Anyone ever get contacted by these people promising $75/hour+ for an hour of your time doing market research?

With these guys, I'm convinced the phone calls are the actual study, and no one is getting actually getting paid. The ask you like 23624786435 questions then get to the end with some BS like "I'm sorry we've already filled our quota for people with some of your responses"

I mean I've actually done one of these before years ago and I got paid, but it wasn't this company.

11/15/2013 12:13:51 PM

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11/15/2013 12:29:58 PM

nvm wasn't L&E

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11/15/2013 12:58:49 PM

I actually did an over the phone "survey" with them the other day, as you described, and am going in for a study on Monday.

So I guess sometimes it actually is real?

11/15/2013 1:16:11 PM

You gotta meet their criteria and they used the questions to sub-categorize you to fit the criteria. Usually if you are some type of minority, you can get to the actual study and get paid. They don't have any trouble finding white guys

11/15/2013 1:36:03 PM

I've done studies with them before and been paid

as has another user on here

11/15/2013 1:40:09 PM

^^^^^ damn I only searched the lounge

I just think it's interesting that they still ask all 40 questions, then the cite that they're over quote for some [unnamed] responses. Of course they don't stop the questions when you respond to one that puts you out of the survey, they just keep on farming you for information until they reach the end of their questions.

11/15/2013 1:54:54 PM

Just did one. $100 for 2 hour focus group.

11/15/2013 1:59:57 PM

Yes. I got like 20 calls/emails and "qualified" for 1 survey, which I couldn't do due to a conflict. Just gave up as it wasn't worth my time.

11/15/2013 2:09:04 PM

i've done 2 studies for them & probably made about $300 total. can't remember how much exactly for each one.

11/15/2013 2:18:00 PM

I've done 3-4 over the years. You always get paid well. I always ended quicker than they told me and it didn't affect the rate. With that said, I might "qualify" for 1 out of ever 15 studies that I applied to. Now that I'm not in college, it isn't worth my time...

11/17/2013 9:28:43 AM

Out here Fieldworks is the company that does these for most everyone. I've done a few, I would probably end up doing 5 or so a month if I actually had the time (most are during the workday).

The reason for the 40 questions is they dont know. They are walking you through a blind questionnaire and when they hit submit at the end, it tells them whether you qualify or not.

For me, after I qualified for a couple of studies, they stopped doing these over the phone and instead started emailing links to the online questionnaire so I could fill it out myself.

I worked for a while at a human factors consultancy, where we recruited for these kinds of studies and there are definitely people who very nearly make a living doing this stuff full time.

11/17/2013 4:22:05 PM

i did a depression study - every few weeks let them take some blood

$1300

11/17/2013 4:40:55 PM

When I lived in Raleigh I did at least half a dozen surveys with L&E. Always got $100-300 for them, and got to test a couple new products too.

11/17/2013 5:54:27 PM

I've done a couple of studies with them. You have to try to figure out what answers they're looking for to make you qualify (not what every other person would answer)

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11/17/2013 5:59:12 PM

Typically with a majority of the product studies, they weed you out based on your answers to the questions. If you have not purchase, consumed, or used x product within a certain time frame, you are not eligible.

They may have a certain number of spots based on certain criteria, and if you only meet THAT criteria, they have already booked their slots.

I've done two studies recently...Bud Light Platinum and a travel tourism study. I couldn't tell you who was paying for the tourism/vacation study, but the product ones are obvious. My wife did a Lego Duplo study about buying toys for kids. Our first experience with them was an "in-home" focus group on large appliances.

The beer one was really neat. They were trying to figure out why Bud Light Platinum was selling well in the Raleigh and Tampa markets, but not anywhere else.

11/19/2013 8:38:35 AM

Actually did a study with these people a few months ago. Easy hundo.

5/13/2014 9:58:15 PM