Swagbucks Survey Experiences

@lovebuglena (43077)
Staten Island, New York
March 28, 2017 12:41pm CST
Sometimes I am actually in the mood to do surveys on Swagbacks but no matter what survey I click on, I either get told the survey has hit max capacity or that I do not qualify for the survey. Sometimes, a survey seems to work but then after partially completing that survey I am told that I do not qualify for it or that it has hit max capacity. Why don't they say that right away so I do not have to waste my time answering questions for nothing? And on some occasions I get to do a survey but at some point into it the survey stops working/functioning and refreshing the page doesn't do anything. It's very frustrating when these things happen because that means I have wasted my time for nothing. I could have instead used that time to do something else. When I do surveys I tend to do surveys that are shorter in duration because either I do not have the time to do long surveys or I am simply not in the mood to spend so much time on them. I hate it when I click on a survey that says it's only ten minutes long, for example, only to find that after I answer some preliminary questions the survey duration is 25 minutes long. Does that mean they give me a different survey or that the listing is showing an incorrect survey duration? How am I supposed to reach my daily goals and get bonus SB if I am unable to qualify for surveys or complete them. Watching videos and searching won't get me that as the pay is very little.
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7 responses
• United States
28 Mar 17
I stopped the surveys.... Waste of time.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
29 Mar 17
Unless you buy something online via Swagbucks surveys are the best way to get good SB. Unless you take part in the offers. But I've never done those.
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• United States
29 Mar 17
@lovebuglena I get most of my points from shop and earn. I have also hit big time searching - one time I got 80 points for one search.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
29 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill I hit a big SB amount once for a search but that is rare for me. I don't shop much online... and some stores I may buy something from online is not on Swagbucks... And sometimes there is an issue getting credited the SB for shop & earn.
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• Preston, England
29 Mar 17
it was problems like that which made me quit swagbucks quickly
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• Preston, England
1 Apr 17
@lovebuglena that's what put me off doing them, being rejected for so many
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
29 Mar 17
I tried doing some surveys today - Gold ones so far... Was not able to do any of the ones I tried. Got disqualified...
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@bostonphil (4459)
• United States
2 Apr 17
I spend hours on swagbucks every day. it is one of my top sites. I attempt a lot of surveys and sometimes am able to complete one to three a day. Other days, I am able to complete none at all. I get the "sorry" a lot but i get to complete so many that I am very persistent in attempting any and all. However, sometimes I complete a survey and submit only to get the "sorry". I always open a support ticket and half the time, I get my credit but the other times, I do not. I am not happy when this happens.
• United States
4 Apr 17
@lovebuglena Today, I completed three surveys on Swagbucks. I got credit for two but got the over quota message on one of the three. I let it go. Sometimes, it is a lot of work to open a support ticket
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Apr 17
I've had it happen where it seems that I am taking a survey and then it kicks me out of it saying I am not a match for it... How do you open a support ticket? I had no idea you can do that...
@noni1959 (9886)
• United States
29 Mar 17
I rarely take them anymore because of those reasons. I get impatient. I am saving mine for a trip in June and will cash out a couple weeks before. When I order online I check Swag against Mypoints and see if I get points for the store.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
29 Mar 17
If you mean that you are saving your SB to cash out and use for your trip that's awesome...!
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@paigea (35690)
• Canada
28 Mar 17
Today I qualified for two surveys in the peanut section; many days none. I don't bother with videos as that would use up my internet. I take about a month to make $25
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@paigea (35690)
• Canada
29 Mar 17
@lovebuglena Glad I don't bother with videos.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
29 Mar 17
I hate doing videos because there are enough times when I view the video in a playlist and it doesn't say that it's been watched... and sometimes videos buffer and nothing plays and of course that doesn't count toward the SB.
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• Defuniak Springs, Florida
28 Mar 17
There are times where I will get survey after survey to credit, and then times where I can't get any to credit.
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@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
28 Mar 17
That's true. There are days when hardly any survey works and then days when you get lucky and you can complete a number of them. I like the fact that if you get disqualified from a survey that you get 1 SB for that. Though with the Gold surveys you can only get 1 SB five times. With the Peanut Lab surveys there is no limit.
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• Manahawkin, New Jersey
7 Apr 17
I also stopped the surveys. I run the swagbucks Sportly app and do the shop and earn. I do pretty well. I will have some extra cash for the holidays from swagbucks this year.
@lovebuglena (43077)
• Staten Island, New York
7 Apr 17
What's the sportly app?