oh, good grief!Quote:
Originally Posted by SunshineGirl
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oh, good grief!Quote:
Originally Posted by SunshineGirl
Then maybe you won't have to worry about doing anything. Maybe they will get frustrated and just stop clicking all on their own. Then everything is settled.Quote:
Originally Posted by SunshineGirl
I mean probably if you asked everyone on here, they would think that some things favor some people and some things favor other people. When i wasn't SM, I don't remember getting locked out of the click thing and thinking darn I got locked out by someone else. I just moved on.
That is true; I don't think that I was locked out by someone else, I just think "whoops I was too late".Quote:
Originally Posted by penn19
Well if you based it on surveys, I would probably rarely be able to do scratch off. I'm one of the people that stops by most days & does the scratch off. However, I RARELY qualify for the surveys--I think I have qualified (and completed) 4 since I joined in early November. I look at the scratch off as a consolation prize since I TRY to complete the surveys, but usually don't qualify.
I have done a fair bit of shopping, though, so maybe you need to have one qualifying transaction in a certain time period (weekly or monthly would be fair) to be able to get the scratch off.
I guess I'm one of the guilty ones -- because I do the scratch off every morning. I do not buy over the internet so I don't shop here. I've tried doing the surveys but everytime I've tried ~~ I do not qualify. Believe me I'd love to earn credit here faster ~~ I'll probably be retired before I hit the $20. I do the paid clicks when I can get them but other than that I haven't been able to find anyway to earn credits. Any help would be appreciated. I've just discovered the arcade recently but since I don't shop over the internet -- I won't upgrade. So maybe I should just drop out now. I can see where you'd be upset that I took someone elses chance to earn a few pennies away. And I don't say that in a mean or nasty way so please don't take it that way. When there was a contest a few weeks back to do surveys ~~ I went through page after page after page only to get frustrated after what seemed like 20 pages or more and by then I was so confused on whether I was still on the same survey or switched to another one that I just gave up. That has happened many times to me too. I belong to a reward program and they offer OTX Surveys too. I used to qualify for them once or two every 2 or 3 months but I haven't qualified for it in years ~~ either here or there.
See, I don't think this makes you "guilty". Everyone has a different comfort level not only with this site, but with the internet in general. I think there can be something for everyone, unless it is really affecting SR's viability. If SR is willing to pay up to 3 cents for 600 clicks a day, I'm not sure it matters who gets those clicks. Before I was SM, I never felt like someone else took my chance - I just needed to get up earlier.Quote:
Originally Posted by crochet4hats
I generally don't do offers because I won't give out my phone number and won't provide a false one. Unless it is an e-mail newsletter or a product I am interested in, I won't do it, which means no MID or Aisle 7 or Consumer Rewards for me because they ask for a phone number. I'll give my real e-mail and my real address, but don't call me at home! It's a different comfort level from some other people, and I have to find other ways to make money. But I do shop online, and I always check here first for what I need.
As far as the surveys (and this might get deleted, but it is meant to be helpful), I have a terrible time qualifying for OTX and only try it a few times a week because I get frustrated starting the same surveys over and over and getting disqualified just like I did the day before. I can always count on the same several surveys to start OTX, but sometimes I get lucky and actually qualify. I have better luck with the Daily Surveys. You can keep trying those as your time allows until you get the "You've successfully completed the study" message. Sometimes I get one on the first try, but I usually have to try several times. There was a dry period for much of the first of the month, but I was able to qualify over the weekend. Daily Surveys seem to be more plentiful in the past few days - you might try again, and remember you can keep trying during the day, even if it says there are no surveys for you.
Hope this helps!
Not sure if this has been suggested, could the scratch off screen come up after you have either completed a survey or did not complete a survey? Sure would be a nice consolation to see that screen come up after you don't qualify for a survey.
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Originally Posted by MKCP84
I like that idea, but would it be available to everyone or capped at 600 like it is now?
I would be disappointed if the scratch off was somehow limited. I try the scratch off everyday but don't make a lot of money on it. I also try for a survey everyday and it's a big month when I qualify for 3 surveys. Still I do keep trying. I haven't earned a lot from SR but I don't really expect to. As a Canadian I don't qualify for a lot of the offers. Every once in a while I go through some of them and try to qualify but get an awful lot of "this offer isn't available in your area" pages.
I don't shop a lot on the internet but have shopped through SR once or twice. If I shop at US stores I have to pay very high shipping costs which negates any savings plus with the CDN $$ down at the moment it doesn't make sense. There are a few CDN stores in the shopping section but most I don't shop at in the "bricks and mortar store" so I don't shop at them online either.
While I understand that SR has to make money I would be disappointed if the scratch off (or anything else) was limited because of the amount of transactions I've done (or not done).
I've posted in the forums about making more money as a Cdn and no one has replied to it and made suggestions so it's not like I haven't tried to participate. I knew joining SR that I would be limited in the amounts I could make and that was fine with me. With the talk of these changes though I almost feel unwelcome.
Oh, I like this idea!!! I think more people would try for surveys if they knew they would get the opportunity to do the scratch off and be entered in the second chance sweeps!Quote:
Originally Posted by MKCP84