Pleasant at first, then just awful like a trip to the dentist.
Written: Jul 11 '07
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I don't recall exactly how I discovered E-Rewards.com, but it seemed like a decent way to earn credit toward a decent list of rewards. I completed a few surveys right away and before I knew it, I had earned $15, which was enough to get a one-year subscription to Blender magazine. I have not gotten the magazine yet - it has been about six weeks, but they say it could be 6-8 weeks, so I'm not really concerned yet.
Before you take a survey, they tell you the subject you'll be asked about, approximately how long it will take (which is usually pretty accurate), and the credit amount you will earn. The surveys can be really long and drawn out. When you opt to do a survey that is going to take 15-20 minutes, be prepared for it to actually take that long. Some of the questions seem like duplicates, only the wording is just slightly different. It gets a little frustrating when you feel like you're being fed the same questions, over and over again with slightly different variables. Other times, their questions seem to be testing you, to see if some of your previous answers were valid.
I filled out a survey on buying shoes and certain shoe brands, and had checked some that I was aware of, and others that I had heard of, and for the next series of questions, I felt I was being tested, like, "Oh, you say you've purchased this brand? Well, when, & where, & what did you think of it again?"
Another survey on printers and general technology was very tedious, rating all kinds of hypothetical scenarios.
I've found that in the beginning stages of a survey, when you are given a list of qualities to choose from to describe, say, what you expect from customer services from various internet service providers, with each quality you check off, you can expect to answer more and more questions because you've picked several answers. Sometimes I wished I could go back and pick a few less things so that the survey would go by a little faster. There were times when I was filling out longer surveys that I would find myself hastily choosing answers, just click click clicking, simply to reach the end of the survey. So the integrity of the survey decreases with the lengthy ones, at least for me - or maybe I have a short attention span and start to lose focus.
Generally, the surveys are okay. I wonder what this information is used for, and how it is interpreted. The long surveys are very long and tedious. The shorter surveys are relatively painless. There are certain instances when you answer three to five questions, then you are told that you don't qualify fully for that particular survey. In that instance, you are given a partial credit, which is significantly smaller than the full potential credit - it could be something like 75 cents versus $7.50. That can be a little frustrating when you are hoping to get a little extra money accumulated.
Initially, I was impressed with the rewards options. You can redeem points almost immediately, starting as low as $5 which can be redeemed for $5 off (a $25 purchase) at Sally's Beauty. So far, I have stayed in the $10-$15 rewards category and have only gotten magazine subscriptions. As you work your way up the rewards scale, things seem a lot less desirable for the amount of rewards dollars you have. $50 in rewards will earn 1,000 frequent flyer miles on several different airlines, or $50 off (a $125 purchase) at eBags.com. Was all that time spent really worth a measly 1,000 frequent flyer miles? I doubt it. I could go from NY to Orlando and earn 1,000 miles and it would probably be a lot more enjoyable than filling out a couple hours worth of surveys.
I'd say the honeymoon is over. I enjoyed this at first because it seemed that every couple days, a new opportunity to earn points was e-mailed to me. It has been a couple days shy of 2 weeks since I've been given another survey to fill out.
Recommended:
No
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