Bizrate regularly sends me "750 point surveys"... which they let you get 5-10 min into, and then they say quota has been met and award you 50 points. That's right, it takes 100 surveys like that to get $5! Not doing that again.
Avoid this site If at all Possible and I do mean That!
I'm soo feed up with them I'm done. I have done their Surveys for the past 2 yrs and it has gotten so worse then it was.
I'm still waiting on 2) $5.00 cards that was sent out in September! *IF* you can get someone to answer your Email, and not a auto-bot answering system. I was told my E-Cards were sent to my Gmail account. Nothing was ever received! And I did not get a confirmation like I have before that it was delivered.
I have spent 28,230 hours *Months* of work for them, Some of the Surveys would last up to 48 minutes at a time only to get to 99% completion to be told "I do not Qualify!" ~OR~ "Quota Full" and you get 0.0 Points for all that work, time & effort.
You can't trust this site anymore. They were a Legit Company, Now there a Legit ~Rip-OFF!~
Wow! The customer Service representative, Jane Miles, with whom we spoke today, guided my wife and I through the world of ceiling fans to get the best product for us and our needs! Jane spent time with us examining the specs and details. She was knowledgeable, informative and consistently patient with us and our questions, all of which resulted in us purchasing highly-rated ceiling fans for our beautiful new home.
Thank you again, Jane! We truly appreciated your knowledge of the products and the careful attention to detail to paid.
Is not a scam! Although it would be helpful if the site told clients upfront that the 'free' reward cost $2.00 shipping/handling. There is a wide variety of magazines to choose from and you do not have to pick 4. Pick 1, 2, 3 or 4. When the time comes to renew at the magazine site you will get a card in the mail well in advance of keeping-canceling the subscription and Nobody bothers you about it one way or the other. Like one reviewer says " it is old fashion customer service" Easy peesy. I have gotten this award a few times over the years and nothing about that has changed. In our world of uncertainty it is good to know somethings are still 'normal' Think about how much a subscription for Readers Digest or Time magazine charges. And you only pay the $2 S&H. It is the best reward out there.
Its growing into a great site. Honest reviews. User friendly. I recommend Bizrate.com Tag it to see it grow.
Many years ago this site was invaluable for finding good online merchants, but something has happened to them. Now they make it difficult to check the ratings of particular merchants by name, and the link to go directly to merchant ratings is very small and near the bottom of their pages. When trying to rate a particular merchant, it brings you all the way through the "interview" process only to tell you at the end that an "internal error" has occurred. They seem more interested in being a shopping portal and directing you to stores that have no ratings (despite being around for a long time)... but of course the "rate" part of bizrate seems to be broken. Some of the most frequently rated (on other sites) online retailers are featured right at the top of bizrate's listings, impervious to the threat of acquiring ratings there themselves. As such, its become almost the opposite of what it was.
You can find the best price on items and find out where they are sold. It's so easy.
I don't always find what I am looking for, but there are a few other sites, like Amazon, that are very likely to have whatever I want or need.
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Bizrate gives $100 reward for survey, after an online purchase but does not tell you that this money is in the form of magazine subscriptions until after the survey, capturing your address, etc. information. I don't need your stinking magazine subs and upfront processing fee charges bizrate. I feel tricked!
If you like to make customers enemies by using Bizrate, you are more than welcome too.
I was happy to purchase over $150 worth of product from a website, love the experience and wrote a glowing review. I filled out a survey and was rewarded with a Bizrate marketing ploy.
The company that hired Bizrate has not lost me as a raving fan and customer.
Bizrate has taken me through multiple questions after clicking "Start Survey" link and then finds out I work in marketing and tells me the survey has hit its quota and gives me 25 points instead of the 1,000 promised. Obviously not true, and if they want to weed people out from the survey they should ask those questions up front. Hey Bizrate, what do you do with the information I've provided you?
I have been getting magazines from the biz ate survey for years. I just call up the 800 number for The Magazine Center and ask not to be on auto-pay, that way I don't get charged for a full subscription when the year is up. Have never had a problem with my cc being used illegally, or my getting tons of Spam. This is the only way I can afford magazine subscriptions, so I am grateful.
Don't take their survey! I was told if I took the survey I would be eligible for a $100 Rewards card. I took it once, and once I submitted all my answers, I got the spin (hour glass spin). So I refreshed and started over. When I finished, I got the message "Sorry, your interview cannot be completed at this time, Please check back later." That's not going to happen! I just know I have been entered on every spam list there is!
I would award zero stars! This is a scam survey site as far as I am concerned. You hardly ever qualify for their survey. You sometimes waste 10 minutes and more answering questions before they inform you that you don't qualify. Points are not added if you are disqualified, even after you answered 10 minutes worth. The questions are often ridiculous. What else can I say! Don't bother to join!
Misrepresentation for sure. Promising $100 then giving you a selection of magazines and expecting you to put your financial information down for two dollars. Despicable! What a waste of my time! I am so angry!
I bought two things online tonight and after each one the bizrate pop-up came up and I took the second one because it was worded as if I took a survey I would be entered to win $100 or something like that. But it's actually just a ruse for you to sign up for magazine subscriptions. That's the prize that's worth "$100"... but they want you to pay the shipping fees for them! DUMB.
The site gathers your survey responses, then tells you you don't qualify, even if you have spent 45 minutes to an hour. It takes many hours to get to the 5000 level of points to obtain a reward, which is likely not worth anywhere near what your time is worth. Total rip-off!
They offer you $100 to fill out a survey, then after you are finished you find out that the reward consists of four magazine subscriptions that you can only get if you pay $2 for each and give out your credit card information. And the subscriptions renew automatically unless you remember to cancel in time. I would not trust this dishonest company with my credit card information.
So I get an invitation to join, awesome, I'll try it out. You get X amount of points for a survey and X amount gets you a gift card. Doesn't list anywhere how much the gc is for so I answer surveys honestly to try and redeem a gc to see if it's actually worth my time. I take 20 mins of my time answering questions honestly only to kicked out of that one (no points earned) and start another one. This goes on and on until I finally get a chance to redeem a gc, again I have no idea how much it's for just want to see if it makes sense to keep doing. I put in my phone number just to be told it's not a valid #. Um it is literally my phone #. I contact customer service to see what is up...they'll get back to me. I try to make sure my profile has my accurate # and I'm logged out, my password doesn't work. I try to reset numerous times can't get in no email link sent to reset no communication whatsoever until a couple days and customer service said you violated Clint's terms and conditions, we removed your account, you can't redeem rewards and the is non reversible. Like what in the actual f*ck?!?! I log in answer surveys and when I try to redeem my earned award you just kick me out! STAY AWAY PEOPLE, don't waste your time.
I joined and have a total of 1800 points. I have taken too many surveys that end with "Unfortunately, you did not qualify for this survey." I did my part, and should have been compensated for my time invested, or, at least told not to bother because I don't qualify. $5 gift card for 5000 points I may never be able to complete, maybe after about 24 hrs. Of wasted time. I will unsubscribe to this scam!
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Bizrate has a rating of 1.1 stars from 130 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Bizrate most frequently mention magazine subscriptions, credit card and free magazines. Bizrate ranks 177th among Product Reviews sites.
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