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by LucyCarpentalker on March 28th, 2006

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Are there any legitimate paid surveys online, or is it just a scam?

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  • by lizvelrene on June 22nd, 2007

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    YES!

    People never believe me but you CAN get paid doing surveys. Mostly you get paid in prizes instead of cash, but some of the prizes are pretty decent. Check first that you're dealing with an actual survey group and not a scam - if you have to pay to join, it's a scam. The real ones are free.

    The surveys are mostly related to products - companies want to get quick responses to their new concepts and quite a few things I've seen in these surveys have ended up on the shelves eventually. Sometimes I get products to test at home, which is fun! Then I get free stuff AND I get paid.

    Sometimes you have to do a lot of surveys to build up points, but once you get into the habit of doing it you can take home a margarita shaker, a pair of binoculars, a magazine subscription, some good headphones, and other various things I've earned this year.

    DON'T use the ones that just enter you in a drawing for participation, they almost never pay off. You want the ones that pay cash, Paypal, or points. They're out there.

    If you're lucky enough to get into Pinecone Surveys, they pay you $5 per survey. They're very hard to qualify for and it took me a long time to get in, but now I get checks from them all the time.

    I'll try to come back and post a list of companies that have paid off for me. The ones that come to mind first are Lightspeed, MySurvey, Harris Poll, and sometimes SurveySpot (they alternate between drawings and cash, I only fill out the cash surveys).

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    • Why did I get rated down so much? :( Is something inaccurate?

      lizvelrene

      by lizvelrene on June 22nd, 2007

    • I helped you out of the hole.

      Inspector Javert

      by Inspector Javert on November 6th, 2007

    • Every answer seems to be getting uber DRs on this. No idea why.

      Wickels

      by Wickels on August 4th, 2008

    • I get a constant stream of -1s on this answer. It's very strange.

      lizvelrene

      by lizvelrene on August 11th, 2008

    • Me too, and my total points don't change. I sent a feedback about it.

      Wickels

      by Wickels on August 14th, 2008

    • Paid survey is a very good idea in the recent era. If the survey is not paid, you will not get the original output of the survey.
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      paidsurvey

      by paidsurvey on November 25th, 2010

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