by Margaret G.
Member since:
August 7, 2006

Greenfield Online - I hate it.

September 24, 2007 07:39 PM EDT
views: 53 | rating: 9.9/10 (13 votes) | comments: 16
I like to do surveys and look forward to doing them every night. Usually, the Greenfield ones are to enter a sweeps so I bypass those. Tonight though, I got a paying one. It was about cell phones and I spent a good twenty minutes and was almost done, when it kicked me out saying I didn't qualify. I really think it is their way of getting information without paying you. I was in the process of just answering the last few questions and boom, out I go. I don't think I'll waste my time anymore on their surveys.
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Comments: 16

AMBER L. Sep 24, 2007, 7:43pm EDT
THAT WAS MESSED UP, WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT ONE, I USUALLY DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THOSE, UNLESS IT SEEMS LIKE A REAL DEAL, OR SOMETHING OF INTEREST TO ME, BUT I LEARNED MY LESSON A COUPLE DAYS AGO, THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING FOR FUN, A GAME/QUESTIONAIRE AND TURNED OUT TO BE A BIG ADVERTISING HOOK, ENDED UP W DOZENS OF EMAILS FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT I HAD TO GO THRU AND CANCEL..
Amber C. Sep 24, 2007, 7:43pm EDT
I totally agree. And if you do happen to get a little money to be sent, they refrain from sending you any more surveys for a while. It's like they are punishing you for cashing in. I don't know how much time I put in before finally quitting after three years. The sum total paid? A whopping 8 dollars. : )
carolyn b. Sep 24, 2007, 7:47pm EDT
I agree with you, I gave up on Greenfield along time ago. There are others I still do faithfully, I can't see myself doing a 20-30 minute survey for a sweepstakes, it's not fair because you might not win.

I've won a few but not many.
Donna Hammett-Tooker Sep 24, 2007, 8:00pm EDT
They always have the tease in their subject line but I almost never get to participate because they kick me out as well. They have definitely gotten worse over the years. Do you do others? I also like MyPoints - I order gift cards from them all of the time so when I don't feel like cooking, I just remind my husband we have a $10 or $25 gift card for one of his favored restaurants and we usually go there because I saved him so much money. lol
Nana to Seven Cutiepies Sep 24, 2007, 8:10pm EDT
I agree. After ten years of doing the sweepstakes entry surveys I quit doing them. I have never won anything doing these. A lot of game sites also. Ten years and no wins tells me it isn't worth my time.
Jerri H. Sep 24, 2007, 8:39pm EDT
I HATE that too!!! Give me some kind of credit for the time I spend, I was just telling my hubby about this LOL!
Julia *loves my baby girl chloe* M. Sep 24, 2007, 8:44pm EDT
I totally agree they are stupid i tried that and it did the exact same thing how pointless!!
Jen C. Sep 24, 2007, 10:01pm EDT
I'm ok with Greenfield right now I just got a 40 dollar check for a survey not too long ago. Just have to sift through all the junk first.
donna h. Sep 24, 2007, 10:10pm EDT
I dont do the sweepstakes ones either, unless it is a 5 minute one.
Lina :-p Sep 24, 2007, 10:44pm EDT
Its annoying huh?? I am having trouble finding ones that actually pay.. do you do them for points or actual cash?
Bundy P Sep 25, 2007, 12:58pm EDT
That's frustrating!
David C. Sep 26, 2007, 6:46am EDT
what a pain!
Sarah C. Sep 28, 2007, 11:40pm EDT
so wrong. I've looked into surveys some, but never found any that paid -- or else I didn't qualify.
Nan G. Oct 19, 2007, 3:53pm EDT
I gave up on the survey idea really quick. There just has to be a better way.
Suze P. Feb 15, 2008, 12:51pm EST
I just did a post too about Greenfield, and then I looked at the bottom where it says related articles and found yours LOL They did the exact same thing to me today on a car survey.. I'm sooo not happy. Pinecone Research, survey spree, Marie Brighton and I, Think are the only ones who have ever paid me any cash.,,the rest I've tried so far are not worth it.
Janet H. Sep 7, 2009, 8:19pm EDT
I just got a $39 pay out from Greenfield today for surveys I'd forgotten I'd taken. I get kicked out of their surveys at the end often too so have avoided them for awhile, so I was surprised that I had all that money coming from them.

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