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RedRobin
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# Posted: 4 Sep 2005 15:49
Has anyone out there done surveys for money? Do you have any suggestions, or is this a scam?
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RedRobin
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# Posted: 5 Sep 2005 22:25
Hi Again
I have signed up for a couple of these survey for money deals and will report on them as I get information. Those of you with comments-Go For It!!!!
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karticksivaraman
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# Posted: 6 Sep 2005 02:02
Be careful before you do it. Not all of them are scams but do confirm from somebody who has done it before embarking upon this adventure.
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Vishal P. Rao
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# Posted: 6 Sep 2005 02:10
As most of those who advocate it are themselves affiliates of the programs (these memberships are very hot selling), it's pretty tough to get genuine advice. Let's wait and see what Robin has to say.
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RedRobin
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# Posted: 6 Sep 2005 13:21
Wow! What a wild ride! At this point, my advice is this. You'll need a ton of time to fill these surveys out. I am very leery of companies that I have never heard of asking for my credit card. Most of the offers refer you to other offers. Several of them refer you to other survey sites.
That didn't bother me, because a person could sign up for these sites for free. Many of these sites require you to sign up for credit cards. I REALLY don't need any more of these, plus you need to be approved for the card to continue to be eligible for the prize. You can find free things to sign up for until the very last click or so, then a purchase is required.
Right now I am watching my surveys at Panda Research. This seems like the site that has the most reasonable pay outs without having
to buy anything much. I'll keep you posted. I haven't actually received any money from anyone, but I just started watching survey sites last night.
I noticed that many of the offers are duplicated at the various sites.
You should keep a record of what you've signed up for. Also, shop around the surveys to see who's offering the best deal if you are going to sign up for a service.
At this point, I recommend that there is still nothing free out there.
I suspect I am going to get phone calls from salespeople frequently. I also suspect my email is going to be filled to overflowing with offers I don't want. If you are going to do this type of survey job,
get a different email specifically for this job. You can get them free, and try it out.
Don't invest any money in anything offered on these survey sites unless you really want them. I treated myself to a membership in Netflix, but I was going to do that, anyway.
Filling out these surveys took a lot of time out of my Labor Day weekend. I'm not sure it was worth it. Decide for yourself, but don't give any business you don't know any credit card information or other personal information that isn't public knowledge. I had my credit card number stolen one time, and the experience is one I definetely would not want to repeat.
In short, there has got to be something easier and safer out there to do than fill out surveys.
Robin
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Vishal P. Rao
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# Posted: 7 Sep 2005 01:21
Wow! That's really valuable information Robin. Thanks for sharing it :) We look forward to more inputs from you.
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RedRobin
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# Posted: 10 Sep 2005 12:52
Hello Everyone
Update! I spent a fair amount of time this week doing surveys for different companies. These surveys almost always want yo to sign up for something that will cost you money. Frequently you will not get paid until you get approval on all of the items you signed up for are approved. So, if you have to sign up for 2-4 credit cards or shopping cards, you will not get your reward until all of the credit cards are approved and sent to you. Other offers you can choose from may just plain be nothing you are interested in.
The surveys I did had free stuff you could sign up for on the first few pages, but before you could collect the offer, you had to sign up for the credit cards or other items that you may or may not want. Then,
you need to wait until the items you selected are approved before you get your reward. The survey process by itself is relatively long.
There are a few medical and household sites that will give you some samples and free information. S C Johnson is one example. For the most part, none of the "free" items I saw on most of these sites is acutally free.
If you or someone you know has had a more profitable experience with filling out surveys, please let me know. I know I would be willing to give my opinion on many different subjects for payment of only a few dollars at a time. I haven't really seen any sites out there that pay for surveys filled out without some kind of purchase attatched. I'd love to hear success stories about filling out surveys for pay if there are any out there. Please contact the forum, and let us know. Thanks!
Robin
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fahmohd
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# Posted: 12 Sep 2005 14:08
I have also signed up with several survey companies. I have received payments also, the maximum being $20 from ACOP.
But none of the surveys I had taken had asked me to signup for free offers. Well, there are a few. But you can avoid them, if you want.
Reputed survey companies like mysurvey. ACOP, global test market, gozing and all never ask for to signup anything. In the field of surveys, it is better to get stated with the reputed companies. But if you want to make the most you can join all of them. You can also check out my friend's small web site [Link removed - Admin] . You may find some useful information.
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RedRobin
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# Posted: 13 Sep 2005 02:01
Dear fahmod
Thanks for the information. I, too, will check out these websites. I'm glad your are making some money at filling out surveys. If you find out any more information, please share it with the forum if you have time.
Thanks again
Robin
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fahmohd
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# Posted: 18 Sep 2005 09:49
I got a pending payment of $2 for a survey taken 2 months back from Greenfield. Greenfield has started carrying lots of surveys on their site which one can go and complete.
Internetpaidsurveys now carries a link to Pinecone research which is one of the reputed survey sites for Americans
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RedRobin
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# Posted: 22 Sep 2005 02:33
Greenfield is one of the sites I signed up for, also. Another one that I am having a bit more success with is Global Test Market. Nobody there has asked me for any money, and the surveys are interesting. You might also want to check out SurveyClub.com.
Robin
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lilokster
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# Posted: 27 Sep 2005 21:47
If you have to sign up for something to get paid then it is not a paid survey company. That's the problem. All of these companies are luring you in saying that they will pay you to take surveys. But when you take the survey it is just about what kind of products you'd like to buy or which one of their sponsors you would like to sign up for. That is not a paid survey. Paid Surveys are sent by actual Market Research companies. You answer questions about products you have used or advertisements you have seen. These studies are conducted to find out if their advertising is working. Or how they should market or change a product. Pand Research is not a paid survey company. They are a "get paid to sign up for offers" site that poses as paid surveys.
Some real paid survey companies are:
NFO My Survey
Global Test MArket
Test Spin
ECN Research
Survey Spot
Survey Savvy
American Consumer Opinion
Lightspeed Research
GoZing Surveys
Greenfield online
Pinecone Research
All of those are legit paid survey companies.
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Vishal P. Rao
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# Posted: 28 Sep 2005 02:53
Thanks for the great information lilokster!
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ladybug
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# Posted: 28 Sep 2005 12:29
I've been doing surveys for about a year which didn't pay cash but you save your points and then exchange them for products. You won't make much on these unless you're the ULTIMATE consumer because most of them are geared towards a specific focus group. Because I'm not in that specific age group, don't have kids, don't take any current popular medications, etc. etc I get turned down for most of them and the only company that offered any cash payment only paid $1 to $2 to complete their survey. If they can pay a telemarket $15 - $20, then I find $2 unacceptable and not worth my time.
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RedRobin
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# Posted: 28 Sep 2005 14:44
Hello Forum
I have been dealing with several online survey sites. My favorites so far are Greenfield and Global Test Network. Both send me surveys to do pretty frequently. You make more points, and therefore more money, when you are in certain categories, so be sure to fill out all of the survey companies profile surveys, so they can send you as many surveys as possible.
I started out with Panda surveys. You have to pay to get on this site, which is drawback #1. It has taken me a few weeks to earn $1, plus the 5 that they gave me for signing up. I can recommend that you look at free survey sights first, because it might take a while for you to earn your sign up money back.
Many survey sites offer gifts for earning points filling out surveys. This is great, but I personally need green, hard cash.
Many of the cash survey sites require that you have 1000 points to cash out the reward. That's great, and not to hard to achieve. It just takes time.
Like I said before, you can do this for fun and profit, but you definitely won't get rich quick. Filling out surveys could make a good hobby, however, and earn you a little money on the side.
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fahmohd
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2005 07:38
These survey companies pay you cash for each survey you take:
Survey Savvy
American Consumer Opinion
GoZing Surveys / Greenfield online (sweepstakes also)
Opinion surveys (Greenfield)
Pinecone Research
Ciao surveys international
NOP world / Surveys.com (sweepstakes also)
Surveydirect
and more
The following survey companies give you points which you can later redeem for cash:
NFO mysurvey
Opinion outpost
Globaltestmarket
Lightspeed
Planetpulse
yoursay
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fahmohd
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# Posted: 30 Sep 2005 07:42
For those of who like to get payment by paypal, the following survey sites offer that option:
Greenfield/ Gozing surveys
Ciao surveys international
Planetpulse
yoursay
Surveydirect
qsample (new site)
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the old lady
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# Posted: 4 Oct 2005 14:12
hi redrobin,
I just join today, and I really want to use free survey to pay a few bills off. I live in michigan, job's here are very few, people are moving out to different states looking for work. Do you think I should be looking for the free membership surveys? Because $37.95 for surveyscout is a bite much for me. I have been reading your posts about surveys. i'm going to try it, wish me lucky. God Bless
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photomom04
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# Posted: 6 Oct 2005 13:29
Please don't every pay for a list of survey sites. There are tons of free lists. I don't know if I am allowed to post links to them or not so I won't. You will gain NOTHING by paying for a list. I have been taking surveys for almost two years and I love it. One think I want you to know though is that you will NOT make hundreds of dollars a day or even a month in some cases. You can make a little extra cash and get a bunch of product trials which I love and you can have fun. This is what its all about. I have a bunch of information about the truth in survey taking on my blog but again, I didn't read the rules yet so I don't know if we can post links  Guess I better head off to read the rules.
Connie
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guest99
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2005 13:14 · Edited by: guest99
You can find out which survey companies are approvied by the BBB here http://www.surveybounty.com/free_surveys/verified.html
This way, you don't have to visit each survey site yourself to look for privacy policies and BBB info.
Hope this post isn't against the rules - just want to share. I take surveys for fun, but wish I could make more off them.  I like making money at home in my PJ's!
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photomom04
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2005 13:21
Thats a pretty interesting list. I see a bunch of the survey sites that I won't put in my list because I KNOW from experience that all they do is send you junk mail and never a real survey. It's interesting to note that those same survey companies don't have a check mark to say they are listed with the BBB. Apparently just because you have a privacy policy doesn't stop the company themselves from slamming you with junk mail.
Connie
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guest99
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2005 13:43
photomom04 said:
Thats a pretty interesting list. I see a bunch of the survey sites that I won't put in my list because I KNOW from experience that all they do is send you junk mail and never a real survey. It's interesting to note that those same survey companies don't have a check mark to say they are listed with the BBB. Apparently just because you have a privacy policy doesn't stop the company themselves from slamming you with junk mail.
Connie
Really? Which ones? I haven't signed up with all of them, but so far my experience has been pretty positive.
I created a new e-mail address just for taking online surveys just to make sure.
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photomom04
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# Posted: 7 Oct 2005 14:26
I can't mention the names here because I don't want to get sued. I just don't include them in my free list of survey sites. It's free for everyone to use and I found all the "good" companies by trying them out for myself. I am an affiliate for a lot of the companies listed and I use that money to keep the site going. I could also get paid from the companies that I don't list but the whole point of me starting the list and putting it out there was to keep people from getting scammed. I belong to a lot of message boards that deal with scams and I always hate to see these free lists come up that list those companies just so the owners can make money. I do NOT know that the poster is the owner of the board that was listed or that was what the intent was. It may just truly be a list that he found.
Admin: I realize this post comes close to crossing the line into an advertisement if you can find a way to edit it feel free. I just didn't know how else to answer the question. If you feel the need to delete it I will understand!
Connie
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fahmohd
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# Posted: 17 Oct 2005 12:20
There are lots of sites which feature survey companies.
Many claim that they have done a lot of of research to select the best survey companies, which is not at all true. You can find out that they have just made a site to promote the best offers for themselves.
Anyway they may be better than sites which ask for your money to give you a list of survey companies
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photomom04
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# Posted: 17 Oct 2005 13:14
That is true, just this morning I was "sifting" through lists to find companies that aren't out to scam others. It was quite a process and reminded me how bad it is out there. A couple of things to watch for when you are signing up for surveys: The most obvious to me is any company that says you can get something great for completing offers, these are often disguised as "survey" sites. "get a free ipod, get a free computer, sign up for a $500 shopping spree, etc.
Sites that ask you a lot of irrelevent questions. I backed out of one today because they wanted to know what magazines I subscribed to, if I had cable or satelite etc. If a survey company is interested in those things for a valid survey they will generally ask those questions in a screener not while you are joining. When you join a valid survey site you will typically be asked basic demographics, age, location, sex, number of children and their ages, type of work you do and maybe a couple more. Always be very careful!
Connie
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fahmohd
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2005 13:30
Yes,
Be careful always!
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RedRobin
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# Posted: 19 Oct 2005 11:59
Hello Forum
Some of these sites have a waiting period until they pay off. I am just now getting paid by Panda, and it's paying okay. I am also using NFO, Greenfield and Global Test Market. I am making slow but steady progress. I decided that I would only do surveys that paid off in cash, not prizes. The only drawback I found was that I got more unwanted emails from affiliates of some of the survey places I signed up for. They were easy enough to unsubscribe from, however. I think I'll stick with these sites for a while. It's more like a hobby than a job, but every little bit of money helps at my house.
Robin
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photomom04
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# Posted: 19 Oct 2005 12:32
Robin, all very great sites that you mention. I just wanted to point out that if you mean you don't take the surveys that offer to put you in a drawing, such as marie brighton, npdor and a few others that you are probably missing out on some good money. I have had numerous ones from npdor especially that start out as drawings but lead to product tests and payment. For a long time I did like you and only took the ones that offered cash incentives. They were few and far between and I couldn't figure out why everyone else was getting paying offers. It was a because I was ignoring those drawing surveys. They do two things, one they get you through that "waiting period" you have discovered and two they are also the ones that lead to better things!
Connie
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lilokster
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# Posted: 20 Oct 2005 11:43
Here is an updated list of the one I posted a few weeks ago. These are all legitimate paid surveys.
NFO My Survey
Global Test Market
Gozing/Greenfield
Test Spin
Pinecone Research
ECN Research
NOP World
NPD Online Research
Survey Savvy
Survey Spot
American Consumer Opinion
E-Poll Rewards
Synovate
Nielson Net Ratings
Quality Health
Marie Callenders
JD Power Panel
Lightspeed
Permission Research
Click IQ
Health Trak
Advisory Panel
Bzz Agent
Buzz Back
Brand Institute
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mcbsconsulting
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# Posted: 20 Oct 2005 13:25
Reading Robin's comments is almost like looking in a mirror...
I have tried the survey gammit and so foar have got nothing but ads in my e-mail for more surveys, and offers for things I never wanted in the first place.
I did get $53 in a PENDING account over a month ago & guess what...Yep...STILL PENDING
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