Hello...New Here, Not to MS!
Hi Bobbi! Welcome to the forum. What companies do you work for?
Oh boy, what companies. Well I am signed up with 75+ so far. I have not had assignments with anywhere near all of them yet. I live in a fairly decent size town, yet slim pickings for shops. I have to pick and choose from different companies if I want to do more than one in a day. Maybe I have just not signed up with the right companies yet, but still working on it. I have done work for MarketForce, Certified, Sleuth, Beyond Hello, MSI and a few others, cannot think of them right off the bat. I had an accident and was on a hiatus from shopping for awhile. Just getting back into it these last few months, picking up more shops.
Forgive my grammar and spelling on the boards. I am off duty.
Hello,
I have been doing mystery shopping and revealed shopping for the past one year. I have good and bad experience with them. The submission forms are too long and some details have to be repeated in different sections. I do not know why they pay after almost two months. For minor grammatical mistakes, they reduce the rating. Like to share others experience.Thanks.
Mois
I have been doing mystery shopping and revealed shopping for the past one year. I have good and bad experience with them. The submission forms are too long and some details have to be repeated in different sections. I do not know why they pay after almost two months. For minor grammatical mistakes, they reduce the rating. Like to share others experience.Thanks.
Mois
Hi there, I am new to MS just started a month ago and have done 22 shops so far. My first pet peeve is I don't get confirmed for a assigment until the day before or the day of the shop. That messes up my schedule. Sometimes I get told that day, that I was not chosen to do the shop. The other thing is the questionaire is way too long for the $$$. However, I find it fun to go to these different shops and see things through a different point of view. I really enjoy going to different cities around where I live, otherwise I would'nt get the opportunity to see what else is out there. Happy shopping everyone. 
This will get better over time. As a new shopper with a company, you will quite often be awarded a job only if/when some other shopper has let them down (flaked or screwed up) or they have no shoppers with a track record with them who want the job. It does get better. And indeed, you are more likely to get awarded shops that other shoppers don't want because they pay too little for the time and report involved. Welcome to initiation! I am impressed that you have done 22 shops in your first month! Hang in there, keep signing up with new companies and before long you will be a "known shopper" with the companies you are getting work from so will be given more of the shops you request and somewhat sooner.
Needless to say, that doesn't go for all companies, but as a generalization I think it works pretty fairly.
Needless to say, that doesn't go for all companies, but as a generalization I think it works pretty fairly.
Flash Wrote:
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> This will get better over time. As a new shopper
> with a company, you will quite often be awarded a
> job only if/when some other shopper has let them
> down (flaked or screwed up) or they have no
> shoppers with a track record with them who want
> the job. It does get better. And indeed, you are
> more likely to get awarded shops that other
> shoppers don't want because they pay too little
> for the time and report involved. Welcome to
> initiation! I am impressed that you have done 22
> shops in your first month! Hang in there, keep
> signing up with new companies and before long you
> will be a "known shopper" with the companies you
> are getting work from so will be given more of the
> shops you request and somewhat sooner.
>
> Needless to say, that doesn't go for all
> companies, but as a generalization I think it
> works pretty fairly.
Thanks Flash....That was a boost for my confidence. Aloha, Guavabear
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> This will get better over time. As a new shopper
> with a company, you will quite often be awarded a
> job only if/when some other shopper has let them
> down (flaked or screwed up) or they have no
> shoppers with a track record with them who want
> the job. It does get better. And indeed, you are
> more likely to get awarded shops that other
> shoppers don't want because they pay too little
> for the time and report involved. Welcome to
> initiation! I am impressed that you have done 22
> shops in your first month! Hang in there, keep
> signing up with new companies and before long you
> will be a "known shopper" with the companies you
> are getting work from so will be given more of the
> shops you request and somewhat sooner.
>
> Needless to say, that doesn't go for all
> companies, but as a generalization I think it
> works pretty fairly.
Thanks Flash....That was a boost for my confidence. Aloha, Guavabear
Even for me coming back in, after having to take a break from MS for a bit, I have noticed I sit and wait longer for assignments to be scheduled to me. That is okay, I know it will change eventually. 22 shops is very impressive. Way to go!
Forgive my grammar and spelling on the boards. I am off duty.
Thanks for the compliments......I hope to do at least 10 a week. I have done 12 just in the first week ofthe month. I try to go for the double digit fees where I don't have to put out too much money. I am finding that printing all the guidelines and manuals is eating up my ink. I have gone through 3 black ink cartridges and 1 color just in the past month. I went to the library to try and save on cost. Does anyone have other ideas?
Aloha, Guavabear
Aloha, Guavabear
Once you have done a particular shop once (and once you get the hang of shopping in any event) you really don't need to print the stuff at all. I have a 3x5 notepad I make a cheat sheet for a new shop that I can review in the car before going in. Last month I printe 94 pages for 52 shops and some of those pages were groups of 5-7 pages for specific work where I take a document with me into a reveal situation.
You really don't want to take the time to read a shop over and over. Generally reading it on screen, going through the questionnaire on the screen and making your notes is pretty much what is needed.
You really don't want to take the time to read a shop over and over. Generally reading it on screen, going through the questionnaire on the screen and making your notes is pretty much what is needed.
guavabear, it's not necessary to print the guidelines and manuals. Save them as a pdf for reference. The majority of my shops I don't print anything at all. Sometimes, just a cover sheet and I'll use the back of it for notes. When you go on your shops, jot down shop addresses, phone nos., the scheduler's phone no., and points you need to remember to hit. After inputting the shop, my POV gets stapled to my paper and filed away. Use scrap paper, recycled envelopes from junk mail, etc. and save your ink!
Mert Wrote:
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> guavabear, it's not necessary to print the
> guidelines and manuals. Save them as a pdf for
> reference. The majority of my shops I don't print
> anything at all. Sometimes, just a cover sheet and
> I'll use the back of it for notes. When you go on
> your shops, jot down shop addresses, phone nos.,
> the scheduler's phone no., and points you need to
> remember to hit. After inputting the shop, my POV
> gets stapled to my paper and filed away. Use scrap
> paper, recycled envelopes from junk mail, etc. and
> save your ink!
What is a POV?....Don't laugh I'm just starting out? LOL
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> guavabear, it's not necessary to print the
> guidelines and manuals. Save them as a pdf for
> reference. The majority of my shops I don't print
> anything at all. Sometimes, just a cover sheet and
> I'll use the back of it for notes. When you go on
> your shops, jot down shop addresses, phone nos.,
> the scheduler's phone no., and points you need to
> remember to hit. After inputting the shop, my POV
> gets stapled to my paper and filed away. Use scrap
> paper, recycled envelopes from junk mail, etc. and
> save your ink!
What is a POV?....Don't laugh I'm just starting out? LOL
Proof of visit - your receipts, business cards, etc. I'm sorry, but I'm laughing
Mert Wrote:
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> Proof of visit - your receipts, business cards,
> etc. I'm sorry, but I'm laughing
HA HA HA....Have a laugh on me........It's all in the game......LOL
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> Proof of visit - your receipts, business cards,
> etc. I'm sorry, but I'm laughing
HA HA HA....Have a laugh on me........It's all in the game.
.....LOL
I didn't know what was meant either, as I have always used POV to mean "Point of View".
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guavabear Wrote:
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> Thanks for the compliments......I hope to do at
> least 10 a week. I have done 12 just in the first
> week ofthe month. I try to go for the double digit
> fees where I don't have to put out too much money.
> I am finding that printing all the guidelines and
> manuals is eating up my ink. I have gone through 3
> black ink cartridges and 1 color just in the past
> month. I went to the library to try and save on
> cost. Does anyone have other ideas?
>
> Aloha, Guavabear
You do not have to print the guidelines, but watch out for the subtle changes the client may add or subtract from the previous month.
I have a "Cheat Sheet"file that I compare the current guideline to. While the Guidelines can go to 10 plus pages long, I condensed them into a page. The differences come popping out.
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> Thanks for the compliments......I hope to do at
> least 10 a week. I have done 12 just in the first
> week ofthe month. I try to go for the double digit
> fees where I don't have to put out too much money.
> I am finding that printing all the guidelines and
> manuals is eating up my ink. I have gone through 3
> black ink cartridges and 1 color just in the past
> month. I went to the library to try and save on
> cost. Does anyone have other ideas?
>
> Aloha, Guavabear
You do not have to print the guidelines, but watch out for the subtle changes the client may add or subtract from the previous month.
I have a "Cheat Sheet"file that I compare the current guideline to. While the Guidelines can go to 10 plus pages long, I condensed them into a page. The differences come popping out.
You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want ..Zig Zigler
I only print ones I am required to bring with me. Otherwise, no printing at all. Everything is on computer. If you have a smart phone, you can email yourself your small cheat sheet and glance at it when you need to.
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“Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling."
~Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling."
~Gilbert K. Chesterton
So how does one do a audit without printing anything?
If it is an audit that you are required to bring the paperwork to, you MUST print. You can print 4 pages to a page, if you are still spritely enough to read them. I still am. Set the printer to do this, if so. And for everything that is not an audit or reveal, "no need print," as we say in HI.
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~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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~Gilbert K. Chesterton
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/16/2010 04:13PM by dee shops.
GB...if you have access to a library, you can make an appoitment for a computer (1 hour), and get 10 pages of printing for free, after that the fee is minimal, much less than buying ink. Might be a good way to start, until you make some $ for expenses, and remember all supplies are a tax writeoff.
Live consciously....
Except be sure to check what the library's policies and fees are. Here in Austin, all the library branches have computers, and, by showing your drivers license, you can get time on a computer which includes internet, so, in a pinch, you can log into MSC websites and can complete reports. But not all offer free printing. In Austin printing costs.
Does anyone get charged fees for some payments received and not all payments received? I am still wondering how that is figured. I wrote to PP and they said that people incur these fees because it is used to offset the free stuff PP offers..ie: free to send money. free to transfer etc. It still doesn't answer my question on how the fees are calculated. Anybody ????
I don't know how they are calculated but I know of only one company that routinely has PayPal costs going to the shopper. That is Corporate Research, so have them either do direct deposit or send you a check. The fees are small but an insult on an already low paying job.
This fee was from Jazwire, who was used by Onlinemysteryshopping.com Who I just found out their Donmain is for sale. What's up with that? No one wonder theres a fee.....LOL
I do not understand why we got charged the fees for PayPal by Cori, because i have a business account there for my eBay business and it costs me nothing to send money to someone. I only incur fees if I receive money. Therefore since Cori is sending money, it should cost them nothing. If I told my eBay customers they had to pay the PayPal fees they would tell me where to go in a quick hurry. Unless Cori has a whole different set-up for their business on PayPal. Now if they are using a debit or a credit card to fund their account that is another story, however they are big enough to where they should be able to fund PayPal by their bank account.
Forgive my grammar and spelling on the boards. I am off duty.
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