Survey Sites - Do They Work?

United States
February 6, 2010 9:25pm CST
I ahev tried some survey sies. One in particulr I made $50.00 pretty fast. I had to use my credit card and join a few things and remember when to cancel some free trials. But I did get a paycheck. The thing is now I am not sure if it is worth it to have to use my card all the time. You do have to spend money to make money. All the other survey site make you join things and sign you up without you knowing. I got $30.00 added to my phonebill and had to call and find out why. I also got $90.00 deducted from my bank account. I got themoney back for these thins but I did not even realize I was signing up for anything? What do you think about these sites?
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10 responses
@sushie93 (1355)
• France
7 Feb 10
I think that nobody have to joined paid surveys, most of them are scam. Only join free surveys like Ciao-Surveys (i earned 30€ with them), American Consumer Opinion (only 4$ with them , i'm suscribed on their site since one year and only be able to complete one survey -_-'), Global Test Market, Place des Opinions, ect... This free sites don't pay munch but they will not scam you and ask for your credit card. There are a lot of them in Internet, a littl search, and you will have about 100 sites to join! ^^
• Philippines
7 Feb 10
I never did start doing surveys. I was tempted to do them, but i first browsed for feedbacks to see how people have enjoyed or hated doing them. And all i got was 90% negative feedbacks. So i didnt even started on one. You browse first for feedbacks regarding a site that fancies you, so you will not be wasting time and money.
@uicbear (1900)
• United States
7 Feb 10
I don't use any survey sites that require me to spend money or sign up for offers to get paid. I tried this once and ended up subscribing to services that I didn't need or want and it's a hassle to go and cancel these things. I did find a couple of survey sites that I actually get paid for taking surveys. No, I don't make $75 a survey like some sites will promise, but I'll earn a couple dollars for each survey I qualify for and that adds up.
@satya4186 (279)
• India
7 Feb 10
according to my view one in particular i made $100 pretty fast . i had to use debit card n join a thing n remaber.
@machivado (528)
• Indonesia
7 Feb 10
At first I was interested in this offer, but then again after some time later I realized that there are already too much people signing up to this offer so I pass on them.
• United States
7 Feb 10
Sounds like you have ended up in some of the not so honest survey sites that "claim" to be able to pay you big $$$ for just a short amount of your time. While there are many survey sites that do pay, I have not really found any that will pay you $30 to $50 for one survey. As one of the other posters mentioned, there are a variety of free survey sites available online. Some will give you points for completing surveys whether you qualified or not while others may occasionally offer cash surveys, but these usually pay $1 to $5. I suggest doing an internet search for Survey companies or something similar. Avoid any that require you to pay a membership fee to obtain access to a list. I have fallen for that in the past and the info is really not worthwhile since many sites may no longer be active. Just use your judgment and you will be able to find a few site that will work for you. Just remember that you will need time in order to complete each survey you receive.
• United States
7 Feb 10
I think they only work for the survey takers!
@oneidmnster (1385)
• United States
7 Feb 10
What you got involved with wasn't an actual survey site.No real survey site will ask for money.I belong to several good survey site that are totally free and I've been paid with many times.
@Masmasika (1921)
• Philippines
7 Feb 10
Kmahony610, I'm sorry about your bad experience. I have signed up for a survey site but it doesn't work that way to me. It gives questions to be answered by members then you get points from the survey you have answered. I have been with the survey site for more than a year and I only accumulated 350 points which is equal to thirty five dollars but you cannot claim it unless you reach 1000 points. The negative side is that survey is only given once in two months so I just wait and answer if something is available for me. I haven't tried any other survey site because i am concentrating on my writing sites where I am earning a regular monthly pay writing articles. If you have that bad experience why will you put up with them. That seems like another form of scam and you must stop working for the site. Why not write instead for the writing sites available online? You will be assured of the pay especially if you work hard writing articles. I hope you will look for another earning site to join because the way I look at the survey site you are working for is a scam. Maybe you should not be using your credit card to register for a site online. Good luck.
• Mauritius
7 Feb 10
You should find out if they really pay their user before making any survey