Our survey says - not you thanks. Have an entry to the sweepstake instead

Survey spot and greenfield always do that to me. It is very frustrating. What is the site that tailors it to you? My perfect site would pay for every survey, don't waste my time. Asking me the same question 10 times in 6 different ways is not my idea of fun!

Hi P1kef1sh, I have exactly the same problem with Ciao and just usually delete their emails and there are a couple of others that annoy me even more as you can spen many minutes before they decide you are not suitable but by that time they have all the answers they require for the market research, grrrr. I just stick to a couple now and have been paid well by them and even won a £50 cheque with one for one of their compettion surveys rather than a cash paid one. This ideal survey site sounds fantastic. Please share on PM if you can as it may be one I am not with yet. Ellie :D

I get a lot of prize draw entry's from ciao too, they used to be better than they are now but it still takes ages to reach payout from them, i've only ever done it twice and I've been with them for years. The best two survey sites I'm with are ipsos and light speed they really pay, I've had loads of vouchers off ipsos for good shops and light speed pay money into your paypal account. I recently got a cheque from Global test market too but that took years to get the amount of points to receive. Some survey sites I'm a member of keep sending me surveys about working in an office that I can't answer, that is the most annoying thing survey sites do.

Ive managed to scrape up seventy five pence...am i on a winner yet?

As suggested I tried this ere Caio survey site,and im not joking ,every time I tried to fill in a survey on that site it asked me a few things and then waggled two fingers at me!!well im saddened ,deeply saddened ,but lol me and Ciao are over,before anything ever started.

Hii there p1kef1sh I am a member of ciao site too and i too feel that i waste my time in their surveys . i complete half of their surveys and when it s almost about to complete i get a message " you didn't fit in the survey criteria. We are sorry. You cannot take this survey.! and i am directed back to ciao site after i spent 10 to 15 minutes of answering their questions!! This makes me feel so angry but i still wait to see if any surveys really come to me and pay.

I have surveys like that. Sometimes I have those which say they have an interesting survey which will only take a few minutes but what they actually mean is that you will be taken through loads of adverts which all look the same and then you will be asked precisely the same questions about it and the survey will not only be the most boring I've ever done but then at the end, it will have taken 20 to 30 minutes for me to earn an entry into a sweepstake. And then there are others where no answer is relevant but it won't let you move on if you don't answer or where you have answered a question which would render the next 10 questions irrelevant but you still have to go through them. The kind of survey I like is the kind which takes a few minutes and offers a decent incentive. I mean, I don't expect to get loads of cash for a 5 minute survey but a decent site should offer a small incentive for the survey. There is one that I am on which pays half of the total even if you don't qualify. I think that must be the worst thing when you spend time doing these surveys and you don't qualify, there is no compensation for your time. I think that site is called pureprofiles. They don't send many surveys (which is good for me) but when they do, you know it's in £s and that you will earn 20pence at least for your time. I think survey sites should also make it clear how long the survey is going to be and indicate whether there are to be a ton of adverts or video clips. I get really annoyed with those sort. At least I could choose not to do them if I already knew what they were going to involve. I think a good survey site should give options of the type of survey you want to do, not just the subject but the length, incentive and particulars of the survey as well.

Oh yeah I know all about that and that is one of the reasons I stopped completing surveys for that particular site. My ideal survey would take about 10 - 15 minutes and probably be about internet use or child care issues! Hugs xx

i am a memeber of Ciao also p1ke,and i had the same problem with them.one day i got really annoyed with them,when i spent 10 minutes doing the survey and then they said i did not fit the criteria.i sent a e-mail to them claiming they were fraudulant etc.they never got back to me,but i have had several surveys from them and they actually paid me every time since my e-mail.so send them a e-mail and complain ,it seems to work.cheers sue

My survey is a pretty good survey site. They seem to actually send surveys that you can do. Opinion Outpost is another survey site that I like. I dont know if they take members from the UK or not though.

I think they should accept everyone's opinions, unless it's a gender issue. Most of those sites have surveys that are too long as well. Your eyes just start crossing after awhile. That's why I gave up on them.

One that tells me they are going to pay me real money instead of a sweepstakes entry whether I complete it or not. Sadly, I don't see many of those, although there is a site for Canadians that does. I just don't hear from them often. LOL

I don't know. But while we are on the subject, I would go to the one you say tailors the surveys to you and actually pays. What is it? Pretty please?

I dont know a lot about surveys..except when people try to stop me in the street for market research and ive got to take on the role of a dodgem car trying to avoid them!!So you get paid..real spondulicks for these ere surveys then???my ears are now standing to attention....a bit like Spock...what do these surveys talk about??...the only thing that maybe would be a bit of a bother or a worry to me is that they may want to know everything but the colour of yesterdays undies..but then again meebe I could live with that too...or that they would keep phoning you up and bothering you at home!!....but my nose is twitching here...like Thumper...so if you have any good ones that are reliable pm me Piky...many ta`s..Oh ive just found 50p in my pocket...is that any good ..will it get me 10 minutes????lmso

The ideal survey site would be one that sends me the surveys I actually qualify for. I have a few that actually do that, and i've earned on each one i've completed but they don't send them that often. I mean, I like the whole entering into all these sweepstakes thingers but for the most part in the end it's just not worth it. I mean I stick with some of them because i've actually received payout from them before, but if i'm stuck doing surveys on-end for about 2-3 weeks and I don't make anything, it kind of makes me run off and search for a better one. and by "anything" I dont necessarily mean payout, just that i'm earning something worthwhile. The most I spend on survey sites is about 25-40 minutes on any given day that I do them. I won't give them anything more then that because then it starts getting to the point of not being worth it.. and well, let's just say, even with that time I put into it, it's still almost not worth it! If it wasn't for my pure enjoyment of just doing some of the surveys that some of the sites send me, I probably wouldn't even waste my time! Hope this is a good enough answer for ya, :P. Oh, and what's this site that you speak of that actually pays? the more the merrier! Send it my way, =O

Do you know what I think Ciao are rubbish! I have been a member with them for months and do you know how much I have made? 10p yep a whole 10p, why? same as you, I am never compatible for them I never get to finish a survey. I get offered loads of them, but they only offer me 10p and I just got to the point with them that I thought " I cannot be bothered with it now!" I have joined hundreds of survey sites over the last few months, most of them are rubbish, but I reckon that I have a handful that are actually really good. I get a regular amount of surveys from them and it works quite well. But Ciao is definately not one of them!

hi pikefish I did belong to a lot of surveys and found once I entered my real age zap no you do not qualify. and this after ten or twenty minutes of answering questions so now i deleted most of them and have mysurvey which faithfully qualifies me on all my surverys and after one thousand points which is ten dollars i cash in my ten dollars and in three weeks I get my ten dollars. i have constantly been able to cash in ten dollars every time I make payoff here on mylot so with both these nice bonuses added to my small social security check I do okay.Also I do surveyspot which ocassionally sends me another five or ten dollars. these two I never fail to qualify in while the other twenty I always failed to qualify. lol and lol some more.

The truth, pal, is that there is no ideal site. They are all making money for the owners. I know a gambling site that sends out these things in a torrent telling you that you won. When you fill out the form they say its only for new entrees, not for you, you're registered already, however you can try our lottery etc. and win a million instead. I believe its the old throw out strings with bait and you'll get fish, if not today, tomorrow, and at the end of your bevvy of strings, you'll be rich. Don't doubt it. There's no ideal site, there are people making money.

I have given up on all survey sites except OnePoll and YouGov. These two don't have many product or consumer surveys and they do have more lifestyle and opinion polls. All the other survey sites I joined seem to want people who spend a lot of money on entertainment, shopping, fashion, holidays etc. I don't do any of those things and I don't have a family, nor am I a houseowner, so I really don't qualify for their surveys. I have been paid £50 by YouGov and I am half way towards the £40 payout at OnePoll. I think between them I can get paid £90 in one year. I don't think surveys are a reliable source of income, just something to do with a chance to win money prizes and get an occasional payout.

I used to do the online survey thing, too. I've given up. It seemed to me that there were very few that actually paid. I also remember going through the frustration of doing the majority of the questions and then being kicked out after wasting about ten minutes answering demographics qualification questions.