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I like to think I entered into the world of paid surveys with realistic expectations. I didn't think they would ever give me cause to quit my job but I thought it reasonable that I could make a couple hundred dollars extra, each month. I researched on Google, listening to the experiences of others, some good, some bad, most telling me my expectations were indeed reasonable and obtainable.

Encouraged, I dutifully signed up to every paid survey company and network I could find, that weren't blacklisted by my research on Google. After it seemed that all I could find, I had signed up for, I began waiting for the survey invitations to start rolling in.

In the first couple weeks, I got tons of e-mails but these were primarily invitations from whichever company inviting me to join whatever other survey company. Since I was already in all of these other companies, these e-mails were anoying to no end. Then a company called "Snap Dollars" started sending paid e-mails. I got $5 for joining and usually they pay a nickle for each one I read. I get one about every other day and I can cash out once I get to $30. So in a couple years I should have an extra $30 or so. Sweeeeeet.

I have completed maybe a dozen and a half surveys in the month I've been doing it. I have all kinds of points in all kinds of places. With most of these, I can get any number of not so special deals on a not so wide variety of products and services that I have absolutely no use for. A few sights let you build your points and eventually trade them for cash, though not very much cash. And after 1 month, I'm nowhere near these levels anyways.

Not to mention, many of these companies ask if they can call you for phone surveys. I said no to all, but within a week of signing up at least 3 companies called for this. One was without a doubt the most foul, rude, anoying bunch of losers I've ever had the mispleasure of dealing with. 3 days in arow, they started calling at 7:00 AM, and then every 10-15 minutes untill my wife finaly answered. She told the girl we considered it rude to call so early, and the girl hung up on my wife, only to call back the next morning at the same time. My wife said I was sleeping and asked who was calling. The same girl hung up on my wife, again. The third day, my wife answered the call with, "Please take us off your list". She was hung up on, again.

Will paid surveys pay your bills? No. Are they even worth doing as an easy way to make a little extra money? No. I'll unsubscribe to everything but snap dollars. That one is easy and low maintenance. And in a couple years, I'll have $30. Sweeeeeet.

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