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Message 1838401 - Posted: 29 Dec 2016, 3:10:14 UTC

About 3 o'clock this afternoon, I received a call on my cell phone from someone identifying herself as with a survey organization related to the Center for Disease Control. She told me the survey would last about 25 minutes, and I'd be given $10 for my participation. Bored, and not overly suspicious, I decided to go ahead(why not?). She said the questionnaire would be of a very personal nature. My college degree is in psychology, and I know how questions like this should sound, so I went through the whole thing with her, and she took my name and address, but after the fact, it left me wondering ... Well, I'll see if get the $10 check in the mail.

The interviewer spoke the questions in a way that seemed legit to me, so I kept answering(scales of 0 -10, and yes/no). It's still kind of weird, now that I think more about it, that the CDC would contract a survey company and pay participants at random like this.
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Message 1838402 - Posted: 29 Dec 2016, 3:12:30 UTC

Sounds fishy to me.........
I have always categorically refused to answer phone surveys regardless of the subject.
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Message 1838406 - Posted: 29 Dec 2016, 3:25:09 UTC - in response to Message 1838402.  

Sounds fishy to me.........
I have always categorically refused to answer phone surveys regardless of the subject.


Well, I participate in an occasional group who taste-tests new recipes for KFC, so I'm not against legit surveys.

The supposed CDC survey I had today would have crossed the line for most people, but since the interviewer sounded on the level, and I wasn't providing anything more than my name and mailing address, I thought, "ok".
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Message 1838417 - Posted: 29 Dec 2016, 4:19:41 UTC
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I found this on the CDC website. There are other posts about surveys, if you're interested.
This should get you started.

Edit: That link is about a health care survey. I also saw one about a vaccination
survey. Just have a look around their site.)
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Message 1842056 - Posted: 14 Jan 2017, 1:45:15 UTC

Well, much to my surprise, I actually received the promised $10 check in the mail today for participating in the survey. :~)
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Message 1842097 - Posted: 14 Jan 2017, 7:22:10 UTC - in response to Message 1842056.  

Well, much to my surprise, I actually received the promised $10 check in the mail today for participating in the survey. :~)


Great Gordon. :)
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Message 1842117 - Posted: 14 Jan 2017, 9:54:21 UTC - in response to Message 1842056.  

Well, much to my surprise, I actually received the promised $10 check in the mail today for participating in the survey. :~)

What? You get money for participating in a survey?
Do you also get money for a screening?
I have been selected to SCREESCO (Screening of Swedish Colons)
Meaning that they want me send a FIT, Fecal Immunochemical Test.
Actually two tests with stool samples.
No participating money here.
But the postage with the samples from me is however paid for:)
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Message 1842330 - Posted: 15 Jan 2017, 5:08:11 UTC

I got a generic-looking letter from the Arbitron radio rating company. (At least, I think that's who it was.
It was a long time ago.) It was something that looked like junk mail and I'm sure a lot of other people who
might have received the same mailing probably threw it away without opening it. But I opened mine and,
surprise, there were two actual, real dollar bills inside and a letter asking me to participate in whatever
it was. There was also a promise to send more money when they received my competed response. And I
did receive more money, as promised.

I still wonder to this day how many dollar bills were thrown out as unopened junk mail.
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