Paid Surveys: Do you enjoy doing them?
@owlwings (43915)
Cambridge, England
7 responses
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
13 Nov 06
I will see what I can find and let you know. I don't take that notice that MyLot is up for sale very seriously yet. See my response to that topic.
@sbeauty (5865)
• United States
14 Nov 06
I went to sedo.com (or whatever it was) and looked it up for myself. mylot is definitely listed on their site as being up for sale. I sent a message to mylot about something else, and I tacked on a question about whether it was up for sale, but, of course, I got no response. I did get paid yesterday though, so at least I know this site is for real.
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@limcyjain (3516)
• India
13 Nov 06
yes i do. I have joined two of them and enjoy answering the questions. Find nothing silly about them and do answer sincerely.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
13 Nov 06
I mostly enjoy them, too. I find that for 15 - 20 mins work the ones I am doing average about $1 - but that is paid in vouchers eventually. I think the ones that purport to pay very highly are risky. The work isn't worth that much to a market researcher if it's being done properly.
@nannacroc (4049)
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14 Nov 06
I do enjoy doing these surveys but most of the time my profile is not the one they're looking for, so I don't get to earn anything. I usually answer honestly because if a question is repeated later in a different way, I can remember what my response was.
I am getting a bit annoyed with comparing brands of cereals, that's just one example, with human beings.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
23 Nov 06
I have the same problem that they often don't want to know what a retired educator thinks about stuff!
@Undefeated (4788)
• Singapore
13 Nov 06
I have seen many of paid survey web site but most have to pay the register fee.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
14 Nov 06
I am working on a list of referrals/recommended sites. I am in the UK, so I need to sort out which of my links are international. I will add your name to the list!
@Anastasia916 (4)
• United States
13 Nov 06
I've done those so called "paid surveys", and the questions on all of them to me were very silly, and I never got paid from them as promised so I haven't done them in about a year. The surveys I did was for like different shampoos, and for rating the commercials on TV. But all of their questions were silly, like one I can remember...it was a survey for Pantene Pro V, and they asked if I had ever heard of the product before, lol who hasn't? That's what I said.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
13 Nov 06
They do ask some strange questions! The sites I am using give you points which you can exchange for vouchers, usually. I haven't claimed mine yet, but I believe that they are legit and will pay. Some of the questions do seem a bit stupid but the companies need to know the ratings for the obvious questions so that they can compare them with the others. You will also get the same questions in different surveys. These are being used as a control on how accurate your answers are likely to be (or whether you are just ticking at random). Market research is a very serious and important business!
