DIAMONDS AND PREMIUM FUND

The diamonds are out and there are many newish writers in there. Congratulations to all who got diamonds. Premium fund for me this month was seven quid so I am a happy bunny. Hope everyone got a good pay out.

I got £11, can't quite believe it!

*thinks 5 and a half bath bombs*

well done and call it a late birthday present or by the time Ciao transfer it to your bank account, a late christmas present.

I'm totally demoralised by the new 'super-diamonds' and the apparently total randomness of how they hand them out.

When there were 30 at least any really hot review had a chance but the reduction from 30 to 10 and the continued total lack of transparency about how they choose is just pushing me more and more towards dooyoo.

I suspect I'm just one of many.

Angus wrote:

*thinks 5 and a half bath bombs*

well done and call it a late birthday present or by the time Ciao transfer it to your bank account, a late christmas present.

lol, i will be back don't worry!

You are so right about the length of time it takes to get to the account, I waited about a month and half for the last lot.

it will probably take even longer now what with the panic over Ciao crashing etc earlier and everyone cashing in their accounts so request it now and cross those fingers.

What is this about new premium diamonds? I only got £2

I got £6, which I thought was good till i saw what you two got. Oh well, better than 50p. Me thinks they are trying to keep us sweet over the Ciao Chaos recently.

£6 is a tremendous result if you ask me.

Better than the crappy 50p they use to dish out.

50p??!! Were they really trying to take the pi@# ?? :@

yep, it was etiher a diamond or 50p every month.

i was okay, I always got a diamond.

ooooo BIg Head!!

I doubt I will ever get a diamond but I'm happy with my crowns and if I get £11 next month from the PF I will be laughing! x

£19 and one diamond! I still don't understand what the criteria for selection are because the gem was for one which I thought was a slightly weaker if whimsical review about a product you would have to order from the US on the internet! Also it had a lower propertion of E/VH ratings than others. I would dearly love to know how the remainder was awarded - and again I plead for the idea of different jewels for the lower awards. Cheers Alan

You would dearly love to know...........I think every single member would agree with that comment. There's not apparent logic but well done on getting one.

Got myself £2, about the same as usally for me, from 3 reviews.

Same return for me from the same number of reviews, wonder if it is to do with number of reviews as my best non diamond pay out of £11 was also my busiest month review wise.

I posted quite a lot of reviews in August so maybe you are on to something.

Yes, I have noticed that trend too. My last couple of payouts were 50p, but I either didn't write any or just a couple of reviews. Been really busy this time and the amount has shot up.

I got £2 which was good seeing as I usually get 50p. Lisa x

atticusuk wrote:

Same return for me from the same number of reviews, wonder if it is to do with number of reviews as my best non diamond pay out of £11 was also my busiest month review wise.

Don't know. I got £2 for one review and little activity.

I think we have all been given a little more than normal due to the problems they had. Will be interesting to see what they hand out next month.

£2 for me too. Which seems to be back to the old 50p per eligible review rule of old..

20 reviews for seven quid so maybe they penalise churners LOL

nothing! still they are probably going to make me live off of the last payout for a few months yet.