I go to several webpages where you earn points to earn Gift Certificates or Money. You earn points by clicking on banner ads, doing surveys, answering trivia question, you can also get points by shopping or signing up at various websites. By doing these point sites I was able to give everyone on my Christmas shopping list gift certificates to their favorite stores and I think I only spent about $20 in cash for actual gifts for Christmas in 2000. Was a stress free way of doing Christmas shopping :)
Memolink The site is geared towards College Students but you don't have to be a student to join the site. They usually have a trivia question each day.
Freeride is the first point program I joined. I have gotten Gift Certificates from Olive Garden, Tower Records, Bath & Body Works to name just a few. They have changed the site but you can still get points by doing searches, and signups. My referral is lharvill1.
NetFlip this site is a search engine and you earn money. I received my frist check from them In October 2000. What you do is you do a search for say Travel and up pops a page of sites related to travel and they have amounts next to them they go in amounts of 1 cent to 5 cents (I know that doesn't sound like much but after awhile it adds up!) You get $3 when you join. They send out checks once you are over $20. My referral id is triviabuff.
GoCollect.com is a site that all you have to do is login to the sight and you get 5 points a day, they also have a poll or a trivia question under Collector's Community that you get points from. They are a sight that sells collectibles, like Department 56, Seraphim Classics, and Precious Moments just to name a few. You can use your points that you earn towards purchases on the sight, for every 500 points that you put towards a purchase, you get $10 off, you also get a certain amount of points per dollar spent. Here is what it says on the sight: Up to $49.99 you get 2 points per $. $50.00 - $99.99 you get 3 points per $ $100.00 and over you get 4 points per $. Also order's over $50 you get free shipping. I have bought a couple of items from the sight and delivery, in my experience, has been quick. My referral ID is ljh1971.
If you have any questions about any of the point programs I have listed e-mail me and I will try to get back to you :)