Apparently, we do not have that store here. ;-)

You are missing out ..... it is staffed by cleancut, well mannered young ladies and has a bunch of different departments - movies (blush), toys (blushblush), jewelry, lingerie (some trashy, some pretty classy), bachelorette items. It pays $15 and reimburses $15. I always find lots of stuff, but usually leave with lingerie.

I have worked with them for adult store shops. I only had one issue which they forgot to pay me for my Feb shops. Once I emailed the company they paid me the next day, with a little bonus for the mistake. Good Job!

I got a bonused one on one of my routes and got $20 plus $20 reimbursement which made it worth it to go a little out of my way. It's 70 miles from me though so it's not something I will do often. Plus, MCP kept it on my list at the bonussed rate for nearly two weeks when I got sick and couldn't go at first. I think they are great!

I guess I am missing out big time, AM. Toys/lingerie, fast pay, and easy reports in a female oriented "toy store. Sounds like a good deal to me. :-)

The one I did was not necessarily female oriented. It was female friendly however. And having a female salesperson with whom to interact and be the one I was evaluating was the absolutely only thing that got me through that shop. All the other customers in the shop were male. lol

Blushhhhhhhhh

Have to say, I'm shocked at the fee on the overnight phone call. The one shop I've done for them paid VERY well, so I've been surprised to see the some of the other low fees, but this one takes the cake!

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Too low? Or shocked as it was high?

Low. Pays $10, but the calls have to be made in the middle of the night.

Last week they were assigning a string of 10 calls to a shopper (needed two shoppers), middle-of-the-night non-recorded calls with no report, just call them and tell them who you talked to on each call. $100 for the total 10 group. My nightowl son wanted that shop but was taken too quickly and he missed out.

Yes, I saw that one, too, but didn't look into it. No way I could have considered that last week, but the string of 10 makes more sense than the one-offs for $10. For $100 and no report, that I'd consider.

Despite the fact that the calls are in the middle of the night, you have to admit it's pretty good pay for a phone shop. I do phone shops for MCP almost daily for a different client of theirs and love the fee. At this point in my life, I do those shops almost exclusively because they pay as much as some retail shops but I never have to leave the house.

That all being said, I've avoided the overnight calls too because I appreciate sleeping. I have two kids- I don't get much sleep as it stands!

For isolated calls, I'd rather stick with my $8 phone shops. For a string of middle of the night calls, I'd definitely do it, provided that the timing is right, ie; don't have to be up early the next morning.

RIP OFF ALEART. My wife just got scammed by Measure Consumer Perspectives. Measure Consumer Perspectives send you on shops like <CELL PHONE STORE> and you come out of pocket to buy a phone and pay a month bill. Then Measure Consumer Perspectives say you did something wrong in the shop and no pay.
Measure Consumer Perspectives get paid for selling a phone and doing the shop you get stuck with a phone and a bill.

There are a LOT of good shop companies but Measure Consumer Perspectives are not so Do not sign up with Measure Consumer Perspectives!



<NOTE FROM MODERATOR: Please refrain from naming both the MSC and the Client in your posts, in the future. Thank you.>

First, you need to remove the client name from your post as it violates most ICAs and definitely violates the rules of this forum.

Second, you are more than welcome to provide the details of a bad experience, but it is not appropriate to describe a legitimate MSC using words like "rip off" or to accuse them of fraudulent practices without something to back up the claim.

Why is it that when a shopper does something wrong on an assignment that its the MSC's fault? This trend of thinking is getting a little absurd now.

As much as I hate to put the burden on the mods, this guy was on the board for a long time after the two posts against MCP and obviously had no intention of editing them.

danrenfro, welcome to the forum. I regret your wife had a problem with a shop but we all make mistakes sometimes and our reports are not accepted and paid. Can you give us more details of why the report was not accepted? Perhaps she was not supposed to buy a phone and phone plan, or perhaps something else went wrong. This is a reputable company. Please reconsider your position in calling them a "rip off".

Don't waste your time Mary. The guy came here to copy and paste the same post twice and then left.

Hit and run clueless newbies.......

I know I'm late in the game on this one but just wanted to say although the future of mystery shopping may be in video, most video shops still require a report. Blah. Not sure about the ones MCP offers, but most video shops that I've done do require some form of report.

The videos that have done forMCP were for several different industries. The length of the report varied by client/industry. The ones that were long had fees that were higher by at least $15. The ones that had extremely short, simple reports also had very short, simple reports with almost no narrative. Both types paid excellent fees and, when needed, very useful travel bonuses.

danrenfro Wrote:
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> RIP OFF ALEART. My wife just got scammed by
> Measure Consumer Perspectives. Measure Consumer
> Perspectives send you on shops like and you come
> out of pocket to buy a phone and pay a month bill.
> Then Measure Consumer Perspectives say you did
> something wrong in the shop and no pay.
> Measure Consumer Perspectives get paid for
> selling a phone and doing the shop you get stuck
> with a phone and a bill.
>
> There are a LOT of good shop companies but Measure
> Consumer Perspectives are not so Do not sign up
> with Measure Consumer Perspectives!
>
>
>
>

this makes me nervous considering i turned my report in a day late. ugh.

meaggiej, IMHO, a poster who registered not to participate on the forum but only to throw a little dirt at a MSC (angry because the wife did the shop wrong and didn't get paid? probably) and uses strong language like "RIP OFF ALERT" and "got scammed" and gives NO DETAILS is one to ignore. Giving no details in a complaint is a big red flag. There are many positive posts about MCP. If you want to allow a negative post to concern you, at least pick one in which the poster has given details of the problem so you can make an informed judgement.

I don't do assignments for MCP very often, but I highly recommend them.

As far as worrying because you filed your report a day late, OK. Let's look at that. You made a mistake. You filed your report a day late. There are some MSCs that would have unassigned you .... but in that case, you would not have been able to enter the report. You were able to enter the report so clearly you were not unassigned. It has been two days since you filed the late report. I am betting you would have already heard from them if you weren't going to be paid after having filed late. Rather than continuing to worry about it, why not contact your scheduler?

AustinMom Wrote:
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> meaggiej, IMHO, a poster who registered not to
> participate on the forum but only to throw a
> little dirt at a MSC (angry because the wife did
> the shop wrong and didn't get paid? probably) and
> uses strong language like "RIP OFF ALERT" and "got
> scammed" and gives NO DETAILS is one to ignore.
> Giving no details in a complaint is a big red
> flag. There are many positive posts about MCP.
> If you want to allow a negative post to concern
> you, at least pick one in which the poster has
> given details of the problem so you can make an
> informed judgement.
>
> I don't do assignments for MCP very often, but I
> highly recommend them.
>
> As far as worrying because you filed your report a
> day late, OK. Let's look at that. You made a
> mistake. You filed your report a day late. There
> are some MSCs that would have unassigned you ....
> but in that case, you would not have been able to
> enter the report. You were able to enter the
> report so clearly you were not unassigned. It has
> been two days since you filed the late report. I
> am betting you would have already heard from them
> if you weren't going to be paid after having filed
> late. Rather than continuing to worry about it,
> why not contact your scheduler?

I learned something about that after the fact when it was mentioned to me that I should try to get in contact with one. Apparently the scheduler is listed on the project, but I don't have access to it after I submitted my report. I did find someone else's name under Support or FAQ, I can't remember which. I emailed them yesterday, but I haven't heard back. I mean, it wouldn't be the MSC's fault if they reject the report. It's clearly mine for not getting it in on time, but I guess I'm just assuming (worrying) it's a large and costly project that it would be easy for them to say "so sorry. no can do."

I just wanted to add this so people didn't get the wrong idea about MCP from that post I quoted and my worries. They did approve my survey for okay to pay. Really happy they were lenient about it being late.

Meaggiej, so glad to hear they paid you for the survey. That goes to prove that sometimes a negative post on this forum against one of the companies is just a sack full of spite. We have to weigh carefully what we read and consider also the history of the poster. There's a lot of valuable information on the forum but there's also a little trash here and there.

If I were going to do the phone shop where I had to purchase a phone and keep service for six months like this one, I would make sure to dot all the "i's" and cross all the "t's". I haven't done it because you have to purchase a phone and it can't be a smart phone.

iblessyah Wrote:
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> If I were going to do the phone shop where I had
> to purchase a phone and keep service for six
> months like this one, I would make sure to dot all
> the "i's" and cross all the "t's". I haven't done
> it because you have to purchase a phone and it
> can't be a smart phone.


They have both feature AND smart phone shops in my area. Be sure to look for both.

I do several thousand dollars in jobs for this company a year. Highly recommended!