Originally Posted by
morgan1929
"Obviously, they are not going to put the icon only on the pages of members that have been flagged for dishonesty. Instead, they would likely close those accounts. I am still getting surveys regularly (last one on 10/2/08), always tell the truth, and have never held points withheld.
The false rumors and paranoia on some threads always amaze me.
Their current policy is to flag accounts they suspect of dishonesty, and stop sending surveys.[/QUOTE]
My $.02:
1) Not everyone has the icon, those that do have been getting fewer or no surveys (observations from friends & family). Mrs. Cheapskate hasn't had a survey in over 9 months, despite updating profile, not even a $.15 erewards info survey...that really made us start to wonder. She has been an erewards member for well over 4 years, done hundreds of surveys and they dried up over night, no trickle, no slight reduction, just cold turkey.
2) I doubt they would close very many accounts. That would mean they have to give you some kind of explanation. Better they freeze your account from their end, not send you any surveys. That would lock up your name and email address and likely keep you out of their survey pool more easily than giving you a reason for eviction and having you sign-up under a different email address.
3) It is not paranoid to observe the actions of a business, compare information with others experiencing the same, acquire information from insiders and posit possible conclusions.
Posters in the past who have said, "I haven't gotten an e-rewards survey in three weeks...," well that could be just paranoia or a non-updated profile. But with the number of people who have been cut off cold turkey, it seems to be a horse of a different color.
4) It seems to be posters who haven't been cut off, who are regularly getting surveys, they are the people who scream "paranoid" to those who have been cut off and are looking for answers. Something like this occurred last year when the first people with certain erewards accounts had their redemptions limited to merchandise and e-miles. Many posters seemed to take a disbelieving tone and pooh-poohed the first canaries in the coal mine. These people weren't going crazy, though IMO some people made them think they were.
5) With a failing economy it is likely that surveys will dry up a bit more and more accounts will start experiencing a more restricted diet of surveys...we could call it
getting your erewards account Atkinsed.
