Thank Goodness For Gift Cards And Swagbucks!
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (168478)
Boise, Idaho
July 26, 2017 9:26pm CST
So tired of being hungry and tired due to no food.Too hot to haul a food basket home. I had cashed out on SBs back on Friday. I put it on a PayPal gift card. But, SBs said it would take 10-14 business days. Ugh!
I figured that with Murphy's Law and I being so close that I probably wouldn't get it on my PP account until after I got my pension on the 1st. Not really happy but such is life. Figured I'd save it for the end of August when the cupboards get bare again.
Well, today I got a pleasant surprise. I went and signed in on PP. Come to find out it had been put in my account. Yah! So I had my daughter go to the store and get us some food to see us through the next five days.
Thank you Swagbucks!
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24 responses
@sallypup (61709)
• Centralia, Washington
27 Jul 17
@celticeagle I generally make about 50.00 each month there and I am on that site too long too often to get that money.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
29 Jul 17
Don't they have a food pantry nearby where you can get some food to carry you over, it is awful to be without food and the means to get more. Are you not eligible for food stamps? I'm sorry I don't mean to be nosey I just thought we had better safety nets in this country. I know our town has several places where you can get food help.
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@celticeagle (168478)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Jul 17
Many. We utilize them nearly every month too. It has been too hot. You see my daughter takes her backpack and some plastic sacks to bring it home in. But it has just been too hot for her to do that. We are all on medications and the heat really affects us. It's been in the 90's with a few days in the triple digits. It tough to get around when you don't have transportation or people who will take you.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
29 Jul 17
@celticeagle Have you called your local senior center, here they offer transportation for shopping and doctors appointments etc.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
29 Jul 17
@celticeagle I don't know if you looked into this but if not, it might help.
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@andriaperry (117173)
• Anniston, Alabama
27 Jul 17
The little we earn online does come in handy! Glad you got your money and some food.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
28 Jul 17
so glad for you. i know what that is like. especially if you can't just go fry up some bread or cook some beans like i could before i got disabled. now the first of the month is roughest for us cause thats when daughter has to put all her check in on rent and most what i have left goes in on rent. i get paid mid month and back when i was paid the first i never thought the day would come i would be wishing and waiting for the middle. sometimes it seems like you are just wishing your life away only to eat these days
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@celticeagle (168478)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Jul 17
@bunnybon7 .....With my hip I can't go up and down the stairs to the kitchen. So I have my daughter bringing me things. If she is manic she takes forever and forgets. So I am in pretty much the same boat as you are. I have some snacks up here but hate to eat sugary stuff early before breakfast or dinner. It does get old. And I have the same account issues you do too. That's why I was so jazzed when I was to get that gift card into my PP account earlier than I had expected to.
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@celticeagle (168478)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Jul 17
That's for sure. No matter how much we seem to buy groceries are usually gone about 10-14 days before we get paid on the 1st. In those many days my daughter usually goes to get a food basic at the one of the places here close. But it has been so hot she hasn't wanted to this month. So, we pretty much starve unless I can come up with a way to bring a few bucks into the household. It really gets old. I go from having breakfast and dinner and then a snack late in the evening to maybe some rice.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
29 Jul 17
@celticeagle there was a time i could really stretch things when i was able to cook. but now it is so much harder. daughter cooks some but she works so much that lots of days it is toast here and hopefully a can of something in the microwave. often i end up worrying i will have nothing in my account to survive till paid. when i do have energy seems nothing is there i can cook
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
27 Jul 17
I'm glad you got some food! =)
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@celticeagle (168478)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Jul 17
Glad they do. Wouldn't do me much good if it came later.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
27 Jul 17
@celticeagle I'm glad they came through in time for you...
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@Tampa_girl7 (50565)
• United States
28 Jul 17
They are good to pay pretty quickly
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@celticeagle (168478)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Jul 17
It was my first experience using this new gift card so I wasn't sure. Sure glad it did though.
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@celticeagle (168478)
• Boise, Idaho
28 Jul 17
@sishy7 ......I have now experienced this and will know in the future.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
28 Jul 17
@celticeagle I have only cashed out on either a PayPal or iTunes gift cards and both types always came through within a few days for me...
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@LindaCPearson (2240)
• United States
1 Aug 17
That definitely was a pleasant surprise! I'm so glad you were able to get some food.
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@syeow1 (5136)
• India
4 Aug 17
@celticeagle may be depends upon luck and !money
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@celticeagle (168478)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Jul 17
It is nice to have something in the house now.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
4 Aug 17
Yay glad your funds were released 
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@STOUTjodee (3573)
• United States
3 Aug 17
Oh, so glad things worked out for you!! SBs has a PayPal gift card now? I just cashed out for an Amazon card, nice to know they have PP gift cards now.
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@celticeagle (168478)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Aug 17
They've had them quite a while. Nice to get that account up there a bit.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
27 Jul 17
It should go in instantly. No need for two weeks, that's silly.Glad you can buy some food now.
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@celticeagle (168478)
• Boise, Idaho
27 Jul 17
Should but never does. Takes several days.
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@thislittlepennyearns (62947)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
27 Jul 17
My swagbucks have paid for many a grocery trip as well.
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