Does anyone else agree that clearvoicesurveys.com is a big scam? I spent 15 minutes on a survey that I thought would pay $3.50. After I took the survey, the pay was only .25 cents! I went back to the email and it said 'up to $3.50'. How do you determine who gets .25 cents and who gets $3.50??? What a scam!

At .25 cents for 15 minutes, I am earning $1 dollar per hour - less than what a child slave laborer in Indonesia makes.

Although they may legitimately pay you (in my case they put .25 cents in an account that has to reach a certain minimum amount first!), they operate in a misleading way that requires you to invest lots of time taking surveys and making money for THEM, while paying you pocket change for investing your valuable time and energy.

Think twice before using clearvoicesurveys.com...

not a scam.

they pay you that if you do not qualify

I disagree with you -- I don't think they are a scam.

They clearly stated they paid UP TO $3.50. They are not willy-nilly deciding who does and doesn't get the $3.50, they base it on whether you qualify or not. If you didn't qualify, you didn't qualify, and imho, their giving you anything for your time is nice of them, because how many surveys are taken that give *nothing* if you don't qualify.

So, no, not a scam, they clearly stated their payment upfront. It's not their fault you didn't qualify.

I know it's frustrating when you take the time to do something and you end up not qualifying (been there, done that) but in all fairness, it's our choice to take the chance to get up to a certain amount -- we're not all going to qualify.

Your slave labor in Indonesia comment is not fitting either. Those people are working to feed their families, have no options, etc. We are taking surveys *by choice* for leisure, or to make a couple bucks here or there. It's not making a living -- and if it is, then that's something to reflect upon, because there are surely better sources of major income (surveys are not intended to be the bread and butter of our existence).

I don't mean to come off harsh -- I just don't agree with your position at all.

While I agree that Clear voice is not a scam...I do understand the frustration of the op...SO MANY TIMES I will be 5, 10 or even 15 mins and I DQ !! ( especially greenfield)I HATE THAT !!!

I agree that it does suck when you spend 15 minutes answering "qualification questions" only to be told you don't qualify, but I haven't really had that problem so far with Clearvoice. Greenfield does that to me all the time. I'm convinced I've taken the entire survey minus one question and they just decided I didn't qualify at the very end so they don't have to pay me. Plus, the one time I did get a $10 survey with Greenfield, it took them three months to credit my account. Clearvoice seems to take about two weeks, which is a while, but at least I'm getting my credit.

Nope, not a scam but I don't think they're that great.

Nope, not a scam but I don't think they're that great.

I also agree not a scam. You didnt qualify and that was a token payment.

clearvoice sucks booty. I've been a member with them for a year, and I have never qualified for a survey.

I really have done well with Clearvoice to be honest. I have never spent 15 min and then DQ. I seem to clear like $10-20/month with them which is kind of fun. I am sorry some people are not doing well. It happens. I used to get Pinecones all the time for example, now with the new system, I haven't received one in months. That used to be $5 a pop. The nature of the beast, you have to stay with a winner and dump the losers. Greenfield was always a waste for me so I got rid of that time suck and DQ crap.

clearvoice is one of my favorite survey companies.

if you took the survey what you feel was all the way through, email them and tell them what happened, that has happened to me once or twice, and I emailed them, and was told it is was a mistake, and I DID get paid the amount I felt I should have been paid, I would suggest doing that, just don;'t get mad at them if they tell you DQed, and therefore get the .25.

I actually like them for the at least 25 cents part, because too many places that are scams get me to take a survey and then DQ for free, at least I get something from them.

I don't get many surveys at all from this company, but when I do, I usually qualify and have always received payment. Not a scam company.

clearvoice is one of my favorite survey companies.

if you took the survey what you feel was all the way through, email them and tell them what happened, that has happened to me once or twice, and I emailed them, and was told it is was a mistake, and I DID get paid the amount I felt I should have been paid, I would suggest doing that, just don;'t get mad at them if they tell you DQed, and therefore get the .25.

I actually like them for the at least 25 cents part, because too many places that are scams get me to take a survey and then DQ for free, at least I get something from them.

Oh I agree ..clearvoice is slow but they do pay... I was complaining about greenfeild. I will say though that often I am invited to the same survey by different companies and usually clear voice is the lower paying. other than that ( of course I pick the one that pays the most) I have no complains about this company

I have never had a problem with Clearvoice. I have been paid by them twice now. They are one of the very few that pay you for your effort. Most don't and it's nice to feel a little appreciated here and there.

They have always been fair with me & paid quickly.

Having slept on it overnight, using the word scam was a bit harsh. I was (and am still) upset that i spent 15 min on a survey and only got .25 cents. In my case, it did 'not' tell me that i had disqualified and i completed the survey to the end.

Going forward, i am going to be very careful of these companies that use terms such as "up to $x.xx" or make you invest 15-30 mins of your time for "a chance" at 'qualifying' for another survey.

I have been with Pinecone for years and although they lowered the payment from $5 to $3, at least i know that when i do get a survey invite, i am definitely getting paid (and getting the full amount). Pinecone also sends me new products to try in my home-something Clearvoice has never done in my experience.

Going forward, if the 'prequalifier' takes more than 5 min, i am closing the web browser and moving on. If enough people do the same, maybe these companies will re-think making you jump through so many hoops before ever considering paying you for your valuable time.

One more thing... it's one thing to pre-qualify for a study (asking you questions such as your age, occupation, family, etc) but entirely another thing to ask you questions such as "view this image and tell us what you like or don't like". In my opinion, that is actually taking the survey and has nothing to do with "qualifying". I think many of these companies get people to complete their surveys, the company gets paid by their client, and the payout ratio for the company is sometimes 1 out of 10 people who they throw a couple of dollars at to avoid being accused of running a scam operation.

I know it's a business and people have different tolerance levels as to how deep they will participate before expecting payment, but if we all wise up and stop taking their surveys to make .25 cents, they will be forced to pay out more to the masses.

I had a similar experience the other day with Clearvoice where the survey clearly offered $2 and I only received $1. I completed the survey in full and feel they just ripped me off. I have never liked this one anyway and only take the surveys when I am bored

I did not get many surveys from them. I did not like them because of this.


The money only stays in your account for 12 months of the date of the survey. I did not get very many surveys from them. So after a year of collecting about 4 dollars they took some money from my account. I e-mailed them and they said sorry after a year of the date of the survey the money is removed from your account. Here is what i read in there terms of use

Terms of use:

"Rewards earned from participating in surveys are valid for 12 months from the award date. If unused on the 366th day after being deposited into your account, your reward will expire and be removed from your Member Account Balance."

Just a heads up's be aware of this.

Hope this helps

Is this company worth taking surveys for and do they offer PT's?

I've never had a problem with or complaint against ClearVoice. In fact, I just did a PT for them that was for a product worth over $50.

I've never had a problem with or complaint against ClearVoice. In fact, I just did a PT for them that was for a product worth over $50.

Thanks for the info

Does anyone else agree that clearvoicesurveys.com is a big scam? I spent 15 minutes on a survey that I thought would pay $3.50. After I took the survey, the pay was only .25 cents! I went back to the email and it said 'up to $3.50'. How do you determine who gets .25 cents and who gets $3.50??? What a scam!

At .25 cents for 15 minutes, I am earning $1 dollar per hour - less than what a child slave laborer in Indonesia makes.

Although they may legitimately pay you (in my case they put .25 cents in an account that has to reach a certain minimum amount first!), they operate in a misleading way that requires you to invest lots of time taking surveys and making money for THEM, while paying you pocket change for investing your valuable time and energy.

Think twice before using clearvoicesurveys.com...


They aren't a scam. Sure it can get annoying if you get disqualified and only get paid .25 (since you can get disqualified anywhere during the survey), but they do pay when you reach $10. I've gotten paid from them with Amazon GC's numerous times. And they are the quickest at your payment, because they already have the GC's purchased. You get the code immediately after telling it to give you your payment.

good to know

thnks and nice pt;) I've never had a problem with or complaint against ClearVoice. In fact, I just did a PT for them that was for a product worth over $50.

i have to say, i have never qualified for one of theirs either. and yes, it sounds to me like you took the entire survey. i would email them about that one. and you are not lying about greenfield, they do me like that all the time too. 10 or 15 minutes and then disqualify. that really sucks.:eek:

Since joining ClearVoice on 10/18 I've qualified and was rewarded $4 on 11/3. Also, I've DQ'd on 11/5 and 11/9 at $.25 each but DO NOT see those posted on my account.

So......what's up with that? :wave:

I've taken 18 surveys with them so far and only credited for 6 of them (and it's been way past the 2-4 weeks). I've stopped doing their surveys for almost 2 months now and am waiting a reply to my e-mail about the past-due credits.

I love clearvoice surveys. While I don't qualify for many of their surveys (as with ANY survey site), at least I get a quarter or so for trying, which most other companies do not give you. I have cashed out with them many times and have never had a problem.

Clearvoice is certainly not a scam. Atleast in my expierence they aren't.

i dont know if theyre a scam, but i do know i seldom qualify for their few surveys that they actually send my way.

I can say that so far, i am UNDERWHELMED with them.

I've got $11.50 with them of which only $4 was credited. That happened to be my first survey on 11/4 and credited on 11/5. I find a pattern when first signing up with a lot of these S sites where they credit you right off the bat in order to hold your interest.

Since they use PayPal, I'm just sitting back waiting till they credit. What experience have any of you had with PayPal deposits?

Thanks

i got a paypal payment from them, they charge a 50 cent fee for doing it.

i got a paypal payment from them, they charge a 50 cent fee for doing it.


Oh......really now. I've seen worse, like $25 thru AW Surveys for PayPal. Speaking of which, anyone have much experience with AW?

I notice people still mentioning PayPal - but in the past week or so, ClearVoice eliminated PayPal as a reward option and it's back to the other three [Amazon, Dining Dough, Payoneer]. Is it just in my account?? I cashed out with PayPal around 2-3 weeks ago and didn't any problems so I don't know why it disappeared...

I notice people still mentioning PayPal - but in the past week or so, ClearVoice eliminated PayPal as a reward option and it's back to the other three [Amazon, Dining Dough, Payoneer]. Is it just in my account?? I cashed out with PayPal around 2-3 weeks ago and didn't any problems so I don't know why it disappeared...

I'll be a darn - I don't see PayPal either just the three you mention above.

From their Terms of Use:

"Once you have earned the minimum amount of rewards required to make a redemption you may access the ‘Rewards’ area of the site. Select the desired redemption option from those listed on the site and follow the instructions given to process your reward. The rewards represented in the ‘Rewards’ area of the site and the minimum redemption amount are subject to change by Clear Voice Research at any time without prior notice."

Does anyone else agree that clearvoicesurveys.com is a big scam? I spent 15 minutes on a survey that I thought would pay $3.50. After I took the survey, the pay was only .25 cents! I went back to the email and it said 'up to $3.50'. How do you determine who gets .25 cents and who gets $3.50??? What a scam!

At .25 cents for 15 minutes, I am earning $1 dollar per hour - less than what a child slave laborer in Indonesia makes.

Although they may legitimately pay you (in my case they put .25 cents in an account that has to reach a certain minimum amount first!), they operate in a misleading way that requires you to invest lots of time taking surveys and making money for THEM, while paying you pocket change for investing your valuable time and energy.

Think twice before using clearvoicesurveys.com...

My problem with them is credits over 366 days were deleted from my account as I had not reached $10 payout. Read their "terms". I unsubscribed.

SURVEY TAKERS BE AWARE THAT CLEARVOICE DELETES CREDITS THAT ARE 366 DAYS OLD. IF YOU HAVE CREDITS IN YOUR ACCOUNT THAT ARE 366 DAYS OLD & YOU ARE UNABLE TO CASH OUT BECAUSE $10 PAYOUT NOT REACHED THOSE CREDITS WILL BE DELETED. READ THEIR RULES WHICH SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED ON THEIR MAIN PAGE BUT, YOU NEED TO CLICK "TERMS OF USE" AT BOTTOM OF MAIN PAGE. Terms of use states this applies if you have "not participated in further studies", I have participated and POINTS HAVE BEEN DELETED. I HAVE EMAILED THEM TWICE. NO RESPONSE. DEFINITELY NOT RECOMMENDED. I HAVE UNSUBSCRIBED.

Does anyone else agree that clearvoicesurveys.com is a big scam? I spent 15 minutes on a survey that I thought would pay $3.50. After I took the survey, the pay was only .25 cents! I went back to the email and it said 'up to $3.50'. How do you determine who gets .25 cents and who gets $3.50??? What a scam!

At .25 cents for 15 minutes, I am earning $1 dollar per hour - less than what a child slave laborer in Indonesia makes.

Although they may legitimately pay you (in my case they put .25 cents in an account that has to reach a certain minimum amount first!), they operate in a misleading way that requires you to invest lots of time taking surveys and making money for THEM, while paying you pocket change for investing your valuable time and energy.

Think twice before using clearvoicesurveys.com...

YOU DIDNT MAKE IT THRU THE WHOLE SUVEY. THEY DNQ,ED YOU. I REP CLEARVOICE. AND HAVE BEEN PAID TWICE SINCE BEING A MEMBER THERE.

YOU DIDNT MAKE IT THRU THE WHOLE SUVEY. THEY DNQ,ED YOU. I REP CLEARVOICE. AND HAVE BEEN PAID TWICE SINCE BEING A MEMBER THERE.

1. How long have you been a member?
2. Why are you posting in caps?

Oh......really now. I've seen worse, like $25 thru AW Surveys for PayPal. Speaking of which, anyone have much experience with AW?

I read somewhere on here or surveypolice that they were proven to be a scam.

I have been paid by them numerous times, so for me they are not a scam.

I've been paid from them numerous times. I have never had any problems with surveys being credited, losing credits, or receving my rewards from them after cashing out. I love them. They don't credit as fast as many here would like, but with all survey companies, patience and persistence will pay off in the end. I love this company I've been paid over $100 in Amazon GC's from them within the last year.

I've been paid from them numerous times. I have never had any problems with surveys being credited, losing credits, or receving my rewards from them after cashing out. I love them. They don't credit as fast as many here would like, but with all survey companies, patience and persistence will pay off in the end. I love this company I've been paid over $100 in Amazon GC's from them within the last year.

I'm not sure if you didn't read it all or what but my comment was not toward Clearvoice. We were speaking on a totaly different survey company.

I'm not sure if you didn't read it all or what but my comment was not toward Clearvoice. We were speaking on a totaly different survey company.

I just re-read five receent posts in this thread all specifically mentioning Clearvoice. My post was not intended to be a response specifically to one person's post. Forgive me if being new to this site has caused me to make a mistake, but all I did was click on "reply." I did not intend to reply to your specific post nor was I trying to quote it. If you yourself were talking about another company, I apologize for misunderstanding.

It's no problem at all I just didn't want my post having people confused and thinking I was talking about clearvoice. No worries.

they've helped me pad my Amazon GCs since Dec. They take a few weeks but they're no where as bad as Mindfield or eSearch.

I've had no problems with them at all. Took a while to get to the reward, but I got it.

I wanted to bump this up to remind people not to waste their time if they are worried they won't qualify for alot. I just had money taken from my account because I didn't cash out within a year of earning it. That is a ridiculous rule and it is hidden in the terms, which makes it worse. It's not a member's fault if they don't earn enough to cash out in a year. As long as a person is still taking surveys, they shouldn't be affected by this rule and lose money they legitimately earned. I also haven't been credited for surveys I took in February or April, which is why I checked my total in the first place.
I will be reporting them to Survey Police, and emailed them a "heads up" about that today. The time it took me to do the 10 surveys I was supposed to have in my total, I could have been doing others from companies that don't have this unfair "theft" rule.

I wanted to bump this up to remind people not to waste their time if they are worried they won't qualify for alot. I just had money taken from my account because I didn't cash out within a year of earning it. That is a ridiculous rule and it is hidden in the terms, which makes it worse. It's not a member's fault if they don't earn enough to cash out in a year. As long as a person is still taking surveys, they shouldn't be affected by this rule and lose money they legitimately earned. I also haven't been credited for surveys I took in February or April, which is why I checked my total in the first place.
I will be reporting them to Survey Police, and emailed them a "heads up" about that today. The time it took me to do the 10 surveys I was supposed to have in my total, I could have been doing others from companies that don't have this unfair "theft" rule.

Agree with you

I just need 2 more dollars to cash out finally, but they're taking AGES to credit the $5 something I've earned in the 2 months.

And I agree with the above post, taking money from your account due to their 1 year restriction is an unfair rule to impose.

They are not a scam, I have gotten paid from them many times without any problems. Just becuase it is hard to qualify for surveys (it is with tons of these sites) does not mean that the site is not legitimate.

Other sites like E-rewards also take away your money after one year if you don't cash out.

I have to agree that it's a crock to spend a year or more to cash out the minimum. Again, it all depends on your demographics and what surveys you qualify for that are available. Since 12/18/08 I've already cashed out $30 with ClearVoice ($10 on each occasion). Granted, I do NOT get a ton of surveys from them. :shake:

This has been discussed throughout other threads and what you may want to do is go into your profiles and make sure they are up to date. That alone could entice more invites.

"That is a ridiculous rule and it is hidden in the terms", this is quite standard with 95% of the survey companies. I don't know off the top of my head, but there are a couple out there you must cash out within six months. Furthermore, when I hit the minimum cashout threshold, I am on it! Whether it be $5 or $50 I cash out immediately.

IAmFrugal - good luck to ya! :nod:

They are not a scam, I have gotten paid from them many times without any problems. Just becuase it is hard to qualify for surveys (it is with tons of these sites) does not mean that the site is not legitimate.

Other sites like E-rewards also take away your money after one year if you don't cash out.


Erewards at least warns people about that, and offered me a special program where your rewards would never expire as long as you were participating. Some kind of VIP thing, or special panel. And they don't send so many surveys that I don't qualify for. Most of them offer big amounts and credit immediately, so I've never had a problem with feeling like my time is being wasted by them.
At least ClearVoice is up front about this rule once you ask. I am fighting MyView right now about the fact that they changed several amounts that I earned to Forfeit status and are claiming that valid surveys they OKd a year ago have been reviewed and found to have some kind of fraud or invalid status. As if survey companies have the ability or time to review surveys that long after they were taken! They just don't want to pay, and are looking for any excuse not to, and if members don't complain, they will keep doing it.
This issue is like if you gave a friend a gift card on their birthday and a year later you found out they hadn't used it yet, so you demand they give it back so you could use it yourself. I'm sure everyone would agree that would be rude and ridiculous, yet that's what the survey companies are doing.

I have to agree that it's a crock to spend a year or more to cash out the minimum. Again, it all depends on your demographics and what surveys you qualify for that are available.
This has been discussed throughout other threads and what you may want to do is go into your profiles and make sure they are up to date. That alone could entice more invites.


IAmFrugal - good luck to ya! :nod:

Thanks for the good luck wishes. I think I am going to need them.
While I was googling to find any other complaints, I found someone who posted on another site, that people should pretend they work at a high paying job, or own a business, because he does that and qualifies for alot. So there are cheaters like that out there making money, but people like me who are honest and say if we are unemployed, or don't make much money, get less surveys to do. I have to accept that, and I"m not going to start lying just to earn more, but when I do earn something legitimately, they shouldn't be allowed to take it away from me.
BTW, my profiles are up to date.