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Paid Survey sites - Irish Opinions, Acumen, RedC etc

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    #1772
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    ordinary_girl wrote: »
    This the second time I've tried to order an M&S voucher from Toluna, and both times after about a month of 'processing' it says 'rejected - multiple accounts'. I don't have multiple accounts, and it seems like they know that too - they put the points back in my account, I reorder, the cycle begins again. Has anyone else had this? I wonder if there's some benefit to them doing stuff like this, like building interest or something.

    I abandoned Toluna a year or two ago as they were useless and the rewards were too poor to bother with.


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    #1773
    ordinary_girl
    Registered Users Posts: 850 ✭✭✭ordinary_girl


    L1011 wrote: »
    Toluna actually have vouchers now? I gave up after never winning anything in the prize draw - the only option for points at the time - and I think I've blackholed their 'please come back' emails in Franglish at this stage.

    Yes, 5 euro ones that take an age to get. It took ages to get the 20000 points needed for the voucher, and it's more on principle that I want to get my moneys worth for the surveys. I've stopped doing their surveys, I just want to get the voucher and then cancel my account. But even that is being needlessly long drawn out :mad:


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    #1774
    Fuzzy Clam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,293 ✭✭✭Fuzzy Clam


    ordinary_girl wrote: »
    Yes, 5 euro ones that take an age to get. It took ages to get the 20000 points needed for the voucher, and it's more on principle that I want to get my moneys worth for the surveys. I've stopped doing their surveys, I just want to get the voucher and then cancel my account. But even that is being needlessly long drawn out :mad:
    The first voucher I ordered for Halfords never arrived. Checked my account and they had put the points back. They never notified me. Ordered a One4all voucher and got that.
    Nearly got enough for another. When i get it, I'm dumping Toluna.


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    #1775
    Fuzzy Clam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,293 ✭✭✭Fuzzy Clam


    L1011 wrote: »
    That one kicked me out after saying I went to both in-town and out-of-town centres which I found odd.



    I too got kicked out when I said I went to out of town centres with less than 50 shops.


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    #1776
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    And I was kicked out when I said I used an in town centre with more than 50 shops. Lord knows what they were looking for or perhaps they just wanted to know how many used each type of centre.


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    #1777
    Salt001
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Salt001


    I had about 5 or 6 euro worth built up with them over the course of about 6 months. I got so fed up with not being their target demographic. Did get two vouchers off them at the start but nothing in the space of about a year.


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    #1778
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Lack of surveys, or being bounced constantly, usually means they have too much of your demographic rather than not being target. Mid 20s female seems to be the one they have the most of, going on this thread, they've less men and even fewer older men

    Same reason is why any man I know who has applied for the Kantar scanner has got it.


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    #1779
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Pending's are building excessively now - €21 pending to about €6 cleared in the past month!


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    #1780
    dee_mc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,176 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    Had a weird IO one last night, after 20 minutes of complicated and repetitive questions about online shopping habits I glanced up and saw that the progress bar was only at 5% - the survey was only worth 75c! Needless to say I gave up...


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    #1781
    robman60
    Registered Users Posts: 2,222 ✭✭✭robman60


    dee_mc wrote: »
    Had a weird IO one last night, after 20 minutes of complicated and repetitive questions about online shopping habits I glanced up and saw that the progress bar was only at 5% - the survey was only worth 75c! Needless to say I gave up...

    I did that exact one and I noticed the same thing. However, I regret to inform you that it went to 100% from about 5% right at the end. Only took me about 6 minutes! :)


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    #1782
    dee_mc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,176 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    robman60 wrote: »
    I did that exact one and I noticed the same thing. However, I regret to inform you that it went to 100% from about 5% right at the end. Only took me about 6 minutes! :)

    Haha I figured that was a possibility alright but I wasn't in the form to test the theory!


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    #1783
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    That was a horrific survey. Asking specific figures on very vague info then asking you to drill in to them after you've forgotten the sodding figure.


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    #1784
    carltonleon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭carltonleon


    Yep, I gave up on that one too


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    #1785
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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    #1786
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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    #1787
    jackoire
    Registered Users Posts: 284 ✭✭jackoire


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    #1788
    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    jackoire wrote: »
    Iv'e a bigger ...
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    Would you not claim the existing rewards asap? I'd be terrified about companies like this going bust. They're not regulated, and they're not a bank. Take the vouchers and keep them in the press.


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    #1789
    jackoire
    Registered Users Posts: 284 ✭✭jackoire


    RainyDay wrote: »
    Would you not claim the existing rewards asap? I'd be terrified about companies like this going bust. They're not regulated, and they're not a bank. Take the vouchers and keep them in the press.

    I want to keep em till Xmas, If I claim em ill spend em all.


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    #1790
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I think there is little chance of this particular survey company going bust. Every now and again surveys have a long participation period and pending builds up. I have 39.50 pending but about 6 was processed on 18th march.


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    #1791
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    RainyDay wrote: »
    Would you not claim the existing rewards asap? I'd be terrified about companies like this going bust. They're not regulated, and they're not a bank. Take the vouchers and keep them in the press.

    Turnover 32M Sterling, profit 24M Sterling in 2013... they're pretty safe.

    I clear out any of the more minor firms as soon as practical, though.

    Acumen has clattered to a halt in the past few weeks with just shy of 48 quid of credit - although as I was about to write that an email came through for a 100 pointer. Would be nice to get a 50 quid voucher before Easter (they ship very quickly) but this just brings it more agonisingly close!


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    #1792
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Global test market have just closed their Irish panel and anybody with less than 1000 points could not redeem for any rewards. 950 points gone to waste. :(
    I queried a pro rata payment and got a one sentence answer "Use them or lose them". The cheek!


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    #1793
    L1011
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 67,912 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1011


    I had nearly 8000 piggypoints when they became useless, I feel your pain!


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    #1794
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Clicked on an Irish Opinions 75 cent survey almost immediately after it arrived in my inbox.

    'Thanks for your answers. Unfortunately you haven't qualified for this survey.'

    Feck off, I didn't give you any answers. Stop sending me surveys that you wont let me to do. :mad:


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    #1795
    lisasimpson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,830 ✭✭✭lisasimpson


    L1011 wrote: »
    I had nearly 8000 piggypoints when they became useless, I feel your pain!

    something similar happened me I use to cash them in for books for my holidays miss that

    ive loads pending too. I don't mind though as I know they will come good


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    #1796
    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    L1011 wrote: »
    I had nearly 8000 piggypoints when they became useless, I feel your pain!
    That's exactly the kind of thing I'd be afraid of. A bird in the hand.....


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    #1797
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    RainyDay wrote: »
    That's exactly the kind of thing I'd be afraid of. A bird in the hand.....

    Won't happen with an outfit like IO but to each their own.


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    #1798
    ordinary_girl
    Registered Users Posts: 850 ✭✭✭ordinary_girl


    Anyone else get that opinion world survey where the first page is HTML text and you can't move forward until you answer the questions, even though it's impossible? I'm not sure if it's my computer or their survey.


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    #1799
    jackoire
    Registered Users Posts: 284 ✭✭jackoire


    ordinary_girl wrote: »
    Anyone else get that opinion world survey where the first page is HTML text and you can't move forward until you answer the questions, even though it's impossible? I'm not sure if it's my computer or their survey.

    Ye I got that one, it is the first broken survey I got from them.


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    #1800
    Mountjoy Mugger
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Mountjoy Mugger


    ordinary_girl wrote: »
    Anyone else get that opinion world survey where the first page is HTML text and you can't move forward until you answer the questions, even though it's impossible? I'm not sure if it's my computer or their survey.

    I emailed them a few days ago about it. Never got a response. I've gotten three different surveys - all with the same issue.


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    #1801
    Fred Swanson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭Fred Swanson


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