. i did not upgrade my membership because of the many articles I read about not being paid, including this one. This article is such an eye opener!

I requested my 10$ on 19 Dec and got paid on 31 May.
I’m a free member.

hey chris, i got my $238 from bux.to a while back, never been paid anything of other PTC sites… just wondering what ever happened to your payment ? you ever get it as they are currently 3 & 1/2 months behind payments for premium members

hey chris…..I’m waiting for my payment since 13th may….and i’m a premium member……they got my$500 on physical money and almost 2g in virtual earnings

Bux.ro will pay after 6 months, there`s one I strongly recommend called Neobux who pay instantly but you can only get the refs once a week and golden members MUST compete to get the refs.