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drcee

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Prolific seems to have had a meltdown today. Took me ages to log-in - several failed attempts over many hours. There was a study up but when I clicked it I got a 404 message.
 

Tuliplady

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Yes, I had issues with two studies yesterday, got as far as entering my ID then couldn't go no further.
 

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Ok, I'm confused. I requested a payout, which went through into my Paypal account fine, but I received a separate email for the first time:

Hi, We've sent your payment to your PayPal! If you don't already have a PayPal account just follow the instructions in the email from PayPal (check your SPAM folder too) to retrieve your money. You have to claim your payment via the “claim” button in the email from PayPal. If you don’t claim your payment for 30 days, it will be returned to Prolific and we might not be able to transfer it back to you. Please make sure that your PayPal account is verified and in good standing. You may not be able to claim the payment we're sending you, if your PayPal account is not verified. Sincerely, Your Prolific team.

What claim button? And why should P.A. be able to have money that I've earned fairly returned to them if I don't press this non existent button? *Scratches head*
 

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Topaz said:
What claim button? And why should P.A. be able to have money that I've earned fairly returned to them if I don't press this non existent button? *Scratches head*

I had that message too, but when I went through to PayPal the payment was there as usual. No need to claim.
 

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I've always had that e-mail. I think you used to have to claim received Paypal payments a long time ago (I've never had to for PA) and they might not realise it's changed.
 

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Hi guys,

Sorry for the poor communication on our side. Most people don't have to claim payments but some people do (it depends on their PayPal settings). We added that message as it's a massive pain on our side if the payments go unclaimed as we have to individually reactivate the payments.

The short version is if you don't see a claim button on your PayPal then you don't have to take any action.

> What claim button? And why should P.A. be able to have money that I've earned fairly returned to them if I don't press this non existent button? *Scratches head*

We don't understand it either - you'd have to ask PayPal :p

P
 

preciousns

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I've used Prolific Academic for a while and also think it's a great additional earner. I haven't cashed out yet but that's cause I'm waiting to reach the £20 threshold to avoid the PayPal fees...not too long to go!

It's been one of my favourite survey sites so far.

If anyone would like to sign up through my link, I'd really appreciate that :) ==> https://prolific.ac/rp?ref=MQ3DTKP5

All the best
 

katykicker

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EmployeeSurvey42-2
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Reward : £ 1.00
Avg. Reward Per Hour : £5.46/hr
Available Places : 105/587
Maximum Allowed Time : 40mins
Avg. Completion Time : 11mins
Eligible!
 

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Hi everyone? Is anyone having trouble reaching the https version of prolific? https://www.prolific.ac?
 

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Yeah, there is a massive thread on prolific academic :) Perhaps [member=920]katykicker[/member] or one of the other admin can direct you to it.
 

katykicker

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There is a thread to sign up to receive alerts when someone posts about a new study: http://www.themoneyshed.co.uk/index.php?topic=3672

There is also a great thread on Prolific Academic here: http://www.themoneyshed.co.uk/index.php?topic=1683
 

drcee

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Since the problems the other day were resolved, my access has been completely fine.
 

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How often do you get studies from them? I signed up and have had 1 so far which was a £2.00 payout.
 

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I'm a newbie and wondering how often do you find eligable studies from this site?
 

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vness66 said:
I'm a newbie and wondering how often do you find eligable studies from this site?

On the days I look, usually Monday-Friday I find a few most days, also, we have a thread here you can visit and sign up for email alerts. Not everyone uses it to post, however, I've caught some £5-£10 studies that way before.
 

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I hadn't had any tasks for a few days and found it a little odd so I dropped them an email.

They just wrote back to me and said that my account had been flagged but they checked and everything seems fine so they unflagged it.

Immediately 2 studies showed up.

Just goes to show that if it does feel like you haven't had anything for a while it is well worth getting in touch with them!
 

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Has anyone else had problems with the 'parking' study? I finished it, pressed submit and it just looped back to the start with no completion code. I've contacted the researcher to see if they can sort out.
 

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