Are these "get paid  for surveys" real, or just crap?
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Paid surveys are not just crap.\nActually they are online divisions of market research companies. \nMarket research companies conduct surveys on behalf of other companies so that can modify their products or launch new products accordingly. They will compensate you depending on various factors.\nThere are many reputed survey sites where you can join their panels for free and get invited for surveys which pay you. The earning potential from surveys depend on your location- it is much better if you are from USA or Canada. Some of the best sites are NFO survey, Surveysavvy, ACOP, Globaltestmarket, Pinecone Research, NPD etc.\nAnother thing to keep in mind is that there are many sites that pretend to be paid surveys and charge a fee for accessing a database of survey sites. You should never fall for that trap as you can get all the links to paid survey sites free on many sites.
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The rule, as always, is to stay away from those that ask you to pay before you can get these surveys. \n\nLegitimate market survey companies such as Pinecone Research recruit members based on demographic characteristics -- e.g. mothers of babies 0-12 years old -- and will send surveys of products and services targeting this demographic group. Pinecone Research, however, pays only $5 per survey -- you're definitely not going to be rich with that. They can give you anywhere from 1-5 at most surveys in a month. \n\nOther companies simply ask you to answer as many research as possible, and you don't earn anything just the chance to win at a raffle (which I find lame).\n\nThe article "Earning Money from Surveys" provide a short list of legitimate market research firms and contains explanations of what to look for when joining surveys (and weeding out the fraudulent ones)\nhttp://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol121/onlinesurvey.htm \n\nPinecone Research http://www.pineconeresearch.com\nGreenField Online http://www.greenfieldonline.com \nHarris Poll Online http://www.harrispollonline.com  \nBuzzBack http://www.buzzback.com  \nSurveySite http://www.surveysite.com \nSurveySavvy http://www.surveysavvy.com\nSurvey Spot http://www.surveyspot.com/\nhttp://www.internetpaidsurveys.com/
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The problem with this is that when you fill out a survey, the company doing the survey selects only certain surveys to be compensated. This means that if your survey is not one of the very best, you will be working for them for free and not be compensated in any way.
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It's a scam.  Generally, survey companies pay very little to begin with.  They give you lists of companies that may or may not ask you to participate in surveys. All they do is take your money and run.
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The only money made with online surveys  Are the folks selling them.  You were ripped off.
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I've gotten paid to do surveys and focus groups but it's rarely more than a few bucks a pop.  I don't qualify for every study (they want certain demographics) so this kind of thing is more for fun-money than real income.  It wouldn't be considered "work" - just something to do for fun and a little spend.
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Yes this is true but be aware that some are scams.  The best way to find out is to call your local Fraud office and they can check it for you.  But most are on the up and up.  I have tried it before and it was cool to enjoy all that shopping and get reimbursed for it.  So in other words Having fun, spending money, enjoying oneself, and getting paid to do so.  It is just that it may take a while to get reimbursed unless the company has a quicker way to give you your money faster.  The receipts are the way to prove that you have purchased those items or services and that is what they go by.  So you get paid to shop and become a critic of certain businesses which these businesses pay these companies to conduct surveys and let them know what they are doing good and what they need to improve on.
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I do online surveys, and yes, I get good stuff and I get paid for them too. But there are way too many scams out there. If you get the solicitation via e-mail, chances are they're out to sell you name and address and so on. E-mail me, and I'll provide you with some legitimate survey sites for you to check out.
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I answer surveys for a company called Pinecone Research.  Pinecone pays $5 per survey taken.  They send you a $5 check in the mail.  They did not charge me to join.\n\nIf any company wants to charge you to take their surveys, I strongly suggest looking up reviews of the company and going to the bbb.org (Better Business Bureau) website to find out if they are, in fact, legit.
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I know that there are companies that give surveys and pay you up to $40 for two hours.  Once, I had a survey company call me, and I reported in at a local hotel to answer questions for 1 hour and received $40 for it.  I would NEVER get involved with anything that required a fee (any fee) to get in their program.  Most if not all of those programs are scams.
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it is real.. no scam\n\nIf you live in the USA (or Canada), this is a good site to make money on.\n\nI have only found one legitimate work at home site so far, and it made me $392+ in just October. But it did take a bit of work initially--I added referrals--and the money got better. And I believe my earnings will continue to grow. I just recently had a best answer vote from a 15 y/o guy who made $50+ in just a couple of days. \n\nI started by answering surveys on CashCrate and filling out some free offers and received a real check from them. For example, I signed up for E-bay and made a bid and got paid $8.00. And there are no fees to join. It is totally free. So I made a little my first month with them. \n\nhttp://www.cashcrate.com/index.php?ref=126558    \n\nBut once I found out this site was legit, I started adding referrals. For every person you refer, you get 20% of what they earn. And for every person that one of your referrals refer to CashCrate, you get 10%. It may take some time to build up the number of referrals necessary to make a lot of money, but in time--this could be a great source of income--making money while other people are in a sense, working for you. \n\nAnd by the way--never join a work at home program that wants you to pay up front. If they were making that much money, they wouldn't need to charge you. \n\nNote: There are not many offers on this site for users outside of the USA (there quite a few offers for Canadian users though). But if you are in another country, you could still refer users from the USA to CashCrate and make money on those referrals.
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Personally I avoided Surveyspaysu.com   it has a bad reputation for not paying for surveys that you do but to try to be helpful, I will share a link that I used to help me find a few good paying surveys site
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Looks legit, they aren't asking for any money and a lot of surveys offer prize draws rather than anything definate.
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I belong to a few.... you get more from some then others but that will just depend on your own profile. Some pay in cash or vouchers to places like tesco, boots etc and some are sweepstakes. Here are a few that ive joined in the last couple of months\n\nValued opinions... ive earned £23 in two months (this one seems to be the best so far (www.valuedopinions.co.uk)\n\nGlobal test market (globaltestmarket.com)\n\nOpinionworld (opinionworld.co.uk)\n\nLightspeed (lightspeedpanel.com)\n\ntestandvote.com (i had some food to sample for free on this one.. all free)\n\nIf you just do a search in google these companys will come up.... there are a few others ive joined but have not been given any surveys yet but its early days yet... hope this helps
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I tried them and it costs me $39.00 to get sent surveys. I haven't received any yet. That was 6 months ago. Some give you points. You have to do a thousand surveys to get a plastic comb. Maybe there is some that work, but I never seen any that you could make much money at.
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This is actually a gimmick to try and sell other items to you by the time you've answered surveys for an hour everyone of these companies has your email by then.\n\nBest advice, ignore them and unsubscribe to those who are already emailing you.
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Most legitimate survey companies have a point system or will have one cash prize that is awarded randomly to one of the answerers. Any offering payment for every survey or huge prizes for each survey, are most likely scams.  A couple of good survey sites are www.harrispollonline.com and www.greenfield.com