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I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« on: May 10, 2016, 01:03:43 pm »
I completed a survey that was supposedly to take about 37 minutes. It took me over 45 minutes and I had to keep stopping because I was experiencing strain in my right hand.  It never seemed to stop and I had to go all over the page.

After close to an hour, I got the demographics. I finished and submitted and got the message that I was over quota. I got one penny. Ugh.

Other members have posted about this happening to them and i have always responded that I do not take surveys that are longer than 20 or so unless I have the time. Well, I had the time today and ...... guess what happened to me. I should have listened to what I often tell others.

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Re: I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2016, 08:09:21 pm »
That's harsh...40 minutes, then disqualified.  I can't concentrate that long.  I usually go for the shortest ones and work up to the 15 to 20 minutes ones.  Sorry to hear of your misfortune.

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Re: I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2016, 11:12:40 pm »
That's a bummer, bostonphil!  I can see the DQ after 47 mins.  I went ahead and gave you a $1 bonus in the hopes that you'll keep at it.   Sorry for the bad experience :(  That survey has been removed as well.

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Re: I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2016, 05:53:39 am »
That's a bummer, bostonphil!  I can see the DQ after 47 mins.  I went ahead and gave you a $1 bonus in the hopes that you'll keep at it.   Sorry for the bad experience :(  That survey has been removed as well.

Maybe I shouldn't be grumpy about this because you're liable to kick me off FC, but is that fair to others that took surveys and were DQ'd after so many minutes? You may be opening up a can of worms there.  I know I've already done long surveys that took quite a while and was DQ'd at the very end. i didn't get any compensation for them except the penny.

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Re: I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2016, 06:15:49 am »
That's a bummer, bostonphil!  I can see the DQ after 47 mins.  I went ahead and gave you a $1 bonus in the hopes that you'll keep at it.   Sorry for the bad experience :(  That survey has been removed as well.
Wow, that was so very generous.  Even though I am not the one on the receiving end of this, I do have to admit that it sure made me feel good.  On behalf of our dear member, bostonphil, thank you. 

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Re: I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2016, 06:44:26 am »
That's a bummer, bostonphil!  I can see the DQ after 47 mins.  I went ahead and gave you a $1 bonus in the hopes that you'll keep at it.   Sorry for the bad experience :(  That survey has been removed as well.

Maybe I shouldn't be grumpy about this because you're liable to kick me off FC, but is that fair to others that took surveys and were DQ'd after so many minutes? You may be opening up a can of worms there.  I know I've already done long surveys that took quite a while and was DQ'd at the very end. i didn't get any compensation for them except the penny.
I am just happy to see the admin was so generous. It's the attitude that is important, not the $1.

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Re: I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2016, 06:46:14 am »
I'm sorry that happened to you. Hey we have all been there though. It is very frustrating. :(

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Re: I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« Reply #7 on: May 11, 2016, 09:03:43 am »
That's a bummer, bostonphil!  I can see the DQ after 47 mins.  I went ahead and gave you a $1 bonus in the hopes that you'll keep at it.   Sorry for the bad experience :(  That survey has been removed as well.

Maybe I shouldn't be grumpy about this because you're liable to kick me off FC, but is that fair to others that took surveys and were DQ'd after so many minutes? You may be opening up a can of worms there.  I know I've already done long surveys that took quite a while and was DQ'd at the very end. i didn't get any compensation for them except the penny.
We don't kick folks off FC without a good reason.  You can complain if you want to :)

While I can't get into the specifics of it right now, we do have a new (as of today) program to alleviate some of the pain of a very long survey process that ends in DQ.

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Re: I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« Reply #8 on: May 11, 2016, 09:46:09 am »
That's a bummer, bostonphil!  I can see the DQ after 47 mins.  I went ahead and gave you a $1 bonus in the hopes that you'll keep at it.   Sorry for the bad experience :(  That survey has been removed as well.


WOW!!! That's very cool of you, admin. Thanks for that!

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Re: I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« Reply #9 on: May 11, 2016, 09:47:29 am »
That's a bummer, bostonphil!  I can see the DQ after 47 mins.  I went ahead and gave you a $1 bonus in the hopes that you'll keep at it.   Sorry for the bad experience :(  That survey has been removed as well.

Maybe I shouldn't be grumpy about this because you're liable to kick me off FC, but is that fair to others that took surveys and were DQ'd after so many minutes? You may be opening up a can of worms there.  I know I've already done long surveys that took quite a while and was DQ'd at the very end. i didn't get any compensation for them except the penny.
We don't kick folks off FC without a good reason.  You can complain if you want to :)

While I can't get into the specifics of it right now, we do have a new (as of today) program to alleviate some of the pain of a very long survey process that ends in DQ.

Really interested to hear the specifics when they are available. Of late, the surveys have been frustrating - especially those that don't do the "qualifiers" until the tail end when you've already provided all the information/answers.

Thanks for stepping in - that's part of what makes this site great!

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Re: I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« Reply #10 on: May 11, 2016, 09:56:39 am »
That's a bummer, bostonphil!  I can see the DQ after 47 mins.  I went ahead and gave you a $1 bonus in the hopes that you'll keep at it.   Sorry for the bad experience :(  That survey has been removed as well.

Nice response, admin.  :in-love: It's nice when someone listens to you and responds positively. I love a happy ending!  :party:

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Re: I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« Reply #11 on: May 11, 2016, 07:49:00 pm »
That's a bummer, bostonphil!  I can see the DQ after 47 mins.  I went ahead and gave you a $1 bonus in the hopes that you'll keep at it.   Sorry for the bad experience :(  That survey has been removed as well.

Thank you so much.  I really appreciate you doing this. I love FC as you probably know.

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Re: I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2016, 08:15:30 pm »
Nice, admin!

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Re: I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« Reply #13 on: May 12, 2016, 05:30:36 am »
Wow, that is wonderful to see!  It is so frustrating when you work on surveys for so long then never get anything for it.  I think we have all experienced that in the past.  It would be great to see changes and not have that happen as often!

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Re: I can not believe that I did not take my own advice
« Reply #14 on: May 12, 2016, 05:46:26 am »
That's a bummer, bostonphil!  I can see the DQ after 47 mins.  I went ahead and gave you a $1 bonus in the hopes that you'll keep at it.   Sorry for the bad experience :(  That survey has been removed as well.

Maybe I shouldn't be grumpy about this because you're liable to kick me off FC, but is that fair to others that took surveys and were DQ'd after so many minutes? You may be opening up a can of worms there.  I know I've already done long surveys that took quite a while and was DQ'd at the very end. i didn't get any compensation for them except the penny.
We don't kick folks off FC without a good reason.  You can complain if you want to :)

While I can't get into the specifics of it right now, we do have a new (as of today) program to alleviate some of the pain of a very long survey process that ends in DQ.
Thank you for the new program, admin.  It's so great to know that an already awesome site is more than willing to tweak things to be even more awesome.  ( Awesomer ) LOL

It is a pleasure to log onto FC every day.  Thank you again.   :)

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