Online surveys - scam or not?

full-time-mum

weaver wrote:

I like

Valued opinions - get paid in tesco vouchers - top of my list regular surveys and very fast payment

media transfer - amazon codes
Quickwise
Pinecone - £4.00 lunchen voucher booklet used for mcdonalds, greggs,debenhams even tesco
You Gov - cash
Test & Vote - amazon

Ive had pay outs from all of these no problems

Have jointed Valued opinions. Spent ages filling in the quickwise application forms and they used 'random seclection' to decline me :sad:

Sheel

full-time-mum wrote:

I've also joined yougov about 2 weeks ago and haven't had a single survey.

I find with YouGov that you get a few surveys to do in a short space of time (I had about 6 in the last week or so) and then you may not get another one for a few weeks

mintymoneysaver

I got loads from valued opinions at the beginning but I haven't had anything for weeks now, with yougov I got nothing for ages but seem to be on a roll at the moment as I've had 3 this week, and I also use TNS as I never say no to Nectar points,I got 35 today even though I wasn't eligible.
I think I'll try test and vote after reading this....

magoogy

i have recently joined a new one - you get points each day for one survey and for going to one website - not a lot of points but you can earn more for shopping - also, this is different as you can put your point into a 'bank' and earn interest - i have earned more interest than points - pretty good to watch your interest build...

if anyone wants referring pm me your email address....

MikeLB

I use TNS and Valued Opinions, they are my two most succesful ones I have to say. I have 5000 Nectar points courtesy of TNS saving up nicely for a spangly new George Foreman Grill from Sainsbury! lolol.

Was a bit annoyed with Valued Opinions upping the minimum Tesco Voucher payout from £5 to £10.

Test and Vote have been okay so far. Global Test Market have been pants.

Another interesting one is Mutual.net Not surveys so to speak but you build up points with seraches and recieving emails, which you can convert into cash or shares. Its slow going with them but it only takes a few seconds to deal with the reward emails each day.

Ciao - they just annoy me now with the not suitable line more often nowadays.

I treat them all as a bit of fun to be honest. Ciao has paid £30 over the past 2 years which is a few bottles of wine for sitting at work doing surveys! I quite enjoy TNS, i wish they would send more! They have also sent some things to the house to try out before launch for extra Nectar Points! I just look at them all as a wee bit extra on the side, pure treat money!

uberzoldat

I used to do ciao surveys, but like others have said, they ask a bundle of questions and then say I am not eligible for the survey

I have just signed up for yougov, and do harris poll surveys. After you get so many points you can choose a gift from their 'folio'. Not crystal chandeliers or anything, but it's a bit of fun.

Tahiti

can someone please clarify something for me on yougov?

Do you have to build up £50 credit before it pays you out? If that's right, I reckon that you could be at it for years before receiving a cheque! I like a chellenge, but...

teedee123

from experience,you seem to get more junk mail,I used to do ciao,but no more.

Fenella

Tahiti wrote:

can someone please clarify something for me on yougov?

Do you have to build up £50 credit before it pays you out? If that's right, I reckon that you could be at it for years before receiving a cheque! I like a chellenge, but...

Yes I'm afraid you do have to reach £50 befor you receive a cheque. I have had two cheques from them and am up to £24 now. I think this has taken four years - you just have to be patient!
A good one is Pinecone - you get paid £4 in Luncheon Vouchers after each survey. They can be used in various cafe chains, e.g. Starbucks and Cafe Rouge and you can also use them in Tesco for your shopping.

dribsndrabs

Fenella wrote:

A good one is Pinecone - you get paid £4 in Luncheon Vouchers after each survey. They can be used in various cafe chains, e.g. Starbucks and Cafe Rouge and you can also use them in Tesco for your shopping.

i hope that one day i find that damned banner to join haha....