Pinecone Research Review

PineCone Research is a great survey site. Once you become a member, you won't ever want to unscubscribe from this panel.

You will be paid $3 for each survey you complete, either by check or paypal (way faster). The con is that you will only receive 2-3 surveys a month. 

"One of the best features is the guaranteed payment for your time. None of that awful business of spending 30 minutes on a survey to be disqualified. If they offer the survey to you, you WILL be paid. That's a rarity in the survey world!" (yourfreesurveys)

Sometimes they will send you products to test after doing a survey. You will have to try the product and do a follow up survey 2-3 weeks later (you will be paid for this one TOO).

It is not easy to join them because they don't let you sign up in their website. You have to look for a banner online:

"Do you recruit new members through your website or take referrals?
Presently, we do not recruit new members through our website or take unsolicited referrals. However, we will be posting recruitment opportunities through banner ads on various websites from time to time throughout the year. If you see one of these ads, please feel free to sign up with us.

Where can I find the PineCone banner ads?
Unfortunately, there is no one site that I disclose to you. The banner ad placement is not fixed over the life of the campaign. The web sites that our banner ads may appear on are constantly changing during the course of the campaign."

A great place to find a banner (if available) is in "Annika's blog".

This is my favorite survey site and it is definitely a keeper :)