BigSpot Surveys
First, I must disclose: I am not an affiliate, representative, or in any way related to Bigspot.com or their parent companies. The information provided here is “consumer commentary”, my intellectual property and is protected under “fair use”.
If you watch TV, you’ve seen the ad for BigSpot Survey Company. As an avid survey taker, I perked up when the ad from BigSpot first aired…
But after checking out the site for myself, I knew that I needed to warn my readers about Bigspot.
The BigSpot owners know that jobs are scarce and the economy is pretty bad. The sad fact is, there are more and more people looking for ways to make money just to get by… :(
Generally, I REALLY don’t think it’s okay to prey on the American people… And by “generally”, I mean NEVER.
When you head over to the BigSpot website, everything looks fairly legit, the website is a little generic to have a TV spot, but we will just overlook that for now.
I would like to point out the BigSpot commercials are targeted demographically, like all commercials, but try to remember what you were watching when you seen the Bigspot ad, what type of audience do you think BigSpot is trying to target….just some mind candy…
As we look over the web site, we notice a place to sign up to get in all those “great” surveys.
STOP.
SIGN UP??
By giving any 3rd party your contact information you have just opened Pandora’s box of junk mail and worst case scenario – identity theft.
If you want to do surveys, never:
1. Pay money upfront
2. Give personal information to a 3rd party company
Why does Bigspot.com need your email? They do not work for those companies. Your email SHOULD be worthless to them. Why can’t they just list the companies on the landing page / home page and just let visitors sign up? That would be more acceptable and upfront.
I received a few emails asking if we had used BigSpot — Because I love my readers SO MUCH, we tackled Bigspot.com and here before you, are the results:
We did sign up, so you wouldn’t have to, and before we even had a chance to submit our form, we were offered “FREE Sponsor Offers” ( “Save on the newest AT&T Phones and Accessories”…? Really?! )…
We RELUCTANTLY signed up for everything BigSpot offered.
Continuing on and after bypassing the “FREE Sponsor Offers”, we awere then brought to a page with 14 different survey companies. In my OWN experience, 3 of those survey companies are legit. The other spammy “survey” sites that we have “qualified for” are infamous for redistributing your personal information to everyone and their Mama. Go ahead and Google some of those survey companies and you will see THOUSANDS of complaints.
Why does BIGSPOT need your personal information and your email??? WHY??
There is no reason. Which can only lead me to assume, although I can not PROVE this, that they are doing horrid things with all that personal information they are gathering, regardless of what privacy policies they have plastered on their site. Even if BigSpot doesn’t resell your personal information, they are listing, supporting, profiting from, and recommending YOU, to survey sites that DO!!!! That is BS!
You can decide for yourself to give your personal information out or not. I personally, WOULD NOT.
We “signed up” more then once – using MANY different demographics and we qualified for the SAME surveys NO MATTER what demographics we entered. How can EVERYONE qualify for the SAME exact survey companies?!!
My newly created inbox was sent a variety of emails in seconds, including one thanking me for signing up for the “Hottest Celebrity News”??
Pshhhhhhhhh….
The 14 panels BigSpot offered to (us) the new user are the highest paying referral companies out there. Not the highest paying survey companies to survey takers…the highest referral.
By referral, we mean that Bigspot gets $ when you sign up for these panels. Which is fine by me. They can make all the money they want as far as I am concerned. But do it with the legit companies, you know, the ones that ACTUALLY pay … and WITHOUT requiring visitors to give their personal information to Bigspot.
My biggest issue with Bigspot, is that they create a false sense of security, they do not state their honest intentions upfront ( which is now REQUIRED BY LAW from the FCC ) and they don’t even refer the visitor to ALL the REAL paying survey companies. If Bigspot were to offer ONLY legit survey companies and didn’t require a visitor to enter their email, this post, wouldn’t exist.
BigSpot is a gateway to spam hell! Not just because of the sites they are affiliated with but, as I said before, any personal information you give to a 3rd party site, can lead to the possibility of identity theft. And in theory, you are giving your email to 4th party sites as well, which is an entirely different problem in itself…
The information you get on BigSpot, you can get here at WebFloss, or Google, or… WITHOUT having to fill out any forms, being presented with spammy offers, or be at risk of having your information sold.
Please be careful online and don’t just take our word for it! Do your OWN research!!!
I’d like to point out that this article was original written almost THREE years ago. Since then, Bigspot has added actual content to their site, trying to appear more legit as well as an McAfee Secure button. McAfee “scans” the site to ensure there are no dangerous scripts on Bigspot. McAfee can not tell if Bigspot were to download the database of entered emails and resell those. Also, “some people” have created articles ( written kind of like this one ) that appear to be “reviews” but are HEAVILY favorable to Bigspot.com — Just saying…
In this latest update, I removed the links to survey companies that I have personally reviewed. My reasoning for removing my links, is to try to prove that I have no bias here.
Simply put, I didn’t write this post so that you’ll sign up through me and I’ll receive referrals, I wrote this post because I care about my readers.
Recommend this post through Google!
MORE LINKS TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT BIGSPOT.com
- Warren Buffet blogs on Bigspot Scam
- BigSpot.com Complaints Board
- Suvey101
- AccidentalMommies – leading Mommy Bloggers / followup
- Mylot
- NEW! YouTube review and related comments :)
SCAM = an attempt to intentionally mislead a person or persons with the goal of financial or other gain.
FINAL NOTE: MANY of the companies BigSpot list are well known for NOT paying out. The TV spot is misleading because they claim survey companies you sign up for at Bigspot.com pay out. While a select few might pay out, the majority have proven time and time again to only offer SPAM or resell your information.
REPORT COMPANIES that send spam to the FTC without giving ANY identifiable information. :)
AND another thing, is that you WILL NOT make “Big Bucks” with surveys. It just doesn’t happen… You will make money, but Bigspot will make more money just for one single person that signs up, verses all the surveys you can do in a month.
Remember that. :)
Also, if you would like to comment in FAVOR of Bigspot, please include a detailed account of your experience with Bigspot AND send me photos of being paid by ALL 14 companies ( blur out your personal information, of course ) . Thank you. :)
I have been getting alot of inquires asking WHY the surveys companies I recommend ask for personal information like Bigspot. Let me clarify that YOU WILL NEVER receive a check from Bigspot. EVER. Bigspot simply takes your personal info and refers you to sites to give more personal information out. You do need to give some personal information to the survey sites that PAY YOU, as in, they issue a payment from the survey company name.
I hope that helps to clear things up. If you have more questions, feel free to read my: Getting Started Guide and my Guide to Protecting your Personal Information with regards to surveys.
I’ll also be adding NEW screenshots shortly.. :)
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How come the surveys you gave links to ask for your email
Thank you, I truly would like to let you know that not only do I appreciate you looking out for the rest of society but taking the time to go into as much detail as you did to help those who are reading over you’re site/blog. I’ve seen the add for bigspot ah multiple of times because MTV2 is ah channel my tv practically stays on. I don’t sleep much at all so I found bigspot as a way to not only pass time but make simple money, I actually glanced at you’re link before I clicked on the one for their site. With the chance of fraud any were near on mind I backspaced then took a look at you’re link. I’m ah hard working guy and don’t need any more on my plate then already, identity theft isn’t something I have time to deal with. Thank you again, honestly from every hard working person I say that for. Sorry for such ah long comment, take it easy
thank you so much for pointing out how if it sounds to good to be true then it is. all of us are looking for ways to make some money
these days but we don’t want to be scammed.
Thanks for information. I agree to a shame to prey on anyone. Especially those, who in this economy – everyone, who are suffering so much just to make ends meet.
Thanks again.
Wow! Your review is very thorough and professional. Like many people who responded to your review, I googled the site because the commercial caught my attention. Thanks for the info!
OMFG thank u for this. I had just seen it on the TV and i was just about to check it out until I seen this. All I can say is thank u thank u thank u
thank u so much. i was about to go and click on the website. I figured that it was a scam but was going 2 sign up anyway and then i saw “big Spot Scam”. Thanks so much!!
BigSpot sucks for many reasons. First, even after you give your demographics (age, location, education, etc) when you create your account, each survey begins by asking you the same questions. Then, after you spend 30-45 minutes filling out a survey, it tells you that you are not qualified so you don’t get the points even though you just wasted your time and gave them your feedback! Also, you will start getting a *lot* of spam to the email account that you give them.
If you need money, you’d be better off just working fast-food!
Thank you they almost got me.
Thank you so much for the info. I almost made a big mistake…i did not know all of that about these companies. I’m glad i found your post before i went to Bigspot.com
When someone enters at a jewerly store and rigjt at the begining of the enterence the would be a camera under thefloor so when a theif steals something right away the camera has all ready took the persons picture and it would log n the computer sestum and it would go derectly to the cops for faster agses
I?m now not sure where you are getting your info, but great topic. I needs to spend some time studying much more or understanding more. Thank you for wonderful info I was searching for this info for my mission.
Thank you very much…I appreciate the time you took so I won’t have to.
I’m between jobs and would like to earn a couple bucks or some free food or gift cards…you get it.
Can you point me in the right direction? I found some and then after 15 minutes of filling out the survey it tells me I’m entered for a drawing or I don’t qualify…AGHHHHHHH. Anyway, thanks for our info and hopefully help
Omg! Ikr! I get how u feel gurl!
If it sounds too good to be true it usually is.
How much money do you actually get paid?
Could you send a list of legit work from home jobs…I would love to work but have an anxity dissorder which causes me not to leave my home….Any help with this would be great.
Thank you.carol
I AM SO GLAD I CHOSE YOUR RESULT WHEN I GOOGLED bigspot.com BECAUSE I AM ONE OF THOSE WHO IS IN DIAR NEED TO EARN SOME EASY MONEY. I’M UNEMP’D TWO AND A HALF YRS NOW WITH VERY FEW JOBS IN THERE. THANKS FOR THE EYE OPENER. I LOVE GIVING MY OPINION ON STUFF. MIKE
Thanks, I would have never known. I am personally trying to save up enough money to buy a laptop. I thought BigSpot could help. And, would you mind doing a blog about the sketcher shoes. I’ve only had my NEW ones for just a little bit over a month. And they’re already falling apart!
Thank you so much for this article. I am so glad SCAM came up while I was typing BigSpot in Google. Your article is the first on the list and the ONLY one I need to read. I won’t even bother even look at BigSpot’s home page. I appreciate this article so much and thanks a lot for preventing me from making a truely terrible decision. BigSpot should shange their name to BigScam.
thank you so much you were really a big help. i didn’t even get a chance to go to thew web site. as soon as i seen your site i opened it and started reading. your info was very helpful and i really appreciate it…
Thanks!! Broke college kid working 8 hours every day looking for some extra money. Glad you saved me from the unnecessary stress!!!! :D
I would also like to add the following to your review:
“Changes to this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to change the Privacy Policy at any time. When we materially change the Privacy Policy, we will post a new effective date. Nevertheless, your information will be used in accordance with the version of the Privacy Policy posted at the time of submission. Please review this Privacy Policy frequently to learn of any changes to it.”
That is directly from the BigSpot.com website. My interpretation of this is, “We can do anything we want with your information. Check back every 30 seconds if you want to know how else we might decide to exploit you.”
I was so disappointed to hear that this is a scam. They need to take their commercial off TV
I was hoping you could send me information on what survey sites are legit I am in pretty bad shape money wise can.t feed my dogs or really myself and I need any help I can get please email me about good sites and how they pay you thank you
Kudo’s ,you saved me from losing my idenity and gaining oodles of spam mail. We all need to help each other , as you are, so we can make a little cash and be safe and secure in the process. Thank you very much and keep up the good work..
I clicked on a couple of you recommended survey sites, and my God, they want 10x as much information as BigSpot. However you said you do not recommend giving out your personal information. You said that you had tried these websites yourself, and if you have, that means you have told your address, phone number, and way more things that could make you subject to identity theft. So what’s the deal?
can you recommend any that are legit?
“Simply put, I didn’t write this post so that you’ll sign up through me and I’ll receive referrals, I wrote this post because I care about my readers. ” — and yet when I clicked the links you have listed as sites you suggest, they have your referral code attatched to them so that IF anyone signs up through said link, YOU’LL get commission. How are we supposed to trust you to give unbiased reviews when you stand to gain financially from the sites you list?
I don’t expect you to trust me. You can feel free to visit the sites directly by just typing the name into Google or doing more research on your own. ;)
I was just about to enter the site and thought to myself. What the heck am I doing? I never do anything without researching first, but as you wrote my soon to be mistake is due to being unemployed as so many of us. Thank you so much for your site and warning. I have to wonder why the FCC hasn’t stopped them from advertising.
This is so true. Ever since i signed up to one of those survey websites ive been getiing a bunch of spam on my email. its so annoying and when they tell you get money its not true. all they wanna do is get u to sign up and waste your time.
Thanks so much for this article. Times are very tough and everyone is going through a rough patch… extra money for taking surveys? SCORE! Or… not. I think I speak for everyone when I say I almost fell for this and Thank You a billion for not letting us :)
Lexi
I wanted to thank you for putting this information out. I am always looking for ways to make money and am a ” Gadget Junkie”. I love trying most of the newest gadgets and then I on my own brag about the good ones and boo the bad ones. I give my opinions. I was interested in trying Big Spot but am glad I didn’t. Thank you for giving us the information that you did.
I believe that you aren’t promoting one site or another… go ahead and re-post your suggested sites for survey takers LOL!!! Those of us who are interested dont care that others might think you are biased :oD
BTW, for those who are lucky enough to live in the Baltimore area, Baltimore Research is a LIVE survey place and I personally have made as much as $120 for a 90 minute in person survey panel… check it out!
im 15 and i was watching tv one morning when the add for bigspot.com came up and it looked pretty interesting sooo i went on thier website and i was uneasy about it because they asked for so much stuff so i called my parents and they to reasearch about it… luckily i found this article! thank you so much you may have saved my identity! =D
BY THE WAY ARE THERE ANY SITES OUT THERE THAT ARE REAL AND WILL PAY YOU TO DO THE SURVEYS
Can you email me a list of safe and secure and legit and that truely do payout money? Thankies Michelle
Wow I so wish I would have read this before wasting 3 hours of my time on this scam!!! :( The only true way to make an honest buck is to get a job!
or you can be the guys the run bigspot..consider the people that make profit..become them. Its a general statement. Take it however you want. Your ambition is what brings you success. Your own research and persistance can bring you profit, whether it be in business or manipulation. You decide your own rode, simply googling a sight with answers laid out for you will always continue to make the individuals who created that link profit..for once in your life think like that person, create your own gateway, be on the other side.
Thank you for reporting this. I just saw the commercial earlier today for BigSpot. I decided to do my research first. I’m glad I did. Although this company has proven to be disappointing, I refuse to believe that legitimate online opportunities do not exist. There have to be reputable companies out there for people looking for a little extra income and flexibility for their families. If you like to write, I’ve seen online writing opportunities with eHow.com. Keep researching..I pray we each find what we’re looking for and stay way clear of the scammers. Be blessed.
where are some place that I can make some extra cash at?
I SIGNED UP FOR A COUPLE OF THE SURVEY COMPANIES BEFORE I READ YOU ARTICLE HOW DO I UN SUBSCRIBE TO THEM . THANKS FOR THE INFO JUST A MINUTE TO LATE
Can you send me a of the survey sites that do payout money and are legit. Thanks Alex
I just wanted to say what a fantastic and informative article! Good job informing the public and sharing the truth.
Thanks so much for writing this for us idiots.
I don’t need the $ but love being on the computer, especially while hubby’s @ work with lots of OT, meaning I’m alone and bored @ times.
Saw the TV ad many times, finally ‘Googled’ it, luckily finding your blog about it.
The hubby might work a lot but is very computer savy and into computer safety, with lots and lots of security features on our PC, usually catching the bad guys. He’s also warned me what to look for when signing up for ANYTHING online. However, just now, may have given in to this site if I hadn’t seen and read your blog.
AGAIN, MANY THANKS.
I would greatly appreciate any leads on ways to supplement my income from home. I’ not looking to get rich, just looking to better be able to breath with today’s economy issues. My email address thirdtmsacharm@yahoo.com . If there are any companies that don’t require my email address that would be even better. I enjoy giving my opinion especially if it would benefit others.
I would like to thank you for the insight you’ve provided free of cost. I have been seeing the infamous commercials on HGTV quite often and it indeed sparked my interest. I am at home most of the day and would enjoy any means of making extra money for the household bills, especially if i could do it at my own leisure. I will be looking into the four companies that you provided and hope that I have made the right choice. I never really played the tape all the way through where third party information was concerned. It certain ally opened my eyes to the possibilities of identity theft and unwanted emails ta boot. So thank you again for the heads up.
sincerely, Laurie B
I really don’t know what to say except ditto to what most people wrote! For example, this one:
“I JUST SAW THE AD 4 THE WEBSITE
I WAS ABOUT 2 SEE WHAT IT WAS ABOUT & THIS WEBSITE POPPED UP BEFORE THE BIGSPOT WEBSITE
{ THANK GOD } I AM SO GREATFUL 4 PERSONS LIKE YOURSELVES THAT TAKE THE TIME 2 EDUCATE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY DON’T GET THEIR MONIES STOLEN OR EVEN WORSE THEM FINDING OUT MY INFO & SHOW UP AT MY DOOR DEMANDING MUCH MORE..I AM A DISABLED PERSON WHO WAS LOOKING TO MAKE SO MORE MONEY TO ADD TO THE LITTLE THAT I AM GREATFUL 2 HAVE
THANKS SOOOOO MUCH AGAIN…”
I first would like to give you a big hug,only because you deserve it! Next I think that you did a great job on blogging about your exp. And being honest about it. We all got caught slipping,watch the t.v. and boom! Here comes a commercial stating the we could earn $$$ doing surveys,makes you think how hard could that be? Unlike the drug companies that come out with a GREAT new pill,then super fast talk about ALL the SIDE EFFECTS,this one did have all small print. Just trickery. I read between yhe lines,big spot=b.s. now they couldn’t call their company bullshit,which we know it really is. Oh.
Glad to see the info about the BigSpot scam. I would not want to have my personal info put out there to 3rd parties. I am looking to find a way to make money to financial support my family. You mentioned E-Bay and I would like to know more. I am interested in finding something to do out of my home as my children are still at home. Thank you!!
The hubby and I have been eBay members since 6/01 and have mainly been buyers on the site, however, also sell occasionally, having had a small eBay store last yr. from 2/10-8/10, loving every minute of it, also being very proud of having and always maintaining 100%, 5 Star feedback as both sellers and buyers.
We’ve never really been into making $ when selling, selling extra knick-knacks around the house, some of my collectible dolls from the 50-s-70′s, and occasional pieces of fine jewelry.
My biggest concern and one of the reasons we’ve stopped selling on eBay is the fact that they’re allowing one of their biggest policies to occur on the sight.
PENNY AUCTIONS. Penny auctions are where you buy a positive feedback for anywhere from $.01-$.99 and in return you MUST leave the seller a positive feedback. In other words, we received about 380 total 100%, 5 Star feedbacks left for us as sellers and buyers since joining Ebay in 2001 and worked darn hard, well deserving each one left, but now could have spent $3.80 to receive those SAME 380 positive feedbacks that took us literally 10 yrs. to rightfully earn.
These Penny Auctions are apparently relatively new on eBay and I’ve noticed that most of them are new sellers and buyers, having very few feedbacks earned, other than these CHEESY AND AGAINST EBAY POLICY FEEDBACKS. I’ve tried reporting them to eBay and they did remove some of the listings but have now given up doing the policing of these, being as how there are now 1,000′s of these PENNY AUCTIONS GOING ON.
There is $ to be made on eBay but one must be careful as both a seller or buyer because there are rip-off artists anywhere, especially those preying upon eBay members.
What sucks as a seller on the site, is now a seller can no longer leave a negative or neutral feedback for any buyer, even if they’re a ‘NON-PAYING BIDDER’, but they can leave YOU horrible feedbacks, even though what was sold to them was perfect and the whole transaction was great from sale to delivery. That means that if you’re just starting out, 1 SINGLE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK can take your overall feedback score down into the 80% level and that means that many buyers won’t consider purchasing anything from you because of that low feedback score.
A VERY VICOUS CYCLE.
I guess I’m saying that there IS $ to be made on eBay and it CAN BE FUN but be “oh so careful”
If you want to check out our feedbacks left for us as members throughout the yrs. and read our ‘Our World’ page on eBay, go into the “Advanced Search” on the top of any eBay pg., hit the search under seller, and enter Martisfunfinds. It may give you an idea of how the eBay system CAN WORK TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.
I’ve been looking for some way to make money as I have been at home and out of the work force. Expenses are skyhigh and I need a way to make money. I am very interested in the E-Bay information that you said you would be posting (at no benefit to yourself). I would be VERY interested in doing this. Please let me know where to get this information. Thank you for letting us know that Big Spot would be a big mistake!!
thanks for saving me some time and possibly my identity. I know that times are hard enough , wew don’t need to help people victimize us
WOW…”The Don” You are really have some work to do on your anger issue!! I will be praying to my “hippie” Jesus for you. Also I just have to say , it’s pretty funny that you say in your post that you have gotten paid by these companies for taken these survey’s…well if your taken survey’s online like the “survey couch lump’s” you mention in your post, what does that make you? I hope you can find someway to become a less angry person! Some of us are working full time taking care of children without any help from anyone and just need to find something that doesn’t take up much time (that if you’re working full-time) you don’t have, to make a little extra cash! God Bless you!
I think he is warning us.. not being angry. Maybe we should listen. If u r looking for ways to make more money, he is trying to tell us that this is NOT a great way.. just a thought. Ill be praying for u not make a MAJOR mistake wokingmom.
I’m so happy that I read this before I sign up for bigspot. Thank you so much. I really needed this information. Thank you again.
You said you have done other surveys. I really need to make a couple extra bucks for college, would you mind giving me a site or two that are actually legitimate. It would be a big help! Thanks-Erika
can yu foward me some legit surveys too?
Thank you for posting this valuable information about this site. It saved me from making a huge mistake. I am trying to make money from home to help support my family. Do you have any legit sites that actually pay for the surveys? I would appreciate receiving them. Thanks again and God Bless You!!
I was about to look into BigSpot and see what it was about. I’m a stay at home mom and I thought a survey site that I can do from home to make a little extra money might not hurt… I’m so glad I found your information first. You have saved me from wasting my time and receiving a lot of spam instead of some money.
I am disabled and am looking for an online survey thing. I am soooooooo thankful that I saw your “scam” notice before I went to their site. I am really new to this and what you have done, I’m sure has saved not only me, but many, many others. Again Than you so much. Flash
Hi I was wondering if you could give me some advice as I am new to survey taking and am greatful I read your story when I googled Bigspot instead of signing up. I was wondering first of all about how much can u make by doing surveys lets say in a week timetable and how do I go about finding “LEGIT” companies to take the surveys. Thanks again and Im glad theirs still honest people out there!
I like to say Harris Polls they are no more then a survey scam company if you do not follow there rules they shut the member down and that is what they had done to mr after a few yeasr back
Hipolls washacked in so they sent me an email alerting me and to other mmebers that there server was broken into and to rejoin
hipolls so I did but when I did when you have to give your email addres it keeps saying this email is in use and so I email them telling them this and they tell me if I have a secondary e-address use that so I have.
NOW! after I had cash my rewards points I see I ma locked out I contact them over and over asking for help til some one looked
in to my account and found two well DUH! they made me make
another and they closed me down and took all my points and
any cash awards. This is nothing but a survey company scam
firm thta feeds off to members that will go with what HARRIS POLLS wants.
What is so messed up if they closed me down why am I still getting surveys from the I question that too.
One thing they lost a old member and if they think they should reopenm me back for get them. you don’t shut an member down til you contact them on what they found.
Funnyyyyy,,,, clearly (flossy)your trying to help but yet people still hate, for know reason !(the don)…. Lol…. Thanks flossy good post and very useful. Keep doing what you doing…!!! And to the haters (the don)…., keep hating..!!! Good ole USA,,, you might hate us but I bet you copy the shit we start… Stop stealing n get ya own…!!!! Bufu…”By Us Fuck You”
Thank you! I appreciate everyone ( almost ) taking the time to comment :D
Well I would like to thank you for your post. It is a great thing to have people like yourself warn consumers about issues like this. I’ve been told the same info from my friend who signed up looking for extra income on the side to kill time. She said multiple links offering her items she didn’t want or need. Having to give out personal info to many websites not associated with the company is always a red flag. I speak from experience as a Financial Analyst for 11 years. Being employed by the largest bank in the world I have seen many cases of identity theft. It has ruined peoples lives, credit, finances, and even created legal issues from collection agencies for criminals stealing your information. This can take years to fix and the damage done doesn’t always just go away. Yes, your SSN can be marked of having identity theft but to creditors your credit is still bad making approval rates slim to none.
So stating that I was offended & also confused by “The Don” or shall I say “The Idiot” remarks. First off you say ” Everybody is cryin identity theft. Poor unemployed people are worthless, their identity is worthless. Rich people dont look for jobs as a survey couch lump. America is a bunch of lazy soup kitchen roaches that want something for nothing.” I deal with people that have over $100k – $1.5 million in their bank accounts and have had or experienced some sort of identity theft.
Then you state Big Spot is not a scam because” Their product works. I have been paid because I CAN READ and follow DIRECTIONS.” Seems odd you have such a negative opinion to ASSume that anybody is a unemployed soup kitchen roach looking for freebies. For example you brag of running your bakery yet still have time to follow directions & get compensation from BigSpot and post such a exteme comment as you did. So why all the hate for a person voicing concerns of a websites faults? You sound like the biggest HATER. Maybe you are using the bakery as a front and you are the founder of Bigspot…hahaha!
You can read & follow directions but seems you lack common sense and make yourself look like some narrow minded judgemental asshole. The fact you had so many interviews at your bakery says that you must be a complete asshole (obvious) and maybe the intervies went sour after they realized working for a asshole like you was a bad idea. I mean come on now…you dont need much of a brain to work in a bakery especially after reading your post.
I think what is even more disturbing is that you have so much hate in your mind & heart speaking on anybody the way you have. Passing judgement, name calling, calling people worthless wishing them to dive under a bus & die? Then to mock Jesus? That is just pathetic making yourself seem like such a low individual. It must suck to have no faith making you seem hopeless. God don’t like ugly and I can guarantee that’s why your employee search went sour making you invest more money for a bigger place. Doing the job yourself which caused you to go on Bigspot for extra income. Haha. Ironic.
So on that note hope you find some help like counseling, therapy, church, anger management group or something along those lines to help you with your issues. God is very forgiving and sounds like you need him. Good luck with your business and working for Bigspot to cover your expenses :)
Once again thanks for posting the blog. Good to know when you have a credit score of 760 like myself. My information in the wrong hands would be painful when I’ve worked so hard to be where I’m at now financially. I seen the commercial and wanted to check it out since I have free time in the evenings…plus love being on the pc :)
Awesome! <3 my readers!
Hi there, does anyone know of any legitimate online survey sites that I may sign up for? I just moved across the country to WV from Texas and the job economy sucks here since it is a poverty state. I would appreciate feedback. Thanks! (:
Eduardo
thanks. i had signed up but luckily it was mixed info, so I don’t think that they can really use it to their advantage. But thanks for the heads up.
Thanks for this website as well. I cannot belive this site can get commercial time and then ultimtely have a hidden agenda.
That’s what I say. Normally, t.v. ads appear to be totally trustworthy. It’s almost unbelievable that they would not be. How do we know that YOU are telling the truth anyway. I mean what anything in the computer does not ask for your e-mail. You, DO, int he end mention all sorts of companies; So does that mean that they [those] DID pay you, or what???
This is really sad that during the hard economic times we are all facing that people scam each other or mislead you.This is why are whole country is in the shape it’s in!!!!!!WHAT HAPPEN TO UNITED WE STAND TOGETHER?COME TOGETHER AND HELP ONE OTHER INSTEAD OF SEEING WHO YOU CAN GET OVER ON!!!!YOU WILL I SAID YOU WILL BE REWARDED,AND IT WILL COME IN ALL DIFFERENT FORMS,BUT IT WILL COME!!!!!WANT GOOD ?DO GOOD TO OTHERS…..WANT BAD JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOUR DOING BYE,
DEBBIE
Thank you so much for the heads up! I almost fell for it and signed up. Luckily I found this site first! Thanks again. Great to see some people still care for other people enough to warn them. Great job SoFlossy.
Thanks for the heads up.
Definitely seems to be a classic “too good to be true” scenario.
Hey I am desperate to find a job anything to bring in income. I am an intelligent woman but apparently at 62 no one wants to hire me. Are there any legitimate deals online? Everything I have looked at seems to be bogus.
Stephanie, I am sorry about your circumstance. I honestly do not know of ways to generate steady income from home. I can give you an array of ways to supplement your income, but nothing that will produce steady income. I’m very sorry.
I will be doing a post shortly on how I make money on Ebay.
( And NO! it’s not some program you buy or wholesale list, I can’t profit in ANY way from it )
It’s just something I’ve been personally testing, 100% my own idea and I am going to share with my readers very soon. :)
I typed in the name of this company to sign up and happened upon your site and thought I would read it first and may I say THANK YOU!!!!!!!
You are just a hater. Everybody is cryin identity theft. Poor unemployed people are worthless, their identity is worthless. Rich people dont look for jobs as a survey couch lump. Basicaly America is a bunch of lazy soup kitchen roaches that want something for nothing. BigSpot is not a scam. Their product works. I have been paid because I CAN READ and follow DIRECTIONS. Those that never got paid probably did not work within the guidelines. I tried to hire some people for our bakery. Every low life showed up dictating to ME how it was going to be. The drug test is $175 out of my pocket. I charge $20 for those that wanted to go to the second interview and the drug test. All I got was SCAM SCAM SCAM… no it is not a scam. You are an unemployed worthless lump of crap looking for a hand out. I did not hire anyone. Instead I got a larger bakery to make our goods and deliver them to us. Thus out sourcing the job and the SCAM SCAM SCAM people are still out of work. They should just dive under a bus and die. The lazy worthless people in this country need to go live with that hippie jesus in Heaven and let the rest of us live. SCAM THIS 8====> O-;}
I really didn’t find my post very hateful, your reply, well… it speaks for itself.
*sarcasm* — Classy…
I don’t know why you think its okay to call people that are struggling to make ends meet worthless. Hooray for you for working at a bakery you should be thankful that you have a job and don’t have to worry about paying your bills. It is people like you that disgust me. You have no idea what a person’s situation might be and you have absolutely no right to call americans, ” a bunch of lazy soup kitchen roaches that want something for nothing.” People are doing what they can to make it and it is not your place to pass judgement on how they do it. So how about you watch the news or read a newspaper and really understand how hard it is before you go name calling like a second grader. Basically, grow up and try to broaden your vocabulary.
Well said! Amen to that.
Just wait until all the unemployed people start to buy dog food, instead of bread. Then YOU will be worthless.
To The Don:
You suck. Enough said. :)
I can not wait to go hang out with that “hippie” Jesus up in heaven so that I may watching you burn in hell for the horrible things you have said and done to people throughout your lifetime. Just remember Karma is a bitch and what goes around ALWAYS comes around, so dont count your chickens before they hatch. Your little bakery may burn to the ground one day and then what will you do? Resort to online surveys im sure, oh the irony!! And dont expect me or any good hearted person to stop while youre standing on the side of the road with your cardboard sign begging for money, we’ll spit in your face :)
Now, to the author of the original post:
Thank you so very much for taking the time out of your life to study and examine bigspot.com. I am always greatful and happy to read my fellow survey takers reviews. Keep up the great work and let the haters choke on their hateraide!! :)
You know what I had alot to say about your comment but after praying (to MY JESUS) and thinking about it I come to the conculsion that your not worth it. But there is something I’d like to share with you….The Jesus that you say the lazy worthless people need to go live with is the ONLY hope you have to not burning in HELL for eturnity, maybe thats what you want, if so I am very sad for you. And i wanted to let you know that while some of us are not rich with money we are rich with the love of Jesus, and thats all we need. Right now me my husband and three kids are all live on one income, we live pay check to pay check and some how we seem to make it through with no worries, and the reason is because we love and honor our father in heaven and his son. if it was not for this Jesus you call a hippie we would prob hate the same hate in us as you do. It realy breaks my heart to hear people talk about my savior this way, and i hate it that you feel this way…The last thing I want to tell you is that Jesus loves you and he will forgive you for your ignorance if you ask him, he is a very forgiving and loving man…..When you are ready to live a happy life let me Know……God bless you and God does Love you.
Don after reading your post it is really surprising that you could not find honest people to work for you! Did it ever occur to you that it could be your attitude that drives people away? It is sad that you thought people were trying to take over your bakery. Did it ever occur to you to listen to what they were saying. Their ideas could have made your little bakery the best in the world. As far as My Hippie JESUS I will forever choose him over a hateful person any day of the week. Here is a thought for you, the reason you worked in a bakery with all the hot ovens is to prepare you for Hell! Good Luck with that!
ur going to hell… nuff said.
whoops i saw this a second too late, I signed up.. What can I do now?
Mark incoming emails from Bigspot.com as “spam”.
thanks for tqaking the time to watch out for perfect strangers. blessings to all
well ithink these are bad real bad and you should do some more of that
You not lying at all. I joined a simular survey forum a few years ago and none of them paid out
Thanks for the heads up. Found a lot of the survey sites are bogus at best, although there are some good ones out there. Glad there are people watching out for those desperate individuals who’ll do just about anything for a buck!! Thanks again
do u ko of any legit sites?
My email is jakeisafatpig@yahoo.com
im not lookn to make a fortune cuz like you said,through surveys its impossible.
But I would love to kno of a couple that DONT require email and I can jus take surveys and stuff.
Most require email. But giving your email to a company that is going to pay you verses a company that isn’t, like Bigspot, is two different things. :)
this clearifies nothing, this person who wrote this artical is mad at the world and the company for making some money, while he is sitting home. I am sorry if you dont have a job at this point and got nothing but time to complaint about others. your artical need a support or evidence, please provide your readers with some hard proof. Otherwise you are just another blogger making money from blogs and provind false information.
thankyou
Blogging is my job… ;) This post, reflects my personal opinion.
I specifically tell my readers not take my word for it, to check around etc etc… :)
I was with BigSpot and then got an email they were becoming TalkBack Surveys. I have requested two $25 Paypal payments and almost earned a third. I went to the site yesterday to see what the hold up on my payments was and got a message my ACCOUNT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY CLOSED. So they got me for almost $75. There is no phone number to call, no address to write to. They did not even answer the Better Business Bureau’s complaints and have an F rating. If you have a phone number or address please let me know.
I don’t know what town you live in but try contacting fox6 news,they have a lady who checks into scams like this and will help you try and get your moneyback.This station is local for where I live and if they can’t help you because your not in the viewing areathen try your local news station.I have seen ALOT of people win and get their money back and sometimes a little more.I hope this helps you best of luck to you.My email is debracano.2007@yahoo.com and feel free to let me know your outcome if you wish.
Take Care,
Sincerely,
Debbie
Good info here. :)
As a side note, the WOT FireFox extension shows the BigSpot site as being bad news.
I meant “Add-On”. Not “extention”. :)
thanks, you saved me a lot of time..any you would give a good word for?
Thanks, i m glad i saw this :)
good thing i saw this your the best
Thanks for the info (:
and grats on being the second site to come up on a google search for “bigspot”, after of course bigspot.com itself.
Your welcome! And it’s funny you mention that about Google because there was a time when I was listed first and received some hate mail from Bigspot… :)
i meant people thanks again
thank you so much..u saved me time n a headache..god bless you.
Thanks for letting ppoppe know.its nice to know someone care.
I appreciate all the comments. Again, do your research before you give out ANY personal information. :)
my time and head thanks you for the warning ;)
Thanks I was really thinking of doing this….
men was almost ready too doit….
…thank you for saving me the headache…
Thank you for this post. I had been seeing the Bigspot commercial for months now. I was just about to signup when I seen your post. Thanks for looking for us who don’t know any better.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU…..
My roommate saw the ad for BigSpot 4 times today while I was out having my nails done. As soon as I walked in the door she, very excitedly exclaimed, “We could make extra money doing this”! To which I replied, “Not until I check out any and all complaints against this company”. I didn’t have to look far! I Googled, found your site first and was sooo glad I did.
Thank you so much for doing an important public service for all of us poor folk out here.
I know that’s rite
I JUST SAW THE AD 4 THE WEBSITE
I WAS ABOUT 2 SEE WHAT IT WAS ABOUT & THIS WEBSITE POPPED UP BEFORE THE BIGSPOT WEBSITE
{ THANK GOD } I AM SO GREATFUL 4 PERSONS LIKE YOURSELVES THAT TAKE THE TIME 2 EDUCATE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY DON’T GET THEIR MONIES STOLEN OR EVEN WORSE THEM FINDING OUT MY INFO & SHOW UP AT MY DOOR DEMANDING MUCH MORE..I AM A DISABLED PERSON WHO WAS LOOKING TO MAKE SO MORE MONEY TO ADD TO THE LITTLE THAT I AM GREATFUL 2 HAVE
THANKS SOOOOO MUCH AGAIN…
I see what you’re saying about all the other stuff. But everyone signs up because they want to get paid. How do you think they’re gonna pay you with out some kind of personal information? They just gonna float it to your ip address?
Thanks, its what i’ve been saying for years, “No One is going to pay you good money to sit and work from home!” Now, create something yourself, blog it, advertise it and make your own Cash!
Thanks for the tips gang, keep up the good work….
Caca I say
Thank you for the info found it very helpful, am disabled and was looking for a way to make a little extra money . Will stay away from this one. Thanks again
Wow… I was ready to give it a shot and i read down and seen this , ( BigSpot Survey Scam) after reading this id like to thank you for posting this for everyone to read. and Thanks again !!!
A scam? That is BS. I’m not out to get rich, but I have made money on the sites from Bigspot.
Worried about giving your email? Just create a seperate email for this kind of stuff. It’s simple.
Wow! I sure do appreciate you guys having this information out for all people who think this is a legit business. I was really about to go full speed ahead with the signing up process until I saw this and boy and I glad I did. I really feel so angry that this type of crap keeps happening. I am unemployed right now and I have been unsuccessfully able to find work and I am really feeling this recession. The scams are everywhere, I just graduated from that DAMN western career college which was another scam and now can not find work. they get rich we get taken, I just hate them
haha thnx!
thanks for letting everybody know about bigspot being a scam! what can you tell me about surveysay.com?
Same difference as BigSpot from a quick overview, but, I’ll do a review asap on it :)
How can you expect to fill out surveys and expect NOT to give out personal information? How do you expect them to contact you? How do you expect them to send you a check? Lets be real here.
I’ve been doing online surveys for a while now and let me tell you,spam comes with the territory; however, that’s why if you plan on being serious about this you need to take some pretty simple precautions. Setup a separate e-mail account, phone number, and mailbox just for surveys. With $60, I opened up a PO box, and added a second line with MagicJack. Within a week or two I already made back the initial $60 investment.
Point is, you can’t be retarded. Yes, these people are trying to pray on the innocent but that’s business. Never give out your credit card information.
“Point is, you can’t be retarded.”
Thank you for a good laugh. The trouble is that most people are retarded. Idiots procreate like rabbits and smarties wait until they can no longer have their own biological children or give birth to genetically damaged simpletons. It’s a sad fact.
You’d think that “Point is, you can’t be retarded.” would be obvious.
i should have read this before i signed up for bigspot>.>
Thank you for taking the time in doing this for the public. I was just about to sign up.
You right they suck i am looking also but ,i dont know who to go to ,do you know rosaleesmith57@yahoo.com email if you know.
i would like info sent to me to get started makeing money takeing surveys mail to *edited* THANK YOU robin
Robin, I am unable to send information to you via snail mail, but feel free to browse the reviews I’ve done here: http://webfloss.com/category/survey-reviews/
wow wish i read this first what can i do if i seen this ad on tv and i went to the site and signed up. thank u sandy
Thanks for the info.Do you have any co. that are legit?
thanks for the warning,my dad heard about bigspot survey and asked me to try it.good thing i came here first.i almost signed up for some other surveys before but they all asked for my personal info,one even asked for my social security # (WTF???) why would i even have to give my address and phone# let alone that? now i just think all surveys are scams >_<
Thanks for revealing that scam. I was just about to sign up for a survey. However, I’ll be more careful now – especially if they are also into identity theft! Thank God I came across this post…
I am so glad I found this site. I was just about to join and didn’t feel good about it being legitimate. I have signed up to alot of sites, and their all full of spam. Any suggestions on trustworthy companies?
Thanks for the heads up.
Glad there are people who are willing to help get these scams out in the open!
Its a real shame that some companies are willing to stoop to such levels to make a bit of cash. People are slowly becoming more weary of these types of schemes but in desperate times (like now), people will try almost anything to make a few bucks.
Thank-You for this review! I figured it was a hoax and did some research before even going to the site. Thanks a lot for this!
im currently unemployed,have ample time,and have been in the marketing field for awhile,looking to make some sort of income anyway possible thru taking surveys.
I too jumped at the bait, after reading some of the comments I returned to my good ole’ SurveySpot and found a $5 survey on cars!!! I was half way through or more and it ended and they said something like due to overwhelming response….. trust me I used the provided email to vent.
Yeah surveyspot is owned by ssi. Basically a company full of kids and retards. Better off looking elsewhere.
Thanks for passing around the information about bigspot. I realy do not like that site and I think they harvest peoples emails. Keep up the good work your site looks great I just wish I was as computer savvy to make mine better. :)
A friend was almost scammed by a similar site.Thank goodness he hasn’t given a single dollar and comes his senses.I am sure a lot would easily fall on this since everybody wants good cash.Thanks for this warning
.-= stephen@small business grants´s last blog ..Sep 12, Small Business Registration New Jersey =-.
I actually did do this. You do get bombarded with emails but I did do an at home survey and by the end I received a total of $150.00. I tested a new single cup coffee maker, got free coffee for like 6 weeks. Its not a get money quick idea but I did get $150 for just drinking coffee!
What site was that on?
Great article and review these guys are only trying to scam people out of there money and give you sites that you can get on your own look around and you will see there are tons of sites that offer real online surveys and pay you. Dont fall into the hole that everything you see on tv is true because lord knows it is not that way.
.-= john´s last blog ..Review of Survey Club Online Paid Survey =-.
I just signed up how do I get out of it.
Thanks for looking out for others and letting us know about this scam. I was about to look it up and see what it was all about since I had just seen the commerical…Thanks
Thanks for looking out for others and letting us know about this scam. I was about to look it up and see what it was all about since I had just seen the commerical…Thanks
alright thanks.
what if i have already signed up?(was a bad idea now that i know this info)
how do i know if i’ve had my identity stolen?
It’s unlikely that you will be a victim of identity theft, but it opens the door for the possibility. Don’t panic :)
first, thank you for rthe heads up warning. I just heard this site advertised for the first time on tv. I am so glad that your site popped up.
Next, to all who are looking for legit companies – and they are out there, I suggest you go to the surveypolice website. There you can get a listing of all of the internet survey companies, read what actual users have to say about them, and if you have a complaint about a company, they will go to bat for you. They helped me get money more than once, from companies that were slow pay.
When you need extra money it is hard not to fall for this sort of thing. Thanks for being there for us. The T.V. adds are so convinceing.
I was going to sign up but after reading this, not me Im no bodies fool haha. Thanks so much for helping all of us out here who need money.
Woah! Thank you so much for this information! I was about to sign up a few minutes ago, but I don’t know, doesn’t seem like a good site to me if it just gives you other sites to ‘sign up’ too. I hate giving out my information to any site, so this way of making money, which I doubt is even much, isn’t for me. :)
I was thinking about trying BigSpot out….But I think I might not now lol :) Thanks!
Do you know any websites that will pay you to take surveys and arent a scam?
Yes ma’am!
Check out: http://webfloss.com/category/get-paid-to/survey-reviews/
And email with any questions: admin@webfloss.com
Thanks for visiting!
thank you
Hey – exactly the same situation, saw their ad for the millionth time, and decided to check it out. Google’d it first, came here, and learned. Thanks a lot! =D
HI thank’s for this important information. I too was about to look into this website, and possibly sign up as a new worker on this bigspot until I clicked on this web site first and was reading the major warning signs with-in this web site. I am very greatful for the information.
I am happy you found my site and I am glad you didn’t sign up. Remember, all the information Bigspot offers can be found free with NO signing up all over the web. If you want general information about any site, please, don’t hesitate to ask. :)
In the late nineties I signed up with a company named Bigsmart .com. It was a scam. The only money I made came from recruting. The guy running it was not found guilty of any wrong doing. His only thing he was told is that he could not start another online company for seven years.This name sounds awful close to Big smart .com.I know his name, he was then from Arizona. Thanks for the heads up. Peter
Good to know. What is word on this survey site…?
surveymonster.net?????
SurveyMonster almost had me fooled during the signup process. Opinion Outpost, Survey Spot, etc are all decent survey companies that were offered at signup. But then, I clicked submit….
First site offered: Panda Research. First site on my scam list: Panda Research. It was all downhill from there. If you want to make money online steer clear from any site that wants you to signup to get “a list” of ways.
Why do they need you to sign up? It would be easier to just list all the companies on one page. Signing up is a marketing technique, it makes you think that by signing up you are being offered exclusive deals or sites not available to the general surfer. Not true.
And I encourage you not to just take my word for it. Do your research before you hand out any personal information to any person, company, or site that you are not sure of. :D
Good luck.
I was just about to sign up good thing googled it first though. Are there any legit. websites that you can get payed for survey taking?
:) Glad to be of service
Thanks! you saved me from a real big pain!
What websites would you suggest as the best online way to make money?
thanks for the info – i was about to look at them and sign up til i read this. good info to know – sounds like bigspot is a place totally garbage.
thank you for your post. I was actually getting ready to sign up because we could really use the money right now. TANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP. I’LL DO MY HOMEWORK NEXT TIME!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU,