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Re: name and shame bad surveys

• spence3 18 Posts

  Sat, Dec 1 2012 3:20 AM

  Just spent 10 minutes "doing" a survey only to be told i don't qualify. This is a p**s take. Is there any way of being able to post and share surveys that continually do this so our time isn't wasted like this?

• 9,041 Posts

  Sat, Dec 1 2012 10:34 AM

  spence3:

  Is there any way of being able to post and share surveys that continually do this

  Just post and name....

  Don't think there are any rules against voicing your displeasure about a specific survey....Andy

• spence3 18 Posts

  Sat, Dec 1 2012 11:27 AM

  alcaucin:

  spence3:

  Is there any way of being able to post and share surveys that continually do this

  Just post and name....

  Don't think there are any rules against voicing your displeasure about a specific survey....Andy

  Just thought it may be easier if a dedicated tag existed for easy/quick access as surveys are a big earner for most on wgt and posts can easily become lost amongst others.

  cheers.

• WGTpizza 1,656 Posts

  Tue, Dec 4 2012 1:51 PM

  spence3:

  Just thought it may be easier if a dedicated tag existed for easy/quick access as surveys are a big earner for most on wgt and posts can easily become lost amongst others.

  Welcome to the WGT forums! lol

  Yea, sorry friend, our forum is not the most technically advanced. It's shortcomings limit how we can disseminate information, but that doesn't mean threads go unseen.

  Feel free to post your message and I'm sure someone will join the conversation, just like we did here :)

  Also, on the topic of surveys - yes, it is frustrating when you are told you do not meet  demographic but that is how the majority of the surveys offered work. The surveys are specifically looking for a certain demographic so if you do not meet the qualification you are not eligible to participate in the survey.

   

  Stay classy,

  -WGTpizza

• 6packmike 235 Posts

  Tue, Dec 4 2012 8:27 PM

  If only each survey had a reputation level attached. lol

• oneputtdavid 1,337 Posts

  Tue, Dec 4 2012 9:24 PM

  6packmike:

  If only each survey had a reputation level attached. lol

  LOL....lets do Bridge sometime! Im on skype look me up!

   

• josephk2317 873 Posts

  Tue, Dec 4 2012 11:51 PM

  I went through the entire peanuts lab survey (30 minutes) about various disposable razors. And at the end I get a screen saying "Sorry This Survey Is No Longer Available"

  Even took my time and enjoyed choosing the product off the virtual shelves to get this at the end. They got what they wanted and I wasted my time for a whopping 163 credits.in which I never received.

• SHRUDE 5,835 Posts

  Wed, Dec 5 2012 12:14 AM

  The surveys are at best hit and miss.

  I have had success about 65% of the time.

  The other 35%  you learn not to bother and just move on.

  The surveys used pay much more I dont do them as often any more.

   

  However what I will tell you, is give them what they want.

  If yu are entering a survey on Breakfast cereal - YOU do ALL the shopping, YOU are a femal with children.

  If you enter a survey on Credit Cards, YOU are an executive male, with 0 kids and a mortgage.

  Apart from that, dont THINK too much about how accurate your answers are, if you take to long deliberating over your answer, the survey may fill before you finish. Hence you no longer qualify.

  Whip through them, for an enahnced sense of 'worth your time'

  Also understand there are 2 sections to a survey a preliminary qualify and then the survey itself when you qualify.

  Yes unfortunately this Qualifier does take liberties and ask far too many questions which are also buillding data for them.

   

  I tend to take advantage of the OFFERS now.

  GoDaddy, buy a domain name for $9 get $27 of credits.

  No brainer. who cares if you actually USE the domain name - dont set it on auto-renewal.

   

• josephk2317 873 Posts

  Wed, Dec 5 2012 10:22 AM

  Thanks Shrude for your suggestions. Maybe that was the issue when I completed the survey, I took to long in doing it. I think it did mention that this survey is roughly 10 minutes long. But I did not think it would kick me out after completing  the last question just because of this only. I was answering honestly and was enjoying it as well. Guess they wanted the answers yesterday...lol

  Next time I will remember to do this. I did have to send in documentation for another product ( Facebook app) for 63 credits. They were so professorial with this entire process that it took them 3 days to reimburse me. You would have thought I was getting $20.00 from them NOT 63 credits. LOL

  Peanut labs actually has you create an account with them to log into just for these issues.    

  Joe

• SHRUDE 5,835 Posts

  Thu, Dec 6 2012 8:21 PM

  You're welcome Joe

  it may not be that you yourself took too long, its that in the time you took, others have completed the survey that may have had your same demographic, hence when yu clicked submit they already had the required number of respondents.

  i find Sponsor Pay very good to deal with in missing credits, fast and on the ball and honest.

  Supersonic ads are a joke. even when you simply VIEW an offer they list it as completed and waiting for sponsors confirmation.

  Then when you try to open a ticket as it has been a week or more since you completed the offer, it can take more weeks to finally see your ticket is closed and rejected.

  Open another ticket and ask them whats wrong with the proof you gave that they asked for and finally they pay up. this can be 2 months later.

  I'm a *** with these companies, i will do a WHOIS on the domain name and look up the CEO and then send them an email and drop the CEO's name and contact number as my next option unless they pay up. usually they then pay up within a day or so.