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e-Rewards Survey Program A Waste
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e-Rewards is another survey network that awards you ‘e-Rewards’ whenever you fill out their surveys. The thing that sinks e-Rewards is what those e-Rewards actually get you – glorified coupon codes and prizes of diminished value. At the lowest tier, the $25 e-Reward level, the rewards are things like 500 frequent flier miles to Northwest or American Airlines, $25 off a purchse of $75 from eBags, and $25 off a $50 purchase from MagMall. Why don’t they give out straight cash? Because it’s cheaper to give you those type of offers. Even at the next level, the $50 level, you don’t see any rewards of value. $50 off $250 at AbtElectronics, $50 off a $125 order from eBags, and a thousand miles for Northwest or American Airlines are just some of the fantastic rewards. So I ask, why bother? Even if you were to give me $50 in e-Rewards for a 5 minute survey, I honestly wouldn’t know what to do with the points.
My two favorite survey networks are Pinecone Research and Opinion Outpost, I’ve written how much I enjoy being in both networks before. While getting into Pinecone Research is difficult (you have to find the signup link), all you need to do to get into Opinion Outpost is apply. Both programs pay you cold hard cash.
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I’ve been doing e-reward surveys for a couple years. While they do have their faults, and I can name a few, I still keep doing them to collect the points and redeem for a Macy’s $25 gift card which I use when I shop online. It takes only 10 to 30 minutes of my time once in a while and I earn a card I can actually use. You have to weigh the good things against the bad in this program to see if it’s right for you.
My only question is, do i have to give my phone number to sign up for e rewards?
If you sign up for Gamestop newsletter you get to be invited to either e-rewards or something else that’s popular on youtube. It doesn’t seem that bad for me; taking easy and quick two minute surveys made $1.25 for only two surveys which in total took only four minutes. The only promblem is that the money can only be cashed into rewards which sucks except the fact that I go to Gamestop to shop for games.
E-rewards has some worthwhile prizes. You can get two free Blockbuster previously viewed DVDs every six months. Once per calendar year, you can get a $15 Borders gift certificate. My roommate was able to get a $25 Target gift card.
They actually took away the two previously viewed blockbuster movies which I loved getting but there are some good prizes like the borders rewards too bad you can only get that one a year
I have been doing e rewards for a couple years too! I just recently purchased a 6 pack tickets from ticketmaster to a sold out concert and our tickets only cost $25 because I used my $25 ticketmaster gift card I earned. It’s simple and u get the link directly to your email and I’m always getting surveys, u can control how many u get and I put it on the max. Plus I now am getting Maxim, Shape,Parent and child, and I’m waiting to earn enough for W magazine. So in the end just because u are not earning cash, there are still benifits to doing it just serarch the rewards and see if it’s worth it to u. I just wish I could find another legit site thats just as simple as e rewards:-)
I’m signed up to do e Rewards, but I’ve only received one email since I joined. And I requested 10+ emails per week. You seem to be able to do surveys frequently. Do you know how I can get more opportunities for surveys?
It all depends on what you tell them your interests are and what demographic you represent. In all the rewards programs of which I am a member, I make sure to check all the boxes I possibly can to maximize my opportunities for earning points/currency/miles. Also, you might not always get the emails. I make it a part of my routine to check the actual e-Miles and e-Rewards websites every night during my free time for the earning opportunities, because sometimes the emails just don’t show up in my inbox. Good luck!
I have been doing e-rewards for about 1.5 years. I always get a $50 gc to Express. So far I have earned 3, maybe 4 of them. I am almost at the point to get another $50 gc to express now. i love E-rewards.
I just got my $15 gc from Borders today, and then freakin e-rewards decided to tell me that you can only redeem $15 for Borders A YEAR. Kind of a rip. I might continue, because I love Express’ stuff. We’ll see, I can’t see me going much longer on it. Anybody know somewhere I can earn Borders Rewards Bucks?
Well…everyone is entitled to their opinions, but I LOVE e-rewards!!! Within a years time I received a $50 express gift card, a $50 target gift card and I believe it was 7500 hilton reward points. I love e-rewards! They are my highest paying survey company! I also participate in pinecone research, but I feel like e-rewards pays me more!
i am trying tosign up with e-wards and cannot seem to sign up. someone said you need to know someone who is a member to recommend. please get back and let me know ehat to do. thanks
How many points do u need for the 50 Dollor express card
I agree that the points may not be worthwhile for some people, but there are other rewards that can be earned more quickly. I’ve been doing e-rewards for a few months and like it a lot. I’ve earned a Macy’s gift card, Borders bucks and a free subscription to a travel magazine. If you like magazines, there are lots of them you can earn rewards for.
It does seem that there should be a few more gift cards offered, and I’ll probably start looking for other survey companies soon…
I love E Rewards! They never lie about incentives, they are listed right up front, so if you don’t want what’s offered, don’t do the surveys and then bellyache about it later when you don’t get gobs of cash for “all” the time you spent doing a few minutes of surveys every week! I’ve never been disappointed or let down by E Rewards.
I have used E-Rewards for a while, 4 or 5 years. You don’t instantly get enough points to redeem right away, but if you do a few surveys/studies a month it doesn’t take too long to earn enough. I so far have redeemed 3 magazine subscriptions and a Target gift card. I also got contacted by a legitimate research company (I checked the “I don’t mind being contacted” box at the end of a survey.)I got to do a group discussion panel for which I got paid cash (over $100) for, as well as an “in-home” interview which I was handsomely compensated for ($$ and camera!) They where both interesting things to participate in, and I am eagerly waiting to see if the product I was asked about is released to the public.
So e-rewards is worth it for some, especially me!
I don’t get all the love for e-Rewards. First of all the surveys are designed to be difficult to finish so the most you get credited is often only 25 or 50 cents for a half an hour of your time when they promised you $5.00 “if you complete the survey”. But then they either don’t let you complete it but cut you off mid stream or they do but don’t credit you with the amount promised. To me, that’s bogus and a waste of my time. And yes, I’ve taken the issue up with their customer service and have not been satisfied with the response. I got some weird unintelligible email response that did not resolve the issue. To me, it’s a scam because they get enough answers out of you to suit their purposes, but then say “oopsie, you don’t qualify for full credit”.
I always look forward to doing surveys for e-Rewards because I put all of my money to Air Tran. I’ve been doing e-Rewards for two years, now, and have never paid a full price ticket. Thanks e-Rewards!
Now I’ve gotten some great rewards from e-rewards, but you do have to be careful. They change frequently. They no longer give miles on American, but I got plenty from that. I also got some nice magazine subscriptions and points at my motel group.
Unless you want to ride on an airplane or some over priced Magazines e-rewards lacks in it “rewards” I have over $ 200.00 and there is just nothing on their list of rewards I want! waste of time
Pj
So then why did you sign up and do all those surveys in the first place? e-Rewards has its faults, but they display clear as day the rewards you can get. Can I have your $200??
i get a TON of eMiles using this website which i end up redeeming for tons of Airtran A+ rewards
E Rewards survey dumped me at an invalid web URL, so I was unable to receive ANYTHING for my answers.
Delete emails from these clowns, they’re just data mining your family income and interests.
just completed a $12-value survey at e-rewards and was directed to a non-functioning URL before my credit was issued. So, I got no credit for 40 minutes of survey time. Not the first time this has happened, either. Relaunching the survey, of course, gives a message that the survey has already been taken.
I’ve had it with these guys, it’s really feeling like a scam.
Whenever that happens just send them an email. They will do the research and credit your account. That has happen to me a couple of times too.
First time I wrote them regarding survey error/missing credit, I never received a reply or the credit. Just sent them another note today for a different issue. 5 days in to a 6 day survey to earn $34 credit. No credit unless complete all 6 days. All was fine first 5 days, now “technical error”, unable to complete. We’ll see what they have to say (if anything). Keeping my fingers crossed.
I have participated in E-rewards for years. I use their points to send to Hilton Hotels which I redeem for rooms. I also send to airline miles and have used Macys card as well as the Wall Street Journal. I save until I have the top amount of $100 and then send in that for redemption as there are more points which makes for a good buy. Think outside the box. It takes little time. I have no equipment invested and if you think your time is worth more then don’t participate.
I like e-Rewards because they have magazine subscriptions. The surveys are generally very easy to do and don’t take much of my time. I’ve also found that being very truthful pays off w/them as far as loyalty. I do them for fun, and don’t think cash has to be the be-all and end-all when it comes to something this simple.
I have been a member of PineCone research for many, many years and love receiving a check for responding to their surveys. However, they are now asking members to switch over to Pay Pal for reimbursements which I refuse to do bc of all of the issues identified with Pay Pal. Hope that there are others who resist the transition to Pay Pal as well.
I’ve signed up and got enough to get a Ticketmaster $25 gift card. Unfortunately, I never got it and emailed CS on what happened. They emailed today saying the fulfillment company is mailing a replacement card within 1-2 weeks. Has anyone has this happened?
I DID E -REWARD FOR AWHILE I LOVE THEM BUT HAS TO CHANGE EMAIL.AND LOST THEM And all my point.
want to know when is the ereward for macys coming back? macys is my favorite store to shop. it is great
The whole reason why I signed up with e-rewards in the first place was to get rewards for Ticketmaster. The surveys were OK, but a lot of the surveys didn’t fit me, and whenever I wanted to do surveys on radio stations, I ended up not qualifying because my favorite modern rock station wasn’t on the list.
Finally I was able to get enough to get the $25 giftcard for Ticketmaster, and for 6 free rentals at Blockbuster. Other than those things, none of the otehr rewards were very good, and none of the magazines were the kind I read!
Once I cashed out on those rewards, I quit.
AFTER DOING THESE FOR SEVERAL YEARS I AM READY TO QUIT. I TOO WAS ALMOST FINISHED WITH THE $12 SURVEY AND IT KICKED ME OUT. I TRIED GOING BACK IN AND IT SAID I HAD ALREADY DONE THE SURVEY! JUST LAST NIGHT I WANTED TO DOA SURVEY AND THERE WAS NO WAY ON EARTH TO GET IN TO IT! THIS HAS HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES FOR ME TO WASTE MY TIME. AS FOR THE REWARDS, I DON’T TRAVEL SO HAVE TO WAY TO USE AIRLINE OR HOTEL REWARDS AND THE MAGAZINES ARE NOT WHAT I AM INTERESTED IN. ALSO, WHEN YOU TURN IN YOUR DOLLAR AMOUNTS, YOU ONLY GET HALF OF THAT AMOUNT IN SPENDABLE REWARDS.
I personally use my e-Rewards to buy e-Miles and in less than a year I have accumulated a few thousand Continental OnePass miles with nothing but a few clicks of a mouse at the end of the day when I can squeeze it in. If there are rewards that are relevant to your life (like in my case) and you have a spare 20 minutes at the end of your evening to fill out a few surveys, then it can be worth it. I don’t see where anyone would have a problem with it. I mean shoot, in less than a month alone I’ve earned $29 in e-Rewards currency. Looking forward to cashing it in for another 1,000 OnePass miles in the next few weeks.
hi i was wondering how do u sign up for e rewars
you have to be invited, usually by signing up with one of their partner companies. I got it from Gamestop from signing up for their newsletter. I know Target sends out invites sometimes too.
Blockbuster.com will give you an invite. I signed up for the one month trial and got an invite right afterward.
e-Rewards does suck. Because most of the rewards are worthless to me, I used most of my rewards for one-year magazine subscriptions for myself and family. One magazine sent me a card recently tell me how sorry they were that I was cancelling my subscription and that they were suspending delivery. This was after receiving about 4 of the 12 issues. I contacted e-Rewards and heard nothing back.
Well, I guess I am in the minority, because I have redeemed my Erewards points for lots of great stuff. Free Blockbuster movies, Airline miles, gift cards and more I cannot even remember. I agree that the current rewards are NOT as great as they once were, but I continue to redeem them for things I can use for myself or for gifts.
I don’t know about this. I love e-rewards. In the last two months I just got $100 in gift cards to Gamestop just from doing surveys every once in a while. I’m not saying this is necessarily better than every other survey site out there, I just know I love it a lot more than NPDor and I have received many tangible, awesome rewards.
I like it, over the past year or so I have receved something like 12,000 reward points for hotels. Not to bad when I stay at hotels monthly, but the Co. pays for that. All adds up in the long run. Lots of free reward point for me.
I’m with you. I use my points mostly for Priority Club hotel points. I can usually redeem for a few thousand PC points a year. Company pays for my work travel, I combine all the points for free hotels on vacation. Every little bit helps.
e-Rewards is nothing but a hoax. I was promised a cash reward over $100 for a survey which I completed in 3/11. Never received what I was promised to date. Tried to contact
e-Rewards, but no one wants to take any responsibility.
I love e-rewards, yes they’re limited on good rewards but since they’ve added Macy’s gift cards, i have received like 4! and quickly, they pay a whole hell of a lot more so your points add up quicker. all surveys have their ups and downs, so it all depends what your looking for.
I think E Rewards is great. I have $100 credit so I used it to get ticket master gift cards.
I used my E-Rewards cash to purchase Priority Club points that we are using to vacation in a beach front hotel, (TOTALLY PAID FOR with points), on Santa Rosa Island on the gulf coast. I’ll answer questions all day for deals like this.
i like doing it for gamestop
This is the first time I ever looked up e-rewards to see what people were saying about it and I am a little shocked. I agree there have been some surveys that the link didn’t work and a few other minor issues. I also agree that sometimes the surveys take longer than what they say or you answer 10 questions then it will tell you that you don’t fit the criteria. Remember that there are various companies looking for certain demographics and info, so you are not always the person they want whether it is the age, geographic location, gender or other reason. Many people tend to forget that there are certain “checks” in the survey to see it you are being truthful or just clicking to get money, so that can shut you out and possibly decrease the number of surveys you may get I imagine. The rewards are not always that stellar and I’ve only be participating for a year and have seen some of the better rewards be removed, yet it is based on what partners sign up and how much of a reward they are willing to give. True it seems unfair that a 150 credit with get you a 50 Target card, but Target knows that most likely you are not earning all that money from answering survey with info pertinent to them, so why should they put up all the money for the card dollar for dollar. I have to say it has worked for me, with my 15 Borders bucks, my free Blockbuster rentals and soon a few magazines that I can enjoy without needing to pay for a year. Even looking at the hotels points on their websites it would take 4000 to get a magazine and just how many stays does it take to get 4000 points? A lot! It’s nothing that is going to get you so many freebies or money that you can quit your job, but it can be a nice addition to your life for a few 30 minute surveys here and many 5 minutes ones there. Relax, enjoy and be patient.
Hey I am too a erewards member. I have been doing surveys for 3 months now. I have earned 25$ which I redeemed for 500 miles. However, I am wondering couple of you have mentioned that it offers gift card I have serached it at e rewards it allows you to redeem by company or by credit level but their is no gift card option their. please tellme how to get the gift card?
Thanks
It depends on how you initially signed up for the program, I signed up thru Upromise and can only redeem for Upromise rewards.
I’ve been doing surveys for years and I do redeem for Borders rewards and magazines. For a few minutes of time here and there it’s worth it. Nowadays every little bit helps.
I have my ups and downs with e-rewards and have been doing it for around 3 years. I go through periods where I just care and delete most my requests for surveys (I get approximately one a day in email). But there are times I churn through them, achieving my Gamestop gift card goal. Yes I must earn 50 e-reward dollars for a real $25 Gamestop card, but the card comes in the mail and it’s real, all for a few days of answering surveys once a day? Easy. I have never been phoned by anyone. It is strictly email.
I just want to here that e-rewards it legit! Every time I get hit with a scam attempt I start freaking out about what I’m associated with. I was also invited to do e-rewards & have reward dollars converted to Upromise rewards, but not dollar for dollar. ($30 gets me $5.00 Upromise). The more u save up, the better the trade, but I figure there is no guarentee it won’t suddenly disappear. Thanx for the comments.
I’ve been a member of E-rewards for 4 years now, and initially I have no real problems with this company. But, recently that site is beginning to show signs of being a horrible joke on all of us. I did two $6.50 surveys and have yet to receive credit for either of them, and the Quality Control staff is showing no signs of giving credit for surveys even though I fully qualified for both of them. Secondly, the GameStop $25 card for $50 in E-rewards credit — is a lie, the company paid GameStop for a bulk order of GameStop $25 gift cards and is reselling them at an absolute profit and then claims it was the deal they signed with Gamestop. Unfortunately, for them, confirmed that was a lie with GameStop Corporate — nice eRewards nice!
But the biggest lie is those contest giveaways at this site, how do you know when a winner is real or just created. Well here’s the biggest surprise, you can’t there are no checks or balances to confirm whether or not a contest at this is site is legitimate.
Basically, if you collect e-rewards “dollars” you should cash out and restart or stockpile and cash in for multiple rewards at a particular level.
The previous blog was probably written by someone trying to get you interested in their site. JUST FYI
If you have trouble getting credited for a survey, just send an email to their customer service. I have had that happen a handful of times; but every time I’ve sent an email, I get an apology and a credit on my account within a day or two. I’ve never had any problems with e-rewards.
I have been doing these rewards for a couple of years now. At first I thought I would never get anything out of it, but dedicating very little time, I got (about once a year) a reward which was a gift card from gap of macy’s. So that was good for me. But now… their selection of rewards in the past month went down the hill. is VERY poor. And I have all of these points, and nothing to really redeem them on.
I’ve been with Erewards for a few years now and it’s been a good experience. The surveys aren’t sent with too high or low frequency (3-4/week) and are easy to complete. It’s something I do when taking a break from work. And the rewards are great – I’ve used them to get lots of magazine subscriptions and it makes for excellent, FREE leisure reading. Customer service is also excellent.
I’ve been doing eRewards surveys for several years. Initially, I signed up because I could earn miles on Northwest Airlines, which is an airline that I fly. I’ve earned enough miles from participating in eRewards to get several free flights on NW! That seems worthy my time.