I'm getting tired of spending 5 to 10 minutes completing a survey only to get a message that I do not qualify for the survey therefore all the time I just spent answering all their questions were for free and I get no money. I spent 10 to 15 minutes answering very specific questions about my computer usage and software usage for my tablet my laptop and my phone only to be cut off and told I don't qualify. If these were "qualifying" type questions there sure seem awful specific. I think we are being lured by high payout promises and not getting anything. this has happened several times where the payout is $2, $3, or $5 and 10 to 15 minutes in, you don't qualify.

This is one reason why I have stopped doing the surveys. I also find that I spend a lot of time trying and failing to qualify for any survey. The time spent isn't worth the very few that I do accidentally qualify for and complete.

The surveys are real funny most of the times. Even after filling up the profile section for surveys, silly questions like are you a male / female, what is your age?, which country are you from? etc are repeated in every survey ! If these are to be repeated, then what was the point of filling up the profile for surveys? The survey section is a real pain !

They are definitely real, I have completed and been paid for quite a few $4 surveys over past months.

Well first thing first. People get confused about surveys....
You must be honest and you can not go through these surveys
without paying attention. Sometime you are ask random questions
to insure you are paying fully attention. If you answer the question
wrong you will be kicked from the survey. People biggest mistakes
on surveys I would have to say is "rushing"....

Another thing on CS there is a "Survey profile" link in the survey
department of this site. You must complete that before looking to get
quality surveys you might be capable of qualifying for.

I can go on and on about surveys. Its something you have to be doing
a long time you will then understand its underlying platform. Don't give
up the more you do, you will get good at doing them and learn how it all
works. Surveys are my biggest gain to this site... Most jobs make about
8 per hour in the city I am located in. Doing surveys I can make 8 dollars in
a hour easily. Not all the time but most of the time I put an hour into this site
I can score 8 dollars in no time from the comfort of my laptop...