Daily Survey Announcement

[lrsellars]

When they told me that they think that members are memorizing the surveys so that they can take them with multiple email addresses really quickly, I was just baffled!

The vehicle advertisement surveys were always the same questions (or very similar) but different ads. That was the surveys that asked you what vehicles you would be interested in if you were to get a new one but they always showed different vehicle ads. I know that they are a survey site but I'll have to say that I bet when the "ideas" they show us really come about, we are some of the first ones to buy them. I've done a lot of surveys that I'm anxious for the product to be put on the store shelves.

[OhMari]

I don't understand how they were able to take that many survey's. I freaked out when I completed one and never received a congradulations page. So thought I thought I didn't complete one and I went back and took another one. When I finished the 2nd one, I got, "the thank you page"-then received 2 credits the next day.

There is no way you can go back until the next day to take another survey. How did they get around the "come back tomorrow, you exceeded your daily limit of survey"-message?

[T1nkrules]

Tricia,

I'm really sorry that you have had this added stress. I can't really believe anyone memorizes these things...heck! I'm lucky if I can get one much less qualify! ....I hope Greenfield will realize we are a great group!

[rjk]

I'm another guilty party. Several email addresses, while actually only one gmail account but I move the .'s around to get several. Also, if I couldn't get a survey one of my children, DD16, DD18, DS26 or DS28 or DH would do one. Of course the demographics changed because they are who they are and we are different.

As for taking a dupicate survey I am sure that it happened. I don't watch over there shoulders when they take the survey. Besides as long as I didn't take a duplicate (and I won't say that I never took a duplicate) it is their survey so their answers will be different. Many of the surveys seem to start the same and then go a different direction at some point. Are these duplicates or not? Also, in 6 months I've only taken approximately 65 surveys and I have trouble remembering what I had for breakfast let alone what was on a survey I took last month.

I am sorry if I have done something incorrect but it seems to me that with today's technology, GF could do more on their end to prevent this. What this really seems like to me is GF has some customer that is unhappy with the survey results and they are having to explain why they have what looks like duplicate IP addresses doing duplicate surveys.

[Iteach]

Count me in as a member who is apologizing to the SR family and community. I have been sick to my stomach and feel guilty since reading about this. I, too, have used different email addresses, had other family members do surveys using their demographics and email addresses, not mine and have probably done the same survey more than once, but I would never intentionally or knowingly do anything fraudulant. I'm sorry that I was part of causing a problem. If I am allowed to take surveys again, I will strictly adhere to the rules and guidelines of taking surveys. I don't belong to any other reward sites and value everything about SR.

[aknight373]

Add me to the sorry list..

wow i am so shocked!!!! I was at work all day today, then went to school and decided to float around on here tonight.. and wow i am shocked

i am sorry i was changing my emails address and getting my husband to do some also...

i dont remember doing the same surveys, but that doesnt mean i remember ever survey i took also!!!!

I am so sorry, we love this site!!!

[sunshinemckenzie]

When they told me that they think that members are memorizing the surveys so that they can take them with multiple email addresses really quickly, I was just baffled! I've taken a few surveys and I cannot imagine the thought of MEMORIZING the survey so that I could take it faster next time. And don't they get tripped up by the quality control timer???

It's all bizarre. Totally unexpected. But we'll weather it. 'Cuz we're the SR Family and that's what we do.

SAY WHAT?!?!?!

OK, I'm getting really confused. First, and I'm not trying to be a hag here by any means, but how in the world can anyone memorize any given survey? It would be different if the things were like 5 minutes in length and GF only had 10 different surveys BUT you can spend 45 minutes on a survey and still get to the very end and be told "Sorry, you don't qualify"(which if you were trying to memorize it you just wasted brain cells). Or who is to say that even by changing email addys, demographics, etc you will even get the same survey because GF has so many of them. Imagine how many surveys you would have to memorize before you found the magical one so you could chenge the email addy or demographics just to take it again.

I could believe the findings of changing email addys or different demographic because everyone was at the understanding that it was permitted. But this is a new one on memorizing. Shoot most days I can't remember my name or find my glasses(usually on top of my head).

I wanna meet the person who has the time, effort, and MIND to memorize surveys and then spend the remaining day trying to find the exact same survey to take again and again and yet remember to GO SLOW so they are in the require time frame. And any other rules that are in place so they can get that all mighty 80 cents.

Don't get me wrong, but that is bogus. Who in their right mind would want to spend 30-45 minutes on a TIMED survey to make .80. And let's face it,it's not even a garenteed 80 cents because you never know if you are going to get to the end of the survey to find out that if "Sorry, you don't qualify", "Sorry, this survey is already filled", not take back to the Congrats page, or if GF is even going to pay SR. I know for myself, there has been many times I have taken a survey to be told at the end I don't qualify, that I wasn't take back to the SR congrats page, or I just didn't get credit. You just suck it up and try it again tomorrow(tho it does irk a person to complete a survey only to be booted and not paid because at the end of a survey their classifications didn't make the cut)

And now they are saying ppl are memorizing surveys. Tricia, I respect you, love SR, and would defend you/it to the end, but I think someone is trying to rock an unrockable boat. Does GF know how foolish that remark sounds to those of us who sweat day in and day out trying to do a survey for 80 cents?

Delete this comment if it is necessary but I think that comment is just down right foolish.

[mjjmbnmm]

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.
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Same thing with me, I never even thought about changing my e-mail, and I always so the surveys unless they ask for a child to complete it., teh my daughter who fits the age group completes it.

[chipndale]

When they told me that they think that members are memorizing the surveys so that they can take them with multiple email addresses really quickly, I was just baffled! I've taken a few surveys and I cannot imagine the thought of MEMORIZING the survey so that I could take it faster next time. And don't they get tripped up by the quality control timer???

It's all bizarre. Totally unexpected. But we'll weather it. 'Cuz we're the SR Family and that's what we do.

Memorizing a survey Who has time for that? I know that DH has taken surveys for me and usually the next day when I ask him what it is about all he can tell me is that he did or did not complete a survey. I have found out that if I don't write down what the survey is about right away, I can't remember for the life of me what the survey was on. But memorizing a survey? As others have said, some surveys start out the same and then just as soon as you think it might be the same survey as what you have taken in the past, you go in a different direction.

[Arky]

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.

That is exactly how I feel! I have started so many surveys and get booted because I'm going too fast, that I can never remember if I made it all the way through. I am guilty and truly sorry!