2007-11-19 04:25:56 · 19 answers · asked by gaterdog4 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
If they are on the Internet and are promising large amounts of money for your opinion they are just scammers and if there is an exception to that rule I have never found it.
If they are on the Internet and give you something of small value for a brief survey, like points that need to total up fairly high to be noticeable or entries into a contest in which there is one large prize and thousands of entrants, that is probably legit. If you don't mind spending the time and your expectations for income are low they can be entertaining.
There are also survey groups that invite people to participate in a live focus group session that is video-taped. They typically pay between $40 and $100 for an hour and include a light meal at their location. Those are legit and are usually looking for opinions that large companies need to decide on new project features (like would you buy a scanner for business cards or would you rent a color printer that included free toner cartridges).
2007-11-19 04:36:45 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-24 03:06:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Online I call most of them scammers. You as a consumer, should not have to pay to take a survey. In the real world, surveys are a great marketing tool. It lets you know who's buying so you know where to market your product. They are also good for companies who want to make improvements.
2007-11-19 04:32:20 · answer #3 · answered by _nicole_ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People who pay you to take surveys are going to get their money back and make a profit - so expect that they are selling your personal information with the prequalifiers included in the questions. It is more likley that they wanted your contact info, your income level, your age and your gender than they cared about other answers. If you went on to tell them when you were buying a car and stuff like that, expect all those sales calls and emails and letters as well. Car give-aways pay for themselves this way too. Any time you can win something free, the free items is being paid for somewhere - and if it is not in face-to-face sales when you submit your entry, they are definately selling your info on the other side. I have gotten calls and letters for years after I stopped filling those out - people telling me I asked for information about this-or-that when all I had done was said I was in the market for something 4 years earlier. Don't give out your info unless you want to pay for the winners prize or your "payment" in future spam from all the "participants" in the prize or survey.
2007-11-19 04:33:29 · answer #4 · answered by Amy R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I tried to do this a few years ago. In my experience, there are company's who will pay for surveys, but you would have to do a lot of surveys to get enough money for them to send a check. Most that I have looked into will only pay a few pennies per survey, and will only pay you when you reach a certain dollar amount. The last one I tried took 5 months to get a $20.00 payment, in which they kept $15.00 for processing fee's and "membership fees" Then, they cut the check, put a "do not cash after this date" and sent the check to me late, so that by the time I got it, it was 2 days past the "do not cash after this date" stamp.
That was probably 5 years ago.
Rule of thumb in these situations....if it looks too good to be true.....it probably is!
2007-11-19 04:37:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of such sites does pay you via paypal or VISA or Mastercard. But the thing is that in order to provide proper survey feedback you might have to register on some site using money ( usually referred a referrals ) as well as refer some friends to the site as well.
Mostly its a scam of some extent...Its not worth the effort.....
2007-11-19 04:31:38 · answer #6 · answered by GearSpec™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing but a bunch of scammers
2007-11-19 04:28:11 · answer #7 · answered by mr fugi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might get some that will give you 'points' that you can eventually convert into getting a product, but the time involved is way below minimum wage.
2007-11-19 04:29:22 · answer #8 · answered by holacarinados 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most companies conduct marketing research. some offer small incentives, like gift cards, some do not. I'm doing some market research for a company now, they don't offer incentives to their participants.
2007-11-19 04:35:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some are real, some are crap
most wont pay you just for surveys (or at least not much), but they may pay you for product reviews and some may let you keep the item you review for them
the rule of thumb is...if its too good to be true, it's crap.
2007-11-19 04:29:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋