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Re: Surveys for Credits - STINK

• frappefort 3,994 Posts

  Wed, May 16 2012 9:21 AM

  well  i am aso frustrated ,     we  have  along with the carousel (1 credit) 7 off them  they work fine ..........  also they have on same page surveys ,so far they pay 81 credits one of them  was 164 credits ,,,,,,     now  in the past weeks i had no problemes with the short surveys for 81 credits ..........    this last two week  i have done 4 of them they take 15 to 20 min no prob there .........     the probleme  is  them 4 surveys i have completed them to the end ,   at the last question (yes last question) where its says  press here to continue  i get this page with all sorts of country flags,  and  beside  the flags is the    erreur with the survey   sorry  ,,,,,,   (*** )  why  wait to the last question ,i feel i am being taken for a fool :)........            i have writting the surveys organiser,no news yet ,after more then a week   ....  i am wondering  if  some of you have been getting the same problems........   or if some of you know  if its me doing something wrong or am i getting taken here    ty all for reading this .........

• frappefort 3,994 Posts

  Wed, May 16 2012 9:26 AM

  ho  yes  just  for  information,  them surveys i am writing about,   some time after  3 to 4 questions  they will tell me   i dont qualified  or we have reached are quotas  that fine with me  ;;;;;;;;           but on the last question   they have erreur  with surveys   ouch :) that  not correct  in my book

• Rzbk 376 Posts

  Sat, Nov 24 2012 4:04 PM

  TheLighterDark:

  If you don't qualify for the survey, then all of your answers are discarded. 

  Yes, I've had the same problem, so has anyone else who has tried to earn credits via a survey. They're looking for very specific people to survey, so if you don't qualify then they're not going to let you continue. 

  You make this statement  "If you don't qualify for the survey, then all of your answers are discarded." as if you actually know the inner workings of these companies.

  Is your statement a "fact"??  

  And if so, prove it.

  If not, then don't state it as so

  I don't know if your statement is true but I hardly believe these companies ask all these question's and then simply trash them because question #37 wasn't answered the way they needed it to be. 

  If so, then make question #37 into question #1 and don't ask the first 36.

   

• SHRUDE 5,835 Posts

  Mon, Dec 24 2012 6:15 PM

  Rzbk:

  Is your statement a "fact"??  

  Its how the survey companies work.

  They need x amount of respondents in x amount of demographic criteria.

  eg they might need 100 x 22yo, males, working full time, with 'y - x' income,  in region 'a'. 

  If you take too long completing the survey, they will kick you if others with your demographic have completed the survey whilst you are still answering.

  Don't think too much about your answers. 
  Just whip through them and you will complete far more of them.

  I'm unable to prove this for you, however it makes perfect sense, they dont want a survey to hang around for a few extra completions, it stuffs up their data.

  You can ignore my advice or you can try it a few times.

  Even a full list of radio buttons can be 'selected' with Tab and arrow keys.

  A  whole page of 30 radio buttons can take me 30 seconds, whereas if you manually select each radio, a page of 30 options could take you 2mins.

  When you 'automate' your answers like this, be sure to scan over the questions.

  Occasionally there will be a question similar to "please select option 'd' for this question".

  This month:

  A few surveys & some spend for reward offers:

   

  • outlay approx $50 - pre-paid visa.
  • return = $229 credit value

  Profit = $179

   

  12.22.12	TrialPay earned 3000 credits	Completed Offer	3,000 Cr
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  12.09.12	SponsorPay earned 286 credits	Completed Offer	286 Cr
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• TeeWade 1,216 Posts

  Mon, Dec 24 2012 8:58 PM

  toddintulsa:

  Being somewhat frugal...I took a survey just now to earn 75 credits. After 20-25 minutes of answer question after question...the screen said, "Sorry. You don't qualify for this one..."

  That STINKS.

  If they're looking for someone specific, why not ask the "most important" questions first?

  Seems like a "bait and switch." Get 99% of what they want and then bail out of giving the credits. Not right.

  Have others had the same problem?

   

     May sound wrong but....you have to lie and tell them what they want to hear. After taking a number of these surveys, you will learn pretty much what they really want to hear and you can adjust your answers from there.

     I still have issues with some of them from time to time but for the most part....the surveys pay well once you get the gist of it. 

     By no means would I ever install something they ask me too just for credits as there have been numerous reports of problems afterwards and i just don't take that chance anymore after having learned the hard way awhile back  :)