Has anyone else here had issues w/ Pinecone?

[ladymez]

OK, after completing numerous surveys, being a loyal, actively participating member, receiving and reviewing a bunch of products and spending a lot of precious time to do them, my membership in the consumer panel has been scheduled for deletion! :frusty:
Has anyone else received this email? :sus: I am VERY dissapointed with this :cussing: and think that this is just their way of converting to the low-end tactics of Survey Savvy, Panda Research and Lightspeed by offering questionaires that are long on time and short on compensation, if any (usually it's a "sweepstakes" or arduous points redemption and referral process). Now I understand that Pinecone has the right to determine whose membership is eligible and may revoke it at any time, but I am interested in finding out if there are any common circumstances that may disqualify a member from future participation. :mmph: Am I being petty or is anyone here with me on this one?

http://survey.acnielsenonline.com/wix/p228190548.aspx?__userid=257013

 

[sweetwinter]

Wow! That is awful. Was the link you posted supposed to in fact be the email you were sent? It just reads "you have completed the survey".

I have had the same happy-happy relationship with Pinecone (and Bzzagent for that matter) and then suddenly in the spring it was "take less reimbursement or you're gone" so I agreed. Since then I have received exactly two surveys...so I am probably next to be deleted.

Not to complicate your thread but I am fed up with Bzz, too. After YEARS as a dedicated agent the only campaign I have been offered since the big freakin' change over was the one for the game we had to pay for.

I guess it's like working for anyone in this country nowadays~there is no loyalty for doing a good job and playing by the rules.

(sorry for the rant) :worry: