AnonymousGirl Wrote:
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> She told me that they knew I was the shopper
> before I even walked into the door because they
> had caller ID and the incoming call showed an area
> code from a different part of the country. She
> said that they normally always get calls from
> local area codes because the neighborhood where
> they were located isn't an area where people
> moving from another state usually move to. Each
> agent was shopped on a monthly basis so they
> eventually figured out when a mystery shopper was
> calling before they even picked up the phone.
This is not a reliable way to spot mystery shoppers. Legitimate potential renters who aren't the MS could easily have a ported number from some other city.
Not that this will be any use to your target leasing agent turned Pilates instructor now, but I thought I'd put it out there.
Sidenote: In general, if on the other end of the transaction (the employee getting shopped on a regular basis), trying to play "spot the shopper" will have potentially undesirable results. Especially if you're wrong and especially if you're not doing your best job all the time. That's why they are called mystery shops...