Field Agent

The amount of jobs this company denies is truly amazing. I have completed 30 jobs and have had 8 denied. If normal MSC's graded like this, i would not last long with this line of work. Hopefully the rest of you have better luck. I can get a 100 consistently on a Coyle report, but I apparently can't meet FA standards.

What have your experiences been with them?

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I haven't had shops denied as long as I followed all directions. I hate scavenger hunt. I can't find any of those items and neither could customer service at the store.
I went to a warehouse club, took like ten pictures, they said to take a picture of the end cap. I did. They said they couldn't see the aisle with the end cap. Rejected. It's always some ridiculous bs.
@Niner wrote:

I went to a warehouse club, took like ten pictures, they said to take a picture of the end cap. I did. They said they couldn't see the aisle with the end cap. Rejected. It's always some ridiculous bs.

I did the introductory-take -a-selfie-for-$6. They said it wasn't a selfie. I immediately deleted my account. Ridiculousness at it's best. Now my selfie is on some hook up site, for sure.
@nslinhar wrote:

@Niner wrote:

I went to a warehouse club, took like ten pictures, they said to take a picture of the end cap. I did. They said they couldn't see the aisle with the end cap. Rejected. It's always some ridiculous bs.

I did the introductory-take -a-selfie-for-$6. They said it wasn't a selfie. I immediately deleted my account. Ridiculousness at it's best. Now my selfie is on some hook up site, for sure.

Take a selfie?!? I have not seen that one.

I like their random "try it" shops and the $5 shops that take a minute if I am going somewhere anyway. Every time you look, there are different shops.
Their style takes some getting used to. I had several rejected early on, but once I got used to their requirements I did fine. A year or so in, I haven't had a rejection in over 8 months.

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I do very little for them but haven’t had any issues with rejections. I do know other people that have had several rejections and yes, for ridiculous reasons. Their pay stinks that I rarely work for them anymore...
Have you ever tried Mobee? I don't have much experience to know if they are any different. I've done a few for a store I was going to anyway.

Kim
I think Mobee pays even lower than Field Agent. I'll look at it again though. Thanks.
Field Agent pays low for shops generally a demo sample demo shop with no purchase usually goes for 3.50. The same demo sample with a small "proof of purchase" for another MSC is 10 dollars. I usually dont go out of my way unless it is "bonused" to 10 to 15 dollars. I rarely get rejections but I do believe they for whatever reason have to reject certain shops. Mobee is actually worse because they reject it and there is NO way to retrieve the shop and try to get the points. I use it but so far out 2 put of 8 shops have been rejected. That is pretty high and most shops pay about 275 points. I am not leaving the HOUSE to take sneaky pics at a local cofee shop for less than $3 in points!!!! I wait for 400 to 500 points but that happens say 1 to 3 time a week (and you can only see shops once you are close to the area). My second major reason for not loving the app. For us who shop several areas of the city, the shop you may be eyeballing could be gone as there is no way to reserve it!
FA is my preferred because I need money not points/giftcards. I made about 350 with them last month with a conscious effort and very very few purchase shops (only one last month). They do underpay but if I see it as this if I am already doing a MS in the same store and FA has a shop I would it for the extra 6 to 10 bucks despite the undercut. I was for instance able to make an extra 28 dollars while I was in the area by picking up 2 FA mystery shops while already doing a 20 dollar shop from a traditional MSC.

I rarely do their audit shops because they are too long winded for 7 bucks, I regretted doing it last month but I finish whatever I start.
FA saved me plenty of times and pay is timely. Note for FA you definitely need a phone that came out within the last 3 years with a decent camera because they want good pictures.

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I love FA. I have had shops rejected, but they have since begun the "agent training", which is helpful in avoiding rejection.

I LOVE the fast pay.
FA is great for fillers and add-ons. I use it frequently when I am doing long routes. Because they pay within a few days they are a great way to make sure I have an expense cusion on the road.

Mobee rejections can be contested by emailing them. I have managed to save a few that way, but it takes weeks for them to add the points from a reversal, and you lose any travel bonuses.

FA on the other hand never (in my experience) reverses a rejection.

YMMV
I have had a little bit of success with the scavenger hunts. I pick a store first (preferably a regional store or smaller chain) and scan the lists for potential items for that store. I found several handmade candy items at a locally-owned chain that way. My second strategy is looking for holiday items, especially candy. I found a few at Walgreens. My third strategy is to look at the list when I do merchandising resets. I sometimes find one or two in the items we are discontinuing.

90% of the items are probably database ghosts, and are either mis-entered or have long since been discontinued. Frankly I do these because I like puzzles, not for the money. Last year I only found about 10 items all year.
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu


Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/11/2019 01:58PM by Shop-et-al.
@Niner wrote:

@nslinhar wrote:

@Niner wrote:

I went to a warehouse club, took like ten pictures, they said to take a picture of the end cap. I did. They said they couldn't see the aisle with the end cap. Rejected. It's always some ridiculous bs.

I did the introductory-take -a-selfie-for-$6. They said it wasn't a selfie. I immediately deleted my account. Ridiculousness at it's best. Now my selfie is on some hook up site, for sure.

Take a selfie?!? I have not seen that one.

I like their random "try it" shops and the $5 shops that take a minute if I am going somewhere anyway. Every time you look, there are different shops.

Yep. December of 2016. Popped up immediately. I figured it was easy money. I was wrong.
I'll do a FA job if it's in my route for other MS jobs. I've only had one rejection, and that was my fault for not completing the job properly. It was my first job. But since then, I've had no other rejections. I only do a few each month. I do their ticket jobs, though....keep hoping my name will be pulled for the $500 monthly bonus!! One of these days maybe.......
I've done over 60 jobs for FA and no rejections yet. It's been a great way to make $5 to $20 each time I go out shopping.
@ceasesmith2 wrote:

I love FA. I have had shops rejected, but they have since begun the "agent training", which is helpful in avoiding rejection.
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Reverse camera. Look in lens. Push big button. Check photo. Upload. Submit.

Apparently I missed a step and needed "agent train8ng" LOL
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