Paid Survey sites - Irish Opinions, Acumen, RedC etc

malcy · 13-03-2020 11:01am

Question from a recent IO survey asked if I thought that due to the Coronavirus

"People would go back on the fags"

I'd love to know who writes half of these surveys. Questions are appalling at times and the amount of surveys I get where they have employed someone who can barely spell to make them is ridiculous.

I got asked in a survey recently if I had ever used telepathy or holographic projection as a way of keeping in touch with family. And they were deadly serious about it.

Easyslip · 13-03-2020 10:51pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

heads up for acumen members, there is an invite today to take part in a few short surveys and i have completed two so far.
first one was 15 minutes and paid €6.50 and the second wasnt even 10 minutes and paid €3

I got one that was 15 mins for €3.00 and another for 10 mins for €2.00

OmegaGene · 14-03-2020 11:18am

I was 80% through a red c survey and my phone rang, went to open the survey again on my email and it’s gone, I seem to remember redc allow you to continue from their site but nothing is showing as yet
Anyone any ideas how long it may take ?

thomas anderson. · 14-03-2020 10:05pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

I was 80% through a red c survey and my phone rang, went to open the survey again on my email and it’s gone, I seem to remember redc allow you to continue from their site but nothing is showing as yet
Anyone any ideas how long it may take ?

This happens to me all the time. If I open the survey through the Gmail app and get a call ill get kicked out and cant continue . Sometimes if I copy the link into chrome on the phone I'll get back in. Other times using an incognito window or chrome on a laptop will allow me to continue

OmegaGene · 14-03-2020 10:31pm

thomas anderson. wrote: »

This happens to me all the time. If I open the survey through the Gmail app and get a call ill get kicked out and cant continue . Sometimes if I copy the link into chrome on the phone I'll get back in. Other times using an incognito window or chrome on a laptop will allow me to continue

I tried opening the Email link straight away but it said it was closed, tried again a couple of hours later and it went back to where I was before the call came in

bmc58 · 18-03-2020 7:03pm

L1011 wrote: »

The last few weeks I've screened out of every direct RedC survey offered but been able to do partner ones fine. Wonder what demographic shift I've undergone without noticing!

I'm the opposite.RED C ones are mainly fine but partner ones (mainly Cint) I'm always screened out.But I'm also on Triaba (which uses a lot of Cint surveys)which mostly go ok for me.Is there a conflict here I wonder?

bmc58 · 18-03-2020 7:09pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

So glad I swerved that one, when I saw 120 minutes I thought I was seeing things

The 120min €4 survey was on my dashboard for about 10 days.When i clicked on another survey on my dashboard I was rerouted back to the €4 survey every time.Finally today I tried the €4 survey(it was from Cint) and was screened out.Perfect,and did three other surveys today.No signe of this 120 €4 survey.Suits me fine.

thesandeman · 18-03-2020 10:31pm

Lol. Same as that. Feckin' thing was annoying me for weeks. When I eventually gave in seeing I've nothing else to be doing for the foreseeable, it screened me out straight away and started giving me more lucrative ones again.

ballina1953 · 19-03-2020 11:47pm

mobrog definitely going the way of Irish 0pinion
got no credit for 8 of my last 20 completed surveys
just said quality check and took away credit immediately they had just added

OmegaGene · 20-03-2020 3:01am

ballina1953 wrote: »

mobrog definitely going the way of Irish 0pinion
got no credit for 8 of my last 20 completed surveys
just said quality check and took away credit immediately they had just added

Working fine for me even though the surveys seem to have slowed down lately but that’s understandable

bmc58 · 20-03-2020 6:37pm

ballina1953 wrote: »

mobrog definitely going the way of Irish 0pinion
got no credit for 8 of my last 20 completed surveys
just said quality check and took away credit immediately they had just added

IO seem to have settled down lately I think.Plenty of surveys (not worth as much as before though).Rewards coming promptly too.

Toxica · 24-03-2020 2:47pm

Penny0524 wrote: »

Hello, I am new here.
Did anyone know about Life points, i have 1500 points and one day they say me :Sorry, your membership is temporarily unavailable. Please contact our Help Center for support.
I am contact them, 2 times but no answer.Do you know why?

Because I am lost €10 on Life points , I cash out my money everytime when i can on Triaba and Mobrog, but after a dont have any surveys for next few days.Is this conected with those payments?

Well, weirdly I finally got a reply from them today...only 9 months after I emailed them! That's gotta be a record for slowest customer service... they must be working from home and bored.

Abiya041 · 25-03-2020 12:00pm

Hey this is my first time hitting the 50 euro mark in redc. Can anyone tell me how the payment works
I hit the mark earlier this month does anyone know when I'll get the payment

NATLOR · 25-03-2020 12:26pm

Abiya041 wrote: »

Hey this is my first time hitting the 50 euro mark in redc. Can anyone tell me how the payment works
I hit the mark earlier this month does anyone know when I'll get the payment

Cheques are issued on the 1st of each month and take 10 to 14 days to arrive so expect it around mid April

Abiya041 · 25-03-2020 12:27pm

NATLOR wrote: »

Cheques are issued on the 1st of each month and take 10 to 14 days to arrive so expect it around mid April

Thank you

bmc58 · 26-03-2020 7:44pm

Got a €2 survey from RED C this evening (first one in a week I wasn't screened out of) mostly about Covid 19.Up to €43 with three days to go before monthly pay out.30/70 whether I'll make the magical €50 before the 29th.

bmc58 · 29-03-2020 3:26pm

No sine of any more from RED C.Still there's next month with my wallet fairly full just a couple more for the cash out.IO going pretty well ,getting a couple of small ones daly about our friend Covid 19.

Easyslip · 30-03-2020 2:16pm

kmart6 wrote: »

Got a similar one from Mobrog, took just under 2 hours and only got €2.45 for it :rolleyes:

Thanks for the warnimg got it today from Mobrog and its a no thanks from me, also got a 2min for 10c, talk about one extreme to another!

bmc58 · 30-03-2020 5:47pm

Surveys are scarce all round lately for me.Probably due to this bloody Covid 19.Everywhere is shutting down.

Abiya041 · 30-03-2020 6:01pm

bmc58 wrote: »

Surveys are scarce all round lately for me.Probably due to this bloody Covid 19.Everywhere is shutting down.

Yeah have been noticing this too. Barely any on IO when there has been at least one every few days

bmc58 · 30-03-2020 6:08pm

Anyone claim a reward from Triaba lately?.Claimed €7.50 on 27/0/20 and it's still pending on my homepage..Usualy a reward only took a day before for me.

ballina1953 · 31-03-2020 11:09am

a word of warning bmc58 as soon as reach 10euro with I 0 cash out immediately
they have a habit of saying when it mounts up that they are unsatisfied with your replies and refuse to pay
they left me without 80plus euro and I am nt the only one

bmc58 · 31-03-2020 4:43pm

ballina1953 wrote: »

a word of warning bmc58 as soon as reach 10euro with I 0 cash out immediately
they have a habit of saying when it mounts up that they are unsatisfied with your replies and refuse to pay
they left me without 80plus euro and I am nt the only one

Oh I'm well aware of that ballina1958.Like many on here had that experience with IO before.But got it sorted eventually and IO seem to be going ok for me the last 12 months or so.Still,as soon as I get to €10 out it comes(just in case).

mickzer · 03-04-2020 3:18pm

Just got this from RedC:
Dear RedCLive Member,

Thank you for your continuous support. Your opinions are important to us and we are happy to have you in our panel.

You have now reached our 50 points threshold for payment. As you are aware we normally send payments out to panellists by cheque. In the current circumstances surrounding Coronavirus Outbreak and subsequent lockdown, we can’t do this, as it would be a danger to staff having to process and handle the cheques. We also don’t want to send out documents to you either if we can help it.

As such, at least for the duration of the crisis, we will be sending out your rewards in digital/virtual card format. This is the quickest way for us to get you rewards at this time, without also set up security and ask for and have to hold your bank details. The digital cards will be sent to you by email from RED C, the cards created by EML Payment Group. If you receive an email from us, with a link to your digital credit card, you can be assured that this is legitimate. The cards can be used for any payment that can be made online or over the phone, in exactly the same way as a physical card, but can’t be used in store.

There is a little set up time involved in getting the digital cards up and running, so bear with us, we should have them sent out to in the next 1-2 weeks.

We hope that you are all keeping safe during Covid-19, and thank you again for all your input helping us to continue to deliver the opinions of the people of Ireland at this time.

Regards

The RedCLive Team

freshpopcorn · 03-04-2020 3:18pm

REDC sending out digital credit cards this month!

Abiya041 · 03-04-2020 3:19pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

REDC sending out digital credit cards this month!

Yeah just got the email. First payment for me from Redc. Just wondering would I be able to use it on Amazon.co.uk. Never got a digital credit card before

mickzer · 03-04-2020 3:20pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

REDC sending out digital credit cards this month!

Just pipped ya..:D:D

pl4ichjgy17zwd · 03-04-2020 3:27pm

Abiya041 wrote:

Yeah just got the email. First payment for me from Redc. Just wondering would I be able to use it on Amazon.co.uk. Never got a digital credit card before

It says you can use them online, so you should be able to.

Hoping I'll be able to top up the revolut card with it

bmc58 · 03-04-2020 6:15pm

Kenneth Tangy Businessman wrote: »

It says you can use them online, so you should be able to.

Hoping I'll be able to top up the revolut card with it

Don't like the sound of this.Sounds complicated.How do you get the cash into your bank account?

bmc58 · 03-04-2020 6:16pm

Triaba giving plenty of surveys lately.

L1011 · 03-04-2020 6:18pm

bmc58 wrote: »

Don't like the sound of this.Sounds complicated.How do you get the cash into your bank account?

You don't, basically. Its a debit card you use online.

bmc58 · 03-04-2020 6:18pm

bmc58 wrote: »

Anyone claim a reward from Triaba lately?.Claimed €7.50 on 27/0/20 and it's still pending on my homepage..Usualy a reward only took a day before for me.

All ok.Got my claim today in my Pay Pal account.Must be the virus that caused the delay.

OmegaGene · 03-04-2020 6:32pm

bmc58 wrote: »

Don't like the sound of this.Sounds complicated.How do you get the cash into your bank account?

Spend it online or pay a bill with it if you have nothing to buy, you can add cards to utilities like electric Ireland for example

pgj2015 · 03-04-2020 6:37pm

I dont see why REDC couldnt of allowed these cards to be used in supermarkets, that is how most people are paying now anyway. wouldnt it be better to spend it in your local supermarket or shops than online with amazon, the money would go back into the local economy and not to amazon.

OmegaGene · 03-04-2020 6:46pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

I dont see why REDC couldnt of allowed these cards to be used in supermarkets, that is how most people are paying now anyway. wouldnt it be better to spend it in your local supermarket or shops than online with amazon, the money would go back into the local economy and not to amazon.

They don’t want to post physical cards out at the moment and that’s understandable so virtual card is better than not getting paid.
You can spend it with Tesco online or SuperValu online or if you have a monese account you can too that up and then spend it in store, might work with revolut too I’m not 100% sure
It’s not limited to amazon

Griselda · 03-04-2020 6:47pm

its not what it seems imo

kmart6 · 03-04-2020 6:50pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

I dont see why REDC couldnt of allowed these cards to be used in supermarkets, that is how most people are paying now anyway. wouldnt it be better to spend it in your local supermarket or shops than online with amazon, the money would go back into the local economy and not to amazon.

Well it's an online card so how would you propose it could be used in store?

kmart6 · 03-04-2020 6:54pm

Quick look at ELM Payments shows that you can add a card to Apple, Google or Samsung Pay so could be used in store that way for those who have the right setup.

OmegaGene · 03-04-2020 7:08pm

If anything this digital card is a good payment method going forward because we won’t have to wait for cheques to clear, and for myself I won’t have to drive 30 miles round trip to the bank lol

OmegaGene · 03-04-2020 7:09pm

kmart6 wrote: »

Quick look at ELM Payments shows that you can add a card to Apple, Google or Samsung Pay so could be used in store that way for those who have the right setup.

Technology is great, all those payment options are easy to set up for in store spending

pgj2015 · 03-04-2020 7:52pm

kmart6 wrote: »

Well it's an online card so how would you propose it could be used in store?

it should be like a one4all card, you can use them in store.

pgj2015 · 03-04-2020 7:53pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

If anything this digital card is a good payment method going forward because we won’t have to wait for cheques to clear, and for myself I won’t have to drive 30 miles round trip to the bank lol

what if you wanted to save the 50 euro? this is forcing you to spend it online.

kmart6 · 03-04-2020 8:00pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

it should be like a one4all card, you can use them in store.

So would you be happy for them to send you a One4All voucher for €46 (taking the €2 charge for the card and €2 for standard post off) or €41.50 (taking the €2 charge for the card and €6.50 for registered post off) instead of the current option of you receiving the €50 digital card?

pgj2015 wrote: »

what if you wanted to save the 50 euro? this is forcing you to spend it online.

I posted above after a 5 second look at the suppliers website that it is possible to spend in store.

One More Toy · 03-04-2020 8:14pm

If you have revolut try topping up your account with the card and then withdraw to bank. Don't know if this works but give it a shot

pgj2015 · 03-04-2020 8:31pm

One More Toy wrote: »

If you have revolut try topping up your account with the card and then withdraw to bank. Don't know if this works but give it a shot

I dont have revolut. i hope they go back to cheques when this pandemic is over.

OmegaGene · 03-04-2020 8:39pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

what if you wanted to save the 50 euro? this is forcing you to spend it online.

No it isn’t forcing you to spend it online, take a minute and read the thread properly about all the ways you can spend it in store almost anywhere
Apple Pay, Google pay the list is endless

One 4 all cards are crap as you are limited to where you can spend it

One More Toy · 03-04-2020 8:45pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

No it isn’t forcing you to spend it online, take a minute and read the thread properly about all the ways you can spend it in store almost anywhere
Apple Pay, Google pay the list is endless

One 4 all cards are crap as you are limited to where you can spend it

Hate hate hate one4all cards

pgj2015 · 03-04-2020 9:07pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

No it isn’t forcing you to spend it online, take a minute and read the thread properly about all the ways you can spend it in store almost anywhere
Apple Pay, Google pay the list is endless

One 4 all cards are crap as you are limited to where you can spend it

what if you want to save it?

OmegaGene · 03-04-2020 9:41pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

what if you want to save it?

Then don’t spend the money on the virtual card, when you have a couple sign up to monese or Revolut And transfer it to your bank via one of those options, or you may be able to transfer it directly to your bank from the virtual card

L1011 · 03-04-2020 10:13pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

what if you want to save it?

You can't.

Spend it on something you were going to spend cash on and save that.

Paid Survey sites - Irish Opinions, Acumen, RedC etc

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