Who else has done Nielson Ratings (booklets / tv box)?

[Stargazer]

This makes the third time that I have done a Nielson ratings booklet. The first two times were at my parents when I had lived there and I filled them out. They gave $1 back in the late 1980s then $2 in the late 1990s. I done one for my girlfriend recently that paid $2 before the booklets arrived with the letter then they sent $30 with the booklets this time.

I remember doing a Primestar conversion back in 1999 where someone had a black box that connected to the Primestar box. They said my equipment was not compatible and swapped it with different receivers causing me a charge back (which I fought and got reversed).

Anybody else get these booklets or boxes that connect to your satellite/cable box to monitor your tv viewing for a week? I never hear anybody talk about them. I wonder how they determine who gets the boxes, if they pay for them and how long they keep track of the ratings with the box vs the booklets.

 

[mike123abc]

I have only done the radio ones a few times.

 

[stilllearning]

I've completed one radio and one TV booklet. Only received a buck for both. This was about 8 years ago.

 

[Teehar]

Always wanted to participate in a Nielson ratings,never have been called or mailed though.

 

[qwert1515]

In the last three years at two different apartments I have done the Nielson TV booklet and they sent $2.

 

[Tampa8]

Two TV booklets, Don't remember the first one, $5 for the second.

 

[dfergie]

Years ago, got $1 ...

 

[digiblur]

Was shocked myself to see the $30 recently.

 

[Stargazer]

I didn't expect the $30 either. I didn't know that they had one for radio.

 

[dlharm]

Participated a couple of times some years ago. Believe I received $1 or $2. The last time I was contacted about doing it I politely declined but they sent me a packet anyway-I sent it back saying I would not participate again if they could not honor my wishes.

 

[mikekohl]

I have probably done four TV surveys---back in 1972, while growing up in North Dakota, I am certain they had to throw out my input, because they would not have been geared to measure reception from Canadian networks, which we got on cable. In 1981, I was moving from one place in Alaska to another. The week that the survey applied for---I was gone except for driving in late Saturday night, when I turned on the TV to whatever was playing on the local NBC station. The entry was recorded as three consecutive 30 minute episodes of McLean Stevenson's "Hello Larry", which he did after leaving MASH. That was my entire viewing for the week, so hope someone had fun analyzing that!
And they still got me to do a couple of more surveys during the 1990s and the following decade. Nothing like throwing a monkey wrench into the works, and I did it mostly by accident!

 

[Annie61]

I did one tv one last year and it was only $2.00 I'm exluded from doing a radio one.. $30.00 that's sweet!!!!

 

[KEVIN_224]

Did anybody ever take the money and not send the books back?

I swear I received a TV booklet once. Not sure on how long ago that was.