I was all enthusiasm, after I had found, my vouchers were safe, and sound, even though, I hadn't redeemed them at Toluna, since very long time. Now there is a catch with points earned at Toluna and my vouchers are not visible :(
Points earned expire after 16 months, finally found this in, FAQ section, not good old tutorial. It is very bad indeed. This will completely snatch away chance of earning slowly, via, daily polls, than qualified surveys. Not everybody is qualified for a survey, and they may have to earn points, by choosing sponsored surveys, which are short and give good points. I do not qualify for half the surveys, and if I am screened out, I get a prize ticket entry, which is useless, for these are a way to lure people to lose their points.
Now Gifties are just that, a lure, but need few hundreds of points. It is no surprise people are giving away Gifties to each other. With, points expiring so soon, one may think they may get lucky to get a gift, if they send the same to others. This sounds ridiculous idea, and is a way to take away points earned in daily sponsored polls.
Now, I must say, I completely lost interest in Toluna again. I could not even find my vouchers, (due to glitch with data loading or may be they expired. They did not even inform me, if they were being deleted because they expired. As far as, I remember, the voucher expired by April 2013). Did you have similar experience at Toluna. Share Yours with me.
Points earned expire after 16 months, finally found this in, FAQ section, not good old tutorial. It is very bad indeed. This will completely snatch away chance of earning slowly, via, daily polls, than qualified surveys. Not everybody is qualified for a survey, and they may have to earn points, by choosing sponsored surveys, which are short and give good points. I do not qualify for half the surveys, and if I am screened out, I get a prize ticket entry, which is useless, for these are a way to lure people to lose their points.
Now Gifties are just that, a lure, but need few hundreds of points. It is no surprise people are giving away Gifties to each other. With, points expiring so soon, one may think they may get lucky to get a gift, if they send the same to others. This sounds ridiculous idea, and is a way to take away points earned in daily sponsored polls.
Now, I must say, I completely lost interest in Toluna again. I could not even find my vouchers, (due to glitch with data loading or may be they expired. They did not even inform me, if they were being deleted because they expired. As far as, I remember, the voucher expired by April 2013). Did you have similar experience at Toluna. Share Yours with me.
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ReplyDeleteI'm a finnish Toluna member and I agree with you. I tried to buy every Gifties present there was but none of them became real :( I think there should be one gift that really would be possible to get. I'm a member of many similar panels to Toluna but they really give something, Toluna doesn't. :(
Sorry to hear that, but as soon as, Toluna upgraded, lots of glitches and features were added, so that, points earned, were spent uselessly. Earlier, I used to see, so many of the, users, maintaining their points, without, spending them in draw tickets, but now with expiry date, everybody is forced to, spend them sooner on useless things like gifties. I have stopped using Toluna now..
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