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Saturday, 04 August 2007 16:01

Is Panel Research a Scam? Yes in my opinion they are.

I signed up with Panda Research when I started doing surveys. Luckily immediately after signing up and logging in, I realized that they are not a paid survey site, but a paid offer site.

Usually I can tell if a site is a paid survey site or paid offer site just by looking through the "public" information on the site. Panda Research does such a "good" job "convinced" me that they are a paid survey site. Good things is I was not easily fooled - I immediately canceled my account and didn't wasted any more time with them.

Another red flag is you have to accolate $100 in your account to request payout - No legitimate paid survey sites/companies has such high payout requirement.

Panda Research is a scam in my book - they claim they are a paid survey site (they call themselves Panda Research, what a joke!) and make everybody believe they have paid surveys, but in fact they have nothing to do with paid surveys and market research. They "pay" you for signing up offers - When you sign up those trail offers, often times you have to pay which means providing credit card information, and later on you must cancel the offers within the correct time frame otherwise your will have a hard time to have those advertisers stopping charging you. It is very time consuming and the worse is those advertisers could be spammers or scammers.

On Panada Research website, it says: "Earn $3 to $75 for each paid survey you complete" - this is absolutely misleading!! Yes there are surveys pay over $3 but a good portion of them pay below that amount. Also only focus groups pay as high as $75.

Additionally, if you see anyone (or any websites) promoting Panda Research saying "Earn $3 to $75 for each paid survey you complete", run away from them too! - those are the ones have no clue what they are talking about or don't even care (Panda Research pay commission to those who promote them) and probably scammers themselves!!

Stay away and do not waste your time with Panda Research.

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.

Last Updated on Friday, 20 January 2012 00:26

Comments

#22 Panda — Roblee 2012-01-19 23:44

Oh so disappointing! Most of you are right. I have so many unapproved surveys it's just ridiculous. I also can look at history and it shows no activity what so ever for the last 10 days! I did a few very early this morning to test them. After several emails back and forth, no one can give an honest answer. They're full of it folks

#21 RE: Panda Research Scam — theresa wheeler 2012-01-04 20:52

I also was burned by panda, I reached the 100.00 mark and still waiting to be paid, I quit as soon as I figured out that they kept giving me the run around about some sites that have not been verify yet. It's been like 4 or 5 months ago.... :-?

:-?

#20 VicMarWil — Tori 2011-11-22 09:24

Wow!!! I am so happy i read this before trying to figure out what was going on with the Panda Survey site. I had signed up with the site because, hell who doesn't want between 3 and 75 dollars per survey!!! lol! They were supposed to send me an email for me to read and click to activate my acct. Hour later I still haven't received it. But now I don't think I want to lol!!! Thanks yall!

#19 ms — cindy petersen 2011-10-30 17:02

i have not gotten a paid out does it take how?

#18 RUN! — SloRyd 2011-10-15 03:09

pandaresearch.com is not worth your time. You must have $50 approved to be paid. In a year I have $25.76 approved. I have 8 surveys worth a whopping $4.50 from ELEVEN months ago they will not tell me if they'll credit to my account or not. Now it's personal and a matter of principle. Do not go there. You have been warned.

#17 Panda is a joke — christell 2011-09-23 22:47

I made the mistake of trying panda, they really socked it to my credit card with there so called free trial, better read the really small print, they send trial offers, opps they didn't bother to tell you that you will be charged up 100. each month for the product. Oh you can return the trial item back, but it cost you to return it and they charge a fee to cancel. Oh my God, do not fall this site, you may get a check from them but it wll cost you twice as much from your own pocket. Lesson learned the hard way :cry:

:cry:

#16 RE: Panda Research Scam — Antoinette 2011-08-16 21:04

Thanks for the tip!

For those of you looking for legit paid survey sites, I've been using OpinionOutpost.com for the past month or so and I am very happy with them. Obviously, you can't make a living with them... But, I've already made $31 for doing just a handful of surveys, which is pretty good, IMHO. Also, they ask you all of the screening questions BEFORE you start the survey. So, you won't have to waste an hour or more of your time completing the entire survey just to find out that you're not eligible to be paid. I hate that!

#15 housewife — valerie 2011-05-06 16:31

i tried this site myself and they said they were gonna pay me for my remarks and they didnt.i spent almost a whole day with this site.i should have known better. :sad:

:sad:

:sigh:

#14 Sherry 2011-04-06 18:37

i agree it's a scam. I am pretty educated and thought this was legit but they didn't deposit funds in my paypal account and I did 5 surveys. don't do it. I can't find a legit service like this out there but am reseraching.

#13 Panda Research — Candice 2010-12-26 14:50

I just signed up and I think its a scam. Anyone know of any legit surveys out there?

#12 PANDA SCAM — THE DON 2010-09-19 18:15

PANDA IS A TOTAL JOKE. THEY ARE ONLY OUT THERE TO GET YOU INTO OTHER SURVEY GROUPS AND THE ONLY WAN TO QUALIFY FOR THERE CASH IS TO BUY SOMETHING AND THAT IS NOT THE WAY SURVEYS WORK. PANDA SMANDA

#11 Thanks for the review! — Rad 2010-08-25 13:00

I saw it, and I partially signed up, unsure of their payout, because I only want checks.
Thanks for saving me hassle!

#10 mlynn 2010-01-28 22:26

Thank you for your feedback Stella.
I am curious though, Panada Research has many offers and surveys for people live in India? (I got that base on your IP) :shock: :-?: I thought they only accepts US residents???

#9 Highly Recommended! — stella 2010-01-28 15:05

love this site! I recommend it to everyone! I have been a happy user of this site for just over a year now! I was skeptical at first, but I was hard up for extra cash and figured 'what do I have to lose'. So I tried it and have been having so much fun! And getting paid is not an issue, after I make $50 on the site I can ask for a payment online and they pay me through my paypal account.
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#8 netgirl2 2009-04-01 10:18

I agree that Panda Research is now good. When you log in they give you "surveys" witht the amount you can earn and then when you try to do them they are trial offers and get paid to try offers.

#7 Mei 2008-09-23 11:58

Hi Lisa,

Sorry to hear that! Hope you get your money!

#6 Lisa 2008-09-23 09:18

I did over a dozen surveys and at first, Panda was approving them. Then I logged back on today and they were all set back to "pending"! What a disappointment and a major waste of time. :sad:

:sad:

#5 Mei 2008-07-21 23:36

Hi, Thanks for sharing your experience with Panda.

#4 Mei 2008-07-21 23:35

Hi, Michelle,

Did you click one of the Google ads? Sorry, I can't click Google ads on my site due to Google's policy and I have no control what ads they put on. If one of their ads lead you to a SCAM site, please ignore them.

Sorry for the confusion. I will talk to Google to see what I can do.

Thanks for letting me know this.

Regards,

#3 Mei 2008-07-21 23:24

Hi Michelle,

I have blocked Panda Research's ad from showing on my site, as well as other SCAM sites that I mentioned on the "Paid Survey Scam" list. It will take a few hours to take effect.

I will block any other SCAM sites URLs in the future once I find them.

Thanks again for pointing this out!

Best regards,
Mei

#2 Panda is a Joke 2007-09-03 10:10

I signed up for Panda over a year ago, followed all the rules and did get a payout of $112.33; but, they still owe me over $100 that they say they cannot verify.

I even sent emails showing sites I had signed up for from their site.

Don't do it, go for Inbox Dollars if you want to join and cancel for the money!

#1 Michelle 2007-08-30 21:18

Why do you have a Panda Research ad here then? :-?

:-?

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