This is not a mystery shop. I wouldn't characterize it as the client reaching out to me, but rather being cheap and relying on random shoppers to fill out a very brief survey. It's one of those situations in which, on the receipt for the purchase, you're asked for your feedback and provided a website where you can respond to the survey (which so many stores and restaurants do these days). Anyone making a purchase at the store would see the same thing on the receipt - the store would have no way of knowing that I have done mystery shops for them in the past.
I did the survey out of curiosity, not because the client is giving me anything. I am trying to suss out if the client has stopped its mystery shopping program and is now relying on shoppers to fill out surveys (if they happen to read their receipts). I found it interesting that they use sassie for the online survey. Call it an experiment.
Mainly I posted because I figured that if anyone in this forum was aware that the lady on a horse chocolate shop has stopped doing mystery shops, they'd say something. Or if they knew that the program was still taking place, they'd say something. I just haven't seen any of those mystery shops in a long while.