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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: countrygirl12 on April 19, 2017, 05:28:44 pm
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Has any one else taken the survey where first you were promised extra pay in the form of an Amazon gift card emailed directly to you and then when you get to the end of the survey you go to a page that says oh by the way we lied to you. This whole thing was fake and the study was not what we told you it was. It was totally something else and they are trying to prove something although now I am not sure what.
Well my thoughts are what makes them think the people who took the survey were honest with them? LOL
I am not sure how I feel about this. It was a survey on FC. Paid 40 cents but do not remember the name of it. I just don't think that is right.
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I took the same survey and it was about your feeling about different races of people, and yes all lies about that 1.00 gift card to me as well. But I've been shocked by gift deals showing up a week later. So maybe! I think it was some University in AZ doing the study. Under my account info it says Political Panel so it's a bash on Trump I'm sure.
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yes i have taken a few of them and never get the extra money or gift cards so i do not do them any more
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I had a similar survey some time ago, promised a $5 Amazon card and NOTHING was said about it when I finished the survey, just the amount I got here.
In retrospect, I should have screencapped the promise and reported it. Don't know what FC would do about it, but it's not right to not do something promised.
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There's often times deceit regarding the surveys. They take as much info as they possibly can get then dismiss you without paying.
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I took this survey this afternoon, too. It stated that you could take a screen shot. I printed it. Part of it was in FAQ-style, for example: "Will I be compensated for participating?" followed by the answer: "You will receive $1 for participating."
In the last paragraph on the first page it states that the research has been reviewed by the Committee on the Use of Human Subjects in Research at Harvard University. There is a phone number and email address listed if anyone wants this.
The title of the study: Attitudes and reactions to new personal background software
The software we 'tested' was IDscience. In the debriefing they reveal the "deceit" they played on the survey taker. In fact, the very last question asked how many surveys of that nature (deceit) have you taken.
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I had a similar survey like this but never gotten anything out of it.
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I took the same survey and it was about your feeling about different races of people, and yes all lies about that 1.00 gift card to me as well. But I've been shocked by gift deals showing up a week later. So maybe! I think it was some University in AZ doing the study. Under my account info it says Political Panel so it's a bash on Trump I'm sure.
It says it was from Harvard. I got an email from them this morning and I replied and ask if the Amazon code was a lie as well. And the survey does not prove a person is prejudice or any thing else. Yeah it said political something. I am guessing it was conducted by either a black group or some foreign group because all the questions were basically about how whites think they are superior. The big LOL is on them because like I said before maybe WE all lied on the survey. 😂
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I took this survey this afternoon, too. It stated that you could take a screen shot. I printed it. Part of it was in FAQ-style, for example: "Will I be compensated for participating?" followed by the answer: "You will receive $1 for participating."
In the last paragraph on the first page it states that the research has been reviewed by the Committee on the Use of Human Subjects in Research at Harvard University. There is a phone number and email address listed if anyone wants this.
The title of the study: Attitudes and reactions to new personal background software
The software we 'tested' was IDscience. In the debriefing they reveal the "deceit" they played on the survey taker. In fact, the very last question asked how many surveys of that nature (deceit) have you taken.
We were not testing software. It was all a lie. And as far as anyone ever admitting the survey was all a lie that has never happened. Although I am sure several have been a lie especially the ones related to any thing political. Guess I was just desparate for a few more dollars this month. I have the email they sent me. I would report them if I knew who to report it to. I can assure you FC does not care. They will say you could leave the survey at any time. That is not the point. It is the fact that they lied. Although I will say I pretty much knew there is no way to know MY DNA by a bunch of last names. And FYI they do not have the last names and madien names of my grand mothers. 😂😂😂😂
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There's often times deceit regarding the surveys. They take as much info as they possibly can get then dismiss you without paying.
That is why more and more people are admitting they lie on the survey and are just trying to get the pay. Someone started a thread on here a while back asking if others done that and admitted that is what she does and that she had figured out how to andwer the wuestions in order to stay in the survey.
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I got a notice from the survey late last night explaining the study... and you reply i guess to the letter and it is Harvard University, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 I got a feeling we will be getting that dollar.... can't see that place screwing people over a buck! The one that really jacked me on paying was a group called Gut Check twice they say they pay in 6 weeks after the group ends. Well its also past Fusions 30 days!! So I lost 8 bucks on one and 5 on the second! I guess its the price we pay to play.
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Very Strange!
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I haven't taken any surveys that ended that way. I would be miffed. It's things like that that make me want to give up on surveys. I've done several through GTM and I get to end with zero credit. I've stopped doing all of GTM's because of that. I did one the other day that was a 3 part survey.... Each part had to be done within 2 hours. After the first section I never received anything to click on to lead me to the 2nd and 3rd part. So I wasted 20 minutes of my time for nothing. Sheesh. I'd rather do 20 minutes of PTC and watch paint dry.
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Haven't taken one like that yet. I don't like those university study surveys . Did one yesterday about ice cream here and after i got me some ice cream,funny how the power of suggestion works.
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no has not happened to me or heard it.
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I got a notice from the survey late last night explaining the study... and you reply i guess to the letter and it is Harvard University, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 I got a feeling we will be getting that dollar.... can't see that place screwing people over a buck! The one that really jacked me on paying was a group called Gut Check twice they say they pay in 6 weeks after the group ends. Well its also past Fusions 30 days!! So I lost 8 bucks on one and 5 on the second! I guess its the price we pay to play.
Well I done the gutcheck as well. I done something with them a long time ago with a different site and I did get paid. That should be $5 from FC then $8 from them. I got the email from the liars as well. I don't care what the email explains. They LIED. What they are trying to "prove" is that conservative white folks who voted for Trump are prejudice against anyone who is not white. I have figured that out. I have an FYI for them ... prejudice goes in every direction. And there are blacks and hispanics and every other nationality that hate white people just because they are white. So they need to get over acting like it is just white people who are racist.
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I haven't taken any surveys that ended that way. I would be miffed. It's things like that that make me want to give up on surveys. I've done several through GTM and I get to end with zero credit. I've stopped doing all of GTM's because of that. I did one the other day that was a 3 part survey.... Each part had to be done within 2 hours. After the first section I never received anything to click on to lead me to the 2nd and 3rd part. So I wasted 20 minutes of my time for nothing. Sheesh. I'd rather do 20 minutes of PTC and watch paint dry.
I know what you mean. But the extra cash helps out. Little that it is. I done a survey the other night with a different company and after I finished and they had my answers I get a pop up that says "sorry but you do not qualify to take any surveys right now" Crap like that makes me want to take as many as I can and lie or what ever just to get the money.
The one we are talking about says something about a "political survey" and it pays 40 cents. And you do not find out this oh we lied to you info until the end. It starts out saying it is a DNA software something and is 3 parts. If you get in and see that much then you know it is the one. Do it or don't. I can tell you this - they ask for my mother's maiden name as well as my grandmother's maiden name. Guess what - they do not have the real last names. That is info that is used to gain access to accounts. And at the end it does ask if you provided real information. HAHA Yeah I did. Just like you told me the truth. HA
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no has not happened to me or heard it.
You should have enough info here to know when you start doing it. If you even bother with the surveys any longer. Seems more and more we are getting screwed on the survey thing.
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I got a notice from the survey late last night explaining the study... and you reply i guess to the letter and it is Harvard University, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 I got a feeling we will be getting that dollar.... can't see that place screwing people over a buck! The one that really jacked me on paying was a group called Gut Check twice they say they pay in 6 weeks after the group ends. Well its also past Fusions 30 days!! So I lost 8 bucks on one and 5 on the second! I guess its the price we pay to play.
I just got an email from the one I done 2 days ago and it says I will receive my reward direct from the place I took the survey thru. Hopefully I can get $13 before the end of the month so I can maybe cash out. haha
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I never mess with them. Figure there is a catch somewhere and i don't want to mess with them. Or it is a way for some telemarketer to get my phone number.
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I've gone through this as well. I would just stop taking such surveys if I knew beforehand.
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I never mess with them. Figure there is a catch somewhere and i don't want to mess with them. Or it is a way for some telemarketer to get my phone number.
A telemarketer cannot get your phone number from you doing a survey unless you give them your phone number. I have never put a phone number in on a survey. If I did I likely made something up or put in all zeros. The surveys are the quickest way to make money on this site. Unless you have a ton of referrals and they do surveys. I have never really seen any thing else on here that pays well.
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I've gone through this as well. I would just stop taking such surveys if I knew beforehand.
It makes me think. I am about ready to stop doing them. I just started a thread a minute ago where I got messed over on pay for a survey. They want us to be totally honest but they lie to us. smh.
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I've never heard of a survey like that or taken one. That's very strange.
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I just got the dollar amazon gift card they said they would send!
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I have never seen this survey because I don't usually qualify for very many of the surveys to begin with. I would be upset if I spent the time to answer their questions and then get this response.
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I haven't come across this survey but thanks for the heads up !
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i took that survey and i got my extra money today so hang in there.
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I checked my email and received the $1 Amazon gift card for participating as they stated in the Consent! I almost missed it as I didn't recognize the sender. The subject was simply "Bonus." :thumbsup:
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I haven't done a survey in a while, but I definitely would be peeved. There were other gimmicks I felt prey too, but being promised something on a survey and not getting something is wrong. It's like a similar sensation to erroring out or not getting credit.
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I don't ever remember coming across a survey like that. I have done one for a $10 Amazon gift code and I received it at the end of the survey. That was pretty cool. Sorry that happened to you.
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Happened to me & frequently I lose the fake bonus! I've stopped doing these surveys too much emotional trouble &time!
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I took some surveys as well but never get credit it at all. They stated that will credited and never did. I just ignore them though.
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Fake news, fake people, fake surveys :bad: :bad: :bad: 8)