Work at Home Reviews

Jeremy Houston

9:38am on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

I have been part of the program for 3 weeks and I have received eleven surveys. I have only “qualified” for one and now have a balance of 35 points toward my 1000… Feeling kind of jipped so far. At least a monetary investment isn’t lost, just wasted time.

Michael Location unknown

2:51pm on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

There is no way someone can make 1200 dollars on this site. Once you reach 900 points the surveys stop coming. I got one survey it said I completed it to click here for my reward and then it said I was ineligible! After 30 minutes of wasting my time saying I completed it. This happened twice. LOL cash out 1200 every 2 months?! Must be someone working for GMT. Just look at all the post there are a handful of positives. I contacted them on both occasions and only one time they emailed back to forward them the email saying they would give me points but they gave me a stupid sweepstakes entry. I forwarded the email and they never contacted me back. So I went to the BBB and I haven’t heard anything from the BBB either. I finally got to 1000 and it took me to get from 900 to 1000 just as long as it took me to get from 0-900. Now that I redeemed my points I’m getting 3-4 surveys again. I will not be wasting my time with this company again.

Cindy Arkansas

7:24am on Thursday, September 17th, 2009

I am a member of several panels including this one. It is not one of my favorites. I don’t “qualify” for their surveys very often. Customer Service is basically non-existent other than a few canned emails. I wouldn’t call it a scam but if you want to make a lot of money this probably isn’t your answer.

jane kirby NSW Australia

3:03am on Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

I keep trying to redeem my points , but can’t. I can go so far to redeem. Every time I put the code in , it tells me it is wrong. I am not getting it wrong!!!

John Dallas

3:09pm on Monday, June 29th, 2009

I had a similar experience to Mabbline, Alabama
where they suddenly turned my account off. I wrote them and asked what I had done to deserve this. After a few days they wrote back and said I somehow violated there terms. I wrote Gabriella a personal note telling her it was impossible that I had done this and I heard nothing back. Then suddenly about 2 months later I got a note from her saying it was a big mistake and that my account was back on and my points restored. I promptly redeemed them and am waiting for the check. I do enjoy the surveys and had never redeemed for cash (until now) we shall see!

Crystal Florida

11:16am on Thursday, May 21st, 2009

I haven’t been a member for that long but I have already redeemed points for a check and received it in a timely manner.

marcel Location unknown

6:26pm on Saturday, May 9th, 2009

i have not been a member for to long but in about 3 weeks i got almost 400 points which makes me kinda happy and i hope that will get 1000 in the next few weeks so i can cash the money out sometimes i dont get a single point for surveys if i dont qualify but other times i get up to 100 points. they send you lots of surveys so check emails daily!

Eric CA

4:15pm on Thursday, April 16th, 2009

love it, best survey co. ever

Stuart London

5:44pm on Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Me too. I used to love Global Test Market – up until Autumn 2008 it was the best survey place by far. i used to make about £25 a month.

Since then – in my opinion – they have become a very dubious website.

Points are docked with no warning.

When you challenge them – you are told that they issued double points and are clawing them back. When you ask them to provide evidence of this they cant and then often say they will reissue the cheque.

But the problems keep coming. Twice they have inserted false address details on my profile. I know this is them – as it has happened to my friends who are also members. And its always been the same address details that they insert.

Before Xmas they inserted “Sutherland” and today I find they have inserted “Northamptonshire” and “Lytham St Annes”. This has happened on 3 peoples accounts that I know of.

So no cheques every arrive – I’m owed 4000 points and cheques from last August.

Please be aware and seriously consider whether or not you want to do any more surveys for these dubious bunch, and check the address details they have for you!

Pater Netherlands

4:18am on Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

I had 1000 points, and requested a cheque. After about 3 weeks i got an email there had been an error, so i mistakenly got double points. the cheque would be canceled and the points put back into the account. Several weeks later i did not get the cheque nor the points

Mabbline Alabama

1:33pm on Thursday, March 5th, 2009

I have been a member with this panel for a long time now and for awhile it was a good panel to be in. Then out of the blue I was no longer able to log in. I tried for days and couldn’t. I emailed them and was told that I was kicked out because I had more than one account. I do not know where they got that. I only have one account. I had just requested my $50.00 and think this was a way for them to not pay me. They said my account had been froze and I would not get my money that I had worked hard to earn for almost a year. I am very angry with this company. They are a fraud. They out right lied when they said I had a double account. There is not way under the sun that this is true. Is there anything, I can do about this?

Marianne London, Ontario, Canada

10:02pm on Sunday, March 1st, 2009

I’ve cashed out 8x in the past 3 or 4 years now and not had any of the problems that other posters had mentioned. I actually cashed out less then a week ago and am already back up to 99 points again.

Codi Canada

7:24pm on Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Just registered two days ago, and I’ve not received any surveys yet. They said they should be coming soon, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

Roger Los Angeles, CA

4:13pm on Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Been with GTM for nearly 3 years now. I have never experienced any of the problems listed by the people below.

The frequency of my survey invites remain constant no matter how many points are in my account. I have always received my payment within 4 to 6 weeks as GTM promises.

Now they have had some technical issues with their website and surveys from time to time, but GTM always send an email notice explaining the problem, and sometimes awards bonus points for the inconvenience.

I to do not qualify for every survey, but they still award points if you do not qualify. Every other survey company just offers a sweepstakes entry when you do not qualify. GTM all the way!

julie az

3:01pm on Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

I can relate to a lot of the gripes i read here about global. I’ve been a member for a few years. But i have to say when it comes to cashing in, I have never had a problem getting my cheque in the time frame they say. Comes like clockwork. But as far as getting well into a survey and only to be told, YOU DONT QUALIFY..makes me very angry. total waste of time. Also..yes i agree, you get close to 1000 cash in points and pffft no more surveys forever. But i wait. sooner or later one comes that im qualified for. I’ve made 3 or 400 dollars from this site, and i figure its worth the hassle. (sofar) One point, and i dont know if this makes a difference or not but i always cash in soon as i hit a 50 dollar payout.

frustrated Location unknown

8:47pm on Friday, February 13th, 2009

after reading this comments i immediately unsubbed..
damn i need money
LOL

Erik Langley, BC

5:23pm on Friday, January 16th, 2009

Not only do I not qualify for a large percentage of the surveys they invite me to, I cannot get them to stop sending them to me. I have emailed and gotten generic responses, and finally managed to start getting messages that seemed like they came from a live person. They all assured me that I was removed, but now I get several invites a day.
I will report them to any agency that cares, and I have begun to fill out every survey I can with fake info.

Craig Canada

10:19am on Friday, January 16th, 2009

I joined GTM back in August and have completed many surveys for them. Recently I would be mostly through a survey only to find I “Dont qualify”, thus wasting 20 minutes of my time. My two issues are that the referral program is a joke, I had 4 friends sign up, and when I backchecked and sent them another invite the screen shows “Registered but you are not the referral”. I have contacted customer service and have had no reply. The second thing to beware of is when you get close to that 1000 point mark, the surveys STOP COMING! I hit 950 and what was once 2 or 3 surveys a week has become nil. Looks like they got my information and participation for free, as I dont expect anymore surveys from them in the near future.

GUI NC

10:22am on Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

I have been participating with them for about 8 or 9 months. It’s annoying b/c I keep getting the same surveys that told me I don’t qualify, so then I don’t get any additional points. Though sometimes they’ll give me 5 points for trying. I am doing a little research to find out if I should keep doing this! Thanks everyone.

Stacey IN

12:55pm on Thursday, December 4th, 2008

I cashed out on Oct 27 and am still waiting for my check. Much longer than other survey companies I take surveys for. I emailed last week asking about my payment, but never heard back. If I don’t have my check soon, I will quit taking surveys for them.

John Rellie UK

1:14pm on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

I suggest that all the people who have issues get hold of the Survey Police – I notice that these survey companies REALLY dont want to have their panel members complain en masse as it can really effect their standing within thr industry…

David Thrower Leicester

4:00am on Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Awful – just awful!

Global Test Market are infuriating. I have completed several surveys for which I have not had any points added and worse… on 4 occasions, my points total has actually gone down!!!!

Their customer service is absolutely awful. When I complain I just get a generic email reply and now I don’t get any reply at all. If anyome has their direct contact details I would be grateful!

Steer clear of this one!

Ali NC

11:50am on Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

I have cashed out sevral times, but their costumer service is awful. You wait a long time to get your check…

Caldera Salem, Oregon

5:36pm on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

GTM is the best. Been a member for over 2 years and have cashed out every 2 months for a total of around $1,200. Visit the blog and see they are legit. They are the only survey company that provides updates like they do on the blog.

Paula Izquierdo NC

7:26am on Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

I have been a member for several years and have cashed in several times. Yes it did take awhile to get the cash but the last time it was June. Now recently I had enough points to cash in (1035). I got a confirmation letter and then weird stuff started to happen. All of a sudden I had 925 points then 50 points then 900 points then 25 points…sometimes all in the same day! I contacted the company three times so far. I get an immediate response saying that I will be contacted within two days. Then I get a grammatically incorrect standard response that they are looking in to it signed by various people with Russian sounding names. It has now been over 6 weeks since I cashed in and I am angry!

Joe Location unknown

2:32am on Monday, November 10th, 2008

Do not sign up at this website!

Victoria London, UK

5:25pm on Monday, November 3rd, 2008

I have been using GTM for over a year, and have managed to earn $150 (£75 GBP). Compared to many other websites, this one sends you invitations regularly, with acceptable rewards and, generally, I have no problem with them. On the other hand however, when it comes to surveys being cut short at the end, resulting in no reward, I have had MANY experiences of this happening. This has occurred at least 15-20 times within the last 6 months, and most of which have taken 20-30 (sometimes even 45 or more!) minutes to complete. When I contact GTM about this, I either receive a generic response (the usual… “there must a problem with your internet connection”, or ” you used the forward/back button on your browser, which resulted in the survey being interrupted” – none of which are true), or you receive no reply at all. They will completely ignore you almost every time you contact them, so you’re even lucky to get a response at all. They have cheated me out of at least $50 in the last 6 months alone which is completely unacceptable and fraudulent (they always ensure they have enough information to submit to the companies employing them, then terminate the survey claiming that there was a technical error, so they can get away with not paying you.) I am currently in need of as much extra cash as possible (as I’m sure many people taking part in surveys are), so I am reluctant to cancel my account, and it’s this very fact that GTM will play on. They must remember that without us they wouldn’t have a business at all, however whilst there are people willing to put up with it, they will carry on as they are.

Nick Location unknown

12:37am on Sunday, October 26th, 2008

I was a member for a couple months, and accumulated a large amount of points (about 200 dollars worth), when I went to cash them in, my account froze and my password no longer worked!

I sent an email to customer service, got a reply and gave them the info requested. After that, nothing else. That was about a year ago, and I have not seen anymore surveys from the crooks!

JUST A BIG WASTE OF TIME AND HOPE!

MUNAWAR SULTANA INDIA

3:24am on Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

I’ve been a member of global test market for more than 2yrs,And at the time of converting the 1000Market points into 50$ cash,the Company cheated me,and didn’t send me any cash throught the post,Just all the time giving the lame excuse as that they didn’t get correct Address,In today modern World,this lame excuse will not work,Actually they didn’t want to pay me after 2yrs,this is how they cheated me withhelding all my hardearned moneywith the lame excuse as “address is not correct”If they didn’t want to pay then why did they encourage the people by taking the survey,at the end,they have no money to pay,that is why i got dishearted and unsubscribed from the site.”BE AWARE OF THIS SITE,I DOUBT WHETHER THIS SITE HAS PAID ITS MEMBERS OR JUST PLAYING WITH THE PEOPLE VALUABLE TIME.

Ian Quincy, MA

9:36am on Monday, October 13th, 2008

I also have been denied payment. I actually got to 1010 and happily cashed out my points…even got a confirmation email to tell me so. A week later I checked my account only to find my points had been reduced to 990 and even though I did another survey to take me above the cash out point again my points have not been credited to my account. This company is such a rip off!!!!

Brandon Grand Rapods

12:31am on Monday, September 1st, 2008

Yeah, you can rack up 930 points over three months, but thats it, they do everything in their power to keep you from getting 1000. DO NOT USE THIS!

Rob Colorado

11:24am on Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

I was a member for more than a year…cashed in a couple of times and then they said I signed up through Market Surveys and since GTM and MS were breaking up…I could no longer participate.
Problem is…I never heard of Market Surveys and GMT absconded with 800+ market points.
I am in the process of contacting GMT….anyone have a phone number??

carol landry london ontario

7:24am on Sunday, July 13th, 2008

i hear what ev1 is saying,a few days ago i worked on a survey for 15 minits and then it said i didnt qualify,and the survey was complete,all it was doing was gathering info about myselfe.i cant remember the last time i was able to finish a survey .

Shanu Michigan

10:58pm on Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Please do not accumulate your points for a bigger cash out. In May, I redeemed 8000 points (400 USD) and right after that I stopped receiving surveys. After a few failed communications with them, I posted message on their blog. They replied to me saying that my account was closed due to quality strikes and that they were not bound to disclose the exact reason for quality strike. I have been a member of GTM for three years now and it’s really upsetting to think that they closed my account just because I requested for a large amount of reward at a time.

Raquel USA

2:45pm on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

I thouht 1000 points mean $10.00 I geuss I have more money in there then I thouht I been on this site for one year and I got 3445 points I geuss I have $239.00 in my account. YEA!!

Tinker CA

4:54pm on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

It’s criminal but they get away with it. GTM is so dishonest & wrong they really need to be booted and legal action taken. What a bunch of low-rent pigs they are!

Tinker CA

4:50pm on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

The thing w/ GTM is this, they send you surveys but the surveys always exclude you as not-qualifying. How can anyone ever reach the minimum 1000 points? They cannot. It is ridiculous. They dont want anyone redeeming points but they want to gather information so their sponsors will pay them for marketing info. What they do is fix the surveys to exclude everyone at some point after fact gathering enough information of value to give to their sponsors. This way, they get info from you then disqualify you but they can send info to their sponsors.

Tinker CA

4:49pm on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Global Test Market, is the VERY WORST survey company! I cannot imagine anyone being any worse or corrupt! I’m reporting them to the BBB as others have. But, GTM seems to always have an answer & somehow maintains a satisfactory record. More people need to make reports on them.

Anonymous Location unknown

5:04pm on Monday, May 19th, 2008

What is the real deal with Globaltestmarket? They invite you to join , make it sound like fun and profit. The fun stops when you want to redeem your earned points, they give you a run around, stop you from completing surveys and just make it a frustrating effort…
Patty,
Northeast, PA

Margie Pitch Mi

7:33pm on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

I have been getting emails inviting me to join Global Test Market, but every time I try to sign up it refusses me. I give it a very bad score!!
I dont think it is worth any ones time.

Kerrie Location unknown

6:56pm on Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Joined several months ago and have only been invited to complete 4 surveys One of the surveys wouldn’t let me complete it, so I received no points. It could take years before I get enough points to cash in.

Vickie Canada

12:38pm on Saturday, January 12th, 2008

I have finally reached the point where I can redeem my market points. I have tried numerous times and the process does not work. I do as instructed only to get a continual sign in page with no way to redeem points. I have contacted Customer Service who than emailed a day later stating the problem would be corrected. After trying again and again days later I can not redeem my points the site will not allow me to proceed any further than the redeem button page after hitting redeem I am placed on a sign in page and this is a never ending problem. Customer service contacted yesterday and no response.

John Stickert Location unknown

2:32pm on Monday, November 12th, 2007

I’m trying to find out the name of someone in charge at Global Test Market. In early July I put in a request for payment. At the time I had 5140 points or $257. I haven’t received anything from them other than requests for my address or my account number. Today I got an email asking for my apartment number. I’ve been doing surveys for them for about 4 years and I’ve always received payment before. If you have any ideas on how I should proceed I would greatly appreciate it. Thank You.

Suzie Location unknown

5:56pm on Friday, October 5th, 2007

I’ve been with Global Test Market, from some time now and I haven’t qualified for a lot of the surveys that they’ve sent me it could just be because of the way I completed my personal profile. At this rate it might take a year to get enough points to cash out, but, it’s still fun and easy money. If you’re into survey sites, this is a decent one.