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  • Topiary
    Topiary Posts: 158 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    LAPTOP/DESKTOP ONLY survey: about 2 minutes!!
    Hosted by elke cabooter
    £0.202 minutes £6.00/hr 41 places remaining
  • mikep22
    mikep22 Posts: 1,554 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    elsien wrote: »
    There was a £5 earlier today for sharing your online bank statements.
    Erm, nope. Definitely a step too far for me.

    Sharing bank statements?!

    What could possibly go wrong??
  • Brookside88
    Brookside88 Posts: 344 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 100 Posts
    Anyone else getting a flurry of quick 30-50p studies over the last couple of days?
  • halogen
    halogen Posts: 426 Forumite
    Still none since I joined 2 months ago
  • Merlin's_Beard
    Merlin's_Beard Posts: 1,777 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    elsien wrote: »
    There was a £5 earlier today for sharing your online bank statements.
    Erm, nope. Definitely a step too far for me.

    I think that's definitely a report level type of thing if you can remember anything about it :eek:
    Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
    Current mortgage amount: £224,460.73
    Start student loan 2012: £29,750; current student loan: CLEARED July 2025
    Unread owned books Jan 2026: 256
    Undone crafts 2026: +1
  • I used to be able to make a tenner or so a month from prolific which was a nice little bonus with not too much effort, but they did something to the site which stopped it working at my office and has basically meant I can no longer make any money as I only used to be able to spot surveys if I had a tab open while at work. Anyone else experience this?
  • To clarify my above post, the site is not suddenly blocked at work. It's just every survey I went to click on started to get an error message.
  • elsien
    elsien Posts: 37,792 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    The error message is when you click on the reserve box a fraction too late and the spaces have already been taken.

    I'm miffed tonight because I had a £2 game survey that had to be done on a computer and neither my laptop or desktop loaded up quickly enough and I timed out. :(
    All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

    Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.
  • Topiary
    Topiary Posts: 158 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    need to be quick on the ball with these surveys....saw one before dinner 300+ places. thought great will do on the desktop after dinner...all gone
  • Mrs_Soup
    Mrs_Soup Posts: 1,154 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Topiary wrote: »
    need to be quick on the ball with these surveys....saw one before dinner 300+ places. thought great will do on the desktop after dinner...all gone


    If you see a survey you want to do then don't leave it at all. There are a few with very niche demographics that hang around a bit (hours rather than minutes) but they are in the minority.
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