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September 17, 2012 03:31PM
Does anyone else find Telephone surveys annoying. I am not going to say which companies do them but I think we all know. I am sorry I find them annoying. They always come when I am working on some project, doing paper or down right busy. The company should know by know if you want my opinion about a company send me on a shop to report my findings. Free surveys are as annoying as you have a shop with multiple layers. It is like those companies are trying to get more work done at a lower rate. What do the rest of you think about those phone calls.
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September 17, 2012 03:49PM
I've only gotten e-mails from MSCs asking for free surveys. They go into the trash.

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September 17, 2012 10:03PM
I used to do marketing research as a teenager (it was my first official job after babysitting my entire small town as a kid!). =) It paid a ton, the hours worked for after school, and it got me into a "city" from my tiny town.

To this day, no matter how busy I am, I will _always_ (without fail) complete a survey. Doesn't matter what product it's for. I remember being sixteen and trying to get those "completes" (a finished survey) on the phone in order to meet quota at the end of the night/week (I still have nightmares about it, on occasion, and I'm 38 years old!), so I know how it is to be that person on the other end of the phone.

I'm still tickled every time the survey has gone on for about fifteen minutes and you can just hear the nerves in the back of the interviewer's throat. We used to do a 45 minute long survey (it was for the company Schweppes) and I remember the twenty minute itch, that period where you were so close to the end and you just KNEW the person was about to hang up on you. It wasn't like they could be blamed, but you wanted to get that complete so badly... I always tell the people who call not to worry, I'm going to stay with them no matter what. The sigh of relief is even better than the sound of their nerves! =D
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September 17, 2012 10:28PM
Jen, apples and oranges. We have a business relationship with the MSC and I don't appreciate them trying to take advantage of the relationship. Either we are ICs and small business owners or we are just shoppers who can provide an opinion for free. They can't pick and choose what we are to be on any given day depending on their needs.

Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
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September 17, 2012 10:51PM
Ah, I thought we were just talking about telephone surveys. =) Pardon.
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September 17, 2012 11:02PM
Oh. I thought you felt that way about the MSC surveys. I do have sympathy for those others, just not always the timewinking smiley

Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
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