Kantar - Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel

Saetana

Remember we get paid for every single item we receive or post with Spectos, unlike with Kantar, so I cannot see how they are "milking" anyone.  We even get paid for returning RFIDs - and all this in addition to the usual monthly stamps.  Seems to me that Spectos is going to be more lucrative - admittedly no prize draws but having won all of 4 times in 8 years, that is no great loss.

HonestJohn

Saetana said:

Remember we get paid for every single item we receive or post with Spectos, unlike with Kantar, so I cannot see how they are "milking" anyone.  We even get paid for returning RFIDs - and all this in addition to the usual monthly stamps.  Seems to me that Spectos is going to be more lucrative - admittedly no prize draws but having won all of 4 times in 8 years, that is no great loss.

How much are you getting now for posting a sack?
How much are you getting for doing the surveys?
Not as much as Kantar for sure. Also there are no monthly prizes. Remember the Golden RFID paid £250?

Anvil1

That’s it I am finished, cashed in £95 in John Lewis vouchers
will not be joining Spectos survey, as all via app
have enough stamps to last rest of my life, struggle to give them away these days

Primrose

 With £250 worth of John Lewis vouchers and enough stamps to last a lifetime I,ve called it quits too.  I,m going to pop a few stamps into future birthdays cards.. With a First Class stamp costing £1.10 from April 3rd I'm sure people will find a use for them eventually, even if it,s to post me back a birthday card when the time comes!

HonestJohn

Primrose said:

 With £250 worth of John Lewis vouchers and enough stamps to last a lifetime I,ve called it quits too.  I,m going to pop a few stamps into future birthdays cards.. With a First Class stamp costing £1.10 from April 3rd I'm sure people will find a use for them eventually, even if it,s to post me back a birthday card when the time comes!

Well done and good luck.
I never used 1st class before doing these surveys. Now I use them all the time. I am going to use my stash for ebay selling.

NBLondon

HonestJohn said:

Saetana said:

Remember we get paid for every single item we receive or post with Spectos, unlike with Kantar, so I cannot see how they are "milking" anyone.  We even get paid for returning RFIDs - and all this in addition to the usual monthly stamps.  Seems to me that Spectos is going to be more lucrative - admittedly no prize draws but having won all of 4 times in 8 years, that is no great loss.

How much are you getting now for posting a sack?
How much are you getting for doing the surveys?
Not as much as Kantar for sure. Also there are no monthly prizes. Remember the Golden RFID paid £250?

After 6 months with Spectos - it's hard to judge.   There is less effort (no time taken to make up the outgoing items) but less reward for some items.  Trips to the PO are not a big deal for me - it's walking distance and gets me away from the laptop for a break - but obviously, for some of you in more rural areas it might mean getting the car out if you can't do it alongside another journey.  This week I will have racked up enough points for my second £25 voucher.

Like Saetana - I think I had 2 or 3 £10 prize draw wins in my time on the panel.  Maybe Spectos will intorduce something similar if they find they are short of panellists.  No Mini Eggs this year though...

HonestJohn

NBLondon said:

HonestJohn said:

Saetana said:

Remember we get paid for every single item we receive or post with Spectos, unlike with Kantar, so I cannot see how they are "milking" anyone.  We even get paid for returning RFIDs - and all this in addition to the usual monthly stamps.  Seems to me that Spectos is going to be more lucrative - admittedly no prize draws but having won all of 4 times in 8 years, that is no great loss.

How much are you getting now for posting a sack?
How much are you getting for doing the surveys?
Not as much as Kantar for sure. Also there are no monthly prizes. Remember the Golden RFID paid £250?

After 6 months with Spectos - it's hard to judge.   There is less effort (no time taken to make up the outgoing items) but less reward for some items.  Trips to the PO are not a big deal for me - it's walking distance and gets me away from the laptop for a break - but obviously, for some of you in more rural areas it might mean getting the car out if you can't do it alongside another journey.  This week I will have racked up enough points for my second £25 voucher.

Like Saetana - I think I had 2 or 3 £10 prize draw wins in my time on the panel.  Maybe Spectos will intorduce something similar if they find they are short of panellists.  No Mini Eggs this year though...

I forgot to mention the mini eggs or diary. I think we are all getting hit with parcels now so there might be a few more compaints.

pallyman

The parcel situation with spectos has put me off joining as its a car journey for me so would be costing me if they kept on sending me a lot of parcels.

HonestJohn

pallyman said:

The parcel situation with spectos has put me off joining as its a car journey for me so would be costing me if they kept on sending me a lot of parcels.

In 6 months with Kantar I never sent one parcel. Not even a jiffy or a dvd holder. Received cubes often though.
Spectos are saying we should receive one parcel a month and send one sack a month. Petrol costs soon wipe out the 60p you get for receiving the sack and posting it.
It doesn't look too arduous but we will have to see how it pans out.

pallyman

HonestJohn said:

pallyman said:

The parcel situation with spectos has put me off joining as its a car journey for me so would be costing me if they kept on sending me a lot of parcels.

In 6 months with Kantar I never sent one parcel. Not even a jiffy or a dvd holder. Received cubes often though.
Spectos are saying we should receive one parcel a month and send one sack a month. Petrol costs soon wipe out the 60p you get for receiving the sack and posting it.
It doesn't look too arduous but we will have to see how it pans out.

I used to have to post parcels very regularly & the they got me preparing 2 parcels  in the mail sacks for the price of one,lol.