Do you participate in product surveys?

I was not sure if i should vote:
"No - I usually don't care enough about the product to respond to a suvey"
Or
"No - I usually don't care enough about the product to respond to a suvey"
:P

(i see someone is already bored today )

Something must be wrong because what i voted for does not show
But i guess it's easy to get confused with all those options :P

Is this some sort of product survey?

For some reason the Nielsen TV people put me on their survey list. Which is funny as i watch about an hour of broadcast TV a week at most. And that is totally at random. When I saw their multi page, fairly complex survey, No way.

Telephone surveys I hang up on after I hear, 'Hello, I'm from xxxx and we are .........' Thankfully I'm on the national 'Do not call list' and have an unlisted phone number, so this is rare lately.

I guess I would have to answer, 'What's in it for me?' before I would participate in most surveys.

I figure these are all for one of a few reasons.
1 - to get your phone # and verify you are a responder and then sellyour private info to someone or several people that will buy it.
2 - to get your verified address and verify you are a responder and then sellyour private info to someone or several people that will buy it..

I guarantee if there were no money in it they would not inquire. Someone has to be paying them.
Being on the "Do Not Call" list has worked wonders.
Also I got several good laughs from this thread.
yoda313, good one.
Cheers,
NL

3 sometimes???

edit polls is not a good idea...just make a new one.

Over several months I participated in surveys for one internet company and got a total of $24 in Buy.com gift certificates.

Almost never.

Never by phone, email, letter, at my door or in a store unless I initiate the comment.

I have called to complain about the quality of some favorite products hoping that it would improve it.

e.g.
We called a well known soda cracker maker because of broken contents also easily broken when handled so it wasn't only the shippers or stores breaking the crackers in transit. That had never been the case with the product before but it had become common the consistency had changed. We called at least 3-4 times over a year and a half and while they listened politely and sent coupons, the problem persisted. We switched company and no longer buy that brand.
I like a certain caramel spread which comes in a small plastic tub. A while back for safety, they added a clear film liner under the lid. To get at the caramel spread you need to first lift the lid and then peel the tamper proof plastic membrane which is glued to the rim of the container. There is nothing solid to grip to pull it off and it is so well glued that it does not come off easily. Cutting around the edge makes it drop into the caramel and it is a pain to extract and impossible to do so without making a mess.

I also objected to the newer design of the container which has a large hollow lump on the bottom pushing upwards into the product space. It is designed to deceive the eye by making the container appear larger when in fact there is little spread in the center where the lump is located. So far the last container we bought is the same as before. I like the product but I will no longer buy it unless there is a change.