are these survey sites worth it?(merged)

6889joannew

I have only had one this month and it was to sign up to a site it pays £3 then £3 every 3 months its a thing that goes on your computer just to see how you use the computer and all that but when i tried to sign up it told me i had already signed up so there ive lost £15 this year grrrrrrr lol

Reverbe

I have noticed these tailed off after a good start and also lately they seem to hit the same problem as Ciao etc in that you never get to complete one.

scottishlass

6889joannew wrote: »

I have only had one this month and it was to sign up to a site it pays £3 then £3 every 3 months its a thing that goes on your computer just to see how you use the computer and all that but when i tried to sign up it told me i had already signed up so there ive lost £15 this year grrrrrrr lol

I got this one but have yetr to see any money for the first sign up....so think I'll have to email them and see whats going on.

mimic1

i get at least 2 surveys a day , sometimes i get as many as 6 a day

skipton

Yes I usually get half way through when it screens me out thats why it has taken a long time to get £9.50.

Which other survey sites are better?

claire6hy

how many times!
we cant refer people!!!!

lorweld

Guys just two quick reminders:)

No referral requests are allowed on this board that includes through pm


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Also regarding pinecone this is an extract from the site rules



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Bearing this in mind I'd ask that from now on no referral requests are made or mention of Pinecone use the relevant boards.
Thanks guys:)

fallen121

Cashed in £26 with Pureprofile 6th December. Direct credit to Bank Account. Sent me an email saying would take 21 days to process (WHY? How hard can it be? Just another delaying tactic).

It is now 9th January. Do you think any money has appeared? Nope.

If you work for an employer you expect to be paid at the end of the month. Not many companies would stay in business if they made vague promises to pay their employees but weeks later still had not done so. But this is precisely what these survey companies do. And the worst part of all of this is that we allow them to mess us around like this.

Pureprofile should employ someone to travel around the country on a rail rover ticket paying members who have reached the £25 threshold in cash, person to person. For one thing, it would be a damn site FASTER!! What on earth is so complicated about making a payment to a Bank account that it has to take 21 DAYS?? You could train a school leaver to do the work in a fraction of that time. Ridiculous.

jenniewb

fallen121 wrote: »

Cashed in £26 with Pureprofile 6th December. Direct credit to Bank Account. Sent me an email saying would take 21 days to process (WHY? How hard can it be? Just another delaying tactic).

It is now 9th January. Do you think any money has appeared? Nope.

If you work for an employer you expect to be paid at the end of the month. Not many companies would stay in business if they made vague promises to pay their employees but weeks later still had not done so. But this is precisely what these survey companies do. And the worst part of all of this is that we allow them to mess us around like this.

Pureprofile should employ someone to travel around the country on a rail rover ticket paying members who have reached the £25 threshold in cash, person to person. For one thing, it would be a damn site FASTER!! What on earth is so complicated about making a payment to a Bank account that it has to take 21 DAYS?? You could train a school leaver to do the work in a fraction of that time. Ridiculous.

I really hope this is an oversite of the company rather then the company being a scam sort of site- I have managed £19.15 with them and its not come easily as I rarely ever get any surveys I am always screened out (and just get 10p)

scubaangel

Jennie, they arent a scam, plenty of people have been paid, including myself, more than once, but they can be very slow to process payouts and I suspect in this case its simply been a case of delayed further due to the Christmas holidays, its no excuse and fallen is quite right in finding it annoying.
My impressions are that they run payments once a month for everyone who cashes out the previous month which is why its seeming to take so long (ie anyone who requests payment in December will be paid on x date in January) I know of several companies who run payouts in this way rather than processing every payment individually.