It could not have been more than a couple of months ago that I was told about online surveys and how others are using them to make a little extra cash. Now, I am naturally a skeptical person, and definitely not someone who signs up for things easily, especially online.
However, a colleague of mine recommend a site to me that they swore by and had seen results from. Even with this, I naturally did a couple of Google and Yahoo searches to see what people were saying about this particular site. And for the most part, the reviews were actually good.
As with anything, when I see nothing but positive reviews I become even more skeptical, but this had just the usual gripping that sounded more like people who either expected to make millions or people who were just defective end-users that placed their blame on the site. But the rest of the information was actually pretty good.
So with this I signed up, filled out a bunch of information (not to much personal information), just things that had mainly to do with my interests so they would know which surveys would be right for me. Within a week I was receiving four to five surveys a day.
Let me take a couple of lines to go over with you how this site works. Basically, you will receive invites, based on your interests, and each survey is worth between 50 to 2000 points, although most of the ones I have received are worth between 50 and 500 points. The next part, is that you have to qualify for each survey, before you can officially start it. This usually is only a couple of questions, but none the less, I usually get into about 2-3 for every five I receive. Each 100 points is worth $1, and you can not have any money transferred to your PayPal account, until you have reached $10 or 1,000 points.
So why would I entertain this if I am am looking to out run my Piper and his Wave? Well, because now with no cable box, or hell, even with the cable box, I always have my laptop on my lap! But, the math also made sense as well.
If I am to complete just a dollars worth of surveys everyday for a year, that is $365 dollars. Now, you can obviously earn more than that if you like, however, if you keep your earnings under $600 for the year, you are not required to file a 1099 tax form! Basically, this is "tax free" money.
For me this is three months worth of Gas and Electric cost, or almost eight months of Internet cost, or (for me) almost five months of grocery costs, and on, and on, and on!
Combining this with the cost savings we talked about in yesterdays post The Crock and the Comcast my distance from the Piper and his Wave increases again!!!
I have only started utilizing this site seriously within the last three or four weeks, however I have already earned around $40!
For any of you that would like to see for yourselves, here is the link; http://www.surveyspot.com/.
Let me know if any of you have, or currently are, utilizing on-line surveys? And also, if you are using them, how they are working for you!
As always, thank you...The Runner
Currently, I don't utilize online surveys but it's crazy how quickly it's added up in such a short period of time. I do know others that have done them in the past. A co-worker used to do them and her driving force was all of the money that she made doing surveys would be her Disney World spending money.
ReplyDeleteIt's impressive that you can see the big picture of what you are doing and why, keep up the good work. Your perserverence and discipline are untouchable.