Datatelligence Survey Thread

Good idea, I am a member and do ok with them. OP you may want to correct the spelling in your title.

I got this PT too! PT is for a seasoning mix.

FYI, here's the Datatelligence thread...

http://forums.slickdeals.net/show...7&t=900189

Can't believe I DQ'ed on a seasoning mix LMBO!

Sept 25th I got the email from Datatelligence about how survey companies are not paying for surveys and offering contest entries etc:
Dear Member,

As you may or may not be aware, there is a growing concern from manufactures and advertisers alike about the quality of research obtained from online panel communities. These companies conduct a large part of their consumer research with various internet survey companies. The quality of research is being challenged for very real reasons.

We at Datatelligence Online want each member to know that our belief is, “you get what you pay for”. Because of this, we have recently begun offering more and more opportunities to show our appreciation for thoughtful responses to our surveys with the use of cash, in the form of checks mailed to your home, or online gift cards for your participation in certain surveys. We can see that our member’s responses are far more thoughtful when you are fairly compensated for your valuable time and opinions. Datatelligence Online takes every opportunity to make the case to our clients that fairness to the consumer will be rewarded with more thoughtful responses to their survey questions. In an increasingly competitive world, it is difficult to make all clients see the value in this when
nearly all other internet survey companies see fair compensation to its members as increased overhead and completely unnecessary for good research.

We wish we could offer these gifts on all of the surveys you complete, but the reality is it is financially impossible given that fewer and fewer online survey companies attempt to reward fairly for the consumers valuable time and insights you provide when you complete surveys correctly. When these other, and often much larger internet survey companies refuse to compensate fairly, it places us, Datatelligence Online, and other fair minded internet survey companies at a considerable competitive disadvantage. Because many internet survey companies only offer drawings as rewards for nearly all of their surveys, they can, not only make large sums of money for themselves and their shareholders, but also offer a lower cost to their clients.

Keep in mind that drawings with these very large internet survey companies nearly always have tens of thousands of entries each month vying for the same paltry prizes. Most often, everyone who has completed a survey in the past month, very often in the past three months, is included in these monthly or quarterly drawings. Think about it, these companies complete many tens of thousands of interviews each month and collectively they are offering to pay out a few thousand dollars in prizes. In essence, they feel your time is worth a few pennies an hour. Meanwhile, they are making millions off your opinions. Nearly all of these panel companies are publicly traded corporations and their financial details are available on their corporate websites, which you should visit.

We understand that under these circumstances anyone could find valid personal reasons to hurry through a survey, or not give an answer proper thought when the survey is 20, 30 even 45 minutes and sometimes even longer for the opportunity to join thousands of others in a drawing. We at Datatelligence Online want to always be fair and as many members experience, we are. However, it is difficult to compete with those that feel there members will spend hours each month for pennies. How do you know if you are being treated fairly? Well, only you can answer that question, but it might be fair to think that if you are asked to share 25 or more minutes of your time and thoughts, it might be worth something more tangible than a drawing with tens of thousands of others.

What can you do if you are conducting a survey for another internet survey company and feel you are being under appreciated? Well, certainly you can simply refuse to do the survey altogether, who could blame you. Or you could complete just enough of that survey to have a good idea of who the end sponsor is and contact them via their website with your thoughts. Ultimately, you can be sure that the End User of the research, being the manufacture or service provider, does indeed value you, the consumer, and they will listen to your thoughts.

We ask you to speak up! And when you do, please remind them that at least one Internet Survey Company, Datatelligence Online, believes that good research is a reward to fairness and respect for ones time.

Thank you for your ongoing support!

Those who complete this short questionnaire (about 5 questions), will receive a drawing entry into the current month’s Sweepstakes.

Well since then i have gotten lots of surveys from them and guess what.they are all for contest entries. Have not gotten my $5.00 gc for the pc one either. today I just deleted one...not doing OTX for entries.

I got that was as well, but thought it was fine:

Please review your responses on this page. One or more questions require further input.

You are COMPLETE with this portion of the survey. Please wait for further contact from our office. Thank you!!

You have reached the END of this portion of the survey. We will contact you for the next phase of this survey via email and/or phone. Thanks for your participation!!

We are inviting you to participate in a very special online home use test. If qualified, you will be required to confirm by telephone that you will be able to commit to this study.

PARTICIPATIONIf you or anyone in your household are interested in participating in this study, please click on the link below to start the screener (drawing entries will be logged automatically upon completion):

Quote from Smiles11 : Got that last night. Made it all the way to the end...after I put in address and everything but ended on a screen asking to put in a continuation code. Anyone else have that problem?

Me too, I'm not really sure what to think or do! I think I will keep this page open on my computer and not close it....

I did the survey as well made it to the end and submitted my info and then i got this


Thank you, at this time you have completed the initial screening requirement for this study, in order for us to official place you with this new product, you will receive a telephone phone call in the next few days to verify you shipping information. Once your shipping information has been verified by our call representative, we will process your shipment which will arrive mid November and will be followed by an additional email with further instructions. Thank you again for your willingness to assist us with this study

Quote from sparkie77 : I did the survey as well made it to the end and submitted my info and then i got this Thank you, at this time you have completed the initial screening requirement for this study, in order for us to official place you with this new product, you will receive a telephone phone call in the next few days to verify you shipping information. Once your shipping information has been verified by our call representative, we will process your shipment which will arrive mid November and will be followed by an additional email with further instructions. Thank you again for your willingness to assist us with this study

I received that as well, but if you push the forward button it gives you an error message to finish the info.

Quote from Smiles11 : Got that last night. Made it all the way to the end...after I put in address and everything but ended on a screen asking to put in a continuation code. Anyone else have that problem?

had the same problem and thought for sure I wouldn't get in, but I got the follow confirmation phone call today and I'm in!

I got one for the seasoning last nite

I Recevied The One For The Seasoning As Well