Panda Research Review

Well, let me begin with the caveats.  I should know by now that there really is no such thing as a free lunch.  So I should have taken the assertation that they'd give me $5 just for signing up with a couple of pounds of salt.  Now, they really HAVE credited my account with $5 -- that much is true.  Can I access it ? NO.  I have to wait until I've earned $100 until I get it.  They pay nothing for just reading emails -- you have to buy into the alleged surveys to "earn" any money.  And, it's just the usual non-surveys.  You have to sign up for an offer which will charge you a monthly or annual fee, which is normally more than your "earnings".

I know that there are real surveys out there which pay genuine money for my opinion, and just for my opinion.  Panda Research has a few of the normal "chump-change" survey groups.  And, they'll "pay" you a dollar or two for joining those groups.  I say "pay" because if those are all you sign up for, you'll never hit that $100 that you actually receive.

I think I am primarily irritated with them because they snuck in under my radar.  I have learned to look carefully at those "free" offers that put in the fine print "after completing offers".  Now I have learned to look at the payout box before I bother to respond to any of these "$5 for signing up" offers.