On: Upgrading Dropbox to 16GB for 25USD

[ben1040]

Another vote to say this works - I maxed out my Dropbox referrals for about 20 bucks a few weeks ago.

This is a good way to burn those $100 AdWords credits that Google likes to hand out like candy.

[ckenst → ben1040]

Sounds like a good hack. How much did you spend and how much additional storage did you get?

[teach → ckenst]

He wrote "for about 20 bucks", so I suspect he spent around $20. And "maxed out my Dropbox referrals" seems to imply that he did it up to the maximum for Dropbox referrals, which is 8 GB.

[ben1040 → teach]

You've got the first part right, but I also happen to work for a university so I associated my .edu email address to my Dropbox account. Doing that will double your referral bonus to 500MB per referral, and double your maximum free space from referrals to 16GB.

[docgnome → ben1040]

Did that happen right away that you got more space from your .edu? i put mine it and it didn't seem to do anything.

[preek → docgnome]

For me it did happen instantly.

[docgnome → preek]

Huh. Did the text that says what you get change? Like from 250 to 500? Maybe I just don't know how much space I had heh.

[preek → docgnome]

The text changed from 250 to 500, also my available space doubled. I didn't even get an email to tell me, it just happened.

[docgnome → preek]

Oh. i was just doing it wrong. doh!

[ckenst → teach]

I'm assuming it will be more than "about 20 bucks" once people find out about this! On the plus side its free money from Google right?