Double dipping

I'm doing a big box shop, far from home (100 miles).

I have a shop offer IN THE SAME STORE that I could do at the same time.

I'm usually in the store for an hour. The second shop is a different department, for a different MSC.

A big part of me says go for it, but there's a niggling little voice at the back of my mind that's trying to tell me "No, no, no!"

Of course, I could do the first shop, leave, submit the report, and go back in to do the 2nd shop.

Your thoughts?

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I double dip all the time. Initially, I would let the MSCs know that I was doing a different shop in the same location. No one cared.

I've done it for grocery stores, gas stations, electronics stores, and banks. Banks were lovely because I usually had a trifecta.

Make sure your GV and exterior pics are different.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

Thanks. I would NEVER submit the same pics for two shops, but thanks for the reminder -- I might not have thought of that, LOL!!!

I would still check. If either shop has timings, such as when you entered/left, it could be a problem. Getting approval in advance, which they’ll likely give, saves headaches later.

If needed, you should be able to exit the store for one shop and then walk back inside for the other. It’s plenty common for somebody to “forget” something in such a store.

I still agree with the idea that you should cjlheck with the MSC’s in question.

Hard work builds character and homework is good for your soul.

If it's the same exact project, but with other MSC's, then no. If not, go for it.

Shopping the Greater Denver Area, Colorado Springs and in-between in Colorado. 33 year old male and willing to travel!

I have never double dipped with regular MSing, but sometimes the MS task, shopping or auditing, with some quick app checks. Depending on where my primary assignment has taken me, sometimes at the fringes of my metro area, the app checks can be higher than the usu pay if sitting around or minimally a quick add-on. of money for time spent
Two mystery shops, I would definitely inform the companies and keep the visits as discreet visits, entering and leaving. And I probably would enter or upload all of the basic info too, the GV, times, basic descriptors if pickbox or short answers to reduce reporting error potential, then save any longer narratives if applicable for later.

I have done the double dip, shopped an appliance, then a T.V. Seperate departments, different employees, it's all good, go for it.

Live consciously....

She posted it was a different department and a different MSC.

@Tarantado wrote:

If it's the same exact project, but with other MSC's, then no. If not, go for it.

I've shopped the same location for 2 diff MSC's in the same day. What I like to do is leave & come back - get a pop, have lunch, whatever... And if you're using GeoCode - check in twice.

This happens to me sometimes with a gas station and convenience store. Two different MSC’s and two different clients but same location.

WOW, TOO CONFUSING FOR ME, LOL

I think you should do them as separate shops. I don't see anything wrong with that.

My best double dip was a trifecta at a bank. I had to audit the marketing material (GV, exterior photo), an account opening (business card, paper work), and a meeting with an investment counselor (business card). The one visit was $140.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

I don't see anything wrong with it as long as it is different types of shops.

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