Is Valued Opinions a Scam?Can you really get paid to take online surveys? The answer is “YES” is you work with a reliable company. Here’s the truth about the Valued Opinions Scam warnings…
Valued Opinions is an online survey company in which members get paid for answering surveys.
As its name implies, the company values costumer opinions in subject matters varying greatly – from fashion, sports, and cars to more urgent issues such as the economic climate, global warming, and political events. By answering surveys, Valued Opinions’ members are paid for their personal thoughts.
Valued Opinions Scam – Another Paid Surveys Scam?
Powered by Research Now, Valued Opinions takes big or small companies for their clients. These companies, as they want to reach out to customers regarding how their products are doing, use online survey sites like Valued Opinions. Without these survey sites, companies will not be able to monitor their products and the feedbacks of their consumers. Research Now takes pride in being a member of the Council of American Survey Research Organization (CASRO), the American Marketing Association (AMA) and the Better Business Bureau.
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It is relatively easily to join Valued Opinions. Apart from being free, the registration will not take longer than five minutes to complete. An applicant can sign up by answering a registration form asking for basic information such as email address and password. It is better to fill out some simple personal surveys at this moment in order to improve the chances of getting suitable surveys.
Once registered, invitation emails containing the surveys will be forwarded to the address used at the registering stage. Based on the personal survey answered upon registration, surveys sent are more likely of the interest of the one who will answer. These emails always give an indication of the field concerning the survey, the payment amount, and an estimate of the time in which the survey must be completed.
…many thought it’s all just another Paid Surveys scam
Upon completing the survey, the payment amount starts to show up at the personal page on Valued Opinions website. Members will usually make $2 – $5 for each qualified survey. They can make up to $50 for specialist surveys. Once the payment reaches $20, a member is entitled to a reward in which the payment may be used. The reward consists of vouchers or gift cards from leading reward providers such as Tesco, John Lewis, Arcadia, Boots, Argos, Amaxon, Topman, Marks and Sprencer, HMV, and Marriott. Of course, as some members want to earn, others may also want to share their earnings. Payment from Valued Opinions may also be received by partner charities such as WWF; World Vision; British Red Cross and Amnesty International. These rewards have caused quite a stir and many thought it’s all just a Valued Opinions scam.
Members do complain that they are not regularly sent surveys to answer. This limits the possibility of earning big in this industry. It does take some time crediting the account, thus the little delay in the delivery of surveys. This is another reason why Valued Opinions scam is abuzz. In fact, the reason you hear a lot about ‘paid surveys scam” is due, almost entirely, to there simply not being enough survey work to go around.
Doing research can be a hassle to researchers sometimes. This is due to the fact that respondents (survey answerers) do not honestly or properly answer the surveys. This sometimes causes erroneous data and other problems on the researcher’s part.
In terms of delivery of payment, Valued Opinions seem to be rated two thumbs up by its followers. The issue of whether or not the company deserves being labeled Valued Opinions scam remains to be settled.
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What about Oer- international? Could you give me some insight on that company?
Stephanie – OER International appears to be yet another company that charges a small fee to gain access to the list of companies who will pay between a $5 and $100 fee for taking online surveys. I searched “IM Reports” for negatives about the company and didn’t come up with any. Like most “Get Paid for Survey” sites – the challenge is usually you don’t get to participate in a lot of surveys. So it seems on the up-and-up but, again, you might not make a whole lot of money.
I’ve used them for years and I agree they are not a scam but they don’t send out many surveys and in the UK the pay for them seems to work out at about £3-4 a hour so its never going to make you much money.
This is unfortunate and I’ve heard the same report from people about other companies as well – simply not enough surveys being offered. Thanks for sharing, Tony.
They are not technically a scam as I have received several vouchers from them, but they do tend to make you answer a lot of questions without giving you a reward. I receive many surveys but about 75% I am screened out of and usually have to complete 25-50% of the questions before this happens. Plus they make you wait a long time for the rewards. No other survey site I’m a part of seems to have a problem with this and they all give at least 20c or so if you are screened out.
Very nice “inside info” about how the program works. Thanks so much, Meg.
As Meg says above she gets screened out a lot, so do I and considering you are about half way through before this happens it is a bit of a waste of my valuable time. Plus the payment for you time in minimal.
in the last 6 months, valued opinions has been letting you fill out up to 90% of the surveys, then screening you out.
My kids do the child ones, and can spend up to 30 mins watching movie trailer etc, then get screened out with only a 20 cent reward.
Used to be good, now just a scam.
Yup – I just unsubscribed after AGAIN spending 15 minutes for a “20 minute survey” only to be told the survey is “full”. So they got a ton of my buying habit information for free. I am so convinced they are a scam.
I do agree you get screened out of lots of surveys and sometimes you can spend 10 mins answering questions before this happens. I have however kept on trying and so far received over £80 worth of vouchers. I tend to do it while my boyfriend is asleep on the sofa!
Thanks for sharing your success, Sandra. Awesome!
I was a bit skeptical about VO when I first joined but I’ve been doing their surveys for months now and I can assure everyone it isn’t a scam. I’m about half way to my second Amazon $20 giftcard. The only problem with the site is they are usually looking for very specific types of people to take their surveys so a lot of people might find it hard to qualify for most of the surveys. Other than that it’s an excellent way to earn free giftcards.
Well, truth is that you can actually do that as a job. You must consider payments as a tip for your time.
If you screen out or quota full then your answers are wasted, they are not saved anywhere. When your answers are used, you always get paid.
Also Valued Opinions must protect companies do the research from cheeting answers, protecting us, the consumers at the very end.
I recently joined VO (about 2 weeks ago) and I get invitations EVERY DAY, I get screened out 20% of the time but this NEVER happens late in the survey (so far anyway). I have earned £9 in less than 2 weeks so far without any referrals (if they let you do referrals, that is). I think the payment is quite generous for each survey too compared to some others. I get about 2-3 survey invites every day with payments set between 0.50-1:50. You have to be quick to answer them though. Many other survey panels have screened me out far more than VO (UK MySurvey, CashBackResearch, Opinion Outpost) but I still like them too.
I think people are having different experiences with VO. Also, some other survey panels like Toluna make you wait so long for the rewards to come too (in my experience anyway).
I am a member of valued opinions India.
I participate in surveys and in turn I get vouchers.
Recently I have been facing a problem with voucher’s delivery. They claim that they will deliver vouchers within 28 days. But since the last 6 months I have not received my vouchers and they blame it on the mailing company.
I have stopped trusting them.
I have been a member of valued opinions au for around 3 years. I have recently returned to give them another go after not logging in for a year for 2 reasons.
1. rewards stay in the pending credits column for months before becoming available
2.It is the single worst survey company i know of for screening you out at the end of the survey, after they have collected your personal information and after you have answered all the questions required to complete the survey.
Unfortunately the time out didnt help because valued opinions still operates in the same manner, so in my opinion – yes – valued opinions is a scam.
I agree sometimes you are screened out after you have answer up to 20-25% of the questions but I already got a few vouchers from them, so not that unhappy anyway.
I dont think its a scam, but as other people have said, you do get through quite a lot of questions and then they screen you out, with no reward. The rewards are usually about £1 for a 20 mintue survey, 75p for 15mins, so its really about 25p for every 15 minutes. Ive done 1 product test, theysent 2 full sized bottles for fake tan! When you complete a survey, the money takes up to 28 days to get from pending credits to your balance, and when you get up to £10 you can get a voucher which takes up to 4 weeks. in 1 year, i earned £100, so its an ok site to use.
The above web site, they are sending about 8 to 10 survey per week but when I start giving answers for 4 or 5 pages (in some cases 10 pages) it says
‘Sorry this survey is no more available’
‘Sorry you are not eligibility’
Different reason for different survey, do you think it could be fake or scam.
It often screens me out after some standard questions – age, gender, city, employment. They’re quick questions to answer and they’re not really part of the survey so it’s a pain but nothing more than that
Valued Opinions IS a scam – please don’t fall for it! I signed up and did loads of surveys, including mobile phone surveys where I had to send picture messages. I quickly racked up over £20 of credit with them and they mysteriously deleted my account before I could claim the money. I have sent emails but apparently they have no record of me, despite me having screen shots of all the surveys I completed, emails welcoming me, and their text number on my phone!? Please don’t waste your time on them, their busines is aimed soley to mislead vulnerable people.
Thank you for sharing. It’s important to hear from those who have actually got in, did the work and experienced the result.
They are a scam, they have NEVER phoned me back when I complain. Usually it’s because I have done over 100 questions, plenty of useful and honest research. Taking over 15minutes only to have them say “Quote reached” when it’s time to pay up. Absolute rubbish and they don’t pay up, or explain why!
I get a lot of surveys from them and qualify for maybe 60%. It’s a bit of a pain but certainly not a scam. In the UK the rewards are much, much less – a 5-10 minutes survey might only get you 50p, and one that offers £2 is rare and fills up very quickly. Despite this, however, I have in the last few months got 3 £10 vouchers from them – and I’ll be due another one in the next couple of weeks, hopefully. It is in no way something you can make a living out of, but then it doesn’t claim to be – I’m currently saving up for uni and every spare £10 note comes in very handy!
I have been on the valued opinions panel for about 18 months and have received about £100 in Amazon vouchers.They are not a scam – slow to credit surveys sometimes but once one has accrued enough for a payout then evouchers are credited instantly. The most annoying thing , like with all these sites, is the grossly exaggeratedd claims of the amount of money one can earn. I am a member of several panels and earn about £600 – £800 per year from them, A nice litttle earner for additional treats amd goodies but hardly life changing.
Thank you so much, John for stepping out and sharing. I know a lot of people can benefit by adding this extra income stream to the pile. Heck, it buys a few pizzas for sure!
I have been with VO for five years,I have earned just under £600,in that time,I use the vouchers for Birthday and Christmas presents,if you choose Amazon for your rewards,they send a code straight away,so no they are definitely not a scam,
To make some decent money you need to join more survey panels. I make around $500 each month and I am a member only on 4 sites. I don’t know about you but this is pretty good in my opinion for 30 minutes at the computer per day.
Thanks for sharing, Fred – making $500 a month working part-time online is a pretty good deal.
It’s a shame, really, isn’t it? The companies should make it faster and less of a headache and hassle.