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    <description><![CDATA[Discuss the good and bad of mystery shopping companies.  Which ones treat you well?  Which ones have burned you?  Give your feedback here.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:42:26 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Market Force</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/19447/19460#msg-19460</link>
      <author>msplantladi</author>
      <description><![CDATA[ahh as usual great advise...thanks Flash I will make note of that.I don't take this sort of situation personal just don't want to waste my time.
dee
cedar city ut]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:42:26 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>six star solutions?</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/19459/19459#msg-19459</link>
      <author>msplantladi</author>
      <description><![CDATA[ok anyone heard or done work for Six Star Solutions? 
dee
 cedar city ut]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:35:57 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Market Force</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/19447/19458#msg-19458</link>
      <author>Flash</author>
      <description><![CDATA[It is very likely that you have little in your area and if they have a shopper or two, that is more than enough for them.  I just did a quick check of the MF site in the &quot;Blue Portal&quot; area which is the old Shop 'n Chek jobs.  Within 30 miles of your city there are 2 telephone jobs.  This morning within 30 miles of my city there are 24 jobs and within 30 miles of a shopper friend there are over 60 jobs.  

When you don't hear back from a company, don't take it personally.  In a month or two try applying again.  If you are in their system but just haven't been approved, you won't get allowed to put in a second registration.  But systems drop registration applications from time to time due to computer glitches or human error.

With a couple of companies I finally got approved when I saw a job posting in my area and dropped them a note indicating I would be happy to help them but my application had never been approved.  From my records I could give them the date I applied, and of course I supplied the name and email address used for sign up.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:08:42 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Sometimes you DO pay them to shop</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/17063/19457#msg-19457</link>
      <author>msplantladi</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Yes I have learned from reading &quot;The Cancelation&quot; part of my contracts it can cost you more then the job pays....READ THE FINE PRINT PEOPLE...yes shouting, this advise goes right up there with &quot;If Its To Good To Be True....blah blah....ahhh thanks I feel much better :}
dee
cedar city ut.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:06:57 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: ShadowShopper.com -- Opinions?</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/756/19456#msg-19456</link>
      <author>msplantladi</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Oh my goodness I have found reading this thread to be very entertining this morning...went well w/ the news &amp; my am coffee.I have belonged to several message boards over the yrs I was starting to get nervous that I was going to be forced from this one as I detest bashing and don't believe in making others feel stupid.

Yes I belong to SS as I felt it was away for me to re-enter the world of MS since its been a very long time and many things have changed. I too was alittle confused on how their site work...{thanks Flash &amp; Bugs for helping me out there :} but I DiD read all the fine print, made a post a note as when my trail period was up and proceeded from there.

I have found most of the time if I just take the time to read through all the written material it creates less headache later, as I tend to be impatient and have learned the hard way.
WHEW...so glad certain situations were taken of....Thanks Shopper Buds You Rock...special thanks to Bugs &amp; Flash you are my heros.
dee
cedar city ut.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:43:52 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Recent bad experience with Corporate Research. Just for sharing!!</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/3017/19455#msg-19455</link>
      <author>msplantladi</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I am very happy to report that so far I love working with CRI. Usually my direct deps are there before expected, I have never had a problem w/ my reports but I also  run my biz like Flash does-I consider inputting my report part of the job and it gets done immediately, as Flash stated that way everything is fresh in my mind. They have called me a couple times when no one as applied for jobs-I will only accept if it works for me. I have rejected a few of the calls and that didn't seem to hurt my status.
That being said I am beginning to feel it all depends on who is handling that particular job.
dee
cedar city ut.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Classiest MSC EVER</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/19170/19454#msg-19454</link>
      <author>msplantladi</author>
      <description><![CDATA[&quot;It has always been a surprise to me that companies that specialize in evaluating service of clients for effectiveness don't seem to bother applying their evaluation skills to their own behaviors. &quot;

Have to agree.....thanks Flash YOU MY FRIEND ROCK!!!!!!!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:26:15 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Market Force</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/19447/19453#msg-19453</link>
      <author>msplantladi</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I have signed w/ Market Force and several others and have heard nothing for months&gt; Now I understand most companies won't contact you unless you are needed, but when I see jobs listed and apply and still hear nothing, leaves me to wondering why?
dee
cedar city ut.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:58:19 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Market Force</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/19447/19449#msg-19449</link>
      <author>dee shops</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I shop for them, but they are NOT one of my fav's due to the impersonalness of how they set up their business.  One the good side, I can pick my shops without waiting, so they are good fills when I am going to be in the area of one for something better paying, and I still do the SG banking ones from the MFI site, as they still pay SG banking rates.

I had never heard of them turning anyone down.  Did you maybe flake on a shop at the beginning of your shopping career?  Or with one of the companies they own?  They are not the forgiving type of MSC.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:26:45 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Market Force</title>
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      <author>triciacus</author>
      <description><![CDATA[How many of you shop for Market Force?  I applied with them when I first got into shopping.  I tried to sign on thier site and I couldn't get on.  When I emailed them they sent me an email saying I had been denied as a shopper, but gave no reason why.  I see jobs in my area all the time on Jobslinger.  Sometimes they say they need a shopper immediatly, and have bonuses.  I tried to email them again saying I am available to shop in this area, and they sent me the same email saying they could not let me work as a shopper.  I don't get it.  Anyone have any idea why they won't let me shop for them when they obviously need shoppers in my area?  Maybe they have too many white female 30 year olds???]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:08:25 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: What Companies Offer Public Transportation Shops?</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/19183/19441#msg-19441</link>
      <author>sneakers</author>
      <description><![CDATA[1. Did the bus driver pull up close to the curb?
2. Was the driver reckless? What was his driving speed
3. Did the driver wear a uniform and name badge?
4. Were there enough seats for everyone?
5. Did the driver make correct change for you?
6. Were the ads in the bus new or left over from last month? Were any offensive?
7. Was the bus clean? Were the seats in good condition? 
8. How long did you wait on line for the bus to come? Provide minutes and seconds on your stopwatch. 
.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:30:23 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: What Companies Offer Public Transportation Shops?</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/19183/19439#msg-19439</link>
      <author>SusanMB</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Just curious if Feedback Plus ever got back to you.  I applied with them a while ago and have never heard.  When I go to login, I have the wrong password so I tried to have them send me my password, but it says no account with my email.  I tried to sign up again, thinking I must've done something wrong, but it says I am already signed up.

Not sure if I want to work for them now!  LOL]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:24:58 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Certified Field Associates</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/5876/19438#msg-19438</link>
      <author>SusanMB</author>
      <description><![CDATA[dee shops Wrote:
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&gt; I have seen these shops get minuscule &quot;increased
&gt; fee&quot; notices on MFI, but not ever on Certified. 


This is funny- I actually did some television compliance audits in Drs offices in October for Certified because I was going right past them.  They were only $8, but worth it for 10 minutes of my time.  A quick Q&amp;A sheet submitted on line after a brief interaction with Drs office staff.  Now some of those shops are still on their site, but they REDUCED the pay to $4! Not even worth getting out of the car for $4, even if I'm driving by!!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:10:29 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Certified Field Associates</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/5876/19437#msg-19437</link>
      <author>SusanMB</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I have to agree.  I've had problems with Certified and MF too.  Certified just has a general lack of communication and they seem very unorganized.  In regard to MF, after having to cancel three times, they put me on &quot;probation&quot;.  Once I chose the wrong shop somehow and immediately cancelled it (within seconds) another time I was stuck in a huge traffic jam so I missed a lunch time shop, and once more I unknowingly chose a shop in what I'll call a very &quot;ethnic&quot; area.  It was VERY obvious I didn't belong there.  I actually took a photo of the storefront from my car with my cell phone, just to prove I was there in case (I did not expect to get paid).  I sent an email each time to MF explaining the situation, but they don't want to hear any reason.  All they care about is if the shop was done or not, cut and dry.  Not that I am very concerned though.  I have a great rapport with many schedulers who assign me work and my &quot;score&quot; continues to be 9/10 everywhere else.  MF and Certified do merit a big &quot;why bother&quot;.  If you can grab a shop or two from them, go ahead-that is what I do, but their impersonal way of taking care of business combined with their lower-than-average shops don't deserve much attention by any serious shopper.  Don't let them get you too upset.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:56:24 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Certified Field Associates</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/5876/19436#msg-19436</link>
      <author>Flash</author>
      <description><![CDATA[They have been around for quite some time and the same complaints have been levelled against them all along, both for their shopping behaviors and their merchandising.  Luckily we are not limited in the companies we can work with so they merit a big &quot;Why bother?&quot;.  If individual shoppers have found reasonable schedulers to work with, that is cool.  But the bulk of shoppers have found them a PITA to work with/for so just don't bother.  Perhaps they like it that way :)]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:36:01 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Certified Field Associates</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/5876/19435#msg-19435</link>
      <author>njrebel1978</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I just read on another mystery shopping forum that someone actually just got deactiviated from Certified because they were in a horrible car accident and had to be rushed to the hospital.  Supposedly a rep from certified had the nerve to scold this particular shopper for not completing the shop and deactivated them!!!  How heartless can one company be???  I REALLY hope Market force buys them out completely and hires a whole new staff.  A company like certified has no right to stay in business treating people in that fashion.  Shame on them!!!  They should be reported to the better business bureau for such behavior!!  I can not see them staying in business if they treat shoppers that way!!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:35:39 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Maritz</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/18214/19413#msg-19413</link>
      <author>Flash</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Yes, I have my scanned post-it notes &quot;No purchase required for this visit&quot;, &quot;No longer doing business as this brand&quot; etc. that get uploaded instead of a receipt.  Of course the problem is explained in the report, but my sense is that reports get mindlessly previewed for documentation and if a receipt upload is the standard, there had best be something there even if it was not a shop requirement.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:31:54 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Recent bad experience with Corporate Research. Just for sharing!!</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/3017/19412#msg-19412</link>
      <author>PTroxell</author>
      <description><![CDATA[CRI seems to have more editors than anyone else in their company.  Their job is not &quot;editing,&quot;  it's finding something wrong with your report, or pictures, so they won't have to pay you.  I terminated my agreement with them after cheating me 3 times.  ENOUGH SAID?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:17:52 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Grocery Stores</title>
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      <author>dee shops</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I might take you up on that!  Thank you so much, Sneakers.  I appreciate it.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:40:10 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Maritz</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/18214/19406#msg-19406</link>
      <author>sneakers</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I send Ritter photos of missing soap dispensers and towel holders in restrooms. How do they know they were missing from the left wall and not missing from the right wall?  Maybe I lied, and they were really on the other wall.

On a shop last week, I forget which company, there was no way to show the missing &quot;whatever.&quot; I wrote on a piece of paper, &quot;There was no (whatever)&quot; and  uploaded it, otherwise the software wouldn't accept the report. That was fun. No complaints from the company.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:50:41 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Grocery Stores</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/19035/19405#msg-19405</link>
      <author>sneakers</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hey, they have almost 100 stores, yet there's none in FL either. That's cuckoo.

Dee--I'll ship you some TJ&quot;s stuff if you pay shipping. Pineapple salsa, cranberry couscous, Kashi cereals, bruschetta, lemon cream wafers, chunky spiced apples...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:21:44 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Grocery Stores</title>
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      <author>Flash</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Dee, it is too bad you are off the continental US.  Otherwise you could possibly prevail on somebody in a TJs area to use a 'home ship' shop to ship you some. :)]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:57:54 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Warning about insurance shops</title>
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      <author>msplantladi</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Flash Wrote:
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&gt; A friend shopper today was wailing because she
&gt; went to get a credit card and was denied based on
&gt; her credit score.  She checked her credit report
&gt; and the bad news there was the many many inquiries
&gt; she did for insurance shops.  It had been
&gt; indicated to her that all similar inquiries in a
&gt; 30 day period would be lumped as one &quot;event&quot;. 
&gt; That is not what happened.  When she appealed to
&gt; the MSP for help, their reaction was, too bad.
&gt; 
&gt; Be very careful.  If you do the tax refund
&gt; anticipation loans during tax season or payday
&gt; advance loans or cell phone shops where you at
&gt; least begin the purchase process or ANY SHOP WHERE
&gt; YOU MUST GIVE OUT YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER you
&gt; are likely to have your credit checked.  Those
&gt; hits will reduce your credit score such that your
&gt; credit card interest rates may rise even if you
&gt; are perfect in your payments.  They may also
&gt; reduce your credit score such that you cannot get
&gt; reasonable financing for a car or appliances or a
&gt; house.  Some employers also must check your credit
&gt; score, so if it has been whacked by mystery
&gt; shopping, you might not even be able to change
&gt; over to a full time job.
&gt; 
&gt; While any loan based shop where you are to follow
&gt; through to receiving a check will include a credit
&gt; check, with some of the insurance type shops where
&gt; you are getting a quote, see if you can just give
&gt; a verbal estimate of what your credit worthiness
&gt; is because &quot;If I decide to do this, I understand a
&gt; real credit check would be required and that may
&gt; change the price, but I'm just trying to get an
&gt; idea right now.&quot;  I would have this conversation
&gt; by email with the scheduler so that you have the
&gt; email to support getting paid without having given
&gt; out your SSN.



As usual Flash you have educated us....thank-you so much, you brought up points i hadn't even thought of.
I am grateful
dee
cedar city ut.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:24:44 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Grocery Stores</title>
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      <author>dee shops</author>
      <description><![CDATA[ya, rub it in!  They have stated they will &quot;never come to HI&quot; as it would force too much of a burden on their price structure.  Bummer.  I still want my chocolate pancake mix.  No one elses makes scones as deep and rich as theirs, and with no chemical taste and way less effort than scratch.  I was hooked!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:15:10 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Grocery Stores</title>
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      <author>sneakers</author>
      <description><![CDATA[dee shops Wrote:
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&gt; As I understand you live in NY.  IF so, you have
&gt; wegmans. that is the disneyland of supermarkets. 
&gt; I have never seen anything like the ones they had
&gt; in MD or VA.  I would kill for one of those here
&gt; right along side a TJ's!

NYS is huge, no Wegman's in my area, so need to envy me. Sounds good, though. I'm happy with TJ's and I buy my produce at a local fruit market, cat supplies from the pet shop, my toiletries from Harmon, so sometimes I have a tough time spending $15 on my grocery audits. I shop where I can get the best quality for best price, and the supermarkets are NOT IT. 

I have 3 TJ's within driving distance, and one in the city. Nyah, nyah!! [IMG]http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk129/foxycat123/images/crosseyedFACE-1.jpg[/IMG]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:34:49 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Grocery Stores</title>
      <link>http://www.mysteryshopforum.com/read/6/19035/19370#msg-19370</link>
      <author>Flash</author>
      <description><![CDATA[In FL grocery stores can sell beer and wine but not 'hard' alcohol.  So there is half an aisle side of beer in coolers and a full aisle side in many stores of wines.  If they want to sell liquor as well they simply have a little store with a separate outside entrance and do the wine and liquor there, many times with a door into the store that makes it seem to be just another department of the store, though I do think you need to pay for your purchases there rather than at the grocery's front registers.  Some of the older drug stores in the area have the separate door for liquor but in that case it would appear that the liquor store has different hours than the drug store.  24 hr Walmart Supercenters have wines and I believe a limited selection of harder stuff to go with their 'mixers'.  (You can tell we are big drinkers--recently when I was tidying our liquor cabinet I found a still sealed whiskey with 1978 on the tax label.)]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:59:45 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Grocery Stores</title>
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      <author>dee shops</author>
      <description><![CDATA[sneakers Wrote:
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&gt; No wine here; groceries aren't licensed to don't
&gt; sell wine. But I buy all my frozen foods, pasta,
&gt; sauces,pizza, soy milk and loads more from TJ's. 
&gt; Strangely, there's none in Florida either.


They didn't do wine in MD either, due to the strange laws compared to most of the country at this time.  But we could go to VA, which on a weekend was 45 minutes away and stock up on &quot;2 buck chuck&quot; (so nicknamed as it is a second label named charles shaw that sold for $2 in the CA stores) for $3.49 a bottle
(higher taxes than CA for wine, but cigarettes were not taxed heavily there for obvious reasons.  Yes, I have ALL the bad habits!)

In Mass, where my mom lived, only one city had liquor laws that groceries could sell wine, framingham, so the TJ's there sold it, but it cost almost $5 for 2 buck chuck there.  So we only went there one time on a vist, and stuck with VA.

As I understand you live in NY.  IF so, you have wegmans. that is the disneyland of supermarkets.  I have never seen anything like the ones they had in MD or VA.  I would kill for one of those here right along side a TJ's!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:55:21 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Grocery Stores</title>
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      <author>msplantladi</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Thank-you all so much
dee
cedar city ut]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:34:12 -0500</pubDate>
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      <author>Flash</author>
      <description><![CDATA[That might require a return visit :(  I am amused by one company that asks I take a picture of where the thing SHOULD have been if it is not there.  I send them photos of floor tile, empty card tables (I am supposed to be looking for product demonstrations) or just random shots up the aisle.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <author>dee shops</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Take a picture of the inside of the store showing there were no cards...  :-)]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:32:29 -0500</pubDate>
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