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A.W. Surveys seems too good to be true, because it is. $1.25 per referral should have immediately clued me in, but I decided to take a chance and get burned.
I have 82 referrals under me + $27 in surveys done. That totals $129.50 and I have received $0 of it since I attempted to cash-out on 6/22/07. The owner, Adam Seebeck, has failed to give me proper customer service involving the situation, nor a viable reason as to why I have not received my funds. While he claims that several of my referrals had signed via the same IP, I hardly doubt all 82 of them used the same overseas IP to sign up for this offer.
Regardless, I have submitted a claim to the BBB and they are reviewing the site. I would HIGHLY recommend staying away from A.W. Surveys, as well as any of it's sister companies owned by Aclarn, Inc.
These companies include:
*SurveyKing.com
*TopSurveys.com
*AWSurveys.com
*Aclarninc.com
*OrganizeThem.com
*Hi-Shorts.com
*Style-Hope.com
*DanceAndBeyond.com
Best Regards,
Cristobel
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A.W. Surveys Site Fraud
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Posted 09 July 2007 - 04:54 PM
I have heard a lot about them on other forums and indeed they are a complete and total scam. they actually started up earlier this year and tons of people went crazy searching for referrals and racking up "earnings." And then they tried to cash out and didn't get paid, and didn't get paid, and didn't get paid. And then, poof! the site was gone for several weeks.
When it came back, no one's accounts were there anymore. Sorry to hear you had a bad experience with them, but at least you know you are not alone.
When it came back, no one's accounts were there anymore. Sorry to hear you had a bad experience with them, but at least you know you are not alone.
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Posted 09 July 2007 - 07:47 PM
I've never heard of them either, but thanks for the info. Definately going to stay away from those sites.. Sorry you had to go through all that trouble though.. =/
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Posted 09 July 2007 - 09:01 PM
Here is a link to a thread within the forum where we have discussed the survey police website....I have actually filed a complaint at the survey police website and they in turn contacted the survey site that did not pay what I had honestly earned and I was issued a $20 check that very week!!! 
You may wanna add survey police site to your favorites/bookmarks....
http://www.get-paid-hwy.com/index.php?show...p;p=&#entry
You may wanna add survey police site to your favorites/bookmarks....http://www.get-paid-hwy.com/index.php?show...p;p=&#entry
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Posted 10 July 2007 - 06:30 PM
Yeah. A.W. is horrible 
I'm glad I found it before you guys did. Most people don't take the initiative to post bad sites.
I'm glad I found it before you guys did. Most people don't take the initiative to post bad sites.
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Posted 11 July 2007 - 07:47 PM
I filed a complaint with the SurveyPolice. Thanks for the heads up.
#8 Guest_Cristobel_*
Posted 12 July 2007 - 02:45 PM
Just going to post current happening through the Survey Police:
AW Surveys Survey Panelist Complaint
Case #: 13
Status: Approved
Plaintiff: Cristobel
Submitted: 2007-07-11 15:45:43
Panel Account #:
Description:
A.W. Surveys seems too good to be true, because it is. $1.25 per referral should have immediately clued me in, but I decided to take a chance and get burned.
I have 82 referrals under me + $27 in surveys done. That totals $129.50 and I have received $0 of it since I attempted to cash-out on 6/22/07. The owner, Adam Seebeck, has failed to give me proper customer service involving the situation, nor a viable reason as to why I have not received my funds. While he claims that several of my referrals had signed via the same IP, I hardly doubt all 82 of them used the same overseas IP to sign up for this offer.
I would HIGHLY recommend staying away from A.W. Surveys, as well as any of it's sister companies owned by Aclarn, Inc.
On 2007-07-12 10:30:16, AW Surveys wrote: (considered resolved)
In this case, the majority of accounts referred were fraudulent because of identical IP Address. We have sent 10+ emails to this user, they are ether being caught in their spam filter or are disregarding them for other reasons. We do pay our survey takers and have processed over 1500 payments last month alone.
Admin @ A.W.Surveys
On 2007-07-12 10:42:59, Cristobel wrote: (resolution not acceptable)
I have received every single e-mail from them. I have also responded to every single e-mail. On their site it say:
"When we periodically delete Fraudulent accounts and they have your Referral tag on them, you will lose them as your referral. We know that you can not control what your referrals do, but this is why we recommend only referring your friends that you know will not commit fraudulent activities."
I have yet to have one single referral removed from underneath me, nor given the amount of referrals that weren't fraudulent. They are providing an arbitrary number of "Over 25" for fraudulent sign ons, but can't provide me with an exact number. I can not control who signs on under me. If someone uses my referral link to sign their friends up or even sign up severals times under me, I have no control over this and A.W. Surveys claims to understand this.
Arbitrary amounts do not solve this situation and a even with a loose interpretation of your rules, this is asinine.
Any thoughts you guys can provide would be great!
AW Surveys Survey Panelist Complaint
Case #: 13
Status: Approved
Plaintiff: Cristobel
Submitted: 2007-07-11 15:45:43
Panel Account #:
Description:
A.W. Surveys seems too good to be true, because it is. $1.25 per referral should have immediately clued me in, but I decided to take a chance and get burned.
I have 82 referrals under me + $27 in surveys done. That totals $129.50 and I have received $0 of it since I attempted to cash-out on 6/22/07. The owner, Adam Seebeck, has failed to give me proper customer service involving the situation, nor a viable reason as to why I have not received my funds. While he claims that several of my referrals had signed via the same IP, I hardly doubt all 82 of them used the same overseas IP to sign up for this offer.
I would HIGHLY recommend staying away from A.W. Surveys, as well as any of it's sister companies owned by Aclarn, Inc.
On 2007-07-12 10:30:16, AW Surveys wrote: (considered resolved)
In this case, the majority of accounts referred were fraudulent because of identical IP Address. We have sent 10+ emails to this user, they are ether being caught in their spam filter or are disregarding them for other reasons. We do pay our survey takers and have processed over 1500 payments last month alone.
Admin @ A.W.Surveys
On 2007-07-12 10:42:59, Cristobel wrote: (resolution not acceptable)
I have received every single e-mail from them. I have also responded to every single e-mail. On their site it say:
"When we periodically delete Fraudulent accounts and they have your Referral tag on them, you will lose them as your referral. We know that you can not control what your referrals do, but this is why we recommend only referring your friends that you know will not commit fraudulent activities."
I have yet to have one single referral removed from underneath me, nor given the amount of referrals that weren't fraudulent. They are providing an arbitrary number of "Over 25" for fraudulent sign ons, but can't provide me with an exact number. I can not control who signs on under me. If someone uses my referral link to sign their friends up or even sign up severals times under me, I have no control over this and A.W. Surveys claims to understand this.
Arbitrary amounts do not solve this situation and a even with a loose interpretation of your rules, this is asinine.
Any thoughts you guys can provide would be great!
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Posted 12 July 2007 - 11:19 PM
Thanks for the link Rockin, I think I just might put them under my fav links. I probably wont run across much (since im not doing surveys so much anymore) but thanks all the same..;p
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Posted 13 July 2007 - 01:51 AM
Something is wrong with the internet. It just hasnt been staying up long enough before I finish a survey. Then when I get back on of course I have to start over. So I kinda gave up for now.. lol
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Posted 13 July 2007 - 09:37 AM
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Something is wrong with the internet
R U sure it is the internet???
I am using the same internet as you and I don't seem to be having an issue with taking surveys....Could be your internet connection... are you using dial-up or broadband???
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Posted 13 July 2007 - 12:06 PM
Hey BluPenguin,
I think it might be your ISP, I have dialup which stinks but I am stuck with it until cable or someone deceides I live in this world. To The point I have been cut off like ten times in the past 24 hrs. It is like
they are driving me nut's. I am going to 
as fast as I can to any thing new that comes my way to get rid of the ISP I have. The phonr company I have which also handles my internet con. has put a filter on my line and I can't even get another ISP. They even told me this over the phone, I would look at your ISP before I looked at anything elese.
Baker
I think it might be your ISP, I have dialup which stinks but I am stuck with it until cable or someone deceides I live in this world. To The point I have been cut off like ten times in the past 24 hrs. It is like
they are driving me nut's. I am going to as fast as I can to any thing new that comes my way to get rid of the ISP I have. The phonr company I have which also handles my internet con. has put a filter on my line and I can't even get another ISP. They even told me this over the phone, I would look at your ISP before I looked at anything elese.Baker
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Posted 14 July 2007 - 04:04 AM
It's the cable company. (I have a cable modem) Recently we have been getting alot of thunderstorms in the area, and even if it's something on the other side of town, they shut the whole thing down.. >.> I just said *something is wrong with the internet* to sum it up. I ment something is wrong with the cable company, lol. Our cable even goes out if the phone company lines go out, because someone ALWAYS cuts the cable line as well to fix whatever problem.. I know.. its stupidity, maybe its because I live in Mississippi.. >.>
#15 Guest_Christine_*
Posted 16 July 2007 - 10:17 AM
I have actually heard of somebody getting paid from this site, but it could be just false. Glad you told me because I signed up for this site and i'm not going to do it anymore.
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Posted 19 January 2008 - 08:12 PM
I just requested my first check with A.W. Surveys this week. I am glad that I know now that they are a scam and that I won't receive my check instead of waiting for the check. I am disappointed though that I won't get my money. $1.25 per referral is too good to be true but I hoped that they wouldn't be a scam since every other survey site I take surveys for isn't.
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Posted 19 January 2008 - 08:25 PM
Yes, don't get your hopes up but please do let us know if they actually do send you payment. :)
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Posted 23 January 2008 - 05:56 AM
I'll post if I receive a check from them. It is funny though how they state on the account page that they have recently sent out checks and paid members through Paypal. I am not sure what they would gain by having members sign up for free and take surveys and then not send out checks. If I don't get a check, this would be the first survey company I have been involved with that didn't pay me.
Posted 23 January 2008 - 08:38 AM
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