Is Bux.to a scam?

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In this lens, we will discuss whether Bux.to / Buxto is a scam. I hope to get various opinions that will help me and others on the Net make decisions about this site.

Bux.to /Buxto is a PTC site that started their beta launch on June 12, 2007.

Their layout was almost identical to another PTC site, Adbux. This caused concern to some people, but others were just happy to use something that is familiar.

They grew quickly because, each Ad click is 1 cent and you earn 100% of your referrals earnings.

This is on their Welcome page:

" Welcome to Bux.to!
At Bux.to, you get paid to click on ads and visit websites. The process is easy! You simply click a link and view a website for 30 seconds to earn money. You can earn even more by referring friends. You'll get paid $0.01 for each website you personally view and $0.01 for each website your referrals view. Payment requests can be made every day and are processed through PayPal. The minimum payout is $10.00.

Earnings Example
» You click 10 ads per day = $0.10
» 20 referrals click 10 ads per day = $2.00
» Your daily earnings = $2.10
» Your weekly earnings = $14.70
» Your monthly earnings = $63.00

The above example is based only on 20 referrals and 10 daily clicks. Some days you will have more clicks available, some days you will have less. What if you had more referrals? What if there were more ads available?

Join now and receive a $0.05 Sign-up Bonus "



This is my experience with them in terms of receiving payments.

Oct 20 2007: I received my first payment of $10.01 after waiting for 30 business days.
Dec 30 2007: I received my second payment of $10.11. (requested on Oct 20 2007).
May 23 2008: I received my third payment of $102.84 (requested on Dec 30 2007).

Given that I have been waiting for my payment since May last year and also all the negative comments that I have received, it would be appropriate for me to warn people about this site.

Sites that Pay and Sites that Don't

PTC sites for sites that do pay.

PTC/PTR scam sites for sites that are scams.

Updates 

This is the link that you can check to find out where they are up to in terms of payments. buxto forum

Oct 25 2008: Lots of members have been complaining about Bux.to. There is an article that states that the owner of Bux.to as David John Withers. Read this for more details.

Sept 3 2008: Bux.to is ok now, but the implementation of the new script is delayed.

August 24 2008: Bux.to is down due to DOS attack. Bux.to

May 23 2008: I received my third payment today. Amazing!

May 9 2008: It seems that they are now paying those who requested at the beginning of Dec 2007. I requested my payment at Dec 30 2007. Another month of waiting ...

March 8 2008: Bux.to card is now only available to Premium members and no longer to Standard members as was originally announced. buxto forum

March 7 2008: They have just issued the Bux.to MasterCard which should help to speed up payments.

The people at the Bux.to forum are all excited about the Card, but I think that it would be wise to look at the fees.

Activation Fees: $9.95
Per Payment: $2.00
Monthly Fees: $3.00

and the minimum payout is $75.00

Also, if you have a pending payment then you would need for that to be paid before you can request the next payment.

April 6, 2008 - Database maintenance. (7th of April)

April 5, 2008 - Server update forum may not be accessible.

April 1, 2008 - Fast payment? There was a post in the forum that a member received payment 3 hours after request. Although, this may be good news to some but to others who have been waiting since December 2007, this seems highly unfair. buxto

Mar. 30, 2008 - Database maintenance tomorrow (31st of March). Website will be unavailable approximately from 7:00 to 9:00 am GMT

March 6 2008: Payment and account security

For large payment requests, bux.to will do a history check to make sure that legitimate person are being paid. If there is no cross-reference or payee address recently changed payment will be marked as "Sent" but not released. They will then try to establish contact with the member to confirm the payee address.

Please do NOT use the same passwords on other sites or email at Bux. Make a new seperate password dedicated for Bux and Bux's forum.

Feb. 21, 2008: Phishing Alert from Bux.to

Please watch for fake emails from buxtomarketing@yahoo.es or any other that look similar. It will say something is wrong with your account/payment and ask for your Bux password. We will never ask you for your password. All official emails we send are from @bux.to so please disregard all other email domains. You are responsible for your own account. Do NOT disclose your email on public forums including Bux forum.

Feb 17, 2008: Bux.to has been removed from the scam list of PTCTalk.

The admin of PTCTalk says that altough bux.to may take longer to pay they have been paying and so do not belong on the scam list ptctalk-bux.to

Feb 1, 2008: On the Bux.to news - Payments will be processed as usual today thereafter via AlertPay or Bux.to card which can be used worldwide.

Jan 23 2008: On the Bux.to news - Tomorrow the 24th of January at 3.00 am GMT we are moving to our new servers as recently announced. We will try to keep the downtime as short as possible.

Jan. 23, 2008: On the Bux.to news - Seems that PayPal changed their policy in doing business with PTC websites. We are just checking on other payment solutions. Business continues as usual. We will keep you posted.

Jan 19 2008: Do not use autoclickers with bux.to. Just as we do not want to be cheated, let us not cheat others. You will also be banned when you are caught.

Jan 10 2008: There are some new sites claiming to be affiliated with Bux.to. The following link lists the authentic bux.to sites https://truebux.com/

Jan 9 2008: Bux.to have started live support chats and there are some interesting updates at uronlinebiz. http://uronlinebiz.com/index2.htm


Jan 5 2008: The payout time has changed 30 business days for premium and 60 business days for standard members. I think that that is really a long time to wait to be paid.

Dec 30 2007: Bux.to did it again. Just when I thought that they have forgotten me, suddenly I got paid ;)

Dec 26 2007: I am still waiting for my payout. No Christmas present from them  :(

Dec 12, 2007: Bux.to has been added the boycott list of gptboycott. I have also been waiting for my payout since Oct 30 and I think that the 30 working days are up. There are some people being paid at the forum and I hope that my turn will be soon.

Nov 12, 2007: Bux.to received a rating of 10 from Uronlinebiz. .

Oct 20, 2007: Requested payout. I think that I should receive this within the 30 working days. I will keep you all informed.

Oct 16, 2007: According to uronlinebiz, Bux.to do not have anymore late payouts and they have a new support site - www.buxtosupport.com

Oct 10, 2007: Bux.to have now reached payout up to Sept 9. For members who are suspended Bux.to have a special thread in their forum for them to make enquiries.

Oct 10, 2007: You can now access Bux.to using the normal domain. Does this mean that Bux.to has won the "war" against Adbux? I am just glad that things are back to normal so that we can do our clicking.

Oct 08, 2007: I just read an interesting article from uronlinebiz.com, that due to an all out "war" between Adbux and Bux.to, the Bux.to site was shutdown. However, you can still access the bux.to site from here.

Oct 05, 2007: Surprise! I received my payment from Bux.to. So, is it a scam or not?

Sept. 24, 2007: Message on their site which would upset a lot of premium members.
"Due to an extraordinary high amount of new members joining daily our payment queue is continually growing. Because of this we need to change the term to 30 business days for standard and premium members. Premium members are usually getting paid faster since payments are handled with priority."

23 Sept 2007: Today is the day I am suppose to get paid after waiting 30 days but I am still waiting ...

21 Sept 2007: I received this email from the bux.to's admin
"Against all rumors let me tell you Bux.to is doing excellent. More than 10,000 new members joining daily.
Unlike AdBux and many other PTC websites we pay our members! Check http://bux.to/proof_of_payments.php for more information. Delays are may causing due to using a new checking algorithm."

Sites that Pay and Sites that are Scams

For a list of sites that pay:-

PTC sites that pay 

For a list of sites that are scams or latest news and warnings:-

PTC scam list

 

What is your opinion about Bux.to? 

All opinions will be posted except for those that are clearly spam.

Is Bux.to a scam?

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Yes, it is a scam

Littlebrook says:

Yes, I am certain Bux.to is scam.
It did not pay minimum and after changing minimum payment, did not pay.
It is on the blacklist, on my website.

Littlebrook

Posted July 03, 2009

GT2007 says:

Bux.to = SCAM
14 Months now and NOTHING but excuses is what I have received after investing over $600 of my own money. I have not received the first payment from Bux.to. As a Premium Member I expected to be paid in 30 Days according to the TOS that is constantly changing, and yet 14 MONTHS later and NOTHING but excuses. BUX.TO = SCAM

Posted June 24, 2009

bux.to is bull says:

the ppl on the left>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
probably work for bux.to dont believe bux till someone gets paid or has proof!!!

Posted June 19, 2009

powerspastime says:

I have put all my money into buying membership and purchased 135 referrals when I joined in July of 2008. Still waiting on 1st payment since August 1,2008 and all referrals quit. So yes they scammed me

Posted June 16, 2009

S says:

SCAM!! waiting for a year and a half other people that cashed out after me got "paid". ye right

Posted June 16, 2009

Scam finder says:

Yes, Bux.to is a scam site, bux.to is a fraud!

Posted June 14, 2009

a says:

Scam!

Posted June 08, 2009

Sean says:

It is probably a scam, but the least that could be said about it is... DAMN LONG TIME FOR PAYMENTS!

Posted May 21, 2009

Tatiana says:

i'm ukrainian girl, and i think that it's a scam. But i still work in bux.to
i hope that i will luckier than another people!!

Posted May 19, 2009

manoj says:

Yes, it is a scam: they had no problems in taking my money for upgrade as well for referrals. I asked for payout as premium member on 21st may 2008 and I am horrified to see how blatantly they are making 2nd even 4th payments over this time to other members [even standard ones] and NOT paying me. Next week even my premium upgrade will end. actually that will not make any difference because they ONLY make payments to their own people. This site is a large scale scam.

Posted May 16, 2009

No, it is not a scam

robsoab says:

maybe it's becoming a scam. i've been paid twice already, once under 24h and a second time after 2 weeks. i'm waiting for my 3rd and it's been a month already. maybe i'm lucky or maybe it's because i'm a premium member, but i still think it takes forever to get paid. i would have invested all my earnings but instead, i'm just waiting. if you're new to ptc don't chose bux.to, go to neobux like i will soon!

Posted July 03, 2009

antoniof says:

I receive my payment, just wait 2 months and bux.to pay me

Posted July 01, 2009

potheadsk8rchik says:

i got paid 10$ on my first cashout i waited for half a year. and now i requested my 90$ i suppose i have to wait another half a year for me to get that XD

Posted June 28, 2009

gouthamongola says:

i requested for a payout on feb last year and i got the payout after 8 months. (after all i got the payout.)

Posted June 21, 2009

david says:

theres probably not enough administrators to process all the payouts? is there just one admin?

Posted June 07, 2009

Patrick says:

No, It is not a scam but... I received my payment of 15.63 on 3 month! :-(.. NeoBux is better:: WwW.NeoBux.CoM

Posted June 01, 2009

Paul says:

I took this out of my History. I did do some reaserch because of all the people saying they didn't get paid and part of the problem was with Alert Pay and has been resolved. I am thrilled with them so far.

Amount Method Status
Thurs 07 May 2009 $50 AlertPay/Payment Sent
Fri 08 May 2009 $50 AlertPay/Payment Sent
Sun 10 May 2009 $100 AlertPay/Payment Sent
Mon 11 May 2009 $50 AlertPay/Payment Sent
Wed 13 May 2009 $100 AlertPay/Payment Sent
Thurs 21 May 2009 $500 AlertPay/Pending Audit

Posted May 26, 2009

George says:

Its Just too slow paying

Posted May 12, 2009

Iloveporn says:

It's not a scam I got over $100 and they gave it to me in like 4 weeks.

Posted May 09, 2009

Scam? I think not says:

If you read about what happened, they had a 'big backlog of payments'. Hence why you didn't get paid for ages.

Posted April 22, 2009

 
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Lensmaster

mafiaman wrote

does it always take that long, because i've only seen payments from more as a month???

Reply Posted July 07, 2009

Lensmaster

robsoab wrote

some people asked for some proof of payment. here are a few pics:
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/826/bux1.jpg
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/1275/bux2.jpg
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/3812/bux3p.jpg

just to say they do sometimes pay ;) but they do take for ever, so if ur new to ptc go to neobux

Reply Posted July 03, 2009

Lensmaster

Scammed bux.to PREMIUM! member since 2007 wrote

ONLY stupid doesn't understand this PONZI SCHEME!

TODAY...the day after the convinction of MADOFF, SPIDERPUSSY started to answering OLD posts, to make more stupid invest money here...

NOW the next one to fall is going to be BUX.TO team!!!

Long Live FBI and IC3.gov!!!

Reply Posted June 30, 2009

Lensmaster

Goutham Ongola wrote

Many of them said that Bux.to is a scam, but it is not. i have requested a payout on feb lase year i have waited for 6 months and i too started blaming bux.to. although they have given that they have some problem about payouts i did not believed them but after 2 months i got the payment.

Bux.to is not a Scam

Reply Posted June 21, 2009

Lensmaster

ezichek wrote

hi to everybody,i joined bux.to in march 2008,i request my first payout on 19 may 2008.
until now i didnt receive anything,so today i wrote to the dominica government,and i did a scam report to fbi cybercrime website,,i am really tired,,if i dont get paid in one month i want to find a national television channel interested on this story,,they owe me 13000$.
there are thousend of people in this situation.

Reply Posted June 14, 2009

Lensmaster

Wrds wrote

I tried this ages ago and spent a lot of money on it and my first requested payout was a bit more that $1000 and a year later still never got it....never got answers from support....fucking bullshit scam.

Reply Posted June 12, 2009

Lensmaster

read wrote

bux.to is scam but it pay some days for some people, i & and my friend register together by november 2007 i upgrad to premium & buy 150 referring i request for payment at 6 Feb 2008 19 $ still not payout to me, my friend buy only 35 & stay normal member request for payment at March 13$ he get it after half year then he request for payment still not payout

Reply Posted June 11, 2009

Lensmaster

Theana wrote

Hi paul, im still confused about your payments. You have earned $50 or more from bux.to within one or two days only. That's unbelievable! congrats!

Reply Posted May 27, 2009

Lensmaster

Theana wrote

I just want to ask those people who voted for no.. I really like to know if this site is a scam or not. Can you show us proof pls. Coz I think everyone can post their opinion here. The owners of the site can post here just to fool everyone.So I'm not really convinced but I really really want to know. Coz Im a member here and dont know if I will continue clicking. Thanks a lot! Hope we get proof of recent payment

Reply Posted May 26, 2009

Lensmaster

jag wrote

bux is a piece of shit

Reply Posted May 24, 2009

 
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