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RIP OFF SURVEYS!

• jamesfox1973 104 Posts

  Mon, Jul 11 2016 10:45 PM

  i clicked to do a survey a global marketing one.....

  i was redirected 4 times to different surveys on different sites...

  on the last survey after about 30mins....it came up i dont met criteria??

  this is some kinda new scam going on that you click for 1 survey end up doing 4 then get kicked with no credits ??.....

• JimbeauC 5,835 Posts

  Tue, Jul 12 2016 5:26 PM

  I'll assume you were on Peanut Labs. Some do have suspiciously long and varied "screen outs." Whenever I get one of these, I report it to PL using Other. (Under transactions, the top offer will be your last, and therefore the culprit.) I tell PL that I don't expect credits, but am just reporting the suspicious behavior. 

  I seldom hear back from them, but I've noticed that a few that I've reported quit showing up.

  It feels good to vent, but it feels even better to do something about it. 

  :^)

• borntobesting 9,696 Posts

  Tue, Jul 12 2016 6:35 PM

  JimbeauC:

  I'll assume you were on Peanut Labs. Some do have suspiciously long and varied "screen outs." Whenever I get one of these, I report it to PL using Other. (Under transactions, the top offer will be your last, and therefore the culprit.) I tell PL that I don't expect credits, but am just reporting the suspicious behavior. 

  I seldom hear back from them, but I've noticed that a few that I've reported quit showing up.

  It feels good to vent, but it feels even better to do something about it. 

  :^)

  Maybe if you didn't tell them you didn't expect credits they might pay off. I know a few times I reported some of the longish screen outs they paid off. Not always but they have paid off a few times.

• LWhite3549 318 Posts

  Tue, Jul 12 2016 9:22 PM

  i do lots of surveys.  when i see that ipsos guy holding his chin in his hand, i'm out. don't even deal with those they aren't worth it. they waste your time redirecting for 15 minutes before you even get to answer their questions for another 20 just to screen you out at 90% complete. those ones are the worst. the samplicious ones are pretty shady but you can get em to work sometimes. i only do those on supersonic where they pay better for the headache. but if you do those ones always look for the highest payout in the giant list of em. because i'm pretty sure its all the same surveys. they just have smaller reward amounts on some so people think they're easier. lol

• JimbeauC 5,835 Posts

  Sun, Jul 17 2016 9:41 PM

  LWhite3549:

  when i see that ipsos guy holding his chin in his hand, i'm out.

  Yep. Ditto.

• JimbeauC 5,835 Posts

  Tue, Jul 19 2016 8:48 AM

  borntobesting:

  Maybe if you didn't tell them you didn't expect credits they might pay off.

  This one was certainly a surprise.   :^)