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Money_Grabber13579 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?
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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.0 -
arico said:Money_Grabber13579 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?
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.Northern Ireland club member No 382 :j1 -
arico said:Money_Grabber13579 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?
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.
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.4 -
Bubsychicken 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.
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Money_Grabber13579 said:arico said:Money_Grabber13579 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?
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.
More than that - our stamps are worth almost £20 with the most recent price rises.
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Saetana said:Bubsychicken 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.Guess I’m in a quiet area!2 -
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:rpstdavids 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 need to think of something new here...1
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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.0
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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:rpstdavids 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?
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 …1 -
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 Einstein0
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