Gift 1: Spontaneous gift simply because Iowaholdem wanted to donate back to me the bonus points he made off the referral:
Gift 2: The first contest he held in this thread, which I won by only completing a single offer, got me 5 points for Free Prize Site. I immediately cashed in those points for a BB gift card, which is one of these (only 5 days between getting verified and actually receiving the gift card, too):
The other gift cards in the photo came off of other sites, with $30 between the 3 cards. I've been really inactive lately, so I haven't been working to greater prize values. $30 wasn't much to complain about, though, for something I merely did during my time-wasting periods between classes.
Gift 3: Came off this recent contest. Once again, I only did one offer to become eligible, and only entered because no one else did it (and he said he didn't mind me trying to "steal" another prize by doing so).
All gifts listed were Virtual Console Games or sponsored items, but he was willing to pay via paypal as an alternative. Maybe these'll serve as a testimonial to help motivate participation in future contests. Even if you don't win the contest, you can still cash out with gift cards, so it's not like you won't earn anything.
Oh, he also earned me approx $15 because he wanted to sign up on another freebie site under my name. I have yet to do a single offer for Cash Lagoon (don't hold it against me, Joel), but the $15 from referral bonuses has already been deposited into my bank.
So...yeah...
generous referrer.

Gift 2: The first contest he held in this thread, which I won by only completing a single offer, got me 5 points for Free Prize Site. I immediately cashed in those points for a BB gift card, which is one of these (only 5 days between getting verified and actually receiving the gift card, too):

The other gift cards in the photo came off of other sites, with $30 between the 3 cards. I've been really inactive lately, so I haven't been working to greater prize values. $30 wasn't much to complain about, though, for something I merely did during my time-wasting periods between classes.
Gift 3: Came off this recent contest. Once again, I only did one offer to become eligible, and only entered because no one else did it (and he said he didn't mind me trying to "steal" another prize by doing so).

All gifts listed were Virtual Console Games or sponsored items, but he was willing to pay via paypal as an alternative. Maybe these'll serve as a testimonial to help motivate participation in future contests. Even if you don't win the contest, you can still cash out with gift cards, so it's not like you won't earn anything.
Oh, he also earned me approx $15 because he wanted to sign up on another freebie site under my name. I have yet to do a single offer for Cash Lagoon (don't hold it against me, Joel), but the $15 from referral bonuses has already been deposited into my bank.
So...yeah...
generous referrer.