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.

I believe you fully - E-Rewards' clients are some of the most racist, prejudiced, elitist companies on this planet. Unless you are a rich white businessman, it's hard to get a survey.

What are some of e-rewards top companies?

Then please explain to me how I, a very not rich student, am on their "Preferred Research Panel?" I know of at least one more not-rich Asian student on FT who is also on the panel, and plenty of "rich," white businessmen (and women) who receive very few surveys.

Perhaps there's a bit more to their demographic matching than one realizes, huh?

The point of my email was that my black friends get little or nothing. My point was that people who are young, well educated, well employed men and women should be getting the same amount of surveys that others in that exact group get. If the only difference is race ( all things considered ) you must assume that is the reason. I find it funny that you a person of color would defend ( posed as a question no less ) this behavior. I can tell you endless stories of living in the Bayarea and having incidents of watching people being treated differently based on color, gender,or income. Thank God those days are comimg to an end.

Maybe they do. Your sample of "a few" is statistically meaningless. Since SF has so many well-educated people of color, it's easily possible that they are getting just as many surveys as other demographics, but your friends are (for whatever reason) not selected, either statistically or because there's something else in their profile that is causing them to be excluded.

I find it highly amusing that people are drawing conclusions based upon a small handful of observations. Market research is a highly statistical game; e-Rewards has probably many tens of thousands of members, and you can only draw meaningful conclusions if you examine a statistically-signifiant portion of their market base.

Even if the only difference between your black friends' profiles and those of your white friends is race (and given how extensive the extended profile questions are, I doubt that's the only difference; even if you consider the other differences to be meaningless, the market researchers may not), that still doesn't tell you anything, because you'd need to know how many other people with that same profile (race excluded) are also registered, how many are selected for the survey, etc. For example, it's quite possible that your non-selected black friends are part of a larger registered demographic compared to your selected non-black friends, hence your black friends are statistically less likely to get selected. There are many other criteria that also must be known before you can draw any inference as to whether they are excluding people based on race, whether it's just a statistical manifestation (picking a few people from a large group), or anything else. Given the very limited information we have, there is no statistically meaningful conclusion that can be drawn.

So let's not jump to conclusions based on not enough information, please.

Very well said. There have been quite a number of posts (on other e-rewards threads on this forum) where people experienced very long "dry spells" of not getting any surveys at all -- then all of a sudden, without their changing their profile or anything, they get bombarded with surveys!

I have had this happen myself. It's feast or famine, sometimes. Usually the surveys trickle in, sometimes the trickle dries up, sometimes there's a flood. I've been using e-rewards for a few years now, and that's just how it goes.

I do think one would need a larger (and longer in time) sample than just a few friends over a short time period to come to any solid conclusions about race. I will admit that it is a POSSIBILITY that some of e-rewards' client companies don't target certain demographic groups (such as African-Americans) because they aren't that interested in their business, unfortunately. I also agree that racism is still a real problem in our country. So please don't misunderstand my position. @:-)

e-reward is really not worth the trouble. $50 e-rward get you 1000 airline miles. At $0.02 mile, $50 e-reward is really only worth $20.00. To get $5 e-reward, the survey last about 15 minutes. That is about $2.00 for 15 minutes or $8.00 per hour. Unless if you have a lot time and need a lot miles, e-reward really not worth the time or trouble.

I agree that e-rewards dollars are not really worth their face value in redemption value. For example, for $50 in e-rewards you can get 3,000 Hilton HHonors points, which are generally worth around $20 when used for HHonors reward stays. BUT....

The surveys usually don't take that long; there are also "quick surveys" that earn you 30 cents and take practically no time; and you get a few extra cents (was 30, now 15?) just for clicking on "Earn more" on regular surveys.

It's something you do while multi-tasking; e.g., waiting on hold on the phone, eating dinner, reading FlyerTalk (;)), etc. You don't devote "quality time" to e-rewards! :eek:

Anyhow, this is another one of those topics that have already been thoroughly beaten to death on other lengthy e-rewards threads in this forum. @:-)

E-Rewards is an absolute scam when you get 10-15 minutes into a survey and then you are told "do not qualify" or "enough respondents".

:td:

If you've actually spent 10-15 minutes, I would tend to agree with you, but that happens very rarely to me... if I screen out, it usually happens within a minute, although I've had the 10-minute screen out before.

But... it's not unique to e-Rewards, and it's not "their fault" per se. e-Rewards doesn't write the surveys, or even host them! They send you to other market research sites who host (and often write) the surveys. e-Rewards is just the "panel manager." While you might blame them for not checking the surveys properly, etc... almost all other panels have the same problem. Lightspeed Research, SurveySpot, etc... I've had the 10-minute screen out on all of those. e-Rewards is basically just par for the course, for better or for worse.

If it makes the difference between losing banked FF miles in one program or keeping an account active, it's worth it. ;)

That happened to me a couple of times. Both times I emailed e-rewards to complain about it, including the date, name of the survey company and title of the survey, and both times they credited me with the full amount.

I think I fall into quite an average group and receive one survey every few months. I have no illness, don't change car insurance, have no under 18's living at home, so just don't fit any targeted profile.

Is it only me that finds it somewhat ironic that we are debating whether it is a waste of time to participate in a program who pays us for giving our opinion........but are sitting here giving our opinion for free?

No, it's not only you. If you take a gander at the other e-Rewards threads, you'll see that both sentiments (that e-Rewards is a "waste," and that complaining about it here is even more so) are voiced numerous times throughout every one of those threads.

:D

Actually, posting on FlyerTalk is a handy way to avoid doing all those things one SHOULD be doing.... ;)

A comment made quite frequently by MR. Sophie!:D

oh - and I have gotten three opportunities to participate in e-miles over the past few days - but none for e-rewards......
I agree with CTACSRET - it is an easy way for me to keep banked miles active -especially as the minimal surveys are pretty mindless and can be done as a multi-task to anything.

and cepheid - I'm not sure that I would survive a re-hash of this thread - you know what I mean?

I received a survey today, and it took FAR less time to not qualify!

Q1: Are you male or female?

A: Male

E-Rewards: Sorry you do not qualify! :eek:

And the kicker - Partial credit is $0.25! :eek::eek: Is this new? :confused: The lowest I've seen before was $0.50!

I've only gotten one survey in the new year and that was in the first half of Jan. Are they still alive and kicking?

They are quite alive and quite kicking. I've received about 2-3 surveys a week since January (and before that).

I just received an erewards survey re shopping, $9.00 for approx 25 min survey, aimed at how much shopping I do at Macys. I answered quite a few ?'s and THEN......"sorry, due to the overwhelming response this survey is no longer available". Kicker....50 cents
Alll in all, I like erewards, seems like there's a dry spell then I receive multiple offers a day for several weeks then it dries up again. They have provided me with many redemptions at the $100 level for miles, HHonors points.

I haven't gotten a single one in over two months now. Before that my inbox used to be filled w/ their survey offers. I wonder if this has anything to do w/ me cashing out for AAdvantage miles?

I did a survey about a week ago and at the end of the survey it said that I would receive credit in 7 -10 days. Does that sound right? Why would I not receive credit right away? I am new to e-rewards so sorry if this is a dumb question. The surveys are coming in very slow. Doesn't look like I am going to be able to use E-rewards as one of my unique partners for the Delta promotion that is going on since I have to reach the $25 mark before I can cash in.

The surveys always say that. 95% of the time, they will credit immediately. Go to your Account History and you should be able to see whether it credited immediately or not... click the little + next to the relevant survey to see the individual line items. Another hint that the survey credited immediately is if you no longer see the survey invitation on the main page.

For those times when the survey does not credit immediately, keep an eye on it... if it doesn't credit within 10 business days, give it a few more days and then email their customer service with all of the relevant details (including the invitation link from your original email). They should give you full credit within a day or three of that email.

I strongly disagree. I am a Black Female in the IT industry. I am constantly getting surveys from e-rewards. I have been on e-rewards for over 3 years and redeemed hundreds of dollars in rewards. I am not sure what your friends' demographics may be but I get at least 2 surveys per week from them.