UPDATE: Anybody here a "Mystery Shopper" ??

[Damn Dirty Ape]

wife's best friend is a mystery shopper I guess you call it.. She is employed by a national grocery chain and she goes to other grocery stores in the same town, including walmart. We are at walmart a good deal and see her every so often.. What she does though it report back on item prices for like items from her 'home' store.


Sorta like a shopper, sorta not. No pics but she is pretty hot.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

CTrain,

I don't know about the place you signed up, but in my expereince, you are told pretty much to never do what you did. You are also told not to base you evaluation on your OPINIONS, but simply wether they met the criteria specified by the client you are shopping.

It sounds like you didn't understand your requirements. Probably best you gave it up.

 

[CTrain]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
CTrain,

I don't know about the place you signed up, but in my expereince, you are told pretty much to never do what you did. You are also told not to base you evaluation on your OPINIONS, but simply wether they met the criteria specified by the client you are shopping.

It sounds like you didn't understand your requirements. Probably best you gave it up.

No, I understand just fine.
I know you're not suppose to tell them who I was.
If you read my email to them carefully, you'll know why I told them.

I never got a legitimate receipt and ended up getting a refund which means I couldn't complete my shop and get paid.
I also knew I was never going to do these type of shops anyway and I was angry at the time so thats why I told the dumb manager who I was.

I used to "get shopped" by these guys all the time so I know exactly whats going on.
I was trying to make it easy on these guys at Office Depot but that dumb manager ended up ruined the whole shop by not giving me a real receipt.

Edit
Lets say I walked out of there without a legimate receipt like I asked for and filled out the form for the shop.

1) I might not get paid since the company require a receipt.
2) I had to return this $660 computer and I wasn't going to take chances.
3) If I gave them a bad score.....they would have easily remembered who I was and say I wsn't doing a properly job and get RE-SHOP which mean I won't get paid either.

 

[CTrain]

Originally posted by: Mike
$20 isn't worth the time and gas. Maybe if you were going there anyways. Also, Office Depot doesn't have geeksquad, so I don't know if you went to an Office Depot, or a Best Buy.

Yes, Office Depot has Geek Squad.
The same Geek Squad at Best Buy.

 

[funboy6942]

I got the job(s)!!!! I applied late last night and sometime between late last night and this morning they hired me!
I got hired to do it all, fast food, stores, gas stations, all of it. I am stoked and going to do 2 gas stations tomorrow since Im going to be in the area trading my car.

Im stoked big time right now, looking forward to giving this a shot. Thanks again for making the thread!
Jay

 

[BigJ]

Just to let you know, a receipt printed out on regular sized paper is still a real receipt.

 

[CTrain]

Originally posted by: BigJ
Just to let you know, a receipt printed out on regular sized paper is still a real receipt.

No it wasn't the real receipt imprinted on a 8x11 paper.
It was some mumbo jumbo on an 8x11 paper.
I've been to Ofice Depot plenty of time to know what a regular receipt looks like.

Was I going to take a chance on a $660 dollar computer that I know I'm going to return ??
NO
We're not talking about buying a keyboard or something here.
Its a $660 computer.
I knew ahead of time that I was going to go through alot of hassle returning the computer with what ever she gave me.

The easy thing to do was to re-ring the computer and get me a real receipt, then void the last one.
But NO, the manager was a complete moron and like I said, she seems more interested in other things.
I repeatedly asked for a real receipt many times over.

 

[preslove]

You use quotes too much. Mystery shopper doesn't need them.

 

[Robert Munch]

You guys are brutal on the phone when working for McD's IT service desk when talking to restaurant GM's

 

[CTrain]

Originally posted by: tehdispenser
You guys are brutal on the phone when working for McD's IT service desk when talking to restaurant GM's

Elaborate ??
You work for McDonalds ??

 

[Coquito]

Didn't we warn you?

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: CTrain

Originally posted by: zinfamous
I posted in the recent mystery shopping thread...

I observed my GF do this for several months, with several companies and at all types of stores. It's ridiculous, and in no way worth the effort that they actually demand of their shoppers. It's actually pretty exploitative, and until the housewives stop competing over these assignments, they will continue to be exploited. Seriously, it's all BS.

You're absolutely right.
They have plenty of people wanting to be Mystery shoppers so they continue to exploit.
Think about it, we are all "indepedent contarctors" so these SHOP companies are making out big time.
They aren't liable for any of us.
No insurance no nothing, yet they still pay next to nothing for these shop fees

Not only that, where I used to work, we have cameras for everything.
If we ever get a bad shop, we usually email these guys telling them we spotted the shopper and what they did wrong and have the bad shop thrown away.
If the shop get thrown away, the SHOPPER DO NOT GET PAID.
They will say, you didn't do your job right and won't pay you.
I think its worst than working in fast food.

that's my take on it. the contractors can say that your report was sub-par, and not pay you. considering that most of the people that depend on mystery shopping to supplememnt income probably dont' have advanced writing skills, these demands are ridiculous. (i have a personal vendetta against business majors and their overall lack of real education...so that kind of plays into my bitterness here). i can't imagine that the people contracting these jobs would be any better at writing these reports.

The shoopers, however, actually consider this a job; and this is the major part of the problem.

 

[CTrain]

Originally posted by: Coquito
Didn't we warn you?

Yes you did but I knew all of this.
Being at McDonalds for 4 yrs, I had to deal with Mystery Shoppers constantly and it was one of the most stressful thing about the job.

Yeah, the shoppers are until constant scrutiny if there are cameras around.
One little mistake and we can have the shop thrown out if its a bad score.
I can see why shoppers make mistakes all the time now, they get absolutely no training.
Its print out some paper, follow directions on those papers and off you go.

Enlighten experience indeed.

 

[Robert Munch]

Yes for the IT service desk

 

[freebee]

An update: (Ctrain feel free to comment)

Today was my first Mcdonalds mystery shop. It started pretty good, reviewed the paperwork, got there on time after looking for parking for 1/2 hour. Took my little notepad out, jotted down times and names, etc. got the food, sat down and realized I was at the wrong Mcdonalds.

Crap!!!. I didn't want to throw ou the food so I ate it. Big Mac meal. Tasted good.

Got back to the car, drove down a few blocks to the correct Mcdonalds. Looked for parking. No parking. Parked at a Popeyes chicken. Found the Mcdonalds between two furniture stores. Went in, wristwatch went haywire, fumbling with my damn stopwatch while on line, had to get back off line, probably compromising my identity and screwing up my timing.

I don't think they can make a meal in 48seconds. But apparently they can when they know you are a mystery shopper. They went in hyper mode, cleaning the bathroom between each customer, half the burger people came out to mop the floors, the manager went in the back to spritz on perfume and paused to shake her booty when she passed my table. I felt like a king.

Another coupla cheeseburgers, large fries, etc down the hatch, and I went on my way. Promptly threw up when I got back to my car.

Next time, I'm shopping at office depot.

 

[FoBoT]

there is no way i would buy something expensive with the "hope" that i could return it without a hassle or restocking fee

no way

the food thing or wireless thing sounds ok

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: freebee
An update: (Ctrain feel free to comment)

Today was my first Mcdonalds mystery shop. It started pretty good, reviewed the paperwork, got there on time after looking for parking for 1/2 hour. Took my little notepad out, jotted down times and names, etc. got the food, sat down and realized I was at the wrong Mcdonalds.

Crap!!!. I didn't want to throw ou the food so I ate it. Big Mac meal. Tasted good.

Got back to the car, drove down a few blocks to the correct Mcdonalds. Looked for parking. No parking. Parked at a Popeyes chicken. Found the Mcdonalds between two furniture stores. Went in, wristwatch went haywire, fumbling with my damn stopwatch while on line, had to get back off line, probably compromising my identity and screwing up my timing.

I don't think they can make a meal in 48seconds. But apparently they can when they know you are a mystery shopper. They went in hyper mode, cleaning the bathroom between each customer, half the burger people came out to mop the floors, the manager went in the back to spritz on perfume and paused to shake her booty when she passed my table. I felt like a king.

Another coupla cheeseburgers, large fries, etc down the hatch, and I went on my way. Promptly threw up when I got back to my car.

Next time, I'm shopping at office depot.

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