Thinkbux a site to avoid

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I have been a member of many PTC sites but only a few of the "bux" sites that have become very popular. The first one kept upping the payout so people wouldn't get paid and I avoided them afterwards but then I thought well I'll give another one a try. I joined Thinkbux, I read through the terms of service and the FAQ page before doing so. When I joined it stated on those along with the home page that they payout via Paypal and AlertPay. Just so everyone knows I will not join if it's AlertPay only because AlertPay costs to transfer money to my bank where as Payapl doesn't. Why should I lose money if I don't have to. Also when I joined the amount needed to reach was only $2. Just before I reached that amount they upped it to $5. I figured ok I'll keep going and see what happens. I finally reached the $5 mark and went to cash out. I couldn't. The only way I could cash out via Paypal is if I bought a premium account. I double checked the current news, the terms of service and the FAQ page, there is nothing on there about this. I wrote to them and told them this. That by what I signed up for I should be able to use Paypal. After several letters they finally admitted they needed to update the TOS and the FAQ page but basically unless I wanted to pay for the privileged I couldn't use Paypal. I wrote back letting them know that what they are doing is called "Bait and Switch", which is an illegal practice in most countries that I know of. That is where you offer one thing and then turn around and say that to get that you actually have to pay more or get something of lesser value then what was promised. Their response: "Listen, i dont have time to argue with you. If you don't like our service then please stop continuing here on ThinkBux but if you still want to be with us i suggest you upgrade and cashout via paypal. if not cashout via alertpay. its not like we're not going to give you the money." (this is a direct copy from their response) Now why should I think they will pay me since they have already shown a preference for fraudulent activity? I would recommend others to avoid them. Now they might be willing to pay but I personally wouldn't trust them for long.