I got this via email last week. it was terribly long one and a terrible interface. am suprised its still going on...

Once I "signed up", it told me I wasn't eligible based on my gender and year of birth.

onecpudr said:Being the IT person I am, I would say this is most likely spam. I'd like to know if you in fact receive anything from them once your survey is filled out.
i agree and so i use a junk email account i have specifically for this type of situation. i'm waiting for a link to try this as i can't seem to get it to work.


HotStuff2 said:Once I "signed up", it told me I wasn't eligible based on my gender and year of birth.
so what age and gender did you use so we can avoid using them?

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alphasux said:You should use your actual age and gender so that the survey results aren't skewed..

Seriously...
please, have you seen the survey? people here aren't the target.

when i asked me for my license number, that was it for me

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disposable said:onecpudr said:Being the IT person I am, I would say this is most likely spam. I'd like to know if you in fact receive anything from them once your survey is filled out.
i agree and so i use a junk email account i have specifically for this type of situation. i'm waiting for a link to try this as i can't seem to get it to work.


HotStuff2 said:Once I "signed up", it told me I wasn't eligible based on my gender and year of birth.
so what age and gender did you use so we can avoid using them?

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sharing a good survey with people here is not a bad thing. but asking for qualifying info (we as consumers will be the end losers when we provide bad info for research) is very very bad.

I'm actually surprised with all the problems people are having. I used MSN browser. I had zero problems taking the survey, and I met the age and medical condition that this was intended for. If you aren't/weren't past at least age 40 and female, there is no way you could qualify do this survey; and unless you have the condition which the survey specifies, you can't fudge it either. Not only did I complete it, and was told I'd receive the promised incentive, I was asked if I would be willing to participate on future surveys on the subject, or related ones. If you managed to get past the gender and age requirements, and didn't have the condition and are currently on medication and being treated for it, there is no way you can 'fudge' it. The request for the license number is only for panelists who are licensed practitioners in the medical field, I registered as a 'consumer' and was not asked for my number. The company does research for a very selected population, most are not going to qualify. I have qualified for stuff that the majority of FW and SD posters would never qualify. Medical surveys are very client-specific.

To the IT person, there are a number of survey companies who have a sign-up page as a portal, why must they have contact information there? I do surveys for a disability-related one, Guess what, their website is just like this one. They don't put out that info on the web for a reason, because there are people who will "gosh!" lie on anything just for the money. They know other ways to get their targetted audience. The disabilty one was posted on a board related to disabilities. The contact info comes in the emails sent to you. Only survey respondents need the info, so why put it on the web? Being an IT person, I would think you, of all people, would know the need for them to keep certain info private from the general masses. Unless you think medical professionals sign-up on pages like that one willy-nilly. The company does research of and for, medical professionals. They contact those individuals directly. Or the professional responds to an advert in a medical periodical or mailing. My doctor told me about one that she was referring patients to. Sometimes the professionals need the imput of consumers who have a specific condition and/or use a specific med. They prefer going through the word-of-mouth channels, than putting up a website of surveys. I get told about a certain survey, and the sign-up URL. And the page is usually a single page with no other information, including no contact info.

While I appreciate that many share these types of surveys by posting in public forums, I wonder if it would be better that they didn't, since the clentele that passes the criteria is so limited. I won't even post who I do disabilty-related surveys for, nor will I post the actual surveys. The people who most likely qualify will find them where I did, on forums where the target population posts.