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Title: For your FYI
Post by: countrygirl12 on January 02, 2017, 12:43:17 pm
I installed an extension on my browser that shows me where the server of the website I am visiting is located.  I am just curious as to if anyone else is aware that a ton of the surveys we take are coming out of India?  And what is left seems most are not from the US.  Why would someone in India need to do any of these surveys.  I have started Xing out of them if they are from over seas.  I was not aware of this.  And with some of the questions we are asked it seems more odd that they are coming from India or Pakistan.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: potluck6 on January 02, 2017, 02:48:23 pm
I suppose they  are put to India and then put to us to do. Did alot of political surveys about Clinton Trump,bond measures they were all for  US  people.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: countrygirl12 on January 02, 2017, 04:10:31 pm
Yes they are for people in the US.  I just found this odd.  I didn't know the surveys were coming from other countries.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: aflyingmonkey on January 02, 2017, 04:40:49 pm
Because it is cheaper to outsource to India.
The survey company employs a company in India to use their website to collect & sort their data, then send them back the competed data. Cheaper.

I know a lot of photography companies, the ones who sort photos of events & grads, send the pictures to India to sort and categorize and tag.  Then have them sent back or have India host the shots.  Costs only a fraction of what it would cost in the USA & they are faster.   Cheaper labor costs. cheaper server/internet costs.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: gaby_ro_2004 on January 03, 2017, 08:13:42 am
Because it is so much cheaper!!!!
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: countrygirl12 on January 03, 2017, 05:32:48 pm
Because it is cheaper to outsource to India.
The survey company employs a company in India to use their website to collect & sort their data, then send them back the competed data. Cheaper.

I know a lot of photography companies, the ones who sort photos of events & grads, send the pictures to India to sort and categorize and tag.  Then have them sent back or have India host the shots.  Costs only a fraction of what it would cost in the USA & they are faster.   Cheaper labor costs. cheaper server/internet costs.

I did not know that.  Did not see how it could cost much of anything.  There are websites where I can make surveys and get the answers here.  I just thought that was strange.  I thought that was the purpose of online instead of ither ways like paper mail.  😐
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: BATISTAGIRL663 on January 05, 2017, 01:05:34 pm
doesn't surprise me much tho ---anywhere its cheaper is where people go ! i don't do many surveys any more cause i rarely get approved i do videos and such
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: stretch1967 on January 05, 2017, 01:07:15 pm
no
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: braggin on January 05, 2017, 01:46:40 pm
Where is fusioncash.net itself coming from?
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: vickysue on January 05, 2017, 01:46:47 pm
There are times when doing a survey if i don't really like what they are asking i just  ignore it or  jput a wrong answer in. Because when it is getting way too personal it is not their business, like when a survey comes on asking about my money business, it is easier to just say  i prefer not to answer and then go on.  If i get to  to do the survey fine, if i get knocked off oh well i just don't like to give out some information.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: sherryfan on January 05, 2017, 03:33:36 pm
How do you check the survey whether it is from India?
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: adriarobi on January 05, 2017, 03:52:06 pm
Yeah, cheap labor. Just like "support" calls or "chat support" at websites often have foreign names. If the name is not foreign, often the person talks, email, "chats" like English is not the first language.

Had a problem with a very prominent malware protection site recently. They accidently cancelled my payment for renewal because they were careless and did not double check the info I gave them. Two of the three had very unusual first names.

It was not fixed. Not sure what I am going to do about it.

 :rose:
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: countrygirl12 on January 05, 2017, 04:35:31 pm
How do you check the survey whether it is from India?

I installed an add on to my browser and it tells where the server is based on every website I visit.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: countrygirl12 on January 05, 2017, 04:37:39 pm
Yeah, cheap labor. Just like "support" calls or "chat support" at websites often have foreign names. If the name is not foreign, often the person talks, email, "chats" like English is not the first language.

Had a problem with a very prominent malware protection site recently. They accidently cancelled my payment for renewal because they were careless and did not double check the info I gave them. Two of the three had very unusual first names.

It was not fixed. Not sure what I am going to do about it.

 :rose:

I knew that on the chat.  You can tell by the way they talk on chat.  The grammar is like you said - as if English is something they have been exposed to only once.  haha
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: metsrock69 on January 05, 2017, 04:53:31 pm
This is interesting being they get their surveys overseas and Fusioncash is only available in U.S. and Canada :peace:
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: dsosnowski06 on January 05, 2017, 08:40:34 pm
Companies may outsource to India as the labor is cheaper than the US. My job was outsourced in 2015 because of this
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: nmbrown863 on January 05, 2017, 08:54:51 pm
Hmm I didn't know that either.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: jenniferhoder on January 06, 2017, 03:13:12 am
I have not done anything like that
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: ktheodos on January 06, 2017, 05:52:08 am
I was not aware, but I guess I"m not too surprised - a lot of things are outsourced these days...
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: plennis on January 06, 2017, 05:58:27 am
Lots of companies do this, then we complain about no jobs here.  We need to decide if Americans having jobs or cheaper things, without a lot of people out of work is what we want.  Survey companies, I do not know how you could stop since there is not actual manufacturered goods.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: surveypro2016 on January 06, 2017, 10:43:16 am
That's interesting. I guess I never thought about where the servers for the survey sites are based. It is strange that most come from India.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: autumnsparklemom on January 06, 2017, 10:45:00 am
wow, interesting.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: countrygirl12 on January 06, 2017, 03:44:26 pm
This is interesting being they get their surveys overseas and Fusioncash is only available in U.S. and Canada :peace:

That is why I thought it was odd. 
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: countrygirl12 on January 06, 2017, 03:45:06 pm
I have not done anything like that

You have not done anything like what?
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: countrygirl12 on January 06, 2017, 03:46:36 pm
That's interesting. I guess I never thought about where the servers for the survey sites are based. It is strange that most come from India.

I didn't either.  And I didn't say most.  I said some.  And I have seen them from several countries.  France, the UK, India, Canada, and others.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: gaylasue on January 10, 2017, 07:15:14 am
We have people from India calling us on the phone trying to sell us something so it doesn't surprise me they are involved in the surveys.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: southernhorizons on January 10, 2017, 10:08:52 am
I don't care where the surveys come from, as long as I can qualify for them. That is the biggest issue I have.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: yisa on January 10, 2017, 10:34:06 am
Yeah, cheap labor. Just like "support" calls or "chat support" at websites often have foreign names. If the name is not foreign, often the person talks, email, "chats" like English is not the first language.

Had a problem with a very prominent malware protection site recently. They accidently cancelled my payment for renewal because they were careless and did not double check the info I gave them. Two of the three had very unusual first names.

It was not fixed. Not sure what I am going to do about it.

 :rose:


Yeah would like to know how to do that too.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: mrsmere on January 10, 2017, 04:09:13 pm
More and more things are being outsourced.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: kimber62372 on January 14, 2017, 09:01:36 pm
interesting...I did not know this. I don't do many surveys. I rarely qualify for them.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: natashaspy on January 14, 2017, 09:35:07 pm
I don't think they're scams per say, its just that almost everything seems to be outsourced to India.  You call almost any company that is based in the US, you end up with someone that you can barely understand the accent.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: countrygirl12 on January 17, 2017, 09:52:26 am
We have people from India calling us on the phone trying to sell us something so it doesn't surprise me they are involved in the surveys.

That is an interesting thought.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: dancer139 on January 17, 2017, 11:07:28 am
everything is being outsourced,,,   I can't answer my phone with out it being someone from India on the other end that I can't understand,,,,  so I just hang up.   If they can't speak English I won't talk to them.
Title: Re: For your FYI
Post by: teresa3200 on January 18, 2017, 10:54:13 am
Cheaper labor oversees. What a shame.