Paid Surveys Etc.- Are they O.K.?

Here is the historical record we have about their refund rates:

Paid Surveys Etc. refund rates, by time period:

For the half month ending:

Commentaries Found Posted on the Net:

1. Paid Surveys Etc. is not listed by Scam Free Zone at: http://www.scamfreezone.org/scams.htm

2. McAfee at: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/paidsurveysetc.com

A. Overall initial commentary: When we visited this site, we found one or more misleading claims about work-at-home opportunities.

B. e-mail tests for paidsurveysetc.com:

We have not found any e-mail sign-up forms on this site.

C. McAfee SiteAdvisor Report on Online affiliations for toponlinesurveys.com:

When we visited this site, we found that most of its links are to sites which are safe or have only minor safety/annoyance issues..

D. User Review Summary for paidsurveysetc.com

This site is good!  (1)

Phishing or other scams (2)

Bad shopping experience (1)

Summary: Four reviewers in the last year, one positive, three negative. Of the negatives one was not specific, one had a billing problem (wanted a refund) and the other just griped that the whole thing was a scam with nothing specific to back it up.

[Altogether not too bad for several thousand clients in a year...]

Additional Information: At the answers.yahoo.com site I found several entries that could be classified as Internet "chatter" about Paid Surveys Etc. Nothing specific, opinions on paid surveys in general. Saw one comment blaming them for a bad experience with a survey maker that had been on their list...

Nothing earthshaking or worrisome there...

Survey Sentinel commentary: The commentaries reported above are generally positive. The three negative user comments have no details and appear to be just general gripes.  Anyone can make a complaint, for any reason.

The most serious negative was McAfee's comment about "one or more misleading claims". There was no date on that; we don't know when the comment was made or if it has been corrected now.

Looking at their website, it does not seem to be making overly wild or misleading claims now. It is certainly not the worst I have seen in this regard. Sometimes salesmen get a bit carried away with what they say, but most people can see through this easily enough as being just "Sales puffery".

Altogether this is a good report. There seems to be nothing significant against Paid Surveys Etc. posted online.  And their current clients are giving them good marks recently, a very positive sign.

We conclude that NO, Top Online Surveys is not a scam, they are O.K. They appear to be the best larger paid survey site out there.