Earn Free Stuff for Doing what you've always Done! Visiting the Forums, Sharing your Favorite Freebies, Coupons, Hot Deals, Ideas and More!
Our goal at Budget101.com is to be the top site for providing the latest Grocery Deals, coupons, and freebies available on the web. We want to show our members that take the time to post those sizzling hot deals just how much we appreciate their input here in the forums. In order to do that, we bring you the Experience Shop, where you can earn points for your participation in the forums!
How Can I Earn Points? 
Points are given for several Categories:
Points for User
Points for Threads
Points for Posts
Points for Miscellaneous
A Few Questions We anticipate you asking:
1. Do I get points for replying to my own thread?
Alas No, but you do get points for responding to others' threads and posts.
2. What Can I get for Free Stuff?
Visit the Shop to Redeem your Points or view what's available.
3. How can I view my own points, ranking, etc.?
On the top right of your screen is your username (once you've logged in!), click on that and it will take you to your Profile. Click on the
Pink Experience Tab and your information will show
4. How Can I view Others Experience Points?
To view other members Experience points, ranking or awards, simply click on "
Experience" located on the top navbar no matter which page your on.
OR Simply click on their name in any Thread Topic
5. What if I violate the forum rules and receive an infraction, will I lose any points?
Yes, you lose 25 points per Infraction Point. Which means, if you receive an infraction with a point value of 4- you would lose 100 points. Not to worry though, infractions are rarely given out.
Read more about them here
6. How do the Drawings for the Gift Cards & Mystery gift work?
Budget101 Site members may "purchase" entries in the gift card (& Mystery Gift) drawings. Once 250 entries are met, a winner is randomly drawn from the entries. Each member may enter as many times as they wish for each drawing. The more entries you have, the better your chances of winning!
6A. Once a Winner is drawn, are the drawings over?
The drawings are ongoing. When 250 entries are met, a winner is drawn from those entries, and it automatically resets to zero entries and begins again.
7. Last week, I had (x) points in the points for user category, since the adjustment on the 1st, they have changed. Why?
The Total amount of your points did not change. However, on January 1 we added several new features. The points are now divided by various Categories,
points for user,
points for threads,
points for posts,
points for miscellaneous. Items that were previously calculated under points for posts have been moved to points for threads, etc. The resulting total is still the same, but the category they are included under may have changed.
You can view the total
ranking here.
8. Is there a Limit on how many points a member can earn each Day?
No.
9. Why do people have negative points under Miscellaneous in the Experience chart?
If a user's post or thread is deleted, they lose the points that they had previously received for that thread. This is calculated in the Miscellaneous points category.
10. Which forums do I need to participate in to gain points?
You can earn points by participating in any of forums
EXCEPT the following:
- Budget101 Discussion List Archives - because these posts were transferred from our budget101 Discussion list
- Daily Funnies -
In addition to the above listed forums, you also gain spendable experience points for participation in our Blogs.
11. Why did the Experience Shop change from offering Products/ Gift cards / candy to drawings for items instead?
The Lousy Economy, period. The expense of the items purchased comes out of our family budget and we do what we can, when we can, but at this time we need to cut some areas in order to be able to maintain the site and keep it running free of charge to all members.
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