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One says to the other, "I can smell the farmer's been muck spreading again, it's making me feel under the weather"

The second one says "Nah, I've just got bad wind".

Yep. Typical .... like the one offering £3.66 £4.77

And never get beyond the cryptic intro questions.. can you name every song ever written .... every fish ...

Oh well.

So you do know what to do as you've read the FAQ? They explain more about external surveys, including what information to send admin@pickmypostcode.com if you have reached 80% completion or beyond:

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/89-surveys

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/category/102-surveys

Also, technical issues with external surveys are not uncommon:

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/156-technical-issues-with-external-surveys

I had a text the other day about reclaiming the car finance on registration number xxxxxxx - the car we inherited when the wife's father died!

I have had finance for the current and previous cars, but as they were both 0% finance, I have avoided mis-selling, thank goodness

Never had car finance, but neither have I suffered the injuries for which I have been invited to claim compensation.

Often, they just want you to interact so they can find more ways to scam you. 😆

Mind you, having adopted the same approach as Alley1940 to buying cars throughout my life, I'd be interested to see whether these scammers might claim to be able to find any agreements in my name...

Don't want you to say no, just to click on the ad so you can be scammed!

CS, I guess for some homeschooling could involve adverse childhood experiences. That can also be the case with 'bog standard' schooling.

@Lol63 - that describes *exactly* what they seem to have in the US. Hanging about on Twitter as I do, it's terrifying to see how lacking in education many Americans seem to be. Nowadays, they're teaching their kids all the conspiracy theory nonsense too!

Absolutely Crap Education?

I took it to mean Accelerated Christian Education, which is an American system used by many US Christian homeschooling families. It is apparently very strict - children have to spend lessons sitting silently in little cubicles, cut off from each other, and get tested all the time. It is of course Bible-based. Google it and you'll read some horror stories.

Of course Zozo maybe means something else.

@csikijanos, Adverse Childhood Experiences.

CS, I'm now wondering which ACE experience you have in mind. I can see the connection to one programme with those initials.

Not sure of the connection, but anyone who did is unlikely to mention it on here.

lamelo ball ⛹️‍♂️

Never even seen a "Survey Sherpa" but I have had many "an issue" in the past, a multiple of times more than ones I could complete.

Plus I have also not had any surveys for a fair amount of time now (apart from the occasional bonus £1 here & there) after been deluged with them for a few weeks.

My bonus stagnated, then shot up like mad to now being stagnant yet again.

Su.O.

If you are invited to an external survey it often appears on the page tab you access first, eg sometimes my invites are on the Main Draw page. For me, this could be because I always put my postcode into the Opinium and Wair surveys so they remember me.

I commented on this a few days ago: I don't see any surveys on the Survey Draw page but do often see one on the Bonus Draw page from which I am screened out.

"An issue" could cover many technical things and "an issue with your answers" can cover a couple of things. Demographic bracket being full, answering too quickly, not providing enough detail. For example.

I regularly get booted from Pure Spectrum without being asked a question but I do usually get 5p.

In the last couple of weeks Survey Sherpa has stopped working for me. Booted from every single one with issues.

Ipsos interactive is starting to go the same way.

I get several surveys that end with "an issue" , usually Pure Spectrum or Sherpa Surveys. It would be less annoying if we were told what the issue was.

Thanks to those of you that replied including Em.Maybe it is just pure coincidence but I would love to know what the dreaded issues are for certain,maybe I never will.🤨

Like Jaffa, I'm also experiencing these issues and the surveys have practically dried up. As some people are moving ahead on the LB. Some are clearly not having these issues. So yes there may be fewer surveys around however why have some of us been "selected" to get none or have issues whilst others progress?

Windows cannot be the issue for me as I switched to Linux last year when a Windows update trashed my computer so badly that it wouldn't even boot, so I needed to reformat the disk.

AI tells me …”A URL or connection string ending with security=true (or more commonly Integrated Security=true or Trusted_Connection=true in database connections) typically signifies that Windows Authentication is being used rather than a specific username and password.

Here is a breakdown of what this means:

Authentication Method: The application or website is using the current Windows account credentials of the user running the process to log in, rather than a hardcoded username/password.

Security Benefit: It is considered more secure because it avoids embedding plaintext database usernames and passwords directly into a web.config or app.config file.”

Jaffa - If you look at the URL when you get the "issues" message, it always ends with "security=true" , which concerns me as it seems to be implying something suspicious is being attempted. The URL is a PMP one, and not from a survey company.

I can only assume that there are not as many clients out there in the world needing market research to be completed. We luckily have some active clients, but the external survey companies are based abroad, some in the US and one somewhere in Europe. Maybe their clients don't have as much need or money to spare.

I have actually completed a couple of surveys in the last week! My only thought about surveys on here which is likely totally wrong is that there is something in the programming by the survey company that is distorted by the fact that it is not going to the survey taker directly, but through a third party first. May be just a silly thought, but those on here that belong to other survey companies elsewhere don't experience the same technical difficulties. Because those sites have definitive demographics rather than anonymised ones they can filter out unsuitable surveys prior to offering them to the taker.

Pure Spectrum * Sherpa Surveys are the worst for me too.

I had one survey (I can't remember the company) that showed an error code before telling me that there was an issue, so I now suspect that some surveys are badly coded.

I can empathise with your concern as I have commented in the past 3 months about Pure Spectrum doing exactly that - every survey invitation was rapidly ended with "an issue" before asking any questions. At that time, I had 50+ in any one day. Since then, I have not seen any invitations from them. This must be a concern for Admin.

As the external surveys are advertised across many sites, there could be many people completing the surveys at once, potentially hundreds, and it is possible that your demographic bracket could reach its quota at any point, while you are in the middle of the survey or even at the end.

Also, technical issues with external surveys are not uncommon:

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/156-technical-issues-with-external-surveys

Please do take Choc Spaniel's advice, read the FAQs and email us.

The FAQs explain more about external surveys, including what information to send admin@pickmypostcode.com if you have reached 80% completion or beyond:

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/89-surveys

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/category/102-surveys

It is strange that devices can load previous things. I have shared it with my colleagues to see if they have any other ideas beyond a regular refresh and clearing the cache.

When I logged into my tablet today, it was showing the Postcode Hunt from 13th. Easy enough to hard refresh and it's gone but a little odd as I use the tablet every day.

In February I was being offered discount codes on AliExpress which expired in November 2025, both in adverts and in emails sent to me in February.

Using the reporting tool will enable the system to remove links to external surveys which have problems, after there have been so many of the same reports.

Could you please also report to me and grant me permission to share, so that I can let Prodege know? To make sure that they are aware of the issue. Thank you.

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/156-technical-issues-with-external-surveys

For those who are not aware.

Same here, multiple PureSpectrum surveys tonight took me through the detailed coded security checks and typing in long answers but rejected me every time though the tab at the top said 100%. I stopped doing them even though there were more offered.

I tried the £3.50 survey and hadn't even started it before I was told I wasn't suitable. I guess they wasn't wanting to pay out too many £3.50's

I had that today, must have got time off for good behaviour with the couple of extra long surveys I've recently had.

I have got that message ("done all my surveys") for the last week or so, when I haven't because there haven't been any. But I've just had a good run of a couple of months, so figured they're spreading them about and I have done too many! I know computer doesn't work like that, but it does seem odd!

I used to see the same message (all surveys done) but don't get even that now. I haven't seen any surveys for probably a couple off weeks, except on the Bonus page, where I have had a couple of 5p screen outs.

Maybe you've got a ghost in your home.

If ever you get a call from a "bank" or other financial institution such as Visa or Mastercard on a mobile number, guaranteed it's a scam.

Resist the urge to talk to them because that confirms to the automation at the far end that there's a human at your end, and your number will be added to The List.

Someone unknown from Glasgow rang me this morning, & I answered "This is bank security..." & they hung up.

I had an autobot phone me today so I put the cellphone near the right hand speaker, It kept repeating for 14 minutes & finally said "I can't hear yoiu, I'll call again later.

A cou[le of hours later it rang again but this time repeated for 17 minutes. 👍😁😎

Well those are answers too!

In fact,even on the survey draw you don't earn 1p for answering the survey questions, as you'll get it even if you refuse to answer, eg "not today" or "prefer not to say".

You get to see who the winner is!

Sorry but paying clients can ask ask many questions as they want. We need to meet their requirements. Surely you'd rather we keep them happy and be able to remain a free prize draw giveaway site!

There was no video in my survey. But yes Malc', it could well have been 20+, there where a few sub-questions. I lost count !

Just got one with 25 questions (I counted 25 "pips" in the bar).

First question asked about transport & I simply answered none of the above which ended the survey & showed the postcode which I'd already seen - I was refreshing in the hope of a paid survey.

No way was I going to answer it properly. I understand the site gets paid for it but I'm sorry, 25 questions is beyond excessive.

Su.O.

Any connection to the post below?

If it's the survey to reveal the winning postcode, then yes.

I thought the one about Chinese cars was nearer 20 questions.

Thanks, Em. As you say, shorter than most external ones but I'm just not used to the longer ones that have appeared recently - it used to usually just be one or two questions and then the postcode appeared. Obviously, you have to go with what is requested by those that fund the prizes.

It was likely a separate survey, Hatterles and you were correct that our system did provide you with an alternative one.

Sorry for the length of some of our surveys. If they are requested by paying clients, then we have to meet their requirements. At least they are still much shorter than some external surveys.

Edit: Having kept my colleagues informed about the feelings of our members, I stand corrected. I have been told that there was an error with the screening at first, but this was quickly resolved. Unfortunately you must've been one of the first couple that experienced this before the change was made. About 10 people were affected. "please do pass on my apologies for this."

I had 2 x 1 hour lessons in 2 different cars with 2 different instructors. Then 1 hour in another car with again a different instructor before the test. The last instructor took me round one of the usual routes the examiners took. Afterwads as we walked into the Test Centre I asked what he thought my chances of passing were and his reply was 50/50. Then when we waited an examiner came calling my name. The instructor swore and said I had the senior examiner and I had no chance of a pass. Anyway, as luck would have it, he took me round the exact same route the instructor had just taken me round. Emergency stop, 3 point turn and reversing round a corner in exactly the same locations (Young people might not know what I am talking about). Also had to use hand signals for half the test in those days. Result was I passed first time at 18 years old. At 72 years old I was still doing multi-drop deliveries in London after driving from Norfolk.

P.S. There was a reason I only had 2 driving lessons. I had been driving farm vehicles since I was 13 years old helping on a classmate's father's farm.

I think I had six lessons in a Vauxhall Viva, but wouldn’t swear to it. The local farmer gave me some practice in his little mini-van - stop sniggering, you lot! - when we went round the schools at night, collecting school dinner swill for his pigs. His four sons also gave me a drive in a 16-gear lorry round a field, which was great fun but probably not productive to my driving! Anyway, I passed first time - god knows how, as I drove back to the test centre, did a lovely turn to come in straight to the kerb and went straight up onto the pavement. The examiner looked up, said, ‘Just put the clutch in’ and it dropped back off the kerb. Still passed me.

I never had a formal driving lesson, taught entirely by my dad. Passed on my second test.

My first fail was due to not looking in the mirrors, which was rubbish because I'm always aware of what's going on behind. What it actually meant was not acting enough when looking in the mirrors and making it blatantly obvious.

My first car was my aunt's Skoda S100 which I gave her £125 for. She thought it was clapped out but that was mostly because she drove everywhere on full choke and never got it above 2nd gear.

I had about 20 to 25 x one hour driving lessons (£3/hr which I paid for), in 3 different dual control manual cars, got 2 intructors fired, plenty of reversing round hairpin bends on hills, & didn't do an emergency stop till 15mins before the test,

On my driving test (in a different area with 3 lane roundabouts) I had an examiner in the back seat examining the examiner in the front. I went quite a bit over the 30mph limit at one point, but brought my foot off the accelerator gradually so the engine tone didn't change & neither noticed AFAIK. Passed first time at 19, & mum & I went halves on a brand new car for my 21st.

I wouldn't remember that information either and I only passed 18, nearly 19 years ago. I passed the month before my 18th birthday. It'll be 19 years sometime in May. I had at least 10 lessons, but I can't remember the exact number. I think they were all 2 hours long.

(Oh my gosh, I have been driving for 19 years!!! Though what is more scary to me is that my youngest cousin is now taking driving lessons. How is he now 17 and learning!)

@Hopeful, I know why I keep getting surveys about Scottish politics. I was asking if there was a way I could opt out of getting them.

But obviously not.

Yes, your PMP postcode would impact upon the political surveys which our system serves you. So I'm afraid you need to decide whether you want to be the only one with a postcode, keep your old postcode and keep receiving them or whether receiving surveys about the Scottish Parliament is too annoying and you want to change it.

Having a Scottish Postcode in the draw could, possibly, account for you getting surveys about Scotland. Just a thought.

You can change your code to your present address, and it won't make any difference. It's your membership number that goes in the draw, then it's connected to your postcode.

It's more likely to help eliminate spurious data from people that just click on the first choice - if the list is random then any such activity should even out across the options and not influence the results.

How does it make sure you're paying attention? I can imagine some poor soul fruitlessly searching the list for a Trabant or a Zastava while it would be a lot easier to spot that they'd been left out of the list if it was in order.

All intended to make sure you're paying attention.

Yes, that one they will. 😊

I always "prefer not to say" if I'm invested in Bitcoin, but they keep asking.

If a question is a standard question used in market research, we can't make edits without making that profiling question incompatible with the rest of the industry. It could be that our profile, demographics questions have to match those of the industry.

If it has 'prefer not to say' then please use that to cover retired.

Was there an option for prefer not to say.

Doing that you will keep getting the same survey.

I compromised by clicking on 'not today'

Yes, I had that one some time ago and thought the same.

Alley1940, I'm sure many people would!

If this is a simulation I would like to know who keeps messing with my life?

Awh Em, how amazing would that be. Stay Positive.

Redz, I've never seen Matrix so I will mis-quote -

I CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH !'

Can someone just go into the back end of this simulation and delete the code to cancer for me? Would be a huge help!

Every morning I look in the mirror to check I haven't gone in the night. I don't know how I'm going to feel when I look and find I'm not there. Bit of a shock I guess.

I'm sorry to inform you that this recurring glitching dream you exist in daily is a simulation program which is due to be deleted shortly ... You won't feel or remember anything, you simply won't wake up any more.

FORGIVE CAPS PMP.

MICKMEDAD,

JUST IMAGINE IF YOU ‘ARE’ LIVING IN A REALITY MOVIE LIKE THE MATRIX.

WOULD YOU WANT THE RED PILL OR THE BLUE PILL?

COULD YOU HANDLE THE RED PILL OF TRUTH?

Hope your move went smoothly. Please do read the above two members replies who have kindly helped you.

Congratulations...

However, I suspect you may be asking how you can change your registered postcode - the answer is that you can go to

https://pickmypostcode.com/account/my-details/

and update your registered postcode there.

However, be aware that you don't have to change your registered postcode if you'd prefer not to. It doesn't matter what your registered postcode is, as long as it's a valid UK postcode, so a lot of people keep their old one registered after a move. It's your membership number that goes into each draw, and whatever postcode you have registered that is displayed if your membership number is drawn.

HTH.

Edit - Snap (or nearly), CS!

You don't have to change your postcode as long as only one is registered, but if you do, this is how to ....

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/31-how-do-i-change-my-email-address-or-postcode

Sorry that the external surveys can be frustrating. Please email us if you need help.

If It is the Wair politics survey (£1), I have now tried to do this 3 times (up to the point of number of children question page) before I am screened out. I don't care about the points it is the overlong qualification questions and the Captcha box which keeps coming across the bottom right of the screen on every question and is totally distracting which is annoying. It is still lurking at the top so it looks like a different survey until you go in and answer the questions again and realise it is the same one. I clear my cookies and cache after every browsing session so it is nothing to do with that.

Suppose if the survey was the same one and just stuck, one 10p screen out is right then.

I had a treadmill for many years. I used to walk for miles, while watching tv and not really noticing the exertion. I disposed of it when it finally broke down. I missed it, especially when the weather wasn't nice enough to go out walking, so treated myself to a new one. Shortly after buying it I began to get a lot of pain in my knee, and have been told that I need a replacement. My treadmill is now just a rather expensive piece of modern artwork sitting in the corner of my living room.

Haha, my exercise bike holds a few hats, shirts & coats/hoodies for my daily walk which I choose from depending on the weather.

They are a pita to move each time I use the bike for it's intended purpose but I might as well use it's alternative attributes to hang crap on ;D

Su.O.

My exercise bike always got used, I like clothes I've taken off but wearing the next day to be aired overnight.

Well done for using the exercise bike! I imagine many people have unused exercise equipment in their homes.

I have a brand new 25+ year old multigym.

How can a 25+ year old item be new you ask?

Still in the never-been-opened boxes in my spare bedroom.

I'm thinking of getting it out in the near future & building it - like I said I would 25+ years ago lol ;D

Luckily the exercise bike I bought at the same time is in my front room & gets somewhat regular use. It's in the front room so I see it often to remind me ;p

The rowing machine, also bought at the same time, has had very little use & is sat against the wall next to said Multigym boxes.

Su.O.

Enver, please don't tell us how you use the foot board as exercise equipment.

There's a petrol lawnmower, gardening tools & 3 yards of artificial grass for my balcony in my living room, 3 vacuums in the large bedroom, a steam iron in my drawer, 2 pairs of walking boots, & a foot board on my bed, none of which I currently use..However the stairs to the ground floor can be avoided most days - let me sleep in peace.

I assume 6 puppies were on the list?

As Jaffa, plus dog lead and shoes to walk Lola 😄

Lawnmower hoover iron.🤣

Anon, you should make sure you check all 9 daily draws. There have been 38 BT winners in 2026 (including one in on the £100 evening draw in Feb, and an unclaimed Main Draw winner on March 1st) so far and we’re not at the end of month 3 yet. The most recent winner was £450 on 20th March.

You can check out the winners on the Winners Results pages. Click on each draw tab.

Been 10 this month!!!

https://pickmypostcode.com/past-winners/?postcode=BT

Are you checking the 9 draws a day?

https://help.pickmypostcode.com/article/16-what-are-the-different-draws

24 hours is a long time in Ireland, especially if you don't check all the draws.

How long?

(For when the next draw takes place, Thursday's winning Survey Draw postcode was ME14 5AN)