Is Shadow shopper a scam?

So I recently signed up with shadow shopper and paid $4.95 to try it out for the first month but so far have not any real success using them. Any thoughts?

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Be careful and make sure they don't charge you for the next month. I have seen several complaints from shoppers that cancelled and they were still charged the larger fee.

Also keep in mind there are two Shadow Shoppers. One is the email list that I think you are referring to by the fee involved. The other is a regular MSC.

Shopping across Indiana but mostly around Indianapolis.

You should NEVER have to pay a MSC to shop for them

The information from the Shadow Shopper emails (and more) is pretty much available for free.

Happily shopping Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts and Connecticut

Shadow Shopper = company with questionable businesses practices which sends you al ist of jobs available free elsewhere

Shadow Agency = Mystery Shopping Company which is free to sign up with and shop for

I used Shadow Shopper when I first started shopping 15 years ago. It gave me exposure and let me know about MSC's I could register with. I found it to be helpful for getting started because I didn't know about Volition.com and hadn't learned how to access information from MSPA. When I help new shoppers get started now, I tell them about Mystery Shoppers but also how to contact Volition and MSPA where they can get information without having to pay for it. If I am remembering correctly, I think that Shadow Shoppers had a mechanism where they could connect me with MSC's that had jobs I was interested in. That can be helpful. Volition and MSPA have information, but don't actively refer users to actual jobs by introducing the shopper to the MSC involved.

The internet was very different 15 years ago. The model may have been very useful at that time, but not so much now with the world of information available at our fingertips.

You should never pay a fee for mystery shopping

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