surveys
Posted By: cape mt on 2006-09-18
In Reply to: Forgot - the companies I went with were free. nm - Mimi
You will get e-mail from hundreds of companies and frankly I didn't want to be bothered. It just seemed like a pain in the neck!
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surveys
I have not worked for MQ since January of this year when I had finally had enough and got a much better job. Anyway, Friday, I got a phone call from some person doing a survey on MT that used to work for MQ in the past wanting to know what their experience was like and how they could improve. Needless to say, I unloaded on her. I was very polite but said that if they want to entice good MT, they should pay them a better wage as well as be more open, yada, yada, yada.... At the end of the question and answer period, she asked "What could MQ do to entice you back?" Of course, I replied NOTHING A THING. I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them (of course, I didn't actually verbalize the latter as you should ALWAYS keep a door open. You never know what the future holds.
I really empathize with the transcriptions that still work for MQ and am sincere when I say that I hope you aren't all hung out to dry and that MQ was sincere in this survey. It doesn't take an Einstein to figure out what people want from a company.
Good luck all, just glad I left when I did.
Surveys . . .
I looked into it - I was not comfortable with supplying so much personal information for every survey. Also, the ones that paid more seemed like you were signing up for something and later would have to cancel. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep track of it all. If you do it, set up set up a separate email. I received a ton of stuff from 3 different companies, but decided against it for those reasons. If you want the names of the companies I can email, but they're easy to find. You can get some good information on yahoo questions.
surveys
I have a friend who does it pretty much full time, but she does not collect $, however she gas gotten tons of high dollar makeup, home products, etc.
on-line surveys
Are any MTs doing surveys on line? Seems like a good way to make a little extra something and kill time when work is low, but of course now I am suspicious of everything!
They are taking surveys of who the best dictators are. Gee, I wonder why?
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An MT: Regarding your question about online surveys
Hi,
Not all are survey programs are scams. I belong to two that do, indeed, pay off.
1) MyPoints so far has been the BEST! I've been a member for years and have recently gotten enough points to purchase an $85 textbook I needed for school from Barnes & Noble last year, a financial break I sorely needed at the time. I paid for my Virgin Mobile Top Up with money to spare this year, and I have earned enough these past few months to get a $100 check which I will redeem soon.
With MyPoints you do not have to purchase ANYTHING. NOTHING at all.
You can earn points by ordering through member companies, however, you can simply earn points by clicking on offers or filling out surveys sent to you. If you don't want to participate in a particular survey or are not interested in the product offer, fine. (For the product offer, you don't have to buy; just click on the link and you still get your points.)
I do suggest that you set up a junk mail account and check it regularly as the offers have an end date.
If you want more info., just e-mail me.
AND, by the way, if you decide to join, let me know in advance, as I'll get 500 points just for the referral and I do loooove my points, lol.
2) I became a member of NFO/My Survey and redeemed a helluva lot of points earlier this year and have now racked up more that I plan to redeem soon. You can get a check, spend points on prizes they offer (quite varied), redeem your points to have them sent to a charitable org., or get the points prize in cash.
If you join them, let me know because I get points for referrals there too--although much, much less than at MyPoints...:( ...though I'm not complaining, lol.
With MySurvey, it is purely all survey--no offers at all. You usually get around 10 points per survey, but based on your answers you can earn much more if you qualify for an extended survey regarding the product you just took a survey on--the last few surveys offered an extra 50 points each to me if I wanted to participate in the extended survey.
Also, if you take a survey and, based on your answers they decide you're not a candidate/don't qualify for the initial survey they have, they tell you that they have no further questions for you and the survey ends--you still get the points however. For example, I've gotten several requests for surveys involving small business owners, house/property owners, and car purchasers, but did not qualify, as I am none of the above and I don't drive, but I got the points anyway just for responding. Not a bad deal at all in my opinion.
--Anita
Thank u for these replies on surveys. It's very helpful.
nm
Anyone know anything about getting paid to do online surveys? I've been getting these emails to
sign up to do surveys and get paid for it. Does anyone know if this is legit, or who does this? I'd like to try it. I didn't follow through far enough to see if there's a fee to sign up with this company or not.
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