Only Cash Surveys Reviews – Legit or Scam?
OnlyCashSurveys.com is new company entering the online paid survey market. Though they are very new and don’t seem to have a lot of buzz, there are some things we know about them.
First, and I can’t say it enough, when it comes to online paid surveys the number one rule to remember is that you should never pay for the option to take surveys. Legitimate companies are paid not by you, but the companies they service. Only Cash Surveys does not ask for money from its members in any way – no one time fees, no membership fees. So this is a good sign.
Second, they require all their members to create a PayPal account for online cash payments. This means that Only Cash Surveys deals with real monetary rewards, not point systems or prize rewards like many other survey companies. They do require that you have at least $20 in your earned account before they’ll schedule payouts, however, so keep that in mind.
Finally, it’s easy to sign up at OnlyCashSurveys.com. All you need is an email address and the time to fill out a short questionnaire helping them gather information to determine what specific demographics you fit into to see what surveys would fit you best.
Now, there are some things that you should be aware of before doing business with OnlyCashSurveys.com.
Once you register, you’ll immediately see a list of surveys that you can participate in. There will be a general description of what the survey is about, then the estimated percentage of likelihood that you will fit the demographic enough to successfully complete the survey, how long it will take to complete the survey, and how much you will be paid if you complete the survey.
In general, each survey is anywhere from 5-30 minutes to complete and upon completion each survey will pay you anywhere from $1.00-$5.00. However, it’s important to pay attention to the percentages offered for how successful they believe you will be in completing a survey. You could be 10 minutes into completing a 15 minute survey and be stopped from completing it, due to an answer you gave that disqualifies you from the study. This is more likely to happen with a survey that has a low percentage than one that gives a high percentage.
Another complaint that customers have about Only Cash Surveys is the length of time it takes for members to receive their payouts. Despite requiring PayPal accounts to ensure successful cash transactions, OnlyCashSurveys.com gives themselves 4 full weeks to fulfill a payout from the time you request it. And unfortunately customers say that it does often take that long.
But this brings me back to something I have said many times before – if you’re interested in trying to make money taking surveys, then make sure to sign up with multiple market research companies. This way, you’re far more likely to qualify for more surveys, complete more surveys, and earn more money in general.
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April 2nd, 2012 at 4:16 pm
what the hell is this??
whatever they offer me “now closed”!
What is the point of offering expired(or whatsoever) survey??
So ridiculous.
March 10th, 2012 at 3:39 pm
I have done over 200 plus surveys with this company in a years time and was very happy with them until they pulled the rug out from under me too. I am 54 years old and them asses accused me of somehow cheating to be able to qualify for so many surveys. Are they really that stupid? They blocked access to my money which i already earned and boy am i pissed.
February 11th, 2012 at 6:49 pm
I cannot rate them because they promised to pay me a certain amount of money for certain surveys. By the time I was done they owed me $175.00 and then sent me one stating that they would pay me $500 for another survey. Upon contacting them, I had a paypal account and still never got my money. They have decided to Unsubscribe me because I kept pushing for my money and got upset when I told them that I had copies of all the emails and confirmations. Nobody should do business with them at all. I plan on contacting everyone from facebook to the BBB.
January 25th, 2012 at 11:26 am
I joined hoping to make a little bit of spending money. I’d say about 99% of the surveys tell me I’m not qualified (I’ve only qualified for 6 out of at least 50). You don’t find that out until a lot of times until you’ve spent 10-15 minutes going through everything. I didn’t expect to qualify for everything, but even ones that say I’m 90% and even 100% have disqualified. It just takes too long to get to the $20 redemption level.
January 19th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
I joined this site a few months ago and earned decent money. No problems withdrawing my earnings………until now. My $20 request was rejected. I emailed them and asked them why, but they have not responded. I still have another $40 in my account. I can access the site, but there are no surveys for me anymore. I resent the email, no response.
I WAS happy with this site and really enjoyed the surveys. I am not a happy camper right now, though, after spending all that time on surveys, earning, only to have my withdrawal rejected. I’m done with them.
January 16th, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Forgot to mention that the creeps from only cash surveys never responded to my e-mails or took care of my “pending” surveys. Pending? For what? Horrible outfit. Everyone call the BBB or your local attorney generals office. Put these jack-asses out of business for good!
January 16th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Terrible outfit! Don’t even waste your time. All of my survey cash amounts were “pending”. The company said they need several weeks to verify each survey! BS! These creeps are liars!! I hope somebody from this outfit reads this! Thanks for wasting my time!
September 29th, 2011 at 8:06 am
I have been waiting over 3 months now for my first $20 payment they have no way to contact them except through emails and as of today they have only responded to one of the ten emails I have sent them asking why I havent recieved my payment yet. There response to the first one was that they did submit the payment to paypal, so I contacted paypal directly and they have not recieved any payments from them for me. I once again tried to email them to tell them what paypal said and these are the emails that they wont respond to. Very poor business matter.
September 17th, 2011 at 4:10 pm
I have very mixed feelings about this site. I requested a $25 cash out last month, which has been approved, but not paid.
Now, all of a sudden, they are not giving me any more surveys, nor can I access my profile, although I can log in.
I first thought there might be a site maintenance and waited a few days. No change. Just to see if the site works at all, I had a friend create an account, and delete it immediately. The site had no problems with that account.
Something is obviously messed up with my account, but customer support is non-responsive.
Meanwhile, in addition to the $25 they’re not paying, $50 more have become eligible for cash out, but there is no cash out button. Also, no customer support response to that.
So with $75 of survey earnings outstanding, you can understand why I can’t rave about them right now.
Cee says:
December 13th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
Quit while you are ahead! There are alot of better,legitimate survey companies to work for.
September 15th, 2011 at 11:26 pm
I started with this company several months ago also and still trying to get my $56.00! I had no problem getting my first $20.00 cash out by check but when I requested the 2nd to be deposited in my Pay Pal account they denied payment Apparently, a Customer Rep that works there thought I set up two accounts with them, which of course I never did or would with any survey site. I have strong work ethics. I have asked for proof of this several times which they have yet been able to show. I am now going to go through the Better Business Bureau or the Attorney General’s office- I want to be put back in good standing and also want to be paid my hard earned money that they owe me! Very poorly run site- it’s unfortunate.
Cee says:
December 13th, 2011 at 2:45 pm
These people are not honest. A legitimate company never has these sort of payment issues especially with PayPal.
Cut them loose! Do not waste another minute with them.
September 12th, 2011 at 9:39 am
Only cash surveys.com I believe is a rip off because I had joined and earned my cash out reward, but it was never deposited into my paypal account. I called paypal to comfirm it, and I had been trying to reach only cash surveys by Email with no reply from them and there is no phone number to call them. I would report them to the BBB.
August 28th, 2011 at 9:32 pm
They charge you now, currently 29.95 with an 8 week money back guarantee. sorry, im trying to earn money, not spend what I don’t have..
August 10th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Got a $20 payment on 7/15/2011 and just got another payment on 8/10/2011
July 25th, 2011 at 9:15 pm
I just got my first $20 payment in my paypal account and have another one waiting under review as well as $50 more ready to be approved in surveys. The key with this site is PATIENCE but once you start getting paid the first time and you keep up, they will start coming in on a regular basis. It take 2-6 weeks for them to clear the survey and then 4-6 weeks to clear the cashout amount but I have kept up all along and now will start getting regular payment from them on my surveys. SO PATIENCE PEOPLE, I KNOW THATS HARD IN THIS DAY AND AGE WHEN EVERYONE WANTS EVERYTHING YESTERDAY
Cee says:
December 13th, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Bull!
It is ludacrous to expect a participant to wait months for an incentive payment! I have been at this a long time and believe me there are alot of better companies to work with.
July 23rd, 2011 at 5:12 pm
I’ve been taking survey after survey and still have not been paid
July 16th, 2011 at 5:40 pm
I don’t know what’s going on with the rest of the reviews but I just received a $20.00 payment from OnlyCashSurveys.com on 7/15/2011.
The situation with this site is that you have to be patient because it’s going to take 2-6 weeks for your surveys to be processed and then once you make $20.00 or whatever you cash out after $20 it’s going to take about 4 weeks for your payment to be confirmed, at least that’s what happened in my case.
Make sure you don’t rush through the surveys, answer everything correctly. Some surveys you’ll qualify for and some you won’t but if you go through enough of them you’ll complete a certain amout of them on a regular basis.
Keep doing them on a regular basis so as the new surveys you completed are being processed and the older one’s you already took become earned in you account.
Remember patience!
So for me so far it’s not a scam, sorry guys and gals I hate to disappoint some of you all.
July 8th, 2011 at 2:59 pm
Only Cash Surveys doesn’t seem very legit, to me….they don’t even have a phone number listed on their site. I’ve been waiting 5 weeks just for an amazon.com gift code, and they keep making up excuses why it hasn’t been processed. Bull!!! Time to rock the boat!
Cee says:
December 13th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
5 WEEKS! The companies I work with send them to me via email immediately upon redemption!
I have never waited more than a week of an Amazon Gift code!
June 27th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
I coulda SWORN my initial cash out threshold was $10. Seems they keep “upping” my threshold so that I won’t be able to cash out. Now it’s at $20 with me only earning a little over $12. Getting ready to dump this scammn.
May 24th, 2011 at 2:33 pm
This site is not a scam site. They have thousands of members and they pay out at $10, $20, and mostly at $25. They always pay out, it may take a few weeks to get your payment, but they always pay. You have to reach a threshold and then they pay. Perhaps you are having trouble with your reviewed payments because you are cheating on the surveys? That is often the reason that these companies reject, racing, lying, etc.
April 19th, 2011 at 1:00 pm
It took forever for some of the surveys to get into the verified position so I could withdraw and then when I finally had $20.00 available to withdraw, it took a month and then MY WITHDRAWAL WAS REJECTED. I’ve emailed as to why it was rejected but I have not gotten an answer as yet. I belong to several survey sites and this is the fist time I’ve ever been denied payment.This really irritates me as I’ve done about $ 50.00 worth of surveys and it looks like I’ll never see the money. This site is a ripoff in my opinion.
April 4th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
I joined last August, more often than not I invest a lot of time and don’t “qualify”– I’ve earned my $20 to cash out finally, however there’s a $2 survey that has been pending since December, so I’m idling at $18.10. And this was posted on a job website as a “job”– right.
March 27th, 2011 at 2:54 pm
REVIEWOPEDIA.COM ROCKS!!! This website has been and is continuing to be so incredibly helpful! Thanks everybody! :)
February 24th, 2011 at 12:23 am
Have been with them 6 or 7 months. Have some surveys pending from November 2010. Finally earned 20.00 to cash out. Have been waiting over 1 month, no money yet. Won’t respond to emails. Sounds like a real cash flow problem, good luck. Should change their name to Surveys Only, No Cash.
Cee says:
December 13th, 2011 at 2:50 pm
Clever and right on target! It is always a very bad sign when there is no response from a survey provider!
February 12th, 2011 at 9:03 pm
They only tell you they have enough responses AFTER you complete a lengthy survey, not before. You give them your time and comments and get nothing in return. This is no way to build loyalty. I would not recommend to a friend. I canceled my account, forfeiting $5.00 in accrued credit. Not worth the aggravation.
October 26th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
I totally understand your irritation Carri, I am in the same boat, I have been waiting over 2 months now for credit for a survey I took on 8/16/10. It seems to me when you get close to the “Cash Out” amount of $20.00 then they stall. I will not take another survey with these people and if I ever do get my credit I will immediately cash out and not be involved with this company again. It is a sham! Lightspeed Panel is a good survey panel, it’s points but every survey you do you see your points immediately credited and when I cash out it is done within a day or so. They also sometimes offer other participation where you can try things for points or the last one I did I did a log and after returning it w/the equipment received $60.00. ONLY CASH SURVEYS SUCK!
October 17th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
I started with this company several months ago and have NOT been paid yet. They took over a month to credit half my surveys, then they left the rest pending and it’s been almost another full month. I have no idea if I will ever get paid. I would never recommend them. There is no excuse for the amount of time they take to credit a survey when other sites credit within a day and are alot bigger with more members. I would hope they will eventually pay me, but I’m very upset over it.
Cee says:
December 13th, 2011 at 2:52 pm
I smell a dishonest Rat! Run away!
October 4th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
Very helpful!