31/12/2010 - Happy New Year 2011 - a whole new decade!

28/12/2010 - 2010 - the year that was

Here we are at the end of yet another year. As usual we had the highs and lows which is part of this industry.  Seeing we had supposedly the worst year, all the doom and gloom about being in crisis mode. But looking through where I ventured during 2010, yeah I lost in a few, but at the end of the day I am in front.  As I always say, it's a gamble but I prefer to hedge my bets and hopefully chose better places to earn and play.

It may seem that I don't post much here, which probably I don't.  I prefer quality as to quantity, but since July I have had some major offline issues to handle.  It's on going, and life has a strange way of throwing things at you and quite frankly, one just has to do the best they can with what they have.  I juggle between putting a roof over our head, working full time and being chief transporter, carer and organizer for my son and my online moneymaking.  It's a handful at the best of times, but even though I seemingly aren't around.  I am :) Forever reading, looking or digging for something worth a shot, and here in the shed is where I post my personal experiences with them.

What do I think is install for 2011?  I have this feeling that we are going to see some great programs, not necessarily talking about huge programs, remember the bigger they are, the harder they fall.  A new year, new innovations, ideas.  Can't wait to see the changes.  We have to change with the industry, many still keep to same old thoughts, but horizons need to be lifted as technology moves forward, so must we.  The days of 12DP are finished.  Really that was a once of, and the programs akin to StudioTraffic, DadnDaves and I could go on, but those days are over. Personally I prefer surfs, but hyip seem to be more the go these days. We went through the profitsharing phrase.  Just a thought, wouldn't it be great to somehow have a mix within the one program.  Script writers are already probably working on it.

Well I have babbled on enough here.  I'm looking forward to a very productive 2011.  As always, remember nothing lasts forever and gamble responsibly.  Only spend what you are prepared to risk, once it's spent it's gone, anything back is a bonus, and that's what we play for. Seed plus profit.

Hope to see ya round :)

25/12/2010 Merry Christmas to all - Aussie time yay!!

12/12/2010 Got some spare LR pocket change?

LibertyTopSpot the game that won't cost you an arm and a leg to chance your luck. This site kicked off in late 2008 when doublers, game sites and remember those heads and tail sites, well they were very popular. This site still remains fully operational.

I recently contacted the Admin, who gave me a bit of history about his site. What attracted him to running this was that it is fully automotive, therefore requiring not much work on his behalf. This is what he said:

I can recall one player getting over $40.00 for a $1.00 spend but not much players out there now.
I can add other tables like a $5.00 or $10.00 or less $3.00 ect where the winnings can add up to a nice little sum but if i cant get guys to play with $0.25 not likely to get them to part with $5.00 lol.

I use it like you said to advertise my site's mainly. Some months i dont even cover the hosting
but its the enjoyment i like and giving others a chance to win for little outlay.

Not sure why more users dont use a referral link as its a free 10% as no game spend required.

It's easy to play, just chose the table level you wish to spend to, currently there are four. .25c, .50c, .75c and $1. Your LR batch number must end with the next number above the person on the topline to put you on the top. Once there everyone spending to try and get to the top line well you get 80% of their spend if they miss out. It's a great little game, fun and also for those who wish to promote, you can earn some referral commissions along the way. Did I mention payments are instant? Well they are :)

The LibertyTopSpot banner would have to easily be the oldest banner here in the Shed, I recently upgraded the new coloured banner. What are you waiting for. Gotta be in it to win it right? There is also a thread in MMG, and go check it out as the admin is offering some freebies, until they run out of course.

11/12/2010 Why didn't the bad news surprise me

Last month I had contact of an internet associate and he said "takes you back to the ol days doesn't it with all these surfs popping up". My response was "if they had appeared a month earlier I would have been tempted". Having been through the "dreaded December" scenario many times before, with the way the industry is these days, well you really should ask yourself the question. "Why would an admin open up a site now?" There are some logically answers, but plenty of illogical ones to.

The big kickoff sites get plenty of attention and players play how they deem fit. The bigger investors aren't in the public eye, until the wheels fall off and get burned then some, only some come to the forum and complain how they lost $??K. From where I sit, they sure had plenty to gain had they pulled it off, but would we ever hear about that? More than likely not. [If you don't know the sites I am talking about specifically, than consider yourself lucky as you weren't a member, neither was I, but I read plenty]

Anyhow, I am not hear to condone or condemn, just to remind potential players that there is a risk. Chose safer bets if you can, gamble responsibly and IF things go south before your in profit, well it won't hurt so much. Also remember, nothing and I mean absolutely nothing lasts forever.

30/11/2010 Great potential but no support

I have just reluctantly removed two sites from paying status.  GWDC and Funds-O-Matic.  Yes reluctantly, as both these sites had potential, IMO.  But as a one way street it will never work.

GWDC (Global Wealth Distribution Centre) did just that.  Distributed until there was no more to give. No recent upgrades as members were just happy to bleed the accounts dry.  

Funds-O-Matic had the new AlertPay rules to abide by, so plans changed.  We didn't get to run the cycles that were initally promised, however still would have been a nice return with an Admin that can be trusted.

I have been strapped for time lately with offline issues, but still about doing my looking and digging :)  Will be posting again tomorrow with an update on  SynergyMoney 

11/11/2010 - Synergy Money -Great plans- take a peek

Brand new program SynergyMoney. Interesting as this has been whispered about for weeks now.  Finally unleashed today.  Okies it's a HYIP - no surfing :)  Payment Processors: AlertPay,  SolidTrustPay, PerfectMoney and LibertyReserve. Check this out!! Read carefully.

All term plans have a 90 day expiration period. After the 90 days, you will receive the full amount of your principal investment. All interest earnings are accumulated daily, 7 days a week, and they can be withdrawn at any time. Interest is calculated according to the size of your investment.

The serial plan pays out your principal investment in 4 equal installments (parts) during a 60 day period. This means that you receive 25% of your principal on the 15th, 30th, 45th and 60th day of your deposit duration. The interest rate is 2% and it applies to your current deposit level, which changes every 15 days. This means that with time your earnings would decrease as the current level of your deposit decreases.

I decided to give SynergyMoney a go. Will keep ya updated on how it goes. Remember if you decided to venture, gamble responsibly as always.

31/10/2010 Happy Halloween to all who celebrate

Halloween time!! Enjoy your trick or treating where ever you are in the world.

30/10/2010 StarWarsSurf - back starting afresh - LR only

I know that many members used AP here and reality is that AP and credit cards plus the new AP rules for HYIPs is strangling the use of AP by this industry.  Now believe what you may regarding StarWarsSurf Admin, but put yourself in his shoes.  Now we all know this is a risky business, and should be played as such, but using credit card for funding, plus spending more than you can afford to lose. lol  Sorry for laughing, but that phrase always gets me.  Who can afford to lose money?  Should say keep within your means or something along those lines.  Okies I think you get the picture.  Only use what you are prepared to lose.  Like going to a Casino, get your chips and play.  Sometimes you can cash out and be a winner, other times you lose.  It's the nature of the game.
Back to StarWarsSurf, hmm it's the middle of the night for me. Slap  no excuse!!  I really wanted to voice my opinion on why I have decided to continue with StarWarsSurf.  I upgraded earlier this evening and got paid instantly, with LR of course.  My account has been zeroed like everyone else, and SWS is starting afresh.  I am hopeful that other members will see that the Admin is running a reasonable outfit.  He hasn't taken off with the AP, it's frozen in AP's coffers.  They have done this many times before to many programs, and to date I know of a few that the funds after a year or so, still have not been released!  What is an admin to do?
Anyway, I am in for the ride with LR only StarWarsSurf and I certainly won't be screaming if it doesn't work out, as it needs to be a team effort.  If we all stood back and watched, waiting, well nothing would happen.  So I took the plunge and hope that others will too.  Will be updating here in the payments department :)

25/10/2010 GWDC online update!!

For those who have been trying to get to the site GWDCONLINE you are aware there has been a server change, well it didn't last long.  Just received this email from GWDC support.

GWDC Online New Server Testing
Aussie Lady ,

I understand some frustrations, I to am feeling it with you. I expected Staminus network to be best able to suit our needs. However for what ever reasons they felt that after only 5 hours on their network that they could not handle additional sites such as our. 

I am testing the new KoDDos server. All the information is here.

Will mail soon with more information.

Albert,
Global Wealth Distribution Center

So let's give Albert sometime and let him sort things out.  Better to do it now than later. Stay tuned!!

Sites up and running!! yahoooooooo

23/10/2010 Roundup Update!! Hope your tuned in

Any of you that read here will notice that I don't join every new program that appears. To reinterate what I do and why is that I look for quality of sites. Okies yeah I might have missed some, but hey no one has the perfect formula in this business. Now where are we? Current sites, only three. But of course that can change rapidly depending on what happens.

Funds-O-Matic Loving this site, no drama just nice timely weekly payments after request.

GWDCONLINE Brand new!! But awesome script and this admin knows what he is doing. Joining now is a good option, I have received my first cashout from daily earnings. But note: no payments on Sundays and Public Holidays. 3% a day for 40 days, and can use account balance to purchase as well. Remember always take some back each time but building it a great option as well. Do the sums and work the program to suit yourself. Fingers crossed, this could be a keeper. {There has been some downtime with the site, but teething problems) I actually just got this member email:

GWDC Online update
First I want to welcome everyone to Global Wealth Distribution Center online (GWDConline.com).

This is just a short welcome and a quick update. I know that we are brand new and things may not look so good right now with some noticed down time, So for this reason i am setting up on staminus network which is known to have a good DDOs protection.

I know some have found hat they can access the site via current IP http://67.23.166.72 how ever this will be changed very soon. Has now been rectified with new hosting.

I want to say that all distributions have been fulfilled as of now. I have current backups which run hourly.

While I know that no down time is good of any kind I am truly thankful that it happened so early on before we really even get started. This gives us the chance to correct any thing that may prevent smoother operation in the future.

With deepest sincerity,
Albert

Active positive Admin.

StarWarsSurf Has been performing extremely well, however the last few days issues arrising and I had to put in the on hold section. I received no payment today yet says it did on the website and yesterday I upgraded before surfing and when I completed surfing I received only part payment due, even less than I would have without the upgrade. No transactions reflect what happened, so there is a script problem and I will wait and see how this all pans out.

Enjoy ya weekend, hope I didn't bore you too much, but needed to update on a few fronts. Laters

22/10/2010 Global Wealth Distribution Centre - GWDC

New opportunity this one. The script is very informative lol. Seems you get an email for everything, I actually like it. Okay time is right for a stable longer term site. 3% for 40 days, that's 120% all up, daily cashouts. Early days yet and I see MNO's logo on the site but he hasn't posted yet :)

I have a feeling this could be a good move joining GWDCONLINE. Remember the golden rules though :) Laters, be posting my experiences here. Keep an eye out :)

20/10/2010 Weekly payments since 25 June.

Really I have been enjoying Funds-O-Matic. Many members, including myself are now in profit and no signs of slowing. The admin, RandyM runs a smooth ship and currently boasts all payments withing 24 hours of request. Not bad for a program that has just shy of 5000 members. The latest member email asks that only one payment request be made per day, which really isn't a big ask and certainly makes sense with the volume of payments being made.

Funds-O-Matic is a HYIP and you can read what I have said about the program previously here. No surfing so some work is still required and that is posting your payments in the forums and/or voting in some of the better monitors. I always like to say the proof is in the pudding :) So don't just take my word for it, but Funds-O-Matic has proven stability and growth. Check it out for yourself.

18/10/2010 Threads that consist of mostly Monitors posts

Something I feel needs to be said in the current times of this industry. Do you notice how many monitor sites there are these days? Seems every man and his dog are becoming one. The reason is to capture the RC. Okay, that's plain and simple. But looking at if from a prospective client's point of view, well I would be looking at a few things. One, be aware that most (not all, as there are a few monitors that are looking out for members welfare) but most are just there for the RC and/or are paid to post payments. Okay, with that information in hand, on reading threads how come payments aren't posted everyday? They sure as hell are receiving them, but can't even be bothered to pull their end of the bargin. Seems that they concentrate on the new opportunities. What I am trying to say is: Watch the monitors, work out which ones are working and actually monitoring the sites.

To me, something that is off putting when considering joining an opportunity is the threads where it seems only the monitors are posting. It's people like you and me that use real money, yes, from our own pocket that need to be posting in the forums to show that indeed we are getting paid. We also need to post when we aren't, but of course should follow the programs protocol before doing so. Information and real experience is what makes or breaks many a program.

So all those members out there that are not posting because nobody else does. IT'S TIME YOU SHOWED SUPPORT IN PROGRAMS THAT ARE PAYING YOU!! If you are "working a program" yeah, getting paid!! Get out there and do something for it. Post in the forums. Why you ask? Real people see real people posting payments and experiences, certainly holds more weight on the program than 50 monitors stating they were paid.

Ok I am off the soapbox now. So many tools to use and most people aren't using them. Want to make the best of what's out there, well it is a two way street, the admins can only do so much, the members have to pull their weight as well.

Currently I am enjoying a couple of great sites, but they all take member participation to succeed.

10/08/2010 Instant Surf site just powering on - 3 months now

Every so so a surf site comes along and it is a success. StarWarsSurf Ingredients = great admin, constant upgrading membership and of course the main attraction - instant payments.  Yep, 10% for 13 days. Getting to really like where this program is going and confidence is growing throughout the membership base.  Outside income? Admin runs an online store accepting credit card payments, plus he sells no surf plans there.

To date I have enjoyed instant payments daily, sorta puts the excitement back into the realm.  Latest stats?

  Users: 3112
  Users Online: 149
  Logins Today: 892
  Received: $133649.00
  Paid Out: $88453.82
  Paid Today: $7237.36
  Referral Pay: $2581.02
  Signups Today: 34
  Total Surfed: 1304332
  Hit Counter: 755193
  Open Referrals: 0
  Server Time:  5:58:08am Sun

Okies, now THAT is worth a look. Don't put the farm in, but play responsibily and you shall reap rewards. StarWarsSurf You too can be paid instantly. Accepts LR and AlertPay.

28/08/2010 RIP Micronuts aka JS

I have just read of the passing of John Stankiewicz, aka JS or Micronuts. We shared quite a few emails over the time and he had a way with words. I enjoyed reading his blog from time for many years but lately I could sense the frustration behind the words. Now he has joined his Divine maker.

June 4, 1959 - September 27, 2010

You will be missed by many, and I will miss our email bantering sessions. Rest In Peace now John.

28/09/2010 The power of an instant paying site

An energetic Admin, pushing the limits and players responding is the key to any site really.  Today it is hard to find a site like this one.  Yep StarWarsSurf.  Okay at first the name was off putting, but the proof is in the pudding.  I posted about this site a few weeks back, you can read what I said here. To date it has been powering on.  Instant payments everyday and growing.  The key is repeat spending and promoting growth. For me the site still has some legs and due to timing could be a nice little moneyearner for awhile to come yet.  In the meantime members including myself are enjoying daily instant payments and member emails from admin are entertaining.  There is also a plan that you can purchase through the store that is run through the site which pays on expiration, so even if your not into surfing each day, which takes only a few minutes anyway, well you can elect to purchase in the non surf.

Currently I am enjoying StarWarsSurf and of course the payments.  Till next time, live life to the fullest.

23/09/2010 Solar Investments - Great shorter term plans

I joined SolarInvest the other day, had a poke around and liked the site. Okay you can't judge a book by it's cover, but looking closely it does tell a story. The site has not been slapped up and opening was no big fanfare. Payment posts are starting to appear. Interesting plans available the climate seems just about right for a HYIP of this caliber. As is always the case, with support this could go a long way to fulfilling a niche which has been lacking lately.

Okay, I'm lazy, not going to put the plans here, but all is available for you on the site. Daily payments and principle returned gives you a reason to check it out for yourself.

If venturing, gamble responsibly. I am not sure exactly if I would call this short or longterm HYIP, depends how you want to play it really.  Remember daily payments also reduce risk.

10/09/2010 Paid every week since 25 June. Love it!!

Been awhile since I posted about Funds-O-Matic, but receiving my earnings each week since inception (25 June) Absolutely Awesome site. Randy the admin is running a great ship, and it is a no stress earner. I took the weekly option and get paid weekly which is just fine by me. Many happy customers, but kinda quite in the forums. Support by all reports is second to none. Just cruising along as the site was built for longevity and Randy proclaims to have outside funding. Remember his last site Surf-O-Matic? Well we all ended in profit as he respectfully wound the site down. The reason for that was "surfs" as you know lost their flavor. Dunno why as I find it is more of a commitment to participate, which is a good thing. To wrap up, I am extremely happy being a member of Funds-O-Matic To date it has been a no drama site, and admin is always in the background if needed.
Till next time "Live Life, Love Life"

04/09/2010 EurAsian Investment - Hot HYIP

The hottest HYIP going currently. EurAsian Investment. Received my first payment earlier, repurchased immediately on payment.
What plans?? Well too many to list here as they are grouped into plans for calender days.

After 1 Calendar Day
Plan Spent Amount ($) Profit (%)
Plan 1 $1 - $100 103.00
Plan 2 $100 - $200 104.00
Plan 3 $200 - $500 105.00
Plan 4 $500 - $1,000 108.00
Plan 5 $1,000 - $5,000 110.00
Plan 6 $5,000 - $15,000 112.00
After 3 Calendar Days
Plan Spent Amount ($) Profit (%)
Plan 1 $5 - $100 112.00
Plan 2 $100 - $200 117.00
Plan 3 $200 - $500 121.00
Plan 4 $500 - $1,000 130.00
Plan 5 $1,000 - $5,000 140.00
Plan 6 $5,000 - $20,000 150.00
There are also plans for 5, 7 and 10 calender days.

Up for the challenge?? I will surely be posting my daily payments and remember there are no guarantees in life. Play responsibly.

03/09/2010 Instant surf site ~ 10% for 13 days

You either love them or loathe them. I decided to spice up time with StarWarsSurf We have all seen this script before, and I believe it is from the same admin. The plan is simple, deposit, surf and paying instantly to your LR account. He does offer Alert Pay, however one needs to add up the costs involved and also I am thinking that for small amounts it would not be worth it. Read in a member email that he is increasing the amount of min upgrade in AlertPay to cover the costs incurred.
If you venture, remember participation is the key. With the changing of the seasons lets hope that we can move on and make some bucks.

As always, gamble responsibly. In StarWarsSurfthe stats are there, so keep watching and play accordingly.

01/09/2010 Live life to the fullest

"Yesterday is experience, tomorrow is hope... today is getting from one to the other"

Certainly applies to many facets in life. Believe me, don't take each day for granted. Live it, enjoy it.

11/08/2010 ExchangesPlus News Email

Received this email of updates from ExchangersPlus. I have been using this service for years and been quite happy with it's services.

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01/08/2010 FinEarn - Short term HYIP

Picked a HYIP game today. FinEarn Looks promising with some great returns. Hopefully this will be a quick start for August. Three plans available and choice of two payment processors. LR and PM.
After 2 days 107%, after 5 days 123% and after 8 days %150. Remember your initial is included in percentage. So plans are reasonable yet profitable. Let the games begin.
Usual rules apply.
Edit 10/8/2010  No longer investing here due to time restraints

24/07/2010 When are internet entrepreneurs going to learn?

I don't know what others think, but when out of the blue you get an email like this:

Dear Sir or Madam,
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Your will find detailed information about golf courses and special green fee discounts on this web site.
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-------------------------------------------------------
Hi Enterpreneur,
Congratulations....You’re about to change your
life for the better. Take a look and read some
of the info's that I am presenting to you.
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Can You Process 30 Emails a Day? If You Can...
You'll Earn $750.00 Every Day.
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If you are serious and motivated like I am,
this is your Once in a lifetime Opportunity!
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You can always expect that I only offer the one
that will deliver good results to you.

Yeah right!! You probably get them all day everyday. But to newbies out there, this is a trap. I do try and check some of them out as they could be something. To date none have responded to my inquiry, and not surprising. For many years I have thought that all these opt-in mail services are a bit of a con.
To get things in perspective from my side of things as I see it. For 10 years or so now I have been involved in one way or another making money online. Okay I don't have what people call a downline or an email list, I have always just poked around and made and of course lost money in various opportunities, but overtime I am still ahead with earnings. Not everyone can refer people. I am of the belief that if I join a program, which of course I only join if I see potential of earning there, from my own money, never relying on referrals, then I will add the link here and keep the site updated with how I am doing.
Of course I am always on the lookout of something that will work for me, and there must be plenty of others that are in the same boat as me. Hence looking at a few of the not-so-spammy emails. My beef is that their are so many what could be good opportunities that if driven by the right people, not just email spamming, (yes I consider the no-reply emails as spam) well to me this is doing more harm to the industry than many seem to think.
Ok, lol I admit I am a hard sell. Been round the block too many times to think that everything is a worthwhile venture. However, if these anonymous emailers were in a position to spell out clearly and be contactable, would there not be some better decision making? So if you find yourself presented with the best of the best claim, look closer at the fine print. Note: down the bottom of most of these splash pages is an earnings disclaimer!! yep, check it out (oh, not in this one, ha ha the link doesn't even work!) but saying it is guarenteed you will earn x amount then the disclaimer usually says something like >>> this is based on the highest possibility, and depends on members marketing ability >>> talk about cover their butt lol.
This was just something I wanted to share with whoever stumbles across this post. The moral of the story? If you have what you believe to be a great opp. don't SPAM it, only deters as many have wised up to the systems used.
Take care and live life. I hope I may have saved someone losing hard earned money.

19/07/2010 Eigeline Network's Strictpay News

I had a pending SP payment and have been waiting to hear what stance Eigeline Network would take. Checking the news today they have addressed the system.

News
19 July 2010
StrictPay withdrawals.
Dear customers.

Because of some banking problems the StrictPay has turned off its accounts financial activity, which use the API merchant. In this connection we can't process your orders for withdrawal through this payment system. We ask you to place a request through our support service, so our team of technical specialists could transfer your deposits to LibertyReserve payment system. In any case charging of interests, as well as their payment remain the same. We apologize for this inconvenience.

To date I have found Eigeline Network quietly going about their business, no big hyip attitude, just a steady mover. Payments have also been timely and paid within 24 hours of request. Customer support is great.

19/07/2010 - Obituary of the late Mr. Common Sense

I stumbled across this and thought I would share.  It is oh so true.

'Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: Knowing when to come in out of the rain; why the early bird gets the worm; Life isn't always fair; and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend morethan you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are incharge). His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an Elastoplast to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault. Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, I Want It Now, Someone Else Is To Blame, and I'm A Victim.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.'

I think many of us DO remember Mr. Common Sense, but in today's society it is so easy to blame others for our own inaccountability. Some comments here would be good :) hint hint

18/07/2010 Funds-O-Matic is rocking!!

Not much to get excited about these days, but with Randy from Funds-O-Matic is certainly the place to be. I read an interview done via email with Paul with MNO. Actually he answers and demeanor reflect a good thinking person with a sound knowledge of this arena. Gives some great thoughts on the industry as well. You can read it here. I was a member of his program Surf-O-Matic and I can confirm that he did send out bonuses for Christmas presents and ran and closed his program honorably. First time as a late starter that I actually didn't leave money in a program, all was paid with full ROI.
Currently we are looking for that "something" out there to make a buck on, and Funds-O-Matic is performing well and growing. The weekly plan is the best, both for admin and for earning, but he gives the option to suit members. Of all the tripe on offer, Randy's offer is by far a great opportunity.
 
Randy also issued this update today regarding StrictPay. 

Just a quick update to say that StrictPay payments have been made and had no adverse effects form testing.
Deposits have been re-enabled via StrictPay, to do so you will simply need to send payment to us directly, our account # is 56089-1. In the memo put your member # and plan daily or weekly. then use the contact form subject SP deposit.
Contact form should be simple.
Subject: SP Deposit
Body: Your sp #
Batch#
plan daily or weekly
Amount
Thank you all for understanding and continuing to use SP.
RandyM

Just for the record, I have been paid every week for three weeks now, heading for week four :) I am a happy camper there.

As always, gamble responsibly. 

14/07/2010 StrictPay Update - accounts frozen? options?

Update was posted.  After reading three times, slowly, I still can't see what all the hype was about.  No hurry, as there is nothing anyone can do at this stage.  Anyway if you haven't seen it yet, here it is.

StrictPay Customers

We have spent numerous months trying to battle this situation with the banks and authorities that are holding the majority of our funds, as well as trying to keep StrictPay in business by making the changes outlined in the email update sent on 5-29-10. The problem now is that we are not making any progress on the situation with those two entities, and we have received more news from our legal team. They feel that with the latest developments with the frozen funds, that we are very likely looking at this issue not being resolved for at least 12 months as a best case scenario, and possibly up to 24 months as a worst case scenario. We still cannot speak of any specifics, other than to say (as we stated earlier) that two of the major merchants that accepted StrictPay as a payment option were being heavily investigated by the authorities, and we were pulled into that investigation as well due to them accepting us as a payment option, and even more so because all three of us had accounts with the same bank. Due to the frequency and volume of their requests, one of them found out which bank we were using and specifically got an account at that same bank in order to get funds transfers more quickly, as well as to save them some bank fees. Only a select few customers knew the location of our main bank containing the majority of our funds, and
that will never happen again. This is also why we have always sent and received funds from banks other than the ones that hold the majority of our funds. We know it is frustrating for everyone, but we need to do what is right for our company, and that means that we cannot give any other detail on this legal matter. We want to stress again that there is not an issue with StrictPay being involved with these two merchants, but it is almost as simple as us having the majority of our funds in the wrong bank at the wrong time. It is important to note that we had a similar situation happen to us quite some time ago with Stanford Bank, and we recovered from that without any issues that involved our customers or the time we took to process transactions for you all. As a matter of fact, we still have not had a single penny returned to us from that situation, but we kept being able to serve our customers none the less. It is also important to note that our owners have recently added just over $100,000 of their own funds to help us try to continue to process as many of the withdraw requests as we could these last few weeks. They did this even though we have not had much support since the original update was sent on 5-29-10, and the situation looked like it was going to get
worse. We understand that we are very behind on many withdraw requests, but we have used this entire 100k with virtually nobody reporting to the various outlets that we have indeed paid them. 70k of this money was used for processing bank wire withdraw requests,including some to exchanger services in hopes that they would continue to work with us, 20k was used to process debit card withdraw requests, and 10k was used to process check by mail withdraw requests. We have not gotten very many deposits, and we have even held off on processing ACH deposit requests until now when we received a better update concerning the situation. We would hope this shows that we are not just trying to get new funds so we can run, as seems to be one of the widely reported rumors circulating. That being said, we will need new funds to support us in the future, as we will outline below, but this is not in order to accumulate funds for ourselves, but rather to help all of our customers recover their own funds more quickly.With this latest news of the possible best and worst case time frames it is likely to take to resolve this issue, we are only left with two choices to keep StrictPay in business. 

Those two choices are:

1. We put StrictPay on hold until this issue with the frozen funds gets resolved. This is going to take somewhere between 12 and 24 months to resolve, and during that time our customers would not be able to get any of their funds out of their accounts. This would mean that there is essentially no more StrictPay activity until this situation is resolved, and we feel that this option does not help
anyone in the short term.
2. We keep StrictPay in business and activity continues, including the customer support, transaction processing times, etc. that you all have commended us on in the past before this current situation caused us to fall behind. We do this by creating one sub account for every current StrictPay account, and start each sub account with a zero balance. We allow all current accounts to work as they are now, and all people that make deposits, or receive funds transfers, from this new sub account to another new sub account, will have their funds go only into their new sub account. Each customer’s older accounts with their current balances can still be used to send and receive funds if they wish, but the balances on those old accounts cannot be used to withdraw funds. We think this is very important as it allows customers and merchants to use these accounts freely again, and you will eventually get these funds moved to the sub account that can be withdrawn out as we will explain below. We have been told that many merchants are not taking StrictPay because they feel they are stuck with “dead funds”, but with the system we will explain below this will not be the case. The new system is a great way to build and work with your current account, and over time those funds will get moved to your new sub account that can have funds withdrawn from it. To continue with number two above, here is how the new system will be implemented. Any withdraw request from a current account will be refunded back into that account. New customer sub accounts will be the same StrictPay account number but with a “-1″ after them, so customers and merchants alike will know exactly what customer account sent the funds (either a sub account which can have withdraws, or the older StrictPay accounts that cannot have withdraws). Sub accounts with the “-1″ will only be able to send and receive funds to/from other sub accounts, and older accounts will only be able to send and receive funds to/from other older accounts without the “-1″. With this new system in place, if customers begin to use our services again as they have done for well over 2 years, we will then start to take no less than 0.75% of the 2% Send Funds fee every few weeks and credit that amount to the sub accounts of every customer. This same credited amount will also be taken out of the older account, and thus customers will be able to again begin to gradually see their funds move from the older accounts that do not allow withdraws, to the newer sub accounts that will allow withdraw requests.
We obviously feel that number two is the better of the two choices. Now it is very important to realize that this will only work if people use our services like they did before. We would hope that will be an easy choice for people to do, as this will help everyone eventually receive all their funds, as well as the fact that our superior customer service was what made us as big as we are now. StrictPay in fact started many of the trends you see in the payment processor industry today, such as the live chat support option, and shorter stated customer service reply time frames that were actually met. We have always been proud of the fact that we were heralded as having the best customer service in the industry, and this will continue after these new changes are implemented. We are sure that some will say they would not use us again, even with the implementation of these new changes, and to those people we would ask “Why?” Before this happened, StrictPay was a top option for many customers and merchants, and if we truly wanted to just fold up shop and disappear without trying to help our customers, we would have done so before dumping over 100k of our own money into trying to keep this afloat. We also will continue to use what is universally considered the best DDOS protection company, one that is not even connected to this industry,
and we would not continue to pay for this service if we wanted to just close up shop. Implementing these changes also allows us to offer better withdraw limits for our customers. We will still leave the “real time” withdraw request time frames in place so you can see how long requests are currently taking to process, but keep in mind that it will take the first few days of withdraw requests being entered into the system to really become accurate.
Here are the new withdraw request maximum limits:
Wire withdraws: $100 minimum and $7,500 maximum
Debit card withdraws: $10 minimum and $1,000 maximum
Check by mail withdraws (available to U.S. customers only): $10 minimum and $2,000 maximum
Please keep in mind that we still have the following options available for depositing funds, and all options will be “no fee” options until further notice: ACH (for U.S. customers only), bank wire, and personal check, money order, or cashier check by mail.
StrictPay continuing to do business should also be welcome news to one of the bigger merchants (and their customers) that were using our services until they had to put things on hold for sometime. There is word that they are about to begin processing refunds to their customers, and once they make a deposit into their new sub account,they will then be able to start refunding StrictPay customers as well.
This in turn will provide us with fees from the transfers that we will use to help to move funds from the old StrictPay accounts to the newer sub accounts that you can withdraw from.
The bottom line is this: If people use our services by depositing funds into their new sub accounts (which can also be withdrawn from at any time), and use us as one of their main payment processor options again as they always have, then we will recover from this. Eventually then ALL customers will get their full balances moved to their new sub account over time, and things will be back to normal more quickly than if everyone had to wait up to 24 months in hopes that we recover all of our funds. Lawyer fees will not allow us to get the entire amount back, but we do not foresee anything else cutting into that recovery amount. We all have a lot to lose if people choose not to continue to use StrictPay as a payment option, but we can all only gain if everyone uses StrictPay as they always have in the past. We would like to leave you with this one last question: What do you have to lose by using StrictPay again, knowing that we have always been there in the past for our customers without issue? If you stillhave a need for an online payment processor, then why not choose to use StrictPay as you always have.
As always, we appreciate you choosing StrictPay as a payment option, and we shall see over the next few months if everyone will actually help us get back to a sense of normalcy using this new system.
Thank you
Team StrictPay
www.strictpay.com

This is what I found interesting.

We still cannot speak of any specifics, other than to say (as we stated earlier) that two of the major merchants that accepted StrictPay as a payment option were being heavily investigated by the authorities, and we were pulled into that investigation as well due to them accepting us as a payment option, and even more so because all three of us had accounts with the same bank. Due to the frequency and volume of their requests, one of them found out which bank we were using and specifically got an account at that same bank in order to get funds transfers more quickly, as well as to save them some bank fees. Only a select few customers knew the location of our main bank containing the majority of our funds, and
that will never happen again.

The question is in fact, why just StrictPay and not the other payment processors, unless SP was the only PP they accepted.  Major Merchants? Merely an observation as I don't recall seeing anything big that only accepted SP.  The bank tie up?  Unless they have some common connection and clean funds couldn't be confirmed, well that could be a problem.

What do we do now?  Well technically SP is asking us what we want to do.  If my bank wouldn't let me withdraw unless I made additional deposits or the person who deposits into my account does not make fresh deposits of cash, well I would be skeptical and would err on the side of safety.  Each customer of SP has to make their own decision.  Comes down to personal choice, and whether being between a rock and a hard place is acceptable.  Or whether a rock and a harder place is the go.  It's a gamble really.  I know back to the same conclusion, but really what are the options when you weed out the facts as stated in the update.

As usual, this is food for thought, just another unbiased opinion on the situation as presented.

13/07/2010 Another teaser from StrictPay

Okay I might be a bit negative regarding StrictPay's approach to whatever they are going to tell us.  Why the build up to some big announcement?  Firstly this is the latest email I received just awhile ago.

StrictPay Customers
We will be taking the StrictPay website offline all day on Wednesday to complete some site maintenance, and to implement some updates. Shortly after we come back online late Wednesday, or early Thursday, we will be sending out an update concerning our banking situation. Any updates will be posted at http://extremesurfs.com/blog and http://www.yourplatinumfunds dot com.

We suggest you bookmark these two websites, and check them daily, as the update will be sent soon.  We will be releasing updates to these two websites to insure that every customer has the chance to see the news at the same time.  With the sheer number of customers we have, an email to all customers can take most of the day to get to everyone, and we want to make sure the new customer gets the important information at the same time as an older customer.

Thank you
Team StrictPay

www.strictpay.com

Just a few things that jump to mind. Okay, so emails can take most of the day to get out, does that really make that much difference?  StrictPay customers live all over the globe.  Do they really think all their customers wait 24/7 for their email?  I'm sure we sleep sometimes and do other things with our lives rather than waiting for "news" about our funds stuck in a payment processor.  (as I said, this is my personal take on what I am reading. Yes R E A D I N G.  Like everyone else, we are feed information electronically and it is at our discretion how we interpretate it.) I am erring on the side of it isn't good news, as it seems like stalling for time. But as we should all know and understand, this business is a law unto themselves.  Many differing opinions, also many languages also have to come into play here.  So translation plays a major part here with fed information.
All we can do is wait.  Just don't know why all the concern about getting the "news" out. News of this nature will spread like wildfire regardless.

11/07/2010 StrictPay?

In relation to the StrictPay news, well as expected really there is still no news.  Austin from extremesurf has noted also no news, and also acknowledged that posting of such news for a payment processor through two bloggers is a bit strange.  I also note an update today on Yourplatinumfunds blog (the other site mentioned in the StrictPay update as an outlet for their news) 

We have contacted StrictPay asking when everyone can expect the newest email update concerning their situation, and this was the reply:

There will be a new email sent to all customers concerning this situation within the next few days, and it will also be posted at the News link on our main page. We are trying to resolve this issue, but we can only do so when the bank and authorities release our funds.

Thank you
StrictPay Support

So if that is the response to the admin of their "chosen" media outlets, hmmm
As I said earlier, stay tuned as this could drag on for awhile yet, and StrictPay aren't doing themselves any favors by their totally unprofessional behaviour. 

07/07/2010 StrictPay Update? What a load of croc!!

I just received an email supposedly from Strict Pay.

StrictPay Customer
In the next few days we will be releasing our much anticipated news update that everyone is waiting for. Our mass emails can take many hours to reach everyone, and therefore we felt it necessary to let everyone know that our news will be given to the two sites below as soon as it is available. You will still receive your copy of the email, but if you would like your news faster we recommend going to the sites below. We are not affiliated with either of these sites, and in return for them helping us get this news out quick we are giving them some free advertising on our login page to StrictPay for a few weeks.
Please bookmark these pages, and check them daily for the news that we will be releasing soon. Your Platinum Funds said they will send an email as soon as they post the news so you might want to get added to their subscribers list. Extreme Surfs said they will also post this information on their blog as soon as the news is made available to them.
http://www.yourplatinumfunds.com/
http://extremesurfs.com/blog/
We thank you for your continued support and as always we thank you for choosing StrictPay.
StrictPay Administration

What a load of croc!! First thoughts what type of payment processor does media releases through bloggers. I already have preconceived ideas regarding SP, but are like everyone else and just waiting to see how things pan out.
I then thought, why release "a teaser". Plus the no name on the email?? "StrictPay Customer" good grief it is obvious it is either a spam email or a totally amateurish was to conduct business. Never heard of your platinum funds site. Had a look, forum new and plenty of empty advertising, hmmm. Yeah, guess many will peek and some will venture. Will get site hits for sure.

So to me this is just a SPAM type mailout. Just a ploy for the unsuspecting to sign up to a new site to "get the news first" lol more like collect more email addys :) I am sure throwing extremesurfs name in there is to just give it some credibility. Free advertising?? yeah>>> right!!!

As always, don't believe everything you read.  Player beware, as it is always best to err on the side of safety. Let's wait and see how this pans out, no giving any details to anyone now ya hear.

Update - few hours after posting >> Austin has confirmed that he got an email from Mike at Strictpay. Check his extremesurf blog post here. Hang onto your hats, this could at least be entertaining. Let's see if 1 + 1 = 2 in SP land.

30/06/2010 My my, how the time flies

Half of the year has flown by already!  No news on the blog is good news.  Okay, nothing out of the ordinary happening, smooth sailing with both program I am currently in.

Eigeline Network is just purring along.  Note the Alexa rating as of today.  Slow steady, no big start up rush.  This is a good sign of getting over the "low summer" times. Currently having 2 running upgrades on the weekly plan and to date have been paid each week on request when due.  Looking good.

Funds-O-Matic seems to have caused a buzz around the place.  Every man and his dog is publishing reviews on the program.  I joined day 1, (25 June) so 2 July should show my first batch of weekly earnings.  I will be sure to post payment here when I receive them.  Looking at Alexra rating for the site (remembering it opened on 25 June) well took a few days for it to kick off, but moving up.

To post these graphs here will leave a historical guideline for future reference. Just another tool available to us to use. How we read the information can vary, but we need to play smarter these days.

As always, gamble responsibly. I am currently looking at a couple of opps, but to date, not being too well has hampered my research, but hopefully on the mend now. Cheers till next time :)

26/06/2010 Catch up news

I have had an interesting day/night. I think I forgot to have some sleep somewhere in between there I just wanted to do a quick update as someone might notice there have been some sites removed from the "Current Sites and Status" list.
I had two on-hold. One being MyMarketShares, well been dead in the water for ages. No response from admin Margaret and the site was left on autopilot. The revenue-share program we thought would work. lol Well not many would have got into profit there, but no earnings posted for a long long time. I gave up surfing due to infectious website were placed in the surf rotator and no one was checking them. I only noticed a few days back that the site was finally unplugged.
The other was Surf-O-Matic. On hold simply because the Admin Randy decided to wind it down and come back with a totally no surf site and worked more options in the range of plans. The new site opened yesterday Funds-O-Matic Note: Surf-O-Matic closed honorably with Randy the admin disabling deposits a couple of months back and we all continued to earn on our upgrades and were duly paid our earnings along with profits.

With the quick HYIPs, I will add an edit to the last post with my last comment as to why it isn't in my side list.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

25/06/2010 Finally arrived >> Funds-O-Matic

As a very satisfied member of Randy's previous program, Surf-O-Matic which ran for from approx 29th June last year till a week of so ago when the last active member was paid. He disabled upgrades a few months back and we all earned and received our payments with profit and were duly paid. It was a pleasurable program to be in. We have been waiting for quite some time for the new program to arrive and today it did. Just a bit of background, Randy says he trades and going by his last program which we all left with our profits, well it's something to consider.

He has plenty of Plans on offer:
Daily Plans:
Plan 1 $5 - $150  0.80%  Plan 2 $151 - $500  1.00%
Plan 3 $501 - $1,000 1.50%  Plan 4 $1,001 - $5,000 1.70%
Plan 5 $5,001 - $15,000 1.80%

Weekly Plans:
Plan 6 $5 - $150 7.00%  Plan 7 $151 - $500 8.40%
Plan 8 $501 - $1,000 11.20%  Plan 9 $1,001 - $5,000 12.60%
Plan 10 $5,001 - $15,000 14.00%

I chose a weekly plan, but I may just add a daily one as well.

To the future with FOM

As always, gamble responsibly. Don't forget to have some fun!!

24/06/2010 Crisis? What Crisis?

Like in any business there a highs and lows. Saying we are in a crisis is a bit of an over-statement as I see it, as there is always an up-side from a down. Look at the Stockmarket, house prices. All have slumps, but those who play their cards right and hang on are the ones who usually end up in the right position when the market regains.  Which inevitably they do.
Now is a very interesting market time and how should we be setting ourselves to move into the future with moneymaking?

• You could just walk away. But what's the point of that? Nothing ventured nothing gained.
• You could change with the way you do things. Try something new, a different approach.

With that said I certainly don't feel that we are at crises point as portrayed. Agreed, things aren't how they used to be, but over the years it has changed and of late we have had a downturn of viable longerterm sites. Attributing to this is those who play too seriously, or get too greedy. Nothing lasts forever online. Once you understand the "world" rules, it will become clearer. We are collectively from all corners of the globe and each country has it's own interpretation of the rules.  Online betting is a huge industry, and it's done for recreation and or income supplement.  I consider this biz the same but with a few more ingredients. Enjoy the fruits and have some fun, that's what it's all about.

So what do we have to do to get through these lean times :)  Well actually NOW is the time to lay some building blocks in the next era.  Change how we used to do things and go with the flow.  That's why I am playing some quick short term high ROI HYIPs. They will come and go fast, but timing is crucial.  Get into profit and play with proceeds. This way I am building up my reserves to fund longer term HYIPs.

Whilst others are moaning and groaning about low times :cry:  :cry:  I am diligently working on some longer term ops which are just starting out.  Eigeline Network is one of those and now is the time to get settled in there.  Of course no guarantees, as there are none in this biz, but I like this program as I think it does have huge potential and over the next few months it's will start getting more exposure.  The early bird catches the worm. Of course time will tell. Previous mentions of Eigeline Network can be found here

If you are reading here, you should know by now I am straight upfront and tell it like it is for me. The whole idea is to give a workman's (or ladies in my case) view of how things work and actual, factual experiences. No hidden agenda, unlike commercial bloggers who offer their expertise for free and with the other hand sell banner space, reviews and interviews. How can they be truly open minded? Everyone has their niche in this industry, and mine is technically at Ground Zero. I'm there as a participating member using my own funds and like many others I do take longer to get into profit than those who have referrals. So it does make me more cautious, other than jumping into something. Sorta weighing up the odds. I know there are many out there in cyberland in the same boat as me but only get access to readily available forums, monitors/blogger sites and of course those teamleaders lol (You know the ones, with the big lists) By dropping by The Shed you can get another take on the situation, if I am playing or general info, as I don't just join anything or everything as my sole purpose is to make money. I seek out, what I consider, better opportunities. Safer bets I call them.

Believe it or not, moneymaking online can be relatively stress-free if you play within your means. I win some and I lose some. lol Nobody is perfect!!

Thanks for reading. I thought I would lay my cards on the table as I always have and let's look forward to some good times ahead. They will happen.

23/06/2010 GreenMoneyFund - Snap plans - Instant payments

Okies, I am up for the challenge. Seems not too much happening these days, so I am trying my hand at some short term hyip games. GreenMoneyFund Played responsibly, we can be winners. So looking to turn a few bucks here.
A few plans to choose from:- 5 plans in all. But don't get too carried away. Worth a look as only two days old and shows an experienced admin. Will keep ya posted in the payments list as how I'm travelin.

Reminder: this IS a short straight up game to be played accordingly.

Edit: 26/06/2010 No longer playing here, due to simply, for me it's time.

22/06/2010 XodusGroup has a change of plans?

Surprised to get this email XodusGroup. Out of the blue, sorta caught me by surprise. I wrote this about them back on 9th June.. This seems way out of whack. Already running low on funds? yet says been around since 2001?  Hmm. Do you read the hidden message in this?

"Hi Dear Member,
We add new plan,
108% after 1 days
130% after 3 days
160% after 5 days
65% daily for 2 days.

You get ago profit from old plan if you want get new plan you must do deposit in new plan.
King Regards,
Paul Purcell"

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This message inside under "Investment" tab.

"Now, for the sake of more improvement and stronger attendance throughout the world and because of being able to complete with our peer competitors, it is time to begin our new plan for investment so that we may achieve our long-term goals."

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My verdict? I would be extremely careful here now.  I have also been advised that withdrawals are not instant as they were before.  Just a wait and see.  But caution prevailing, moving to "on hold" just to play it safe.  I can always move it back if things improve.  But initial indications are that this is not a good sign.

Edit: 26/06/2010 No longer playing and they are no longer paying

21/06/2010 Got me thinkin' - need some stability

Reading here, there and all over the shop. You know I cannot remember a year that has had so many of the bigger programs go down like a pack of cards. I wasn't a member of some of them, but I watched them. Unique times. So where does that put me? Hmm well I have opted for what I am hopeful, the next longer term hyip. I don't have a crystal ball and I'm not a physic, so I make a move on how I translate information from here and there, hopefully giving me a safer bet. One of those safer bets comes in the form of Eigeline Network Okies, no big fanfare opening, which can be a good thing. Been running since about 3rd June. The plans are reasonable, and IF they are doing what they say they are, advertising by way of owned sites, well who knows!! I can't be anymore upfront here. The money, time and effort put into this site certainly gives it some creditability.
Back to the plans, yes you can cash-out your principle after the specified time - depending on the plan you choose:- But, remember when you do, you stop earning. So what I have done is split plans. I have two running and depending how things are going, well I will probably take one back, but on the other hand I will be in profit by then. So it is a wait and see type plan. (lol aren't they all?)
Site growth is nice and steady. The admin has advised that they have a big adverting campaign to roll out in July. I read this as a positive. Now is the time to join and gets those weekly payments cranking. As always, there are no watertight guarantees, gamble responsibly. Eigeline Network Remember the name
Earlier I received my weekly cash-out request. That's no 2 on second upgrade :)

20/06/2010 - A Life's Lesson

I know we always say yeah yeah. But seriously take a look at your life. I just did and found that I had been consumed by the day to day dramas and didn't take time for me.

I am a people watcher. Sounds bad, but I observe body language in public places. Having not had the time to venture into these places for a long time whilst on holidays in a city where I knew nobody I found old habits creeping in. I walked down the street and everyone was focused on something with no facial expression except the odd frown, and no one said hello. So me being me, I decided to see how I could infect a few people. I put on a big smile and said hello to everyone I came into eye contact with. No surprises on my end, as people respond and reply and actually smile. The process actually sparked an odd conversation, all-be-it maybe two sentences, but some more. Later sitting back watching the ocean from a coffee shop, I felt a sense of achievement for the day. I walked home with the biggest smile and skip in my step.

19/06/2010 - Reconstruction? Betcha!!

Okay as you can see I have been doing some work around here :) I had a week off work (mandatory, yet they called it "forced leave" lol) I ventured up north for a few days and enjoyed the warmer weather in the tropics. Nothing flash, but it was a break. I actually started then and with doing my usual reading and catching up on sleep, well time got away with me. As it always does. Maybe I need to concentrate on one thing at a time. Hmm, now that's food for thought :) So holiday over, back to work for me and have some interesting stuff to share over the next few days.

Hope to have some readers call bye and say hi. Enjoy your day/night>>> whatever

09/06/2010 - XodusGroupLTD

As you are aware it is "silly summer season" and not a great time of year to be jumping into HYIPs or surfs, but it is a time for some consolidation. Last week I joined XodusGroup, and tomorrow I am due for my first weekly earnings to be posted so I can withdraw. For all intents and purposes XodusGroup say they have been around since 2001. I can't find any information confirming or denying that, so we have to work with the info at hand. There spiel??

Looking for safe investment opportunity?
XodusGroup LTD, financial experts are ready to assist
XodusGroup LTD, is the online unit of Hessel Trading, an investment company that has been providing quality finance-related services to legal entities and individuals since 2001.

XodusGroup LTD, is financial engineering laboratory and alternative investments management company.The goal of XodusGroup LTD,is organization is to provide high yield returns, which are uncorrelated to the typical stock portfolio, also are independent of the directions of the markets. The trading philosophy of the company is almost equal to trading philosophy of any other typical hedge fund as we seek returns in all market conditions but usually with the biggest expectation possible.

In a nutshell, they trade Forex apparently and have a company registered. Address for for contact US is: address: 1248 Wavelength, Lerocher, Victoria, Mahe, 0075, Seychelles
Phone: 248-345041
Plans: There are daily and weekly plans. Of course the weekly plans will yield the bigger profit. I chose weekly and of course I will post the latest date for payment in the Shed.

The question is whether it is real or not, as who really knows, anyone can have all the ducks in a row but still end up in the same place as those that don't, sooner or later. Early days here and has an internal exchanger as a bonus. So I opted to try my hand here. Slow kickoff which is good. Probably will get some limelight when weekly payments start happening.

As usual, gamble responsibily. Remember nothing lasts forever. Just trying to find that more secure gamble than most.

09/06/2010 StaunchFinances officially closed

I just received this email ):
Dear members,
I would just like to announce that Staunch Finances is OFFICIALLY CLOSED. I did all I can to make this program alive but in the end, it wasn't meant to be. There are a few reasons why this happened but I will not divulge much into it because ultimately, it is I who failed to generate enough income to keep the program going.
Deposits have been disabled since yesterday. I will continue paying whatever's left in our funds and refund those that deposited today. Please do not send anymore tickets as I will close all our email addresses. There's really no need to ask me what happened. Anyway, I wish you all luck in your future endeavors and again, I'm sorry.
Brent
Sorta to be a bit by surprise as not even the first cycle of part B, the longer term portion hasn't even completed. But none-the-less it has been a different experience to say the least!! However if you had played this like a HYIP you would have been nearly square of just a tad out of pocket. SF just wasn't meant to be it seems.

05/06/2010 - Real, Fake, Flake or FlakeEgo

I wander around the internet on a daily basis, not only do I find it entertaining but also a great learning tool. I recently came across a forum from a few years back, seems to be floating dormant in cyberspace now, but made for some interesting reading. I now finally have some words defining some moneymaking levels of achievement.
In this industry there are moneymakers, ok we play to earn, otherwise why are we here. It's a simple basic concept, as explained before, one spends money into a program (one which would seem to have a good chance of redeeming funds plus a profit from personal spend) This throws a different light on the whole situation when comparing with what popular monitor sites do with just putting anything up and promoting, some even "review" (hilarious word)but they give it a dressing down and say well the admin thinks he can pull it off blah blah blah, but we know he can't, and then mockingly, still join and show link to join, so they will get paid the referral commission. They must do this knowing that some people just join anything they put up!! Do they have no scruples at all??

Ok, back to moneymakers. We have all won and lost in this industry. Experienced is another way of putting it. To really appreciate the value of a win is to have at least at one time or another had a loss. The plan is to win more often and to enhance the chance of winning is to pick better options. We know that there are real people who make money on the internet, however we need to also be aware of those that aren't real. Fakes. Yes read the websites around showing how they earned blah blah, and yet they are selling their tricks and deals in an ebook. Common, blind Freddy knows that the guy at the top is the only one who really makes any money. You have to purchase the right to resell, then you have to work your butt off to on-sell. They call this passive earning, wow nothing passive about that. But everyone has their niche. I cannot talk people into buying anything, as I myself are skeptical at purchasing something anyway. So I have never been tempted to go down that path. Then you have a Flake. This is the term given to a fake who makes money at the expense of others. hmm I have seen plenty of them over the years lol even blatantly rub it in your face. Big liners and teambuilders come to mind, but other forum hoppers fit the category. But as long as one is aware these people exist, the better decisions will be made. But worse still,there are some who are a combination of a Fake and a Flake, and they present with a rather inflated Ego. These guys are deadly, and easy to spot with their axe to grind and regardless of what is said by non-conforming members to their way is the right way and the rest is wrong. One that on a par with a Fake/FlakeEgo but probably the same thing is the wannabe who somehow manipulates themselves, probably by deceit, to a position of power over a group of people. However most people are pretty smart and see exactly what goes on, but of course no one except those involved have the real info of the wheelings and dealings.

I know most would know all this goes on in the industry, but it's good to refresh some memories occasionally. Then again there may be some newbie's who aren't aware how treacherous this world is. It's not as easy to take people at face value in this world, many have different faces depending where you go.

So just food for thought.

03/06/2010 Eigeline - strange name, but I have a feeling it could be around for awhile

I came across this site a few days ago. For some reason really took my eye. A longer term opp. Now I am not saying it is or isn't the real thing. Who really knows. I decided to play to earn money, as I think it has potential. If played like a HYIP, who knows, this could turn some nice bucks over time. Remember nothing lasts forever, and it's always a risk. So I took the challenge. Yeah, strange name, but I am sure it will grow on me. lol It is a new site, so a great time to get in, nice'n early.

Their spiel:

30 May 2010
Welcome to Eigeline Network.
It’s an open secret that most profits for any media come from advertising and marketing. For the last decade internet has been the most fast growing media ever known to mankind. The amount of marketing possibilities that are available on the internet is to say the least remarkable if not astonishing. Yet to this day a lot of people, who are not involved in this business directly, have no possibility to use internet as a source of income or simply to turn extra profit. Today is the day things are going to change.
“Eigeline Network Corp.” is proud to announce another major project going online. Eigeline.com is a very convenient way for anyone to invest into modern internet marketing. You can find out more about ways we operate in on About Network page. Welcome again and enjoy tour stay.

Best regards,
President of the Eigeline Network Corp.

Now to the nitty-gritty. Unique script, with rather unusual routing, but gives great DDOS protection. Dragonara is in there, so thats good. SSL script in place, also a Panama business setup, Panama virtual office and live support. So all in all been setup pretty serious. Ok, in other words, quite an elaborate expensive exercise.
Plans:
Test plan 0.6% daily $15 $49 Never return
Standard 6% weekly $50 $1499 After 18 weeks
Classic 7% weekly $1500 $4999 After 16 weeks
Premium 8% weekly $5000 $19999 After 14 weeks
VIP 10% weekly $20000 $499999 After 12 weeks

The big question. Is will it last? Is it for real? Honestly who really knows. I just go on what information is available and work with that. But sure as heck looks like a better long term option than anything I see out there currently.

If you do decide to venture, remember to gamble responsibly.

29/05/2010 - RogerVille has now ended

Just received this email in the inbox. Well Roger gave it his best shot. I was into my third cycle, but not to be.

Hello AussieLady

It is with mixed emotions that I inform everyone today that RogerVille has to close today. I watched as the deposits declined the past week. Now it has reached its last day online, with only less than $100 deposited today and about the same yesterday and some hundreds the past weeks. The support that RogerVille has received has declined by a huge margin. This is because of the thinking of many that at this stage a program is not worth depositing more into anymore because it has reached 30 days? Well I hope this attitude of depositors stop soon because this is what killed RogerVille. It may be applicable to some sites but supposed to not be on RogerVille.com.

Please be advised that the deposits today are to be refunded fully. And that is all that we can do as you know this is how I handle sites I have when I close them. No refunds are issued because everyone knows what they are getting into and not an investment site. Everything up front and all cards laid in front of you.

You know how serious I am when I manage my sites and yet some still do not play it with me. We had a good site going but the terrible attitude of too old, too late thing killed it. Next time please, when I am the admin, be assured that I will only manage the program properly and so you can continuously support it so we can make a long lasting program.

We just need to eliminate that attitude that kills programs.

I will be online in 8 hours. Depositing has been disabled already. Please spread the news.

Regards,
Roger

Your account name is AussieLady

You have been registered: 2010-04-29 15:30:41

29/05/2010 - InvestiHeaven - 2 plans - straight out HYIP game

Straight out of HYIP game world. Decided to give it a shot. Seems a slight problem when I signed up, but on reading a forum thread others had the same problem. Says your username already exists in the database. But give it a minute and check your email you get one with some garbelled stuff and says your a member. Then from home page sign in using what you used as username and password and your in. Worked for me. Says is a licenced script Neversay new version. It is a bit different inside from what I am used to, but managed to find my way around and fund.

Ok, plans. Well 144% after 12 days (of course includes your deposit) or 10% daily for 12 days. (120% total so gives 20% profit but reduces risk by daily cashouts)
With this industry the way it is maybe 10% a day cashout would be the best option. Either way it's a gamble. Remember this is a straight up game. I will be posting payments daily as I chose the daily plan. Good luck :)