"Shopper's Voice" surveys - yay or nay?

Jan 21st, 2009 9:38 pm

#1

Jorpho: Deal Addict; Aug 15, 2003; 2681 posts; 224 upvotes; Ottawa

Jan 21st, 2009 9:38 pm

"Shopper's Voice" surveys - yay or nay?

I can't say I've ever completed a grocery-shopping survey before. Given that I frankly don't care one whit who knows about my purchasing patterns, is it a bad idea to send one of these in?

The best case scenario I can imagine is that I get coupons to save money on stuff I'd be interested in using anyway. The worst case is that I get inundated with useless crap from which there will be no escape.

Your thoughts?

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Jan 21st, 2009 11:49 pm

#2

selpats: Dec 31, 1969

Jan 21st, 2009 11:49 pm

I do them, I like the coupons "Diane" sends me... :cheesygri

I haven't seen any increase in the amount of junk mail that I receive.

Jan 22nd, 2009 1:14 am

#3

SparrowSavvy: Member; Dec 9, 2008; 237 posts; 14 upvotes; H H Haaamilton

Jan 22nd, 2009 1:14 am

I always fill out and send in ones from "Diane" too. You get a few coupons and sometimes free samples. The coupons are pretty good, usually at least a buck off or more, or the coupon is for a free item. Last time I got free Breatheright nosestrips, a Freedent gum sample, and a coupon for a free can of air freshener, plus other coupons. If you read through the info with the survey, it says that they will send you a selection of coupons that are available to them at the time. If you don't want junk mail or junk email, don't fill out your email address, and don't check the boxes that ask if you want to be contacted by other companies. I just fill out the survey, (personal information is optional), send it in, get my coupons about 3-4 months later, and that's it. I have never been harrassed by any crap from them or other companies.

Allow me to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket. ~ Jack Sparrow

Jan 23rd, 2009 5:24 pm

#4

Jorpho [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 15, 2003; 2681 posts; 224 upvotes; Ottawa

Jan 23rd, 2009 5:24 pm

So, two votes for and none against? Sounds okay to me.

Jan 23rd, 2009 6:04 pm

#5

brunes: Deal Expert; Dec 11, 2005; 18500 posts; 930 upvotes

Jan 23rd, 2009 6:04 pm

They're way too long or me to bother. I am not going to waste 1/2 hour of my life filling out a boring survey for $2.00 off in coupons.

Maybe if the survey was 1 page double sided or something. But it is like 18 freaking pages long!

I can save more money and have more fun trolling this board for an hour.

To be nobody but yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. -- E. E. Cummings

Jan 23rd, 2009 6:13 pm

#6

selpats: Dec 31, 1969

Jan 23rd, 2009 6:13 pm

It's actually a bunch of freebie coupons as well. I got about $15 worth of freebies from the last one...

18 pages? It is four pages.

I guess the attention span of some people is too short and/or the questions are too difficult.

Keep on "trolling".

Jan 23rd, 2009 6:21 pm

#7

brunes: Deal Expert; Dec 11, 2005; 18500 posts; 930 upvotes

Jan 23rd, 2009 6:21 pm

selpats wrote: ↑
Jan 23rd, 2009 6:13 pm

It's actually a bunch of freebie coupons as well. I got about $15 worth of freebies from the last one...

18 pages? It is four pages.

I guess the attention span of some people is too short and/or the questions are too difficult.

Keep on "trolling".

I don't know what survey YOU get but I am holding the "Diane" one right in my hand and it is 4 double-sided folded pages, = 16 (OK I was off by two)

To be nobody but yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. -- E. E. Cummings

Jan 23rd, 2009 7:39 pm

#8

SparrowSavvy: Member; Dec 9, 2008; 237 posts; 14 upvotes; H H Haaamilton

Jan 23rd, 2009 7:39 pm

selpats wrote: ↑
Jan 23rd, 2009 6:13 pm

I guess the attention span of some people is too short and/or the questions are too difficult.

Arrrrgghhh...so...many...questions...it takes me 10 minutes to figure out what kind of soap I use, especially when the embossed name wears off in the shower. :confused:

(crap! is this Zest or Irish Spring????????)

It's multiple choice...when in doubt, pick 'C'!

Allow me to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket. ~ Jack Sparrow

Jan 23rd, 2009 8:02 pm

#9

professionaldude: Deal Addict; Oct 20, 2007; 2776 posts; 38 upvotes; Home

Jan 23rd, 2009 8:02 pm

The one I tried was long so i gave up.
I don't bother with them anymore.

If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it was, and always will be yours. If it never returns, it was never yours to begin with

Jan 24th, 2009 2:04 am

#10

sillysimms: Deal Fanatic; Jan 11, 2008; 7041 posts; 673 upvotes; GTA

Jan 24th, 2009 2:04 am

I just got this survey too. I filled it out and will mail it out (without my email address). The coupons from this aren't bad and didn't take me long to do. I filled it out while having my morning coffee.

brunes wrote: ↑
Jan 23rd, 2009 6:21 pm
I don't know what survey YOU get but I am holding the "Diane" one right in my hand and it is 4 double-sided folded pages, = 16 (OK I was off by two)

Must be a different one than the one I got today from "Diane". The one I just got from "Diane" is 6 pages total. When you open it up, there are three pages and they're double sided which equals 6.

Mar 22nd, 2012 5:46 pm

#11

mooglexo: Newbie; Mar 21, 2012; 1 posts

Mar 22nd, 2012 5:46 pm

brunes wrote: ↑
Jan 23rd, 2009 6:04 pm
They're way too long or me to bother. I am not going to waste 1/2 hour of my life filling out a boring survey for $2.00 off in coupons.

Maybe if the survey was 1 page double sided or something. But it is like 18 freaking pages long!

I can save more money and have more fun trolling this board for an hour.

I had did it in under 20 minutes. it depends on how fast you can read, plus you dont have to do it all in one sitting if its such a burden...
I got a big thick envelope of over like 200 bucks of in coupons along with a few free items, and the best is the coupons dont expire till like 2013-2014

Mar 23rd, 2012 9:28 am

#12

spooky: Sr. Member; Mar 13, 2006; 729 posts; 282 upvotes; Toronto

Mar 23rd, 2012 9:28 am

Definitely got a lot of coupons from filling out the survey.

Mar 24th, 2012 7:08 pm

#13

Jorpho [OP]: Deal Addict; Aug 15, 2003; 2681 posts; 224 upvotes; Ottawa

Mar 24th, 2012 7:08 pm

Gee, who bumped this..?

For some reason I never actually got anything after I filled out my survey, and now that I'm living back East, I have never again been sent such a survey.