What I Learned Trying Upside to Save on Gas
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- I'll give you a walkthrough of how the Upside app works for saving on gas and other shopping. I'll also tell you all the pros and cons of using Upside and whether I think it's the best way to save on gas.
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The information and opinions within this content are for information purposes only. Guidance is based on personal interpretations and in no way, represents legal or financial advice.
Chapters:
0:00 Setting up the Upside app
0:59 How to get cash back on gas
1:37 How to cash out
2:01 Pros of Upside
2:38 Cons of Upside
3:24 Best ways to save on gas
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Dunno if you've gotten many referrals from this video but if so that's genius!
@@stephenF250 I've gotten a few and it helps us both out!
@@SmartFamilyMoney I know I've been using upside for awhile and love it just noticed the referral thing recently. Pretty neat they do this!
@@SmartFamilyMoney I earned 225$ I cashed out no money contact em no response they’re fake 100%😏
@@Adem19811I cashed out and got my money no problems
thanks for the information I keep hearing about this app in the radio while driving to work
Great video imma have to watch it a few times but yes💯🤟☺️
Very very well explained. I was considering it, but that’s way too much work. Thank you so much.
Great honest review
Great review- thank you so much! So in the 12 months since this video - is the audience sentiment largely still favorable? or trending towards negative/unfavorable given the customer issues and product complexity issues shared below?
Thanks, very informative!
Glad it was helpful!
Trick I just learned when getting gas as soon as you start pumping stop and check the place to see how much it is at that time . Every time it jumps up at least 5 cents a gallon. So I put in a 20cents check to see if I get more back pay my bill and run my card again for a better discouny
Thank you 😊
I started going to the circle K that's right by the walmart gas pumps. That store competes with walmarts low gas price and they offer cash back in the upside app.
Sounds like a good deal!
Can the card you use to get the cash back be different than the card you use in the transaction?
Pump prices can and most likely be higher than the app price. How and when is the app price per gallon updated from the station owners to the app?
I think this is a scam.
I had one incident where the discount was not added to my history and it still says its processing and it’s been a few days since I got gas.
Too time consuming. Glad you explained it so I don't have to try it myself after hearing the radio ads over and over and over again.
I've been using it for a year now and I've made a whopping $25.53
Absolutely not worth the drive or hassle
How is that too time consuming?
@@studioroque6370 It sounds like you have to look for a station with an offer in the app, and then maybe go out of your way to go there, to save a few cents per gallon. I like to hit all my gas stations and grocery stores right along my commute routes to save time.
Wait a min, how would that be time consuming??
@@nala3038 Stop what you're doing, fire up the app, find a station with a deal, most likely navigate and travel slightly out of your way to go that station. I normally hit stations that are right on my commute route.
Upside is nice but tried several times to get cash back and failed. Tried my bank, failed,tried Pay Pal failed. chat with lady supposedly at Upside, she did not help. I am beginning to think ...scam ! If you could kind of walk me through I would gladly let me be one of your referrals 😀
I got the same problem, keeps telling me issue found 😕
It says the promo you gave is wrong and won’t accept it
Seize the means of consumption!! ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻
I got a question how do u know u get it for the prize on the app
Are you tracking the trend that appears evident to me that once you have used the app a few times the offer per gallon goes down (usually to 1 cent). So I have opened the Upside app for my wife (never used it yet) and she is seeing .20 cents on the same station I’m seeing .01 cent at the same time.
I’m also noticing a trend that the app offers you a better savings when you are far away from the gas station then when you are trying to nab the offer when you are sitting in the parking lot.
Might just be me but I think the app is fairly “smart” at reducing the cash back amounts once you are “hooked.”
When you first sign up, you do get some extra bonuses, but that should be clear. I have not noticed the distance issue... now I want to check that out and see if that happens to me. 👀
I thought it would be great! I've made a whopping $25.53 in a year... it's ALWAYS cheaper across the street. I will NEVER go out of my way again because it's only right about 10% of the time.
I have been doing the UPSIDE app since September 2021. And I have built up $182 so far. Unfortunately all the stations within 100 miles from me have withdrew from UPSIDE. So no I just recently transferred the $182 to my savings account and it only took about 3 days to reflect in my account. I wish they were still doing it in my area.
Oh wow, that stinks that the stations around you stopped! Was it a variety of stations that stopped? Or was it all one brand?
@@SmartFamilyMoney it was a variety of stations. But they all use Valero Fuels. I assume UPSIDE stopped a contract with Valero I assume.
@@JPU89 sorry to hear that. I hope that's not a sign of what's to come for Upside. Have you found any other apps you like to use to save on gas?
@@JPU89 I live in central Texas use upside at Valero gas station
@@stephenF250 all the Valero stations in NM and the Texas Panhandle don't accept it anymore. Not sure what the deal is.
Out of curiosity, how much money have you made from referrals ?
My only complaint is that its hard to see as the print is very small.
Does it work on Res Gas
I tried it and says processing, cash back earned $0. Is this normal?
Yes that's pretty normal. I get a lot of "cancelled". I've made $25.53 in a year because of it
Why dose it keep telling me issue found every time i make a transaction??
I don't know. Maybe try reaching out to Upside support.
Never used a promo code first time I used it and it gave me like .40 per gallon back so that first time I got like $3.50 but then the second time it was like .15 back per gallon so I only got like .85 back.If it was like .40 back everytime then it's definitely worth it but it's not,it's more like .12-.15/gal,but I guess it's something.
Yeah, it's not a lot most of the time.
You don’t get paid with the rebates on gas you get paid inviting friends with the code because you get 1¢/gal for life from the people that signed up using your code.
Too much thinking to do. I'll pass on GetUpside. LOL Thanks
Thinking is good for you.
Why can’t I use Sams club or Costco ? It doesn’t show either.
Upside only works with certain gas stations that they partner with and Sams and Costco don't work with them.
Sorry, I'll never get the discount store gas since I don't know where it comes from.
I had 400.00 and can not cash out
Do we have to pay taxes with this app once we reach $600?
That's a good question - I'm not sure.
I believe you do
So, have you run into the "Processing" issue with Upside?
I haven't, no. I've used it a bunch since this video and I haven't had issues.
I have very frustrating
Finding the cheapest gas and using a cash back credit card is NOT the best option. Because you neglected to mention that the .15 per gallon cash back credit per referral is CUMULATIVE! So you can build up enough credit to actually get PAID profit to pump. Example $16.50 cash back per gallon for each gallon pumped!
That would be a LOT of referrals.
This is legit I’ve just started and I have 20 bucks in my upside account I’m going to see what I can save for a year then go blow it on something awesome.
Fun!
It's been a year, how much did you make??
@@TL-jq9vy I used it for 4 months then they took shell off their app so I haven’t used it but I made like 30 bucks.
Update??
@@adriancadenas2913 I don’t have to commute to work so I don’t do a lot of driving I racked up 53 bucks in about a year.
Any problem getting gift cards?
I've only used the cash back to my bank account option - seems simpler!
It asks for my full credit card number, exp date and security code. No thanks
Is Costco gas applicable?
No it doesn't work at Costco
I use a company card to get gas and I have to get like $70 bucks worth of gas every 3 days so I just farm the free money
I supposed to receive $0.80/gallon cash back and ended up getting only $0.20/gallon😂
If u wanna kill your engine - use costco gas all the time
Gas stations in my area used to be 15+ cents now they’re 1 cent per gallon :(
Yeah, unfortunately it goes up and down. Apparently, they give more when the gas stations are making a higher profit.
Costco is the same as the rest these days
Here's my offer about saving money on gas. We purchased a Prius and I use Costco or Sam's Club. My Prius gets like 450 Mi to the gallon. And it only cost me about $38 to fill up. Because it was so good on gas we purchase another Prius I used one 2014 that I got for $14,000. And we are driving that to Texas cuz we live in Texas and California two weeks in each place in the month due to our Ministries. I believe this is the best way to get the best gas make sure you take your Prius especially if it's used to the dealer pay the $200 and get it checked out God bless you
Ripoff . Don't bother
Want to save on gas? stay out of the left lane!
This app is a scam you can not get customer support or cashout😂
Remember when Trump was president and we didn’t have to consider shopping for gas prices 🧐🧐🧐
Lame
You need to stop scamming people you All these apps are scammers too don't do it
That AI app is a scammer don't know