Shop & Scan -TNS (merged)

shopaholic232

can anyone give me info on how i can join this i have been interested for ages?

freelancemermaid

I joined the Nielsen Survey Panel last night. This morning I've emailed them to say I'm leaving. I got a ton of unwanted software on my computer, it disabled firewall and other protective things - without asking - and seemed to disable internet access.

Personally speaking, I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole

neilwoods

freelancemermaid wrote: »

I joined the Nielsen Survey Panel last night. This morning I've emailed them to say I'm leaving. I got a ton of unwanted software on my computer, it disabled firewall and other protective things - without asking - and seemed to disable internet access.

Personally speaking, I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole

That's nice, but this isn't nielsen survery panel

rich_shot2003

freelancemermaid wrote: »

I joined the Nielsen Survey Panel last night. This morning I've emailed them to say I'm leaving. I got a ton of unwanted software on my computer, it disabled firewall and other protective things - without asking - and seemed to disable internet access.

Personally speaking, I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole

Im with them and you dont put any software on your Computer as you only link it up to your phoneline not your pc so i think its someone esle doing it.

littlewren

freelancemermaid wrote: »

I joined the Nielsen Survey Panel last night. This morning I've emailed them to say I'm leaving. I got a ton of unwanted software on my computer, it disabled firewall and other protective things - without asking - and seemed to disable internet access.

Personally speaking, I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole

As rich said, there is no software that needs to be put on your PC with Nielsen, maybe you've got a virus?

girlbutterfly

Lisaberry wrote: »

I had an email from Emma's diary today. (its some kind of baby website thing) It was in my spam inbox so I nearly missed it. It had a shop and scan referral code in it so I have now joined up.

Worth checking if you have ever received these mails!

I received the Emma's diary e-mail on the same day but could not find the link:o

catz747

I've been doing this shop & scan for 4 years but I feel like things are going downhill with them, I didn't need new batteries for a few years and all of a sudden I need new batteries 4 times in 6 months & they're telling me the batteries only last a few weeks sometimes - obviously not true in my experience.

They don't put their names on emails anymore and they sent me an email about how I was scanning things in wrongly but I've never had this before & I'm very thorough so I asked them which shop it was & they couldn't tell me but the reply they gave me - the spelling etc was dreadful & laughable.

Anyone else had this?

daisy2002

I've had to replace batteries twice so far in about 6 weeks.
Before our batteries lasted ages & we don't leave it plugged in like they suggest.

laurenjs88

How far away from the base unit do these work? do they need to stay within the house or could you take it shopping with you and just do it as you go along? that would save so much time!

catz747

laurenjs88 wrote: »

How far away from the base unit do these work? do they need to stay within the house or could you take it shopping with you and just do it as you go along? that would save so much time!

Lol it doesn't have a base unit so you can take it anywhere & scan anywhere (this is why it relies on the batteries & doesn't recharge or anything) although it does make quite a loud beep. You'd just have to make sure you don't lose it