Survey Stashing: YouGov hints & tips

gaspode38 · 19 April 2011 at 11:19AM

Hiya

I logged into Yougov yesterday and was concerned to see a 50pt 'redemption' on my account for a 'monthly prize draw'. I knew I hadn't asked for this as I'm saving for the cheque so wouldn't waste my points (they are hard enough to get!). Anyway I emailed them and got this response today so thought I'd let everyone know just in case you see this on your account too:

"This redemption is in respect of an Oracle survey. These remain, as always, prize draw surveys; you have not been penalised for taking part. A new operating system at our end means that we have to apply a 50 point reward and then redeem it straight away. I appreciate that this is a little confusing and apologise for any inconvenience caused."

Thumbs up to Yougov for getting back to me so quickly

Gaspode

MikeR71 · 19 April 2011 at 12:34PM

gaspode,
This is one reason I don't do the prize draws. I don't believe there is one anyway and it's just a way for them to get surveys done without paying for them.

Overall, I regard yougov as unscrupulous unethical scamsters. How can you expect people to work for you and not get paid for years is beyond me.

NuttyNat1983 · 25 May 2011 at 8:28PM

I joined on the 5th May and I have gained 150 points by doing 3 surveys. Not sure if that is good or not, but the surveys are fun and often if you don't qualify you get put in the prize draw which is good.

MikeR71 · 26 May 2011 at 9:44AM

^^^Only there is no such a thing as a prize draw, sorry.
You will come to realise this in time.

reddyboo · 23 June 2011 at 12:41PM

I won £250 in a prize draw last year so there must be...

Ru216 · 12 March 2012 at 8:41AM

Has anyone had problems with being paid the £50?

I finally reached 5000 points at the end of February, after more than 2 years. When I went to redeem my points they asked for my account details, which I gave but I still have not recieved the money nor had any replies to the emails sent. If anyone else has had a similar problem, what did you do to rectify it?

Ru

SunnyBunny12 · 6 November 2013 at 6:25PM

My earnings with YouGov work out at about £2 per hour, so I think I'll wait until my first £50 then leave it.

Each survey takes about 15 mins on average, for which you get 50 points, (shorter surveys pay 25 points).
You need 5000 points to earn £50, so you need to do 100 surveys.
100 surveys will take 15 mins x 100 = 25 hours.
So, 25 hours pays £50, i.e. £2 per hour. I think I'm wasting my time!

Kite2010 · 7 November 2013 at 9:34PM

Answer the monthly prize-draw surveys, sometimes they ask questions in those surveys which helps build your profile = potentially more surveys.

loveis · 8 November 2013 at 10:56AM

I finally made it to my first £50 after about 4years but I did have a gap in there where I just didn't check. So some of that is on me. Since then though I've just put my points in prize draws when I do them... Horrified to see that this may not even be a real thing...!