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Old 03-06-2008, 10:35 PM   #1
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Received a survey promising $75 but requires 30 min of phone time

Here's the mail I just received. I'm just posting this up so forum moderators can see what is circulating and assess whether this is genuine or not.

Kindle market research: Earn $75 for 30 minute interview
Hi Spirits

McKinsey & Company is conducting market research on digital readers. We are offering you $75 in cash for participating in a phone interview, to learn about your attitudes towards digital readers. If you are interested in participating, please respond to this message (or email us at eBook@Mckinsey.com). Please see the details below.

Thank you for your time and look forward talking to you.

Kind regards,

McKinsey eBook Research Team

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McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm with 90 offices in 51 countries worldwide. We are the trusted advisor to the world’s leading businesses, governments, and institutions. We undertake original research and develop substantive points of view on critical economic issues facing businesses and governments around the world. To learn more about McKinsey & Company, please visit www.McKinsey.com

1. If you are selected for the phone interview, you will automatically qualify for the $75 cash reward upon completion of the survey. Phone interviews take up to 30 minutes. We will call you or you can call us at a mutually agreed upon time. You will be issued a $75 cash reward upon completion of the phone call.
2. Rewards will be issued either as a PayPal credit or as a VISA gift card. You have the choice between these two options. To learn more about VISA gift cards, please visit http://usa.visa.com/personal/cards/p...gift_card.html.
3. McKinsey & Company will not sell or otherwise provide the personal information you shared through this research with third parties.
4. McKinsey & Company will use your information exclusively for the purposes related to the eBook research project.
5. McKinsey & Company will delete your personal information from our database and other storage media on June 30, 2008.
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:37 PM   #2
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McKinsey is one of the biggest companies around for this sort of thing. Given that you can email to the domain I would think it legit.

That being said, I'd not give them much in the way of personal information.
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Old 03-07-2008, 12:04 AM   #3
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It does seem to be legit. Ask me again tomorrow after ~1pm CST
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Old 03-07-2008, 01:11 PM   #4
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Do let us know what the interview is like. I got one of those emails too (though I probably deleted it already).
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Old 03-07-2008, 03:29 PM   #5
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I took the interview and got $75.
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Old 03-07-2008, 03:32 PM   #6
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They certainly seemed legit enough. They asked most of the questions you'd expect: how'd I start e-reading, why'd I switch to my current device, what do/don't I like about my current device, what do/don't I like about the Kindle (they asked a lot of questions related to the Kindle), what are my reading habits, etc.

I asked them if they could tell me who they were representing, no surprise that they couldn't, nor could they tell me if the company was already in the e-reader game or not. I didn't expect anything else, but hey, I had to ask, right?
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Old 03-07-2008, 03:37 PM   #7
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They seemed very interested in libprs500 and asked me about what features I would like in a ebook reader, for what price and what I thought the potential market for readers is.
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Old 03-07-2008, 03:51 PM   #8
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At a guess, from some of the reactions I got to various comments, I'm thinking there's a new player looking at joining the game, possibly someone big. But that's at least 99.999% guessing.
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Old 03-08-2008, 01:53 PM   #9
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I got one of those e-mails, too. I just now responded to the e-mail saying I'd be interested in taking the survey -- I guess I'll find out whether they still need participants.
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Old 03-08-2008, 05:28 PM   #10
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I blocked em, I don't do surveys which require any personal info, like my phone #. Regardless if they say they won't give out my info

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Old 03-08-2008, 05:36 PM   #11
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Giving out personal info always makes me nervous. I could use the money, but I'm too much of a pansy to take the plunge.
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Old 03-08-2008, 10:10 PM   #12
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I just realized not all of you received the email. umm... Hope I didn't destroy their survey by giving access to their email to everyone and not the selected users. I'll edit out the email if McKinsey group wants me to.
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Old 03-08-2008, 10:12 PM   #13
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I just replied and i did receive the message. So I do hope they pick me to do it. I don't mind giving out my info as they are a reputable company.
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Old 03-09-2008, 11:24 AM   #14
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I did the survey & later received an email that the $75 Visa was being sent. As with Natch, their questions were more about my ereading likes/dislikes. They asked about the Kindle, both Sonys & the CyBook. There were three people on speakerphone with me. I suspect, but don't know for sure, that they recorded the conversation. Also talked about scanning and format conversions.

Didn't mind giving my phone number or address since they are both in public phone books, i.e. essentially in the public domain. In fact probably readily available on the Internet.

I was surprised at the seeming randomness of the the questioning. It definitely did not feel like a "form" survey. I would think they would find it difficult to correlate their findings from multiple interviewees.
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Old 03-09-2008, 01:28 PM   #15
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To be fair, it would be best if these sorts of messages were not posted in such detail so others who were not part of the offer cannot get in and take th eplace of someone who should have been able to get in. Remember HOLIDAYGIFT? Too many thieving cheating crooks used it and took away the credit from people who should have gotten it. Yes, you are a crook when you steal $50.
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