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August 07, 2010 03:59AM
Hi Everybody! I'm new to this forum. I have did some mystery shopping before but I would like to know do anybody know of any mystery shopping companies pay by the hour?
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August 07, 2010 04:18AM
That would be an employee type situation and mystery shopping is done pretty uniformly on an Independent Contractor basis. There is hourly work done in merchandising. For more information about that, check the NARMS.com website.
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August 08, 2010 06:36AM
Not gonna happen. Ever. Check that expectation at the door, and start reading here.

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August 08, 2010 09:17PM
Most jobs take way under an hour, just not feasible for the companies to do that...since we are all Independent Contrators anyway, we're not paid by the hour, pay is by the job.

Live consciously....
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August 16, 2010 04:46AM
There are several companies that offer NO hourly pay but compensate the shopper with a dinner. If the dinner is a disaster and is worthless, you only get the satisfaction of rewarding that arrogance with a negative report.

Some companies offer $8 per hour or LESS for traveling to the site, putting forth an effort then spending an hour answering over 75 redundant questions. If you spend three hours total time you are getting $3 gross and when you deduct the gas expense and the small purchase that you do not get paid for, to prove you were there, you are working for nothing. I decline those jobs as I do not do charity work.

You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want ..Zig Zigler
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August 16, 2010 04:52AM
If the dinner is high end, I will easy take my chances. I have had way more great $200 dinners on the co's dime than I have had bad ones. I have for bad ones at the $50-80 level. That is truly a bad deal.

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August 31, 2010 11:01PM
Hourly - forget it. Everyone here is an independent contractor. I had a restaurant recently who wanted to pay $30 + $5 "bonus". They wanted and appetizer (shared), 2 entrees, two drinks, and a dessert (to split). Final price tag before tip ... $36.25!! Plus, of course, another 1 hour plus, answering their "in detail" questions.

I answered 5 times better than their "sample" survey and the "reviewer" (who has probably NEVER done a shop in her life), sent it back for a better description of the food and all the sample survey said was "tasty"!!!! Called the company -- DONE -- with that company. Oh, by the way, they sent me an e-mail that morning and asked if I could do that sit-down lunch that day -- I did it, thinking that it would give me a good reputation in the company. HA!

Larry Sizemore

P.S. Sorry, I had to "vent" with those who might understand.
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September 01, 2010 12:55AM
Hopefully, the food was good.

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September 01, 2010 01:35PM
Yes, food and service were excellent.

The reviewer was lousy.

Larry Sizemore
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September 05, 2010 06:10AM
specialpi Wrote:
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> Hourly - forget it. Everyone here is an
> independent contractor. I had a restaurant
> recently who wanted to pay $30 + $5 "bonus". They
> wanted and appetizer (shared), 2 entrees, two
> drinks, and a dessert (to split). Final price tag
> before tip ... $36.25!! Plus, of course, another
> 1 hour plus, answering their "in detail"
> questions.
>
> I answered 5 times better than their "sample"
> survey and the "reviewer" (who has probably NEVER
> done a shop in her life), sent it back for a
> better description of the food and all the sample
> survey said was "tasty"!!!! Called the company --
> DONE -- with that company. Oh, by the way, they
> sent me an e-mail that morning and asked if I
> could do that sit-down lunch that day -- I did it,
> thinking that it would give me a good reputation
> in the company. HA!
>
> Larry Sizemore
>
> P.S. Sorry, I had to "vent" with those who might
> understand.


Sounds like you are working for Goodwin, They will also pay you in 90 days if you remind them a few times that you do not do charity work
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September 07, 2010 05:32PM
LISA78 Wrote:
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> Hi Everybody! I'm new to this forum. I have did
> some mystery shopping before but I would like to
> know do anybody know of any mystery shopping
> companies pay by the hour?


They ALL pay by the hour but you have to figure out the amount by taking the amount they pay and subtract the expense it will cost you and dividing it by the hours it takes you to drive to the shop, do the shop and report the shop.

If you do it for less than "break even" they call that charity. The clients do not deserve charity from me. As an independent contractor we can say NO! If more of us do, the companies will have to be more reasonable when they offer assignments.
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September 07, 2010 07:53PM
She's right -- you can put in more effort, report time and mileage than the job is worth. Be careful -- you CAN go in the hole, if not careful!!
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September 07, 2010 11:03PM
I lost my shirt today. Planned a high-mileage route on a high-paying shop. It went kaput. The client needed time to re-vamp. I was left with two lonely orphans paying $30. 78 miles, three hours in time and reports. Cuss and spit.
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September 08, 2010 12:57AM
I HATE that when it happens. Why can't it be the little fill jobs that go kaput instead of the meat & potatoes one???
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September 08, 2010 09:39PM
specialpi Wrote:
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> She's right -- you can put in more effort, report
> time and mileage than the job is worth. Be
> careful -- you CAN go in the hole, if not
> careful!!

I hope you are not calling Shopnflop a she.
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September 09, 2010 03:06PM
OOPs -- sorry, got to get this right, gender neutral ---

The shopping person is right -- you can put in more effort, report time and mileage than the job is worth. Be careful -- you CAN go in the hole, if not


Sorry to offend ---
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