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PostPosted: 11:44 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Re: £40 - Market Research for New Bikers Reply with quote

MRFGR wrote:

- It must not be a honda.


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PostPosted: 12:34 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

No offence to Honda owners.... we've already interviewed our allocation.

We're also very interested to hear from BMW owners that fit that requirement.
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PostPosted: 13:23 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

we are also now looking for 125 owners in addition to the other requirements
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PostPosted: 14:39 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would but even if I passed the screening process (yes I bought it new) I'm way too lazy to sit on a phone for 45 mins answering a load of questions about my bike. Now if you had an internet option I'd think about it Wink
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PostPosted: 14:48 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

I totally understand where you're coming from but it's not as boring as you may think Wink It's very informal and can literally be arranged for any time. Most are only running for 30 minutes. It will also include you (if you chose to) to be included in more bike research in the future (we do actually have a lot of online bulletin style groups that run throughout the year).

If you do change your mind please do not hesitate to contact me......I'm toast if I don't manage to complete the research by Saturday! Wink

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PostPosted: 14:52 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll try and have a look at the site later on this evening and maybe.... Neutral
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PostPosted: 15:00 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

much appreciated Smile
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PostPosted: 20:00 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

My only concerns about this is how much personal information one would be expected to divulge to a random company. Would you require;

Registration number?

Copy of V5/proof of ownership?
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PostPosted: 20:17 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

SweenyT wrote:
I'm way too lazy to sit on a phone for 45 mins answering a load of questions about my bike.


Equates to around £1 per minute - £60 per hour pro rata is enough to satisfy my lazy demon.
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PostPosted: 20:20 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

SweenyT wrote:
I'm way too lazy to earn an easy £40


We need a whip emoticon. Since when is £40 something to be sniffed at!!!
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PostPosted: 22:10 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

When something seems too good.......
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PostPosted: 22:27 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmm.... I am very sceptical.

Could be steal to order.
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PostPosted: 22:33 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

Just reading through some of the responses:

- you wouldn't need to divulge any person bike info, like reg etc;
- all the interviews are governed by the Market Research Code of Conduct (see https://www.mrs.org.uk/ for more info);
- for the guy who doesn't think it's enough you're being paid too well Wink
- it's definately for real...... we research everything from chocolate to interest rates.... it just so happens we're been asked to research bike purchases this time Smile

If you have any other questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact me. I'm urgently in need of traditional and custom bike owners (brought new in the last 6 months).

Thanks again

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PostPosted: 22:35 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

PS I might be able to extend the deadline for interviews until late Monday night if it helps anyone.
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PostPosted: 22:55 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can I offer a completely impartial but professional comment on this? I don't know this guy or his agency, but I have worked with market research agencies before and they have done user interviews in person or over the phone for me and it is quite normal to offer some kind of payment as an incentive (my ASP budget can attest to that!).

As I said, I can not endorse this particular fellow, but I can corroborate the process.
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PostPosted: 23:01 - 20 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

MRFGR wrote:
Hi

Just reading through some of the responses:

- you wouldn't need to divulge any person bike info, like reg etc;


If you have any other questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact me. I'm urgently in need of traditional and custom bike owners (brought new in the last 6 months).

Thanks again

Stephen


Ok, I'll bite. Googled the company a while ago and everything seems legitimate; and it's certainly not uncommon for market research firms to pay that sort of sum to people.

As said above, c.£60 ph pro rata is more than reasonable - off to the screening test I go

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PostPosted: 02:43 - 21 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Signed up

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PostPosted: 03:01 - 21 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

If anyone is skeptical on being paid, then do not be, we get a few calls like this for opticians and they all are paid for their interviews.
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PostPosted: 08:23 - 21 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

MRFGR wrote:
we research everything from chocolate to interest rates.... it just so happens we're been asked to research bike purchases this time


Cool, how did you manage to get that job...sounds right up my street!?! Do you work for Civil Service by any chance?

Friend of mine does, and he works in the Statistics office, he tells me of the sort of things he does stats on, and I wonder if it could be classified as work at all really...really cushy job for excellent money and benefits!!!
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PostPosted: 10:29 - 21 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Guys, just a heads up to say thank you for those have completed the screener. I don't know who has completed what (we will send you an email though) but we had around 5 and 1 certainly fills the criteria... 'Triumph, Street Triple R' that fits our 'Traditional' bike type criteria. We've still to arrange an interview with them but until we do we still have the following 'specific' requirements:

- 'traditional' or 'custom' type motorcycles (Non Honda only)
- additionally 'big scooter' (Honda only)

As a further note we did have some others that they did pass the requirements but were not the bike types we required (as seen above). However, please note they we will notify the client of these in the likely even they extend the research to include more of these bike types.

PLEASE NOTE THE MAIN REQUIREMENT (as in the original spec at the start of the page) IS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE PURCHASED THE BIKE 'NEW' IN THE 'PAST 6 MONTHS' AND FROM A 'DEALER', AND HAVE TEST DRIVEN IT. THE RESEARCH IS 'ALL' ABOUT YOUR BUYING EXPERIENCE HENCE THESE REQUIREMENTS.

Thanks again. Any questions please do not hesitate to ask me on [email protected]
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PostPosted: 11:46 - 21 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

It might be worth noting, that not all members of this forum will use the new biker section...there will be a few members who will have bought brand new bikes which fit your criteria, but whom will post in other sections of the forum.

Check out new bike threads in Bike Chat section and you may find your target audience...basically you need to do a little more research into finding the people you want to answer your questions!!!

HTH. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 11:49 - 21 Jan 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good point! Thanks for this. Smile
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