I'm a Canadian, so there are only so many offers I can do before I run out of them. As it stands, I can only go G4G for about 2 more referrals (I need 8 for my item), and I can't convince any of my friends to join (they all think it's a scam). What other methods have you tried to get referrals, and in your experience, what is the best way to get referrals (other than G4G of course)?

Your next best bet would probably be paying for referrals, although that can be slow going as well. I'm Canadian and I've found plenty of offers I can do, but sometimes you have to wait (the offers are replaced slowly over time). TRAINN has quite a few offers which are Canadian-friendly. If you are interested in doing anything other than non-cc specific sites, though, you will need a credit card.

I haven't had any luck with non-cc sites, the crediting is very very bad on those.

I am actually in the same boat. I would pay for referrals and what I would offer wouldn't be as great as the competition because of my budget.