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Those Paid survey sites: are they genuine?

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  • nullogik
    nullogik Posts: 467 Forumite
    I do quite a few..
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    Cosmectic research
    Morphy richards panel
    Tesco panel

    How do you join the Tesco and Morphy Richards Panel? I've searched the net but can't find anything.
    Lack of money is the root of all evil.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
  • Hapless_2
    Hapless_2 Posts: 2,619 Forumite
    I do TNS for nectar points, if the survey is not suitable I get 35 points, but the actual surveys vary from 150-750 points depending on length of survey.
    The "Bloodlust" Clique - Morally equal to all. Member 10
    grocery challenge...Budget £420

    Wk 1 £27.10
    Wk 2 £78.06
    Wk 3 £163.06
    Wk 4
  • surveybin
    surveybin Posts: 12 Forumite
    Lisren79 wrote: »
    I signed for LOADS of online paid surveys - got me nowhere. You can earn £100's if you are on your computer 24 hours a day as some pay just 5p a survey .... Also some promise you the earth get you to start the survey, COMPLETE the survey but then send you a message that they have already filled their quota!!!! Choose wisely and be prepared to put real time and effort into it.

    Well, you need to have some patience
    No body is going to get rich from surveys, but you get some free money...
    Yes, it may be boring at times
  • Computertec
    Computertec Posts: 1,848 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Nullogik, you have to email them asking to join and they give you a website and recieve Tesco surveys
  • Computertec
    Computertec Posts: 1,848 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    A thanks wouldn't do a miss ! :D
  • in the last 2 weeks I have been paid £5 paypal from lightspeed, £11 into bank from Ciao and a £5 amazon voucher from gfk I maybe spend 20 mins a day between all the surveys but I wouldn't be earning anything otherwise, just sitting chatting on here or reading/watching tv. I suppose if you could be doing something that paid better it wouldn't be worth doing.
    Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination:beer:

    Oscar Wilde
  • Horasio
    Horasio Posts: 6,676 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I have accumulated a fair amount with OpinionBar but they want your bank account details to pay you - I'm not sure whether this is safe or not
    An average day in my life:hello: :eek::mad: :coffee::coffee::coffee::T :o :rotfl: :rotfl: :p :eek::mad: :beer:
    I am no expert in property but have lived in many types of homes, in many locations and can only talk from experience.
  • scuzz
    scuzz Posts: 1,995 Forumite
    CCstar I've set up a current account purely for this kind of thing. There's no overdraft on it, so if it was hacked, they wouldn't get anywhere. As soon as I get £10 in the account, I take it out and put it in a savings account.

    Also for survey sites, I suggest the referals board.

    Personally I'm with ciao, yougov, tns(although never had a survey from them), opinion bar, lightspeed, pinecone, valued opinions

    I've been paid by all of them apart from tns who as I say haven't even invited me to a survey:mad:
    Comping, Clicking & Saving for Change
  • samanddean
    samanddean Posts: 10 Forumite
    hey
    i'm registered with quite a few surveys too and mystery shopping sites if you have time to do that? yesterday, whilst looking around I found the following link: www.ilovefreebiesuk.net/ and its a cool website (its not mine) but has lots of different surveys on aswell as mystery shopping and cashback sites, all the sites have a rating too which I thought was pretty cool. hope that helps someone :)
  • samanddean
    samanddean Posts: 10 Forumite
    scuzz,
    how long have you been with tns? I've been with them for about 3 months and have had roughly 2000 nectar points from then but then my boyfriend joined about a month ago and hasn't received a survey either :s don't know whats going on there! maybe email them and check?
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