Frustrated!

[alw3610]

I was very big into surveys when I first began to participate in FC about two years ago and I learned patience. I have had both moments of frustration and failure and moments of fulfillment and success and each survey company is different, some seem a bit easier then others to qualify for and to complete. SSI  usually provides a painless survey experience, but you must try all of them to see which best suits you and doesn't cause so much frustration, if you want to get into surveys you need to have time, patience, and determination to see them through.

[syl2]

Finally qualified for a survey that was e-mailed to me and just got going when my server crashed.
I tried to re-take the survey, but got "you've already completed  survey"
Now, thats FRUSTRATION!
Not FC problem, just needed to vent

[pstovall]

I have suffered the frustration vented in this thread many times and I agree that "patience" is the key word.  After the numerous frustrations, it just seems to me that the occasional acceptance is so gratifying that the "less than satisfactory" experiences seem to make the acceptance all the sweeter.  I get really, really happy when I complete a survey and get my reward.  Without the rejections of the past, it would just be an unexciting daily task. Always looking for the silver lining...

[KatieOkieDokie]

I am fully aware of this! Which is why I made sure to mention that I was just venting out of frustration! I have every right to do so!

-repost:

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"...

http://www.fusioncash.net/?ref=falcon9

[falcon9]

That's fine however, it isn't a "right" on FC so much as it's permitted by the site owners, (unless they choose not to permit it).

I am fully aware of this! Which is why I made sure to mention that I was just venting out of frustration! I have every right to do so!

 

[rmendoza1]

I don't even bother with anything except the FC surveys. I hardly ever qualify for the others

[mikolito]

I too get frustrated here in there but it's better when ur clam and have the time lol   

[BJohnsonPP]

I don't take the surveys in the offer section at all. Only the FC surveys since I can get something for my time. As far as the weird questions, I think since some people answer dishonestly when they get an idea of what demo the survey is looking for, oddball questions are thrown in to keep you honest. More likely though, there may be multiple surveys you're "trying out" for regardless of the title.

[cazhisgood]

 ???me too

[dmahoney]

That has happened to me at that site many many times also. 

[Armand2REP]

The daily's are far easier to qualify for than FC.  It just takes a little persistence to find one that is right for you.  The PQs are shorter so there is more time for success.

[dwiley11]

it got me also today