Focus Pointe Global Anmeldelser 

The SAGO focus group portion was fine. Their point redemption for gift card processing is ridiculous. You select your card and a message pops up stating for about 3 seconds, "it is taking longer than normal due to high volume." Unfortunately, no timeframe is provided and you won't be able to change your choice after seeing the message. If I request a $250 Walmart gift card on July 2nd come August I no longer need it and would rather have a Visa gift card but there isn't an option to change while you wait forever for them to process it.

Then after searching through their FAQs I finally found a statement that mentioned during high volume it can take 20 BUSINESS days to process point redemption. So it takes a month to email someone an egift card...freaking mind-blowing! So I would have to wait a month for a $10 Starbucks card after already waiting for my points to be put in the system.

I mean you're providing discount gift cards as payment so honestly you are not paying the full amount quoted on invitations. Business wise it's smart and I get it. I would rather do assignments with companies who pay via PayPal or directly just send the Visa gift card upon completion because at this point you all are getting even more of my time as I wait. It is a shame because I will never do a SAGO assignment again.

FocusGroup.com is a waste of your valuable time. After endless screening questions and then the actual survey which averages 15-20 min they tell me that I didn't "qualify" for the survey I just completed. They also haven't replied to my emails. Sago in person focus groups are legit but the online surveys are a complete scam/data mining.

This has been the most frustrating experience. This company endlessly sends offers for supposed "paid studies" then says I don't qualify every time, but only AFTER asking the actual survey questions (so basically taking my information & specific survey answers for free). Focusgroups.org IS legit & has actually paid me for my time, focusgroup.com is NOT & has not paid (or allowed me to "complete" a single survey) even after trying to give them multiple chances over several months. Absolutely infuriating and shameful to take advantage of people like this.

I have been a member of Focusgroup.com a few years now and never had a problem with them until recently. Since they merged with Sago it is harder for panelist to qualify for surveys, they take an unnecessary amount of time to process rewards and almost under no circumstances will they get back to you about any support tickets you create asking for help. I would NOT recommend this panel to anyone who values their time!

I did surveys, got my points, cashed them out about a month ago and received no reward, but they keep sending me more surveys, don't waste your time

Been filling out surveys all morning and have no points or money.

Don't waste your time

This organization is now called Focus Group by Schlesinger. While the recruiters are genuinely nice, and they do offer a variety of focus group opportunities, my only concern is the incentives. I'm in month 2 of a particular project, and I haven't received my first payment. We're going on month 3 now, and nothing. An incentive is defined as: "a thing that motivates or encourages one to do something." Or a payment or concession to stimulate greater output or investment." Quite frankly I'm no longer incentivized to continue with my study. There is absolutely no communication between participants and Schlesinger. If you leave a voicemail, or send an email, or complete the contact us form on their website, you will not hear back from them. I understand that they have a great number of participants and are busy recruiting, but I've gotten more expedient responses from USPS.