Daily Survey Announcement

[lrsellars]

I'm sorry if I'm part of the problem too. I didn't realize using different email address was a problem and we have children of a different race too. I know that I did get a couple of surveys that were the same and my husband did too but I just answered them exactly the way I did before and told him to do the same. I didn't realize that they weren't tracking by IP address. I always assumed that they were weeding out the survey's based on that, not the email address. The good thing about one of the surveys is we are probably going to buy the product after each one of us did the same survey and got interested in checking out the vehicle. I just now realized too, that I usually didn't change the sign-on screen unless it "lost" its information where you enter your demographics. Didn't even think about that being a problem.

I'm a member of Pinecone (if we can't use that name here, please delete it's reference) and they track by user name and password that they give you. It would be nice if Greenfield would do something like that.

Also, how does OTX keep up with their surveys? I don't think I've ever entered an email address with them and I've never gotten the same survey twice. I've gotten some similar but don't remember the same one.

I feel really really terrible about the whole thing. I think with a clear understanding of what we can do and what we can't do, we can all do a better job and keep SR going. I DON"T do any other rewards sites except clicks. NO other surveys anywhere. It's hard enough doing them once a day (or three times with the OTX and SM ones). Also, are we suppose to keep the same email address that we do the regular ones with for the SM ones. I thought we were to clear cookies and it also didn't matter if we used a different email address. The more you think about this, the more questions comes to mind. Sorry Tricia!!!

[fourfoxesinpa]

I am so sorry!!! I have also used different email addresses and have had family members take surveys also. I did not realize this was not allowed I always exit out of a survey if I know I already have taken it---although as someone mentioned before sometimes the focus of a survey starts to go a different way and in this case I was always confused on whether to exit out or not I feel so bad that I could be part of the problem. SR is a wonderful site and I am so sorry this has happened

Add me to the list of apologizers. I remember when I started taking the surveys a few months ago, I posted a note on the forum asking if I had to use my email address registered with SR and was told no - you can use multiple ones. I think I have 5 or 6 email addresses that I share with my dh so there could be two sets of demographics for each email address - one for him and one for me. We take turns with the addresses and they are not dedicated to a particular user. I don't take surveys on any other site and certainly wasn't one to get 170 of them. If I start a survey that I've seen before, I back out. I even go so far as to not check a box on the survey start page that I know will prompt a particular survey that I've already seen and not qualified for.

I agree with previous posters that any rules for taking the surveys should be posted on the surveys page as there may be members who don't visit the forum. This is very important and details/rules could easily be overlooked.

I am extremely sorry if my use of multiple email addresses has contributed to this problem.

Jamie

[SunshineGirl]

Does Greenfield take into acct the SM survey's were doing also? I was thinking about it on the way to my son's Home and School meeting tonight and it's very likely with my demographics that I did nearly 60 survey's last month between the daily and the SM survey. But that's ONE per day for each one so two a day for GF.

Acccording to Greenfield, it is okay to take one Greenfield survey directly and one of the SM/Canada surveys.

[Chris]

Sorry if I am part of the problem. DH and I both do them and we have children that start at age 22 to 10. We all use different email's.

[kayjo]

Count me among the guilty. I'm sure I'll be blocked because I use 4-5 different e-mails for the various members of my family. If I don't qualify then my DH or one of my DDs will try and they all have their own e-mails. Sometimes I will even enlist visiting family members who have different demographics like my niece or mother. SR is the only RP site that I complete surveys on and I don't even do the SM surveys (too lazy to clear cookies).
I am truly sorry if I have contributed to this mess. Whatever conditions Greenfield imposes, I promise to abide by them. I will even forgo taking surveys if my membership comes into question. There's so much more to SR than the 80 cents a day I earn from surveys.
I do have one area of concern that I think needs to be addressed. On several occasions both my DH and I have qualified for the same survey but on different days. The answers to the questions have been different but I'm not sure if Greenfield considers this "fraudulent" activity. Could someone get a definitive answer as to whether or not this is allowed? That way I will know whether or not to exit a survey if one of us has already completed it.
Thanks SR family for all of your hard work and I'm very sorry for having contributed to this problem.

[bellanlivismom]

We have had a couple over time where DH takes the same or almost the same survey...So I guess I screwed up there too.

[3dog2kidmom]

Guilty as charged, again. I never thought about it, if the survey came up I did it. I'd just answer questions, and if one came up that looked familiar, sometimes it was and sometimes it wasn't, so I just went with the flow. Again, never realized it was wrong--of course, I never really thought very hard about it. Sometimes they'd start out the same, but have different ads and different products, same kinds of questions.

Same here, and I'm so sorry if I'm part of the problem. Honestly, I get booted out of so many that I can't remember if one I've taken that seems familiar is really the same or just similar for a different product or if it's one that's previously booted me out after I've gotten most or all of the way through it.

We've all talked about changing email addys frequently in order to qualify, and I have several I just plug in whatever I think of. DH also does his share, and once in awhile SIL/BIL/MIL are here sometimes they like to do them too so we can get our one a day.

We don't do surveys on any other sites than SR, and I don't change up demographics except the education question because it's a gray area for both of us and there isn't a clear cut answer to that question.

I hope we are given another chance with some clear rules, and I think we'll all be more careful to put whatever individual systems in place are necessary to make sure we're not breaking them.

[sunshinecindy]

Well, color me dumb!

For once, my ignorance paid off! I had no idea that people were using multiple email addresses and using other family members to do surveys. I wondered how anybody could meet the quota for a month for the bonus when I couldn't even get a SINGLE survey. Honestly, my record for November through January is a BIG FAT ZERO. I've been plugging along with the same old address and demographics the whole time...

I'd say you are pretty safe then.

[lrsellars]

Thanks for laying out some ground rules. Not that we want to create another sticky around here but should we put those rules in a sticky or maybe in an exisiting sticky with an Update in the title?

I think (and I think someone else already posted it too) that this information needs to be on the SR sign in page for the surveys. I'm sure there are many members (my mother-in-law is one of them) that can't get a grasp of the forums. She still has trouble with the offers, etc. so I know she doesn't read any of the forums. I've tried to help her but she's not familiar with computers and the computer world.

I hope that they figure out a way that we can follow their rules and not have to worry if we are doing something wrong without know if. I've been gone most of the evening and to come home and read all of this and feel like I'm part of the problem is terrible. Truly sorry!!!

[Alice28]

good to know about the new rules. I will adhere to them strictly. I did change demographics if DH or mom was doing them, cause, well, they're different? I thought that was OK to change to 'male' or DH is of hispanic decent cause his dad grew up in Panama and spoke both languages at home, etc. I also didn't even think about if it was the same survey. I think there were a few back in November that were duplicates??? But I'm not sure. Ugh, I feel just sickened by the whole thing. I also NEVER even did the SM survey- I could never qualify so I just gave up. So although I am guilty of the different emails, demographics, etc I have no clue about earning more than 25-30 surveys a month with Greenfield.

And now I look totally guilty cause I did cashout today- before I realized what was going on- a birthday is coming up and I wanted to give them the Disney gift card. I'm going to go hide under a rock now.