CRI (Corporate Research International) Is a ripoff you have to do dumb tests for every shop very very low pay $*.00 reimbursment and they send automated emails to personal responses and loose what you send them bad company bare associates is ok but a pain sometimes,Certified Reports INC. is a good reliable companie I do most of my work for pay is ok only about $*.00 somtimes a free movie and snack [www.certifiedreports.com] also I have done shops for a companie called [www.mysteryshopperservices.com] Business Evaluation Services they do alot of us cellular shops and those get tireing after a while but pay $**.00 and both companies are nice easy to talk to and respond right away I have worked with other companies off and on with mixed results and shadow shopper is good for learning go learn from there clases But there jobs are very often not on the companies job board or they will give you a way to contact a companie that does not want contact just you sighning up on there sight. I am not by anymeans a expert but have somewhat figured out mystery shoping the games companies play etc and another thing thats very apparent is you will never find high pay in mystery shopping if you do there is something to beware of or some other catch going on no companie pays much over 10 or so and they never reimburse very much eaither but hey try your own way and find out on your own

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would like to know of good paying companies on or around the city of Houston thanks.
email: marcelagz@earthlink.net

Another note sorry to ramble but Business Evaluation Services I have had trouble getting paid not that they don't pay they take forever and don't show the exact dates and other important info on the site to track when or whereabouts your payment should be coming Very aggravating I have over $100 tied up in them and its a guessing game of when its coming!

Also I did not elaborate that most of us live in cities that wont pay high or we have to travail to the shops witch costs us more than the shop or breaking Even unless you are in a big city or popular rural area there is no such thing as big money to be maid its a myth that gets people scammed into paying money or doing things they know they should not in hopes and promises of big money!! The reality that I have found is that these companies charge the clients the stores a amount like say $50 of that 50 they set a rate for you of $8 maybe 10 and only in desperate situations can they be talked into more money and then you are not top of there list top of there list are the quit ones who take there dollars and just do it and don't question whats really going on! but hey this is me and what I think and have found I'm pretty sure its all true they all wont admit it but hey to each his own and try what you want.

For those seeking subway shops try ritterassociates.com

Well if some one knows of any good paying companies please let me know I am registered with many many companies and I just get paid the average for mystery
shopping companies, I guess by the time you add in your gas and the purchase not to mention your time that you have invested in the shop like the research
and printing the documents and then doing the reports,okay, if you are getting paid $8.00 well it will cost you $5.00 for gas to get to your location then you will need to make a purchase of lets say $3.00 okay you will make $11.00 on this shop,but there is no way around the fact that you are going to have to get gas maybe not the day you do the shop but eventually no way around it so what have you made in the long run $6.00 so what are we doing and how many shops do we need to do in a month to make it a real business that we can actually make a living and call it our lively hood. If we do 5 shops in one day this will be $30.00 a day,if we do 5 shops every day for a month this is 7 days a week it will average out to be $840.00 a month not to shappy remember our gas has been paid for already, so what are we waiting on lets get busy but remember we do not get a day off and we will have 5 reports that have to be submitted plus those reports have to be detailed and completed successfully in order to get paid. Some companies you have to get the reports in 8 hours after the shop and 24 hours after it just depends, we are going to be so tired but no break for the weary.Have Fun!!! PS. What about the wear and tear on our vehicles, oh well it is worth it look what we have accomplished.

You know if you only do shops pretty close to your town and you do them for the fun of it or just to help companies out you know , but do not concentrate on the money (if possible) you can enjoy what your doing but if your looking for a full time good paying job you need to look for something more satisfying and something you know the money is coming in on a regular basis so you can be able to budget your money . It's hard out there if you are young and have a family to raise and little or no help !! believe me I know . Thank God I am in a situation now where I can enjoy what I do . Good luck to you all.......

Most of the companies I do shops for pay the bare minimum. I guess if you could lineup a bunch for each day it would be worth it. CRI ask for too much.

Hi just wanted to reply that mysteryshops.com is where I go to do Subway.
I have 4 that I do about every 2 weeks. And it is funny because I also have Love's Country Stores and they are in the same place as subway. And I do Love's for shoppers inc

Service Evaluation Concepts and Corporate Risk Solutions are two smaller companies that pay well and most people don't seem aware of.

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I have found that www.integrimktg.com pays $** for electronic shops. I had two last weekend one at CompUSA and one at BestBuy. They were easy and I didn't have to buy anything. The only thing is when you register they need you to fax your bank acct#, drivers license# and SSI# plus you have to sign their ind contractor agreement. I did fax mine and was immediately hired and confirmed that they received it right away. Have had no problems with them so far.


FYI - To those that use all caps, remember not to type this way on your reports, most companies will reject your work and you won't get paid. Also it looks like you're screaming at us. So take the caps lock off please Thank you

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Where I find all my subway shops are with CRI. I have 2 of them next week.

I line up several shops in an area and that way it cuts my cost. If you shop for many companies- you may be able to route yourself to do 5 or 6 shops in one area each day. I schedule in a fast food shop in the area if I can and that pays for lunch along the way. You said Bare Associates is good paying??? I think you need to check out some other companies. Bare Associates wants to pay $*.00 - $*.00 for bank shops that include both a teller interaction and a platform rep interaction.

All the other companies pay $** - $** for just a teller interaction and $** - $** for a platform shop with a customer service rep. Bare Associates wants to get both the teller interaction and the customer service rep all for the measly fee of $* - $**.00. I haven't taken any of their low pay shops in over a year

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I have found that the higher paying jobs are merchandising jobs. You can find these through ShadowShoppers.

Companies know shoppers are not happy with low paying jobs. I think most pay scales are insulting for the work required, especially in merchandising. I never accept low paying jobs. $10-$12, according to distance and length of job is the lowest i will go. Most jobs I accept are higher than that. The only reason companies pay so low is because they can.....they know there will always be somebody out there to do something for $5 that doesnt even cover your gas to and from the job; it's ridiculous. You have to think you are worth more than that; it's insulting. Everyone knows individually jobs don't pay well; you make money by quantity.

I'm interested in mystery shopping.

Here are a few shop's I found that are very worth wild and pay is good. They are very quick to respond back if you have a problem;

www.evaluator2.second-to-none, www.shoppersview, www.insite.intelli-shop and www.2kern/shoppers. Hope these will help you.

If you want to do some merchandising go to www.stayingconnected.com. I have 4 demos to do for them in January. Most of the demos are on weekends but I get paid $70.00 per demo and you get bonus's if you bring your own appliances like a microwave is $30.00 extra and a blender is $10.00 extra. It took me about 3 weeks after I applied and then had my over the phone interview. But most 5hr demos are worth $70.00. And you don't have to travel around to make some money.

I, too, am looking for the jobs that pay well, and am particularly interested in major dept. stores, but cannot find them. I also enjoy doing demos and have done a lot in the last 9 weeks, but now they are really slowing down. Does anyone know about demos? I have been doing a demo 33 miles away and they pay mileage, too, so that is a bonus, otherwise, I probably wouldn't do it. Are there any other companies out there who pay mileage?

Pat in GA

where are they and how do i find them

i did bare...they paid on time, but they have shops that cost you 300.00 to get a pair of glassses and you get paid 12.00 for the shop....that makes sence...i'm doing this to make money not to spend money and get peanuts for the shop....

I currently work for 3 different companies doing mystery shops. I work for shopncheck, aboutface.com- does motorcycle shops and property management, sinclairmetric usually does vons, albertson and longs, coccos, and carrows I have done the restaurants yet its mostly the stores. I've done a lot of Mcdonalds but I would like to do some other fast food restaurants. Does any body no where you might be able to get jack in box, burger king, or any other fast food restaurant. Maybe even a mexican restaurant would be great. I've done about 60 shops I don't make a lot maybe 100-200 a week if I bust my ass doing 2 a day. I like to find ones that pay more than 10. Because sometimes I pay out more than I make even though it said you should buy a $2.00 items its hard to find something for $2.00.

I started with Volition.com and registered with over 40 companies. I agree, get your reports in on time and done properly - it helps establish you with the schedulers. Adhere to the feedback you're given on some of the reports as well.

What are some good paying jobs in New York in the Northern Part of New York?

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