April 2013 Swagbucks Challenge

CathWales

paulshorse wrote: »

Cath, have you got your bonus yet? Mine came through late yesterday

Nothing yet Paul:( I can't bring up the SB's from yesterday on my ledger, but am sure the total on there does not include bonuses. I have posted on the FB UK page as suggested by someone on here.

EDIT: Managed to view all history and SB's were awarded on the 5th, 555SB, its just I thought my meter would have been on more! Better delete my post on FB lol

inkypinky999

how many hours on average do you all normally put in....it just looks like they should be regulated for atleast paying "minimum wages" for time spent on surveys!!! all survey sites use that data and sell for thousands just by using a concept of "Crowd Sourcing"

paulshorse

CathWales wrote: »

Nothing yet Paul:( I can't bring up the SB's from yesterday on my ledger, but am sure the total on there does not include bonuses. I have posted on the FB UK page as suggested by someone on here.

EDIT: Managed to view all history and SB's were awarded on the 5th, 555SB, its just I thought my meter would have been on more! Better delete my post on FB lol

That's great Cath - at least they've come through for you

paulshorse

inkypinky999 wrote: »

how many hours on average do you all normally put in....it just looks like they should be regulated for atleast paying "minimum wages" for time spent on surveys!!! all survey sites use that data and sell for thousands just by using a concept of "Crowd Sourcing"

Unfortunately Swagbucks is a US company and I'm sure isn't subject to UK rules and regulations. It's difficult to say how long I spend on the site. If I get a survey straight away then it can be 20 or 30 minutes. Occasionally I get more so it can be an hour or more. Then I come back later and do a few more things. I suppose on average I spend about 1.5 hours actually on the site, but then there's time on here and on Facebook. When you think of it in terms of hourly minimum wage, then you definitely wouldn't do it. The way I look at things is that I might as well be doing this and earning a bit of spare cash than sat at the computer playing stupid mindless games. There's also the great spirit of friendship on this thread that makes it all worthwhile. Unfortunately, even if you do surveys directly through the survey companies, you don't get anything near to 'minimum wages'.

inkypinky999

paulshorse wrote: »

Unfortunately Swagbucks is a US company and I'm sure isn't subject to UK rules and regulations. It's difficult to say how long I spend on the site. If I get a survey straight away then it can be 20 or 30 minutes. Occasionally I get more so it can be an hour or more. Then I come back later and do a few more things. I suppose on average I spend about 1.5 hours actually on the site, but then there's time on here and on Facebook. When you think of it in terms of hourly minimum wage, then you definitely wouldn't do it. The way I look at things is that I might as well be doing this and earning a bit of spare cash than sat at the computer playing stupid mindless games. There's also the great spirit of friendship on this thread that makes it all worthwhile. Unfortunately, even if you do surveys directly through the survey companies, you don't get anything near to 'minimum wages'.

thanks PaulHorse...I was just not getting enough swagbugs and i thought to ask this question on an average how many other users are spending their time who are able to make 20£ + each month...

i must second you comment "There's also the great spirit of friendship on this thread that makes it all worthwhile."

well for time being "Happy Summer!"

paulshorse

inkypinky999 wrote: »

thanks PaulHorse...I was just not getting enough swagbugs and i thought to ask this question on an average how many other users are spending their time who are able to make 20£ + each month...

i must second you comment "There's also the great spirit of friendship on this thread that makes it all worthwhile."

well for time being "Happy Summer!"

I earn about £50 a month on Swagbucks - but I must admit that I often get lucky with surveys whereas others struggle - then there are days when I struggle and others have no problems. It's fun and frustrating at the same time

Leo2020

inkypinky999 wrote: »

how many hours on average do you all normally put in....it just looks like they should be regulated for atleast paying "minimum wages" for time spent on surveys!!! all survey sites use that data and sell for thousands just by using a concept of "Crowd Sourcing"

Any work you do such as tasks/surveys etc is classed as self-employment. When your self-employed you can work for whatever you like even if that's just a few pence an hour.

Basically crowd sourcing is a cheap form of labour, scrap that - a very, very cheap form of labour. If you don't like what they are paying then don't do it. Some of the stuff on SB just takes too long.

veggieblob

190 goal for me today and not a single survey to be had at the moment apart from the 2 I've been screened out of! I'm going to stop scratching around for a while and come back later, but I think the meanie goal setter has beaten me today :-(

Al1x

I make around £25 per month, I make sure i hit the target every day even if it means SBTV! I don't seem to be very lucky with getting surveys. I usually spend a few hours in the morning doing a few casino tasks, playing the games and watching the videos whilst having breakfast and doing a bit of housework. I 'watch' SBTV in the evening whilst watching a film or something!

dolphin19

veggieblob wrote: »

190 goal for me today and not a single survey to be had at the moment apart from the 2 I've been screened out of! I'm going to stop scratching around for a while and come back later, but I think the meanie goal setter has beaten me today :-(

that's terrible, I hope we get an anwer soon about why new people are getting ridiculous goals.
I was going to complain that 70sb was a bit steep for a Sunday but I won't now...........although I remember the days when we sometimes got a 30 sb target on a Sunday!