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Yeah, here I go complaining again! I just get so aggravated over these survey sites. Anyway, there are a couple of things that made my blood pressure go up a little. First are survey sites that have one of those stupid open ended questions that have nothing to do with the survey. An example is "Describe how you budget..." InnovateMR is notorious for these, and I absolutely hate them. I normally answer something to the effect that the question is not relevant to the survey and I refuse to answer. Normally, I can get by saying this and it moves on to the real survey. Other sites do them to, and it seemed like every survey I hit on today had that. And not one of them let me move on to the rest of the survey. So being petty and all, I decided to just write two words. I think you all can use your imaginations and guess what those words were. I was getting disqualified anyway, so I figured I might as well have some fun and break the monotony. The second thing that has been annoying me is several of the surveys I tried today had those questions as to what I do for a living. Since I'm completely retired, I pick retired. But nooooo, these survey sites today did not have that nor "I don't work" or "unemployed" as a choice. Then they want to know the revenue of the company I'm employed in, even though I did manage to select "other" and type in RETIRED in all caps. So these tone deaf survey sites think that someone who works in a company with half a billion dollars in revenue is gonna take a survey worth $1.34! No. They are delusional at best and booger eating morons at the worst thinking CEO's of large companies are filling these things out. I think it's totally ludicrous. What a bunch of idiots. So I'm going to make a nice cup of coffee and move on to my online Spanish lesson.

I'd call it a profitable and sometimes painful hobby.

Have to say I'm impressed with the Paidviewpoint customer service...I was trying to do a survey today from them & the survey kept crashing at a certain point in the survey & I contacted them via email & within a few minutes they got back to me & credited me the amount that the survey was for & closed the survey...not many companies are like that's what all customer service should be like via an surveys online or via an app... Two thumbs up from me Green

I just won the daily sweepstakes at Clear Voice. I won $100. I will get my money in 6-8 weeks. I did not even know they had a daily sweepstakes.

I was on a survey panel, not going to mention which one, when I suddenly scored $5.00 worth of surveys in 20 minutes. This on a panel where I hadn’t gotten squat in the last couple of weeks, despite being on there for an hour every day. It then hit me that I was on there at just the right time to get and successfully complete those surveys. It also occurred to me that it was pretty random, like no real control over being able to complete surveys. And it reminded me of something that I seldom do. That would be gambling, specifically slot machines. The reason I seldom gamble is because it’s so random, and mostly relies on luck and timing. And I’m an admitted control freak. Control freaks usually don’t like gambling. It’s a waste of money for me, money I can blow on so many better things like wine, chocolate and costume jewelry. Think of it. You go on a slot machine and hope it hits. It takes absolutely no skill whatsoever. You’re just pushing a lever or hitting a button. And maybe if you’re real lucky, you’ll leave the casino with more than what you came in with. The odds will always be against you and for the house. It’s random luck and timing. I think it’s a good analogy for survey companies. With these surveys, based on what I’ve observed in the 15 years or so I’ve been doing them, loyalty doesn’t mean anything to these companies. It doesn’t matter whether you’re with a company for two weeks or 15 years. They will continue to screw you out of money, dump you, accuse you of being a liar, etc. They’re happy to take the money they should pay you and pocket it after disqualifying you. They do not care nor have any sympathy if you spend hours a day trying to complete surveys. You get close to nothing for making an effort. When you do actually successfully complete a survey, you almost feel like celebrating because it happens so rarely. It’s easy to get discouraged. Then you have a great day where it seems like taking candy from a baby, like you make $20 in a day. I did that once, and only once. I felt like I was invincible. And that happens so rarely, it really is just luck and/or good timing, all random. I don’t think it has anything to do with being truthful and actually working hard and completing surveys. There is a lot of chicanery going on in the background from “the house” or survey company. They keep you “hooked” because you successfully get say $0.50 from a survey you worked on for 30 minutes, and you just keep going, and get nothing after that. It really is like gambling. I felt like I hit a jackpot after getting that $5.00 worth of surveys today. Now I’m sure I’ll get nothing for weeks after that.

I am sure we all got this email beginning with the following: "Just a few more days until PaidViewpoint’s rebrand takes place! Get ready for a fresh logo, updated colors, and a modernized design that'll make your experience even better." I believe in the expression "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" but that doesn't ever seem to be the case nowadays. All sites update and then we, as the user, have to get used to all the changes. For me most of the changes are totally unnecessary and just make it so much more difficult to navigate a site. Yes, we all eventually get used to the changes but more often than not, these changes are totally unnecessary. But this is JMHO. I really like PaidViewpoint and hope these changes are truly for the better. Am I the only one that feels "Leave well enough alone." ? Thanks for your input

Been with them a few years and though I belong to about 4-5 other sites , this is the one I recommend to others. Today I received a personal email from them giving me Kudos for what they deemed an 'awesome response' I gave recently( can't remember what it was) so I got an extra 20 points. It's the thought that counts.. unlike the other sites who don't give a hoot how much though you put into responses that require detail. So Kudos PV too

I hate them but worse are the captcha pictures. Click on all of the motorcycles. Do I click on the end of the back wheel which is also in a box? I guess not because they give me another one and on. and on. These are ridiculous. Of course I'm not a robot. They really insult our intelligence.

I think the "survey cat" one is during the survey the cat pops up and lets you know you're doing great, just a few more questions the cat shows up a number of times and the survey is a political one where you answer the questions then have to review some videos at the end

JD Power surveys.. especially when they kick you out before you begin!

I am only doing surveys for the Amazon GCs. Because I have the gift cards, I am able to buy stuff that I would not be able to afford otherwise. I had to replace my computer printer, and I got an Epson ecoprinter which was $250. I love it, but if I did not have the gift cards, I would not spend that much on a printer. I have had it for a year, and I have not had to replace the ink yet. With my old printer I was always replacing the ink. I also spent $500 on a stereo that I bought on Amazon with my gift cards.

Hi- I was wondering if anybody here told them that you make $100,000 a year, when all you really make is $30,000 when you do a $.50 survey? There is no way that somebody that truly makes $100,000 a year, would waste their time with a $.50 survey. If somebody does lie, then the data isn't reliable. The same goes with lying about your age or the fact that you have children when you don't.

For the amount of time it takes to do surveys it isn't worth it anymore. Everything and I mean literally everything has gone up in price except the pay. As for me I only do a few surveys and I'm thinking of quitting those. Same pay from 5 years ago isn't fair or right, not one of those companies would ever do a survey for the pay they give.

Yeah, I especially love when I get asked that question, 5 minutes into a survey, then getting screened out, when they know that I don't have any kids, because I already told them that I don't have any kids. Though really, it also just bugs me that any survey writers think we're going to go out and ask any other person to take their survey. Like, random Prolific survey requesters, you really think I'm going to ask a random coworker to do a 10 minute survey so I can get paid, or even funnier, my boss?!

I really dislike routers and would avoid them if at all possible. The panels know they have routers, just apprise the panelist or add it as an exclusion to the presented surveys. However, panels prefer to inflated expectations and present a lot of irrelevant opportunities. They should just use the profile you create. Instead they use time wasting survey routers. This leads to very high rejection rate, and in a way they hide the degree from the panelist. They can use survey routers to mask just bad it is. A survey router is a string of survey testing. Meaning you may be asked the same screening question, back-to-back for a dozen different survey clients, that have nothing to do with your profile. This can waste a good portion of an hour. The survey router masks how poorly the panel is at providing relevant opportunities, there's only one rejection, and not a dozen. This leads to very high rejection rate, poor progression to rewards redemption and abandonment of unrecoverable rewards. This is actually a strategy to get work for free, a few surveys are completed and progression stagnates, by not having to reward, by cumulative discouragement. In other words, The panel has implemented a barrier to redemption. Not a very good community to be part of.

J.D. Power surveys have survey-takers spending a huge amount of time completing one of its surveys and when a survey-taker clicks the "Submit" button, no payment. Best to skip J.D. Power surveys that gather all your hard work, and then, give you nothing for your efforts.

There are too many questions of the types on surveys that I mentioned in the title of this thread. I now answer them with this: " It's crackers to slip the rozzer the dropsky in snide". Source of that gibberish.......Mad Magazine, from a long, long time ago.

I think about this all the time. I just can't wrap my head around these survey panels and how they treat us survey takers. Loyalty is not rewarded at all. In fact, survey panels don't seem to want long time survey takers on their panels. They get rid of people for absolutely no reason at all, and they don't even have to tell the survey taker why. I think that stinks. Survey panels gaslight, bully, treat survey takers like crap, and use 'bots to wear people down so they don't persist when they have a legitimate complaint. When humans do reply to emails and that, it is usually snarky, disrespectful and dismissive of the survey taker's query or complaint. If regular companies did business like this, they would lose many customers and possibly go out of business. Some survey panels are downright breaking the law, actually stealing money from panelists when they kick them out with no warning and no chance to cash out on the remaining points they have. Now I didn't just fall off the turnip truck. I'm well aware that we survey takers are not the panelists customers. Their customers are the multimillion dollar companies who pick a survey panel to get all kinds of information so that they can do effective marketing of their products and/or services. I have no problem with that. Companies need to find out from the average Joe what they think so they can do better and stay in business. Surveys are a great way for companies to get the pulse on who is buying their products and/or services. Having said this, I still think that the way survey panels treat their survey takers is terrible, and at times, downright criminal. I believe that survey takers are independent contractors, not employees, getting a little money by signing up with survey panels and giving their honest well thought out opinions. The vast majority of survey takers are honest and caring. There are a few bad apples, and of course, the 'bots making things hard on the honest ones. That's life. But I have a huge problem with the lack of respect and loyalty these survey panels show to those of us who take their surveys. There are no laws on the books, whether state or federal, that clamp down on all the bad things these survey panels do. And there aren't enough of us to get someone to lobby on our behalf. There is no clout in this. I've had reactions from friends of mine who are surprised at how little money one makes doing surveys. But it's kind of nice to sit at home where I can choose if and when I want to work, and make a little money on the side. It takes awhile, but it does add up. But I'm down to basically two survey panels because I'm sick and tired of being treated like crap, having my time wasted, and getting only pennies. Prolific and Paid Viewpoint don't screen out their panelists. I feel like I'm wasting time on all the other ones. But as long as there are people who are willing to do a 30 minute survey for 10 cents and get treated like crap, these survey panels will just keep on doing what they're doing. I have a feeling that I'm not the only one who feels like this. I think many people have just stopped doing surveys altogether. But the survey panels don't care. Many of them are making a ton of money. How do you all feel about this?

I started doing surveys again after taking about a 3 month break (which actually felt great). I was able to finish one survey and then got DQ'd from 5 in a row. I had to laugh because the last one that DQ'd me asked me how many employees are at my business. I have a small business and so I chose "less than 1000." I was kicked back to Survey Junkie who told me I don't qualify. Are there really CEOs of companies that have tens of thousands (or even hundreds of thousands) of employees who spend their time taking these surveys? I can't imagine there are very many...

Only 1 day after the BBB contacted them, I had my reward. Go figure!

Oh I hate seeing that question. I always say that 'my single biggest headache with technology is having to answer this question for a survey.'

Why can't survey sites be honest from the get go? 95% of the time surveys are MUCH longer than indicated. Do they want to lure us in and then tell us a 5 minute survey is 28 minutes?? I back out of this ploy over and over again. Wish they wouldn't waste our time. And sometimes it takes five minutes to see if we qualify for a supposedly five minute survey. In five more minutes we are told we don't qualify! (I won't even mention all the times that you finish a survey and then you are told that you don't qualify after the fact!. Well, I just mentioned it, sorry!) Why are we even getting surveys that we don't qualify for all the time anyway?? We fill out the profile. If we don't qualify, don't send it! Bottom line, be honest with us from the start, survey sites. If a survey is 30 minutes long don't say it is 5 minutes! AND if we don't qualify, don't send us the survey in the first place! (PS Steam is coming out of my ears right now!)

Just shows don't take first refusal! Had invite from Opini (one of cint), completed survey but page stuck on the partner screen, didn't go back to Opini. Sent e-mail:- "Had this invite, went right through survey & got message that I’d completed (see attached) but didn’t go back to opini - so has it registered?" Standard reply:- Thank you for your enquiry. Our records show that you timed out of the survey. This can happen if a survey is started and left for a few minutes having started it. In other words, the survey was started but never finished. This occurs most often when the survey was started or almost finished, but without hitting an end page, ie, the browser was closed before hitting the submit button for the survey. Went back to them:- I did not start and leave the survey. If you look at the screen shot I sent it clearly shows “Thank you for taking our survey” So surveygizmo shows completion, but it did not go back to Opini. Yet again you seem to be doing everything you can to avoid paying a few pence! Another reply Thank you for your response. I have forwarded your concern to our technical team to check if there was any issue with the survey. I will get back to you as soon as I have any update from the team. Appreciate your patience. Then a few days later Our team checked the study and found that it has been closed but the set-completes (final marking) have not yet been done. We reached out to the project manager to confirm your participation with the client to get credited hopefully. Now, I have received confirmation from the team that your survey has been marked as completed and your account also has been rewarded for the survey. So if you ever get refused, keep complaining

Proofreading is an unknown factor for survey writers.

I know. I've lost count of how many times I had to describe the perfect day, vacation, pizza, or what ingredients I would use to build a taco. Or that one asking if you could have any superpower, what would it be?

I don't like the Cloud Connect Surveys aka CloudResearch, The screener always asks you if you know the meaning of a bogus list of words or if you can remember all the names of every President in US history.

I refer to it as supplemental income, not a job per se, as I don't see how you can make a living by taking surveys. It's more in the category of gigs and side hustles. I suppose you could call it being a paid "influencer".

IRS announces delay in Form 1099-K reporting threshold for third party platform payments in 2023; plans for a threshold of $5,000 for 2024 to phase in implementation Changing it to $5,000 seems fair. The $600 was ridiculous IMHO.

I've dealt well with picture captchas in the past, where you check off cars, fire hydrants or whatever to prove you are human. But as of late they have been impossible for me. The pictures are grainy, indistinct and more often than not they are very hard to see.. I've wasted as much as 10 minutes prior to being allowed to begin a survey. Sometimes they even switch me to a sound captcha where I write out what I hear. Very frustrating and a waste if time. This problem started out of the blue about a week ago. Anyone else experiencing this newest time-waster?

YES!!! I HATE the surveys that ask you to tell them what superpower you would have and why. I always just exit out. AND the credit card surveys that take an hour to do. I've got no patience for that.

Whenever a cint survey appears on my screen, I reject it immediately. I learned a long time ago that you can't do business with those psychopaths.

I just finished a survey by Get Wizer wherein there was a question "Who is the decision maker for the company's site?" I gave a reasonable answer "The vice president of information technology." But that was rejected!!!! The mutants then said "Use only letters." I then typed in gibberish, as such: QWERT ASDFG ZXCVB. And that was accepted!!!!! I then got paid. That whole thing only strengthened my belief that the writers of 99% of all surveys belong in straitjackets, and in locked cages as well!!!!!

Why do you have so much money in your account at mypoints and Swagbucks? I learned my lesson a few years ago when I had $150 in my account at One Opinion, and then they dumped me. They said they would give me my money, but they were taken over by Dynata, and they never did. I just cashed out with Valued Opinion, Cint, Schlesenger, and Life points. I still have some funds in Valued Opinion. They will only let you cash out for a max of $20 at one time.

I get that from time to time. I always answer "one year or greater". For me, that satisfies the idiots.

I don't know why somebody would start a new survey company right now. It seems like most of them are being taken over by a few huge companies such as Dynata, that everybody hates.

I'm guessing that first option should have said English!

I thought it was just me, but over the past month, it seems like just about EVERY survey is filled or I don't qualify. I used to get paid for about 70 surveys a week, and now I'm lucky if I get 20. It definitely has to do with Dynata acquiring Branded Surveys. They poison everything they touch. They are probably putting restrictions in place on accounts and surveys.

I always answer these questions with absolute nonsense as well, it does not matter what you put, nobody will ever read it

Don't bother with Pinecone anymore. They were once one of the best survey sites and now they are one of the worst.

I also get ones that say there are no right or wrong answers then why did you DQ me

It was never good to begin with

I know most of my posts on here have been rants. But this one is a rave! Anyway, the number of surveys I can find on any survey site have gone way down for me over the summer. Even sites like Prolific have dried up. But lately, I have been getting surveys daily on Qmee. I have the app. I average $2-$3 a day on there. They have so many surveys, and new ones pop up every few minutes. Ironically enough, this is my biggest money maker now. And I can cash out any amount and get the money in my PayPal account quickly. Today, I made over $3.00 and that was in about 25 minutes.

I know I get lots of surveys that ask me also how many employees are in my company, and its annual budget and my title in the company, when I am retired. I just usually say one employee and other job. I think a lot of people that are doing surveys are either on disability or are retired.

I'm filing a complaint with state Consumer Protections in Georgia against YourSurveys. If you feel like you have been unfairly disqualified from surveys with no explanation through YourSurveys and they owe you points...please respond to this post. I'm willing to go to battle with this company on your behalf. Proof of help tickets your may have submitted etc... will be a big help!

I am just so sick and tired of completing a survey and then not getting credit for its completion. After I've wasted my time taking the survey it infuriates me to get the message " We are sorry, but you don't qualify" or " We've reached our quota", or better yet " This survey is now closed." This has been happening to me much more now than in the past and it's infuriating. I hate wasting my time. Besides I sometimes think this message pops up because they don't want to pay yet they want to use the info you've given them. Thanks for listening to my vent. Anyone else experiencing this frustration now more than ever??

I had to laugh today...I received a product trial from a company to try out some new cookies that are coming on the market...here I thought I was getting a bag to try & then give my opinion on the bag...nope...they sent me 1 cookie in a vacuum sealed bag...lmao...Anyone else get any funny product trials? Green

It's become way obvious that JD Power only wants the responses their clients pay for so said clients can brag about being highest rated whatever in their particular industry. This is why I've said several times that although I do surveys for a little extra money, I pay no attention to the results. Manipulated and meaningless.

Your observations that so-called support did not even look at the screenshot attachment is so apt for the standard response. I've had numerous support positions in the past and your experience shows three things. 1) This support team is rewarded for metrics and not resolution. Metrics are numbers from reports on how well an inbox is cleared and how fast. If panelists are suitably discouraged and don't followup, that is considered "resolved" in this support world, whether you were credit or compensated for your activity. The support person carried out a very low quality support methodology, called DEFLECTION, all the information you provided, was ignored and the support response was done without any concern for appropriateness. 2) The panelist is not important, the support reply made to you was what is referred to as a "Canned Reply", these can be sent out 100's of times a day from a drop down menu or a keyboard function key. I've been in a support role where I had access to canned replies. However, I crafted the response to be an appropriate reflection of the issue the customer contacted the company about. Also, you clearly outlined the issue and provided evidence to support your experience. That to was ignored. 3) It is difficult for support to reach the next tier or project managers. Only by being persistent, did you push through the support barrier. This support group is obviously not rewarded by being proactive or identifying emerging issues. Metrics can be used to penalize those that spend time on the panelist, or reporting trends, because it doesn't reflect in the numbers management would want to present to the C-Level. While, I do commend you on your successful diligence, you have only won a battle. This issue will be repeated over and over on panelists that aren't sophisticated enough to form a support counter response or find rating forums to post the their poor experience. I've won my share of battles, and wasn't successful on others. I think the reason for the frequency of uncredited surveys are both incompetence and unethical behavior, both get work for free. This marginalization of Panelists is worth a lot of money in a 50 billion dollar industry. So, when I've been marginalized by a panel or survey company, I am steeled to start working on eroding their reputation. I do research, which I relish, make high impact complaints and tell others how to do the same. Reputation equates to money.

Unfortunately, many survey companies are notorious for doing this. There is no recourse to appeal or get them to change their minds. Best to move on and not waste any more of your time with them. Some good survey companies that won’t ban you are Prolific and PaidViewpoint.