Has anyone done a survey for a half hour then gotten the sorry you dont qualify

[mshappy]

I had the same problem all the time to

[cneimsn]

I think I'm going to seriously consider giving up the surveys.  I answer the questions for at least 5 to 6 minutes and then get disqualified.  I don't know what they want, but seems like it shouldn't take that long to disqualify a person.  I don't know how a person gets qualified for any of these surveys. I really like this FC site for everything else, but not the surveys, just don't qualify for any.  Its very frustrating.

[Ronnis25]

I GET THIS A LOT....VERY FRUSTRATING AND YOU DON'T EVEN GET ANY CREDIT  I NEVER RUSH THRU THE SURVEYS EITHER. THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASK ARE LIKE YOUR DOING THE SURVEY AND YOU THINK YOUR ALMOST FINISHED, THEN THE YOU DIDN'T QUALIFY POPS UP....I AM STARTING TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE JUST GETTING OPINIONS FROM US WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY. I REALLY HAVE NOT HAD THIS HAPPEN ANYWHERE ELSE.....I AM ABOUT READY TO STOP TRYING THE SURVEYS. WASTED TIME AND NO BENEFIT..... WE NEED THE SURVEYS TO GET OUR CASH UP, TOO....SO IT'S A NO WIN SITUATION 

Many times it happned to me also & now i have stoped  participating in such long surveys...

I think that is the key if they dont sat with in five minutes that you qualify you should stop.  I still like to do them especailly the ones right after the 15 cent offer sorry forget the name but its a daily.  Any way the ones after that I can usually qualify for one or two a day.  Hope this helps.  Just try them when you have time to waste.

[HuffmanFamilyof4]

I don't believe this thread is still this active. everyone should know why that happens by now

[countrygirl12]

Yes.  And it makes me very angry.  They say there are no right or wrong answers but obviously there are.  You basically do the survey which they get the results from and then they don't have to pay you because they say you didn't qualify.  Well that should be determined within the first few questions.

You answer a question wrong and get kicked out.  I had done one for at least 30 minutes and then it went back and asked if I was Hispanic (I had done answered this once) and I said NO and it said oh sorry you don't qualify.

Grrrr.

[falcon9]

FusionCash is not like a restaurant; our paying customers aren't you members but rather the advertisers and survey providers.  Members like yourself are independent contractors, and you get paid rather than paying us (like you do with most businesses).

We work hard to balance the needs of our members (without whom there wouldn't be a site) and our advertisers (without whom we couldn't keep the lights on).  This means a number of compromises: we have to limit the amount of bonuses we issue (we don't earn anything from it being your birthday... not to mention that with 2.3 million members we'd be issuing approximately 6000 birthday bonuses per day on average... not to FURTHER mention that if there was a birthday bonus, people might tell their referrals to choose a fake birthdate which is coming up soon so that they can get an additional bonus [and an incentive to falsify information is bad]).

As for survey qualification, it's a complex issue:
1) Surveys are often routed through two or more survey systems, and they rarely share information: so you may have to "qualify" for a survey multiple times.
2) Surveys are typically targeted at one demographic "slice", for example "males in the midwest".  Once the quota of "males in the midwest" is full, you wont qualify anymore.  You may see other people being credited for the same survey, because they're in a different 'slice'.
3) Since your qualification depends on your demographics (which you can't control) different members have different experiences with surveys.  For some, who are among rarer demographics, they almost always click through, qualify and get credited.  For others, among more common demographics, they have more difficulties qualifying. 

To belabor the restaurant metaphor, a survey provider might "order" 200 survey completions from "males in the midwest".  If we delivered them "females in new york" instead, they'd rightfully be dissatisfied; like getting fish 'n chips when you ordered a steak.  This is why taking surveys can be frustrating, inconsistent work.  If there was a way to improve it, we would, but you can't really tell a multi-billion dollar multinational research firm that their survey platform "needs to be fixed"...

[cowgirl2116]

Yes, this has happened to me several times.  I feel that I have just wasted a lot of time and did not get paid for it.  UGH!!!!!

[kountrypeach80]

yes it has happened to me several times and it was upseting

[noahfallon]

Yes! but not a half hour one, I've done a couple that didn't go through. It can get very frustrating.

[SweetApril74]

I got that yesterday, ouch 

All just okay until the pop up window that something wrong with my computer, somebody took the survey already with my computer, and many other possible reason. huhu....
broke my heart...

[jtrask]

Took a really long survey then it said I didn't qualify for the survey & I say I feel I took the survey - that's what she said.

 

[hurfrd]

yes this has happened to me.  i think usually the higher the paid the harder it is to qualify. this is just what i think:  they don't really know if you are the target group or not. so what they do is they ease you into the survey  to find out if you are or not. instead of asking all the qualification questions in the beginning of the survey, they spread it out.  if you answer in any way that doesn't fit their target group any time throughout the survey they disqualify you. i think this is their way to check and find their real target group. and people who really want to fill out the survey wouldn't mind taking the time and contributing their 2cents.    i think by looking at the credits you can tell how likely you will qualify.  if you really want to do surveys you can start with lower paid surveys.  otherwise, you may consider doing daily tasks.  the paid is low but you are more likely to get paid. 

[jb75070]

I got that a lot before I found the solution. Don't try to begin with.

[sarawall]

i did one today and didn't qualify and i also didnt get the penny how frusterating....

[ssliva67]

this happens to me about 80% of the time...i usually don't qualify during the first 5 minutes.