Swagbucks 2020

General_Grant

Another (?) Instant Survey for 18SB but still only a blank screen.  Oh well.

y-o-r-k-y

Another waste of time survey site, spent 15 minutes doing a survey only to be told 'I don't qualify'. Surprised it's allowed to be promoted on here.

MollyR

The crucial thing is to take screenshots as you approach the end of the survey, then send them with your ticket to Customer Support.  I've never had them reject a ticket that had an appropriate screenshot attached.  You should also make a note of the survey ID - or, if it comes from the Home Page or e-mail, the survey URL - to be able to quote this in your ticket.  These days, I seem to be having to submit such tickets three or four times a week, so taking screenshots has become a habit.

mjm3346

y-o-r-k-y said:

Another waste of time survey site, spent 15 minutes doing a survey only to be told 'I don't qualify'. Surprised it's allowed to be promoted on here.

I hope you are joking but just in case you are not  - Generally as long as a site is paying for the privilege it can be promoted and using them is at your own risk - from a disclaimer on discover "This offer is presented to you by Swagbucks on behalf of a third-party merchant or sponsor ("Merchant"). Swagbucks does not endorse (and therefore is not responsible to you for) the Merchant's views, policies, products or services." - I set up an e-mail address to use for discover offers that I wouldn't normally touch with a bargepole as several of the sites are mentioned elsewhere on MSE as being potential spam producers  - the potential has proved to be fact and I have received tons of junk email to the address (some NSFW)

marmaladeatkins

I do remember once being immediately yanked out of a survey and disqualified once for taking a screenshot, it must've had a script on the page that knew your button presses or something. Generally I don't take screenshots, but the one time I did it backfired, lol!

MollyR

Yes, I forget which survey type that was, but ever since I got caught by it once, the way I do it is: I open Notepad, reduced to quite a small size in the bottom right-hand corner of my screen, and in that Notepad I copy and paste the survey number, reward and URL.  I then make sure that it is in focus, rather than the survey, whenever I take a screenshot.  Surveys which try to stop you taking a screenshot have no idea you are doing so if another window, no matter how tiny, has the focus.

Boodedoo

y-o-r-k-y said:

Another waste of time survey site, spent 15 minutes doing a survey only to be told 'I don't qualify'. Surprised it's allowed to be promoted on here.

If by 'on here' you mean MSE Forums then you have misunderstood. Its not being 'promoted' either officially by the site or unofficially by the posters on the forums. Its being 'discussed' by people who are using the Swagbucks site, the discussions include both good and bad points about Swagbucks and there are plenty of both. No one ever suggests you 'should' use the site but they do give hints and tips which may help if you decide to use it. 

marmaladeatkins

MollyR said:

Yes, I forget which survey type that was, but ever since I got caught by it once, the way I do it is: I open Notepad, reduced to quite a small size in the bottom right-hand corner of my screen, and in that Notepad I copy and paste the survey number, reward and URL.  I then make sure that it is in focus, rather than the survey, whenever I take a screenshot.  Surveys which try to stop you taking a screenshot have no idea you are doing so if another window, no matter how tiny, has the focus.

Clever!

MollyR

Thank you!

MissPop

Has anyone done the King of Avalon offer and did it pay? I did it, took screenshots of absolutely everything, and SB are refusing to pay out after I put a ticket in, said there was no record of it tracking >:(