New to e-rewards, have a question
 

I just joined e-rewards last week thru an invitation from Delta. I was hoping to earn enough to cash out before the end of the promotion that is going on right now with the "unique partner" promotion that Delta has. How often does e-rewards send surveys? I haven't gotten anything since I signed up except for the 3 little surveys that are already on the site. Thanks for any info. :)

The survey's will come. I know sometimes I'll get 3-4 a week and then nothing for 2-3 weeks. At least I get a few DL miles out of it.

Some people exaggerate all of their info and they tend to get more offers than an 'average" person. I get about 2 a day, but thats probably on the high side.

When I first joined almost a year ago I got a lot of survey offers for the first 6 months or so. It has since tapered off to about 1 a week.

The number of surveys you get depends on your profile - the more "interests" you state you have, the more surveys you will get. Unfortunately, that has meant that many people have stated they have an interest when they do not - meaning sponsors are getting inaccurate info, and have slowed up in their participation in the program.

They are not, at this point, accepting new members - so you got in just in time. Go to the site, make sure that your profile is accurate - and hopefully they will get their act back together and get some out to you. :)

E-Rewards shuns certain demographics, and it's often necessary to be a certain demographic (or to exaggerate/lie) in order to get surveys.

To maximize surveys, you should probably be a CEO or President of a company, have a high level of control over choosing your company's technological needs, and you must make over $100,000 and be highly educated. You also should have obscure, life-changing medical conditions.

If you are in your early 20's, making $20,000 per year and list yourself as a "Student", then don't expect anything. One guy I know has $1.25 in his account for the past year since signing up, and has never recieved a survey because he's too honest when it comes to his demographic.

Just tell them what they want to hear on the surveys, and you'll make $400-$500 in currency per year.

I disagree. There are too many people doing this, sponsors are dropping out left and right due to bad information............so no one will get currency because there will end up being no surveys!

And beyond that....sorry, I think any one who chooses to lie about their interests/demographics to gain money is - well - stealing.

I disagree with you, E-Rewards has more sponsors than ever before, and information isn't "bad" if it looks valid.

Whether people want to lie on surveys is their own choice - it's not stealing as you are providing them the information they want, whether or not its the correct information. You still spent the hour completing the survey, being careful as to not set off a disqualification question. And as long as you complete the survey honestly, not writing "jnisonsoisnoisnoisn" in a response box, and instead writing things like "I prefer this because it sounds like it would suit my business purposes better than my current provider. We're expanding right now and we need to stick with the best, and what you are providing seems like its a lot better than what we are with right now", etc.

If someone wants to pretend to be a CEO and can tell the market researchers what they want to hear, then both the market researchers and the person completing the survey are happy. And in the end, those who stretch the truth (and those who are actually in that demographic) will have 10,000 more miles in their account than you will have.

What the research company wants to hear is what a CEO actually thinks - not what someone who is pretending to be one thinks.

I am certain that I could have more miles if I pretended/lied - but then I could get cheaper rates by using corporate codes from someone I do not work for, too - but I don't - because in my opinion it is dishonest.

That's the great things about opinions - everyone has one and everyone is entitled to theirs.

I don't think so. I fit none of the criteria you just mentioned and I get an average of 2-3 surveys per week, and have done so for the last 5 years.

If you want to lie on your surveys, that's between you and your conscience, but don't pretend that it's morally OK to do so. Whether or or not it's actually stealing is up for debate, but it's certainly misrepresenting yourself, taking unfair advantage of a company who "trusts" you, and is a violation of the T&Cs to which you agreed when becoming a member and to which you agree every time you take a survey. It is fraud, plain and simple, and while the stakes are certainly quite small, it's no less wrong to do so than to submit a fraudulent rebate submission (after returning the rebated product) or make a false claim to your insurance company.

I get between 2-3 per week with occasional dry spells for several weeks. I've found that keeping your profile current and making changes as they happen keeps you active.

I never once said that I do those things I mentioned, so please don't assume. But, if someone wanted to maximize their e-Rewards currency and didn't fit any of e-Rewards demographic requirements, cheating is an option. How morally repugnant that is is between that person and their conscience. Personally, I wouldn't lose too much sleep over this. Five years ago, I worked as a senior manager of a branch of Western Wats (a market research company) and I was told by my supervisors to instruct my staff take many, many liberties with the truth in order to maximize production rate. All market research companies care about is selling surveys, valid or not valid. The companies who hire them probably do care, but the middlemen rarely do - they're just interested in getting as many completed surveys as possible, whether they be from valid respondents or not.

Apologies for my lack of clarity; I meant "you" as in the general form, not specifically yourself, even though I was quoting your post (because it contained the idea to which I was responding).

Agreed, just as with pretty much anything else. That said, it's still fraud, as petty as it may be. Perhaps not enough to lose sleep over... but also not something that I would recommend that anyone do.

Well said. In the end, it all boils down to how low one is willing to go to get 10,000 extra miles. Many people I know go very low (far more fraud than just e-Rewards) and many people I know are honest folk who earn their miles legitimately.

I have told a few friends about e-rewards. Most of them signed up. what we have found, is that, If you are African American, it does not matter what your income and education is you don't get surveys. I thought this might just be a couple of friends playing the race card. After checking their profiles, and matching them against friends who are not black. They were correct!!! I live in the SF. Bayarea, where there are alot of highly educated people of color.I was shocked. If you are in business (E-Rewards)of giving something of value, (Airmiles) race should not be used as a factor.