I belonged to harris poll for a long time I was very satisfied with them then all of a sudden I didnt receive any emails I tried to log onto the site and they couldnt find me I wrote several emails trying to find my membership and even though I knew I had points they had no record of my membership I think something strange is going on there I have signed up again and I dont seem to get surveys to make it worth losing the points again

In over seven years of being a member, participating in every survey sent that I could (sometimes they're full by the time you reply), and choosing low point level incentives except once, I was able to get 11 items ranging in value from about $5-20. I added up the retail value of the prizes received, for a total of about $125 in incentives. Divided by the number of surveys taken (342), that means surveys--for me--provided payment of about 36.5 cents apiece. I provided my own statistics here so that others may get an overall feel for whether or not the reward is worth the effort. However, this is a generalization since prize values and points awarded may have gone up or down in my years of membership.

I personally am leaving after nearly eight years because the reward delivery time has been incredibly slow for the last 1 1/2 years that I've been a member. E-mailed inquiries just receive pat "answers" that aren't really answers . . . basically, keep waiting and your reward will be sent eventually, or some other such response that shows no one is addressing the concern when a reward is long past the arrival time they themselves have set.

Harris is a legitimate and respected survey company. Their polls are referred to on the news and in magazines, and it may be exciting for some participants just to know that their opinions are important. However, I personally wouldn't join Harris expecting to get anything overly valuable for your time and without the knowledge that getting the incentives--both earning enough points, and actually waiting to receive them!--requires a lot of time and patience.

When I first joined I qualified for 3 surveys and received 230 poiont plus 100 bonus points but have not received a survey for 6 weeks.

This exact thing happened to me with Harris and at 850 points too. Could not log in finally when I was able to my points had expired and my request to reinstate them was denied.