Trocamania - is it a con? (trocamania.com)

Member Name: jglennie

Product:	trocamania.com
Date:	24/01/01 (24 review reads)
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Advantages: Plenty of opportunities to gain Trocas (but is it a con)

Disadvantages: Suspicious it may be a con!

Before I tell you why I have an inclination that this site is a con, I'll explain what the site is all about.

Unlike some other loyality scheme sites on the net, trocamania seems to have plenty of opportunities to gain rewards: -

You can earn "trocass' by -

- Surfing websites, by clicking on links and visiting them; you can visit the same site each month once and get trocas each time - normally you'll earn 1 - 5 trocas depending on which site you visit.

- Answering short questions called troca questions, a new one every few days - great thing about this is if you havent visited in a while you can still answer the questions you missed and still get points for it. You get 5 points for answering the current question and 2 points for each question you've missed.

- Referring friends to the site

- Purchasing/signing up for items/offers on the net

- There's also a survey section which hasnt become operational yet.

You can redeem the trocias earned on gifts/vouchers etc picked from tons of companies.

Okay, now to my doubts... after gaining enough trocas for a 10USD Amazon gift voucher (800 trocas) - this option disappeared within days and I now have to save enough trocas for a 50USD voucher! Coincidence? Hmm

In addition to this, I no longer have the option to answer the Troca questions - there is no option to do so under 'earn' anymore, meaning I will find it very difficult to gain trocas unless I purchase items from sites!

I am very suspicious indeed about this and it would be interesting to know if this has happened to anyone else!

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