Beware of Vindale Research Scam Paid Survey Site

Beware of Vindale Research, a (fairly) new scam GPT (get paid to) site that claims to offer you a cheap and easy free way to make some quick cash.

Vindale Research, with the very sneaky and admittedly enticing slogan, "the finest minds", advertises the following opportunities to make money online. "Be heard. Share your opinion. Review Products and take simple online surveys. Make a difference by giving your opinion. Earn great
 rewards. Keep the products you review."

You are probably thinking how this sounds great. I know I was. As a purveyor of legitimate GPT, get paid to sites and ways to make money online through paid survey sites and product testing for market research companies. I was excited when I first signed up as a member of Vindale's panel of so-called paid survey takers and product testers. The website, the promises they make- it all looks real. I consider myself a first hand expert in paid survey market research opportunities and I usually can spot a scam instantly.

But I must admit whoever is working on the marketing and/or copywriting end of Vindale Research scam GPT Company is really quite fantastic at his or her job, which is indirectly a sales position. This person has found a way to very carefully sucker people into signing up for this scam paid survey site by tailoring to even the most skeptical person's appeals and requirements for Vindale and related paid survey sites.

Don't let Vindale Research fool you. Because they very easily can. Vindale Research is very misleading in their correspondences.

Essentially, Vindale Research is no different than one of those typical GPT scam sites (there are hundreds of them out there) with tacky, catchy names like Treasure Trooper or Fusion Cash, only they've created a business name to make them sound more like a legitimate market research company. The content on their website seems to very strongly imply that when you sign up for Vindale Research (free) you suddenly have this miraculous opportunity to make some side income and earn great free products on your own time at your own pace.

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vindale research.. this is an advanced scam, that they have to sign up for offers via credit cards, for you to make money. The surveys are scams, not used for any purpose.

Posted on 07/06/2009 at 7:07:14 AM

Pages and pages of Yes/No questions...is that any worse than 3 pages of you yapping on without telling us your true experiecnce with the company. You said "maybe you get paid the amount" as if you never even found out if they paid you. All you're doing is putting a story up for AC to get paid. LOSER!

Posted on 07/03/2009 at 3:07:03 PM

Thank you for saving me a lot of wasted time. I appreciate your indepth explanation and information.

Posted on 07/01/2009 at 7:07:39 PM

I am so glad my husband suggested checking out this survey site before getting in too far over my head. Your comments have helped me to yet again realize that hard work gets you paid NOT filling out surveys with companies that are in cahoots with companies that slip you into a financial commitment. Thanks all for your comments that have saved my credit card balance!

Posted on 06/20/2009 at 5:06:10 PM

I've done evaluations for Vindale and made over $150 so far. You just have to be smart about what you are evaluating and exactly what the terms are about it. No scam about it, just use common sense!

Posted on 06/12/2009 at 9:06:09 PM

Yep, I got the email too. Just another one of those Scams. Thanks!

Posted on 06/09/2009 at 11:06:29 AM

I actually have done Vindale and gotten a $50 check...you can choose to do surveys that don't involve your credit card...I earned that in entirety without putting in my credit card once...

Posted on 05/24/2009 at 12:05:12 PM

here is what the BBB of NY thinks of them! http://search.newyork.bbb.org/reports.aspx?pid=44&page=1&id=91228

Posted on 05/18/2009 at 12:05:38 PM

You're a fantastic writer, I'm very impressed. Being an amateur journalist myself, I know what it takes to write a publish worthy story, and you obviously don't have a problem with that! Also, thanks for the advice. They looked so legitimate, I was actually about to give in to their cruel intentions, but thankfully, you were there to save the day!

Posted on 05/15/2009 at 11:05:53 PM

Answering an ad on craigslist for a customer service rep. I recieved an email from Vindale Research that took me through a never ending stream of surveys they kept telling me I would get paid for. Never got paid. I am quite sure "renee" (posted here), is a fake and most likely an employee of Vindale maquerading as an honest person.

Posted on 05/05/2009 at 11:05:05 AM

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