Anyone familiar with focus groups?

Discussion in 'General Mayhem' started by nolo451, Aug 4, 2008.

  1. nolo451

    nolo451 New Member

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    I replied to 2 ads in Craigslist last week, and Ive gotten replied to, one is from Yahoo!, some usability survey on Thursday that lasts 45 minutes. I'll get $150 for that. Then for a company in San Francisco for one hour on Saturday and 3 hours next Saturday, and they'll compensate me $500 for both sessions. Pretty neat, huh?
     
  2. nolo451

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    oh and the second one is about my political beliefs.
     
  3. Lomotil

    Lomotil Active Member

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    Just go ahead and photoshop the word "SUCKER" on your profile pic before you post it.
     
  4. nolo451

    nolo451 New Member

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    because...?
     
  5. Lomotil

    Lomotil Active Member

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    ...you'll probably follow these two leads, and find out too late that you've been scammed. :rolleyes:
     
  6. Lomotil

    Lomotil Active Member

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    How old are you, anyway?
     
  7. Lomotil

    Lomotil Active Member

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    If you're of age, you might as well go ahead and jerk off into a cup somewhere and gain some monetary compensation for satisfying your innate, unfulfilled desire to spread your seed.

    Just leave these fly-by-night schemes behind you.
     
  8. phatboy

    phatboy New Member

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    When you wake up in a bathtub full of ice missing your kidneys!

    :)
     
  9. Lomotil

    Lomotil Active Member

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    :biggrin:

    I hate it when that happens!
     
  10. Nauseous

    Nauseous Active Member

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    Scam. Don't do it.
     
  11. Lomotil

    Lomotil Active Member

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    Case in point! Hurrah!
     
  12. JEFE

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    Don't listen to Lomo or nausiated. I say try them out, especially the Yahoo one. And let us know how it goes.
     
  13. Nauseous

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    He's trying reverse psychology on you, nolo.

    I would say that the majority of them have some kind of catch and the others are scams.

    Be careful.
     
  14. phatboy

    phatboy New Member

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    If they mention candy mountain run!
     
  15. Lomotil

    Lomotil Active Member

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    Are you running ads on Craigslist, now?
     
  16. nolo451

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    Just got back. I called the peopel at Yahoo! and asked i fI coud come today instead since I'd be in the bay area and also the research company in S.F., and they obliged as well. I went to the San Francisco one first, I was asked a lot of questions in a room with 3 other people and talked about if/why we felt about our political asociations etc. There was a one-way mirror, so people were observing us. Only took like 50 minutes. I got a check for $100 for it.

    At the Yahoo! one, I went to their HQ's, and some kidn lady led me up to her office (with another one-way mirror) an just asked me to perform soem tasts using a new program with the Yahoo search engine. Only took 40 mins, and I was paid $100. Pretty neat being in the Yahoo! building at the top.

    So, nope, no scams here.

    Next weekend, Ill finish the first one and get $400.

    +200 for my motorcycle fund.
     
  17. nolo451

    nolo451 New Member

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    crap, I forgot to spellcheck.
     
  18. nolo451

    nolo451 New Member

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    Twenty-two
     
  19. Lomotil

    Lomotil Active Member

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    Bravo... and here I thought they were going to run your blood through a machine, filter out the plasma, and accidentally refuel you from the HIV+ tanks.

    I was wrong.

    Oh well, there's a first time for everything... ;) :biggrin:
     
  20. Nauseous

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    Yeah, me too.

    Now go do some online surveys and tell us what happens.
     

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