spedia.net

Spedia.net are one of the oldest 'Paid to Surf' bars still in existence - but iit is the company everyone loves to hate. Why? Well they have a habit of cancelling users' accounts - just because they are due to get a cheque. Customer service is non existent - just try emailing them and see how long it takes. The Spedia Bar is notoriously 'glitchy', never counting your full time on line despite it telling you that you hsave to actively surf - i.e ...
...one minute. Do that and the bar still fails to record your full time. After you've got 15 points it stops recording at all until - if you're lucky - you click on an advertising banner, then it might...repeat, might start counting again. But despite all this people still use Spedia, the company do pay out cheques - I've received two from them myself and know others that have as well. They announced back in September that they had INCREASED their ...

nipples 24.02.2001 · Read full review
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LATEST UPDATE: 16/09/2001 Oh well, as I thought, it is now a month later and still no cheque, so I am now wholeheartedly NOT recommending "Spedia.net", they are nothing but a con, they DO NOT payout, as you can see in my original update, I had requested my cheque FIVE MONTHS ago and have not received it. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FURTHER UPDATE: 12/08/2001 Oh well, having requested my cheque, for just over ...
...know, I have yet to receive it! I have sent them an email, but alls I get back, is a auto-mated email, stating what the problems may be, so in other words, I have not been sent an exact email, telling me where the hell my cheque is. I will give them till the end of the month, and then if not received, I will change this pretty positive opinion, into a VERY NEGATIVE one. ------------------------------------------------------------------ This is ...

brianlfc 17.11.2000 (16.09.2001) · Read full review
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Although I have not yet reached the payment threshold, I have been assured that Spedia do indeed pay for surfing. This is a US based company, unlike alladvantage (who used to pay in sterling) it pays in US Dollars, but then at least it still pays. About the surfbar... I have joined and downloaded the surfbar. The bar is a basic one slightly smaller than some others, although I have found on occasions it can slow down the computer, but that is not ...
...most other surfbars have (well apart from the adverts). The Catch I will use it but I honestly do not expect to really make much from it. It advertises that when you join you can make $150 in the first hour. In theory that is possible. But you need to be based in the USA to sign up to some of the offers (e.g. compubank). The ones that are left for me either were of no interest (e.g. find a date dating club, pyramid casino etc) or I was already a ...

sit2020 21.03.2001 · Read full review
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I first joined spedia.net over two years ago, when I also joined about 10 other get "paid" to surf junk programs. But, I went through a lazy stage and didn't use them for around a year. I'd slaved on their program and worked up about $10 for the half year I'd been with them. However, when I went back to it about 2 monthes ago, I'd been an inactive user for too long and my balance had been wiped! *~~The Story~~* Yes, the same old same old. You dowload ...
...it. The bar is at the bottom of the screen and takes up about 1/6 of the screen. It makes the browser page smaller to fit in, which means that it doesn't keep popping up and annoyingly interupting you. *~~How to get points~~* There's 6 main ways to get points- * Surf with the bar. The most you earn is one point per minute ( don't know what the least is!) The bar is split into two section- I'm guessing that if the two sections are different adverts ...

kwhyte 15.10.2001 · Read full review
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Have you ever wished you could make money by just surfing on the net? Have you ever wished that just by having an advertising bar on youy computer you can earn money? Well all that is possible with spedia. Spedia is a Pay while you surf company that currently pays $.30us an hour. This company unlike other company has survived as many other companies have shut down or currently only play $.3us an hour. The way you can make money are as follows with ...
...to surf the net while you view ads. Every 5 minutes you are actively surfing the internet 5 spedia points are credited to your account. At the end of each month all those points are converted to dollars which then at the end of each month if you have a substantial amount of money ($30 is the minimum check size) you can request a check which would arrive at your doorstep in just under a month. Referrals: This system allows a user to invite friends ...

chimpreo 15.06.2002 · Read full review
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Ok, I've been here before, another company that promised me huge amounts of money, seemingly in return for nothing but surfing the web. At the time I was young, innocent and gullible, so duly signed up for Spedia. At first the initial pay rates were very similar to the other programs like CashSurfer, CashFiesta and Desktop dollars, in that I got a small (around 1 megabyte) download and had to run an ad bar on the bottom of my screen while surfing ...
...paid some of the revenue back to me, at around 60 cents an hour pay rate. All in all it looked a very average paid to surf ad bar program when all the internet companies were making loads of money and could spare a bit. However over the past few months the ad revenue has steadily declined as the internet bubble burst, most of the losses have been transferred to the pay rates, falling to as low as 2 cents an hour. However for some reason Spedia did ...

Chris_Padden 06.09.2001 · Read full review
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I have been a member of Spedia for longer than I can remember, however in recent times I have slowed my usage of their bar to almost nothing... in fact, literally nothing! I find that rather than sitting unobtrusively in a corner, you have to basically alter your online activities to suit Spedia, if you're going to earn anything from it. For anyone who is not familiar with Spedia, it's a get-paid-to-surf company, basically you display their ad bar ...
...they earn from the advertiser fees (and you can be sure it isn't a large proportion!) They also pay you to join other programs etc etc, but to be honest I don't think the hassle of administering all the programs is really worth it. In theory Spedia is a great idea, in principle it doesn't really work. The first company of this kind was AllAdvantage (who have now gone bust so I believe), and it sounded excellent to me... and it was for a time, however ...

so3003 16.06.2001 · Read full review
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Spedia.net - Started in August of 1999, this has become one of the most unorganized "Pay to Surf" companies released, this company thrives on making itself money, regardless of the costs to the consumer. Spedia is a "Pay to Surf" company that reimburses you for your time and attention on the world wide web, but isn't your attention worth more than a mere $4.17? Well, that what was my pay-out rate after a subtotal of 92 hours online. Spedia doesn't ...
...or web address, every 60 seconds. Spedia pays you to use the Spedia Bar when you're online. - The Spedia Bar can be defined as an advertisement panel that is docked to the top of your computer screen as you surf the Internet. You are rewarded Spedia Points for using it. - Spedia Points can be defined as points earned for using the Spedia Bar, Playing Online Games, Shopping Online, etc. They can be redeemed for cash value (1000 Points = $7.90) ...

rami160 11.12.2000 · Read full review
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Spedia are a US based online marketing company that pay users to surf the internet. They do this by getting you to download some software called the "Spediabar" - this docks itself underneath your Netscape or Explorer browser whilst you are surfing and displays advertisements - which you can click on should you be interested. You can earn up to 60 Spedia points per hour with the Spediabar activated whilst you are surfing, and these can be converted ...
...make money, including signing up with over 100 partners. Many of these offers are free, such as online gaming sites and other sources of information, such as the excellent Investments site "Motley Fool". Spedia boast that you can ean $150 in an hour by signing up to these programs - this is true, but you won't earn anything like as much if you just sign up for the free programs! Another way of earning money with Spedia is to refer your friends to ...

andyev 15.03.2001 · Read full review
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I stopped using spedia earlier in the year as it looked as if it was not going to survive offering the rartes that it did with unlimited surfing. Now the bar is well and trully sorted out and has all but the best hackers and cheaters stopped the y have increased there rates (70c/hour reported for sept). The bar itself is not a problem to run just a problem to keep "green" as you need to be visiting a different url every minute to maximise your time ...
...who really surf the net to gain th e most from the bar. In addition to the adverts there are the extra points available through joining some of there sponsor areas this amouints to very little in the long run but if you join one a day every little helps as they say particularly in an industry where the prices being paid to surf are falling all the time. Hopefully this will be one of the contenders that lasts the course along with alladvantage and ...

elminster 16.09.2000 · Read full review
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It's amazing how these companies have got away with calling their programs "paid to surf", if they were paying you to surf why would you need horrible banners displayed on your screen, Spedia also pay you to recieve email from their partners, to refer people, to play games, signup for offers and to shop online. Their "paid to play games" offer is the most attractive, is it too good to be true? - YES, I started playing spedia games as soon as I signed ...
...points to gain any spedia points (these are credited to your account for all the above activities, at the end of each month the exact value of the point is calculated and your points are turned into cash) and I got 12,000 and my account was credited with three spedia points, after that when I played and won I kept getting the message "you do not qualify for credit on this game, play again" so I played again and got the same message. I emailed customer ...

sheez 13.03.2001 · Read full review
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Spedia as an ad bar has been around a long time and it really does at the moment pay the best hourly rate to use it. It also is the bar with the best advertising graphics. The programming that has gone into this bar is phenomenal. The best way to earn maoney as you surf is to choose your bar or bars depending on your habits and this is the bar for the cruiser or game player. You have to change the url every minute to keep generating an income. But ...
...and other bars will. My suggestion for those of you who want aan income out of your computer is therefore to get a selection of bars and play them off, you can use spedia alongside every bar and there is no rule that you must use one at a time. for instance I am using 6 as I write this. Spedia is therefore a worthwhile addition to your earn as you surf armamentorium. You can get further details by visiting the earn as you play page at http://cabletow.tripod.com ...

cabletow 19.09.2000 · Read full review
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Spedia is definitely a good, attractive, bar, and the payout rates are quite good at about $0.50 an hour. They allow you to surf an unlimited amount of hours and pay for up to 5 levels of referrals, plus if you use the bar for more than 2 hours a day you can qualify for their premium program which offers pay rates of about $0.75 an hour. However, there is a catch: you have to be browing the web to earn on this bar, and you have to change URL every ...
...where it only takes you 1 minute to read a page, and you certainly feel rushed while you're using the bar. There are also games that you can play to earn points, and programs that you can sign up to which equates to $150 if you sign up to all programs. If you can put up with its problems this bar has a great potential for high earnings. ...

bobsmith 22.07.2000 · Read full review
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A lot of users have problems with Spedia whether it be their surfbar or their payments. I'm glad to say I have had no problems at all so far. I hear so many members saying that their activity light on the surfbar will not stay green. The way to improve this is to look at your SUF Surf usage factor. This is found on your STATISTICS page when you are logged into your account. There is a full explanation on how it works. Mine has stayed around the ...
...time. Cracking the light problem is the key to earning with Spedia. They are now paying 60c an hour for unlimited hours and there is no other GPTS company that comes anywhere near. A lot of work has gone into their advertising and it looks like it is attracting more and more advertisers weekly. At this rate I can see Spedia going from strength to strength and we may find that they will be one of the only few survivors in the long term. ...

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I've used Spedia for months yet am still nowhere near earning enough to be able to get a payout. If I ever DO get that far I can assure you I'll be dropping it like a stone. The pay rate is dreadful, the games lose points as fast as you accumulate them, the ads and offers are so USA centerd that it's pointless going for most of the big payers. The new bar is ugly as as sin and it's hard to tell if you are actually being credited with points or ...
...ignore new sites despite their being "unique url's" and so a lot of online earning time is wasted. The referral system is a joke and the pay levels working up from the downlines pointless. Spedia will definitely be on the way out as soon as I get to the magic pay out figure, tough even themn they will deduct $7.50 for an international cheque... And be careful how you use the bar.... this is precis of a column a friend sent me.. ===== Don't run ...

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