Is anyone else being prompted for a text or call before every redemption not just once a year?

Yeah but then I regularly redeem every 2-4 days so I suspect it’s because I’m a high volume user. It’s been happening for a long time now.

They REALLY need a "Report this survey" button when you get kicked out. Not that they can investigate every complaint but they could at least look at percentages and sort out the abusers.

I got burned after an hour-long Zoom discussion on investing that was supposed to pay something like $100. I even followed up with e-Rewards but they were unable to get the points. I swore I'd never do anything that involved again but signed up for 75-minute discussions on 2 nights on climate change. Interesting, thought-provoking discussion and they promised $160. I got $416 in e-Rewards currency a few days later. :D. I can't redeem it all immediately because of time limits on the rewards I really value, but I'm happy.

I was in Europe for 3 weeks and didn't answer surveys. Interestingly, a reward of $17.75 from a phone interview that I'd done before I left posted very soon after I started surveys again. No problem getting new surveys but I was annoyed when I tried to redeem for Hilton points from Europe after the required time since the last redemption had elapsed and the verification call went to my home land line. I had to wait till I got home. (I'm very protective of my mobile number.)

While I wish they'd do a better job policing the surveys that steal my opinions for pity points, I'm seeing more lucrative surveys more often now.

Did you think they were promising just $160 in e-Rewards currency rather than in USD? There is about a 3 to 1 ratio in gift card redemption value (last time I looked); $75 e-Rewards currency gets a $25 gift card. So $416 e-Rewards = $139 USD approx. Close enough to $160, I guess. ;)

KathyWdrf and Athena53, I too participated in the climate change panel. After being made the offer to participate at the end of a short initial survey, I had two subsequent calls from Dynata to schedule the panel discussions. IIRC, both times I was told during the calls that the promised reward was simply for a total of "$150"--there was never any mention of it being paid in e-reward dollars. But the $150 in the form of $416 e-reward dollars posted to my account just a few days after the second panel discussion. I'm fine with that, as it will allow me to redeem for more airline miles.

That's my experience too... I've done offline panel discussions and the payment was in e-rewards dollars.

Mostly true in my experience, but I seem to recall at least a couple that promised payment in cash and delivered.

I'm not sure if you understood my point. There is a huge difference in value between $150 USD and $150 in e-rewards -- about a three to one ratio. So it's helpful to know what you are being promised -- both the numeric amount and the units.

I do understand your point. From my hectic conversation with the Dynata people I understood that the offer was $150 USD. Either they weren't clear, or I misunderstood, or a combination of the two. But whatever, I received $416 e-rewards, which are not only very useful to me, but also by your own math falls pretty close to the 3 to 1 ratio that you mention, so it's pretty much a wash. If they had given me $150 e-rewards I would have been complaining long and loud to Dynata.

FYI, I have been tracking e-rewards money versus real US dollars for a few years. The actual conversion percentage seems to remain at about 36.05%. And this lines up very well with the $416 versus $150 discussion above.

I would have been happy with either but was especially happy with $416 in e-Rewards dollars. I agree with your ratio.

Maybe Dynata gathered people from other survey-type sites and used US $150 as a "generic" value of the rewards through any particular site.

$15 e-rewards bonus offer
 

May be targeted, received an email 10/18 with the subject "$15 Halloween Boo-nus for [bob12403] inside." Halloween themed offer, complete 5 surveys by 10/31 for $15 bonus. I completed five and the bonus posted [GASP!] the next day.
Good luck!

I received it the day after I completed 10 surveys. Since I received it I have qualified for one $1 survey :-) Plenty of time left though.

The bonus posted instantly when I completed 5 surveys, all of which were very short surveys.

My $15 bonus (actually worth about $5.41 in real money) also posted instantly after I completed the fifth survey. I do not recall an offer like this before but I hope to see more of these in the future.