Paid Survey's, never pay !!!

@troopy (168)
Australia
December 28, 2006 2:35am CST
Does anyone else out there have the same problem I do with these so called paid survey's.. You get through 85% of the survey then they tell you that you dont meet the selected criteria and stop the survey, that way they never have to pay you, but get a heap of info out of you anyway. It has hapened to me that often that now I just delete them from my email and unsubscibe from there email list's. There all a joke !!
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@meeshee1 (188)
• United States
28 Dec 06
Hmmm.. I have been paid decenty by a lot of good survey panels. I think you just have to learn to distinguish betweem which ones are scams and which ones are legit. sometimes I get $10 or even $20 for surveys, but most of the time it's more like $2 or $5, and it takes a long time to get it...
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@kbkbooks (7022)
• Canada
29 Dec 06
You should let us know where you signed up for that and did you pay?
@troopy (168)
• Australia
29 Dec 06
Well please let the rest of us know which survey sites these are, it would be much appreciatted
@berry9 (590)
• India
29 Dec 06
Is it available in India? thats the first question By the way are you sure you didnt pay them any initial amount to take part?Iv visited over 20 paid survey sites over two months but none paid.So tell me which site you found genuine.
• United States
28 Dec 06
Same experience here. They say FREE survey but when you get to the end, they need you to participate in offers that cost you money or else you wont get paid. It really sucks and I say online surveys are a waste of time.
@pritesh73 (606)
• India
28 Dec 06
But you get approve rarely in paid surveys.
• Pakistan
28 Dec 06
no its not like that it is really that you dont qualify their criterea and so you are notfurther allowed to take those surveys but i have some other FREE ways for you to earn free money all prooven If u are pissed then try writing some genuine articles for them www.associatedcontent.com/join.html?refer=38619 they really pay you and with no minimum payout
@kbkbooks (7022)
• Canada
29 Dec 06
Associated Content only works for US residents. I am born in the US but now live in Canada. They would not accept my work. I think asking for US residents gives alot of companies an out from non-English speakers or some other narrow minded things. There are plenty of non-english speaking Americans. Since the Internet is an international community, opportunities that are supposedly this good should be international as well.
• United States
28 Dec 06
I tried doing paid surveys but my experience was the same. I've been told I haven't found the right ones. I tried every paid survey sites I can find. So all I can say is where are the sites?
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@troopy (168)
• Australia
29 Dec 06
I agree with kbkbooks, most are for american citizens only, which sort of makes you wonder why they are using the internet in the 1st place as it is for the global community.
@swasti (1157)
• India
28 Dec 06
yeah once i too did this , and i too got chucked out of the survey when i was almose finishing. it is really difficult to find out which is good and which is bad.
• India
28 Dec 06
Yes .I have faced the same problem!
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@suspanda (146)
• India
29 Dec 06
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@troopy (168)
• Australia
29 Dec 06
Thankyou all the best for the new year as well, and i will look at this site u suggest
@arunk7319 (1281)
• India
29 Dec 06
Paid surveys like ( www.globaltestmarket.com, www.ciao.co.uk, www.ciao-surveys-international.com, www.corpscan.info ) has paid me several times. But you won't get immediately, normally it takes around 4-6 weeks times. They are all genuine payers, infact globaltestmarket has paid me in local check payable at Chennai-India. Paid survey companies conduct surveys regularly and you r awarded for completing the surveys. But u have to spend some time for every survey, some surveys may take 10-20 minutes, some survey upto 5 mts. You will be surely paid for the time you spent. All paid surveys will reward u, I don't know about scams.
@troopy (168)
• Australia
30 Dec 06
but thats the whole point, I do the surveys and then get so far through b4 they tell me i dont suit the criteria ect there looking for , therefore i dont get to finish the survey and they dont have to pay me.
• India
3 Jan 07
You are absolutely right.This is also one type of cyber fraud but less harmful because monetary involvement is not there.
@reinydawn (11643)
• United States
29 Dec 06
Well, I have had some pretty good success with the survey sites. I have at least 3 that I get paid from a few times a year. All together it's probably $100, but it's just my "fun" money.
• India
29 Dec 06
really its great but i am also earning lot of that is around 1200$ buts they give that money into redemption only
@classy56 (2880)
• United States
3 Jan 07
I always get paid,there is only 1 site that did not pay me.thats not bad out of 300.
@troopy (168)
• Australia
6 Jan 07
wow, you say 300 survey sites actually pay you ?? could you do alist of these and perhaps post them for the rest of us to see.. Thanx
@vhmehta (621)
• United States
29 Dec 06
I have never experienced that... I have worked with several survey companies and have been rejected but in initial part itself not after completing 85% of survey... I guess you were just involved with a bad survey company..
@troopy (168)
• Australia
29 Dec 06
it wasnt just one though
@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
29 Dec 06
Well I am sorry that you did not get paid as I have always been paid by the surveys that I do, so this is a pity that you have not found the right one for yourself I do not know which country you are from I am from Australia and our surveys do pay us, so if anybody else is reading this and they are from here please let me know as I would love to help you, I do not know if they are open to other countries but if they are I sure would help you as well.
@troopy (168)
• Australia
30 Dec 06
Hello Kathy I am from Australia and would like to know which survey companies you get survey's through, just dont tell me ciao as they are one of the none payers
@bluej20 (113)
• United States
29 Dec 06
That is not true. i have had some good and some bad experiences. You find the right place and you will get paid. Also a legit company will ask you plenty of questions to pre- qualify you.
@troopy (168)
• Australia
29 Dec 06
Well please let the rest of us know who these legit companies are and are they global or just america?
@hinaomar (1425)
• Pakistan
29 Dec 06
yes you are right i aslo subscribed to many survey sity.i hardly received any survey drom them and the reward was participation in lucky draw that is a drama.
@nanhegujral (4632)
• India
29 Dec 06
I think you are very right. Recently I have been part of few paid survey's but till date I never got paid and this shows that most of this survey's are scams.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
31 Dec 06
There is only one survey site that I bother with that does actually pay and they pay well is YouGov, I don't bother with the ones with false promises or the ones you go into a draw to win prizes, I never win but with YouGov I have had 2 checks from them. You have to be in the UK or US to participate. The surveys you get you get paid regardless and you are never struck off for being in the wrong criteria. But I know exactly what you mean.
@naman95 (1552)
• India
3 Jan 07
Thanks for the information, i will be careful with survey companies.
@JashleyB (1441)
• United States
31 Dec 06
I know WHat you mean. It's hard to find any good ones. I have had luck with this one place caled Harris Poll. It pays in points though. But they have some pretty neat things there. I have been sent stuff many times.
@gigarange (1165)
• United States
31 Dec 06
I was a victim of these survey sites. The only survey I trusted is PineCone. Been enjoying their checks