We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. See the Community Noticeboard for more info. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Valued Opinions, advice please

Options
I joined Valued Opinion and have done a few polls, but after I've finished each survey/poll they say 'sorry you don't qualify for this survey'. This is after spending 10 or 15 minutes completing it? Surely they are just getting it completed for free? Does anyone actually get paid?

Many thanks in advance

Comments

  • sarahj1986
    sarahj1986 Posts: 1,634 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    VO is normally quite good at zoning you out of surveys quite quickly if you don't qualify. Stick with it, VO is hit and miss but I think it's worth doing. When you get a survey do it, some you will complete and earn from and others you won't, good luck
    :money::rotfl::T
  • tonycarew
    tonycarew Posts: 241 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic
    I joined Valued Opinion and have done a few polls, but after I've finished each survey/poll they say 'sorry you don't qualify for this survey'. This is after spending 10 or 15 minutes completing it? Surely they are just getting it completed for free? Does anyone actually get paid?

    Many thanks in advance

    Sounds a bit odd to me if as you say you have actually finished the survey and then it screens you out.

    I would email them and explain what's happening.
  • Eliza_2
    Eliza_2 Posts: 1,336 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I've had a whinge about this with them in the past, when I've emailed them they've always credited me with the payment I would have received as a goodwill gesture. Sometimes I think they push their luck a bit so worth doing this to get the message over to them that we don't like it!!
  • Kite2010
    Kite2010 Posts: 4,308 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Home Insurance Hacker! Car Insurance Carver!
    Be careful as sometimes they include duplicate questions which answered differently to an earlier question can throw you out.

    Or if it's a bank related survey they wait until after you have said before asking what bank you bank with and normally throw you out.

    As soon as I hit the cash-out, I'm quitting Valued Opinions, them charging 50p to redeem a voucher is enough.
  • getzls
    getzls Posts: 761 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    I have been with them for two years, it is very rare that it would go beyond, say 2 minutes before it rejected you.

    It's the best of the three Sites i do.
    One, Globaltestmarket is a sod.:cool:
    A lot of times it will let you run 5-10 minutes then screen you out.

    One thing i find about these Survey Sites is once i enter Northern Ireland as where i live it rejects me quite a lot.

    Now i often go for another region. :)
  • Wail
    Wail Posts: 265 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    I think the largest frustration can be that you get a number of surveys and fail to complete all of them.

    I have noticed a higher than usual 'fail' rate on IPSOS surveys on VO.

    I was wondering what others thought and were experiencing.
  • sharnad
    sharnad Posts: 9,904 Forumite
    They so that with a lot of your surveys. They take ages and then they say you don't qualify. Not worth the bother I gave up with them
    Needing to lose weight start date 26 December 2011 current loss 60 pound Down. Lots more to go to get into my size 6 jeans
  • sharnad
    sharnad Posts: 9,904 Forumite
    They so that with a lot of your surveys. They take ages and then they say you don't qualify. Not worth the bother I gave up with them in the end. Spent hours answering questions before getting one survey
    Needing to lose weight start date 26 December 2011 current loss 60 pound Down. Lots more to go to get into my size 6 jeans
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.6K Spending & Discounts
  • 244K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.9K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.9K Life & Family
  • 257.3K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.