OTX Surveys - a turn off?

@Jennlk84 (4206)
United States
August 13, 2009 8:17am CST
Every time I open a survey and see that it's an OTX survey - I cringe. A lot of the time I just close right out of it, thinking "what's the point?" Does anyone else feel this way, or is it just me? I feel like 90% of the time I answer tons of questions and then they tell me I'm not qualified for this survey! It's so frustrating and annoying.
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11 responses
@Barbietre (1438)
• United States
13 Aug 09
Yes, and why is it they get rid of you after you have finshed almost half of it. I think it is to keep you from getting credted for it.
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@Jennlk84 (4206)
• United States
14 Aug 09
YES! I've always thought 1/2 credit would be nice!
• United States
13 Aug 09
I agree completely. They lure you in and then drop you. It makes you wonder if they really accept anyone for surveys at all. Then it is the same questions over and over again. If you are looking at doing surveys, don't even go there, they are not worth it. I am going to unsubscribe to them, but have not had the time yet.
@Jennlk84 (4206)
• United States
13 Aug 09
My problem is that I'm a member of so many different survey sites that I never know what company they'll send me to!
• United States
14 Aug 09
yea,i'm not thrilled with them either.it almost seems like they're culling answers without paying by cutting you off. and if they give me that "what kind of drinks do you drink at home" question again i'm gonna scream.
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@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
13 Aug 09
Oh my gosh, I totally agree with you! I always cringe and moan when I realize I'm opening and OTX survey. Most of the time I won't qualify for it. Drives me insane. I wish the survey sites would do away with them.
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@Jennlk84 (4206)
• United States
13 Aug 09
agreed!! 100%!
@realan (518)
• United States
13 Aug 09
I soooo agree! Hate the OTX surveys. I almost give up, and then once in a while I complete one and get paid. As long as I qualify for some and see the $$$, I guess I can't give them up!
@nijolechu (1842)
• Canada
14 Aug 09
yes, they do make me cringe too. I keep getting emails from them still trying to get me to answer their surveys. Sometimes I just complete the whole long survey and get that You Are Not Qualified message. It totally pisses me off.
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• United States
13 Aug 09
It is a lot of answering the same type of questions over and over again. Maybe they do that to try and get people to change their answers, cross themselves up so OTX can just totally eliminate them? Whatever the reason, it does get quite annoying...usually I'll qualify for one of their surveys, but it's never the first or second or even the third. But it makes me wonder, do I always qualify for the last survey...or are there more available and they just aren't offering me anymore that day? The things that make you say Hmmmm....
@jayguar (273)
• India
13 Aug 09
I feel the same too. I have received so many mails from different survey sites with OTX survey and after spending some time in those surveys, I am told am not qualified for this survey and I will be notified once I get a survey as per the data I have submitted in the survey. This happens all the time. Now I have stopped doing online surveys. To me it has started to become a waste of my time.
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@K46620 (1986)
• United States
13 Aug 09
I have mixed feelings about OTX. Usually I don't qualify but I have been able to complete dozens of their surveys.
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@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
13 Aug 09
Yes I know exactly what you mean. I too see that OTX and I may start a few of the normal questions and then say to myself "why am I wasting my time with this survey" and then I just close it. Yes and you never qualify after answering so many questions. I glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. I guess I won't be answering any more of OTX surveys.
• United States
20 Aug 09
I hate them. And you do the same survey over and over again. I hate when you do like a 20 minute survey thinking you are almost done then they tell you that you dont qualify. After you spent 20 minutes on it that really is annoying and makes me want to scream.