Paid Survey sites - Irish Opinions, Acumen, RedC etc

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 15-02-2012 8:11pm

leggit wrote: »

mwahahahaha!

I'll not heed your warning and continue to waste company time by doing these surveys and there's nothing you can do to stop me!!!

:cool:

Any wonder you spend so much time applying for work visas around the world - you won't have a job here soon with that attitude. :mad:

leggit · 15-02-2012 8:46pm

Finley Tiny Fir wrote: »

Any wonder you spend so much time applying for work visas around the world - you won't have a job here soon with that attitude. :mad:

I hope not to have a job HERE soon

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 15-02-2012 10:46pm

No loss to the country with that attitude.:D:D

28-03-2012 10:56am

I ordered a voucher on Jan 31st . I have sent 5 emails to Isabel. I get the automated reply saying there is a delay in sending vouchers, Its now 2 months for a mere 10 euro tesco voucher. What a joke. Some surveys I dont get paid at all and have to chase the 25c or 50c . I am considering getting on to the origin of these surveys and find out what they feel about the people who take the surveys being treated so badly. We go to the time and trouble and I am interested in this sort of thing, but why should Irish opinions take all the profit and fob us off time and time again.

cathy neefoley · 28-03-2012 11:31am

I have no delays whatsoever when applying for my voucher I usually get a voucher for Amazon.co.uk and it will come by return post when I apply for it.

Biggest problem is the delay in getting paid for the surveys and somehow imagine that is more the fault of the companies we do the surveys for rather than Irish Opinions, could be wrong.

Slunk · 28-03-2012 11:36am

Ive ordered amazon vouchers in the past an normally get an email within a few minutes with my voucher.
Has anyone had a problem loading some surveys that link to optimusid site? Tried in two browsers and they seem to take forever to load, like 15 minutes or dont load at all

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 28-03-2012 1:48pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I ordered a voucher on Jan 31st . I have sent 5 emails to Isabel. I get the automated reply saying there is a delay in sending vouchers, Its now 2 months for a mere 10 euro tesco voucher. What a joke. Some surveys I dont get paid at all and have to chase the 25c or 50c . I am considering getting on to the origin of these surveys and find out what they feel about the people who take the surveys being treated so badly. We go to the time and trouble and I am interested in this sort of thing, but why should Irish opinions take all the profit and fob us off time and time again.

I can only speak from my own experience but a couple of months ago I decided to cash in €80 worth after reading complaints here. I had my vouchers less than 2 weeks later.

As for 25c surveys - I have never seen one that low! 75c perhaps but never 25c.

Most survey companies don't pay at all for your opinion, so I take any payment from Irish Opinions as a bonus. Red C phone regularly and all we ever get is a "Thank You".

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 28-03-2012 1:52pm

Slunk wrote: »

Ive ordered amazon vouchers in the past an normally get an email within a few minutes with my voucher.
Has anyone had a problem loading some surveys that link to optimusid site? Tried in two browsers and they seem to take forever to load, like 15 minutes or dont load at all

In the past 2 weeks a few have been very very slow to load or move to the next page. Now and again a survey may freeze mid-way.

wilkie2006 · 29-03-2012 12:04pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I am considering getting on to the origin of these surveys and find out what they feel about the people who take the surveys being treated so badly. We go to the time and trouble and I am interested in this sort of thing, but why should Irish opinions take all the profit and fob us off time and time again.

cathy neefoley wrote: »

Biggest problem is the delay in getting paid for the surveys and somehow imagine that is more the fault of the companies we do the surveys for rather than Irish Opinions, could be wrong.

The companies who commission the research have nothing to do with paying respondents. That's all meant to be handled by the research agency. Calling someone up at Cadbury's or wherever is unlikely to get you anywhere - they'd just direct you back to the research agency.

SerialComplaint · 03-04-2012 8:16pm

I ordered a Tesco voucher last week and it was delivered this week.

SerialComplaint · 04-04-2012 9:27pm

Just completed the very long and tedious Beverages survey that promised "€0.25 - €2.50, depending on the number of questions answered", but nothing showing in my 'rewards pending'. Not a happy camper :-(

05-04-2012 11:01am

Oh Here.
I did the same one.. no reward. so did 2 of my friends and got nothing.
I sent Isabel a message and got back the automated reply that you get for every query. I take this reply as an insult as I am doing these surveys for years and feel I deserve a better answer.
Still did not get my reward ordered on 31st January 2012 for surveys I did in 2011.
Disgraceful. I am thinking of contacting the companies that give these surveys to Irish Opinions and telling them of the way they treat us.
I just want to do a survey, get the small reward and have fun.
So many e mails tracing the 10 euro vouchers its not funny.
Why do we not stick together on this and refuse to do any until we get treated properly.
Y

kearneybobs · 05-04-2012 11:48am

SerialComplaint wrote: »

Just completed the very long and tedious Beverages survey that promised "€0.25 - €2.50, depending on the number of questions answered", but nothing showing in my 'rewards pending'. Not a happy camper :-(

Was that survey about what drinks you've had in the last 24 hours? I did that one a week or two ago. I got asked to do a follow up survey about sports/energy drinks for a reward of €5.50

Did part 2 of the survey and as I got to the end of the survey it said "this final part of the survey needs to be completed by the chief income earner. Are you the chief income earner?"
I clicked no, since I am not the chief income earner. It kicked me out of the survey and said I am not eligible.:mad::mad: Was so pissed off. Spent almost an hour doing it(mind you, I was watching the TV while doing it so it wasn't a complete loss!) I sent a reply to 'Isabel' and got a canned response about if I completed the survey it will appear in my account within 28 days. She didn't get it. Turned me off completely going for high reward/long length surveys. Looks like I wont be getting my €5.50

The €2.50 has since appeared in my account. The variable reward (i.e. €0.50 -€2.50 ones) dont normally appear in your account for a while.

Coupon King · 05-04-2012 2:24pm

SerialComplaint wrote: »

Just completed the very long and tedious Beverages survey that promised "€0.25 - €2.50, depending on the number of questions answered", but nothing showing in my 'rewards pending'. Not a happy camper :-(

I completed that one on Monday also and there is nothing showing in my account.

I am also waiting for a 10euro Tesco Reward since 02.12.11 and I have sent numerous emails back and forth to be told there is a delay and it should be with you shortly. As of 05.04.12 still no voucher!

I am registered on various survey sites and I find MySurvey to be the worst.

Again like Irish Opinions you spend your time filling in the surveys to be greeted with "error" messages upon completion or "sorry we have reached our target" etc and its getting ridiculous!

Getting very fed up with being fobbed off by generic emails and no accountability when you need to get in contact with someone with a query.

From reading other forums in the UK e.g Money Saving Expert.com our friends in the UK are also running into the same problems and issues with surveys and non-payments.

SerialComplaint · 06-04-2012 9:37am

kearneybobs wrote: »

Was that survey about what drinks you've had in the last 24 hours? I did that one a week or two ago. I got asked to do a follow up survey about sports/energy drinks for a reward of €5.50

Did part 2 of the survey and as I got to the end of the survey it said "this final part of the survey needs to be completed by the chief income earner. Are you the chief income earner?"
I clicked no, since I am not the chief income earner. It kicked me out of the survey and said I am not eligible.:mad::mad: Was so pissed off. Spent almost an hour doing it(mind you, I was watching the TV while doing it so it wasn't a complete loss!) I sent a reply to 'Isabel' and got a canned response about if I completed the survey it will appear in my account within 28 days. She didn't get it. Turned me off completely going for high reward/long length surveys. Looks like I wont be getting my €5.50

The €2.50 has since appeared in my account. The variable reward (i.e. €0.50 -€2.50 ones) dont normally appear in your account for a while.

Yep, that was the one all right. It's good to hear that the €2.50 came through eventually. And thanks for the tip of what NOT to do when the main survey comes through.

BanzaiBk · 07-04-2012 10:03pm

Just requested my 8th Amazon voucher since September. I don't understand why people are waiting on vouchers for Amazon. I always get my codes emailed almost instantly.

robman60 · 08-04-2012 10:54am

I did a survey yesterday for a small reward but supposedly if I complete follow-ups for the next nine days I'll receive a €100 One4All voucher. Did anyone else get this? It's called "The Streets" or something and it's investigating how young people use social media etc.

Anyone think it's too good to be true?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 08-04-2012 7:35pm

What harm to give it a go? They are only surveys. You can complete most in 15 minutes or less. I have got €70 in the past 6 months for passing a few minutes ticking boxes. Money for old rope.

Dark Stanley. · 08-04-2012 9:28pm

Finley Tiny Fir wrote: »

What harm to give it a go? They are only surveys. You can complete most in 15 minutes or less. I have got €70 in the past 6 months for passing a few minutes ticking boxes. Money for old rope.

I make you right. I've received over €400.00 in vouchers in nearly 4 years. It's no great hardship to spend a few minutes filling out a few questions.

cathy neefoley · 08-04-2012 10:06pm

Hi ,I also completed a similar survey for 0.25-2.50 depending on how many questions I answered, I seem to be doing the survey for ages and answered loads questions but no payment ever showed up in my account, this never happened before. Otherwise am happy enough with the surveys I do, tho sometimes it takes weeks to get paid.

Our man in Havana · 11-04-2012 1:23pm

BanzaiBk wrote: »

Just requested my 8th Amazon voucher since September. I don't understand why people are waiting on vouchers for Amazon. I always get my codes emailed almost instantly.

Sometimes they don't have any amazon vouchers so you may have to wait a few weeks for them to come.

Isabel_VOP · 11-04-2012 4:51pm

My name is Isabel and I am a member of the Irish Opinions Member Services team. I would like to confirm that if you complete a survey in full, the reward will be credited to your account within 28 days, even if it does not show up in pending. Once your account balance has reached €10, you will be able to redeem a voucher of your choosing. Recently we’ve had some delays with our Tesco vouchers due to them being out of stock, however this has now been resolved and all outstanding voucher requests have now been processed.

kearneybobs · 11-04-2012 4:55pm

Isabel_VOP wrote: »

My name is Isabel and I am a member of the Irish Opinions Member Services team. I would like to confirm that if you complete a survey in full, the reward will be credited to your account within 28 days, even if it does not show up in pending. Once your account balance has reached €10, you will be able to redeem a voucher of your choosing. Recently we’ve had some delays with our Tesco vouchers due to them being out of stock, however this has now been resolved and all outstanding voucher requests have now been processed.

And what happens Isabel if you spend 50 minutes on a survey for €5.50 and get to the final stages of the survey, are asked are you the person who is the main income earner/shopper in the house and then get booted out of the survey because you answered truthfully. Madness. I haven't done a survey over 10 minutes since that happened to me. I'm still annoyed about it.

Isabel_VOP · 11-04-2012 4:58pm

Please could you send me a private message with your registered email address and the survey number, and we will be happy to look into it for you.

dudara · 11-04-2012 5:19pm

Isabel_VOP Thanks for posting here in order to help. However as you represent a commercial entity, I have to ask that you do not post again in that capacity. If you wish to continue to do so, please contact the admin team at reps@boards.ie in order to arrange for a commercial account.

dudara

angelface2008 · 12-04-2012 7:34pm

I noticed the exact same thing.I thought it was too good to be true

BabyBirch · 12-04-2012 10:07pm

SerialComplaint wrote: »

Just completed the very long and tedious Beverages survey that promised "€0.25 - €2.50, depending on the number of questions answered", but nothing showing in my 'rewards pending'. Not a happy camper :-(

Are you still waiting? I did a car one today for 25c-€2.50 and got right to the end, nothing showing in my account either

robman60 · 12-04-2012 10:30pm

robman60 wrote: »

I did a survey yesterday for a small reward but supposedly if I complete follow-ups for the next nine days I'll receive a €100 One4All voucher. Did anyone else get this? It's called "The Streets" or something and it's investigating how young people use social media etc.

Anyone think it's too good to be true?

Just in relation to this, I never received any follow up surveys or information. Did anyone else qualify for this, and if so have you received anything?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 13-04-2012 9:45am

robman60 wrote: »

Just in relation to this, I never received any follow up surveys or information. Did anyone else qualify for this, and if so have you received anything?

I had a similar survey last week on financial products - only a selection of first responants are selected for the follow on surveys. I was lucky enough to be selecetd!

The credits can take a month or so to show up. No Panic! Easy money for no effort.

flower tattoo · 15-04-2012 10:38am

just doing a survey this morning on 11850 and it froze halfway through. This is the second time this has happened recently and its so annoying. The bar showed i had completed 118% of the survey ??? and didnt show any of the repsonses. It wouldn't allow me to progress - :mad:

Irishchick · 15-04-2012 12:17pm

I dont get any surveys any more. I was told because I had stopped responding for a while I was taken off the mailing list. I was told months ago that the situation was rectified but I still haven't received a single survey

piperh · 15-04-2012 6:04pm

I've tried doing 7 surveys over the last 5 days and after spending 10mins answering questions i've been told they've enough in my criteria on every single one. I've been unable to finish a single survey since i signed up.

BanzaiBk · 15-04-2012 6:10pm

piperh wrote: »

I've tried doing 7 surveys over the last 5 days and after spending 10mins answering questions i've been told they've enough in my criteria on every single one. I've been unable to finish a single survey since i signed up.

These days I don't bother doing the survey unless it's fresh enough in my inbox. Anything beyond 1hour and I always get 'criteria filled'.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 15-04-2012 6:31pm

They have so many members that you have to be quick in responding to any survey offer. Makes sense. It helps if you are not in the huge membership demographic of 23-35 years old and living in Dublin.:)

19-04-2012 2:42pm

I am at my wits end with Isabel, I am waiting for a tesco 10 euro voucher since January 31st 2012 for surveys I completed in 2011. I have had 19 e mail correspondences from Isabel and no voucher, All the e mails are the automated canned response. Addressed to dear opinions member. The e mail I send are NOT read and I get inappropriate responses which I will post here if I dont get action. I did a survey on 13/3/2012 and no reward appeared in pending, I sent 4 mails and got back a reply to day saying it takes 28 days to appear if its an outside survey,. Surely anyone can see that 13/3 is more than 28 days ago.... its all delaying tactics not to pay me. I am not doing this for the 10 euro just to prove that I have to be treated decently and will stick it out to the end. Will let you know how it goes. Yvonne

19-04-2012 2:45pm

Its a complete scam. Why do companies use Irish opinions when they treat their members like this,. I got 4 sureys recently and after 10 minutes they said
you do not qualify for this survey after they got all the free info from me. What a shower.

19-04-2012 2:46pm

No its not. I dont even blieve this one Isabel exists as no one in a position that she is supposed to have could be so stupid and give so many irrellevant answers to e mails. We are all being taken for mugs.

19-04-2012 2:54pm

cathy neefoley wrote: »

Hi ,I also completed a similar survey for 0.25-2.50 depending on how many questions I answered, I seem to be doing the survey for ages and answered loads questions but no payment ever showed up in my account, this never happened before. Otherwise am happy enough with the surveys I do, tho sometimes it takes weeks to get paid.

Cathy, did u ever get paid for that. I havnt got paid yet and nothing in pending. I completed mine on 13/03/212 and no payment - it took over an hour,
I contacted Isabel numberous times and she keeps giving canned response saying wait 28 days , it is of course 37 days now and nothing in pending, What a scam and an incompetent person.

19-04-2012 2:58pm

Isabel_VOP wrote: »

My name is Isabel and I am a member of the Irish Opinions Member Services team. I would like to confirm that if you complete a survey in full, the reward will be credited to your account within 28 days, even if it does not show up in pending. Once your account balance has reached €10, you will be able to redeem a voucher of your choosing. Recently we’ve had some delays with our Tesco vouchers due to them being out of stock, however this has now been resolved and all outstanding voucher requests have now been processed.

This is not so Isabel. I am waiting since 31/01/2012. I have e mailed you 19 times and can publish my e mails here and your irrelevant responses to me. You told me you would re issue the voucher and I still have not got it.
You give me automated replies that are not answering my questions.
I ordered a voucher on 31/01 and to day you said please allow 28 days for delivery/
78 days more like Isabel..... no automated replies to your members and please stop treating us like fools.

Dark Stanley. · 19-04-2012 9:39pm

Beverages - 49137904 €5.50. Has anyone received payment for this survey yet.
I've been waiting so long I've grown a second head.............:mad:

Coupon King · 19-04-2012 9:48pm

Dark Stanley. wrote: »

Beverages - 49137904 €5.50. Has anyone received payment for this survey yet.
I've been waiting so long I've grown a second head.............:mad:

I'm still awaiting to be credited €5.50 for this survey also. Its getting Ridiculous. I am also waiting for a €10.00 Tesco Voucher since 02.12.11 although I received the €10.00 Tesco Voucher that I ordered 05.04.12, yesterday.

I hav emailed the illusive "Isabel" since December to be met with "Your voucher will be sent shortly, blah blah blah.. :rolleyes:

Dark Stanley. · 19-04-2012 10:32pm

I was really OK with IO until, "Beverages - 49137904 €5.50". Now I think its become a pi** take. I'll get what's owing then I'll cancel. Life's to short.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 20-04-2012 8:19pm

I really don't know why some are having problems. I have had €43 added in the last 5 weeks (includes a €20 financial survey 2 weeks ago) and always get my vouchers within 10 days.

uck51js9zml2yt · 20-04-2012 9:37pm

dudara wrote: »

Isabel_VOP Thanks for posting here in order to help. However as you represent a commercial entity, I have to ask that you do not post again in that capacity. If you wish to continue to do so, please contact the admin team at reps@boards.ie in order to arrange for a commercial account.

dudara

Since Isabel hasn't posted again do we assume she didn't bother to get a commercial account :mad:

icicle2000 · 21-04-2012 12:22am

I can't remember how long I've been signed up with them, maybe a year or two. I get invitations to at least 1 survey every 2 days, but more typically a couple of surveys every day. I have redeemed at least 7 or 8 €10 vouchers in this time. It's one of the best online survey companies I've been with.

My advice: make sure your personal profiles are completed. The more information you've filled in, the more surveys they can send you.

wilkie2006 · 21-04-2012 2:18am

I've never done an online survey but from the posts here they seem to be a lot of hassle for very little reward. My advice to people is to sign up with focus group recruitment agencies. For a 1.5hr-2hr group you'll get between 50E-75E* (cash on the day). It's pretty easy money.

* Based on what's paid in London

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 21-04-2012 9:02pm

wilkie2006 wrote: »

I've never done an online survey but from the posts here they seem to be a lot of hassle for very little reward. My advice to people is to sign up with focus group recruitment agencies. For a 1.5hr-2hr group you'll get between 50E-75E* (cash on the day). It's pretty easy money.

* Based on what's paid in London

1. They are no hassle at all. Most take less than 15 minutes sitting at home watching TV. I get at least €80 a year for basically doing nothing.

2. I don't see the relevance of London rates for London based focus group sessions.

wilkie2006 · 23-04-2012 11:07am

Finley Tiny Fir wrote: »

1. They are no hassle at all. Most take less than 15 minutes sitting at home watching TV. I get at least €80 a year for basically doing nothing.

2. I don't see the relevance of London rates for London based focus group sessions.

1. Just thought that people might have been interested in hearing about an alternative to online surveys. You're not - thanks for the post saying so :rolleyes:

IMO, the difference between 80E in a year and 50E for an evening is significant (especially given the fact that one can participate in several focus groups per year).

2. I only have experience of focus groups in London but I know that the rates for the UK and Ireland are roughly the same: £40/50E - £60-75E per group. Pretty obvious connection, I thought.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 23-04-2012 3:10pm

wilkie2006 wrote: »

1. Just thought that people might have been interested in hearing about an alternative to online surveys. You're not - thanks for the post saying so :rolleyes:

IMO, the difference between 80E in a year and 50E for an evening is significant (especially given the fact that one can participate in several focus groups per year).

2. I only have experience of focus groups in London but I know that the rates for the UK and Ireland are roughly the same: £40/50E - £60-75E per group. Pretty obvious connection, I thought.

All I'm saying is that there is no comparison between a person living in Rural Ireland getting a few bob for a few minutes at a laptop while watching TV and what happens for focus groups in London. You mentioned London and nothing of Ireland in your post. And, focus groups (I have attended such an affairs back in the 70s & 80s!) involve travelling to a central location (usually a major city) and giving your undivided attention for a night. It is a completely different type of operation to the Topic of this thread - which is Paid Surveys Irish Opinions. No big deal but just trying to keep to topic and be realistic.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 27-04-2012 9:01am

Just for the record: Decided to buy books from Amazon last night. Went into Irish Opinions and requested €30 of Amazon vouchers. Six minutes later, books ordered and the balance from the vouchers is a credit on my Amazon account. Nothing wrong with that!

Paid Survey sites - Irish Opinions, Acumen, RedC etc

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