rtsl35 Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 I know that you need 230 points for Paypal and something like 220 for an Amazon gift card, however I'm still confused. How much is 25 marketpoints? What about 35 marketpoints, money-wise? What's the conversion for global test market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not-a-Sucker Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 It depends on what you are going for. For Paypal, one point is worth $00.043478261. So a 35 point survey is worth approximately $1.52. For checks and Amazon, one point is worth $00.045454545, so a 35 point survey is $1.59. It used to be one point was 5 cents, made it real easy to figure. 35 points was $1.75. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeriousSurveyer Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Not a Sucker explained it well. Also, you can't cashout for anything until you have at least 1,000 points. Even though there is a 230 points PayPal option you need 1,000 points to get it: you have to mix and match cashout offers to equal 1,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footfree Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Okay with 230 points there's no way for it to equal to 1000.You would have to get to 1150 points before you made the threshold for PayPal at 230-do they have a higher denomination ?I just wonder why they hired a company to take over payments or if they really are making us think they hired another entity and they are the ones keeping the extra points?I know bookkeeping can be a headache but nickel and dimeing people can get tiresome.Big banks do it so why not them too?Aggravating to say the least.And just because they do it doesnt mean I have to like it but I guess I have to except like I said before what are we to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeriousSurveyer Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Okay with 230 points there's no way for it to equal to 1000.You would have to get to 1150 points before you made the threshold for PayPal at 230-do they have a higher denomination ? They do have higher denominations, 230 is just the least....You have to mix and match the rewards (I believe) to make 1,000. Or, like you said, wait to get 1150 and choose five 230 pt PayPals. I'm sure they did this on purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avemaria Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 I posted it in the other thread.. the point totals are new now.. depending on the reward you choose, the points have values that are now 10% or 15% lower.. here's the breakdown for Paypal and Amazon (check is also 10%) Paypal $10- 230 points (200 normal/ equals $1.50 charge) $15- 345 points (300 normal/ equals $2.25 charge) $20- 460 points (400 normal/ equals $3.00 charge) $100- 2300 points (2000 normal/ equals $15 charge) so basically a $50 cash out with Paypal is getting a $7.50 charge, which makes Valued Opinions look good at most Paypal would be 3% on the transaction, meaning $100 transferred should only cost $3.. they're charging us 15 percent here! Amazon $10- 220 points (200 normal/ equals $1.00 charge) $15- 330 points (300 normal/ equals $1.50 charge) $25- 550 points (500 normal/ equals $2.50 charge) so the $50 cash out with Amazon would equal a $5 charge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosiesmom Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 I will no longer be doing surveys for them, why don' they just take a point or two along the way rather than give us a slap in the face. In the end it doesn't matter, but I do not understand why all of a sudden we are paying for their transactions. Just start mailing checks out, like they used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtsl35 Posted June 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 It depends on what you are going for. For Paypal, one point is worth $00.043478261. So a 35 point survey is worth approximately $1.52. For checks and Amazon, one point is worth $00.045454545, so a 35 point survey is $1.59. It used to be one point was 5 cents, made it real easy to figure. 35 points was $1.75. lol @how much one point is worth. How did you calculate that number? Either way, thanks for explaining each point worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyl57 Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 They are laughing at us whilst insulting our intelligence at the same time ... "Take it or leave it Sucker" is their mantra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtsl35 Posted June 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 They are laughing at us whilst insulting our intelligence at the same time ... "Take it or leave it Sucker" is their mantra Oh c'mon, they aren't so bad. I actually like them..they are paying us something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avemaria Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 they're still the most fair paying for me for the time.. outside of American Consumer Opinion and Pinecone which are infrequent in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtsl35 Posted June 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 they're still the most fair paying for me for the time.. outside of American Consumer Opinion and Pinecone which are infrequent in comparison. Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footfree Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 I just heard on the radio this morning that some credit card companies are now starting to charge 1.50 per month fee whether you make a charge or not.At least the person talking about it just started to notice the new charge on his account even though he overpaid by 8.50 they took that out and gave him a credit of $7.00.I dont know when he opened the account but always read the fine print.Just like survey companies read the fine print.Banks and survey companies and who knows who else is nickleing and dimeing all of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosiesmom Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 I didn't watch TV this morning. If mine does that I will be cancelling the account. I am not going to pay them a ton of money in interest every year and then have them nickel and dime me to death. Nope, nope, nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtsl35 Posted June 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 I just heard on the radio this morning that some credit card companies are now starting to charge 1.50 per month fee whether you make a charge or not.At least the person talking about it just started to notice the new charge on his account even though he overpaid by 8.50 they took that out and gave him a credit of $7.00.I dont know when he opened the account but always read the fine print.Just like survey companies read the fine print.Banks and survey companies and who knows who else is nickleing and dimeing all of us. That's really messed up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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