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Title: Mystery shopping
Post by: arms1977 on September 21, 2009, 01:09:03 pm

I was a mystery shopper for a company a few years back. I left the company because they started sending me to closed convenience stores and such. I also started doing tallies of my earnings compared to expenses and found I was really losing in that rat race. Are there any members here who participate in mystery shopping? Are there good companies who compensate fairly for time and travel?

Title: Re: Mystery shopping
Post by: Wren28 on September 22, 2009, 07:25:21 pm

My sister Mystery shops in New Hampshire. There are reputable companies out there. You just have to look.

Title: Re: Mystery shopping
Post by: 100indecisions on September 22, 2009, 07:39:40 pm

I posted a little about this here: http://www.fusioncash.net/forum.php?topic=6606.0

Title: Re: Mystery shopping
Post by: BeccaGoga on April 13, 2010, 04:27:18 pm

I know this is an old topic, but I just came across it. I currently am a mystery shopper and so far I have no quarrals with the company that I do it for. The pay isn't the best, but it's better than nothing.

Title: Re: Mystery shopping
Post by: karenkpc on April 14, 2010, 05:17:23 am

always a good idea to run your company through the national mystery shopping databases...here's one that's very reliable...http://www.mysteryshop.org/

Title: Re: Mystery shopping
Post by: jzmom on August 11, 2010, 05:50:04 am

I have been Mystery shopping for 3 months now.  The pay isn't that great but I get a free meal and a few extra bucks in my pocket. I only do the shops that are really close to home or work, which is about 6 shops. 

Title: Re: Mystery shopping
Post by: mpedersen on August 11, 2010, 01:30:06 pm

I have always wanted to look into mistery shopping...thank you for the information!

Title: Re: Mystery shopping
Post by: rbeal2324 on August 11, 2010, 02:30:58 pm

I too, have wanted to look into mystery shopping thanks to everyone for the helpful information

Title: Re: Mystery shopping
Post by: mgint on August 21, 2010, 07:16:02 am

I didn't want to pay the upfront fee to get list of places to go my rule is if you have to pay to get work try something else.

Title: Re: Mystery shopping
Post by: g0ku4life on August 21, 2010, 11:06:32 am

Quote from: mgint on August 21, 2010, 07:16:02 am

I didn't want to pay the upfront fee to get list of places to go my rule is if you have to pay to get work try something else.

Pretty sound advice

Title: Re: Mystery shopping
Post by: cece12 on August 22, 2010, 11:35:54 am

I've tried on line mystery shopping, and have no idea why I keep trying I've been ripped off each time and the sites you are suppose to be "shopping" are just offers for services I am not interested in, and since you are suppose to give real information, my cell phone and email are full of junk! If anyone knows about legit. companies let me know

Title: Re: Mystery shopping
Post by: jneff0603 on August 25, 2010, 06:44:16 am

I've been mystery shopping for a company for a couple months and I've made about $100 so far, not too much but I only do maybe 3 or 4 a month. They increase rates at the end of the month too which is nice. No up front fees; you have to pass some quick tests for each company. They pay once a week, paypal or dd. I won't post a link but the company is Corporate Research International. Check them out. :thumbsup: