are these survey sites worth it?(merged)

linda-ann

Thanks pollyann 164

Will let you know when I reach the magic number

Tergat

In about 3 years ive made just 15 on yougov. Given up on em basically!

jenniewb

Tergat wrote: »

In about 3 years ive made just 15 on yougov. Given up on em basically!

I was the same- then they all started to come in a bit quicker, think it was due to the elections though but did email them complaints as it was sooo sloooow! It took me about 5 years to get to £50 and went straight onto paying off the credit card debt! Depressing and stress reducing at the same time!

Tergat

jenniewb wrote: »

I was the same- then they all started to come in a bit quicker, think it was due to the elections though but did email them complaints as it was sooo sloooow! It took me about 5 years to get to £50 and went straight onto paying off the credit card debt! Depressing and stress reducing at the same time!

I think I get like one a month. Not really even worth my time considering it will take years and by then I will have probably even forgot I had an account with them. Guessing they dont want the opinions of young blokes!

luckycharlie

Don't know if this is the right place but can anyone help?

I did a survey for Valued Opinions about banking it was over a week had to keep diary send pictures and send texts. It was over 3 weeks ago have never had anything show up on my account has anyone else done this ? It's not even pending!!

libra10

I did a similar text survey for VO a while ago. It sometimes takes a while for the points to appear, but they will eventually be added to your account.

Good luck

luckycharlie

Thanks was just worried I wasn't going to get them :rotfl::rotfl:

littlerat

I joined them all around the same time.. I think around July-Sept 2010 so I'll give a run down of my status (mostly out of annoyance at some!) -I think I'll be dropping a lot once I get a payment through. Admittedly I've not been overly religious in taking the tests!

Don't like:
Toluna I seem to screen out of loads half way through But I'm over halfway to my £15 amazon voucher, so will do it until then (hopefully within 6 months!) - I keep doing sponsered polls too as it's the only way I'll ever make my 80,000 points.
Globaltestmarket I've been stuck on 290 points for a few months So IF I ever make it, that'll be it after 1 payout anyway.
Global opinion panels I'm close to my 9000 checkout points, which will only be £5 and it's taken forever so they'll be going.
Justtheanswer I get like 1 survey a month and am on 200 points, need 500 for a £5 amazon - will be going at the end of it.
Indiefield I've not had a single survey so will be deleting soon.
Onepoll I'm on £3.15 and it's a £40 checkout - I may die before I get there, but I'm too stubborn to give up my £3.15, as my cynical side feels they have a high payout so most people give up before getting there.Definitely go the minute I reach £40 - so currently, about another 7 years! But I do need to login more and check for their surveys, most only 10-15p for completion.

Unsure:
Valued Opinions I don't get many, I guess I don't suit their needs, screen outs aren't uncommon but are early on and at £0.75 - £1.50 a survey on average they may stay, see how the next few months go as I've been getting more lately.
Surveyhead... quite a few but screen out of a lot, but usually in 1st 5 questions, can be good money for each survey, approx £15 checkout though and so far only on just over £8... will see how I feel and how quick they pay up at £15. 3 showing at the moment are 46p, 61p and £1.84.
Newvistalive.. I need to concentrate more on, the £50 payout is high but I stopped doing surveys so can't judge well. I am on £7 though so will try and keep going!

Like:
Mysurvey I've just redeemed my 2nd £10 paypal, which is 1150 points (1100 if you want am amazon voucher but I thought I'd go with paypal), I only redeemed my last £10 in December so every 3 months could be worse and if I completed every survey I daresay it'd be quicker. Note you can take out as little as £3 via paypal (not sure on other methods).
IPSOS I've redeemed one £10 amazon (well to arrive now) and close to another and I've only done a few surveys (got looooads of missed) so will stick with them, reckon I could've had £30 or so by now if I'd done them all! No paypal/bank transfer option, only a few gift certificates.

jenniewb

littlerat wrote: »

I joined them all around the same time.. I think around July-Sept 2010 so I'll give a run down of my status (mostly out of annoyance at some!) -I think I'll be dropping a lot once I get a payment through. Admittedly I've not been overly religious in taking the tests!

Don't like:
Toluna I seem to screen out of loads half way through But I'm over halfway to my £15 amazon voucher, so will do it until then (hopefully within 6 months!) - I keep doing sponsered polls too as it's the only way I'll ever make my 80,000 points.
Globaltestmarket I've been stuck on 290 points for a few months So IF I ever make it, that'll be it after 1 payout anyway.
Global opinion panels I'm close to my 9000 checkout points, which will only be £5 and it's taken forever so they'll be going.
Justtheanswer I get like 1 survey a month and am on 200 points, need 500 for a £5 amazon - will be going at the end of it.
Indiefield I've not had a single survey so will be deleting soon.
Onepoll I'm on £3.15 and it's a £40 checkout - I may die before I get there, but I'm too stubborn to give up my £3.15, as my cynical side feels they have a high payout so most people give up before getting there.Definitely go the minute I reach £40 - so currently, about another 7 years! But I do need to login more and check for their surveys, most only 10-15p for completion.

Unsure:
Valued Opinions I don't get many, I guess I don't suit their needs, screen outs aren't uncommon but are early on and at £0.75 - £1.50 a survey on average they may stay, see how the next few months go as I've been getting more lately.
Surveyhead... quite a few but screen out of a lot, but usually in 1st 5 questions, can be good money for each survey, approx £15 checkout though and so far only on just over £8... will see how I feel and how quick they pay up at £15. 3 showing at the moment are 46p, 61p and £1.84.
Newvistalive.. I need to concentrate more on, the £50 payout is high but I stopped doing surveys so can't judge well. I am on £7 though so will try and keep going!

Like:
Mysurvey I've just redeemed my 2nd £10 paypal, which is 1150 points (1100 if you want am amazon voucher but I thought I'd go with paypal), I only redeemed my last £10 in December so every 3 months could be worse and if I completed every survey I daresay it'd be quicker. Note you can take out as little as £3 via paypal (not sure on other methods).
IPSOS I've redeemed one £10 amazon (well to arrive now) and close to another and I've only done a few surveys (got looooads of missed) so will stick with them, reckon I could've had £30 or so by now if I'd done them all! No paypal/bank transfer option, only a few gift certificates.

Yeah- you seem to have a pretty similar experience to me!:

I left ToLuna/Ciao as they were just rubbish, cancelling surveys when I had done them, not paying up the minimal amount of points...Global Opinon Market are so low in paying points I'll be leaving them too. Never cashed out yet been there for YEARS!

I like VO but its so rare I actually get a survey as they continually screen me out.

GTM used to be better, went down hill when they stopped paying the 5points even if you were screened out and there seem to be an awful lot of competition surveys which I don't bother to do: I know I'd never win and feel its cheap of a company to design a survey like that.

YouGov do pay but yes, it takes YEARS, as does Onepoll- the first time around it was so easy to get to the £40 and I did. Now they seem to be looking for a very tiny minority of the population and I am not one of them. (I am a UK citizen, I have no money and am not a manager/company leader). GTM are in the same boat though cash-out is lower. May take years and not decades!

Ipsos let me down, taking all my results for a diary which I logged in with and now refuse to pay me. Error on their part and they wont admit it. I will be cashing out and am not sure when I will go back for more surveys with them, they owe me as that was a long and tedious survey over a week. Only a few points, not life changing but its the fact they stole my results and are refusing to give anything back.

Victoria_Meldrew

The ones I certainly wouldn't bother with are:
Just the answer - takes years to cash out
Dialego - has taken years and I still can't cash out
Global (Synovate) - taken over 3 years to cash out £5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Opinium - good payout- £25 - but takes far too long to get there (over 2 years)
Zoom - very poor and the rewards you can claim are total rubbish (again taken years and still not got enough)

MySurvey screens me out of virtually every survey since the Lightspeed merge and sometimes I've answered loads of questions before they do
Yougov - refuse to give up and let them have the cash even if it takes years
New vista - rarely get a survey and nowhere near cashing out but again refuse to let them win

What really bugs me is that you have to keep a constant eye on the points situation and almost always need to chase up missing points with some sites eg Maximiles (sick of chasing them up and getting no reply)
Pigsback - have to chase up every single thing I do on there (except the 10 points for clicking on a banner thingy)
Toluna - notoriously bad so I rarely attempt their surveys any more

Get a great deal of satisfaction from reaching payout and then never doing their surveys again - recently been able to ditch Just the answer, Global and Opinium.