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Boomertowne review – proceed with caution

Boomertowne review – proceed with caution

I’ve reviewed Boomertowne in the past, and talked about how it used to be a legitimate place to earn gift cards.  Even after June 1, when they made some changes, I still thought they were pretty good.  Now I would like to change my opinion. They currently owe my husband and I over $500 in gift cards, and nothing has been sent for orders placed after May 9.  Apparently communications are starting to break down (checking the Discussion Forums on the Boomertowne web site is one indication).  There are reports that some people have gotten a gift card here...

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The Money Case

If you’re looking for a free tool to help you at your first attempt at making a budget, I would recommend taking some time to check out The Money Case.  After taking a couple of minutes to put your initial information in, you are given a breakdown of your budget by percentages.  After taking the time to input your actual expenditures, you are able to compare them to your budget.  Good stuff! This software is very visual, with graphs that make it easy to see where your money is going.  I currently use Microsoft Money, and most of the...

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Thoughts on Boomertowne changes

**UPDATE:  I no longer recommend Boomertowne – they have not cashed in on gift cards since the early part of May, and are not communicating with their users.  Please see this post for more information. At the end of January, I wrote a brief review about a site called Boomertowne.  I still visit this site daily, but a couple of things have changed since that post, so I thought I would write an update. What has changed? 1.  An individual can earn up to 1500 points a day.  Depending on how focused I am, this can take me anywhere...

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Boomertowne review

**UPDATE: Boomertowne is dead.  They did not cash in any gift cards since the early part of May 2008, and stopped communicating with their users.  Please see this post for more information. Boomertowne.com is one of the few legitimate sites that I have found that really gives an opportunity to make money (in the form of gift cards). Here’s a breakdown of the site: You earn points for participating in the Boomertowne community. You can participate via chat rooms, forums, making a profile, playing games, and rating quotes or jokes (just to name a few). You can earn up...

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