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Some news
Hi All…
We just wanted to let you know that we may be absent from the WLSB blog for a few days. We have suffered a loss which has the whole of our hearts and minds occupied.
Check below this post for recent additions. We’ll still be posting code hints when we can, and we will return soon.
-WLSB
11 comments February 11, 2010
A bit absent…
Hi All…
Sorry we’ve been a bit absent the last few days. We’ve experienced a medical emergency which has our attentions focussed elsewhere.
We’re keeping you posted as best we can. Thanks for your patience.
3 comments November 19, 2009
New Amazon GC (and other prize) Limit
Hi All…
Today Swag Bucks announced a redemption limit which effects all prizes in the Swag Store. From now on we will be limited to redeeming a maximum of five of any one prize in any one calendar month.
This means that if you are used to getting a ton of $5 Amazon Gift Cards (like we are) you will now be limited to $25 worth per month.
As our name states, We Love Swag Bucks, but we have NO Love for this new limit.
What this means is that you used to be limited to $300 worth of $5 cards per month (maximum of 2 cards per day times an average of 30 days in a month) and now you are limited to $25 worth of $5 cards per month. That is a reduction of over 90%.
So what are our options?
There are $25 and $50 Amazon Gift Cards in the Swag Store, but they cost 315 and 590 Swag Bucks respectively. If you do some figurin’ you can see that these are much more expensive, in terms of Swag Bucks, than the $5 cards.
| Denomination | SB Cost | SB per $ |
| $5 | 45 SB | 9 SB/$ |
| $25 | 315 SB | 12.6 SB/$ |
| $50 | 590 SB | 11.8 SB/$ |
Under the old limit of 2 cards per day you could theoretically get 60 cards in an average month. At 45 SB per card that would give you $300 of Amazon cards for the cost of 2700 Swag Bucks.
Now with the current limits and prices, judging by the table above, your cheapest option to get the same amount of Amazon cards would be:
5 $5 cards (45 SB x 5 = 225 SB)
5 $50 cards (590 SB x 5 = 2950 SB)
1 $25 card (315 SB)
for a total of 3490 Swag Bucks. That’s a 30% hike in Swag Price, or put simply, you would need to earn an extra 790 Swag Bucks. That’s a lot of Swag Bucks! (In fact, under the old system 790 Swag Bucks could get you $85 in Amazon cards!)
Now, we don’t want to sound ungrateful. Swag Bucks is, and has always been, awesome. We’re not looking a gift horse in the mouth. We want Swag Bucks to be around forever and we realize that changes sometimes need to be made. We can certainly understand placing a limit on physical prizes that cost money just to store.
What we’re hoping is that the Swag Bucks Team will continue the precedent they have created in being good to, and listening to, the community that helped make them what they are today.
Please Swag Bucks, don’t limit the number of electronic prizes per month, or adjust the prices of the higher denomination cards so that they are at least close to the cost of multiple smaller denomination cards.
If you have something to say about this change and would like to let Swag Bucks know, visit the following discussion thread on the Swag Bucks Facebook page and voice your concerns:
►New Amazon Gift Card Limit Discussion◄
Also, you may want to write to the Swag Bucks team at support@swagbucks.com or The Swag Guy at theswagguy@swagbucks.com and let them know that you’d “like it very much if they didn’t limit the number of electronic prizes per month, or if they would adjust the prices of the higher denomination cards so that they are at least close to the cost of multiple smaller denomination cards.”
Be polite, be honest, and tell them that you love Swag Bucks. 
4 comments November 6, 2009
The New Swag Bucks Toolbar is here!
Hi All,
The new Swag Bucks Toolbar has been released and is ready for downloading this morning, and wow what a toolbar it is!
Not only does it allow you to search from an easy always-available search box, it also brings all the important Swag Bucks links into one central and easy to access location.
From the new toolbar you can access the following:
- Swag Bucks search
- Your current Swag Bucks tally with a link to your account page
- Messages (and Swag Codes!) from the Swag Guy
- Ways To Earn
- Search
- Shop
- Trade in
- Invite Friends
- Promote Banners
- The Swidget
- Prizes
- The complete prize category list
- Swag Bucks News
- Swag Bucks Blog RSS feed showing the 10 most recent posts
- Swag Bucks Twitter RSS feed showing the 10 most recent posts
- Swag Bucks Social Media links
- Flickr
- YouTube
- More…
- Do’s and Dont’s
- FAQ
- How it Works
- Mega Swag Bucks
- More Search & Win sites
- Polls
- Swag Codes
- Swag Bucks Superstars
- Winners Board
- Winning Tips
In addition to all these quick links you have the ability to add local weather forcasts, an online radio player, Microsoft Office tools, an email notifier, plus a whole host of gadgets!
You can completely customize the toolbar to include whichever components you like and to exclude any you don’t find useful.
The icing on the cake is that it works in all three major browsers!
So run, don’t walk, over to the Swag Bucks homepage and install the new Swag Bucks toolbar. If history has told us anything about Swag Bucks you can count on there being a Swag Code on this new toolbar today.
Get it, or regret it.
9 comments September 1, 2009
Missed today’s code (sorry) but the WeLoveSwagBOT caught it!
Hi All…
We’re sorry to say we missed a code today. 
The good news is that the WeLoveSwagBOT caught it.
The WeLoveSwagBOT is a little fellow who hangs around reading every Swag Bucks Blog post, Twitter tweet, and Facebook message in the hopes of finding clues to those elusive and fleeting Swag Codes. When he does come across something that looks Swag Codely, he tweets the url in his own WeLoveSwagBot Twitter feed.
If you haven’t signed up for twitter you really ought to. In addition to the WeLoveSwagBot Twitter feed you can also get notified the latest WLSB code and hint alerts on the WLSB Twitter feed, and of course, keep up to the minute with Swag Bucks news on the official Swag Bucks twitter feed.
Refuse to cave and join twitter? Okay, we won’t push it. But be sure to check out our side bar (over there on the right). Down a little ways, right under the Feeds you will see a heading for the WLSB Twitter feed then the WLSBot Twitter feed. Each of these areas contains the three most recent tweets from WLSB and the WLSBot respectively. The heading of each is a direct link to the respective Twitter pages, and you don’t need to be a Twitter member to view the complete list of tweets.
So start following the WLSBot on Twitter. Start now! You’ll be glad you did!
If the WLSBot helped you get today’s code please let us know!
2 comments August 8, 2009
Get a WLSB banner
Hi All…
Love WLSB? Want to let folks know about WLSB? Now you can add a WLSB banner to your blog, homepage, or social networking site. Simply copy the code below to your page and you’ll have your own link directly to We-Love-Swag-Bucks.com!
Thanks to Adam who is a tireless aid to thousands of questioning Swaggernauts and suggested we make a banner. Check out his informative blog here:
►http://tattooastronomy.blogspot.com/◄
Keep spreading the love!
Add comment July 28, 2009
Missed a late night code, but the WeLoveSwagBOT caught it.
Hi All…
We’re sorry to say we missed a code last night. 
The good news is that the WeLoveSwagBOT caught it
If you aren’t following the WLSBot on Twitter, start now! You’ll be glad you did!
If the WLSBot helped you get the code please let us know!
Add comment July 28, 2009
Twitter Tuesday Phrase that Pays
Hi All…
Just a reminder that it’s Tuesday and that means another chance to win 50 Swag Bucks in the Twitter Tuesday Phrase that Pays. Use the phrase in context in your tweets and you are instantly eligible. Make sure you use the @SwagBucks in your tweet so that the good folks at Swag Bucks will be sure to see it.
This weeks phrase is Swagship as in “These are the voyages of the Swagship Enterprise.“
Good luck!
And for those of you who haven’t signed up for Swag Bucks yet, click here to start.
1 comment July 28, 2009
Heads up for a Swag Code
Hi All…
The Swag Bucks team has published a heads up for an upcoming Swag Code worth 3 Swag Bucks! There will be a code announced on the Swag Bucks MySpace bulletins at 11 am PDT today. That’s EXPIRED .
The trick is, you need to be a MySpace member, and Swag Bucks’ friend in order to read the bulletins. If you haven’t already, get on MySpace and add Swag Bucks. See you on MySpace.
And here’s the link to the official Swag Bucks MySpace page:
► http://www.myspace.com/swagbucksofficial ◄
2 comments July 23, 2009
Twitter Tuesday Phrase that Pays
Hi All…
Just a reminder that it’s Tuesday and that means another chance to win 50 Swag Bucks in the Twitter Tuesday Phrase that Pays. Use the phrase in context in your tweets and you are instantly eligible. Make sure you use the @SwagBucks in your tweet so that the good folks at Swag Bucks will be sure to see it.
This weeks phrase is Swaggywood as in “Swaggywood is a place where they’ll pay you 1000 Swag Bucks for a kiss and fifty Swag Bucks for your soul. – Marilyn Monroe (sort of 
)“
Good luck!
And for those of you who haven’t signed up for Swag Bucks yet, click here to start.
Add comment July 21, 2009
