Survey Update, and Four Reasons I Like Opinion Outpost

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Since my last paid survey post, I’ve joined several more sites, and filled out a few surveys. I have not yet earned enough points to cash out with any company. Here is where I stand:

1. Opinion Outpost: I have 49 points, which is worth $4.90. I need $0.10 more to cash out. It took me either two or three surveys to reach that point. The shortest took less than five minutes, the longest took about fifteen. This site has taken the lead in my estimation.
2. Greenfield Online continues to sent me the greatest number of surveys. I usually receive at least one for a sweepstakes entry every day, and every third or fourth day I’m offered one that is worth one or two dollars. I don’t bother with the “sweeps,” and I haven’t qualified for any of their paid surveys yet. That seems odd to me, because I filled out an extensive list of screening surveys when I first joined. I would have thought they would do a better job of prequalifying before offering me a survey.
3. Lightspeed Consumer Panel has sent me several that I have qualified for, but I have not completed any of them. I abandoned them partway through, because the questions were extremely repetitive, and the points were not worth the time it was going to take.

I’ve also joined Global Opinion Panel, I.Think.inc.com, and Focus Forward Online. None of them have sent me anything yet.

Four Reasons I Like Opinion Outpost:

1. Better pre-qualifying: Opinion Outpost doesn’t offer me surveys as often as certain others, but I usually qualify for what they send me.
2. The compensation is reasonable for the time involved. Listen up, Greenfield: I’m not going to spend 30 minutes of my valuable time in exchange for a dollar or a sweepstakes entry. I might as well work at McDonalds.
3. Simple point system: 1 point = 10 cents, period. To appreciate this, you have to know that Lightspeed’s point values vary widely depending on what gift-card or product you cash out for.
4. Simple, intuitive user interface. One click tells me how many points I have. I still haven’t found that page on Lightspeed’s site.

My final test of legitimacy will be passed when I receive my first check. Opinion Outpost will probably be the first, but they say to allow 4-8 weeks for “processing.” I will report my experiences getting paid.

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