Swagbucks Challenge May 2013

paulshorse

Swagbucks have re-introduced the hourly winner. Here are the details:-

http://blog.uk.swagbucks.com/2013/05/welcome-back-the-hourly-random-winner.html

Now, though, instead of it being on the home page, it's on the blog page - I guess that makes it even harder for people to spot that they're the hourly winner

paulshorse

It looks like the US are having the large daily goals now - they're complaining about it on the US Facebook page

spiritwood

and just why is it still denied and we are told we are wrong despite screenshots?

Leonie OwenSwagbucks UK





16 April at 17:05 ·

ive just done a survey on pl on celebrity's for 48sb, it took me nearly 30 mins to complete, sb's is becoming worst and worst, no way was 48sb worth that survey, i know that if i would have done this survey on valued options it would have been worth at least a £1, so i have just wasted half a hour of my life for about 25p?
There needs to be some changes nick otherwise people are going to start going else where, im certainly thinking about giving it in, its more trouble than what its worth

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  Jane Domestic-Goddess Acott I think I can beat you with this one...Payment Wall - 22sb's - took me to an SSI survey that said it would take approx. 40 minutes. Needless to say I closed out! I agree though the reduction in SB's for PL surveys is cheeky, especially as I've notice...See More
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  Olga Wyn That was one long survey
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  Lynn Doe strange its only swagbucks that PL surveys have gone down in price for, all my other sites the payout has remained the same hmmm
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  Leonie Owen i know its just any excuse to pay us less
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  Swagbucks UK ok, let's be really really clear about this. some criticism of us is justified and some is not at all. this is an example of the latter occasion. peanut labs fix the amount of Swagbucks that are given away and it has nothing to do with us at all. they have recently reduced the amounts that their surveys are worth. lynn, this is an industry wide thing and the payout has NOT remained the same on all the other sites. unfortunately survey companies are wanting more for less and everyone is suffering as a result, you, us, everybody...
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    Olga Wyn For once, I have to agree, I have seen some surveys go down in value on other sites, so it is just not swagbucks members who are affected here, members from all different sites have had the incentive dropped Still, Swagbucks are paying more on PL surveys as I've seen them for as little as 8p elsewhere
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    Sam Spiritwood payout has remained the same on instagc, inboxpounds...
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    Sam Spiritwood the same amount: http://i.imgur.com/pqhVu94.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/pqhVu94.jpg
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  Leonie Owen none of my other sites have been effected with lower payouts
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    Swagbucks UK Leonie, let me explain again. And let me be definitive. Whenever you see a reduced amount on our site for a Peanut Labs survey, that survey is also reduced t on other sites around the UK. this is not just swagbucks. this is industry wide and frankly it is unhelpful and just plain wrong to suggest otherwise...
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    Sam Spiritwood even with screenshots showing otherwise?
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  Leonie Owen Nick that survey was a valued options one, as a member of them I know howmuch they pay for a survey that long, and I no that there survey's havent decreased in money, so maybe peanut labs should look more into the swagbucks they are offering, because someone is making a huge profit from us all
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  Leonie Owen Olga u usually tend to agree with sb, what are the other sites you have seen them on?
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Lost2

IS IT ME, OR HAS ANYONE ELSE NOTICED THAT ON THE ODD
OCCASION YOU DO GET A SURVEY YOU GET HALF WAY THREW IT
AND THEN IT DQS YOU :mad::(
73/90 I DONT BOTHER WITH GOALS ANYMORE AS IT IS JUST IN POSSIBLE TO REACH

ThriftyFelicity

The "new" SBTV is pants, at least for us here in the UK (no surprise there).

In February, I did a list of the different SBTV channels for anyone that was bored watching "how to chop an onion" or "how to make a radish rose". I spent quite a lot of time getting links to different channels that Swagbucks had available for us to watch, but didn't have obvious links to.

Well, guess what? NONE of those channels are available to us anymore. Clicking any of the links defaults back to http://globalvideo.swagbucks.com/

While they seem to put a great effort into making Swagbucks "great" for Americans, they don't seem particularly fussed about making the site "great" for anyone living outside the 50 states.

To illustrate, here's what the Americans get:

SBTV Channels in USA

Entertainment
Movie Trailers
The Insider
Moviefone
HitFix
AOL Music
Hollyscoop
Fanlala
Comedy Time

Fashion
ModaMob
Style Etc
Chic tv fashion
Chic tv beauty
Fab Sugar TV
Cambio Style
Bella Sugar TV

Health
AOL Healthy Living
Empowher
Health Science
The GoTo Mom
Insider Medicine
Ivanhoe

Music
Aerosmith
Adele
Selena Gomez
Keith Urban
Madonna
Taylor Swift
The Rolling Stones
Whitney Houston
The Wanted

Food
BBQ
Quick Recipes
Italian
Healthy Recipes
Vegan
Soups
Drinks
Salads
Latin
Desserts

News
NY Daily News
WSJLive
BBC Worldwide
Global Post
Reuters News
NY Financial Press
TechRadar

Home & Garden
Dad Labs
Better TV
Ask the Builder
Geobeats
MonkeySee Home

Pets & Travel
KVIE
Soma TV
Earth Report
Outdoor Life
VetVid
Trailer Life TV
Indigo Film
Uzoo

Television
The Office
House
Law & Order: SVU
New Girl
Psych
Glee
American Idol
The Voice
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show

Technology
Mashable Reviews
HDNation
Get Connected Media
Dummies
Butterscotch
AppVee
Top Ten Reviews

SB Originals
Get To Know Team Swagbucks
SwagGab
All About Swagbucks
Man on the Street
Office Wars


...and here's what we now get on SBTV:

SBTV Channels in UK

Editor's Pick

Entertainment
Comedy Time
Celebrity
VegTV Celebrities
Country Jazz Videos
Top Box Office
Top Rentals

Food
Appetizers
Kitchen Tips
Desserts

Health & Fitness
Stretching Exercises
Pilates
Alternative Fitness
Yoga
Global Fitness
Tai Chi


Nope, no surprise... :mad:

PurpleJellyFish

Hi All,

I've been Swagbucking since about Feb and just noticed the thread. Very informative and I hope to pick up a few tips along the way as well as share them.

paulshorse

Lost2 wrote: »

IS IT ME, OR HAS ANYONE ELSE NOTICED THAT ON THE ODD
OCCASION YOU DO GET A SURVEY YOU GET HALF WAY THREW IT
AND THEN IT DQS YOU :mad::(
73/90 I DONT BOTHER WITH GOALS ANYMORE AS IT IS JUST IN POSSIBLE TO REACH

Sometimes it could be due to demographics. A survey company will only need a certain number of responses from people with the same demographics, so if that number is reached while someone else with those demographics is half way through the survey then they will get DQd. Also, a lot of surveys do have trick questions and if you get the question wrong then they DQ you eg. they could ask at the beginning 'have you bought crisps in the last month' and I answer 'yes'. To check my accuracy they then may ask half way through 'when was the last time you bought crisps'. If I say 6 months ago, then clearly the answers don't match so I would be DQd because of lack of attention or inaccuracy

paulshorse

ThriftyFelicity wrote: »

The "new" SBTV is pants, at least for us here in the UK (no surprise there).

In February, I did a list of the different SBTV channels for anyone that was bored watching "how to chop an onion" or "how to make a radish rose". I spent quite a lot of time getting links to different channels that Swagbucks had available for us to watch, but didn't have obvious links to.

Well, guess what? NONE of those channels are available to us anymore. Clicking any of the links defaults back to http://globalvideo.swagbucks.com/

While they seem to put a great effort into making Swagbucks "great" for Americans, they don't seem particularly fussed about making the site "great" for anyone living outside the 50 states.

Nope, no surprise... :mad:

I noticed that too - everything really is going down hill and it seems to be gathering pace

atti

Still no mobile app for the UK either

System

Just done a 113SB survey on something (music streaming I think it was), guess what, no credit...!

Bleurgh.