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I'm a bit gutted, as I've been a member for 2 and a half years and have never had a diary-keeping survey! They sound like they pay a lot better than the normal ones... I wonder what you have to do to get selected? I drink alcohol and watch TV, so why do I not get the alcohol and TV diary surveys?! I want one *stamps foot*

I think VO have a mind of their own with how they select survey participants actually! I've said this before, but it drives me mad when you get kicked out of a survey and then they tell you 'we do have other surveys open right now, which may be suitable for you'. I always want to scream at them 'why didn't you send me the damn survey in the first place then, if I was suitable!' lol. Oh well!
Oh, and my confirmed balance is stuck on £9.80...whats the betting it will take months and months for my pending surveys to become confirmed, so that I can get a voucher?! :rotfl:I still love VO though - they were the first survey company I joined and got me hooked!
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I seem to be very lucky at the moment! Just doing a weekly lotto diary for £10, and I've also been chosen to do a £12.50 TV one in June too :beer:
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I just signed up, so hope I'm as fortunate as some of you.Survey earnings total 2009 £417, 2010 £875, 2011 £5740
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In reply to Kriss29;
I also got this error message and emailed them and got the following email back;
We are very sorry for the problems you have experienced trying to access surveys. Our new security system is blocking survey access due to an error. Please try to access surveys again on Tuesday as we should have fixed the issue by then.
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glitterjunkie wrote: »I'm a bit gutted, as I've been a member for 2 and a half years and have never had a diary-keeping survey! They sound like they pay a lot better than the normal ones... I wonder what you have to do to get selected? I drink alcohol and watch TV, so why do I not get the alcohol and TV diary surveys?! I want one *stamps foot*

I think VO have a mind of their own with how they select survey participants actually! I've said this before, but it drives me mad when you get kicked out of a survey and then they tell you 'we do have other surveys open right now, which may be suitable for you'. I always want to scream at them 'why didn't you send me the damn survey in the first place then, if I was suitable!' lol. Oh well!
Oh, and my confirmed balance is stuck on £9.80...whats the betting it will take months and months for my pending surveys to become confirmed, so that I can get a voucher?! :rotfl:I still love VO though - they were the first survey company I joined and got me hooked!
Hey- read post no.572 (post numbers are in the top right hand side) is on the previous page to this one- someone else was having the same issue as you yesterday. HTH.0 -
Thanks mrsyorkie, I also got same email from Isabel yesterday. I have tried accessing a survey that arrived yesterday am but still geting error message - I'll try again when I get a new one.In reply to Kriss29;
I also got this error message and emailed them and got the following email back;
We are very sorry for the problems you have experienced trying to access surveys. Our new security system is blocking survey access due to an error. Please try to access surveys again on Tuesday as we should have fixed the issue by then.
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your so lucky i never get these sort, i had 1 diary 1 some months back but there were issues in logging info and never had 1 sinceI seem to be very lucky at the moment! Just doing a weekly lotto diary for £10, and I've also been chosen to do a £12.50 TV one in June too :beer:have now given up smoking since feb 13th 2014 loving the money I'm saving0 -
I've been a member of VO for some time and have completed quite a lot of surveys, or so I thought! When I checked my balance it says I've earnt £2.50, and I've never been offered any of the diary ones or anything over £1.50 per survey!

Half the time it lets me start the survey then says it's not applicable to me.
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Just received this email:
You recently received the message below while attempting to access one of our surveys:
“Thank you very much for your interest in our surveys. Unfortunately you can’t participate in this study. Our records indicate that your ID has already been registered for this project and/or data inconsistencies have been identified regarding the profile data you’ve provided.”
This message is generally displayed if you have already participated in the survey once before and regrettably this message was generated by a fault in our system. We have paid this immediate attention and have fixed the problem.
We really do value your opinions and we would like to invite you back to participate in the survey for another opportunity to earn your reward.
Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
Kind regards
Isabel
The Valued Opinions team
Only problem is, i havent got the invitation link anymore and they havent included it pmsl0 -
Just received this email:
You recently received the message below while attempting to access one of our surveys:
“Thank you very much for your interest in our surveys. Unfortunately you can’t participate in this study. Our records indicate that your ID has already been registered for this project and/or data inconsistencies have been identified regarding the profile data you’ve provided.”
This message is generally displayed if you have already participated in the survey once before and regrettably this message was generated by a fault in our system. We have paid this immediate attention and have fixed the problem.
We really do value your opinions and we would like to invite you back to participate in the survey for another opportunity to earn your reward.
Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
Kind regards
Isabel
The Valued Opinions team
Only problem is, i havent got the invitation link anymore and they havent included it pmsl
Email them back and ask for one
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