are these survey sites worth it?(merged)

kad1

ipsos is ok but have ordered amazon vouchers thinking that as they were electronic they'd be sent straightaway, only to find 7+ days later following an email as to their wherebouts, that they take '2 or 3 weeks from their order date' to be emailed!

jenniewb

rcpbiggles wrote: »

Have to say, I'm impressed with the service from ipoints!

I just completed a 20 min survey for 250 points only to be told on the very last page that the survey was full...... grrrrr

So I emailed them straight away and within 20 minutes the points had been credited to my account under 'survey goodwill'

I have just claimed £25 in Amazon from Lightspeed and £10 from Ipsos and £10 bonus bonds from reward tv

That happened to me too- I even got the "thankyou for taking part....blahblahblah click here to go back to ipoints" who then told me after 25mins I was not sucessful. I complained and they awarded the points. Maybe it was a technical error? or maybe (and better still) they are clamping down on companies that steal data through surveys.

redagila

amber_angel53 wrote: »

Hi, just joined this forum, was reading though and seemed very helpful

Im wondering if anyone could possibly send me a pinecone invitation or a consumer research invite, would be much apprieated

If you want to join Pinecone you need to look out for banners. I do not they take referrals.

Do you mean Consumer Pulse for the other site? If so, you can register with them at www.volunteer4panels.com and they will contact you when they are looking for more members.

HTH

redagila

amber_angel53 wrote: »

Hi, just joined this forum, was reading though and seemed very helpful

I am also member of valued opinions, lightspeed and global test market, are they any others worth while doing??

Thanks Guys

Forgot to say, if you read through this thread you will find that individuals have different opinions about the various sites.

My advise is to register for as many as you fancy and see how you get on yourself. A lot will depend on your profile.

I like Valued opinions, Lightspeed, YouGov, Newvista, Pureprofile as surveys and Consumer Pulse and NSM for recording shopping.

jenniewb

amber_angel53 wrote: »

Hi, just joined this forum, was reading though and seemed very helpful

Im wondering if anyone could possibly send me a pinecone invitation or a consumer research invite, would be much apprieated

Also have jst ordered £15 love 2 shop voucher from toluna and a £5 amazon voucher from ipsos, anyone used these and been sucessfull?

I am also member of valued opinions, lightspeed and global test market, are they any others worth while doing??

Thanks Guys

Yeah we can't refer pinecone, they go via banners (makes me laugh when we get so many people posting to say "I read the thread and can you refer me..." but failed to read the many replies to the pinecone requests! Maybe we need a sticky about that?)

There are many good and many more bad survey sites, I'd agree with the above poster but say save yourself the time and effort with ToLuna, Ciao, InYourOpinion, Synovate/global Opinion Panel, Zoom Rewards, Clear Voice Surveys and UKConsumer Link. They do pay up I'm sure, but it takes so long and the surveys are long and often they take your answers then report back to say "sorry you have been screened out"....after about 30 minutes and the submit button.

ToLuna are a world of their own, thier vouchers take months and months to arrive, even the e-vouchers, I have images of little mice slowly constructing the vouchers with their mouse fur and guessing at the codes with a trial and error formula....and this is maybe why it takes so long. ToLunas excuse is that "we are in France". Yeah but GTM are in the USA and they take far less time to get your cheque over here!

Walkabout

amber_angel53 wrote: »

Hi, just joined this forum, was reading though and seemed very helpful

Im wondering if anyone could possibly send me a pinecone invitation or a consumer research invite, would be much apprieated

Also have jst ordered £15 love 2 shop voucher from toluna and a £5 amazon voucher from ipsos, anyone used these and been sucessfull?

I am also member of valued opinions, lightspeed and global test market, are they any others worth while doing??

Thanks Guys

Hi Amber Angel,
If you send me your E-mail address via personal message, Ill be pleased to send you the link to join Pinecone.
Below is the E-mail Pinecone sent to me asking me to invite others.........:):)

PineCone research is growing and we invite you to help! If you have ever told a friend about receiving £3 for doing surveys for PineCone Research, it is likely that they have asked, "How can I join?"

Now you can tell them how to become part of this elite group of households. We are offering select members the opportunity to recommend membership to a friend or relative who is NOT a member of their household.

Do you know of households that would like to join the PineCone Research Panel? If so, please FORWARD A COPY of this email to each household you would like to refer so that they may click on the registration link shown below. That household should complete the registration form themselves and submit it. REMEMBER THAT ONLY ONE PERSON PER HOUSEHOLD MAY REGISTER. Multiple registrations of the same Household will void all registrations.

Humf_2

Grunhilda wrote: »

I signed up with these a few weeks ago as well. They phoned me up last week and I'm due delivery of the scanner tomorrow morning

Goodluck,

they are not the best shop and scan company at all, very very slow, phone calls early hours of morning to collect data though the scanner,

Has anyone ever had any joy with this compay??

Frankiemoneybags

The ones I use -

Surveyhead there good easy to earn cash just dont appreciate it taking up to 6 weeks for some pending statuses

Lightspeed - aint to bad

Consumer Pulse absolutely spot on

Shopnscan - Very good

davester

Anyone use panelbase? I just reached £10 and wondering how you guys redeem your cash? There are a few options and just wonder what experiences everyone has had.

scubaangel

I use them and from memory get it paid by BACS in to my 'spare' bank account - a basic account I don't keep money in but means I can receive payments without 'exposing' my main bank details.