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Colorado
1 review
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Avoid at All Costs
January 26, 2026

Thrift Pig is easily the worst platform in the survey industry. While many sites have minor issues, Thrift Pig fails at the most basic requirement: paying their users for completed work.

The biggest issue is their nonexistent and deceptive customer service. I spent months attempting to resolve a payment issue for a survey I successfully completed. Initially, I was in contact with a representative named Mary, who was polite at the start. However, that "kindness" was clearly a stalling tactic. As soon as I pressed for a real resolution and my earned payment, she completely vanished.

Despite sending numerous follow-up emails and requests for an explanation, I was met with total silence. It is clear that Thrift Pig's strategy is to ignore communications until the user simply gives up.

Do not be fooled by the site's layout or initial interactions. You will spend hours providing them with valuable data, but you will never see the compensation. If you value your time and want to avoid months of frustration, stay far away from Thrift Pig.

Date of experience: January 26, 2026
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Received: Your info can't be verified
September 3, 2025

Gee whiz, how did I not know this was going to happen when I went to redeem my coins? So tired of working on a survey for 15 minutes to then be told I am not qualified. I should have known this company was a scam but noooo, I am always so hopeful that there are honest companies out there. I just wonder how much Shi#*y Piggy gets paid for the completed surveys? I am sure it's a lot more than what they DIDN'T pay me! Scam alert! Just call me white slave.

Date of experience: September 3, 2025
California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Waste of time
April 23, 2025

You end up wasting time because halfway in you are disqualified and after getting to the minimum requirement to cash out you can't ID yourself without getting in a phone que and NEVER GETTING A CALL BACK. Scam

Date of experience: April 19, 2025
Ohio
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Not worth it
January 8, 2025

Most of the surveys dont let you finish and even on the ones you do, they won't compensate you. Let's you do all the work and then tells you your answers aren't good enough. Only cashed out twice to paypal. One time took hours and the other I never received smh

Date of experience: January 8, 2025

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Pennsylvania
1 review
12 helpful votes
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Don't bother
November 12, 2024

Most of the surveys are not a match and you don't find out until you're 10-15 minutes into it. They only give you 3 coins for the time that you wasted. They should know early on if you are not a match for the survey. I thought this was a good way to make some extra money, but it's just not worth it. Waste of time!

Date of experience: November 12, 2024
Colorado
2 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Waste of time
September 2, 2024

Legit, however 90% of surveys result in a disqualification with no explanation. No points are thus given and the disqualified result often appear after a full 15 + minute given survey. It appears that Thrifty pig does not screen surveys or require any kind of minimum standards. I would not recommend ThriftyPig.
Update- after spending hours and hours of dead end surveys with no reward and my last ridiculous 100 question survey that according to the email notice would take 11 minutes and no reward result….Im out!
I'm sure Thrifty Pig is compensated fairly by the surveys. Survey respondents are typically screwed.
Mary G's offer to look into a specific complaint is insufficient. She already knows the problems and complaints! There aren't any standards with this website! I'm done and you shouldn't waste your time unless you want to earn pennies per hour!

Date of experience: September 2, 2024
Mary G. — Thrifty Pig Rep
over a year ago

Steve - I sincerely apologize for the negative experience on the site. We are always happy to look into any issues you have with our surveys. Would you mind sending an email to [email protected] with your full name/email when you get a chance? Thank you! Mary

Missouri
2 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Ready
March 9, 2024

I am trying to get my money but I have not received any code on my phone-please send it because I have rightfully earned each coin

Date of experience: March 8, 2024
Georgia
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Scam
February 13, 2024

This is a legit site, but they ask you questions that they need or want to know for the study and tell you that you aren't qualified so they dont have to pay you.
You already fill out some personal information for your profile that should filter out what you are and aren't qualified for, but no, they want to trick you and have you do the survey for free.
I'm pretty sure this could become a law suit.

Date of experience: February 13, 2024
Mary G. — Thrifty Pig Rep
over a year ago

Hi Kristy,

I'm so sorry to hear that you have had a negative experience on the site. Would you mind sending me a private email to [email protected] with your full name and/or the email address associated with your account? I would be more than happy to look into this issue to see if we can't figure out what happened and make things right.

Thank you,
Mary

California
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I have been using thrifty pig for quite some time, but this time I received a used amazon gift card when I redeemed my points. I tried to redeem in 5 min after the email came, so not possible that somebody used it after I received it and NOBODY uses my gift card.
I sent an email to the customer service, but no response.

Received an updated gift card after posting this review.- Thanks

Date of experience: July 15, 2023
Mary G. — Thrifty Pig Rep
over a year ago

Hi Nabanita - I sincerely apologize for the trouble with that payment. I had emailed you on 7/11 with a new Amazon code, but it sounds like you missed my message. I just resent it from [email protected]. Could you please respond to that email confirming that you have received your payment? Thank you!

New Zealand
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Gift card
July 11, 2023

I am a new member of Thrifty Pig. I earned my first level to redeem a gift card.They give you a penny a point which is better than youll find anywhere and you only need to get to 5 dollars to cash out. Awesome

Date of experience: July 11, 2023
New Jersey
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Each Point is 1 Cent Not Worth IT
February 20, 2023

Each point you earn is worth 1 cent - and you only earn on surveys you qualify for. Too much of your info you must give up for too little in return. Pass

Date of experience: February 20, 2023
Iowa
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Waste of time
January 26, 2023

I admit that thrifty pig does pay quickly. However, you can spend a lot of time doing surveys and completing them only to find that you have wasted your time. You can report this to support but they don't do anything about it.

Date of experience: January 26, 2023
Mary G. — Thrifty Pig Rep
over a year ago

Hi Wanda - I'm so sorry for the negative experience on the site and would be happy to help. Would you mind sending me an email to [email protected] with your full name? We are always happy to look into how we can make things right when you have an issue on the site. Thanks! - Mary

Colorado
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Im about to lose my mind
September 12, 2022

I completed a survey 45 minutes later and i submitted it and the response was invalid request. I snapped. Why dont you guys get it together. This has happened many times.

Date of experience: September 12, 2022
Mary G. — Thrifty Pig Rep
over a year ago

Hi E E. - I'm so sorry for the negative experience on the site. Could you please email me privately at [email protected] with your name and the email associated with your account? I would be happy to look into the issue you are having. Thank you! - Mary

Alabama
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Simpilcio
July 28, 2022

I am new to Thrifty Pig. I love surveys, but I can tell you that of all the surveys I've been getting have mostly been from Simpilcio. This company gets your info but does not let you complete. It seems they find their way to all survey sites. They need to be banned. I went to their site to read reviews and I'm not the only one having the problem. I'm going to have to leave if I cant get other surveys. I hope it will get better. I'm not going to try to complete a survey once I see it's from Simpilcio.

Date of experience: July 27, 2022
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Excellent company
April 10, 2022

I have used many such companies and Thrifty Pig pays very fast and is easy to use. I recently began to just use Thrifty instead of others. Wish there were more surveys but that is not their fault.

Date of experience: April 8, 2022
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Absolutely best site out there!
March 22, 2022

I admit when I joined this site I was skeptical it would be like all the others I've joined and hated BUT I was so wrong! This site is amazing. Gives me a chance to make some extra funds by gift cards at Amazon. Which I use for household etc. Big money saver in my pocket! And yes you make money on this site. I couldn't believe how fast I was earning doing surveys. And Mary is the sweetest lady ever! You will love her! She handles any problems you have fast! She's there for you to help with anything. I've had a few problems and she's been so nice to me and handled them all.
You seriously want to answer surveys honestly and earn real money on a good site... then hope you get invited to this one and accept! I feel blessed I got an invited!

Date of experience: March 21, 2022
New York
1 review
17 helpful votes
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Mostly good but one frustrating problem
November 25, 2021

They give you a penny a point which is better than youll find anywhere and you only need to get to 5 dollars to cash out. Awesome website, except why is it I can spend 5 to 10 minutes answering questions on s survey then suddenly I don't qualify. If that was fixed, 5 stars for sure.

Date of experience: November 24, 2021
New Jersey
19 reviews
47 helpful votes
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Fast Payout
May 26, 2021

I joined this site just a few months ago. At first, I wasn't sure if it because there was nothing else to do (like watch videos, do tasks or searches), only surveys. But with a low minimum cash out if $5.00, I gave it a try. I am VERY HAPPY I did. I have already cashed out a few times to my PayPal account with NO issues. They send you a code to your email account, enter it, redeem and in a few hours, or sooner, your money is in your PayPal account. They do NOT take out a processing fee like some other sites do. Give this site a chance. It really does pay.

Date of experience: May 26, 2021
Louisiana
2 reviews
15 helpful votes
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Cool
February 13, 2021

I must say I had some concerns and doubts initially but customer service is great if they called me in the mist of an issue I was having so they are very alert and this is a great

Date of experience: February 13, 2021
Mary G. — Thrifty Pig Rep
over a year ago

Thank you, Braxston! We are so appreciative of your participation in the panel and support of our business. Mary

Florida
7 reviews
6 helpful votes
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This is my best survey that I ever had
February 12, 2021

They pay me through my PayPal payment and email amazon gift cards. They majes very happy when I give them my opinions on everything and I get rewarded

Date of experience: February 10, 2021
Mary G. — Thrifty Pig Rep
over a year ago

Thank you so much for your support, Sonia!