I figured they were reputable and answered surveys for years. It took a long time to build up points worth anything. I checked less than a year ago and had over 5000 points. When I checked my account today, I found they had deducted over 5600 points effective 2008 due to survey inactivity, which I have no proof to fight.
They never sent a reminder or notification they were revoking the points, but continued to send me weekly (or almost weekly) surveys and even sent me offers to change my points for contest entries. When I contacted them about the matter, thinking it was an mistake. I received a form email stating 'read the fine print' Do not trust them.

I used to be able to cash in rewards about every 6 months for something like a DVD or small appliance or a gift card to a place I actually shop. Now the best offer is an on-line only gift card. You send off for the gift card, then days later get an e-mail to confirm that you'll get it, then days later, get ANOTHER e-mail with a coupon code for your on-line store. Everything else seems to be magazines and posters. What a rip!

Want to work for pennies an hour...then have I got a site for you. Step right up and join the growing world of online survey company employment...which will not even cover the cost of running your computer. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't.

There overall incentive program is not that great, but now they are sending surveys for my teen to do. Instead of my one a month survey , the teen gets it. With NO points to be issued. Only a sweepstakes entry. They say that my teens opinion is important to them, must not be if only a sweepstakes entry. My teen refuses to do them, and yours should too.

the first 3 weeks I recieved 3 surveys and recieved 230 points plus 100 bonus points. Now going on 5 weeks without a survey. giving it another week or two if I dont recieve another survey I am will unscribe.

I have been taking surveys for 10 years. did not receive any emails from them for months. Not in spam, nowhere. Received surveys again and they took away 10000 points because I had not answered a survey in 6 months.Emailed them and they say it must have been in my spam folder. That was a lot of work for 10000 points!

I've been with them for 6 years now. I have made $220.00. That's not alot of money but they always pay me. The surveys are a bit too long sometimes.

Harris is a good company. Getting them to send surveys is hit or miss. may take month, month and a half between surveys. But all in all a good respectable company.
I reccommend them

Harrispoll is very cheap with their incentives. They send about 1 survey every 2 wks. And most surveys are worth 30 points. The lowest amt to earn a reward is 800 pts. See where I'm coming from-not a good investment @ all. So, it could take a yr or more to get to the lowest rung of surveys. I'm waiting until I get to @ least the 5k level so I can cash out, get something worthwhile and opt out. I have about 1k points to go.

They keep sending me the same survey about cell phones and it is driving me up the wall. It asks the same questions every time. I don't know if they keep thinking I might change my mind about something like maybe I will buy or won't buy a new cellphone in the next six months or year or change cell phone companies or whatever. But I'm sick of it. I like doing surveys to get the Amazon reward certificates to help out with my orders on Amazon to get neat stuff I can't find anywhere else. And all the redundant questions these people ask in this survey always wanting to know my address and my cell phone number? How do I know they won't call me or send me something in the mail? You just really gotta be careful.

Surveys are good, and are sent somewhat frequently, and they dont disqualify you all the time.

The incentives are somewhat low(at least recently). They tell you what you'll earn until the end, so you could take 20 minutes taking a survey for less than dollar.

I would rather earn cash but although this company rewards with points, they are honest. I have been a member for years. Last Christmas I cashed in 5000 points and sure enough received the gift I requested. I still have lots of points left, about 9000. So, even though you are rewarded with points, they add up quickly and you have many choices to cash in on. GOOD COMPANY.

They have the worst survey incentives around I think. It took me 800 points just to receive a $5 Pizza Hut gift card. Hardly seems worth it. I do find some of their surveys interesting though.

I've been taking Harris Poll for almost five years now. Their award plan is great and give you the history of how many surveys you've taken and the point you are awarded. I would recommend anyone to join. The only complaint I have with them is the survey and points they offer in the end, thirty is not alot, they should change it to fifty.

True, you have to earn a LOT of points to get a little gift card. But they make nice birthday gifts to put into cards etc.

They give you 100 points for each survey, and when you get 2500 points (25 surveys) you can get a $20 Amazon.com gift card. No paypal option, but good surveys, All real and no annoying ads.

I've been with these for a few years now and it does take a while to get to the redemption point but they always send surveys regularly.

It has got even better as now you change your points into cash, brilliant.

Recently I was invited to take part on a online forum. I was told I would receive a cheque for £40 and I was ready to wait for what I presumed would be 2 weeks or more but I received an email the next day saying all cheques were being processed and I received it within a week.

I recommend this company.

I really like Harris Poll Online, maybe because it's my first online poll and I've been with them a long time. It does take a while to accumulate points and the prizes can be silly, but they've added PAYPAL as an option and now my points can be turned into CASH!!

the rewards take years to accumulate--the items offered are stupid--either you already have these things or would not want them--I kept accumulating points forever because I did not want anything offered---I wrote them and suggested more gift cards so you could get what you like--no answer!

There are only 2 things I can say; number one, their surveys are extremely long, redundant & boring. Number 2, can anyone believe the amount of points you must obtain & the hours you must put in to get even a small reward? I do think it's a legit company though. I am debating on whether they are worth my time.

This site has some of the longest surveys with the poorest incentives. The time itr takes to do the surveys and the rewards offered make this site a waste of my time. They do not tell you the value of a survey upfront, so you end up doing a long survey for 30 points (average points for a survey). Minimum point redemtion is at 800 ($5.00 level). Waste of time when I do their surveys through another company I get paid cash.

I receive a few surveys from Harris Poll Online a month and they are very lengthy. Surveys have unnecessary long profile questions that redundant for every survey and often seem very unnecessary. Prizes could definetly be better for the surveys that are done. I have seen the surveys I have done in the news before however.

Harris Poll Online is the only survey company I have used that acutally pays off, in full. Twice now, I have requested prizes and they have come to me promptly, with no catches. I have won a hand-held vacuum cleaner (Dirt Devil) and a micro SD memory card. They were good, legitimate prizes with no strings attached. I do many surveys for different companies, and this is the only one to pay off with more than a $5 check after dozens of surveys.

I just cashed in my points today for what will be my final $5 Target GC from Harris Poll. That cost 800 points, which is the equivalent of 8 lengthy surveys (20 minutes or so). Not to mention you don't qualify for many of the full length surveys and still wind up spending over 10 minutes for 30 points a lot of the time. It's a nice company with surveys that function well (despite several questions being repeated each and every survey) but I can't recommend it because I value my time at more than 2 dollars an hour.

I have approximately 2000 points. Might get 1 or 2 survey invitations per month. Only because I have points built up am I continuing to wait. But after I spend them, I will not be back.

Harris Panel is a completely legitimate survey panel that values your opinions at basically zero. As a member for more than a year, I took dozens of surveys just to squeeze a $5 Starbucks gift card out of them. 800 points equals $5 dollars and most surveys pay less than 100 points many as little as 30. Most of the time they don't tell you how many points you are going to get before you take the survey which is unfair to any panelist. If you have a lot of time to waste on your hands and want a free Frappuccino every year, then join this panel.

Ive been a member since 2001. I take a lot of 100 point surveys but it took me 6 years to get to the 15,000 points that I have. The nice thing is I traded in 5k for a crock pot, and that leaves me with 10k which is the highest folio level still. I really enjoy Harris Poll and would reccomend it. Yes it takes a long time, but you really do get these things for free, and their shipping is fast.
Some of the items in the higher folio's i dont think are worth the points, but other things def are. I hope to be part of Harris Poll for another 10 years and I am glad I have been part of them since 2001.

I've been with Harris for a long time (approximately three years.) While payout is good and surveys are plentiful, the incentives themselves are not. As another reviewer mentioned, they change their Folio selection frequently; banking your points for higher-value items is unwise unless you’re close to the required value.

You can’t redeem for cash, and while I did get a polite reply after suggesting a few items for their Folios, none of them were actually implemented (and some, like gift cards worth more than $5, the only denomination that they offer) were no-brainers. Shipping of rewards is also slow--it has taken anywhere from 2-4 weeks to receive my incentives.

Overall, I recommend it with some reservations--register and take a look at their 800-point Folio. If you see gift cards that you like, it's a fairly good site. You might consider flipping through the higher levels, as well...but to this day, I haven't seen anything interesting in them.

i have recently joined the harris polls and this is one of two that seem legit. Earn points and get some prizes.

The problem with Harris Poll Online is that they changed the prizes in their rewards folders before I could earn enough points to redeem the small item I wanted. And what really makes me mad here is that they also upped the number of points required for this item: from 800 (when I signed up) to 1300. I now have 1300 points, but the item was removed from their rewards folder. I joined nearly 3 years ago and have gotten nothing from them.

They do give you points for every survey, even if you don't qualify for the longer ones.

they ask redundant questions at times, and that can be frustrating.

they do pay, they offer better incentives than some, but I wish they were more.

there is some info on better gpts, also surveys and secret shopping on my myspace

I've been with Harris Poll for about 3 years now, and I think they are really great. They send me plenty of surveys, and I get points for every survey I take. Then I can take my points and order stuff out of their catalogues.

Their surveys are not too long or boring either. I would recommend joining their panel.