Way back in the beginning of the thread, I posted about getting a rejection from a survey when I had a code. The requester sent me this:
"I'm sorry for the confusion. As we instructed in both the HIT and the survey itself, we are not able to compensate participants who do not qualify for the study, meaning that we will have to reject unqualified HITs. Qualified participants completed a much longer study and received a personalized payment code at the end of the study itself. Apologies if this was unclear. I've added two additional reminders to the study to avoid similar confusion in the future."
I can't believe I'm seething this much over a 25 cent survey.