Comments on: Everyone’s Favorite Work from Home Opportunity is Back

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:07:39 +0000

Been a member for about a year now. It’s fun and easy. After you sign up you will receive a hand held scanner. What ever you buy just scan it. Once a week you will hook it up to your computer via usb and zap the info. You earn points for scanning and doing online surverys. When you have enough points to “buy” what you want, just order it! It really is that easy! Start now and you could have something nice in time for the holidays. Best.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:40:19 +0000

I signed up a couple of months ago and just received an e-mail letting me know my scanner had shipped. I’m going to give this a try and see how it goes. Thanks!!

By: Pam i Am

Pam i Am — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:16:02 +0000

We do this as a family event. We just started, but my dad did it for years and years and got many nice prizes…My aunt is actually on the Neilsen Ratings Panel for the Tv shows….We work together as a team to do this…My hubby scans the items as he unpacks them and I put them away….it just becomes part of the routine…yes..patience is necessary for this to pay off..but to earn prizes for just scanning what you purchase is a SUPER DEAL!!

By: Claire

Claire — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:53:28 +0000

Thanks so much for that information Julia!

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:33:39 +0000

This company has recently changed its name to:

National Consumer Panel

Here is the address:

6800 Jericho Turnpike
Suite 100E
Syosset, New York
11791-4401

I have been a member since September of 2005.
I currently have 171,475 points and I have never cashed in any points since I joined. It is time consuming scanning everything, especially when I go to Walmart.

By: jeanie

jeanie — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:08:34 +0000

I tried this for a few months. It is very tedious and, of course, there’s a learning curve until you get use to the system. Here are the cons as I saw them: Every item you purchase gets scanned. If you shop at a store like Publix, the prices are in the scanner, so you just scan and then you must enter if you used a coupon (or sale price) and the value. Produce that does not have a bar code must be entered separately. Now, when you shop at a store that doesn’t have prices in the scanner, like Wal-Mart, you must scan and then enter the price and the coupon info mentioned above. When you have bags of groceries, this is time consuming. Imagine, you bring your bags of groceries in from the car, you must scan each item, check you receipt to see what price you paid and then try to remember the value of the coupon you used if you used multiple coupons on your shopping trip, before you can start to put your groceries away. This is not for people with busy lives.

The company is very professional and upstanding. Points are awarded quickly and generously, however, it takes a lot of points to get anything. After about 4 months, I think I had 10,000 points and that got me a nightlight. (You also earn points by completing quick surveys.) There was no cash payment that I know of.

You do not need a land line phone, but can upload your data through your computer with a high speed internet connection. If you have lots of time, this might work for you.

By: Skirnir Hamilton

Skirnir Hamilton — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:32:50 +0000

I think calling this a work from home opportunity is a bit farfetched. You don’t make real money doing it. I have recently begun scanning my purchases and it looks to me like it will take 6 months to get a prize, if not longer. (I think longer.)

By: Claire

Claire — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:34:21 +0000

Let me google it;)

By: Brenda

Brenda — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:54:04 +0000

Does anyone know the address of this company? I wanted to check it out with the Better Business Bureau.

By: Becca

Becca — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:23:44 +0000

I had never heard of this before, but I just filled out the application. It said my name was going on the waiting list and I would be sent a scanner as soon as a spot opened up for a household like mine.
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