Paid Survey sites - Irish Opinions, Acumen, RedC etc

dlambirl · 13-03-2009 5:06pm

nava wrote: »

The only have the as stated on the web, if you have €70 you will need to order 7 for €10 each. All will be deliver together.

Regards

Thanks.

Would you be able to use the 7x 10 vouchers in Tesco on the one shop though??

thebman · 13-03-2009 5:12pm

Yes but you'll most likely only be able to use one per purchase.

Ste.phen · 13-03-2009 5:51pm

thebman wrote: »

Yes but you'll most likely only be able to use one per purchase.

This isn't correct, I got my rewards in Tesco 'vouchers'*and it was gift cards i was sent - as good as cash, i used them all on a single purchase.
(having also worked in Tesco I can assure you that you can use as many gift cards or clubcard vouchers as you like in a single transaction - it's usually the manufacturers coupons that limit you to one per purchase)

thebman · 13-03-2009 5:54pm

Ste.phen wrote: »

This isn't correct, I got my rewards in Tesco 'vouchers'*and it was gift cards i was sent - as good as cash, i used them all on a single purchase.
(having also worked in Tesco I can assure you that you can use as many gift cards or clubcard vouchers as you like in a single transaction - it's usually the manufacturers coupons that limit you to one per purchase)

This would depend on the company and its setup.

For instance, Amazon will most likely only allow one voucher code to be entered per purchase.

calex71 · 13-03-2009 6:02pm

anyone do the survey about drinks / beers last week???

what a total scam that was usually you'll only have to answer a few questions like age location sex and if you work in x yz industries , in this case you where not told you dont qualify until you had also told them what kind of beer you like at home , what beer you like in a pub and a few more bits of info.

So basically they got what i would deem enough info to tell who likes what brand where and what age group etc all for nothing.

Cheeky bastards :mad:

i'm taking my voucher and running :mad:

Our man in Havana · 13-03-2009 6:12pm

Same happened to me too. Told them all about what I drink only to be told you don't qualify. And that was for €0.75 as well. :mad:

I agree they are cheeky bastards. In a recession they want to pay no one.
I have also noticed they are very slow actually paying out on surveys that you actually manage to complete.

calex71 · 14-03-2009 12:39am

Bond-007 wrote: »

Same happened to me too. Told them all about what I drink only to be told you don't qualify. And that was for €0.75 as well. :mad:

I agree they are cheeky bastards. In a recession they want to pay no one.
I have also noticed they are very slow actually paying out on surveys that you actually manage to complete.

I did actually complain about this one , strangely after i posted on here about it i got a response (1 week later lol)

Dear Member of irish Opinions

I’m sorry for any inconvenience. The screening process is automated and should tell you as soon as possible if we have reached the desired number of respondents, if you do not meet the desired criteria, or your consumer habits were different from those our client was looking for. I will pass you complaint on to the relevant department and I can assure you, however, that we do not use the information you entered unless you finish the survey and are paid for doing so.

For every survey that you enter, but are unable to complete because you did not meet the qualifications or because we reached the required number of entries, and for every Hot Topic survey that you respond to, you will receive one entry into our quarterly prize draw

Should you have any further questions about this or any other matter, please do not hesitate to contact us at enquiries@irishopinions.com or check our FAQ.

Isabel

The Irish Opinions Team

noels little bu · 07-04-2009 3:09pm

ive had nearly 40 euro from them now, i always get the vouchers for amazon so never had any excuses about them being lost in the post as i claim it straight away. i personally dont think it is a scam a i get enough out of them.

deelite · 07-04-2009 6:50pm

Up to the end of last year I did a lot of surveys for them - but then they starting offering 1.50 for 20 minutes at the pc - so I gave up on them. But I applied for my 30 euro Tesco vouchers - and 30 days later they still hadn't arrived. They said they'd look into it for me. Anyway two days later my 30 euro vouchers arrived and then two days later again another 30 euro in vouchers arrived!!! Happy days.....

LimeFruitGum · 23-05-2009 10:24pm

I've made €50 off it since 2007, so I'm a relatively happy camper with I.O.

I do think 75c for a long survey is taking the p1ss, but it obviously depends on the customer.

I got a fiver for a long survey one time and most of mine work out at 1.50-2.00 a survey.

I think it is a handy little nixer and i can fill them out over lunchtime, so it's no skin off my nose to do them. These days, every cent counts ;-)

Most of these survey sites are scams, but I can vouch for I.O. being genuine. I've not had any issues and I always got my Boots Vouchers within 28 days of claiming.

dlambirl · 25-05-2009 11:45am

noels little bu wrote: »

ive had nearly 40 euro from them now, i always get the vouchers for amazon so never had any excuses about them being lost in the post as i claim it straight away. i personally dont think it is a scam a i get enough out of them.

I got 5 x €10 vouchers last week.

I had clicked TESCO vouchers as my preference and they came up again i clicked submit - but they had defaulted back to Amazon vouchers So i got 1 Amazon voucher even though I'd clicked TESCO :mad:
I dont use Amazon and now i'm stuck with a stupid voucher!!

noels little bu · 25-05-2009 12:01pm

dlambirl wrote: »

I got 5 x €10 vouchers last week.

I had clicked TESCO vouchers as my preference and they came up again i clicked submit - but they had defaulted back to Amazon vouchers So i got 1 Amazon voucher even though I'd clicked TESCO :mad:
I dont use Amazon and now i'm stuck with a stupid voucher!!

not being cheeky but if u dont want it could i have it, i use amazon all the time, pm me the code if u dont want it.

Thephantomsmask · 25-05-2009 4:39pm

thebman wrote: »

This would depend on the company and its setup.

For instance, Amazon will most likely only allow one voucher code to be entered per purchase.

When you enter the amazon vouchers on your account page they get added to a gift certificate balance so you can add as many as you want to that and then use it from checkout. I've never applied a voucher directly at the checkout so I don't know if you can only use them one at a time that way. The only real restriction I know of with amazon vouchers is that they can't be used for marketplace purchases.

PeteK* · 27-05-2009 2:46pm

Where does the 'scam' part come in?

I do these and get the vouchers.

Last time I got 5x €10 vouchers for Tesco.

calex71 wrote: »

anyone do the survey about drinks / beers last week???

what a total scam that was usually you'll only have to answer a few questions like age location sex and if you work in x yz industries , ...

They're usually good.. they basically buy you a drink with €7.50 you usually get!

calex71 · 03-06-2009 3:20pm

Anyone else getting lots of top dollar surveys lately ???

Made about €16 in the last 3 weeks average one netted me 1.50 even had a €4 one last week

FYI, in general its wise to say you don't work in any of the industries listed even if you do, got screwed out of a €3 one when i said my brother worked in a super market lol

Our man in Havana · 03-06-2009 3:26pm

It also helps if you say you have kids under 10.

They are very slow at paying out once you complete the surveys. I has at least 8 or 9 still waiting to be paid for.

Green Eyed Girl · 05-06-2009 12:28am

I signed up to Irish Opinions also about two years ago. I have since received one € 10 voucher for Tesco!! I don't think it's a scam as such, I think they just choose different age groups etc. for different surveys. It depends a lot too on the info you have on your profile, differnt interests etc.

Our man in Havana · 05-06-2009 12:46am

Cover your bases by having several accounts with different profiles.

fdearle · 05-06-2009 10:38am

What do people expect for answering a few simple questions?

I've gotten about 40 euro in Amazon vouchers over the past while. I answer surveys when I'm browsing the web anyway. Some of them I can't be bothered finishing because they have these huge matrix's of questions. But the few I do finish are no skin off my nose. I got to buy a book recently on Amazon that I would not have bought otherwise so whats the beef. Sometimes its even a fun or worthwhile experience. Recently I got to tell one marketing department how "annoying" their ad campaign was. Maybe they will take it off the airwaves as a result of the survey!

As for the folks who admit to lying in the prelims to get accepted for a survey. Seriously.... do you need the 75cents that much! That "IS" dishonest! Its not a means of making a living for gods sake.

Our man in Havana · 05-06-2009 11:13am

As Tesco say "Every kittle helps".

ShamrockAir · 07-07-2009 1:59am

In 2 1/2 years i got €90 in tesco vouchers and atm i am €43.20 in credit.

26-6-2009Consumer goods€0.75 18-6-2009Consumer goods€0.75 8-6-2009Consumer Goods€1.50 8-6-2009Technology€1.50 8-6-2009Media€4.00 29-4-2009Wine Survey€1.50 29-4-2009Food€1.50 29-4-2009Decision Makers€0.75 22-4-2009Financial products€0.75 31-3-2009Consumer Products€1.00 18-3-2009Consumer goods€1.50 13-3-2009Entertainment€1.50 5-3-2009Leisure and Entertainment€1.00 4-3-2009Drinks€1.50 10-2-2009Finance€1.50 20-1-2009Shopping€0.75 14-1-2009Consumer Products€1.00 23-12-2008Decision Makers€0.50 11-12-2008Media€1.00 27-11-2008Entertainment and Leisure€0.75 18-11-2008Financial Products€1.00 11-11-2008Automotive€2.00 10-11-2008Consumer Finance€0.75 29-10-2008Travel€1.50 24-10-2008Telecommunications€2.00 21-10-2008Drinks€1.00 7-10-2008Food€3.00 5-9-2008Media€0.50 4-9-2008Snacks€0.75 4-9-2008Sweets€1.00 17-8-2008Offline Voucher Request€-10.00 17-8-2008Offline Voucher Request€-10.00 17-8-2008Offline Voucher Request€-10.00 17-8-2008Offline Voucher Request€-10.00 17-8-2008Offline Voucher Request€-10.00 17-8-2008Offline Voucher Request€-10.00 15-8-2008Food€21.50 4-8-2008Household Products€2.00 29-7-2008Food & Drink€1.00 29-7-2008Food€1.50 29-7-2008Food€0.75 8-7-2008Food€0.75 25-6-2008Transport€1.00 19-6-2008Environment€3.50 19-6-2008Alcoholic Drinks€1.50 19-6-2008Cider€1.50 23-5-2008Travel Destinations€0.75 23-5-2008Mobile€2.00 23-5-2008Personal Finance€0.75 8-5-2008Alcoholic Drinks€0.75 6-5-2008Employment€0.75 18-4-2008Finance€2.00 18-4-2008Bank Accounts€1.00 11-4-2008Lifestyle€0.75 11-4-2008Banking€2.00 11-4-2008Mobiles€2.00 1-4-2008tbc€1.75 28-2-2008Telecommunications€1.00 19-2-2008DIY€1.50 19-2-2008Survey about coffee€3.00 24-1-2008Media€0.75 23-1-2008Personal Finance€0.75 15-1-2008Finance€0.75 11-1-2008Telecommunications€1.50 9-1-2008Lifestyle€1.00 23-11-2007Food€0.75 5-11-2007Consumer Goods€1.50 5-11-2007Alcoholic Drinks€1.00 18-10-2007Alcohol€0.75 10-10-2007Offline Voucher Request€-10.00 9-10-2007Personal Finance€2.50 24-9-2007Confectionary€4.00 13-9-2007Telecommunications€1.50 10-9-2007College life€1.50 7-9-2007Homes€0.75 24-8-2007Offline Voucher Request€-10.00 23-8-2007Multimedia€1.50 9-8-2007Home Improvement€3.00 21-6-2007Telecom providers€5.00 15-6-2007Offline Voucher Request€-10.00 6-6-2007Education€1.50 18-4-200702 Tracker Wave 8€1.50 18-4-2007Brand Opinion€1.00 16-4-2007Brand Opinions€1.50 15-11-2006IT Survey€4.20 12-8-2006Transport€1.50

NatureGirl · 22-07-2009 6:29pm

I have been answering the Irish Opinion surveys almost since they started. I have earned 4 x €10 Tesco vouchers, and this is answering every single survey they have sent me. Some I am not eligable for, I accept that.

BUT

My first €10 voucher I claimed never reached me. I emailed them explaining and they said they had sent it and there was nothing they could do.

AND

I have very recently completed a survey for them on alcoholic drink consumption. I went way past the profiling questions and answered many questions on how often I drank differerent drinks, and how I felt about different drinks etc... at least 8 pages and about 50 questions past the age, children, occupation, where you live profiling section.
They gathered all this info and then suddenly told me they already had enough participants and stopped. The bar at the top of the screen said that I had completed 25% of a survey they had offered me €7.50 for.

As far as I am concerned they are scamming and getting out of payments. This has happened to me before with them on several occaisions, but never to such a degree.

I have written and complained, asking for my 25% of the fee, and all I got back was that same generic email from Isabel. They hadn't even read my email giving the details, and if they did they obviously ignored it and think I will go away and be quiet.... WRONG

deisemum · 22-07-2009 6:47pm

NatureGirl wrote: »

I have been answering the Irish Opinion surveys almost since they started. I have earned 4 x €10 Tesco vouchers, and this is answering every single survey they have sent me. Some I am not eligable for, I accept that.

BUT

My first €10 voucher I claimed never reached me. I emailed them explaining and they said they had sent it and there was nothing they could do.

AND

I have very recently completed a survey for them on alcoholic drink consumption. I went way past the profiling questions and answered many questions on how often I drank differerent drinks, and how I felt about different drinks etc... at least 8 pages and about 50 questions past the age, children, occupation, where you live profiling section.
They gathered all this info and then suddenly told me they already had enough participants and stopped. The bar at the top of the screen said that I had completed 25% of a survey they had offered me €7.50 for.

As far as I am concerned they are scamming and getting out of payments. This has happened to me before with them on several occaisions, but never to such a degree.

I have written and complained, asking for my 25% of the fee, and all I got back was that same generic email from Isabel. They hadn't even read my email giving the details, and if they did they obviously ignored it and think I will go away and be quiet.... WRONG

Same here.

I think I've gotten about €50 over the years and I'm doing the surveys for a very long time.

I too get a lot of some surveys filled in and like you have answered pages of questions of the topic of the survey and once they've gathered the info they're looking for and then get the "they already have enough participants".

I've seen several threads on various website forums where more than a few people have experienced the same.

calex71 · 22-07-2009 8:23pm

I think mentioned that particular one further up for the booze, I emailed them about that , and said they wouldnt use the data blah blah :mad:

I have gotten 4x10 in the last 10 months or so though.

NatureGirl · 22-07-2009 9:36pm

Looks like they have done the same thing to many people then on this recent drinks survey then... offer big reward... get people to do a smaller survey and then tell them they have too many people !!!

It gives the industry as a whole a bad name. The parent company is called Rewards Now Plc and operates out of London. Irish Opinions is run from that office in London also. Not that I have a problem with that, I don't, but they flaunt their membership of ESOMAR, and the MRA among a long list ! These organisations require apparently high standards of behaviour.... hmmm

nayorleck114 · 22-07-2009 9:38pm

Cr8or wrote: »

I signed up for Irish Opinions a Paid Survey service a 6 months ago... the service seems like a bit of a scam... just to quote what they offer you:

The scam seems to be the number of surveys they send you never reaches the €10 euro mark. Since I signed up I have only offered 4 surveys that made a total of €7.. Anyone else noticed this?

HEY MAN, TOTALLY!!, The same happened to me, never got a Euro, (their emails are now on my spam list)

thebman · 22-07-2009 9:46pm

NatureGirl wrote: »

Looks like they have done the same thing to many people then on this recent drinks survey then... offer big reward... get people to do a smaller survey and then tell them they have too many people !!!

It gives the industry as a whole a bad name. The parent company is called Rewards Now Plc and operates out of London. Irish Opinions is run from that office in London also. Not that I have a problem with that, I don't, but they flaunt their membership of ESOMAR, and the MRA among a long list ! These organisations require apparently high standards of behaviour.... hmmm

Yeah I had the same thing happen to me with that survey probably about a year or so ago. Same reward and everything.

Just rehashed and then take your opinions and don't pay out. It was in my pending queue for ages and then I never got paid. A few months later, it just disappeared from my list.

nayorleck114 · 23-07-2009 8:07am

People need rewards like pigsback.com , I got loads of stuff from them. needs to be trasparent.

comm · 24-07-2009 12:39pm

Can anyone else not log in? I've done a number of surveys but it never lets me log in.............

Davy · 24-07-2009 12:42pm

comm wrote: »

Can anyone else not log in? I've done a number of surveys but it never lets me log in.............

No probs here, check your password or click the forgot password link

Ste.phen · 24-07-2009 1:30pm

I too can't log in, the link to log in brings me to a blank oage

Our man in Havana · 24-07-2009 1:37pm

You have got to watch these chancers. They are so slow to pay out if they even bother to pay out at all.

MunsterCycling · 24-07-2009 5:19pm

Have received €20 worth of Tesco vouchers so far this year, so they do pay but yeah they take their time on issuing them.

MC

mememe33 · 25-07-2009 9:28am

This one mentions some online. the site itself looks weird but they have a bit on each company with no referal links which makes me believe they are more honest http://www.takingpaidsurveysonline.com

Lexus1976 · 25-07-2009 10:12am

mememe33 wrote: »

This one mentions some online. the site itself looks weird but they have a bit on each company with no referal links which makes me believe they are more honest http://www.takingpaidsurveysonline.com

First post, advertising website. Spam?

alie · 10-08-2009 11:27pm

Have received 30 euros in vouchers now, but havent had a survey in a month?

Our man in Havana · 10-08-2009 11:34pm

Goes that way at times. You could get 4 or 5 in a week.

alie · 10-08-2009 11:44pm

Yeah and you fill out a load of questions and then told you are not suitable or survey full, that drives me mad! Do you find some of them really boring? And some of them make you choose an answer you dont want to give!

df77 · 19-10-2009 2:20pm

Hi,

I was concerned about the level of financial info they require about you so I did not answer that section.

df

Our man in Havana · 19-10-2009 2:29pm

I found that if you are too cagey you get very few surveys to do.

alexmcred · 20-10-2009 9:45am

Did any one do the survey around the 24/25 of September it was for 4 euro and not get paid for it yet? Took me ages to do the survey and am getting very annoyed that they have not credited me yet.

Our man in Havana · 20-10-2009 11:35am

It can take a month sometimes to get paid for some surveys.

phasers · 20-10-2009 7:58pm

I have a good few surveys still pending, some are a few weeks old now.

I do the surveys infrequently but have still managed to get 20 quid in vouchers in the past few months, love the site.

jc7 · 23-10-2009 5:45pm

I received an invite to a survey on 'Consumer Goods' just a few minutes ago - when I opened the email, gmail said it had been sent 0 minutes ago.

I continued onto the survey & within a few minutes, received this message:

Thank you for your interest.

We have reached our target number of participants and the survey is now closed.

They must not have been looking to survey many people!

nayorleck114 · 23-10-2009 5:50pm

jc7 wrote: »

I received an invite to a survey on 'Consumer Goods' just a few minutes ago - when I opened the email, gmail said it had been sent 0 minutes ago.

I continued onto the survey & within a few minutes, received this message:

Thank you for your interest.

We have reached our target number of participants and the survey is now closed.

They must not have been looking to survey many people!

Yes you are one of the many suckers who have fallen for the survey scam. The only survey I ever got paid for was on Pigsback.com they credited points and I bought mobile topup. All the rest are scams and market researh companies make millions on then and never pay out.

calex71 · 23-10-2009 5:57pm

I've gotten 40 in tesco vouchers over the last 18 months

The trick is to fill out the about you parts on the site, then when it comes to filling in the survey be clever about it, eg. if its about groceries dont say you're male 18 etc.

el diablo · 23-10-2009 10:03pm

calex71 wrote: »

I've gotten 40 in tesco vouchers over the last 18 months

The trick is to fill out the about you parts on the site, then when it comes to filling in the survey be clever about it, eg. if its about groceries dont say you're male 18 etc.

Dude, that's cheating..

Our man in Havana · 23-10-2009 10:15pm

You have to be clever or you will never make any money from it.

thebman · 23-10-2009 10:19pm

Bond-007 wrote: »

You have to be clever or you will never make any money from it.

lol true especially when you consider the surveys that ask you 30 questions then say your not eligible :rolleyes:

Our man in Havana · 23-10-2009 10:23pm

Don't you just hate it when that happens.

Paid Survey sites - Irish Opinions, Acumen, RedC etc

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