OK, so by now I am sure that most of you have gotten emails from and perhaps even joined a paid to read email program. After going through alot of these companies thinking I could at least make enough per year for a Christmas present or 2, I was astonished to find out that alot of these companies, in my opinion and experience, are either scams or a waste of time. I would appreciate if anyone who has had any success with these programs to please let me and my readers know, as maybe we are doing something wrong.
I recently just canceled my membership with Inbox Dollars. I originally signed up in October 2005 and when I canceled my membership this week I had a balance of $13.34. I bought a $17 Gold Membership as soon as my account reached that amount as at that time we were able to use our earned money to purchase it. Lets just say that turned out to be a bad move. It still took me over a year to get the required $30 to request payment.  Prior to that however I did use a $10 credit to purchase 10000 banners for johnnynfl's healthy coffee . So lets see, before I canceled my membership this week I made a total of $70.34, and that was with a GOLD MEMBERSHIP AND 41 REFERRALS! That means I made a whopping $2.42 per month or about 8 cents a day!(and my first $27.00 even went right back to them). Sorry people but I think my info alone is worth more than 8 cents a day, so rather than waste my time reading any more emails than I have to I decided to just cancel my account and move on. Just so you know I did talk to Inbox Dollars about my disappoint with their Gold Membership and I was informed to "just wait, as soon as your referrals start requesting payments you'll be getting $5 bonuses for all of them". Well, I waited and waited and thought to myself,even if they were all to request payment at the same time, thats still only $205......in two and a half years. Thus my launching of my new blog and website is happening just in time, as I know I will do better than that! Anyway, I do have to say I cannot say anything bad about their support.  They at least respond to your questions and can give you logical answers, and I had no problem cashing their check. Not as much can be said for a few of these other paid to read email companies however.
 Soon after I joined Inbox Dollars I also signed up with Snap Dollars. Lets just say their customer service was horrible and the company turned out to be less than reputable. You can read all about my experiences with Snap Dollars on scam.com, http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=22975&highlight=Snap+Dollars
ripoffreport, http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/235/RipOff0235375.htm    and for my battle with Sean the owner go to doshdosh.com,  http://www.doshdosh.com/get-paid-to-complete-offers-snapdollars-review/  . I also believe I have posts on there about WOW earnings,Send Earnings, and a few other paid to read email programs whom I can't even remember their names. The thing with most of these companies is no. 1, their customer service sucks. They usually have some support link and when you post your problem your lucky to get a reply within 2 weeks. I have also experienced the fact that these companies will not actually pay you when you get to your required payout, or the checks will not be good when they do pay you. I have also read posts about people who have signed up for some of the programs offered through some of these sites and had major problems trying to cancel money being debited from their accounts each month from some of these services. So I guess what I am trying to say is in the future I am staying away from these paid to read email programs. I hope this helps give a little insight to you paid to read email-ers and if you have had a better experience I would love to hear it. Good luck to you all and see you soon with another blog entry that hopefully can answer some questions for some people.
Football fans read on.

RULE CHANGES

John Clayton, of ESPN.com, reports the five-yard face mask penalty was eliminated Wednesday, April 2. Now, only the serious face mask will be called and will be assessed as a 15-yard penalty. The major foul will involve twisting or grabbing the face mask.

John Clayton, of ESPN.com, reports the proposal to review field goals was approved Wednesday, April 2. Certain field goals can now be reviewed by instant replay, including kicks that bounce off the uprights.

 John Clayton, of ESPN.com, reports the proposal to eliminate force-out decisions on pass completions near the sidelines was approved Wednesday, April 2. With the rule change, officials will only have to decide whether a receiver landed in bounds or not.

John Clayton, of ESPN.com, reports a direct snap from the center that goes backward will now be treated as a fumble. Previously, a direct snap from the center was ruled as a false start.

John Clayton, of ESPN.com, reports NFL coaches can now defer a decision on the opening coin toss. Previously, the winner of the coin toss could only choose to receive or kick off. 

PROPOSAL REJECTED

John Clayton, of ESPN.com, reports the Competition Committee shelved the proposal of changing the NFL playoff seeding by giving wild-card teams the chance to host playoff games.