Mystery Shoppers

@fran429 (502)
United States
May 6, 2009 6:27pm CST
How does that work? Does anyone here do it? How do you find a legit site? Do they all require a 'start up fee' or anything? I LOVE to shop... what would it take to get paid to do it? I knoe they exist because our local Dunkin Donuts has a Mystery Shopping Award... don't know how they managed THAT... they have some pretty BAD service LOL/// Thanks for any light you can shine on me! Fran429
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@spalladino (17891)
• United States
6 May 09
Do not sign up for any work from home sites that require you to pay anything...they are rip offs. I don't know anyone who works as a mystery shopper but I do agree that it would be a lot of fun to be one. It would seem to me though that any company who wanted to take advantage of a mystery shopper company would have lots of willing employees locally.
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@im_tiggs (141)
• United States
20 Aug 09
The point about NOT paying for information is not fair for you to say There are people that spend a lot of time gathering information and they deserve to be paid! You can find a lot of FREE information, but sometimes you need a quick start! I personally work as a mystery shopper and I started by going to a work at home site, then I read forums and I checked out every website. I had to because of my locale. I have a couple of GOOD sites that I can make a fairly good income in a month. The reason why there are companies ALWAYS looking for more shoppers, is because of certain job requirements. These job descriptions are what the client wants, not something that they make up! There is one company I can work for only every 3 months, but when I do the job, I get good money for the job. Some people claim to not have enough time. Well you had an hour to go to the store and do shopping and spent 8.00, why not spend a dollar more to meet requirements and get the name of a few workers at the store .. Everyone can criticize the shopping trip they just had... why not make some money one it lol ! I have a lot of information, I have been doing one of my jobs for 28 years. I am willing to share and talk about and help look for shops. I look every day- and it only takes a minute to look for another city!