Are there any legitimate paid surveys online, or is it just a scam?
YES! People never believe me but you CAN get paid doing surveys. Mostly you get paid in prizes instead of cash, but some of the prizes are pretty decent. Check first that you’re dealing with an actual survey group and not a scam – if you have to pay to join, it’s a scam. The real ones are free. The surveys are mostly related to products – companies want to get quick responses to their new concepts and quite a few things I’ve seen in these surveys have ended up on the shelves eventually. Sometimes I get products to test at home, which is fun! Then I get free stuff AND I get paid. Sometimes you have to do a lot of surveys to build up points, but once you get into the habit of doing it you can take home a margarita shaker, a pair of binoculars, a magazine subscription, some good headphones, and other various things I’ve earned this year. DON’T use the ones that just enter you in a drawing for participation, they almost never pay off. You want the ones that pay cash, Paypal, or points. The
