Favorite mystery shopping companies

Can anyone tell me what some of their favorite/best mystery shopping companies are and why? I've been shopping for about 16 years, but in the past 10 years have decreased the amount of shops because I'm busy working 2 jobs. Last night I updated all of my profiles and found that some are no longer in business. I just wondered who the "good ones" are nowdays with the most shops available, etc. I've done a lot for Maritz & Market Force, I know they usually have a nice variety of jobs. Thanks in advance.

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Some of my personal favorites:

-Sinclair
-Customer Experience Experts
-Maritz
-Intelli-Shop
-Trendsource
-Confero

Arguing with fools is like playing chess with a pigeon...
...No matter how good you are, the pigeon will s@^t on the board and strut around like it won anyway.

Not scheduling for ANY company.


Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/21/2015 04:02AM by DanteScheduler.
Thank you Dante Scheduler!! Appreciated.

Some of my personal favorites:

-Integrity Consultants (Of Course!)
-Sinclair
-Customer Experience Experts
-Maritz
-Intelli-Shop
-Trendsource

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/17/2015 06:39AM by DawnMB27.
Everyone's will be different -- two of those on Dante's list are ten feet poles for me.

Here are a few of my favorites:
Mintel
Buckalew Hospitality
Reality Based Group
I forgot about RBG (Reality Based Group). They are good to work for as well. Also, Customer Impact.

@MrEToomey wrote:

Everyone's will be different -- two of those on Dante's list are ten feet poles for me.

Here are a few of my favorites:
Mintel
Buckalew Hospitality
Reality Based Group

Arguing with fools is like playing chess with a pigeon...
...No matter how good you are, the pigeon will s@^t on the board and strut around like it won anyway.

Not scheduling for ANY company.
Every shopper has a different background and may have a different goal in mind when it comes to MS. Fore some, it may be all about the money. They are likely to grind out long routes of gas stations and banks.

For others, it may be more of a way to bring fine dining back into a now tighter budget. I'd rather go to a $100 reimbursed meal at a great restaurant than to do another ff shop even if it has a $25 bonus. I won't turn either down.

I have stopped doing the green grocery store due to the same three questions needing to be asked. You can only go to the same store and keep asking the same employee the same questions so many times. I turned down the location I could almost walk to even after being offered a large bonus because I do go there more than once a week and have been going there for 30+ years and do not want to be labeled the mystery shopper with the employees that know me as an easy regular customer. To even ask them where something is located in that store requires me to walk the whole store to find that one newer employee that does not know my long term status. The other ones would laugh because I am usually the first one to notice and ask if they bumped something I buy and ask if it can be re slotted or special ordered from that rep. (With success most times)
I've become a fan lately of JM Ridgeway and anyone on the Presto/Jobslinger/Sassie platform. I'm anxiously awaiting the day when all the Sassie companies are utilizing all the tools to their fullest. The more that come on board, the easier / faster my job is.

There are two types of people in this world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
White Clay still beats the hell out of pretty much anyone else on pay. I think they've realized it and started dropping their fees, which is unfortunate.
Service Performance Group is great when they have work in my area. High fees and fast payment.
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