yougov.finance bribe

se18

creditavenger said:

Anyone else finding that the YG cash rewards are now taking a worrying amount of time to arrive?

Yep. Connected about a load of accounts and cards at the start and got the points within 48 hours (this was 2 weeks ago). Then connected a new credit card about 5 days ago and have not been credited the points.

MikeJXE

Yes I loaded 2 banks a few days ago but have not yet got the points 

creditavenger

No sign of my 'cashed out' £50 pyts from the 14th Jan. Has the 'MSE effect' killed this particular golden goose? Has anybody else received payments in their bank since then?

MikeJXE

creditavenger said:

No sign of my 'cashed out' £50 pyts from the 14th Jan. Has the 'MSE effect' killed this particular golden goose? Has anybody else received payments in their bank since then?

I think you have hit the nail on the head.

Too many jumped on the band wagon 

Greed has paid a big part in that increasing opening new bank accounts to get more 500 points 

Bridlington1

MikeJXE said:

creditavenger said:

No sign of my 'cashed out' £50 pyts from the 14th Jan. Has the 'MSE effect' killed this particular golden goose? Has anybody else received payments in their bank since then?

I think you have hit the nail on the head.

Too many jumped on the band wagon 

Greed has paid a big part in that increasing opening new bank accounts to get more 500 points 

It could be that but I think it more likely that it's the definition of "active accounts" that's causing difficulties. All the Ts&Cs say is that accounts need to have regular transactions on them, but if an account has only been open for a few days then how does YouGov know that the very few transactions on the account are regular transactions?

I imagine that if accounts have been open for however long (I do not know which figure they have in mind) and have a reasonable number of transactions on them, then people will be able to earn points on them.

Either that or they have some undisclosed limit on the number of accounts you can earn points on, or both.

MikeJXE

I have 9 accounts on mine

I have been with yougov finance a long time and my original bank at the time is one of the 9

The other 8 are recently added was for the switching incentive 

It's a fact I haven't received 8 x 500 points 

quirkydeptless

creditavenger said:

No sign of my 'cashed out' £50 pyts from the 14th Jan. Has the 'MSE effect' killed this particular golden goose? Has anybody else received payments in their bank since then?

I am also waiting for payments from 14th Jan, but since that was a Saturday and the FAQ says it can take 1-3 working days to arrive, it isn't late yet.

k_man

MikeJXE said:

creditavenger said:

No sign of my 'cashed out' £50 pyts from the 14th Jan. Has the 'MSE effect' killed this particular golden goose? Has anybody else received payments in their bank since then?

I think you have hit the nail on the head.

Too many jumped on the band wagon 

Greed has paid a big part in that increasing opening new bank accounts to get more 500 points 

Empirical (/anecdotal) evidence suggests that newly opened accounts are not generating any points.

And I also unclear how doing that is any more greedy than opening accounts just for switching bonuses?

quirkydeptless

k_man said:

MikeJXE said:

creditavenger said:

No sign of my 'cashed out' £50 pyts from the 14th Jan. Has the 'MSE effect' killed this particular golden goose? Has anybody else received payments in their bank since then?

I think you have hit the nail on the head.

Too many jumped on the band wagon 

Greed has paid a big part in that increasing opening new bank accounts to get more 500 points 

Empirical (/anecdotal) evidence suggests that newly opened accounts are not generating any points.

And I also unclear how doing that is any more greedy than opening accounts just for switching bonuses?

I registered on Friday 13th Jan (hmm, maybe not a good choice of day ) and my points were credited on the 14th.

MikeJXE

k_man said:

MikeJXE said:

creditavenger said:

No sign of my 'cashed out' £50 pyts from the 14th Jan. Has the 'MSE effect' killed this particular golden goose? Has anybody else received payments in their bank since then?

I think you have hit the nail on the head.

Too many jumped on the band wagon 

Greed has paid a big part in that increasing opening new bank accounts to get more 500 points 

Empirical (/anecdotal) evidence suggests that newly opened accounts are not generating any points.

And I also unclear how doing that is any more greedy than opening accounts just for switching bonuses?

IMO being greedy is asking for more when you have been rewarded well in the first place like downgrading your account as soon as you get the reward so you don't have to pay fees. 

I could not morally do that but I guess thats why I'm not rich. I left £12 in my new Lloyds so they can take the £10 then I will downgrade. I like to be fair. 

The only reason I am on yougov finance is because they invited me long ago and I have been doing yougov surveys for about 5 years