About a year ago I deactivated myself from BestMark because I did not have the time to do their shops. Has anyone been reinstated with Bestmark and is it a PIA to do? Any answers would be appreciated. I'm not sure if I should call them or e-mail or if they would even want me back.

As long as you left on good or neutral terms, I see no reason why they'd not reinstate you.

I deactivated myself a year or so ago. Later I decided I had been hasty and reapplied. I did not receive a response and did not pursue it. This is not intended as a criticism of the company and is posted for information only.

Yes I was a bit hasty also but in hindsight the narratives were a pain but not that bad. I will try and reinstate and let you know if it happens.

Why would you deactivate yourself? Why not just take no assignments from them?

I haven't done anything for them in a long time. I did not deactivate my account. I just keep looking for shops that are worthwhile to me. So far, nothing.

I think this thread brings up a good point, and as others have commented, don't deactivate yourself, just don't take any shops. I also think most companies allow you to edit your e-mail preferences, so you do not have to receive job offers via e-mail (if that bothers you). One day, you may decide to shop for that company again, or they may have a new shop in your area that you would like to do. Only deactivate yourself as a last resort. That is just my opinion.

jpgilham, very good question. I'm thinking now I must have been particularly irritable that day (not my usual and detached objective self). I believe I slid off the end of my rope after the knot failed while I was hanging myself. I then took a hard fall onto a camel's back which I survived as it was cushioned by a great deal of straw including the very last one. Unfortunately my screams scared the camel which ran through a campfire, kicking embers onto the nearby bridge. The bridge burned completely and fell into the creek below. Lucky for me I was on the best side of the bridge when it went down because obviously I will not be able to cross it again as it's not there for me anymore. Talk about a debacle, and I did it all myself.

Bestmark is one of the only companies I ever deactivated from. It was many years ago and during a phone call where they informed me that they would not reimburse me for a correctly performed shop since the time on the receipt did not match my report (despite the fact that the shop was performed one day after the daylight savings change and my timings were correct, but exactly one hour off from the receipt).

It was early in mystery shopping career and did not know back then to even look for such discrepancies. In retrospect, I consider myself equally at fault since I did not bring it to their attention before submitting the shop. However, they were inflexible in their decision to reject my shop and after I appealed as far up the chain as I could go, I requested to be deactivated out of anger and frustration.

Years later I missed having access to some of the dining shops they offered and emailed them, requesting reactivation. Like Mary, I never got a response. I reapplied with a different email address and they accepted me. All of the other info I supplied was the same, so I didn't see anything unethical about it. I think the accounts are tied into your email address and nothing else.

I guess the good thing about a company that doesn't really care about shoppers as individuals is that they don't really take the time to comb their database for duplicates.

Haha, but now they will!

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/30/2014 08:34PM by stilllearning.

It is hard to cross over those burned bridges but fun to watch while they are burning. Lesson learned - do not deactivate out of frustration or anger.