Have you ever mystery shopped?

No I haven' t I would like to when I was working in retail we had to make sure we gave every customer great service. We would get reports back from the mystery shoppers on how well I store did. Are their any programs for mystery shopping that you dont have to sign up with a fee?

i have done a couple of bank mystery shops where i had to say how they treated their customers-i would like to do more but not sure of companys.

I've done it once. It was really nice. It was a 'buy any furniture' offer. Exactly at that time I was thinking of buying a study table for my son. Thank God, I got this offer. I immediately went to my nearby furniture mart and bought a study table. Within a time of two weeks, I got back my full money with an additional incentive of about $2.50. If given a chance, I'll love to do it again. I'm now thinking of buying a new double cot. The existing cot has gone wear. (If possible, I want to exchange the existing one for the new one off the record, so that I get some extra money)

i've done some mystery shopping. You might think its fun but i guess it depends on the opportunities you get. I signed up for about 50 MS programs. 5 of them gave me regular opportunities. most of the opportunities paid less then $20.00/shop. plus i had to memorize the senarios (alot of prep work), plus i had to pay for my own gas for most of the shops, plus i had to spend about 1-2 hours filling in the details, you have to use your own ink and paper to print of shopping instruction/directions.... I like the fact that i can choose the shops and when i wanted to go. I liked restaurant shops the most (most only reimburse for what you spend provided that you follow the instructions to the "T"). but after i popped a tire on my way home from a shop, i had to hang up my shopping bag. that popped tire ate everything i earned for the entire month and i was without a car to get to my regular job. I would recommend mystery shopping but it takes alot of organiztion, prepwork, out of pocket expenses... its only worth it if you are shopping places that you already go for the savings.

I haven't mystery shopped before but i have been EVALUATED by a mystery shopper...And it was horrible..I think it's just the strict guidelines that the mystery shoppers in my country have to abide by but still...They don't even give a chance to newbies and simply rate us poor. I had JUST started working as a saleperson and when i was the unlucky one to get evaluated and i got a 60+% and it wasn't enough to pass. To pass, you have to get above 90%. Crazy or what?