Paid Surveys

UPDATE 2/19/21

I can no longer in good faith recommend Survey Junkie to anyone. As stated in the original post: I’m out here on a mission. I’m out here with specific gift card goals because 1) the pandemic has exacerbated my ‘buy things’ reflex like never before and 2) cosplays do not grow on trees.

As I approached one of these goals on the Survey Junkie platform, yellow text appeared to inform me that a $50 redemption would involve a waiting period while they investigated the account. (I’m paraphrasing because I’ve since moved on from this company.) I was only a few dollars shy so I thought, alright, I’ll redeem now so no one has to waste time with that weird extra step. I was anxious. I would only be able to redeem a $25 gift card and a $15 gift card, still $10 under my desired goal. Annoying, but I was anxious. I redeemed the $25 card and, true to form, the e-code appeared in my inbox shortly. I attempted to redeem the $15 gift card and was blocked. I verified my account and tried again. Blocked. I might’ve gone through this song and dance once more before I reached out to customer support because by then more yellow text had appeared saying I needed to check in.

Let me go ahead and tell you what Survey Junkie will not until it is too late: their fraud detection system flags any attempt to redeem multiple gift cards as fraud and will suspend your account. For using the platform the way it was presented to you. “But I have more than enough points to redeem these gift cards!” I hear ya. So did I. I explained my situation to customer support. Nobody cared. There is also no language in the FAQ or Terms & Conditions (when last I checked) that states this, only the suggestion that users split their redemption between gift card and other methods. If this can happen to me, it can happen to any innocent user, and that is too big a design flaw for me to waste any further energy on this site. Technically, Survey Junkie will always owe me a $15 gift card, but they don’t care and I’ve moved on. I just wanted to be sure and warn anyone that makes time to read this post. Now that you’ve been warned, hopefully you can avoid the nonsense I experienced. Utilize Survey Junkie at your own risk.