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Survey Absolute - is it a Scam?
Here is the historical record we have about their refund rates:
Survey Absolute refund rates, by time period:
For the half month ending:
| Date |
Grav-
ity |
3
month
Avg.
|
This
1/2
Month |
Comp
Index
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| April 5, 2007 |
10.8 |
10.81% |
9.12% |
n/a |
| May 5, 2007 |
8.7 |
9.84% |
13.56% |
n/a |
| May 21, 2007 |
7.4 |
7.38%
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14.08% |
n/a |
| June 5, 2007 |
9.8 |
10.41% |
9.96%
|
n/a |
| June 21, 2007 |
11.6 |
11.0% |
13.6% |
12.6% |
| July 5, 2007 |
10.2 |
11.9% |
15.9% |
14.3% |
| July 21, 2007 |
10.2 |
13.0% |
15.9% |
14.7% |
| August 5, 2007 |
Dropped from Clickbank list and dropped from our list at Survey Sentinel. |
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Survey Sentinel Commentary: This is
not a good performance. They had many readings above 10.0% and their Composite Index had been worsening
for the last two reporting periods when they dropped off of ClickBank's listings.
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[Note that April 5, 2007 was the first time we listed Survey Absolute. You can see and check any or all of the
above figures, and read the footnote comments at Past Rankings
Commentaries Found Posted on the Net:
1. Survey Absolute.com is not listed under "Disagreement Advisory Sites" by Scam Free Zone at:
http://www.scamfreezone.org/scams.htm
2. McAfee at: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/surveyscout.com
We found that 'surveyabsolute.com' was not in their database. We left an inquiry about them. When we
departed the site at 21:18 GMT April 14, 2008, the listing read as follows:
"Automated Web Safety Testing Results for surveyabsolute.info
This site has been queued for testing. Please come back soon for automated results."
3. Additional Information: At the answers.yahoo.com site, We found:
"Search Results
Sorry, no results for "surveyabsolute.info" in Yahoo! Answers"
Survey Sentinel commentary:
The three commentaries summarized above indicate a lack of data. This could mean that no one
has complained. Or it might mean simply that there is not any data at this point in
time.
Summary:
Usually, when a paid survey membership site drops off of their ClickBank listing, when they have high
refund rates, it's for one of two reasons:
1. ClickBank got tired of seeing high refund rates and pressured them by withholding a high
fraction of their subscription fees for 90 days to protect itself from future refunds. This might have made them decide to
leave.
Or, ClickBank may have asked them to leave.
2. Their visible high refund rate was an embarrassment to them and, instead of providing better
service to get the refund rate down, they elected to "go private" and continue to operate. But operate in such a manner that
their refund rates would not be visible and could not be reported. And they would not be subject to ClickBanks relatively easy
(in favor of the buyer) refund policy.
Of course, they could have decided to leave for any other
reason, such as not wanting to pay ClickBank's fees or anything else.
Their actual reasons for leaving CB are unknown . We
can only speculate, based on past experiences.
In balance, we do not know much about Survey Absolute.
There is no indication that it is a Scam.
We report here what we know and leave the reader to draw
his or her own conclusions about doing business with them.
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