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  • arico
    arico Posts: 14 Forumite
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    arico said:
    Saetana said:
    arico said:
    beanielou said:
    arico said:
    beanielou said:
    arico said:

    I did not receive any stamps at all. I signed up at the end of March and started posting items for Spectos on 2nd May. However, I have not received any stamps. Could you please tell me how many stamps are typically provided when posting items for Spectos?


    12 1st & 4 large 1st. Per month.
    with kantar I was getting double as was posting everyday, and it was only letters
    Spectos are very different!
    I see and cant believe, was 4 years with Kantar but with spectos will finish in couple month, they dont know nothing about inflation, Im not charity, they post me 2 packages separate letters, separate parcels and count it as 1 package
    for 25 points

    Given we never got paid at all by Kantar for receiving posting packs, or for posting or receiving items to/from other panellists, I would suggest that Spectos pays better overall.  The only minor bugbear is not getting any extra for posting parcels, it’s just the same as posting a letter bundle.  Fortunately my post office is 50 yards down the road from the postbox I use most often.  Plus we still get the usual monthly stamps.  I have cashed out £50 worth of vouchers since I started with Spectos and am close to another £25 voucher.  It’s far better paid, parcels excepted, but nobody should be getting more than two a month of those.
    Please let me know when you started, I started on 2nd may posting (only receiving bundles to post) and so far I got only 1500 points approx £15 which is nothing, don’t understand why you collect points so quickly
    I’ve been going since last September/October I think and have just passed 10,000 points.
    It’s still 1000-1500 (£10-£15)points a month it’s not a lot considering time spent on surveys or entering data in app
  • arico said:
    arico said:
    Saetana said:
    arico said:
    beanielou said:
    arico said:
    beanielou said:
    arico said:

    I did not receive any stamps at all. I signed up at the end of March and started posting items for Spectos on 2nd May. However, I have not received any stamps. Could you please tell me how many stamps are typically provided when posting items for Spectos?


    12 1st & 4 large 1st. Per month.
    with kantar I was getting double as was posting everyday, and it was only letters
    Spectos are very different!
    I see and cant believe, was 4 years with Kantar but with spectos will finish in couple month, they dont know nothing about inflation, Im not charity, they post me 2 packages separate letters, separate parcels and count it as 1 package
    for 25 points

    Given we never got paid at all by Kantar for receiving posting packs, or for posting or receiving items to/from other panellists, I would suggest that Spectos pays better overall.  The only minor bugbear is not getting any extra for posting parcels, it’s just the same as posting a letter bundle.  Fortunately my post office is 50 yards down the road from the postbox I use most often.  Plus we still get the usual monthly stamps.  I have cashed out £50 worth of vouchers since I started with Spectos and am close to another £25 voucher.  It’s far better paid, parcels excepted, but nobody should be getting more than two a month of those.
    Please let me know when you started, I started on 2nd may posting (only receiving bundles to post) and so far I got only 1500 points approx £15 which is nothing, don’t understand why you collect points so quickly
    I’ve been going since last September/October I think and have just passed 10,000 points.
    It’s still 1000-1500 (£10-£15)points a month it’s not a lot considering time spent on surveys or entering data in app
    Yes, but then there are the stamps too, which must be another c£15 a month.
    Northern Ireland club member No 382 :j
  • piker57
    piker57 Posts: 95 Forumite
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    arico said:
    arico said:
    Saetana said:
    arico said:
    beanielou said:
    arico said:
    beanielou said:
    arico said:

    I did not receive any stamps at all. I signed up at the end of March and started posting items for Spectos on 2nd May. However, I have not received any stamps. Could you please tell me how many stamps are typically provided when posting items for Spectos?


    12 1st & 4 large 1st. Per month.
    with kantar I was getting double as was posting everyday, and it was only letters
    Spectos are very different!
    I see and cant believe, was 4 years with Kantar but with spectos will finish in couple month, they dont know nothing about inflation, Im not charity, they post me 2 packages separate letters, separate parcels and count it as 1 package
    for 25 points

    Given we never got paid at all by Kantar for receiving posting packs, or for posting or receiving items to/from other panellists, I would suggest that Spectos pays better overall.  The only minor bugbear is not getting any extra for posting parcels, it’s just the same as posting a letter bundle.  Fortunately my post office is 50 yards down the road from the postbox I use most often.  Plus we still get the usual monthly stamps.  I have cashed out £50 worth of vouchers since I started with Spectos and am close to another £25 voucher.  It’s far better paid, parcels excepted, but nobody should be getting more than two a month of those.
    Please let me know when you started, I started on 2nd may posting (only receiving bundles to post) and so far I got only 1500 points approx £15 which is nothing, don’t understand why you collect points so quickly
    I’ve been going since last September/October I think and have just passed 10,000 points.
    It’s still 1000-1500 (£10-£15)points a month it’s not a lot considering time spent on surveys or entering data in app
    Are you honestly serious? The time spent doing the surveys (in my experience having done  both UA & CDM) is a few seconds a day. Likewise recording in the App takes a few seconds for each item received.

    As others have said the earnings opportunity depends upon where you live & the issues RM have that they need to track. I live in a small village in the south & have been a panel member since February. So far I've only received test letters containing transponders to return & as mentioned above I've done both surveys, as a consequence I've so far accrued 1,800 points. That means I've not yet had a cash out, but given I doubt the activities performed have in total taken less than an hour (I post the transponders on my regular dog walks), the 4 months worth of stamps so far received IMO equates to a more than reasonable return for a tiny side hustle.
  • Saetana
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    Wow that’s a lot I’m clearly not getting much at all! Could be because I’m in a village in the north. Do you all have daily postings? 

    I receive 1-2 bundles/parcels per week to post and usually receive at least half a dozen items from other panellists.  So I would say I am in the middle - not as busy as some but not as quiet as others.  I do live in a city though so doubtless there is no shortage of panellists in the area.
    2020 Wins:
  • Saetana
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    arico said:
    arico said:
    Saetana said:
    arico said:
    beanielou said:
    arico said:
    beanielou said:
    arico said:

    I did not receive any stamps at all. I signed up at the end of March and started posting items for Spectos on 2nd May. However, I have not received any stamps. Could you please tell me how many stamps are typically provided when posting items for Spectos?


    12 1st & 4 large 1st. Per month.
    with kantar I was getting double as was posting everyday, and it was only letters
    Spectos are very different!
    I see and cant believe, was 4 years with Kantar but with spectos will finish in couple month, they dont know nothing about inflation, Im not charity, they post me 2 packages separate letters, separate parcels and count it as 1 package
    for 25 points

    Given we never got paid at all by Kantar for receiving posting packs, or for posting or receiving items to/from other panellists, I would suggest that Spectos pays better overall.  The only minor bugbear is not getting any extra for posting parcels, it’s just the same as posting a letter bundle.  Fortunately my post office is 50 yards down the road from the postbox I use most often.  Plus we still get the usual monthly stamps.  I have cashed out £50 worth of vouchers since I started with Spectos and am close to another £25 voucher.  It’s far better paid, parcels excepted, but nobody should be getting more than two a month of those.
    Please let me know when you started, I started on 2nd may posting (only receiving bundles to post) and so far I got only 1500 points approx £15 which is nothing, don’t understand why you collect points so quickly
    I’ve been going since last September/October I think and have just passed 10,000 points.
    It’s still 1000-1500 (£10-£15)points a month it’s not a lot considering time spent on surveys or entering data in app
    Yes, but then there are the stamps too, which must be another c£15 a month.

    More than that - our stamps are worth almost £20 with the most recent price rises.
    2020 Wins:
  • Graceglow
    Graceglow Posts: 220 Forumite
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    Saetana said:
    Wow that’s a lot I’m clearly not getting much at all! Could be because I’m in a village in the north. Do you all have daily postings? 

    I receive 1-2 bundles/parcels per week to post and usually receive at least half a dozen items from other panellists.  So I would say I am in the middle - not as busy as some but not as quiet as others.  I do live in a city though so doubtless there is no shortage of panellists in the area.
    I live in a northern town. Have been receiving 1- 2 items a week from other panellists. Just started to get bundles to post, 1 per week at the moment. I joined Spectos in December have nearly enough points for my 1st £25. 
    Guess I’m in a quiet area!
  • NBLondon
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    silvercar said:
    Could someone please check their points history on the app and see if the 300 points for the addressed/ unaddressed mail should show there? Missing mine, but unsure if they should show up.

    NBLondon said:
    fluffig said:
    julest105 said:
    Finished the correctly delivered survey on Saturday, not been awarded any points so far, unlike previous ones? 
    I finished on Saturday as well and the 300 points were credited as soon as I entered the last days info.
    Have you tried refreshing the app?

    I also finished Saturday, have closed and restarted app a couple of times, but no points - yet. I’ll contact Spectos if they don’t credit within a week.
    Same here.  Points ae coming in for everything else.  I'll give them 72 hours or so...
    I got an answer by e-mail today.  They said I was missing the last entry for the Saturday and the points are credited automatically if they are all there  (like rpstdavids says).   I looked at the app again and it was showing as answered.  Best guess is that the upload failed so it hasn't registered at their end.  I told them this and asked them to manually override.  How are yours doing fluffig, julest105 ?
    I need to think of something new here...
  • To be honest I’m quite happy with the whole thing even if i just get the stamps and the odd voucher as Piker57 says it really isn’t much on the app at all once you've done it a few times it takes seconds. Im not working at the moment as have 3 young children so that £25 voucher was most welcome, in my working days I wouldn’t have batted an eyelid at it but now it’s positively exciting for a little side hustle.
  • fluffig
    fluffig Posts: 447 Forumite
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    NBLondon said:
    silvercar said:
    Could someone please check their points history on the app and see if the 300 points for the addressed/ unaddressed mail should show there? Missing mine, but unsure if they should show up.

    NBLondon said:
    fluffig said:
    julest105 said:
    Finished the correctly delivered survey on Saturday, not been awarded any points so far, unlike previous ones? 
    I finished on Saturday as well and the 300 points were credited as soon as I entered the last days info.
    Have you tried refreshing the app?

    I also finished Saturday, have closed and restarted app a couple of times, but no points - yet. I’ll contact Spectos if they don’t credit within a week.
    Same here.  Points ae coming in for everything else.  I'll give them 72 hours or so...
    I got an answer by e-mail today.  They said I was missing the last entry for the Saturday and the points are credited automatically if they are all there  (like rpstdavids says).   I looked at the app again and it was showing as answered.  Best guess is that the upload failed so it hasn't registered at their end.  I told them this and asked them to manually override.  How are yours doing fluffig, julest105 ?
    They replied in a similar manner to me today🙄
    Told me my days would all have changed to answered if I’d input them all. 
    Well I did input them all and they did all change to answered!
    Similar to you I replied asking them to review it again and credit my 300 points.
    Not overly impressed!
    Their software seems dodgy …
  • HonestJohn
    HonestJohn Posts: 1,192 Forumite
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    The UA survey is definitely dodgy from first accepting the survey all the way through to getting paid. The CD survey has always paid out when I have completed it but with the UA you have to wait. Keep querying things until you get paid.
    Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein
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