E-Rewards scam??? Video Survey nets $1
 

If anyone takes the survey on video rentals (ERI Mkt Research/Burke), please make note of how many questions you answer and how much time you spent answering them.

After quite a lengthy time spent completing a survey on video rentals, I was informed that I did not qualify. Because of this, I would get $1 instead of $7.

I have NO problem not qualifying for a survey, but determination should be made with the first 10 questions (actually w/n the first 4-5, right?), not after a thorough statistical analysis could be performed from my numerous inputted answers.

Most of the questions required physical entry of data: Blockbuster, NetFlix, Hollywood Video, Grocery Store, etc. as opposed to using radio buttons to select a given choice.

The survey covered who competes in the rental market, who competes in the sales market, advertising, rental frequency, etc. BS if I didn’t complete this. This almost looks like a survey bait and switch.

This is a new reason I don’t like E-Rewards. I don’t know why I go through this.

Sam

E-Rewards discussion is generally a topic for the S.P.A.M. forum, so I'll move this thread there.

Regards,
Gary
aka gleff
MilesBuzz and Delta moderator

Used to do e-rewards but the returns are not worth it. I get ~300k in HH points per year and the few thousands I got from e-rewards were not worth the trouble. I now enjoy not having to fill these surveys and get 50 cents for them.

Me, Too
 

You are right, I was pretty surprised after all that time and all the answers a message appeared that I hadn't qualified . . . I thought I was well on my way to the $7. OpinionPlace did that, too, last time.

Me too. However, I sometimes think it's better not to qualify for an e-rewards survey. They are more likely to pay me the $1 than the $$$ if I do qualify. As soon as I get to $25, I'm cashing out and quitting.

> Good Afternoon
>
> Thank you for contacting e-Rewards. We appreciate your feedback. We
> apologize for the difficulty you experienced with the Market Research
> survey. We will certainly forward your email onto the project manager so
> they are aware of your concerns.
>
> We appreciate your interest in e-Rewards.
>
> Sincerely,
> Tracie Skinner

Exactly the same thing happened to me too with the same survey...
Actually, the invitation said it was for cell phone usage, however when I clicked through to the survey, it was for video rentals and after spending 15 minutes answering, I was deemed "unqualified"...

Same here. Spent about 10 minutes answering the questions and then I did not qualify. I plan on getting to the next reward point and then pulling out.

Same here, waiting to reach next level and pull out.

Grrrr...I just got hit with this survey. Totally disingenuous. I spent at least 10 minutes answering the questions before being told I didn't qualify. :mad:

E-rewards [Master Thread]
 

Sorry, I'm not sure how to search this topic.

I've redeemed E-rewards at $50 for 3000 Hilton points. I last did it last May; now, after regularly answering surveys and being kicked out of most, I've reached $50 again, and see that it's 2500 points now, but I could build up to $75 for 4500.

In deciding what to do:

What are the current rules for expiration of E-rewards?

Do you think I have much risk of the program being further devalued before I reach $75, or of being shut down completely?

I think $100 is 7000 pts. That's the best ratio of what's available. I used to redeem at $50 for Hilton but held out the last time for $100. I think you have to redeem at least each year by the annual anniversary of your signup date or else you lose the points.

I wouldn't worry about it too much - 1000 pts one way or the other isn't a big deal with Hilton.

The currency expires by your membership year. e-Rewards also gives members an extra 30-day grace period to redeem expiring currencies. Log into your account and look for "Membership Year Ends." If it ends on 3/31/09, you'll have to redeem them by 4/30/09.

If you are confident you'll earn another $25 credit by the end of your membership year, then wait for it. If not, just grab 3K HH points now. However, if it took you 10 months to "earn" $50 credit since last May, chances are you won't get enough for the next level of HH redemption before your year's up.

BTW, if you happen to be a panel member, e-Rewards will send you a notice by the end of your membership year and extend your currencies for another membership year (if they decide to keep you as a panel member for another year).

Believe it or not, all the rules are spelled out on the e-rewards website. ;) Click on Member Agreement (at bottom of home page) and a lengthy page (divided into 22 topics) comes up. Have a look at "Section 8) Expiration of e-Rewards Currency."

I would wait until just before my anniversary date. The number of surveys and qualification rate is so unpredictable that you could have enough "$$" for a higher level of redemption before losing them.

yes as to the best hh e-rewards offer

thanks for reminding me about this ^. just gave a look and i'm "out" 8/31 but i should be safe to earn another $7.75 by then to get the 7,000 hh points

Thanks. I find that my membership year ends Dec. 31, so I can keep building.

I haven't had a survey in quite a while - maybe 2-3 months - went in yesterday to update my profile and found quite a few "new" sections - so hopefully "my" surveys will start up again. So a reminder for people to go update their profiles - again - if they haven't done so in 6 months or so.

My surveys dried up in the last year but I was able to cash in the $100 and $50 offers from last year. Lately I've had several surveys (and updated all the profiles) - none of which I qualified for and my account has been bumped up a whole $2 so far this year.

it's been "spurty" for me and lately i've been getting 2-3 per week since the first of march

My surveys have dried up this year. I had been doing 3-4 per week. Now it's more like one a month or so. :( It's a shame because I def liked the surveys from e-rewards better than the ones from mypoints.com.

e-rewards drying up faster than Salt Lake???
 

I have been an e-rewards panel member since its inception, about 3 months ago the surveys stopped coming. I used to get 2-3 /week. Anyone else notice that they are just not sending them anymore?

PS: I did verify they they aer not being blocked and my prefs areset to 10+ surveys/week.

Anyone have inside info on the e-rewards drought????

They are still alive and well! I did three yesterday and one today. Demographics are everything for these surveys. I can't tell you exactly what they target but, I see a trend of surveys looking at younger, well off, people that dine out, drink beer & soda, and like fast food and movies.

Keep your head up pardner!:p

Someone turned my faucet off too. Less than a $1 away from a reward I wanted too.

mine dried up last May and even worse for the 1st time in many a yr no offer to roll it over to my new yr:mad:

But I cant complain as I milked for a # of yrs, just wish I one time understood the tech questions they were asking me about. the past yr I checked before simply chossing an answer since they now slip in all over the place something like, please check the 3rd box from the left as your answer

Ditto that, I used to get 2-3 per week, and it has slowed up dramatically...although I got one today for $25...one of the easiest I have ever had...but that has been it lately. It's the companies not spending as much on market research I presume.

I've received 4 in the last few weeks - none of which I qualified for. I received one a few minutes ago - a $25 one! But on question 2 when I said I didn't sell health insurance (which of course my profile already showed) it disqualified me. Those 25 cents add up fast......

I used to be (probably still am) a member of their technology panel, and would get lots of tech surveys. But last May, it just stopped. I haven't gotten any more tech surveys, and I think I've gotten 2 non-tech surveys since May. What happened? tls

My recent surveys have been about beer, airlines, hotels, and car rentals...........

The number of surveys being sent to me is up since the middle of February. However there appears to be an increase in the number of surveys where upon answering quite a few questions I get the always disappointing "you do not qualify" message and the resulting small credit to my account

I find that I am being asked more question and spending more time answering them before I am told that I do not qualify for a survey than in the past. It is a bit disappointing to spend 5 minutes or so answering question and end up with $0.75 or $1.00 instead of the $8.00+ for "completing the entire survey

Oh well, I still am happy to pad my HH account with "free" points..

IHAP

I was receiving surveys about every 10 days or so. Two days ago I redeemed $50 and since then I have received 5 surveys. My year ends 3/31.

Thanks, this thread just made me check the account since no activity in past year. Its still there, not sure why surveys dried up. Was very useful the first few years, but no longer.

How does a person get an invitation to join E-Rewards? I belong to several airline ff programs including US Airways and Delta both of which partner with ER, I believe. Thanks.

This is what their web site says:

Joining e-Rewards is FREE and by invitation only. Our Sponsors send invitations to their customers inviting them to join the program. If you've provided your e-mail address to one of our Sponsor companies, you could receive an invitation to join e-Rewards.

The list of partners is on their site. For me anyway compared to past years the surveys have slowed to a trickle and most of the time I don't qualify for the few I get so I end up with 25 or 50 cents each time. At $25 for the smallest airline reward it's hard to get there from here.

Good luck.

Some airlines have permanent invitations posted in "Partners" sections of their sites. Examples are BA, Air France, BMI, you can check the websites. Your reward choices will be limited to Hilton, PC and the airline, or just BA if you choose BA.
If you are subscribed to Blockbuster for some time, you maj get a Blockbuster invitation, which will allow you to redeem to any airline partner, except BA.
I suppose the number of surveys received depends on your sponsor.

There are some links to invitations on my website below. Look in Other Programs I Like > Surveys > e-rewards

Profile Matters!
 

I would say what matters is your personal profiles.

e-Rewards is about market research. To be more specific, I think it's more geared toward business management/executives) and technology. Some high-value surveys are targeted toward these clientile. If you don't fit the profile, you won't get survey. If you don't fit their screening criteria, you don't get to finish the survey and no full credit.

The the best of my knowledge, e-Rewards sponsors may only affect your redemption options. Certain sponsors only allow you to redeem for certain FFPs, such as Delta, NW, e-Miles...etc. Some are less restrictive.

Look around our SPAM Forum, there are quite a few (long) e-Rewards threads on this very topic (sponsors & redemption restircitions).

About a year and change ago I redeemed $100 for HH points (I do not remember how many I got at the time). This thread reminded me to check the account and my membership year ends 12/31/09 so I have plenty of time. Since then I have accumulated another $165 so it appears that I have been holding firm at getting about $100 per year from them.

However, even though I am older than the average around here, I get these surveys on a regular basis and sometimes do not get thrown out after the first few questions. There are never any questions about dining out or any consumer products. What they continually want to know is about my company's preferences in tech support and office products or my own preferences in banking and investments.

I am going back to the reward chart to cash in another $100 of points since that is effectively the top reward tier and there is no point in not doing so.

I joined e-rewards a couple of years ago and was receiving one survey about every 5 to 7 days. In the last three months or so that has falled off to only about one every three weeks. I am not sure why, no changes in my profile.

The current economy situation.