SwagBucks: Special Offers Thread (OT Welcome!)

i just figued it out, i feel dumb :p i didnt know you could search for giftcards! I just signed up, how long does credit usually take?

It says on the PW offer page, "within hours". Since I haven't managed to get it - YET - I don't know! But I'm not giving up!

With the exception of the occasional price errors (entire series of Buffy the Vampire slayer DVD's for around $20-my niece was thrilled), Amazon Kindle special offers (half off back to school- which combined with coupon codes, free or $1 books) and the Christmas $5 off wyb $25 or more when combined with "sale" items, what do you buy that you can't find cheaper at other retail/online stores?

There are numerous items that I get free (or paid to take) at drugstores/grocery/office supply/specialty stores after coupons/recycling/rewards/rebates. I actually don't shop the "discount" stores very often, they tend to have lower everyday prices on a few things, but those items are lower priced when "on sale" at other stores for the most part.

I have some Amazon GC's in my account, in fact, I just rec'd a $50 Amazon GC that I won in a sweepstakes, so I'd really like to know- what is cheaper to buy at Amazon?

You don't. This is where you type in American Express GC, a blue link should pop up, and when you click on it, two boxes open, one for the card number, and one for the three digit security code.

I am not lucky enough to live where Amazon doesn't collect tax (I am very jealous of those that do). Even so, when I do price comparisons for items that I want, Amazon consistently shows up as one of the least expensive options, if not the best price. They are certainly better than any brick and mortor in my urban environment. I always bundle my amazon purchases to be > $25 so that I do not pay shipping, which frequently is the deciding factor against other online options. If they are not the lowest then it is not unusual for me to just wait for the price to drop. I am rarely (if ever?) in a hurry to buy something.

Perhaps it is just a difference in philosophy. I like to keep things simple (as well as inexpensive as possible) and rebates/coupons/store rewards while they may be simple in methodology, are typically more of a pain (for me) to deal with than just finding a good deal and having it shipped to my door. Here is a sample of how I spent $1266 in AGC's (not all from SB's) last year, at prices I thought were great deals for quality merchandise that I did not have to fill out any rebate forms for, or drive to a store, or worry about return hassles, and was in a smiling box on my doorstep within a few days:
yoga mat, phone\ipod\electronics accessories, books, XBOX Live memeberships, tri gear (goggles, bike accessories, heart rate monitors), tea, XBOX games, blu rays, bear spray, knitting needles, VFF shoes, Yamaha A/V reciever, etc

Perhaps there are some legacy issues for me as well. When I started with Swagbucks several years ago, I was lucky to get $5 a month. Most of the other sites that I work with offer Amazon gift cards as well, and if they offer paypal options at all they were always at a premium over the Amazon gift cards. It made sense to maximize my "buying power" and pool the money. Now that I can consistently get the 2250 SB's each month (usually twice that, 2012 monthly average ~4850 SB) AND the paypal is no longer at a premium on cards over $5, it is starting to make me question my SB redemption habits. I plan on building out a HTPC this year and since I don't pay tax at newegg, having some paypal cash handy might be beneficial. I can still bundle the monthly $25 from SB's with the other sites rewards, any SB' excess can be funnelled to paypal for more flexible spending options. I COULD pay the extra 250 SB's and put everything to paypal but that means that I am paying a $30+ penalty over the course of the year to get the rewards as paypal "cash". As someone that would go hungry rather than pay an ATM fee to get cash for lunch that "penalty" is something I would struggle with and probably won't do. Maybe that means I don't have my HTPC built until Thanksgiving, but thats OK for me.

A long winded answer to your response, sorry. My only goal at this point was to find out if I was going to be paying any fees associated with Paypal and it seems like that is not the case. Thank you for your input!

So just here to check in on the plink offers. Ive done all three so far and 2 of them have credited! I just did the one through PL and im waiting for it to credit. I used a different email each time and i used a different American express gift-card each time.
Edit: All three plink offers from the different walls have credited. Again i used different email and different American express giftcard. Goodluck!

I'm pretty proud of myself today I made a whole lot of Swagbucks and hopefully soon I get a Amazon gift card. Havent made daily goal yet though.

So just here to check in on the plink offers. Ive done all three so far and 2 of them have credited! I just did the one through PL and im waiting for it to credit. I used a different email each time and i used a different American express gift-card each time.
Edit: All three plink offers from the different walls have credited. Again i used different email and different American express giftcard. Goodluck!