SurveyJunkie

This site is trash, garbage, an evergrowing waste of everything. I started doing this crap bc I was short on cash and seemed to be a short answer. NOPE.
I got all the way to $20 which I was going to then transfer to my paypal- when I went to the redeem points area, it was grayed and not clickable. I get the same message everytime- that I have to contact them to verify my acct, which was already done a million times. Still nothing!
Thanks for wasting my time and stress over a week or so for NOTHING!

I've used this site for a few months and have been scammed multiple times by their third party surveys. It only have I completed entire surveys and not been compensated for completing them, I've been penalized because the third party's don't verify their verifications. I have answered all surveys honestly and have been scammed out of 85+ points on multiple occasions. It's so frustrating that they can use our time which we don't get back and then tell us we aren't being honest. I only use this service when I absolutely am in a pinch and need extra cash but I am immediately reminded every time I use it that they are playing us and really don't care about how they use us. So disgusted by this.

In the past I could redeem my points for the cash I was owed. For weeks I've tried to do that. It's only $10 bucks but I'm owed it. I would send in the complaint form, but they wouldn't give a number I could call to verify the account. Then they would say they'd call. They either never called, or would say a set day they'd call and wouldn't. Last time they called 4 days, at night, after the day they said they'd call. They want your bank account info and don't do either an Amazon gift card or deposit to PayPal. I filed a complaint with the BBB so they stop scamming people to do surveys without paying.

Not too happy with survey junkie rite now, I've been trying to redeem points for over a week, no one is getting back to me

If everything goes well, you can make about one dollar per hour of your time. The three companies I've tried all deceive and exploit people who are desperate to make money.

This is probably the worst survey site I've ever had the misfortune to be part of, froze account after weeks of taking surveys with money still owed for surveys and participation competition after changing my demographics, I'm guessing they have a problem with me being both white and Cuban, they accused me of lying which I didn't, demanded that I fill out a post card, which never came, even *******@PayPal does extensive varication on you including address, they did however keep the money they owed me for doing surveys, by the looks of it I'm not alone in that, so now I'll just keep sending their money tree's emails until every one of their customers see what a scam this is, it's not going to hurt my feelings one bit if their corporate supporters loose a ton of business in the meantime, after all they stole from me I will not feel bad for doing great damage to them in return.

I joined SurveyJunkie less than a month ago and already made over $50. They only have surveys, no pop ups or ads. There's always a good supply of surveys to try. Unlike other survey sites, they almost always give you a few points even if you're not accepted. Most surveys are about consumer products, but I've done some very interesting and thought provoking ones, including use of nuclear weapons and improving health care. Sometimes they show videos or photos of ads and ask for opinions on what you liked about the ad, or what you didn't like. Customer service is great. Whenever I've asked a question (using their contact form) I usually receive an answer the next day. I like the promotions where if you answer 3 surveys a day of 10 points or more for 8 days within a couple of weeks you get an extra $5. Some surveys are short and others take a lot longer - you can't always tell by how long they say the survey will take, but you're always told how many points you'll get for each survey. I've tried other survey sites, but have found SurveyJunkie to be the best for picking up some extra cash, and for giving my opinions on timely subjects.

You do a whole survey. Oops! Seems it's filled up! But we'll give you 3 points just for trying (3¢) you don't mind it, youre grinding. It's to be expected a lot more times but you still put lots of brain power into answering cuz the surveys are rly good at telling when you're just skimming through them. You finally get to 5 dollars... 5 bucks. Wowza. After days of work on this app. What's this? Verify who I am? Ok? What's this? Apparently my address doesn't exist? And after using every possible way of typing an address into that bar I gave up. I use a phone which might limit my options as to how many surveys I get but either way you are gonna have this happen to you. Something will go wrong, time will be wasted, they put you in a bad mood because 98% of the surveys kick you off or fail after tons of time you spend on each one just to get nothing back.

TLDR:
98% of the surveys will fail you. Points are impossible to redeem. Customer service is 1/10 according to other reviews.

Worked hard to earn enough points to finally redeem for the first time. Clicked to redeem and was instead told they needed to "verify my identity." As instructed, entered my phone number to receive a texted code to input on their website. Code never came. Tried again, Code never came. Emailed customer service no less than 5 times. Twice they "reset the system" and asked me to re-enter my phone number. Once they said the system was experiencing errors and requested I try again. I did everything they said and nothing worked. I asked if there was an alternate method to verify. No response.

After a final attempt, a failure, and another email to support asking for help, they responded that I had "reached the maximum verification attempts allowed and we could not verify you with the information you provided. We cannot allow members to redeem if they are not verified."

Are. You. Kidding. Me.

If there is their standard practice, then they're really going to just rake it in by repeatedly duping people into taking a bunch of surveys up front, never "verifying" them, and then never having to compensate anyone for the work they surely passed along to the businesses who hired them to do their research

Absolute scam. Highly recommend staying far away.

The surveys often will take you through several minutes of questions before it says you don't qualify. Or you will complete the entire survey and receive the message; sorry this survey is full. Or, you'll complete the entire survey after reading all of the questions and being totally honest with your answers, and you'll receive the message; sorry it didn't work out, be sure to take your time and be truthful with your answers. It's like they penalize you for being a speedy reader, and I find it very insulting to insuate that I wasn't being truthful. It is really difficult to make any meaningful amount of money with these surveys. But if you enjoy taking surveys and aren't in it for the money, maybe this would be a good way to pass your time.

I have been a survey respondent on this site for a couple of years and everything worked just like other survey sites, you win some, you lose some. Unfortunately, over the past few months something has changed. It's harder to qualify for surveys, some surveys ask for personal information then thank you for your time without sending you back to the SJ landing page. My biggest turnoff was when I spent 45 minutes on a survey, I was thanked for my time, then nothing. I knew it was pointless contacting customer service because they have a standard response. It is outside of their control.
SJ used to be the best in getting better matches so that you could at least make a buck or two but that has changed significantly. I stopped taking surveys for a while because of my negative experience, but may try again only with surveys that do not take up a lot of my time. 10 minutes I can lose, but I will not attempt those longer surveys as it can be a waste of time and a health hazard raising my blood pressure.

I finally tried to cash out my 500 points ( $5) to PayPal and the option was not working in Survey Junkie. I then opted for a $ 5 Visa Card instead.When I finally found merchants who accept $5 gift cards ( Panera Bread, Wallmart) the 'supposed virtual card' from Survey Junkie was not accepted. Beware of this site - the rewards are FAKE. Do NOT waste your time doing their surveys. They will use you / your information and you get nothing - AVOID THIS UNETHICAL SURVEY SITE!

I have 3864 points, being a Canadian I got to received a post card to enter a code to receive my payout, I email survey junkie all the time complaining I do not receive my postcard, they tell me we check it out the postcard is on the way but it never never comes very frustrating.