PTC - the cold hard facts.. I finally see them....

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So I have been dwindling in the PTC arena for some time now. Down from 50 sites over the past 2 years to 5 and one of those is on its way out once I reach cash out of $20... been working on that one for 2 years now and the site admin won't let me slide and cash out at $17 and then delete my account..however that is another story for another time. But I have 3 that are good payers. Cash out is $10. They have a bunch a day. I thought it was great.....until I literally looked at the proof that had been right there all along, I just didn't bother to do the math. And I have been singing the praises of these 3 sites and still dont' have any referrals so this is all on my own clicks. It costs me $10 a year for the upgrade on two of them. But they have lots of one- centers. I thot it was "worth it". I just reviewed my payment history for the past 2 years - 2008 and 2009. The cold hard facts say.... I pay $10 a year for upgrade on the first one.. I earn that back in the first 6 months of the year. THe next 6 months I earn another $10. Bottom line..I only make $10 a year for all that clicking! The other site, I pay $10 for the upgrade, cash out is $20 minus $3 for check processing.. so I earn $17 the first 6 months, use $10 of that for the upgrade each year and earn $10 the rest of the year.. or $17 a year. The last site..I don't have an upgrade and their cash out was weird, but now...$10. I looked there and I cashed out at odd times, but for a total of $12. So.. for all this clicking for a year... I earn $30 a year. Is it really worth it? I just have to ask... is it? Granted I do other things while they run out if they aren't anything I am interested in, but the headaches of it all just to do that over $30 a year? I have one more than I cash out for a buck a month, but that one is so quick and easy and she pays perfectly and all.. and I think a buck a month..at least I see something each month while I get $12 a year! And I have a few referrals that help me get that. What about you? Would you continue to click for this? I know $30 is better than nothing, I know it isn't costing me anything to do it, but still.. am I worth more than that? I don't like to leave the balance in and cash out once a year.. what if they go under and I loose it all? But cashing out at $10 and keeping track if I get it.. I dont' know.. maybe I am just in one of those moods, but it just really hit me hard, that that is all I am making...and it is costing me $20 to make that! Granted not $20 out of my pocket, but still..... What do you think?