Date Boycotted: 11-03-2008 URL: http://www.strongptr.com Admin Comments: StrongPTR was originally boycotted on 03-26-2007. The site went down and so was removed from our Boycott List on 10-20-2007. The site reappeared, and so it is boycotted once again as of 11-03-2008.
StrongPTR is a paid e-mail site purporting to have, at the time of writing, over 23,000 members. It appears to offer a generous referral program structure, including four referral levels and a ten cent bonus for each direct referral gained. However, the site's main appeal lies in its promised payment amounts, offering a "$10 signup bonus" and all e-mails worth between 5 and 20 cents. This is topped by an "easy to reach" $150 payout amount (screenshot).
The site also promises to make payouts "within 48 hours". It is clear from the complaints below that members of the site are not receiving payments at all, let alone within two days. The site is therefore boycotted on the grounds that it is breaching its terms of service as regards the timing of payments, and that it is not paying its members at all.
It is clear that StrongPTR is an unsustainable site with no hope of paying its members. It should be obvious to members and advertisers that a site offering to send a 20 cent e-mail to over 23,000 members can not afford to sell such an ad for $8 (screenshot). Offering a $10 sign-up bonus to over 23,000 members can not be the basis of a sustainable business. GPTBoycott would strongly urge all its visitors to think about such matters before wasting time on a program such as this one, and to consider leaving all such unsustainable programs - it is highly unlikely that you will ever get paid.
For the reasons above, and the complaints listed below, StrongPTR has been boycotted!
Name: Natashia Date: November 4, 2006 Comments: I reached the minimum payout of $150.00 for the free members payout and there site says that they pay within 48 hrs. I never got paid. I cashed out of the site on October 23 2006 and to this day(November 4th 2006) have not been paid.
Name: Roy Taylor Date: July 31, 2006 Comments: they dont pay withing 48 hrs as stated they also dont answer emails when asked about this.this is for $150 payout.they say 5,10,15 and 20 cent emails all I ever got were 5 cent emails and then it took forever to get to 150 then they dont pay
Name: George Voglesong Date: December 15, 2005 Comments: They will not pay nor will they answer the emails that I have sent to them. Requested payout on 12/7/05. They are suspose to pay in 48 hours. Have not heard a word from them.
Name: Helen Voglesong Date: December 25, 2005 Comments: They do not pay you in 48 hours like they say and they do not answer your email. I joined them when they first opened and reached my payout a couple of weeks ago and requested payment. They have not paid me and I have emailed them twice and have not heard from them. I would not recommand them to anyone else.
Name: Tony Kleintank Date: April 17, 2006 Comments: Hi I have been with strongptr for more than 6 months and redeemed for $70.00 5000x5cents which I never received and when I e-mailed them I never received a reply on my questions. all up I have lost $96.00usd in reading e-mails and I'm not very happy about it.
Name: Betty Hoffner Date: May 2, 2006 Comments: They will not let me back into my account and won't stop the e-mails and will not answer my request for help. The paseword they gave me does not work and I have lost a lot of money that was built up on my account.
Name: Petya Stancheva Date: August 10, 2006 Comments: no payout at all
no replies to the emails
Name: Geri Wiltfong Date: August 16, 2006 Comments: I requested a cash out, never heard anything back from them. I have since sent 5 more emails asking why I haven't heard anything with no reply.
Name: R.Narasimhan Date: April 29, 2007 Comments: The above are samples and if things go this way there may be no GPTR. Suggest that in place of the kid glove treatment as of now prosecution is undertaken as the sites get the ad reveues.
Name: Vicky Travers Date: August 27, 2006 Comments: They haven't paid me neither, they said they would contact me 2 days ago, but still nothing in my account. Another scam, to add to my list.
Name: mary s kenny Date: September 5, 2006 Comments: will not pay me 150 dollars
that is owed to me i worked hard to reach there 150 dollar
payout they say they will pay in 48 hours they dont
Name: natalie Date: October 2, 2006 Comments: payments asked 1 on 28/8/206 admin do not replay to emails,also still sending emails,Terms Of Service--Payments will be made within 48 hours or a reasonable time after.(still no payment)
Name: Ingela Edel Date: October 3, 2006 Comments: They promise payment within 48 hour. I asked for payment the 13 of september and they have not paid me yet. I sent a e-mail and asked them why they have not answered me.
Name: mona Date: December 5, 2006 Comments: requested payout over two months ago. received nothing. In addition I get no response to my emails. sent one asking when I could expect my payment, and one asking them to reply to my emails. heard nothing from them
Name: C. Schenkel Date: December 9, 2006 Comments: This site promises payout after 48 hours. (After your payment request is made and your account is in good-standing we will issue payment to you within 48 hours.)Asked for payout on November 22th. My account is debited (see below) but nothing received.
Cash Debits
Free/Bronze Members Cashout $150.0000
Total Cash Debits:
$ 150.0000
Name: Robin Lynn Date: December 17, 2006 Comments: Another non-paying site for which I've contacted a half dozen times to no avail! You work for MONTHS to get the payout, and then when it comes, you get nothing!
Name: Angie Date: December 18, 2006 Comments: They claim to make payout within 48 hours of request. I requested payout on 12/13/06 and after 48 hours sent a message asking about it. I have sent a total of 4 messages and have not gotten a response
Name: Madeline Bergey Date: February 11, 2007 Comments: I requested payment 2 times both in the amounts of 150.00 each and no payment
Name: Melinda Morris Date: March 3, 2007 Comments: I have requested payout and written several times and have never received a payout or a response from this site. You follow their TOS and never receive anything at all.
Name: Peter Date: April 2, 2007 Comments: Requested payout and asked in emails.
No payout! No Response!
Name: sandy Date: July 23, 2007 Comments: Reached payout, after a long time. Never received a penny, nor an answer to many emails
Name: mary garrett Date: July 31, 2007 Comments: I clicked every link they sent so i could earn money for christmas last year and when i reached $150 they took my money from my account and never sent it to me, i have written many times and they do not have the courtesy to reply to my contacts. I have not unxubscribed from the ptc hoping they would pay me i click 1 or 2 a week to stay active so they cannot close my account like they want to do.
Name: Kelly M Jackson Date: August 24, 2007 Comments: Web site is a scam. Do not pay anything to this site not even attention. It is a scam
Name: Carolyn Douglas Date: March 12, 2008 Comments: never paid,won't answer your emails,it's a scam
Name: Jeroen Date: March 26, 2008 Comments: never paid,won't answer your emails. Please cancel your account!!!!!
Name: Jason Ott Date: April 4, 2008 Comments: I never got paid here and tried to cash out 3 times!!!!!!
Name: ricky Date: April 6, 2008 Comments: thise site waste my time it took me fover to reach $150
and they never pay me this sites should be taking off for the internet
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