@bgriffin wrote:
I wonder if @shopsatacl would like to comment on this.
Also apparently NYC is not exactly covered up with video shoppers. I had a discussion about this last year with a scheduler. She told me NYC is very hard to schedule because full time shoppers (more likely to own cams) can't afford to live there and it's a very expensive place to visit, so they don't often take trips there for video work.
@walesmaven wrote:
Recently, I have done a bit of research. The major video MSCs figure that there are fewer than 500 trained and experienced video shoppers who own their own equipment AND that they are willing to use. I am willing to bet that more than half of those strongly prefer to work only with schedulers who have a lot of video shopping (not just scheduling) experience.
@Misanthrope wrote:
I had to double take when I saw this. ACL mystery shops a local chain of casual dining restaurants here in New York, and they rarely provide payment or even reimbursement that covers all of the required purchase options. This chain of restaurants has also had some pretty scummy mystery shops in the past (they wanted shoppers to refuse to leave a tip and argue with the manager when they come).
Now I saw they want dinner video shopped. Frankly, I've never done a video shop, but considering it needs special training and equipment, I always assumed it made sense for really high ticket items like car sales and apartments, but that would come with commensurate pay, right?
Nope. There's a tiny reimbursement and no pay for this shop; no more than what they do for a normal mystery shop. Does ACL or, more likely, their client, really expect video shoppers to take the bait? This is ridiculous.
I know from first hand experience, one could say.@Madetoshop wrote:
@Misanthrope wrote:
I had to double take when I saw this. ACL mystery shops a local chain of casual dining restaurants here in New York, and they rarely provide payment or even reimbursement that covers all of the required purchase options. This chain of restaurants has also had some pretty scummy mystery shops in the past (they wanted shoppers to refuse to leave a tip and argue with the manager when they come).
Now I saw they want dinner video shopped. Frankly, I've never done a video shop, but considering it needs special training and equipment, I always assumed it made sense for really high ticket items like car sales and apartments, but that would come with commensurate pay, right?
Nope. There's a tiny reimbursement and no pay for this shop; no more than what they do for a normal mystery shop. Does ACL or, more likely, their client, really expect video shoppers to take the bait? This is ridiculous.
Didn't you take one of those "Scummy" no tip assignments? I recall reading a suspenseful re-cap of the job.