I realised that all these agencies pay the shoppers 10-15 dollars.Make them slog like a donkey and pay peanuts.Expect high class feedback with accurate grammer and what not...but hey,if u expect such high class audit,pay well !! Opinions please

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What I have always wondered is why they do not just take college educated people.. I mean, they're so picky about grammar and such, why don't they REQUIRE college persons only?!

It is my opinion that I have heard this over and over from shoppers time and time again.

The fact is, mystery shopping is your business to run how you see fit – just like mine is my business to run how I see fit. What shops I like and work for me probably won’t work for you, and that’s fine. It is your job to do your due diligence and take only those jobs that pay commensurate with the work required—for you.

Some of us work for food and are fine with that.
Some of us make $2 phone calls all day and are fine with that.
Some of us drive routes and are away from home for days or weeks at a time and are fine with that.
Some of us are doing this to supplement another income and are fine with that.
Some of us do this as our main income and are fine with that.

Everybody’s business is different. That’s what makes mystery shopping so great. Anybody can make it work for them, no matter what their needs are. If you feel you did a shop that paid too low, don’t do it again. If you feel like a company is taking advantage of you, work for someone else. It really is that simple.

This is getting so tiresome

Somebody ought to verify that this isn't another ID from XXX##.

If I have a round of 6 x $10 shops that take 10 minutes for the site visit and report, but also 1 hour total commuting, do you consider $30 per hour worth it to you? If there's some reimbursement for any purchases, does that make the work worth it any more? If I told you the total miles driven totaled to 30 miles, would that be worth it to you?

Last month, I took a round of 15 shops totaling to around $22 per shop and ended up driving about 70-75 miles. The total time I spent with reports, driving and going to the locations totaled up to 8 hours. Is $330 for 8 hours of work worth it for you?

Not all $10 shops are equal, just like there are some nightmare shops that pay $22 for a couple hours of work, unlike the shops I took above. There are many variables to consider and this thread will probably just have us spin our wheels without getting to an agreeable conclusions.

For my situation, I push for an hourly rate, rather than looking purely at the pay of the shop. There are some complex shops that people complain about on here, but they fit me because I'm able to bang them out to meet my hourly rated goals. Cheap labor? Sure! But that's why I take pride in this work to weed out and find the right projects for ME. Projects that meet my goals and where I'm able to maximize my time and skills.

There are plenty of assignments available out there that pay very well. It is bad logic to expect to be paid at the same rate for all levels of work. I gladly pay a plumber 5x what I pay for a car wash. A car repair shop 5x what I pay for lunch. Improve your skills so you can qualify for and successfully perform the better paying assignments.

I'm so tired of these types of posts. If you don't like the $ offered, don't accept the job. Simple as that.

And as we all know, mystery shopping just doesn't work for a whole lot of folks. Most shoppers 'last' only a few months because for whatever reason(s) they can't make a go of it. That is true of many small businesses. I haven't heard the statistics in a few years, but it used to be estimated that 80% of small businesses fail within the first year.

@isaiah58 wrote:

I gladly pay a plumber 5x what I pay for a car wash.

I *wish*. The last time my plumber came out, I think I paid for another quarter of his kid's college tuition.

@amberngriffinco wrote:

What I have always wondered is why they do not just take college educated people.. I mean, they're so picky about grammar and such, why don't they REQUIRE college persons only?!

Because many people lie and many of them are mystery shoppers. So until the MSCs decide to fork over some bucks and do background checks, they will keep getting the bad shoppers mixed in with some good shoppers.

@Kol16 wrote:

I realised that all these agencies pay the shoppers 10-15 dollars.Make them slog like a donkey and pay peanuts.Expect high class feedback with accurate grammer and what not...but hey,if u expect such high class audit,pay well !! Opinions please

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Mystery Shopping!

@PasswordNotFound wrote:

@isaiah58 wrote:

I gladly pay a plumber 5x what I pay for a car wash.

I *wish*. The last time my plumber came out, I think I paid for another quarter of his kid's college tuition.

I bet you got free crack though! Always a highlight in one's day!

I'm emotionally with the OP today. Working on a Godiva shop that paid $12 reimbursement and nothing in pay. I couldn't find anything else in the store that was $11 or under, so I went over reimbursement. Plus, I'm only 9 minutes into transcribing a 14 minute interaction. Never again!

Oh, that sucks! Always ask for a bonus!

@eodermatt wrote:

I'm emotionally with the OP today. Working on a Godiva shop that paid $12 reimbursement and nothing in pay. I couldn't find anything else in the store that was $11 or under, so I went over reimbursement. Plus, I'm only 9 minutes into transcribing a 14 minute interaction. Never again!

@SoCalMama wrote:

Somebody ought to verify that this isn't another ID from XXX##.

Call me skeptical, but do we have another morphing here? cpr16 to jdp27 to Kol16?

@eodermatt wrote:

I'm emotionally with the OP today. Working on a Godiva shop that paid $12 reimbursement and nothing in pay. I couldn't find anything else in the store that was $11 or under, so I went over reimbursement. Plus, I'm only 9 minutes into transcribing a 14 minute interaction. Never again!

The individual chocolates from the cases are about $2 each. The small bars are about $5 each. People spend less than $10 there all the time. J/s

@LIJake wrote:

@SoCalMama wrote:

Somebody ought to verify that this isn't another ID from XXX##.

Call me skeptical, but do we have another morphing here? cpr16 to jdp27 to Kol16?

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing myself!!

Since when do only college graduates have the ability to write well?

@Sybil2 wrote:

Because many people lie and many of them are mystery shoppers. So until the MSCs decide to fork over some bucks and do background checks, they will keep getting the bad shoppers mixed in with some good shoppers.

@LIJake wrote:

@SoCalMama wrote:

Somebody ought to verify that this isn't another ID from XXX##.

Call me skeptical, but do we have another morphing here? cpr16 to jdp27 to Kol16?

Someone has given birth to another troll ...

@LisaSTL wrote:

Since when do only college graduates have the ability to write well?

@Sybil2 wrote:

Because many people lie and many of them are mystery shoppers. So until the MSCs decide to fork over some bucks and do background checks, they will keep getting the bad shoppers mixed in with some good shoppers.

@LisaSTL, are you having a reading comprehension problem today? This is the second post of mine that you jumped all over accusing me of saying something that I did not say. In my post that you quoted, where does it say anything about college graduates? You don't have to be a college graduate to have a background check requested of you. You can have a background check while still attending college. You can have a background check in high school but I would think you would need parental consent if the child is not 18 yet.

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@SunnyDays2 wrote:

@LIJake wrote:

@SoCalMama wrote:

Somebody ought to verify that this isn't another ID from XXX##.

Call me skeptical, but do we have another morphing here? cpr16 to jdp27 to Kol16?

Someone has given birth to another troll ...

handing out condoms...

BTW, passing a background test has no bearing on how honest or professional someone is.

@eodermatt wrote:

I'm emotionally with the OP today. Working on a Godiva shop that paid $12 reimbursement and nothing in pay. I couldn't find anything else in the store that was $11 or under, so I went over reimbursement. Plus, I'm only 9 minutes into transcribing a 14 minute interaction. Never again!

You get a free truffle every month with a free rewards membership. That in itself is worth it for me for my monthly truffle craving!

Plus, I love their 85% dark chocolate!

On the free truffle once a month you have to spend $10 per year in one of their stores. So one shop a year.

@isaiah58 wrote:

@eodermatt wrote:

I'm emotionally with the OP today. Working on a Godiva shop that paid $12 reimbursement and nothing in pay. I couldn't find anything else in the store that was $11 or under, so I went over reimbursement. Plus, I'm only 9 minutes into transcribing a 14 minute interaction. Never again!

The individual chocolates from the cases are about $2 each. The small bars are about $5 each. People spend less than $10 there all the time. J/s

The sales person said that the chocolate from the cases must be bought at a minimum of 8 pieces, (16, or 32) - 2 times 8 is $16, which is four more than what I spent. I didn't see any small bars in my store.

@BuffaloNY101 wrote:

On the free truffle once a month you have to spend $10 per year in one of their stores. So one shop a year.

That assumes that the Godiva store is so near you geographically that you can visit monthly.

I haven't seen the Godiva shops in awhile. I haven't seen it with the company that bought the old MSC. But they used to be $5 fee and sometimes bonused. So sounds like no fee now but reimbursement went up a few dollars...

Just because someone went to college and graduated does not mean they have proper grammar or good spelling skills. I have a BA in English Lit and sometimes I'm still looking up the proper spelling of words and proper grammar. My spouse went to a top Liberal Arts college and has an advanced degree but that does not mean much =)

Wow, that's a new one, have never heard of that from a sales person. I shop there a lot, other than MSing. I love their Midnight Swirl it is decadent and just pure joy for me! Sometimes I would walk by and just buy 2 pieces.

@eodermatt wrote:

The sales person said that the chocolate from the cases must be bought at a minimum of 8 pieces, (16, or 32) - 2 times 8 is $16, which is four more than what I spent. I didn't see any small bars in my store.

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