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be paid out to you in the form of a check through postal mail. The surveys were interesting and fun to take, the incentives were generous and all payout requests were handles promptly and efficiently. I made quite a bit of side money with Greenfield Online paid online surveys.

But as I mentioned before Greenfield Market Research Company made some very obvious changes sometime over the past couple of years. Unfortunately for me and for reasons I may never learn of, these mysterious changes they made have resulted in an enormous decrease in my average daily Greenfield Online account balance as much as (no joke) id have to say realistically 100% less. To put it bluntly, three years ago I'd accumulate oh lets say no less than twenty bucks a month in my lovely Greenfield account. These days, I'm lucky if I make fifty cents over a term of 90 days.

I really couldn't tell you why Greenfield Online enforced this new means of screening panelists to determine whether or not they are eligible to proceed with each survey but I don't think I'm the only one it alienated. And the weird thing is that this big change Greenfield decided to implement didn't just greatly decrease the number of surveys I was qualified to take but there resulted a very significant plummet in the frequency of cash incentive surveys offered.

That used to be all there were. Now, it was an exception to the rule to encounter incentive awarding surveys that you actually qualify to complete. No, suddenly around two years ago and still today the most commonly offered incentive is a measly entry into some sweepstakes that nobody ever wins.

Amidst all these disappointing changes, Greenfield Online went abruptly from the best paying online survey opportunity on my list to quite sadly and literally the very worst. They are still a great market research company, still set an example with their practices that other online market research companies would be smart to follow.

But the bottom line when it comes to my participation in these online paid survey opportunities is that as fun as I admit I find it to take surveys for pure enjoyment, I really only got into this hobby for the incentives. I want to be paid for my time effort and valuable insight. Cash or points toward merchandise either one is fine but these sweepstakes entries in exchange for 20 minutes of my survey taking time is absolutely not going to fly with me, not ever.

And I'm sorry to say that these contest entries are all Greenfield ever seems to offer anymore. Occasionally I receive survey opportunities worth $2-$3 or so but I have yet to qualify for a single one.

As much as I respect Greenfield Online and feel overall benevolent toward their company image, I'm afraid our relationship is over. These days as heartbreaking as it is, when I see the Greenfield Online paid survey invitations in my email inbox I no longer greet them with enthusiasm and excitement. No. instead, these superfluous paid survey invitations exist in my eyes as little more than colossal space invaders sent by a rare mutation of email terrorists to clutter up my inbox and bombard me relentlessly with "strike it rich" promises they have no intention of fulfilling. Greenfield Online Market Research Company and Paid Survey Site? It's over. Good luck and Good bye.

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