MSN Cashback fraud?

I bought 2 items on separate occasions via the MSN Cashback system to see how it works, and it looked OK at first. Then I waited and waited for 60 days to expire, and logged into my Cashback account to see the status of my first payment ($15.32).

It said "1 day pending" on my payment, so I went back the next day and it said the same thing, only the due date had changed. I looked today, but it said the same thing, with a new due date that is now three days beyond the 60 days that the site claims is the maximum.

Hmmm... I know it's not a lot of money, but...

I will check it again tomorrow and let you know...

Hmmm... Somebody at MSN read my note, and the funds magically became available today. I chose to have the check mailed to me (another 14 days delay), so I will let you know when the check arrives...

Update 8/16: Woo Hoo! The check finally arrived in the mail! I will cash it at the bank on Monday and let you know how it goes

More on Google Adwords...

Google Adwords used to have a link at the bottom of the sponsored section so you could search just all the sponsored links. Now, you have to repeatedly hit the "search the web" button to cycle through all of the sponsored links with the hope that you will once again see the site that interested you. If that site's budget has run out for the day - too bad, so sad... Sigh - It was a great link...

Broad match is broken...

Google's broad match category in adWords PPC no longer seems to work, and I have to put parenthesis around a single term to get it to work, which is a phrase match (according to their own documentation).

Now, phrase match does not seem to work. My keyword says that it has a quality score of, "Great" and the average position is better than 3, but it does not appear at all, so I will have to dig deeper and let you know what I find...