Took a survey but didn't get paid for it
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (48078)
Staten Island, New York
July 13, 2021 2:02pm CST
I was doing a survey on Swagbucks yesterday. After I was done answering the questions it asked me if I want to answer some more questions to earn more. I agreed to do that. I answered the questions and then a page loaded that said nothing on it but the phrase "Bad Request." I tried to refresh the page multiple times but nothing happened. Tried to go back into the survey by clicking the link in the browser's history but got a "Forbidden" error message or something like that.
I never got taken back to Swagbucks and when I looked at my Swagbucks activity I did not see any SB credited to me for this survey. This was the only survey that did not get me disqualified. I was going to write support about it but I do not remember the survey time or the SB it paid. And I do not know the survey ID either.
There is only one survey in the activity log that shows it was started and has 0 SB earned next to it. All the others have 1 SB for disqualification. Perhaps that is the one. All surveys that I start should appear in the log, so I should probably write support about this issue even though I am not 100% that that particular survey is the one I took.
Would be great if each survey had a name aside from survey ID...
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15 responses
@aureategloom (11025)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
13 Jul 21
i'm sorry that happened. i never had such experience because none of those survey sites work for Bosnia 
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@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Jul 21
Is that a good thing or a bad thing? It is good that you do not have to deal with this issue though.
It is good that you do not have to deal with this issue though.1 person likes this
@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Jul 21
@aureategloom You can see if Prolific allows people from your country.
I was never credited for the survey. And I didn't write support about it as I didn't know 100% which survey it was that I took.
@aureategloom (11025)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
14 Jul 21
@lovebuglena i think it would be better if it was available because i would maybe have some issues with it but i would also make some money hah did you find out why that happened?
@marguicha (228875)
• Chile
13 Jul 21
The only site that has paid me is Tommy by Surveysite.
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@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Jul 21
I've never heard of it.
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@RebeccasFarm (90737)
• Arvada, Colorado
14 Jul 21
That happens and it is very frustrating. Sorry to hear it.
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@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Jul 21
I hate when that happens. One reason I try to stay away from doing long surveys.
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@LeaPea2417 (38604)
• Toccoa, Georgia
13 Jul 21
Sorry about that. I have never had success with any surveys.
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@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Jul 21
I am lucky that this doesn't happen often but I don't like it when it happens either way. And I hate it when I am really in the mood to take surveys, and want to do many of them, but keep getting disqualified, even right at the start of them.
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@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Jul 21
It's annoying and frustrating, especially if the survey takes more than a few minutes to complete.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
14 Jul 21
Being in this country I never even bother they should pay you though for taking the time to have the patience to do so.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
14 Jul 21
@lovebuglena
Oh I would write to support alright perhaps its a glitch of theirs and then you can get paid well at least I hope so.
@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jul 21
So far I have not gotten credited and I doubt I will unless maybe I write support about it.
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@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Jul 21
Sometimes surveys can be boring or annoying. But enough times it's not that bad, if they surveys are not too long.
@psanasangma (7917)
• India
14 Jul 21
I have signed up but rarely participate.
Every time I missed out
@psanasangma (7917)
• India
14 Jul 21
@lovebuglena Swagbucks and toluna
Swagbucks is not for me I think. Every time it get screen out
@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jul 21
@psanasangma I have not heard of toluna.
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@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jul 21
Signed up for Swagbucks or another site?
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@YuleimaVzla (1860)
• Maracaibo, Venezuela
20 Jul 21
I hope it does not gradually become a scam. Sb always enjoyed a good reputation.
@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Jul 21
I’ve been with them for many years already. Every time I redeemed my swag bucks I got paid.
I did have an issue getting credited for online purchases via swagbucks. They would not automatically get credited or appear in pending SB and I had to write support to get the points.
@LindaOHio (204752)
• United States
14 Jul 21
Hopefully you can get credit for the survey but without the survey ID, I don't know...This does happen from time to time on even the best survey sites...unfortunately.
@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jul 21
So far nothing credited. I can take a chance and write support and include the survey ID for the survey I think it could have been...
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@workathomefan (8957)
• Prairieville, Louisiana
20 Jul 21
So sorry you wasted your time.I do Swagbucks and it is a legit paying program.
@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Jul 21
I usually never have issues with Swagbucks surveys, in terms of getting credited for a completed survey. I do get disqualified a lot though. I've redeemed many times on Swagbucks since joining.
@florelway (23358)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
20 Jul 21
Sometimes surveys get broken in the middle and you are not given any point.
@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
20 Jul 21
Yes. It's worse when you get disqualified toward the end of the survey.
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@florelway (23358)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
20 Jul 21
@lovebuglena and that's very annoying indeed.
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@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jul 21
Why is that? Maybe your country cannot participate in Swagbucks.
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@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Jul 21
@ankurdini Maybe you are not eligible to participate or you did something that they didn't like. I have no idea. Maybe you can write them and ask why your account was deleted.
@ankurdini (1798)
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30 Jul 21
@lovebuglena i used 1 months that apps...but few days before automatically deleted accounts.when i again login then its shown INVALID CREDENTIALS.
@jstory07 (146247)
• Roseburg, Oregon
13 Jul 21
I have had that happen a few times and you never get credit when that happens,.
@lovebuglena (48078)
• Staten Island, New York
13 Jul 21
That sucks. If the survey did not take long to complete and the payout was little it's not that big of a deal. However, if you spend a lot of time doing a survey, and the payout is good but things don't work out, it's disappointing.
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