Royal Mail Surveys

StumpyPumpy

In the past you have helped us with the Correctly Delivered Survey for which we are very grateful. We wanted to inform you that unfortunately as part of our measures to reduce the running costs of the survey, we have to reduce by £1 the amount of vouchers you receive for every 2 complete weeks of data entry.

This means that for data as of 1st August 2011, we will send you £5 upon completion of 2 complete weeks of data entry.

Email just received.

john_howard_fisher

just received the exact same email:

Dear Mr XXX

Re: Correctly Delivered Survey

In the past you have helped us with the Correctly Delivered Survey for which we are very grateful. We wanted to inform you that unfortunately as part of our measures to reduce the running costs of the survey, we have to reduce by £1 the amount of vouchers you receive for every 2 complete weeks of data entry.

This means that for data as of 1st August 2011, we will send you £5 upon completion of 2 complete weeks of data entry.

Again, we thank you for your participation previously and we do hope you will continue to take part in this easy to complete survey.

Kind regards,

The Royal Mail Survey Team


its a shame really. would be nice if they could pay us via paypal / BACS a proper £5 instead lovetoshop vouchers

StumpyPumpy

Does anyone else get the impression that the whole RM survey won't be playing a part in their life much longer? They seem to be cutting costs everywhere - parcel survey, now correctly delivered survey and the monthly prize draw winner hasn't been updated since April.

Maybe it is just me but I also seem to have had a lot less correctly delivered invites over the last 12 months or so and can't remember when I last had an "extra" item to post with its extra book of stamps. I did get the musicals presentation pack, but I'm pretty sure that is the only one I have had this year. I also seem to be getting a lot more "work" from them. Take today as an example. I have had 3 items to post all at different times, 1 at a post office and 2 in post boxes. I wonder whether they are also trimming back on the number of participants especially as now I recognise several addresses that I send mail to once or twice every single month. I don't even seem to get the random magazines any more, which most of the time I thought of as a bonus.

A £1 cut does not sound much, but it is a 16% drop, which is considerable. I wouldn't be surprised in the near future to find them announcing that they are replacing the 4 x Large booklet with 6 x Second.[FONT=&quot]

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modgit

Queenriderbrekke wrote: »

Oeeerrrrr! I just had a correctly delivered survey invite, how long has it been £5 for instead of £6 I'm sure it was £6 last time I did it?

I've had an email this afternoon saying that due to cutbacks blah blah it will only be £5 as from 1st August!

LEJC

Its easy for you to say that the incentive has been cut...but what you also cant forget is that the cost of stamps went up a while back and the same amount is being sent out as the monthly incentive so they are technically now worth more than pre price rise...

nanto3girls

john_howard_fisher wrote: »

just received the exact same email:

Dear Mr XXX

Re: Correctly Delivered Survey

In the past you have helped us with the Correctly Delivered Survey for which we are very grateful. We wanted to inform you that unfortunately as part of our measures to reduce the running costs of the survey, we have to reduce by £1 the amount of vouchers you receive for every 2 complete weeks of data entry.

This means that for data as of 1st August 2011, we will send you £5 upon completion of 2 complete weeks of data entry.

Again, we thank you for your participation previously and we do hope you will continue to take part in this easy to complete survey.

Kind regards,

The Royal Mail Survey Team


its a shame really. would be nice if they could pay us via paypal / BACS a proper £5 instead lovetoshop vouchers

I got the same email today.

StumpyPumpy

LEJC wrote: »

Its easy for you to say that the incentive has been cut...but what you also cant forget is that the cost of stamps went up a while back and the same amount is being sent out as the monthly incentive so they are technically now worth more than pre price rise...

Which is why I would not be surprised to see them reduce the number of stamps offered in addition to all the other cuts.

little_monkey

Glad i got mi £300 quid worth of stamps now, i just do the mis-delivery ones

LEJC

Well I guess you dont have to stay on the panel if you dont see the incentive as worthwhile...there are plenty on here always asking how to join ....

akh43

Queenriderbrekke wrote: »

Oeeerrrrr! I just had a correctly delivered survey invite, how long has it been £5 for instead of £6 I'm sure it was £6 last time I did it?

What are the correctly delivered surveys? I have been doing the posting/receiving for approx 9 months but have never heard this mentioned before today.

LEJC wrote: »

Last week I received £6 for a recent survey...so if the payment has changed then its only within the last month or so...
still its easy to do so if the amounts have been dropped it wont stop me from doing them..
Ive not had any extra posting to do for many months..so I guess they may be putting that with the normal weekly postings...I used to like them because they were a whole book of stamps a time!

I seem to be getting more to do now as well and when they send 2 different postings at different times/places in one day it does make it awkward when you are working full time and none of the post boxes I use are near to work and then this week 2 to post on Saturday, at different times and one early :mad: (I usually have a lie in) I have only had one on a saturday before I thought it was usually weekday postings - whats the point of posting on saturdays when there is no collections? I seem to be getting more deliveries too, some days 3/4, whereas it was usually that in a week - is this normal?