| People make money by completing paid surveys | | | | This is another regular whine. People purchase |
| online every single day. It's a fairly well recognized | | | | memberships at sites designed to provide them with |
| fact that market research firms will pay people to | | | | contacts to market research firms and to leads for |
| act as survey respondents in order to conduct | | | | paying online surveys. When they get the promised |
| market research. It's legit. So, why do you | | | | information, they balk. They claim they were capable |
| occasionally see someone complaining that he or she | | | | of securing the same data themselves for free. The |
| has been the victim of a scam? Although I am sure | | | | problem with this objection is that the complainers fail |
| there are some real victims and some real bad guys | | | | to consider how long it would have taken them and |
| out there, many online survey scam complaints are | | | | the amount of effort and skill involved in compiling |
| nothing more than hot air. | | | | the data. |
| Consider these two common gripes, often used to | | | | There are many things we could do ourselves, but |
| claim that survey related entities are scammers, and | | | | we opt to hire others instead. I could repaint my |
| see how they hold up under a little scrutiny. | | | | house myself, but I have no interest in investing in |
| It is a scam. I didn't make a lot of money. | | | | the equipment or spending a weekend on a ladder. I |
| That is a common complaint. Someone fails to make | | | | could change my own oil, but having the local shop |
| a fortune by completing three paid surveys and | | | | do it makes sense to me when I consider the time, |
| suddenly, they are a victim. Think about it. One, the | | | | materials and effort involved. It is the same thing |
| survey companies do not promise anyone a rapid | | | | with paid survey sites offering leads. Yes, you could |
| retirement, trust fund, or even a shoe box of cash. | | | | be an ace researcher and spend days with Google |
| They say it is possible to earn the equivalent of over | | | | searching for survey opportunities. Or, you could toss |
| $100 per hour with some projects, but they certainly | | | | someone a few dollars and have them do the |
| do not claim those jobs are plentiful-or that they last | | | | legwork for you. |
| for several hours each. | | | | These sites are not scams. Some people just lack |
| If someone tells you that you WILL make a million | | | | perspective or understanding. |
| with paid surveys, they are probably en route to a | | | | Could you fall for an online survey scam? It is |
| mental facility. If someone cries scam because their | | | | possible. They probably are out there. However, they |
| earnings were not high enough to buy a yacht, they | | | | are not as common as the complainers would like |
| are probably just whining. | | | | you to believe. Most of the scams about which |
| It is a scam. I paid for paid survey opportunities, but | | | | people complain are nothing of the sort. |
| I could have found them myself. | | | | |