Cash paid surveys really do exist. I know because I've received and made money from them for the past two years, so why then does it seem that more and more people are labeling online surveys a scam? The simple answer is laziness and people living in fantasy land.
This may seem a little harsh but it's the truth. Apart from winning the lottery no opportunity to make money on this earth comes without you having to put something in to it. No matter what you may read in adverts it is a fact, adverts are they to entice you into purchasing a product so they're going to exaggerate that's just the way it is and always will be.
Those that believe you can make thousands of dollars a week for only an hours work a week will never ever make any real serious amounts of money in there lives because to be brutal they are just bone idol dreamers.
The fact is that if you put in the time and effort to sign up with as many companies that provide surveys as you possibly can and then put the same effort into completing the surveys you are sent then you can and will make money with cash paid surveys. Just like any other job in the world some will make more than you and others will make less but you will make something along the way.
I've mentioned that you need to join as many providers as possible to even have a chance of making any money but I would go a step further and recommend joining a membership site just be sure to pay under $50 anything over and look else where. For links to the best ones go
Free list unfortunately simply don't cut it and are a waste of time as the small list provided will make you almost no cash at all.
People who say you should never pay an employer for a job are spot on but what people don't understand with online surveys is that you are not paying for employment you are paying for access to a list of companies that are free to join who will reward you for taking online surveys. Your fee, apart from access to the database, is also towards the running of the site and the customer support. No companies that actually supply the surveys will charge you a fee at any point.