Video Discrimination?

[jennjontry]

Excellent post, TOMAS7.  You should really place a copy of your suggestions in the "General" forum, because it seems to me that a lot of the issues here apply in other areas, not just the videos portion of the site.  As I said earlier... if I spend my time and effort doing an offer (whether it's a survey, a video, an e-mail, or whatever), it would be nice to get SOME sort of credit for it.

One suggestion I have is that FC adopt a policy where they enter you into a second-chance drawing if you're screened out of a survey.  Usually when I get screened out, it's after I've spent 5, 10, even 15 minutes answering "pre-qualifying" questions.  That's not just a couple of minutes of time.  Most surveys aren't that long in the first place.  As for the videos, I rarely have any to watch lately.  Would be nice if they'd have some alternatives to the daily e-mail and paid-to-click stuff that didn't cost money or put our personal info (especially cell phone #) on the line.

[Administrator]

Greetings Admin,
  You may not have control over how the system pays, but you should have control over what companies or vendors are allowed to promote things on this site and it would seem to be to FC's benefit as well as to the participants to eliminate those companies that constantly have issues or to push them to have the issues resolved,turning things into a win win situation rather than to just be passive and say that there is nothing that can be done about it. A stronger push for better quality in what is offered should also be within your control so there are a few things that could be done but the perception is that those things are not being done. Perhaps posting some statistics would help to prove this perception to be incorrect, such as how many new vendors or offers each month, how many rejected or improved, how many with issues unresolved, for those that don't improve problems after 30 or 60 days, get rid of them with a proviso that they may reapply to present on FC if and when they can prove to FC that their issues have been resolved. That should seem to be logical, and may already be happening, except the participants have no way to verify that those activities are taking place on their behalf.

We've got the best advertisers that we can get for a site of our size.  In any business transaction the party which is paying is the party with the leverage.  In our case that means the market research companies that provide surveys, and the advertisers that provide videos & offers.  They choose the terms of our promotion and we're happy to have the opportunity.  You are likely to have a similar experience at any site like ours if you stay there long enough.

We already vet our advertiser offers and review them on an ongoing basis.  If you see it on the site it means it's already been proven to credit for a substantial portion of all users.  You have to keep in mind that people are more likely to post a complaint about an offer/advertiser than a "I got credited".  It's just human nature.  Plus, most FC members are not even active on the forum.  So even if you see a handful of posts reporting a problem with a particular offer, that same offer is most likely crediting for virtually everyone who completes it correctly.

MOST issues with crediting are caused by something on the end user's computer.  It can be a lot of different things:  a network hiccup, iffy wifi, software like anti-virus or "web scanners", proxy use, corporate or university firewalls.  If you stick around on the forums long enough you will notice that some users seem to get credited for virtually everything, while some consistently have problems.  You'll also notice that in the "post what you've been credited for" type threads, people ARE being credited for offers which other people are complaining about.  This just goes to show that the crediting success of your endeavors on here depends almost entirely on things outside of our control, including the way that your computer is setup, your internet connection and its quality, and (in the case of surveys) your demographics.

Offering payouts for survey DQs or "attempted" offers is not financially possible, not to mention that it opens up a huge avenue for abuse (we have no way to tell if you answered 0 or 100 questions before getting DQ'd - we just know you clicked on a survey - so people can lie about attempting surveys).

FC is not perfect, and we make no claim that we are.  This site is not for everyone.  If you are unhappy with the way that we run things, you are welcome to try your luck with one of our many competitors - nobody is forcing anyone to be here!

[emmanueljarrell]

the surveys especially and over and over in the same survey, they ask for your race, your gender, your status,...your race, your gender, ,...your race, your gender, like the program forgot your previous answers or just wanted to make sure (since it may take 30-90 minutes to complete each survey) that none of that changed since you started. to make sure if you answered caucasion you remain still caucasian or  pacific islander, or whatever the race may be. or to see if you had a sex change since you started.

hopefully the reason i did not get credit for many surveys was not because of how i answered what race i am, or what gender i am.

[Administrator]

the surveys especially and over and over in the same survey, they ask for your race, your gender, your status,...your race, your gender, ,...your race, your gender, like the program forgot your previous answers or just wanted to make sure (since it may take 30-90 minutes to complete each survey) that none of that changed since you started. to make sure if you answered caucasion you remain still caucasian or  pacific islander, or whatever the race may be. or to see if you had a sex change since you started.

hopefully the reason i did not get credit for many surveys was not because of how i answered what race i am, or what gender i am.

Generally speaking when you're asked the same demographic questions multiple times its because you're being routed from one survey system to another.  These survey systems are run by big market research firms and they operate within very strict privacy policies, which make it basically impossible for your answers to be transferred system-to-system automatically.  Technologically speaking, it's possible and relatively straightforward to do - but they have business reasons for not doing it.

[emmanueljarrell]

you have the best advertisers. some of them charged my credit card and also my phone bill without my consent. they were deceptive in the way they obtained my information.

an advertiser should not pretend to give you something if they know you are really going to receive only charges on your credit card or phone bill, without receiving anything of value in return.

when you are solicited to pay money, you must receive some consideration. a product or a bonifide service. i received nothing from these guys except the knowledge that they took my money through trickery and deceit.

[jennjontry]

Once again:   

Unless you put your personal information in (which includes your credit card, phone number, etc etc) they can't just charge you or do ANYTHING without your consent.

Your negative postings are more than tiresome (and completely pointless) -- you're not utilizing the forums to "ask for help", you're just here to troll and bash Fusion Cash.  If you have SOOOOOOOOOOOOO many problems with FC, either talk to an Administrator and sort it out, or GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.  You're entitled to your opinions, but I'm blocking you anyway.  *YAWN*

you have the best advertisers. some of them charged my credit card and also my phone bill without my consent. they were deceptive in the way they obtained my information.

an advertiser should not pretend to give you something if they know you are really going to receive only charges on your credit card or phone bill, without receiving anything of value in return.

when you are solicited to pay money, you must receive some consideration. a product or a bonifide service. i received nothing from these guys except the knowledge that they took my money through trickery and deceit.

[malgron]

I thought it was strange but hey there the ones paying so it didnt influence the amount of their beer I drink... hehe 

[AISHASHOFUL]

That happened to me one time to. But I can i understand why. Its like surveys they are looking to screen a certain demographic. Commercials do that, they target kids, have you noticed laundry detergent target women. Men wash clothes too last time i checked. I guess its the association of men with beer more so than women. I am sure they will have one for women in the future. It sucks to be out of that 1 cent but what can you do.

[jennjontry]

You're absolutely right, of course, Aishashoful.  It seems petty to quibble about one penny, but hey, we are all here to make money -- and all those pennies do add up eventually.  I just keep plugging along!   Have a great day!

That happened to me one time to. But I can i understand why. Its like surveys they are looking to screen a certain demographic. Commercials do that, they target kids, have you noticed laundry detergent target women. Men wash clothes too last time i checked. I guess its the association of men with beer more so than women. I am sure they will have one for women in the future. It sucks to be out of that 1 cent but what can you do.

[vmcutshall]

I did not qualify for some of them either. I can see it on the surveys but not on the videos.