Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel

Money_Grabber13579

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81948474#Comment_81948474

To be fair, Kantar never used to give Christmas stamps to those resting either, although there might have been a one off occasion when they did.

The value of the points for sending and receiving items will be far more than the cost of all those items anyway so you can buy your own mini eggs and diary with them!

t0rt0ise

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81949612#Comment_81949612

But do we ever get a pay rise? I do surveys with a company and the price they pay per survey hasn't changed since I started years and years ago. It's wrong but I suspect Spectos will be the same.

HonestJohn

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81949779#Comment_81949779

I do Pinecone surveys. For over 20 years I got £4. Now it has just been reduced to £3.

With the postal survey the value of the free stamps has increased well above inflation.

t0rt0ise

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81949793#Comment_81949793

That's interesting because it's Pinecone I do and it's been £3 for me for 20 years! I have had a few surveys offered lately at less than that too.

madflower

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81949868#Comment_81949868

My Pinecone has also been £3 for the last 5 years or so. Their surveys now seem to be for a lot less and rarely work for me.

HonestJohn

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81949868#Comment_81949868

I started Pinecone about 30 yrs ago and was posted a £4 book of Luncheon Vouchers for each one. I then changed to paypal payments and latterly shopping vouchers. Last year they reduced my reward to £3 and seemed to make them longer. Not sure I will bother much in future.

silvercar

my pine one has changed again recently. Now it’s points per survey and you need 1,000 points to cash out £10. The most I’ve been offered is 150 points for 15minutes.

fluffig

I joined it on retiring 10 years ago and they told me then they’d just reduced the £4 to £3. Not impressed at recent takeover meaning can no longer cash out until £10, and they seem to have increased survey length and decreased points given!😏

Dizzycap

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81948301#Comment_81948301

That's now happened to me. I received an email to say your now on 6 months rest with a day left of my rest period.. My rest period has now finished, but my activity status hasn't turned to green. I'd much rather that they sent out an email to say there's no available spaces at the present time, so we're keeping you on rest because at least it's clear! Never mind, I've got plenty of others things to be doing right now, so it's ok with me 😉

silvercar

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81950456#Comment_81950456

You’ve moved from enforced rest to being available. Still need to wait for a spot to become free. Now you wait for an email asking you to confirm that you will be available most of a 6 month period starting on X.