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knithappens

Rufus, that is so poo about IKea, i think the customer service is rubbish, i was there yesterday getting my youngest a toddler bed, i asked someone a question he went off to find the answer i never saw him again

emmad5689

Hi guys can I have some confirmation please, I have signed up to vivatic and it ha given me three different survey options is this right? do I just go through each one and do as many surveys as it lets me? Does it often kick you out of surveys? and how long does it take to credit from your surveys? Bit confised as I thought people said they got £3 a survey but this is offering 85p or a £1 am I on the right site? thanks

pinkfluffybabe

emmad5689 wrote: »

Hi guys can I have some confirmation please, I have signed up to vivatic and it ha given me three different survey options is this right? do I just go through each one and do as many surveys as it lets me? Does it often kick you out of surveys? and how long does it take to credit from your surveys? Bit confised as I thought people said they got £3 a survey but this is offering 85p or a £1 am I on the right site? thanks

Hiya

You should have three options. When you click through, a new page will open and you will be asked for your postcode and date of birth. Sometimes this screens you out right away, and other times they may ask a few additional things before giving you the boot. I find the top one the least likely to kick me off and I would say I get surveys more often than I get screened out.

Just click each one and go through and do as much as you can (new surveys typically go on Wed and Fri evenings). The top two options usually credit right away, but the bottom one can take longer, and sometimes never unfortunately.

When people come on on a Friday and report £3 it means they managed to get through 3 x £1 surveys. You are allowed to do a max of 4 per day as far as I understand it. Some days you will get none, others more but definately log on Weds and Fri early evening to get in early to the fresh surveys

I hope this helps - just ask if you are stuck with anything else.

elysia2003

Emma - it's not £3 a survey - you can qualify for three Pop ones max, and four Nv £1 ones (it may be the other way around) plus you can do around 3 x 85p ones,

In theory you COULD earn £9.65 per day on there. The most I've got is £5 but as you know, anything over £1 is good for a survey anyway, and on the plus side they are usually very quick. I rarely get screened - they are brilliant for that. It's just that there may only be one or two surveys available that day.

It's really good and it mounts up quickly.


Thanks Pink - you beat me to it.

emmad5689

Pinkfluffybabe/Elysia - Thanks very much just wanted some reassurance! Gonna have a go tonight and see how far I get I have managed to do £1 one so far.

Have managed to post another review (Just) much easier when i have a peaceful house so that is 7 this week so I am really chuffed with myself just not so chuffed that DY put the child books category down as I like writing about books I read with DDs but never mind it all mounts up.

This week my target is going to be 6 reviews and fingers crossed I can get a amazon voucher from DY by the end of that but if not i'll get it the week after.

Bonus today, I do a food survey every couple of month which is a pain but it is worth £15 a time so i force myself to complete it, I had an email off them today asking me to answer a few extra questions, I answer probably about 10 and it only took 5 mins and they are sending me £3 capital bonds!

septemberblues

Hiya everyone, I do read this thread and have got some good ideas from you all! Thanks to elysia2003 I have started to write reviews on dooyoo, I'm pretty sure without her help I wouldn't have understood the ettiquete with rating people's surveys etc, I'm going to try to get a £20 Amazon voucher for my son at Xmas. I'm also getting some minature teddies and rabbits knitted and sewn up, a friend is going to take them to work and hopefully sell some. They are so cute and only 2 inches tall, the sewing up is horrible though as they are so fiddly!

I'm registered with Vivatech to do surveys, but when I click on the button a little hand with a burst of power stops me from doing so! Does anyone know how to sort that out, they do good prices for surveys.

My best paying surveys are Valued Opinions and Global Test Market. Mind you, it's still only pennies really but by Xmas I'm determined to get as much as I can,the family is doing a money neutral Xmas pressies, for my grandson I am going to make him a banner for his new bedroom. Well that's the plan

elysia2003

Well done for posting September! We can all help. now

I don't know what you mean about the little hand though. Do you have a pop up blocker on your computer? The surveys pop up in a separate screen.

It's good that you have the right way of thinking - every penny saved is a penny less you need to find later. You started late - next year you'll be so much better.

I love the sound of those teddies. Do you have a Bl*g or a photo to show us? I'd love to see. My DD2 is reading this over my shoulder, and suddenly shouted 'teddies!!!' She's addicted. LOL.

What banner are you doing? Perhaps you could do some of those, and some teddies and sell on Folksy/Etsy or Ebay. That should earn you a few extra pennies. Little elves are really popular at this time of year, if you can find a pattern.

ETA: There was a pattern for little elves posted on the Christmas Elf thread. They wouldn't take too long, and could use scraps up. I've searched but can't find it, so I've asked if anyone bookmarked it.

I found it: Here it is. If you can knit one - I'll have one please

cornish.chick

Evening ladies, boy you lot can chat!! Well done everyone who got lots of fab bargains from T

I had a bad time putting DD to bed tonight, drove me nuts mums having her for a few hours tomorrow so I can have abit of a break and a soak in the bath, kind of scared running one at night just incase I wake her up lol.

Money making is going fab! This is the first proper month I've kept stock of all my redeems and at the end of the month its going to be alot more than what I thought I earnt!! 4,000 points away from a redeem on T, hope I get a voucher for christmas, if not I'll have to hit the january sales

Wendy5704

elysia2003 wrote: »

Back from Ikea and the biggest T's I've ever seen. God knows how we missed that one.

There were loads of Thomas Mega blocks on the shelf (but I have no-one to buy them for), there was a playdoh puppy toy, but none left as other people had got there first, there was also a Crayola Sticker machine for £1.75. I got the last one for DD2.

We must have just timed it right for the hairstraighters, I bought three Toni & Guy Pink ones for £3.06 each, for presents and Two babyliss pairs for £1.86 each for spares, so if anyone wants a pair let me know. The SA tried to get the security stickers off as best as she could, and the beeby tag thing, but she made a bit of a mess - the straighteners are ok though, and you throw the box away.

There were two MSE'ers there with their trollies stacked up high with toys, there were also pink megeblocks in a box, as well as the stuff I mentioned previously.

We hung around for a while, to see if they put anything else out, but they didn't. I hope everyone manages to get some bargains.

Not sure if you still have a spare pair of straighteners but if you do and you still dont mind I would love to buy a pair from you. Mine have just broken and I cant really afford a new pair at the minute and missed the offer in my local store. If you dont mind pm me and I will send the money by paypal. Thank you in advance

emmad5689

Well it has been a very long night, OH has been taken into hospital been getting pains in his kidneys on and off and was bad through the night so they told him he had to go in incase its kidney stones. This really is all we need with me changing jobs money is so tight and now this I am hoping it is just a bad infection fingers crossed. Other problem is the fast laptop is his and he broke my sisters so we have given her the slow one although it is still in my house so I can use it but doesn't help my money making. Also he was off work tomorrow to look after the kids so I may end up having to take a day off unpaid.