Bux.to is a paid-to-click site offering 1 cent per paid click, a $10 payout minimum and a 5 cent signup bonus. The site also offers referral earnings, and even gives members the chance to purchase referrals. The site notes that payments are made "within 30 business days" [Update 13 Jan 2008: Now 60 days for non-upgraded members], though the complaints which follow show this not to be the case.
The reason that Bux.to is on the boycott list is the non-payment of members. The complaints below detail how members who have reached the minimum payout amount are not being paid according to the site's own Terms of Service. Some of those members have had their accounts deleted. Support e-mails have not been properly responded to, members have not been paid, and so this program rightly belongs on the boycott list.
There are a number of other supporting reasons for this boycott. The Bux.to site has been plagued with accusations that their script was stolen from another site, AdBux. More importantly for members, the site appears to survive solely by selling "unreferred" members. For the "extremely low price" of $459.00 members can buy sets of 500 referrals in order to boost their earnings. Many have commented that the site seems more concerned with promoting the sale of unreferred members than actually providing paid clicks for members, or more importantly paying members. While this program is boycotted for the non-payment of members within their Terms, there are a number of other considerations which also might justify this boycott.
It would appear that this site is paying some of its members, but not all of them. This may therefore appear to be a surprising boycott for some people. However, the complaints below, messages in our discussion forum, and other posts made here, here and here evidence the fact that a substantial number of members are not being paid as promised.
For the reasons above, and the complaints listed below, Bux.to has been boycotted!
Name: Nikko Date: January 8, 2008 Comments: They are very late in there Payments
Name: Teresa Date: January 16, 2008 Comments: I have been requesting a payout of only $10 for quite some time now...support ticket after support ticket and alot of mumbo jumbo. Now they say they Paid me back in October 2007...I rechecked my payPal account and it wasn't there...and now I have asked for proof from them...Scammers is what they are...they can suspend me, delete me or whatever because I know I will not see one red cent.
Name: Anonymous Date: December 27, 2007 Comments: They sell fake referrals, try it yourself. Buy a 15 refpack and you will see that they all click at same time.
Name: Ted Hawthorne Date: November 21, 2007 Comments: So far it has been 6 weeks
since I have requested a pay out. Their terms say that payment will be made within
30 days.
Name: Joevel M. Cabrera Date: March 13, 2008 Comments: My referrals clicks were diminished. When they reach to around 250 to 400 clicks, they almost diminished or even don't click anymore and trickled down to only 1 to 6 clicks for 1 week. They promised that it will be updated after transfering the site to new server. I suspected that they transfer my referral clicks to other favored members who invested heavily in their site to see to it that they are earning more from what they invested. They always adverised these success stories in their site to draw more members. Just my suspiscion. Up to now no updates happening in my case.
Name: Andre Date: January 12, 2008 Comments: i evested $150 in the site and now with no reason i have been suspended. if i have been cheating i wouldnt have invested into the site. Sadly people on there forums are still too brainwashed to figure out that all bux.to does is scam 70% of the members and pays the rest.
Name: Tim Thomas Date: January 16, 2008 Comments: Bux.to received payment for order. Shut down My account and put it 'under investigation'. I expect them to keep it shut down since they got my cash. I followed the TOS to a T. :-0 wish I knew gptboycott existed before i got scammed. I believe they have an unsustainable business. My opinion is they need to close down people like me so they can pay their insiders or chosen ones. They fail to address the issues.
Name: Matt Date: January 12, 2008 Comments: The only complain is late payments.. but err
1. The referal click at same time cause they update downline stats at the same time.. note your referal could live on the other side of the planet!
2. THey change there TOS .. but ill live.
Name: Rohan Date: September 25, 2007 Comments: Not yet received payment, they keep changing their TOS
Name: vinod Date: January 22, 2008 Comments: i have requested 10$ still not paid, i requested on Nov 5th still not received. i asked them they are saying trust us will do it.
Name: Kim Date: July 3, 2008 Comments: I've requested a payment 7 month ago and still not paid!
Name: samantha tucker Date: June 15, 2007 Comments: complete ripoff of legit site, and has been spamming me.
Name: Patricia (celtmaidn) Date: June 19, 2007 Comments: The owners of Bux.to stole AdBux program, copying everything, and then possibly even the info of members of AdBux. Here is the warning posted at AdBux forum: "BUX.TO - The website found at http://bux.to is NOT affiliated with AdBux in any way. They copied everything from AdBux, word for word, page for page. The only thing done differently was their logo as well as the name. They blatantly stole our website and have infringed on our copyright. After a few exchanged e-mails, they are supposed to be changing the website layout and wording sometime this week. Regardless of their change, we URGE ALL ADBUX USERS to boycott this program because it's obviously BAD NEWS! Anybody who is cheap enough to copy a website and call it their own work should not be worthy of calling themselves a webmaster and automatically fail at administering any type of organized program. If they can steal a website, they can also steal your information, your money, SELL your e-mail address, etc. If you do join this program and use the same login info as your AdBux account, we cannot guarantee that your AdBux account will remain safe! All in all, stay away from bux.to!"
Name: Troy Pitcher Date: July 8, 2007 Comments: G'day, I would like to make a complaint about this site as i couldn't delete my account i politely emailed them requesting it to be removed. I was told no and to go read the TOS. There is/was nothing in the TOS about deleting accounts and i sent another email back saying i have read them and there is nothing there about account being deleted so i informed Debbie that if my account wasn't removed i would make a complaint and now my account has been suspended and not removed. This site is keeping my personal information like my home address and i am unsure why they wish to keep this information but IMHO its wrong. This site is very sus and i feel they are now steeling my information after i have requested for it to be removed. Cheers Troy
Name: Ryan Tomlinson Date: December 11, 2007 Comments: Despite only sending 3-11 emails to non-upgraded members, I have also tried to contact Debbie reguarding the payouts timing, she refuses to answer the email enquiries no matter how important it is. On top of that, quite a few of the link you get a red x. They claim it is an issue with the members computers.
Name: Sebastjan Novak Date: August 22, 2007 Comments: Bux.to is a ponzi scam, hundreds of people are waiting for delayed payments, some are waiting for more then 30 days, I waited for more then 20 days and then when I asked about it, my account was suspended. These SCAMMERS NEED TO GO DOWN!
Name: Georg Grey Date: September 19, 2007 Comments: After I reached pay-out level and they hadn't paid me after three weeks I sent them a mail asking what was up. They sent a mail back telling me that I was doing 'fraud activities´ and that they wouldn't pay me. I don't do frauds.
Name: Tammy Williams Date: September 19, 2007 Comments: This site is scamming honest members including myself. We waited and waited for payout, and then the TOS changed to 30 business days. As soon as the 30th business day was up for me to be paid, they denied payment. They say it's due to fraudulent activity. I only have 3 referrals and I haven't broken any rules in the TOS. There are a bunch of complaints in their forum about the same issue. Here's a link to the forum for proof of what I'm saying.
http://abux.info/index.php
Thanks
Tammy Williams
Name: sharon Date: September 20, 2007 Comments: Does bux.to ever pay anyone? I put in a cash out of $10 on 1 August 2007, terms said payout within 7 business days ....., later that month they changed it to 30 days .... then on 30 August I got an email saying that my payment was cancelled due to fraudulent activity! I have heard from others getting the same message on other forums. I dont think they want to pay us! Definately no fraudulent activity, I dont know what they mean by that. So I would say add to the Boycott list!
Name: maarie Date: September 20, 2007 Comments: I have been an honest member for months. i have recently been having problems getting them to pay me. first time i had to wait 10 days instead of the normal 7 days (then). now the tos say 30 days and i have waited 34 days. when i sendemails then refer me to the forum, when i go to the forum there is no support. only mods telling me to send an email.
yesterday someone complained about buying $1500 worth of referals, after which his account got banned. i informed him on the forum that it was possible for him to complan to paypal and maybe get his money back. 3 minutes later i got an email saying my payout was cancelled and my account deleted because i had been cheating. debbie says the forum is there to help people and i am not helping by telling the person about paypal regulations. i do not consider this cheating. i really hope you add this program to the watch list very soon
Name: Todd Date: October 1, 2007 Comments: This site scams people. It says they will get paid within 30 days but only pays a select few and cancels the other peoples payment for no reason.
Name: Dav7 Date: October 1, 2007 Comments: Doesn't pay for 2 months and don´t answer support e-mails
Name: john Date: October 1, 2007 Comments: These jerks claim that they don't spam members email addresses, yet they send "confirmation" emails for trying to sell referrals. They never respond to emails sent, they just send automated replies. They cancel payments for no reason, even for members with no referrals in their downline. The moderating team at their forum is absolutely clueless and have no answers for anything.
Name: Eddy Date: November 26, 2007 Comments: Requested payout on october 1st. Although they claim to pay within 30 workdays, I only got paid on november 26 after sending in a compaint ticket
Name: Amy Date: October 7, 2007 Comments: Debbie refuses to answer my messages and even if I get a respond, its an auto response. I've been waiting since the 14th of September and they refuse to pay me. I paid $89.95 *at the time* for premium membership to get priority on payments. Sure isn't happening! So many members are not being paid and now they are deleting the posts in the forum if someone posts something negative *like you aren't pay me! or I've wait 45 business days for a payment* .. they just delete those. Something needs to be done about this site!
Name: Laura Date: October 14, 2007 Comments: Not paying and cancelling memberships - just an absolute scam - this site should be reported to the on-line BBB!! Like many others I invested money and have yet to see a return!!
Name: hugo8 Date: October 22, 2007 Comments: After 30 business days they cancelled my payment and accused me of cheating. They also deleted my topic on their forum where were many other users with the same complaint.
Name: Joao CArvalho Date: January 11, 2008 Comments: After about 50 business days i got paid... They are very slow, but they paid me!!
Name: Tony Date: December 8, 2007 Comments: I made my second cashout request on AUGUST 26, yesterday was finally 30 working days. I was not paid, nor are they replying to support emails. They seem smarted then the typical scam, they have people believing they are giving money to charity. I think I can guess the name of their charity.....THEIR POCKET.
Name: Robert McDaniel Date: December 15, 2007 Comments: I am a premium member with over 300 in my downline. I requested payment on October 24th and am still waiting. I ask how they counted business days since there have been several US holidays since my request. Their response was "We pay at 30 business days (and lately more, because there've been more people cashing up it takes so much time to check each account) is approximately 2 months."
Name: Ryan Tomlinson Date: January 28, 2008 Comments: I paid for refferals on Jan 15th. I gave them the 2-5 working days to process the order. I started to contact them on Jan 17, 19, 21 and got no responses at all.. So, on Jan 27, I had no choice but to launch a complaint with Paypal to get my $16.99 which was paid to get 15 refferals. They seem to have the time to respond in the forum and refund your money when a complaint is put forward, but, do deliver the goods when paid. So, today, Jan 28th, I find my account is suspended with $9.01 in my account. They are paying some members and seems like scamming others. No wonder they are boycotted. [Update 2008-07-10:] Well, since my request for payment on March 18/08, I am yet to be paid and all contact enquiries are yet to be answered. But, yet, you see many people claiming that they have been paid $12,000+ within three weeks of request. This is bs.
Name: winlin Date: February 14, 2008 Comments: i wait for my payment more than 70 days and im not paid at the moment
Name: yvette Date: February 18, 2008 Comments: The referrals you buy there are not real. Maybe once a week bux.to adds several cents and pretends that the refs clicked some ads, but only the clicks of real refs (the one you provided yourself) are added in real time. So don't buy refs!
Name: Jonathan Date: February 23, 2008 Comments: these guys keep on changing their tos and making payment dates later and later and i think they're just a scam, and all they're doing is pushing money around from the people that buy referrals
Name: David Samson Date: March 13, 2008 Comments: They suspended my account as soon i paid them for a Premium Account. They never investigate, they never send me a email as it supose to be
Name: MIRA EDORA Date: March 18, 2008 Comments: Hello,
I do hope people will not go to bux.to website as it really SCAMMMM!!
On 9th march 2008, I bought membership which cost SGD51.25 and I paid another SGD85.50 for the premium package to buy 35 referrels.
However, on the 12th of March, I wrote emails informing the admin that I could not log in my account as it has been suspended. They said will do an investigation. AFter that I did not receive any emails from them eventhough I kept complaining them about my logging in problem. Only today, after one week, I
received their email saying that my account has been suspended due to TOS violation. The reasons that they gave me are very unacceptable as I only got the chance to surf the ads less than 20 only and I guess they just want to scam my money. Their reply is as follows:
Your account has been suspended due to TOS violation.
Violating TOS - Sending unsolicited mail to people, asking them to join Bux.to without any prior contact, spamming, multi accounts, using/promoting any unauthorized third party software or services used to "auto-click", "auto-surf", "ad-alert" Paypal payments issues including chargeback (our system automatically suspend the user as it assumes this transactions was fraudulent), requesting refs/upgrades that you did not pay for.
Name: venita Date: March 19, 2008 Comments: First, they took off paypal as an option (without notice!)- forcing me to either get an account at a different website, or to not only upgrade to a PREMIUM (expensive!) account, but to then wait until I have $75 to cash out using a card that they don't even have working yet!!
When I voiced my concerns, I was horrified by whomever was answering them. Somebody named Alex said,
"Since 01 Feb we publishe din our NEWS:
Paypal don´t want to work no more with PTC sites
Then we are working with alertpay"
WHAT on earth was that?? Poor grammer and typos, and not even any complete sentances??
I am never going back to that website. I wish I hadn't invested any money at it...
Name: Robert Legoo Date: April 3, 2008 Comments: I cashed out on December 5th, now its April 3rd and still nothing. I have been paid one time for $10.60, and it took almost 2 months to pass. Lots of BS success stories and BS payment stories,"Paid in 2 hours!!", "Bux.to paid for my trip to Korea!!" I invested $35 for a referral pack and they all stopped clicking at once....maybe they all went on vacation together??? When I reach my break even mark, I'm so done with them. Word to the wise, if it sounds too good to be true, it is.
Name: Goncas Augus Date: March 30, 2008 Comments: I click the links til makes 10$. I request on 3 Dec 2007 and still waiting for payment. Today its benn 3 weeks after TOS (84 days + 3 weeks). I'm wonder if it is a scam.
Name: Asad Date: April 1, 2008 Comments: Really Head Ache With This Site. Over 70 Days Of Requesting The Payout And No Payout Still...
Name: Hans Date: April 17, 2008 Comments: Not paid
Name: kevin Date: April 22, 2008 Comments: Been over 70 business days
Name: ilikedolove Date: April 22, 2008 Comments: I request on 15 Jan 2008 and Now still waiting for payment .
Name: Stefan Date: April 28, 2008 Comments: I've requested payment 3 months ago. Until today I didn't receive any money. Any honest site would pay within 90 days, wouldn't it?!?
Name: Lisa Floer Date: April 29, 2008 Comments: Same as everyone else. No payment sent. I requested it on 1/28/08, today is 4/29/08. Their Terms state 60 days. I am glad I follow your site because I stopped using it when you added them.
Name: Amit Date: May 3, 2008 Comments: i have requested payout on 5th of jan. till now i have not got my payout.
Name: Mike Date: May 8, 2008 Comments: They are becoming the most successful Ponzi scheme on the internet.
Also, if post in their forums complaining about the way time, you'll get a response like "You don't like it, then leave".
They are arrogant and cheaters.
They don't pay.
They are SCAM.
Never, I repeat: NEVER invest you money there unless you love to lose money.
Name: Matej Date: May 9, 2008 Comments: I agree with boycott. I asked for money 10 (!) month ago and I still have 0$ on my AP acc. When I asked, what´s happend they said "Your Payment request was paid" ... so make your opinion :/
Name: Kelly Date: May 12, 2008 Comments: Don't waster your time. They do not pay! Most of their clicks are from their 'members' who have been paid $1000's very quickly. My cash-out is a mere $10 and is 2 months past due according to their TOS. Their customer service says 'be patient'. What a rip-off.
Name: poingas Date: May 14, 2008 Comments: I have made my cashout at 20th January and I haven't been paid yet... Today is 15th May!!!! I'm loosing my hope...
Name: Meg Date: May 24, 2008 Comments: I requested my first $10 payout on December 11, 2007. I'm a standard member so there's a 60 day wait (excluding holidays AND weekends). Yet, I wasn't paid until May 15,2008! Do the math, WAY over 60 days!!
Name: DriveEtoYa Date: May 27, 2008 Comments: I wait for payment 2 Months almost.
I work Fairly.
Name: Debby Mullen Date: June 16, 2008 Comments: Tuesday 29 Jan 2008 08:10 PM $ 12.52 as of today I still wait for my pay. I have enough to cashout again but you can't submit another request or update a previous request. Screenshot:View Screenshot
Name: joinphp Date: May 31, 2008 Comments: I requested payement on Dec. 27th,2007, Today it's Juin 1st , and still not been paid yet!
For every time there's a big lie, For 2008 PTC's big lie is BUX.TO, as like many other sites( remember 4daily.com, 12daily.comand others...
For those who invested money at bux.to, You can wash your hands withr and hard soap.
Name: barbie Date: June 19, 2008 Comments: ive been waiting since mar. for $10.00. I think they only pay people who buy referrals.really disappointed in this site
Name: Sung Date: July 1, 2008 Comments: CANT WE JUST SUE THEM??? My request has been in audit for a week. It seems like at first they pay ppl, than slowly they stop paying members. with so little money they suspend anyone who questions their authority so they won't have to pay the people. I have made 22 dollars so far, but now I am very skeptical. I bought 35 refs, and currently very happy with everything, but soon I think I will believe I won't be able to ever see that money come to me. It is a very good scam paying certain percentage of their members who will be so happy and post their sucess stories to draw in more ppl while most members dont get paid and are suspended or blocked.
Name: Josh Date: June 28, 2008 Comments: http://bux.to is a worst liar. I requested for payment of $10 on Jan,15th-2008 but have not received a cent from them until today although i spent a lot of my time for it. Now I m having alot of referrals there and they sometime clicked a few ads, My balance there is $65+ but it is useless coz i can do nothing with it. Is is a very ridiculous thing that in their advertisement now blabbering to their members about members received some thousands, even >10 thousands from them. Perhaps they did pay that to their grandmothers!
Name: Slavko Metak Date: June 28, 2008 Comments: After 94 days waiting to get paid , im still waiting , i wont call them scam cuz they tell that we need "to cheak what is last date of payments " my freind request 1 november and got it before 10 days
Name: lissette rodriguez Date: July 1, 2008 Comments: i have had a payment request in since march 1st for $15 and still am waiting for payment.
Name: slyfer Date: July 7, 2008 Comments: The problem is not that they are not paying, but rather not hiring more people to handle payment procedure.
Name: renu Date: July 7, 2008 Comments: i have had a payment request in since april 1st for $15 and still am waiting for payment.
Name: Ahmed Refaat Date: July 7, 2008 Comments: i have also requested payment on October 2007 until now they don't done any thing they cheating us really
Name: Pamela Beuerlein Date: July 17, 2008 Comments: I made a request for $10 payment 6 months ago and have yet to be paid.
Name: BT Date: July 20, 2008 Comments: I just realized how Bux.to is able to sell so many referral packages.They reset the referrals at 300-400 clicks and then resell the referrals to other members.
I feel like they have been lying to their members and getting away with it fot over a year now.
Another concern is that they don't follow their terms of service and the fact that they don't pay their members on time.
To find out more about our boycott processes and to see our other boycotted programs, please visit our Boycott List page.
