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#1 Marja

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Posted 20 May 2018 - 12:02 PM

Age discrimination.

 

As I have no means to buy diamonds the only source for me is by doing surveys.

 

However, I am kicked out of a lot of surveys as soon as I give my age. I am not that old (only 62).

I know it isn't the fault of BBE, but is there anything that can be done about it?

 

Are others confronted with the same issue?

 

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Posted 20 May 2018 - 13:25 PM

I have given up on the surveys for similar reasons. Whether age, disposable income, political views... sooner or later, often after answering MANY questions, I am always disqualified and get no reward.


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Posted 20 May 2018 - 21:54 PM

HI  i have never  filled out a survey  but  this sounds very wrong  why  would bbe  want  to have any part in a scam , it they are not giving  any one  diamonds for all the time it takes then this is clearly a scam .  i hope everyone  reads this and stop wasting  time on them .

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#4 Marja

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Posted 21 May 2018 - 09:52 AM

Don't get me wrong. It is simple.

 

The company that runs BBE wants to earn some money. They want you to buy diamonds; that is one source of income.

 

A lot of people can not buy diamonds or don't want to. One way of getting them is by doing surveys. BBE gets payed for it and you earn diamonds... I think that is fair.

But getting kicked out of surveys because of your age is not fair.



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Posted 21 May 2018 - 14:36 PM

Well, the survey companies have to make money, too. They get paid by advertisers to find out particular pieces of information about particular demographics. So fairness is not the point, fitting the demographic is.

 

But Playata is likely not interested in telling the survey companies what kinds of surveys to run, and the survey companies are just taking their orders from the advertisers. It's not actually age discrimination, it's just marketing research.

 

What I object to is incompetence or fraud. If a survey maker is too stupid to get their qualifying questions out of the way quickly, they are wasting my time. If a survey maker intentionally asks for information, and then always finds a way to disqualify paying for my time, they are being fraudulent.

 

Perhaps others have different experiences. As I said, I got nothing out of surveys, so I stopped doing them. 


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Posted 26 May 2018 - 09:30 AM

And getting disqualified because I am not the CEO for my company, or because my yearly income is too low is absolute bull hockey. If I was a CEO or made tons of money I assure you I would not have to, nor even have the desire to spend 30 minutes filling out a survey just so I could get enough diamonds for half of a 50% booster


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Posted 21 June 2018 - 03:24 AM

hi!

i thought i would add my two cents on this topic since i'm an avid "surveyor" myself lol...

from what i understand, when we participate in a particular survey or offer, we are actually entering into a binding agreement with a different company that is completely outside the realm of BBE. they provide us with the opportunity to join a panel to participate in surveys/offers, use their websites and services as well as receive rewards or incentives for doing so. however, since our use of their services is completely voluntary, it doesn't really matter "how we feel" about being disqualified for whatever reason, or having to jump through hoops to receive credit for completed offers or any of the other countless obstacles we might have to go through to qualify for a survey or receive our earned pay out. unfortunately, the advertisers pretty much have free reign do disqualify any one of us for any reason they wish.

i do sympathize with you, though. i participate in surveys and offers daily because it can be a very good way to earn a significant amount of free gems without having to fork over those debit card digits to BBE (not to mention they are expensive too!) anyway, circling back to your original statement about the age thing, i've not been disqualified personally for the age group that i fall into yet, but i do sometimes get offended (and still do on occasion) when the "do you consider yourself"...followed by several choices of certain races or something of the sort because probably 75% of every survey i was excluded from, i was disqualified immediately after answering that particular question. so i understand how you could feel discriminated against over something you can't do anything about because i've felt the exact same way. my advice is to just go into it with the mentality that...the chances of it working out in your favor are much greater than the chances of it being successful. and don't bother with the "get free samples now" offers, they are a joke!

hope this made you feel a little better at least. have a good day!

 

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Posted 21 June 2018 - 04:37 AM

*not working out in your favor, it shoud say lol apologies :)


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