So, we're a Nielsen family for a week.

[cbwm1]

We got paid a whopping $5 in brand new, crisp $1 bills.

I'm feeling very pressured. lol

[killercupcake]

I loved being a Nielsen family! I did it as a kid. I loved logging everything in the little book. lol

[sineadorebellion]

Like on Roseanne, where she had them watch educational stuff for the week??

[knx9211]

This episode of Family Guy was on last night. Peter stole 100 Nielsen boxes so he could control what they did in tv shows.

[cbwm1]

Feb 11, 2016 19:45:44 GMT -5 sineadorebellion said:

Like on Roseanne, where she had them watch educational stuff for the week??

Except I'll fill my book with trash like The Bachelor, Married at First Sight, and My 600 Pound Life.

[dirtyred]

The week I was a Nielson home my diary wad filled with stuff like "Dracula's Daughter" and "The Creeping Terror." I hope the person reading my diary got a good laugh.

[meowmaps]

This is really cool! I'd love to do that.

[cookies]

We moved into a Nielsen house once. The Nielsen rep stalked us and left baskets of cookies on our doorstep to get us to call them. Turns out we couldn't be A Nielsen house because of our jobs, but it was nice to be wined and dined with cookie baskets.

[janegold]

We got that offer too - and they gave us $2 just to consider filling out the survey! I almost always toss that kind of stuff but I was glad I didn't toss the cash. I didn't end up filling out the survey for $5 because you had to give your phone number and I felt like I would be getting marketing research calls forever.

[cbwm1]

Feb 11, 2016 21:22:22 GMT -5 janegold said:

We got that offer too - and they gave us $2 just to consider filling out the survey! I almost always toss that kind of stuff but I was glad I didn't toss the cash. I didn't end up filling out the survey for $5 because you had to give your phone number and I felt like I would be getting marketing research calls forever.

We did the survey quite awhile ago but haven't gotten anything since they called us that one time.

I love doing surveys. I'm an e-rewards participant, which fuels my love. Haha

[pierogigirl]

They're really nice when they call you. We've been a Nielsen family twice, but I think it's a pain in the ass to fill out the book in 5 minute intervals.

[dcannie]

do you just record stuff you watch live or also things you have on your dvr? what about hulu, netflix, and amazon prime? do you record whether it's just background tv or if you are actually watching/engaged?
i would simultaneously love and hate to do this.

[PatBenatar]

I've done it a couple times and they paid us $30! I was excited like a dork.

I also love e-rewards. I get so excited when there's a new survey lol

[cbwm1]

Feb 11, 2016 21:32:52 GMT -5 dcannie said:

do you just record stuff you watch live or also things you have on your dvr? what about hulu, netflix, and amazon prime? do you record whether it's just background tv or if you are actually watching/engaged?
i would simultaneously love and hate to do this.

We're recording things that we watch live and on the DVR. I don't think we record Netflix stuff? I mean, they have numbers so i wouldn't think they'd be included.

And there's a box to check when you have the TV on for background noise.