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  • ElefantEd
    ElefantEd Posts: 1,233 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I also read very quickly (c 2000 wpm) so often finish surveys much quicker than the stated average. I usually simply leave it for a few minutes to avoid any problems, until the submit time is close to the average. I don't feel I'm cheating anyone as I do take the surveys seriously but I can't be bothered to have to prove it.
  • Raffers
    Raffers Posts: 131 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Survey on human actions 5 by Bartosz Ma!!!263;kiewicz Studies Survey on human actions 5
    Maximum Allowed Time : 25mins
    Avg. Completion Time : 11mins
    Avg. Reward Per Hour : £4.64/hr

    Can't seem to connect to the survey server page. It's a Polish domain. Have emailed the host but dunno how to secure my participation? It will expire in 15 mins.
  • kayemm
    kayemm Posts: 10 Forumite
    Smodlet wrote: »
    Then he is full of it, imo. I did it in about three and a half minutes and I was dawdling. Worth contacting PA, do you think?

    He said it takes 30 seconds to read the scenario which means I only spent 1 minute 30 seconds answering questions... apparently one can't be a fast reader these days :huh:

    I can't be bothered disputing it with PA for the sake of 81p. I think the average completion time was 4 minutes or something when I went back to look at it.
  • Smodlet
    Smodlet Posts: 6,976 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    kayemm wrote: »
    He said it takes 30 seconds to read the scenario which means I only spent 1 minute 30 seconds answering questions... apparently one can't be a fast reader these days :huh:

    I can't be bothered disputing it with PA for the sake of 81p. I think the average completion time was 4 minutes or something when I went back to look at it.


    He is probably one of those ignoramuses who think, because they can't do something/it has never happened to them that no-one can do it/it cannot happen. The world seems to be full of them, these days.
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,807 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Rampant Recycler Hung up my suit!
    Raffers wrote: »
    Survey on human actions 5 by Bartosz Ma!!!263;kiewicz Studies Survey on human actions 5
    Maximum Allowed Time : 25mins
    Avg. Completion Time : 11mins
    Avg. Reward Per Hour : £4.64/hr

    Can't seem to connect to the survey server page. It's a Polish domain. Have emailed the host but dunno how to secure my participation? It will expire in 15 mins.

    That happened to me as well, when I was half way through the survey, so I had to give up.

    It was my first survey since 26/01/2018, so I was quite excited. I joined Prolific on 10/12/2017, and made £20 in my first six weeks, which I thought was excellent, but it's been dead recently
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
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  • One of your referrals is complete!
    Hi ******,

    ****** has cashed out for the first time. To thank you, we've credited your account with £ 21.18 !

    Wow! Thank you to whoever it was that used my referral :)
  • That's pretty impressive for a referral cashout!
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    Current mortgage amount: £226,957.97
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  • I know! Totally forgot about it as I posted it ages ago, I'm never normally this lucky!
  • Smodlet
    Smodlet Posts: 6,976 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Wow and congrats, MLE007, if anyone deserves it, you do. :T I received £10 once, yours is more than double! Well done to whoever that was; they must have the patience of a saint.
  • Aww cheers Smodlet, I had 12 sign up to my referral and one cashed out ages ago and I got 55p and I was happy with that. I thought the others didn't get on with the site (which is understandable at times!). Yes I remember you got a good one too, I am not sure I would be brave enough to stash 200 quid in a survey account but I'm grateful they did!
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