$200 - 2 hour rewards' interview (NYC, ny) (rewards program users) (ymmv)

"Seeking all rewards program users for PAID INTERVIEWS
Date: 2009-11-12, 6:46PM EST
Reply to: beyourself@ideo.com

International design firm IDEO (www.ideo.com) is currently looking for credit card, loyalty and rewards programs users for in-home interviews. We would like to talk about your experiences earning, redeeming and using rewards. Interviews will take place in the New York Area Thursday, November 19th, Friday the 20th and Monday the 23rd. We are looking for couples, family and friends who participate in rewards programs. Conversations will last 2 hours, you will be compensated $200 for your time and might be responsible for a small activity prior to the meeting.

Share your opinions, ideas and experiences and inspire our design projects!

Types of people we seek:
+ You save up your points and wait for the right time to redeem for something really special
+ You redeem your points often on smaller rewards—you don’t wait for the big ticket items
+ What you like most about your rewards program is access to special services, like preferred seating or exclusive access to events—you’re less interested in accruing points and more in the ongoing benefits of membership status
+ What you like most about your rewards program is the ability to get Cash Back
+ You belong to a loyalty or rewards program that’s not associated with a credit card and love it
+ You own a small business and apply your credit card rewards to family or personal use
+ You are an active member of 6 or more different loyalty or rewards programs and accrue lots of rewards
+ You recently switched rewards programs and had to use up or transfer all of your rewards
+ You consider yourself a master of managing the ins and outs of rewards programs or use an online trade and share points program like points.com
+ You pool points with family or friends
+ You don’t use rewards programs at all, or you’re a member of multiple rewards programs but rarely ever use any of them

If interested please take a few minutes to fill out the below survey and send to beyourself@ideo.com:
(all information will be kept confidential)
Name:
Email:
Zip code/location:
Age:
Ethnicity:
Annual Household Income:
Phone:
Occupation:
Children/Ages:
Married/Single/Divorced:
Highest level of education (please include type of degree earned):

1. Please tell us in detail how you fit into the above criteria (the more detailed you are the better we can understand how you fit into our study)

2. On a scale of 1-7, how much do you agree with the following statement: “I/my household is well off’ or moving towards being well off’ or comfortable with my/our financial situation?” (1=Disagree completely, 7=Agree completely)

3. Please list all of the credit and debit cards you use (please list bank and card type, not balances)

4. About how much do you spend per month across:
a. All of your credit cards?
b. All of your debit cards?
c. What is your approximate outstanding balance across cards?

5. Please list all of the loyalty or rewards programs in which you’re a member (including credit card and non-credit card programs):

6. Tell us about the most recent redemption you made with a rewards program. What was it for and how was the experience?

7. On a scale of 1-7 tell us how engaged you are with your rewards programs (1=minimally, and 7=highly)

8. When it comes to rewards programs, what types of rewards do you tend to prefer? (Cash, Miles, Points, Gift Cards, Merchandise, Experiences,Discounts, Status, Access, Donation, Education, or Other) Please describe.

9. Please tell us about a rewards program you love or hate, and why.

10. What is your availability the 19th, 20th and 23rd?

Thank you, in advance, for your time!

* Compensation: $200 for 2 hour interview
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p.s.: in case yall want to see my reply

"Hi

Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Email: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Zip code/location: 11354
Age: 24
Ethnicity: asian
Annual Household Income: XXXX
Phone: XXXXXXXXXX
Occupation: admin
Children/Ages: age 1
Married/Single/Divorced: married
Highest level of education (please include type of degree earned): bs

1. Please tell us in detail how you fit into the above criteria (the more detailed you are the better we can understand how you fit into our study)

i am a rewards member

2. On a scale of 1-7, how much do you agree with the following statement: “I/my household is well off’ or moving towards being well off’ or comfortable with my/our financial situation?” (1=Disagree completely, 7=Agree completely)

7

3. Please list all of the credit and debit cards you use (please list bank and card type, not balances)

mc, visa

4. About how much do you spend per month across:
a. All of your credit cards? 100
b. All of your debit cards? 100
c. What is your approximate outstanding balance across cards? 30

5. Please list all of the loyalty or rewards programs in which you’re a member (including credit card and non-credit card programs): mc program, AMEX

6. Tell us about the most recent redemption you made with a rewards program. What was it for and how was the experience? electronics purchase, easy

7. On a scale of 1-7 tell us how engaged you are with your rewards programs (1=minimally, and 7=highly) 7

8. When it comes to rewards programs, what types of rewards do you tend to prefer? (Cash, Miles, Points, Gift Cards, Merchandise, Experiences,Discounts, Status, Access, Donation, Education, or Other) Please describe.

cash and gift cards

9. Please tell us about a rewards program you love or hate, and why.

AMEX, very generous on extending protection plans

10. What is your availability the 19th, 20th and 23rd?

full availablity

thanks"

Is that your real phone number?

why did you xxxxxxxxxx out your real phone number? Also, that looks like cappachino, did you mean "oh cap" instead of "oh carp"?