Do you participate in phone surveys?

[D'z Nutz]

Just out of curiosity, how many of you guys participate in phone surveys when one calls you up? Would you say:

A) All of the time,
B) Some of the time, or
C) Get me off this damn calling list!



I just got off the phone with a vaccination survey who has been trying to reach me for the last 3 weeks (I genuinely kept missing the call) and it got me wondering how often people participate.

Generally speaking I almost always participate if they catch me at time when I can answer the questions and if I feel if the general public can benefit from my responses (assuming the call isn't market research for a product they are developing). I've participated in calls about vaccinations, radio and television usage, internet usage, and bike paths/city recreation, and I know there's a few others that aren't coming to mind right now. One time I got a call for a survey and they compensated for my airtime usage by sending me a crumpled fiver in the mail even though it was just 2 minutes long and it was during my free minutes haha

[e31]

I made a bunch of money doing surveys & interviews when I was going to school. U of C research was doing some long term followup stuff and surprised the hell out of me with a birthday card, long after the trials were supposedly concluded; creepy.

I can't be bothered to answer surveys anymore, not worth the time.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by D'z Nutz

Generally speaking I almost always participate if they catch me at time when I can answer the questions and if I feel if the general public can benefit from my responses (assuming the call isn't market research for a product they are developing).

This sums it up for me as well. Although I rarely pick up the phone on a number I don't know these days, so haven't actually done one in awhile.

[FixedGear]

This thread should've been a poll lol

[J.M.]

I get a ton of these haha I usually just block the numbers once I answer and find out it's a survey,

[Graham_A_M]

Fuck no. "You can be entered to win $500!!"...... yeah against 10,000 other people that were dumb enough to spend quality minutes answering a barrage of idiotic questions? Oh okay, totally sounds worth it

[Sugarphreak]

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[topmade]

I used to have call back 10 customers per week for customer service reviews. So if it's a company I currently deal with I will do the survey cause I know nobody does this type of job because they want to. If it's a random survey that I have no association with I just hang up.

[triplep]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
My standard answer

"Sorry, I don't do 3rd party surveys"

I do the:

"No Speak English" In a horrible accent.

Appears to work as Telus has stopped calling us.

I lived with an individual who worked at a call centre before, and he told me that if there are communication issues (i.e. the no speak english) they make a note on the account and don't bother calling again as they can't communicate with the caller.

[ddduke]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok


This sums it up for me as well. Although I rarely pick up the phone on a number I don't know these days, so haven't actually done one in awhile.

I find it way worse to ignore because then I always get the tail end of their bullshit on my voicemail.

[hampstor]

B.

From participating in a radio survey years ago, my family was invited to participate in an ongoing radio/TV survey that pays monthly. Been doing it for 5 years or so.

Did a Rogers customer sat survey once and they sent me $200 in Visa gift cards.