Paid Surveys Etc is another site that asks you to pay a membership fee
to access their database/list of paid survey companies. As usually, I
suggest NOT to pay anyone for those information. Also there are other
red flags about this site:
1. Paid Survey Etc claims you can make $500 - $3500 a month doing paid surveys. This is an outright lie. Yes I have seen people make $500 a month taking paid surveys (those are the people with "desirable" demographic profile and spent lot of time taking surveys), but $3500 a month is just unreal and ridiculous. And there are more false information about survey earning on PaidSurveysEtc, like:
Taking a simple, easy online survey - $5 to $75 per
survey - this give people impression that you can make minimum $5.00 per survey, but the truth is lot of surveys pay less than $5.00, and $75 is a typical pay for focus group.
Previewing
Movie Trailers Online for $12 to $35 - typical online movie trailers surveys pay $2.00 - $5.00;
2. Problem with their privacy policy - you could get spam emails. Here is part that raises the red flag:
"HOW INFORMATION MAY BE USED
The use of information as described below may or may not be how information that is collected is customarily used by this site. While actual use of any information collected may be used quite conservatively, you must assume that it is not. You must assume that information collected is shared with other persons or entities for commercial purposes. While this is uncommon in practice, you must assume that it is as you make your decision whether or not to view or interact with this website. This type of shared information may include your name, address, phone number, email address and buying habits, as well as other information. This information may be used for general commercial solicitation by this website or other persons it is sold to, rented to, or shared with.
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You must assume that information collected is shared with other persons or entities for commercial purposes - in other words, don't be surprised if you receive junk mails and telemarketing calls!
My Conclusion: Do NOT waste your money on Paid Surveys Etc. You should
not have to pay for a list of paid survey sites, and Paid Surveys Etc is
more likely an email harvesting site that spams you.
If you are looking for legitimate paid survey sites that are free to join and pay, please check out our Free Lists of Legit Paid Survey Sites.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 29 August 2009 )
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Paid Survey Scams 
