I had a terrible experience with mystery shopping. Reason I could never get anybody to answer me about a job. I think it's a scam. I hope you prove me wrong. Sis-51@excite.com

Dennis -
Contact her and she is one will get you set to shop in Nevada:

KssKimm@kernscheduling.com

There is a lot of paperwork, but she will have all the necessary forms sent via email to you.


I also suggest you read this post first, just for info:

There are 3 companies that shop Nevada that are MSPA members. Look under the Silver Certification info for the list. Apply for these 3 and make nice with them and who knows, you may be able to get into Nevada. I know at least one of them has casino shops elsewhere.

To shop in Las Vegas or Reno you need to have Sheriff's cards ($90 in Vegas). It takes a couple of hours to get a temporary one. Plus, you are an employee of the shopping company and not an independent contractor so the rules are a bit different.

Good Luck.

Patricia -

As you may have learned, the Mystery Shopping companies will NOT contact unless/until they have a job to do in your area.

Even if they do, it can take a few days for your information to be "processed" and for you to start receiving notices of available jobs in your area.

You MAY have registered with companies that do not have shops in your area. Just keep registering (there are like 400-500 companies)...eventually you will find some.

Good Luck.

I HAVE NOT DONE ANY SHOPPING YET. I HAVE BEEN ILL AND HAVE A SEVERE BACK CONDITION THAT LIMITS MY ABILITY TO SHOP.

jjacob,

this is nichol herron and im trying to find out if people really do this. I want to do this very much, but i'm worried about paying anyone money to do this. I tried to mysteryshop for the free trial and never had anything sent to me. Im very confussed on how to do this.

Thank you very much for your time.

Nichol

Nichol -

Yes, you can really get paid to mystery shop. Some shoppers are able to make a living off it, but MOST shoppers do it part-time for "extra" spending money

DON'T PAY ANYONE MONEY! You can get the information about what "legitimate" companies (there are some 400-500 or more) to register with for free (the more companies you register with, the busier you'll be) on the list that's available here, at volition.com, at walletboosters.com, at mommybiz.com or a list of 150-200 MSPA members at www.mysteryshop.org/shoppers/membercos.php

Good luck and have fun.

Its been 3 months and I have signed with about 10 companies and only 1-2 responds everyday with a job, but since I have a full time job, its not really worth for me to take the $6-$10 jobs, plus there in areas that would take me about 15-20 minutes to get to... its not worth the gas. I havent seen any offers that pay $25-$100, in which I would rather make. Where are the mystery shopping jobs that pay that much like all the advertising I see about becoming a successful mystery shopper?

I have tried to take a few that have been offered, but still pay on $10, and I dont even get a resonse back to confim whether or not they gave me the job, I dont get anything back at all. Kind of frustrating, I spend more time trying to find a mystery shopping job and loggin in the websites and filling out applications than I do actually being a real mystery shopper. Should I just keep filling out aaplications? Is it supposed to take this long to find the really high paying mystery shopping jobs?

I began Mystery Shopping back in 1995. So I have been doing it awhile. When I started I lived in southern Nevada and had small children. I did a variety of shops. My first picture shopscame in 2001. At that time I could send the photo themselves in from the product. It didn't take a computer that was compatatible with high tech fromthe other end. The timing on the shops were quite to the point where you had fair notice and simplier guidelines. Shops were paying more. ...but less frequent in the west in a large growing population. I thought when I came to the capital ofa large state there would be more variety and need as per capita more business. However the shops that come my way aren't diverse. I'm not especially attuned to fast food. And two at one time(inand drive through) aren't exciting but my offerings for my area where the gas is high and the pickins are slim is what I take..as some one once quoted something is better than nothing, especially when there is nothing else coming in......
The best shop I had was a florist by phone and delivery in North Las Vegas..my husband (who has since passed) wondered who sent me the beautiful bouquet.The worst shop I did was one I recently completed which involed my low tech computer capabilites and dialup sending pictures as part of shop. I spent more time on the uploading and downloading than I did at the actual location!I also did a parking garage shop that as of yet hasn't been paid for.....and it was one of my higher dollarshops. Then to read that others in the Southern Part of my state are being overwhelmed with jobs..kinda makes me take a second thought to doing it here. I get comeons for places in excess of 100 miles from here.....gas isn't cheap ...and neither is rent.. so I do try and limit where I go knowing that there are many a variety of fast foods, restaurants, auto shops and major retailers around here.....in Antelope CA.

I have applied for different job assignments, but I haven't received any assignments yet. I am just patiently waiting to get my first assignment.

Try starting out with some of the companies that will let you "self-assign" jobs (like Gapbuster and Corporate Research International).

Most of their jobs are lower paying, but you can pick the jobs you want and gain the shopping experience that many Schedulers, that you have to apply through for jobs, are looking for...they also tend to add bonuses or increase shop fees in the later days of the shop period in an effort to get them done. Sometimes you can get to the $10-$20 range...if the shops don't get taken at the lower fees. YOU have to determine the pay level at which you'll do the shop.

Good Luck!

I have notbeen accepted any assignments since I completed the training. I have seen and applied for several job assignmets, but have not received any response. Some companies want you to pay, but I'm not willing to do that. In some cases, I wasn't sure whether the companies were legit, so I wouldn't apply.
Please help me by telling me how I can determine which ones are legit. I hate giving out personal information for fear of fradulent practices being conducted.

Perhaps, the proper use of punctuation (or the lack thereof) may be a contributing factor?

What nwaz (we must do lunch) says is true; there are a lot of things you can do to increase your chance at shops. Some are out of your control; for example I have four college degrees.... the schedulers see that and that's all she wrote. But I do not write the way I write here when addressing MSC personnel. I am formal, no slang, webeze (like lol), and proofread, twice. (How many of you know that you are not supposed to type numbers, 3, 45, 65, hike) unless they are over 100. So, properly, it is three, forty five and one hundred. It shows you care.) If you are not lucky enough to be an ace speller, there are programs that will do that for you (I use one; they catch some typos, but not if you typed "not" for "now", that takes proofreading); I hear there are grammar programs as well.

This isn't personal, folks, it is business. Why hire someone who you have to spend hours rewriting, when you can have a shopper that does it correctly (the word right here would be improper) the first time.

But you can learn? I have two ideas about that. Anyone interested in learning? I can help you get your first jobs. I can teach you to proofread. Give me a sign, and I will pass my ideas past Jacob, and see what he thinks.

So tell me, Beth, with your four college degrees, do you just do mystery shopping or do you have real job. I dont take anything personal on this forum. I think it is just a matter of opinion. I only have one college degree, but I figure with four, you should have job making mega bucks. Mystery shopping is a fun job and alot of us make good money at it. I made over 1500.00 last month doing it. I see that you are a wannabe scheduler, why dont you apply for a scheduler job. Nothing personal..

Patty

Okay, ladies, here's your lucky day.

Give me your information, and I will find you a shop. All you have to do is go and claim it.

I am sincere......I do about 60 shops a month........so I know where they hide them.

Just post and sign up.

You are right, Patty, there was a time when I made an extraordinary amount of money. I have done world tours on topics as diverse as anything therapeutic to wild parrots to AIDS. I wrote the government's first official book on AIDS, the first of my two books, and had dinner at the White House for it. I ran a private practice for 25 years, specializing in couple's counseling and "censored" therapy. One of my greatest accomplishments is raising a son who can think, and sending him to a great school. That son is today a congressman, at the age of 28. My other three are equally accomplished.

So you got me, Patty, I made the mega bucks. Ten years ago, at the age of 40, I was diagnosed with a form of Parkinson's Disease. On a bad day, I can no longer write, use a fork or button my shoes, and I walk with assistance. On a good day, at least I can read my writing (I am lucky, touch typing is an autonomic reflex, though I typo a lot.) Sometimes I can even jog again. Stress antagonizes Parkinson's, and I am not reliable. Professional work requires reliability, and shopping is a lark. The mystery shop companies, many of them, understand this, and are willing to trade a little rope for the snappy prose style inspired by those four degrees you mention.

I have no need for pity; I believe we are all here to be tested, and this is my trial. When I pass over the Horizon, I plan to have earned it. I live on a beautiful lake; some days I sit by it, some I jog around it. I have a thousand things I am interested in, many of them can lend comfort to another.

I bother to address you, Patty, because ultimately I always have to face the alpha female syndrome. If you don't understand the reference, email me, and I will explain it to you. Email me, like you should have done when you had a private issue with someone. For you have neither cowed or embarrassed me; you are just another soul who attempted to boost herself by bringing down another. Your Karma is your own. I am being more gentle with you now, than you were with me.

For the rest of you, I only stay if I am wanted. If by mind or heart I can help you, please ask. If I find I am not wanted, there are other playgrounds with greener grass. The greatest insult I could give to all of you is to "dumb down" my writing; this is who I am, how I speak, how I live.

I hope we have many fine times ahead.

Hello Friend
Ok I gather you have read ever things I thrown at you about me join the mystery shopper net work. Well I did check out all you offer and the term within your contract.But if I read it right you have to become a silver/gold member for the benefit you offering.I also sign up with the pay-pal net work. I look at a site you have with the credit union but have not hear nothing on it yet.To my knowledge you should have information on me because I gotten a called in the past from two of your represented. Right now I still look at what you offering but question as to you being register with the BBB. Giving out information over the web not to good with me
I don't like doing it. I will do more checking of things like I read of the mileage
thing tonight.Reading some of the people in put is cool but this how I am and have to be very careful before I make the move. Put thank for your concern and I'll still be looking at what you offering. And will be signing up soon.

Gentlesky,

Sorry I didnt mean to hurt your feeling but you acted like you were better then everyone else on this forum. This was my opinion after all this a public forum. Sorry again.

It is not the first time it has happened, Patty, and it won't be the last. I am different, not better, in a way that is amplified by the web. And people are threatened by what they don't understand.

And that is MY opinion (I do have a right to one, as well). As the Native Peoples would say, there is not blood between us. And that, I hope, is the end of this.

You know, whatever. I guess you have heard the old saying everyone has one. Like I said in my email to you, dont email me again

WHOA...That's a little harsh!

You mean that YOU can publish YOUR opinion here, but SHE can't explain HER'S?!?

I don't think THAT's what this forum is about. The sharing of differences in opinion and varying points of view are SUPPOSED to be the PURPOSE of a place like this.

no that is not what i meant

Thank you for allowing me to express myself. I just started MS in August, 2007. I have done approximately 15 jobs and I am registered with about 8 companies. I have made $500.00 or more in the past month and I have also given jobs to friends and am trying to get my family involved. This is the best part-time work I have ever done. If I can find enough work to replace my monthly income - I plan on during just that. My son said show me the money and I showed him the checks and he still don't believe me. Anyone that is not working full time should really look into this. Thank you Lord.

Okay. I realize that everyone has "moments", but that's sure how it came across to the rest of us.

So, then, what were you trying to say so that we don't misunderstand?

Go, Chandra! I had the same experience, everyone thought I was being duped by this scam. So I showed them my first $200 check (the little ones didn't impress them).

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Tip my hat to the guy on the white horse.

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Words to live by:

Better to be silent and thought the fool,

Than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt.


So off I go. I have 6 mystery shops to do.

I started Aug. 2007 and joined about 40 companies, and shop for 6 or 7. I do about 8 shops a week, 60% restaurants, 20% retail and then misc, phone shops, elec.,etc. I average 8/10 rating and am silver certified. I try to be selective, so haven't been in any jams, or gone to closed stores. Positive experiences would be when having a wonderful gourmet lunch or dinner, writing the report and then getting the paycheck on the day it is supposed to be there, without phones saying "could you clarify this". Nega tive would be when they won't work with you over reports, and just drop you. It makes sense to work together and not lose the whole report over something that can be clarified. Some companies are the best about this, others frustrating. It is a consent learning process and you can grow to do better shops, write better reports and try not to get frazzzled (easier said gthan done). I'm taking a few days off to regroup and put this away.