I really enjoy shopping and would do it (shop) even with lots of money in the bank.

Would you, if you became wealthy overnight, ($ think millions) still mystery shop?

I would still shop:

5 Guys
Sonic
Occasionally McD's
Panda
Banks (higher shops)
Higher end restaurants
Higher end purse shops (would LOVE to buy a coach bag on a shop)
And many more I can't think of....

I would avoid all Purchase and Returns (hate those, lol) Counting pieces incognito, IKEA, BBB, Low paying infant clothes shops. ...

When I was out today, doing a shop I loved, I thought about this and wondered if you would shop with higher digits in the bank?

I think it keeps our minds sharp, alert, organized, and something new is happening every day!

Yes, for two reasons. One, I am a workaholic and two, I have no life for the most part. When I am not sleeping, I am working in one capacity or another 90 percent of the time. I don't see any amount of money changing that.

Not no but.......

nhgirl1970 Wrote:
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> Yes, for two reasons. One, I am a workaholic and
> two, I have no life for the most part. When I am
> not sleeping, I am working in one capacity or
> another 90 percent of the time. I don't see any
> amount of money changing that.


Great answer! I always say I am either scouting for shops, performing shops or entering shops!

I only shop for the money, so Heavens no, I would leave mystery shopping behind in a heartbeat if I became rich and I'd never look back, unless I decided to start my own MSC.

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Yep. I would work in the winter and hike/camp/ be outside during the fall/spring/ summer. Oh wait I do that already and I am so not wealthy.

I would probably still do some mystery shopping because I enjoy it. Although I would be a lot more selective of what I would and would not be willing to do.

Hell. No.

Also Hell no.

Definitely. I've always been a saver, and there's just something about saving money on a meal, or an oil change, or earning rewards points, or getting that free lunch where I already eat anyway.

Not quite a Millionaire, but I don't need the income from mystery shopping to survive. However, unless you're a one per center, who can't use extra money.

My back problems won't let me play golf three or four times a week so I'm doing more shopping. I'm retired and can't stand to sit at home and watch reruns of Bonanza. Mystery shopping and doing audits are kind of fun for me. However, if I had do this for a living I'm sure I would look at it differently. I sincerely admire those of you that do this for a living, or to augment your income. I'm sure for those of you that have to do it, it's not fun to scrape for jobs, constantly deal with schedulers and editors, and not to know what your income is going to be any given month.

I salute all of you!

No way. I would retire and enjoy what time I have left on this planet.

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There's a couple of shops I would still enjoy doing for fun and one MS company I wold definitely still help out. They're good people and my favorite company.

Double hell no!

"Oh Hell no" was my answer before I even read any other posts. Seems to be the majority here.

SunnyDays2 Wrote:
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> I would still shop:

> Sonic
> Occasionally McD's


Really? I mean, REALLY?

(heart)

While I 99% agree with all those saying "No, No way, Hell No"...

I am also really pretty cheap. I don't see that changing very much, even with a lot of money. I would probably turn into, at least to some degree, a money hoarder. Investing it all so it just keeps making more of itself, so I would have a continuous supply to give away to others who truly need some help; but yet not ever run out of the nest egg itself.

So I still might do USPS (for when I send stuff to my doggie rescue friend), Five Guys, and a few other eateries (I can't think of them all right now), and some grocery places. Oh, and oil changes.

Because... those are all things I'd be spending money on, anyway. And, I don't find the reports to be annoying. Also, I could get some of them in places I want to go for other reasons, so I could write off the mileage.

About the investing part... there was one of those shows on a couple of years ago about past lottery winners. This one guy invested his millions (42, I think) such that he makes, on average, $15,000 every day. EVERY. GOD-DAMNED. DAY. He gives lots of it away. He also buys lots of @#$%&, that once he's done enjoying, he sells it or gives it to someone else.

I would selectively shop:

The high end automobiles, video home shops, and Cheeseburger in Paradise.

Maybe a few others.

OH HELL NO!

Yes it is in all caps so, yes, that was meant to be taken VERY loudly... like, from a roof top!!

No, but I've worked my entire life. I would continue to work, investing, protecting and growing my new found wealth and would not have time to mystery shop.

no

Sure, I would take all the really hated shops, flake on most, royally screw up the ones that are the worst , answer narratives like I was smoking out of the same pipe as the person that thought up the scenarios and the reports. I would tell off the poorly performing FF workers, carpet service person, cell phone reps. Head for the bank and taunt them that I was going to put my money in their bank, but, because they are such dipshits I'll take my money elsewhere. Then finish off the week by telling the snotty foreign car sales man his product is junk, and I would only use it in a demo derby. I would make a point of accepting the jobs that are sent to me that are 500+ miles away also. Just to flake.
Then everyone gets higher fees and bonus money for the shops I did or flaked.
Obviously this would take about a week, then, I would be off to visit friends or frenemies.

Sonic and McD's?? I won't do them now, so definitely not when I am a millionaire!! (Notice when and not if?! )

No way!! I'd still be looking for the best deals, but I'd rather not write reports and deal with crazy editors.

cindy55 Wrote:
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> Sure, I would take all the really hated shops,
> flake on most, royally screw up the ones that are
> the worst , answer narratives like I was smoking
> out of the same pipe as the person that thought up
> the scenarios and the reports. I would tell off
> the poorly performing FF workers, carpet service
> person, cell phone reps. Head for the bank and
> taunt them that I was going to put my money in
> their bank, but, because they are such dipshits
> I'll take my money elsewhere. Then finish off the
> week by telling the snotty foreign car sales man
> his product is junk, and I would only use it in a
> demo derby. I would make a point of accepting the
> jobs that are sent to me that are 500+ miles away
> also. Just to flake.
> Then everyone gets higher fees and bonus money
> for the shops I did or flaked.
> Obviously this would take about a week, then, I
> would be off to visit friends or frenemies.

Most importantly, I'd surround myself with the musicians I can't afford to sing with now, and make a record and try to tour and not worry about money. I have always wanted to do music full time but had to pay the rent more.

I was thinking that something like your idea might be cool, but I have only had a few sales people who've been horrible. One car salesman in particular definitely deserves to have his nose rubbed in @#$%&. Even more cool would be to go to some of the shops where the sales people were good to me, who did their jobs so well I couldn't find anything bad to say about them if I tried, then I'd buy some of the expensive stuff they showed me as a shopper I could never afford to buy before, like jewelry and a new car, THEN I'd give what I just bought to the salespeople and watch how happy I made them. Paying it forward!

One of Elvis Presley's great joys was buying strangers Cadillacs. The joy of giving is the best, when you can afford to give!

I'd give away a lot of money to small animal rescue organizations and the Humane Society and ASPCA. If I had anything left at the end of my life, I'd give it all to them.

Mystery shopping is a stressful pain in the ass, and so petty. I've only been doing it 13 months and it feels like a lot longer than that already!

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Put me in the "Hell no" category. I'm in this strictly for the money. If I don't need the money, I don't need to shop.

If I had a few extra million lying around and absoultely nothing else to do come to think of it even then hell no.
But knowing what to do or say in places that would tip people into thinking I was the mystery shopper that could get me better service hell yes.

One million dollars translates to about $40,000 a year, I'd still mystery shop to increase my standard of living. I have a full time job so only shop part time, I'd just continue along the same way.

What, give up working like a dog for low fees/long hours and dealing with crazed, cranky schedulers, just because I'm now a millionaire and don't have to work unless I want to? Are you kidding? I can't think of anything better to do with my time - not traveling, spending more time with family and friends, investing in real estate, contributing more to my volunteer activities...nope, don't think I would change a thing.

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ROFL!

This is a joke, right?