… for me anyways. After much thought (well, not today, of course), I’ve decided to hang it up with Winzy, unless I win something besides points before the end of the month. I’ll try to hang in through January and see what happens.

I started earning Winzy points on June 3, 2006 ~ not actively at first. My highest point month was 235,314 and my lowest 398 Winzy points entered into the monthly sweepstakes. It doesn’t take alot of effort, but what it does take just doesn’t even seem worth it anymore. I’ve only won three prizes ~a total of $20 in Amazon gift certificates~ since starting.

There was a time that Online-Sweepstakes let us use Winzy buttons in our signatures ~and they were really adding up~, but that time has regretfully ~unfortunately~ passed. I was a bit disappointed and angry about it for a time. Every view of every post counted and I tried to make relevant posts. There are always those who ruin things for everyone though … posting blather to earn points.

I feel very lucky to have 18 friends signed up and I hate letting them down. On the other hand, I’m tired of going through the hassle of trying to earn a few piddly points … the maximum searches per day; promoting Winzy through email, blog, forums, and MySpace. It’s not amounting to much anymore ~ I’m at just over 10,000 points today.

I think after all, that the amount of time spent with Winzy ~no matter how small~ will be better spent elsewhere. I believe other Winzy folks are starting to feel the same way.

The big question is whether I want to switch to a top-notch search engine ~ or look for another reward system. Blingo has never been much better for me than Winzy :(