# Anyone else been surveyed by Ipsos Mendelsohn? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272 "2011-03-11T04:54:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/1 "2011-03-11T04:54:31Z")
Just got a letter from them, saying I’ll be getting a survey about my “personal interests” soon because I’ve “been selected to represent the opinions, interests, and behavior of men and women in [my] area.” And they’ll send me a “brand new $10 bill” to thank me for participating. Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/2 "2011-03-11T04:56:57Z")
Never heard of the guy. But I have participated in surveys for cash like that. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/3 "2011-03-11T05:06:59Z")
I read that as “survived by”. I guess that would explain the preponderance of zombie threads here lately… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/4 "2011-03-18T18:24:41Z")
Anyone else? The questionnaire just arrived, and it’s _huge_. The $10 bill is nice and crisp, though. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/5 "2011-03-18T20:29:11Z")
And I read the thread title as “served by” and wondering who this new superpowered lawyer was that I should know about. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/6 "2011-03-19T03:10:09Z")
My mother used to work for Ipsos Reid - formerly Angus Reid until Ipsos, a well known survey company, took it over. Don’t know who else Ipsos has taken over, but the company name sounded either legitimate to me or that of a fake who knew that Ipsos was a legitimate company. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/7 "2011-03-19T04:43:43Z")
Interesting. The Mendelsohn study is a study of product usage, media usage, and attitudes, specifically among high-income households (I have a copy of last year’s report on my desk). **Elendil’s Heir** , you may have just outed yourself as being well-to-do. 😃 And, yup, it’s a frakkin’ enormous survey. And, yes, it’s legitimate, as is IPSOS, which is one of the big international market research companies. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/8 "2011-03-20T02:34:26Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Interesting. The Mendelsohn study is a study of product usage, media usage, and attitudes, specifically among high-income households (I have a copy of last year’s report on my desk). **Elendil’s Heir** , you may have just outed yourself as being well-to-do. :D… Yeesh. Obviously they sent it to the wrong house, then. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/9 "2011-03-22T20:38:20Z")
Heh. Just finished it, all 28 pages of it. I knew I’d passed through the looking glass when I was asked how much I’d spent on “yachting (including crew)” in the past 12 months, and if I’d bought any aircraft lately! ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/10 "2011-03-23T07:31:41Z")
Well, have you? ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/11 "2011-03-23T08:16:23Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Well, have you? Does the $15 radio controlled helicopter that was on sale at Safeway during Christmas count? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/12 "2011-03-23T14:17:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I knew I’d passed through the looking glass when I was asked how much I’d spent on “yachting (including crew)” in the past 12 months, and if I’d bought any aircraft lately! Hee hee hee. I’m reminded of Audi’s “[Release The Hounds](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3snyXTNmFm8)” ad. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/13 "2011-03-23T18:24:17Z")
> [@TravisFromOR](#): > > Does the $15 radio controlled helicopter that was on sale at Safeway during Christmas count? It should, dammit! But… no. They didn’t ask me about private spacecraft, though. Pikers. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/14 "2011-03-23T18:35:20Z")
I’ve received $$ in the mail along with a survey. I pocket the cash and trash the paperwork, looking at the cash as payment for considering their offer. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/15 "2011-03-23T20:16:03Z")
Wait, they want to know how much you spend on yachting and aircraft… …for ten dollars? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/16 "2011-03-24T16:19:40Z")
Pfft. I had my five butlers split the $10 amongst themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/17 "2011-09-23T19:28:25Z")
Just got a two-page followup survey from Ipsos, asking me about my holiday shopping plans and investment preferences. Plus $2 for filling it out! This time my butlers went begging. ---
**Author:** ![Teufelblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@Teufelblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teufelblitz)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/18 "2011-09-23T20:43:21Z")
Well, the economy’s in the crapper right now. Your time is much less valuable than it used to be. The positive side is we may invest in you now in the hopes that you turn out to be worth something later. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/19 "2011-09-23T20:50:51Z")
Can you just fill it out with random answers and crap, to get the money as painlessly as possible? Like the equivalent of filling in “C” for every answer on a scantron? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272/20 "2011-09-24T03:58:11Z")
I could, but that’s not how I roll. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-been-surveyed-by-ipsos-mendelsohn/574272.md?page=2)