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Survey tracking
« on: April 03, 2019, 05:01:29 am »
I've been flagged 3 times for "speeding" now on a different survey site in just a couple of weeks, after having no problems for the last 3 years. This last time they told me I finished a 15 minute survey in 2 minutes. No way. Either something went wrong with the survey or their time estimate was wrong. I can see finishing it in 8-10 minutes if I was speeding through, but not 2. I'm not a speed reader. I think they're just trying to get rid of me for some reason. Is it a coincidence that I have $50 worth of points that I haven't cashed out yet? Some of the points are still pending, so I'm not doing anything on that site until I can cash out, just in case they ban me completely.

I think I might start screen recording when I take surveys. Does anyone else keep track of the surveys they take?

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Re: Survey tracking
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2019, 05:43:51 am »
No,  but I am sure someone is always watching what you do.

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« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2019, 06:25:58 am »
No,  but I am sure someone is always watching what you do.

I don't know what that's supposed to mean. They're basically saying I'm cheating, and I know that I'm not. But I have no proof unless I keep track somehow.

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Re: Survey tracking
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2019, 06:45:34 am »
I think everybody gets these bogus complaints from FC from time to time. I don't think they mean anything serious. I have gotten a few myself, usually when I use my daughter's computer to do FC stuff instead of my own. The complaints just go away after a while. I wouldn't bother going through the effort of tracking my surveys like you say you are going to do.

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Re: Survey tracking
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2019, 06:55:12 am »
I think everybody gets these bogus complaints from FC from time to time. I don't think they mean anything serious. I have gotten a few myself, usually when I use my daughter's computer to do FC stuff instead of my own. The complaints just go away after a while. I wouldn't bother going through the effort of tracking my surveys like you say you are going to do.

It's not FC - I've never had a problem here. It's a different site.

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Re: Survey tracking
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2019, 07:28:10 am »
ive got it from time to time..
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Re: Survey tracking
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2019, 07:33:08 am »
I have never got that response before. I hope that I never do. I am sorry that you are having this Problem. I hope that it will work out for you real soon.

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Re: Survey tracking
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2019, 07:35:44 am »
I have gotten a few myself, usually when I use my daughter's computer to do FC stuff instead of my own. The complaints just go away after a while.


Just be careful about doing that, because they could block your account or ban you at some point if they feel you are routinely violating the rules.


Completely different scenario but I know of another user who was banned for a 'rule violation'. She got paid from FC by check (she had no PayPal account and wasn't interested in getting one).  Her husband has extreme OCD and is a control freak about money (old school mentality where all the money belongs to/is controlled by the man b.s.) and he always insisted that any checks made out to her be signed over to him --> she would endorse on the back and then he would countersign and go deposit it into the bank.  They've been married for 50 years and apparently have always operated their finances that way and she didn't fight him about it - so I guess that's all on her. The banks never refused to cash or deposit checks so he was determined that it was okay to do and that was how they were going to do it - end of discussion.


Anyway - because she was paid with a paper check and the canceled checks came back to Fusion Cash - at some point she got a warning from Fusion Cash that this was a violation of some sort and that she should stop having someone else signing the checks sent to her.  Husband didn't care about the rules (he knew better) and continued to do it that way.  One day she tried to logon to Fusion Cash and her account was closed.  When she eventually got through to support to determine why she was banned, she was told that she had been warned about that check cashing practice and still continued to violate the rules. End of story; cash flow stopped. (And she was one of those actively cashing out every single month users).


The moral of the story = they really aren't playing around when they say "Don't do X."

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Re: Survey tracking
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2019, 08:15:32 am »
I have gotten a few myself, usually when I use my daughter's computer to do FC stuff instead of my own. The complaints just go away after a while.


Just be careful about doing that, because they could block your account or ban you at some point if they feel you are routinely violating the rules.


Completely different scenario but I know of another user who was banned for a 'rule violation'. She got paid from FC by check (she had no PayPal account and wasn't interested in getting one).  Her husband has extreme OCD and is a control freak about money (old school mentality where all the money belongs to/is controlled by the man b.s.) and he always insisted that any checks made out to her be signed over to him --> she would endorse on the back and then he would countersign and go deposit it into the bank.  They've been married for 50 years and apparently have always operated their finances that way and she didn't fight him about it - so I guess that's all on her. The banks never refused to cash or deposit checks so he was determined that it was okay to do and that was how they were going to do it - end of discussion.


Anyway - because she was paid with a paper check and the canceled checks came back to Fusion Cash - at some point she got a warning from Fusion Cash that this was a violation of some sort and that she should stop having someone else signing the checks sent to her.  Husband didn't care about the rules (he knew better) and continued to do it that way.  One day she tried to logon to Fusion Cash and her account was closed.  When she eventually got through to support to determine why she was banned, she was told that she had been warned about that check cashing practice and still continued to violate the rules. End of story; cash flow stopped. (And she was one of those actively cashing out every single month users).


The moral of the story = they really aren't playing around when they say "Don't do X."

Exactly. I really like the other site and don't want to be banned, but it's my word against theirs unless I have some kind of proof.

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Re: Survey tracking
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2019, 09:53:50 am »
I've been flagged 3 times for "speeding" now on a different survey site in just a couple of weeks, after having no problems for the last 3 years. This last time they told me I finished a 15 minute survey in 2 minutes. No way. Either something went wrong with the survey or their time estimate was wrong. I can see finishing it in 8-10 minutes if I was speeding through, but not 2. I'm not a speed reader. I think they're just trying to get rid of me for some reason. Is it a coincidence that I have $50 worth of points that I haven't cashed out yet? Some of the points are still pending, so I'm not doing anything on that site until I can cash out, just in case they ban me completely.

I think I might start screen recording when I take surveys. Does anyone else keep track of the surveys they take?

You need to cash out your points now!  I don't know why people want to hoard their points or money in these sites.  Anything can happen.  The site can shut down, they can kick you out at any time for any reason - their TOS tells you that if anybody bothers to read them.

I would maybe do a survey every now and then and do it really slow.  Get your pending points and then cash out.  Then start back if you want.  Write down your start and stop time.  I have been told I took it too fast and told I was too slow.  So there is no way to win.

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Re: Survey tracking
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2019, 09:54:45 am »
No,  but I am sure someone is always watching what you do.

I don't know what that's supposed to mean. They're basically saying I'm cheating, and I know that I'm not. But I have no proof unless I keep track somehow.

They are not saying you are cheating.  If they say you are rushing thru the survey they are saying you are not reading the questions. Not taking the time to give thoughtful answers.

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Re: Survey tracking
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2019, 09:56:08 am »
I think everybody gets these bogus complaints from FC from time to time. I don't think they mean anything serious. I have gotten a few myself, usually when I use my daughter's computer to do FC stuff instead of my own. The complaints just go away after a while. I wouldn't bother going through the effort of tracking my surveys like you say you are going to do.

They most certainly do mean something.  If you get a complaint against you then you can get a warning from FC telling you that if you get a second one you will be banned from doing the surveys. Idk about anyone else but surveys are how I make the bulk of my money.

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« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2019, 10:02:26 am »
I have gotten a few myself, usually when I use my daughter's computer to do FC stuff instead of my own. The complaints just go away after a while.


Just be careful about doing that, because they could block your account or ban you at some point if they feel you are routinely violating the rules.


Completely different scenario but I know of another user who was banned for a 'rule violation'. She got paid from FC by check (she had no PayPal account and wasn't interested in getting one).  Her husband has extreme OCD and is a control freak about money (old school mentality where all the money belongs to/is controlled by the man b.s.) and he always insisted that any checks made out to her be signed over to him --> she would endorse on the back and then he would countersign and go deposit it into the bank.  They've been married for 50 years and apparently have always operated their finances that way and she didn't fight him about it - so I guess that's all on her. The banks never refused to cash or deposit checks so he was determined that it was okay to do and that was how they were going to do it - end of discussion.


Anyway - because she was paid with a paper check and the canceled checks came back to Fusion Cash - at some point she got a warning from Fusion Cash that this was a violation of some sort and that she should stop having someone else signing the checks sent to her.  Husband didn't care about the rules (he knew better) and continued to do it that way.  One day she tried to logon to Fusion Cash and her account was closed.  When she eventually got through to support to determine why she was banned, she was told that she had been warned about that check cashing practice and still continued to violate the rules. End of story; cash flow stopped. (And she was one of those actively cashing out every single month users).


The moral of the story = they really aren't playing around when they say "Don't do X."

That is stupid on so many levels.  First off if the account had both her name and her husband's name on it then he didn't need to sign the FC check.  It only needed her signature to deposit it in to the account.  Now if he cashed it then either she needed to be present or he would also need to sign it.

I do not see what business it is of FC what is done with the check as long as the person it was written to signed the back.  I don't even know how they would know because with thousands of members I doubt they sit and look at the back of every check they issue.  They do not get the cancelled checks back in hand anyway.  It is all electronic.  Surely there is more to it.

When she got the first warning did she not try to explain what the deal was and why there was a 2nd signature on the back of the check?

Then we go in to why she allows her husband to control her the way he does.  I would not put up with that.  She needs to open her own checking account that he doesn't know about.  Have her own email that he doesn't know about.  Have the checking account stuff ALL delivered electronically.  Then get a PayPal account to deposit the funds.  Assuming he controls the mail.  And if he does maybe she needs to open a post office box so that when the bank delivers debit cards they can send them to the post office box.  Seems like a lot of trickery but her husband sounds like a mental case.

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Re: Survey tracking
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2019, 10:26:11 am »
I've been flagged 3 times for "speeding" now on a different survey site in just a couple of weeks, after having no problems for the last 3 years. This last time they told me I finished a 15 minute survey in 2 minutes. No way. Either something went wrong with the survey or their time estimate was wrong. I can see finishing it in 8-10 minutes if I was speeding through, but not 2. I'm not a speed reader. I think they're just trying to get rid of me for some reason. Is it a coincidence that I have $50 worth of points that I haven't cashed out yet? Some of the points are still pending, so I'm not doing anything on that site until I can cash out, just in case they ban me completely.

I think I might start screen recording when I take surveys. Does anyone else keep track of the surveys they take?

You need to cash out your points now!  I don't know why people want to hoard their points or money in these sites.  Anything can happen.  The site can shut down, they can kick you out at any time for any reason - their TOS tells you that if anybody bothers to read them.

I would maybe do a survey every now and then and do it really slow.  Get your pending points and then cash out.  Then start back if you want.  Write down your start and stop time.  I have been told I took it too fast and told I was too slow.  So there is no way to win.

I'm not hoarding points. I can't cash out until the pending points are approved.

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Re: Survey tracking
« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2019, 10:27:58 am »
No,  but I am sure someone is always watching what you do.

I don't know what that's supposed to mean. They're basically saying I'm cheating, and I know that I'm not. But I have no proof unless I keep track somehow.

They are not saying you are cheating.  If they say you are rushing thru the survey they are saying you are not reading the questions. Not taking the time to give thoughtful answers.

Yes, they are saying I'm cheating. They are saying I'm not reading the questions and just picking whatever answer in order to complete the survey and get the points. And this is not true. I AM reading and answering honestly.

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