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# Posted: 5 Nov 2007 06:26
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It's been my view that paid surveys aren't worth the time and effort. It's a lot of work for very little money. Many don't pay and most are scams.
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mlynn
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# Posted: 5 Nov 2007 17:35
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Paid surveys may not be for everyone, but I happen to think it works for me and worth my time - I actually do most of my surveys while watching TV or surfing the net, it's easy to do and easy money. 
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# Posted: 5 Nov 2007 19:31
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Mlynn,
That is great. Still, how much do you figure you make per hour including scam surveys?
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mlynn
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# Posted: 7 Nov 2007 21:51 · Edited by: mlynn
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Quoting: Newbie Shield Mlynn, That is great. Still, how much do you figure you make per hour including scam surveys?
Hi Newbie Shield,
I don't view surveys as a job, not even a part time job. It's just a way of making extra spending cash. I can't give you an exact "hourly" rate. I am sure it's not much - but I really don't care since I only do it at my spare time and it's kind of like a hobby.
By the way, I don't do scam surveys - I have done it long enough to know what's real and what is the ugly.
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RealityBytes
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# Posted: 8 Nov 2007 22:39
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Greetings,
I apologize in advance if this is addressed somewhere else, but I searched in several different ways and can't find it - all I get is info on *paid* surveys - I suppose I could start a thread myself, but I thought I'd throw the question out here first...
My question is about the "other" kind of survey - you know, the ones that require you to sign up for "free" offers and you get a $500 VISA GC or whatever...
I've read through a few threads, such as the "Panda" thread where it was claimed that they never paid, and all are scams, etc, etc... but that thread was closed some time ago and I haven't seen anything recent. I think I heard those referred to as "referral surveys", but I'm not sure - I cannot find any direct reference to them here, only to "stay away".
Well the fact of the matter is, there is a legitimate business model there, where they get enough money from the "free" offers that they *could* pay out the $500 GCs and still make money; but *do* any of them actually do that? If so, which ones? If not, how are they not in jail?
More importantly, if they don't, why doesn't someone start one that *does* pay?
Thanks in advance!
-John
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shuey03
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# Posted: 9 Nov 2007 12:39
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Quoting: karls1973 I just checked out GangsterGreed, don't like it at all. Just another site where you get paid for signing up and taking offers. USELESS! I don't want to subscribe to a Dating website, I don't need another credit card, I don't need a scholarship, I don't want to subscribe to a weight loss program, ... and the list goes on. I WANT TO GET PAID FOR TAKING SURVEYS!
I HATE GANGSTERGREED! Pretty much the most useless site to find work at home opportunities. I just typically stay with survey companies.
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# Posted: 9 Nov 2007 12:42
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Quoting: RealityBytes My question is about the "other" kind of survey - you know, the ones that require you to sign up for "free" offers and you get a $500 VISA GC or whatever...
John,
this is known as a registration path, not a survey company. they may have a few survey offers on their path for you to join, but a bunch of other crap as well. They do give things away, just every 3 to 6 months they have one drawing or something like that. There is pretty much no chance you are gonna win.
There are plenty of sites out there that will give you the information you are looking for, without charging you money, or collecting personal information from you.
Just be smart!!
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karls1973
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# Posted: 9 Nov 2007 23:40
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Quoting: RealityBytes the ones that require you to sign up for "free" offers and you get a $500 VISA GC or whatever...
Make sure to read the Terms & Conditions for such an offer because in order to get that $500 VISA GC or Laptop Computer, you have to visit the merchant's website every day for the next 90 days. You fail to do so just one time and the deal is off.
Good luck!
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RealityBytes
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# Posted: 10 Nov 2007 01:33 · Edited by: RealityBytes
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Quoting: shuey03 They do give things away, just every 3 to 6 months they have one drawing or something like that.
No, that's not the kind I'm talking about... I'm talking about the ones that require you to pick "2 offers from the silver page, 2 offers from the gold page, and 4 offers from the platinum page", you have to keep all but two of them active for at least 60 days, etc etc.... and then you have to wait 6-8 weeks to get your $500 VISA gift card.
I don't mind doing all that; they throw a lot of other stuff at you that is distracting that only serves to plump up their commission take (15 pages of "surveys" with optional offers on them, etc), I can deal with that too... I know that affiliates sometimes don't notify them of your membership, I can deal with that too... I just want to know that, if you *do* read carefully and jump through all their hoops, if *they* actually deliver what they promised.
Has anyone tried, and told about it?
I've never seen any offers that involve a 'drawing'; or maybe I see them and automatically block them out because I am not interested.
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RealityBytes
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# Posted: 10 Nov 2007 01:43
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Quoting: karls1973 Make sure to read the Terms & Conditions for such an offer because in order to get that $500 VISA GC or Laptop Computer, you have to visit the merchant's website every day for the next 90 days. You fail to do so just one time and the deal is off.
I did not notice that, thanks, I will read that carefully! For that matter, there are an awful lot of things to follow; I may be able to do it, but I was thinking about doing a short course or e-book on it, to help others do it too... not so sure that is viable now, since they've already made things a lot more onerous than a year or two ago, and if they are requiring 'daily visits', that's just completely bogus (all the other requirements, make sense, if a little unfair).
Actually, I wonder if it might be worthwhile to put together a *legitimate* plan, where you do make a lot on the commissions, but you are a lot more friendly to the person following your 'rules'. I suspect the scam places, if the deliver on their promises at all, only have to pay out 1 or 2% of their commission revenue, from people not reading the rules carefully, or losing interest after getting halfway through the process.
So, do you know of anyone who successfully negotiates these rules on a regular basis? Or companies that actually deliver once all the requirements are met?
Those are my questions. Does anyone have an answer? Or is there a better forum to ask these in? I may just start a new thread!
Anyway, thanks, that is very good advice!
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# Posted: 10 Nov 2007 01:58
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Quoting: karls1973 Make sure to read the Terms & Conditions for such an offer
Wow.
Yeah, these are scams.
In the initial offer:
"To receive the gift for this promotion you must: 1) register with valid information; 2) complete the user survey; 3) complete at least 2 Silver, 2 Gold and 6 Platinum offers."
But then it says you must also comply with all program terms, in which it says:
"you must complete a total of 24 offers as follows: Page 1 (Silver) - complete any 8 offers; Page 2 (Gold) - complete any 8 offers; Page 3 (Platinum) - complete any 8 offers to get your gift."
And then it says that the company may, at its sole discretion, terminate any account and deny any Gift without prior notice for "acting against the business interests or reputation of the company"
and other stuff!
Sole discretion, eh? Like, if you actually want to get the gift and also show others how to comply with the terms item by item to get the gift, you might be considered to be "acting against the business interests of the company".
Maybe that's why there aren't any threads on it!!
I am still curious if there are any legit companies out there, this one I'll stay away from... Read the fine print carefully, folks!!!
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# Posted: 14 Nov 2007 17:58
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That is a terrible website to take part in. At any time they can just dump you and not pay you anything... Wow!
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# Posted: 15 Nov 2007 04:31
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I HAVE BEEN PAID BY AW SURVEYS.
I HAVE BEEN PAID 20 DOLLORS MONTHLY FOR 6 MONTHS FOR PARTICIPATING IN A POSTAL SURVEY FROM GERMANY. I FORGOT TEH SITE. THEY ARE ACUTUALY CONDUCTING NOW FOR EUROPEAN COUNTIRES.
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# Posted: 31 Dec 2007 17:47
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Quoting: mlynn don't view surveys as a job, not even a part time job. It's just a way of making extra spending cash. I can't give you an exact "hourly" rate. I am sure it's not much - but I really don't care since I only do it at my spare time and it's kind of like a hobby. By the way, I don't do scam surveys - I have done it long enough to know what's real and what is the ugly.
Online surveys are great for extra income. You just need to join the legitimate ones and you are bound to make some extra cash .
I also receive a lot of amazon vouchers for the surveys which I have done. Normally they will tell you what the rewards are when they send you a survey. Some pay cash, vouchers or even a sweepstake drawings.
Join the legitimate sites and you won't be wasting your time
happy new year all 
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# Posted: 2 Jan 2008 12:13
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I wrote all sites which paid me in my blog.
It took long time to find them.
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# Posted: 2 Jan 2008 13:27
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I've been in the survey industry for quite some time, and on my site we have compiled a list of the top survey sites. I just started out like anyone, taking the surveys! When we were starting our site, we decided that we weren't going to work with any company that we disliked from a consumer point of view, so all of the survey companies we have posted have been tested and approved my either myself or a member of my team.
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# Posted: 6 Jan 2008 01:14
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Quoting: ciobanul we decided that we weren't going to work with any company that we disliked from a consumer point of view,
You have a very nice, put together website .
Just out of curiosity, is your objective to list paid survey sites, or general sites, like GPT (Get Paid To....) sites, Sites that list paid survey sites?
From my qucik observation of the site it seems like you are into the latter of the two.
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# Posted: 6 Jan 2008 23:00
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Don't join free survey sites because most of them are scam and aren't legitimate. Some legitimate site pay well and some don't so you have to choose paid survey site carefully and you will be successful in earning extra income.
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2008 10:54
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Most of the sites paying only small amount $3 - $5 only.
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# Posted: 15 Jan 2008 17:21
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Quoting: marcus Don't join free survey sites because most of them are scam and aren't legitimate. Some legitimate site pay well and some don't so you have to choose paid survey site carefully and you will be successful in earning extra income.
Sorry I am a bit confused.
I don't understand what you are trying to say, first you say don't join free survey sites because they are scams, Then you say be careful when you choose and you will be successful.
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# Posted: 15 Jan 2008 17:55
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Quoting: marcus Don't join free survey sites because most of them are scam and aren't legitimate. Some legitimate site pay well and some don't so you have to choose paid survey site carefully and you will be successful in earning extra income.
hehehe ... obviously you are promoting your list of paying sites . lol
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# Posted: 15 Jan 2008 20:13
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Quoting: victsucc Most of the sites paying only small amount $3 - $5 only
The amount that people make is not only based on what survey site the survey is from rather, the determination of how much one makes from surveys depends on the actual length of the survey. The longer the survey the more money you make for it.
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# Posted: 15 Jan 2008 21:05
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Who is really making big money from cash paid surveys? It may be cool to do them for some cash, but there's no residual component to them, notwithstanding no big money.
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# Posted: 15 Jan 2008 21:38
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FreeCashMan, you are right people won't become rich from taking cash paid surveys although it is a great way to make more money as a second source of income. It is also great for people that just want to have a good time on the web and make money while they are at.
Many people do although make a significant amount of money by taking cash paid surveys.
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2008 15:33
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Yeah, I definitely wouldn't just drop your day job and plan to make it big through surveys. It is a great supplement that can get you some cash on the side. A lot of people often find themselves on the internet just poking around and wasting time. Why not make a little spare cash while you do so?
If you do plan of getting heavy into it, and doing it full time (40 hours per week) you can make some serious cash. However, it is going to have to be something that you assess for yourself if you can make as much as you want to with the time you are willing to put into it.
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# Posted: 30 Jan 2008 20:33
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Quoting: ciobanul If you do plan of getting heavy into it, and doing it full time (40 hours per week) you can make some serious cash.
It is hard to say that someone can commit themselves to take survey for 40 hours a week. Although a person can choose to be more serious about it and to take advantage of every opportunity, there are just some limitations to the amount of surveys that one can take and qualify. This is because of the amount of surveys which are conducted by survey panels.
One can however set aside a lot of time for taking surveys and in return make more money than those who just take surveys when they are bored, to have fun.
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# Posted: 1 Feb 2008 18:06
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Quoting: CashSurveysOnly It is hard to say that someone can commit themselves to take survey for 40 hours a week.
Yeah, it would take a lot of surveys, but I guess that it is a good thing that there are a lot of companies out there, huh? When you begin, you won't get too many surveys (hardly enough to fill even 20 hours per week), but if you fill a unique demographic that is sought after by the survey companies, and you keep with it, you will get more.
Again, assess yourself and see what kind of time you can put into it.
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# Posted: 3 Feb 2008 18:03
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Quoting: ciobanul When you begin, you won't get too many surveys (hardly enough to fill even 20 hours per week),
It usually takes 2-4 weeks for survey companies to start sending you a significant amount of paid surveys.
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# Posted: 4 Feb 2008 16:04
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My experience, after signing up for over 35 different survey purveyors, was dismal. I had very few osurveys offered, even after two months. And my secondary email was SLAMMED with junk....
The other issue was that as I took the surveys that were offered (about 20 for a total of about $18) I felt like I was exposing myself.... I mean, how do we know the info is confidential? We ALL know someone who has access to protected info that tells someone on the sly... What if I decided to set up a survey company to gather info and profiles for pedophiles? Or identity thieves?
Just my offbeat thinking....
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# Posted: 4 Feb 2008 21:29
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Quoting: IAmAMoneyMaker My experience, after signing up for over 35 different survey purveyors, was dismal. I had very few surveys offered, even after two months. And my secondary email was SLAMMED with junk....
This is a shame this really should not happen if you sign up to real the paid survey sites.
Quoting: IAmAMoneyMaker I felt like I was exposing myself.... I mean, how do we know the info is confidential? We ALL know someone who has access to protected info that tells someone on the sly... What if I decided to set up a survey company to gather info and profiles for pedophiles? Or identity thieves?
As long as you don't give out your social security # or credit card info etc. there is no way that they can steal your identity. By asking you any random questions such as if you like a certain tooth paste, your opinion about a movie trailer, there is no way that they can use that information against you in any way.
Besides they don't match up your email address to the survey. This is besides the fact that this is all automated.
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