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March 07, 2012 03:42PM
Anyone doing their audits?

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March 07, 2012 04:13PM
never heard of them

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March 07, 2012 04:51PM
BES is a nice company, but their payment terms are way too long for me. It takes over 3 months to get paid.

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March 07, 2012 08:33PM
Can you please spell out what company BES&I stands for as not all of us know the acronyms. Thx.
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March 07, 2012 09:20PM
Are you talking about Business Evaluation Services? If so, I have extensively shopped for them, I find them to be fair and a good company to shop for. I have had no pay issues and good communication from their schedulers. All of their shops are now posting on isecretshop.com
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March 07, 2012 09:51PM
Correct, you get their BES jobs applying to Secret Shop now. They have audits, of which I just finished three. They seem nice and helpful, I
shopped the wrong store, thing is, you can shop any store within L.A.,
that has the same stuff. They said to look at xxy, but not to shop it,
which was confusing. The others were interesting, just wondered if
anyone else is doing them.
patchie Wrote:
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> Are you talking about Business Evaluation
> Services? If so, I have extensively shopped for
> them, I find them to be fair and a good company to
> shop for. I have had no pay issues and good
> communication from their schedulers. All of their
> shops are now posting on isecretshop.com

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March 07, 2012 09:53PM
I did an audit as well and I found it really interesting, however, a lot of the items were not in stock, as they were seasonal for summer and we are still in winter here.
I have done other shops for them, and I find them interesting and very fair
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March 07, 2012 11:25PM
Beware the sporting goods shop- name required and no tags. It is a firearms check.... a little legal involved that is a challenge.
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March 07, 2012 11:32PM
We don't have that one, I did a grocery store where some items were missing, but most there, reports are easier than msing, and a nice change.
The furniture store you have to actually measure all furniture required.

CANADAMOMMY Wrote:
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> Beware the sporting goods shop- name required and
> no tags. It is a firearms check.... a little legal
> involved that is a challenge.

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March 08, 2012 12:03AM
BTW, the company is still BES and that is who you sign the IC agreement with, apply for jobs through and get paid by. I Secret Shop basically is a program like Sassie or Prophet. Instead of having a separate job board like each of those, I Secret Shop includes the job board all in one place. There is also an option to use their smartphone app to submit many of the shops. However, it is an option, not a requirement.

Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
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March 08, 2012 06:08AM
Can anyone tell me about the shuttle jobs? I like doing those, but since the switch I can't seem to get them, and no answer to my emails from the company. Any info appreciated.
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March 08, 2012 08:01PM
They have tons of shuttle shops on the board here now. You go to a specified hotel, take the house shuttle to the airport and return, reporting on that
experience, seems pretty easy, but don't know what the report is like, thinking
of doing one later on, but it's a hours drive for me with the traffic, too time consuming.

added...my last audit was accepted and I got an email saying I received 25 reward points for giving a good accepted (by client) report. Have to check
what this means, anyone else get it.

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March 29, 2012 04:55AM
Irene_L.A. Wrote:
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> They have tons of shuttle shops on the board here
> now. You go to a specified hotel, take the house
> shuttle to the airport and return, reporting on
> that
> experience, seems pretty easy, but don't know what
> the report is like, thinking
> of doing one later on, but it's a hours drive for
> me with the traffic, too time consuming.
>
> added...my last audit was accepted and I got an
> email saying I received 25 reward points for
> giving a good accepted (by client) report. Have
> to check
> what this means, anyone else get it.

I love doing the shuttle shops! But the switch seems to have made it harder to get them. I usually do three or four a month. I have not gotten any since the switch. I get these weird messages I simply don't understand, and emails go unanswered. Was wondering if anyone else is having a problem getting them. They are really easy and enjoyable. I love seeing people going to all sorts of places around the world. Sometimes they say where their headed, other times it's a guessing game.
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