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On-line surveys after purchasing something

posted 6 years ago by snepts (11123)
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Almost every time I purchase something, the receipt includes on on-line survey.
Sometimes the clerk circles stuff and underlines something else.
Once I had an attractive young lady who was obviously from some country I'm not familiar with, her name I couldn't pronounce, but she beamed at me and asked if I would fill out the survey, (her name being highlighted).
I told her, if ever I would do that for someone, I would do it for her. But I didn't.

Does anyone fill-out these on-line surveys from Kroger, Jack-in-the-Box, Home Depot?
You get something for doing it, plus a chance at something even bigger !

[–] MIchiganJFrogg (-35) 6 years ago

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72269) 6 years ago

I just leased my newest Ford last week
(I got the same model, same color...my wife and kids called me a boring nerd lol!)
They didnt even notice it was brand new for a couple days:)
The e-mail survey thing showed up about two days ago...i really should respond to it as the sales staff was great...it just feels like homework, 'ya know what i mean?

[–] db20db (16229) 6 years ago

They didn't notice that brand new vehicle smell right away ?

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72269) 6 years ago

They did not
We usually use my wifes large chevy truck for shopping and day trips so nobody in the fam even noticed...then when they did notice i caught Hell for getting the same four door Ford again!
Just a dumb car to me...but my entire family was oddly pissed off lol😂

[–] db20db (16229) 6 years ago

This is the spittin' image of my dad's Greenbrier van, my favorite of all his family vehicles:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HRtIl3soMo We traveled from Kansas to Brooklyn in this, then took an 11 day voyage to Bremerhaven , Germany from there, van included. While living in Germany, we used to take long Sunday drives through those beautiful mountains, checking out the castles and whatnot. Great memories !

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72269) 6 years ago

A real beaut!
At the risk of sounding too old school, they dont make them like that anymore
Man, i miss the old cars and vans...

[–] db20db (16229) 6 years ago

Yeah, plenty of room for luggage, three rambunctious young sons and it felt like a camper at times. It always raised eyebrows in the German city in which we lived and came back to the U.S. with us for several more dependable years.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72269) 6 years ago

Its a shame that modern autos are not as cool
Me and my buddies all had 60s-70s Mustangs, Camaros, Novas, Party Vans...i drive a lot and i dont see any vehicles that have that swagger
Sad...modern cars are crud

[–] db20db (16229) 6 years ago

I've owned both a '55 Chevy and a Chrysler Plymouth Volare 2-door Sport Coupe (the exact same vehicle I spotted Sam Mc Cloud driving in an episode of the NBC Mystery Theater, which made my day !)

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72269) 6 years ago

Sweet
What block did you have in that '55 Chevy?
I whooped my good pal Big Mark in his Lincoln 5.0... That Lincoln was a beast!
So is Big Mark if im being honest!
I used a small block late '60s 289 cubic inch Mustang...i did have a dual header racing exhaust, oversized rear tires and 4 barrel carb...i went out there to shut Marky boy up!
He talks too much

We both pulled over on the side of the Cross County Parkway, Westchester county NY...when there was no more traffic i dusted him like a lunatic...NO breaks, just burned gas and i got him
Beat his ass with my little 'Stang
Then we all got drinks...no harm:)

[–] snepts (11123) 6 years ago

Just yesterday I saw an 80s vintage station wagon, likely some sort of Chevy, (or maybe not, Ford didn't use the current grill emblem back then, and I think they made models that mimicked each other somewhat). I'm not really a car guy, but it reminded me of someone I knew back then who was so proud of his station wagon. He was a big guy, I don't recall his family situation exactly, but he had driven the wagon to Alaska and back, and he was delighted with it.
Those things probably got around 10 mpg or less, but that was not an obstacle at the time.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72269) 6 years ago

I really like some of the old Station Wagons
Guys are buying them up and tricking them out these days...if i had 'mad-money' id get a classic El Camino...such a cool, obnoxious car
Of course i would have to grow a mullett and probably cant anymore lol!

[–] croft_alice (12180) 6 years ago

Let me guess, it's blue

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72269) 6 years ago

No!
Never Blue Amigo...

I burnt down half my block with a blue Station Wagon many years ago...

It was a Friday night, about 9 pm and my favorite cousin called me from The Bronx, down by the elevated tracks/Mannhattanville College area...lots of pubs...lots of witnesses

He might have been up to illegal activities at the time...he may have been carrying some swag he should NOT have been carrying...but a cousin is a cousin, cant say no to blood
I went down to give him a lift

I grab him, jump on the SawMill Parkway North and my engine sounds funny...the entire 3,000lb Blue station wagon starts sounding funny!
But we're nearly back in Yonkers so i gun it

I need to get my boy to where he needs to be, dump him off and split...the car was rattling apart at this point, and as i stated, my cuz may have had some illegal contraband on him (its Weed, im talking about a shit-ton of weed)

Suddenly, smoke starts to pour from under the hood, the engine (which i was stupidly paying no mind to and hammering) exploded into flames and we were up on a curb, burning down some guy's tree and hedge!

Now, about that stuff my favorite cousin may have been carrying...its shockingly difficult to hide a softball sized baggie of Weed but we made good use of a neighbors garden wall...lifted a few blocks and that MaryJane just went away...we buried it right into the wall
We fetched it the next night...after dark...scary but fun adventure in its own right!

My Dodge Station Wagon exploded and took out a pretty tree and half a hedgerow
I became famous in the local pub as the dumbass that burns stuff down
AND i gave up my life of crime...i have not cut corners since!
Mostly;)

And to hell with Blue Cars

[–] croft_alice (12180) 6 years ago

Holy shit!!😱

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72269) 6 years ago

I said 'holy shit' about 15 times that night!

Not too proud to say we were in the money when we dug up the neighbor's garden wall the next night man

[–] croft_alice (12180) 6 years ago

Teenagers 😂

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72269) 6 years ago

Yup...i was terribly stupid back then
But im way smarter now😁

[–] croft_alice (12180) 6 years ago

There's a saying in my country : I would gave anything to have those years with my current mind - approximately translated😉

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72269) 6 years ago

Quite true
I would have gone about a lot of things differently

Our pasts shape us and make us what we are today...even our blockheaded misadventures:/

[–] croft_alice (12180) 6 years ago

Tell me about it😔

[–] ShogunofYonkers (72269) 6 years ago

Eh...i figure if you havent collected at least a few regrets you havent been living, right?

And Today we become better men🍻

[–] croft_alice (12180) 6 years ago

Actually i did, quite a few I'm afraid..but this is something that I should not discuss in a public forum.. judging and personal details..you know 👍

And yes,past experiences make us better men in the future 👍

[–] snepts (11123) 6 years ago

Nothing at all to this extent, but I did drive around 100 miles on the expressway with my Dad's emergency brake on.
People started flagging me and pointing, and I thought I'm doing fine, don't bug me.
Don't remember exactly how I came around to realizing something was wrong, but you can't just drive around like that.

[–] croft_alice (12180) 6 years ago

No, you can't 😉

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Do them all the time...well...the wife does👍

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

My wife keeps filing them out thinking she is going to win something. I pay them no heed.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

My wife does it for coupons/gift cards...always gets them...also for good service👍

[–] snepts (11123) 6 years ago

Once a young lady told me she had a cousin who was obsessive about entering every contest, sweepstakes and what-not, (before there were surveys). Usually they are dangling something out there, and she said this cousin got all sorts of free stuff, some it valuable. This is all anecdotal, mind you.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

👍

[–] twinA (4826) 6 years ago

It wouldn't be surprising if most of the surveys filled out contain negative feedback as those responses are more likely to be expressed.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

twinA, I worked for a very large company that uses those surveys. They know that folks are about three times more likely to bitch than to praise. They factor that in. The incentive for the customer to take the survey is a chance to win a $5,000 gift card, which people actually did win. The corporate policy was that the survey measures how satisfying the overall shopping experience was. He may have LOVED his sales associate, but the warehouse might have fucked up his delivery, resulting in a mediocre rating. But the survey result was one of the metrics tied to store managements bonuses, so they really pushed the sales staff to charm the customers, write their name on the receipt, etc. I told management that I am a sales professional and was not going to stoop to that, which is one of the many reasons why my clients love me. And the freaking survey was like 10 pages long! It did everything short of giving the respondent an anal probe! I just went to the company’s website to see the ratings for my old store, which now are 4.2 out of 5, not very good—but, when you click on the rating to see the comments—THEY’RE GONE!! Many of the comments were much more devestating than the raw rating. Now they’re gone, and I am smirking.

[–] croft_alice (12180) 6 years ago

I ignore them

[–] GlenEllyn (21118) 6 years ago

I've been asked to take surveys when I shop at places like JCPenney or Kohls. "You may win a $500 gift card!" or some such thing. I've never taken one since I'm sure they're just collecting more information on you so they can flood you with even more ads.