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I have been seeing commercials lately, mostly on the channels that Jake watches, for a website called BigSpot.com.
I have taken notice because I am a big online survey taker and am usually “in the know” when a new one pops up and I had never heard of this one. They advertise it as a paid survey company, meaning they imply that you get surveys directly from them and receive compensation through them. I’m not going to go into great detail about how paid surveys work, you can read more about that here: free paid survey info; I have all kinds of posts about them.
So I finally got around to checking out BigSpot.com and I want to issue a warning to anyone else who may sign up there. BigSpot.com is NOT a free paid survey company in the sense that they do not appear to administer the surveys or pay you for participation. They collect your information and claim to send you information about other free paid survey companies but in the meantime they have your personal information. You do not need to sign up for any site that claims to collect your demographics in order to match you with paid survey or market research companies. I have links to many of the big survey companies and I don’t collect your information. There are also plenty of other online sources that have EXTENSIVE lists who also don’t collect your personal info. Free Paid Surveys.net is my all time favorite.
Now, I have no proof that BigSpot.com does anything with your personal info other than what they claim, in fact they do have a privacy policy, but why sign up for something that you don’t have to and risk handing out your name, email address and zip code to a third party company for NO REASON?
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why are you issuing a warning when at the end of your warning you say they have a privacy policy so it seems ok
“Now, I have no proof that BigSpot.com does anything with your personal info other than what they claim, in fact they do have a privacy policy, but why sign up for something that you don’t have to and risk handing out your name, email address and zip code to a third party company for NO REASON?”
in fact this response requires my email so what am i to expect?
Dear KIM I,am interested in becoming a survey taker , or anythong else you might know of that i could make money with. pleas advise me. thank you
Your particular site and information is a wonderful service. Thanks for checking and letting us know.
I believe you do if you make over $600/yr doing it from any one company. A few companies have sent me the tax forms in the past.
Do you ever have to report or get taxed on the money you make?
thanks! i have seen commercials on this site and have even tried to visit it but cant get there thank goodness! another one no good is viva research.
Thanks for the heads up. I do a lot of online surveys too, but will be sure to just avoid this one.
No kidding! You are very wise, my friend! Thank you!
Thanks for the heads up!
I don’t do the survey thing anymore, but a lot of people do… thanks for publicizing the truth!