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Confessions of a First Year Mystery Shopper

January 19, 2015 07:03PM
I'm excited to publish this article by @CureMS. She's quite the writer.

[www.mysteryshoppermagazine.com]

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January 19, 2015 07:19PM
Wow, this is excellent! The article was very informative and interestingly written. CureMS, I particularly liked the way you "bolded" the main points throughout the article and summed them all up at the end. smiling smiley

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January 19, 2015 07:23PM
Good job, CureMS!
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January 19, 2015 07:26PM
CureMS - you are spot on! This is great reading for any shopper, especially ones who are new.
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January 19, 2015 07:26PM
EXCELLENT article! Thank you CureMS!
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January 19, 2015 07:33PM
Very nice...thanks CureMS. I enjoyed reading your article.

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The more I learn about people...the more I like my dog..

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January 19, 2015 07:44PM
I love, love, love bullet points. i think some of the long-winded forum posts should have bullet points. Think of all the time we would save.
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January 19, 2015 08:11PM
Yes! Very good. Loved the format and the tone. The writer seemed very humble to me while making very good (bold) points. Loved it. smiling smiley

There are two types of people in this world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
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January 19, 2015 08:23PM
That was a very well-written article. I agree with the bullet points.

Kim
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January 19, 2015 09:16PM
Excellent! Thank you.
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January 19, 2015 09:23PM
Nicely done!

Happily shopping Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts and Connecticut
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January 19, 2015 09:25PM
Great article!

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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)

"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor

"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
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January 19, 2015 09:37PM
Enjoyed the article!!!!!
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January 19, 2015 10:53PM
CureMS, very nice! Love it!!

I learned to daydream, (even more). When I am at a bank in a small town 75 miles from where I live, I can daydream and say that I am shopping for a bank in the area where I am about to build my dream home, a place where I can retreat from the city. It could happen!

Also enjoy this part... so true!

Somewhere in the Midwest, shopping / auditing full time since 2014. Will use PV-500 for food! smiling smiley
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January 20, 2015 03:04AM
This article is great! I loved it, and I am aspiring to be where you are in a year! I am really kicking myself right now for quitting mystery shopping a few years ago, and I feel like I am starting over.
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January 20, 2015 08:08AM
I like daydream a lot better than what I've been using. A scheduler who still shops occasionally used to tell people who asked what she did, "I'm a professional liar." So now I have adapted "LMAO" where the first word now stands for "lying" instead of "laughing." Sometimes it scares me how easily the lies come to me when I get thrown a curve ball. I'll just start telling people I get paid to daydream.

I really enjoyed this article!
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January 20, 2015 07:18PM
Thank You CureMS! I am very grateful to you for your generosity.

Shopping Central Jersey Shoreline. WHAT? I'm an adult?! When did this happen?! How do I make it stop?!
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January 24, 2015 05:11PM
Loved the article.

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January 24, 2015 06:05PM
I loved it. Thank you so much. It reinforced to me that I am on the right track.
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February 04, 2015 07:54PM
Excellent Cure MS!!! I love the DETAILS you were willing to share without boundaries!! Now that is what I call a giver!! May you receive just as much and then some in return!! THANK YOU smiling smiley !!

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February 04, 2015 08:48PM
Good article, valuable lessons to be learned. Have been a successful mystery shopper for 4 years now and support a family on it. Have learned to take higher paying jobs as the amount of mileage on your car really counts. My car is 2 1/2 years old and has 70,000 miles on it, have had to pull back on lesser paying jobs as this is a really expensive item to replace but live and learn!

codygirl
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