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July 01, 2020 04:36PM
Anyone see these shops yet?
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July 02, 2020 01:34AM
Yep!
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July 02, 2020 02:38AM
Sigh. None near me, yet. Oh well, it's not like I really need the gas these days. (Yes, I'm desperately looking for a silver lining.)
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July 05, 2020 04:54PM
Yes, I see both the audit and the mystery shops on my job board. With record numbers of new Covid cases almost daily, however, I will not return to mystery shopping yet.
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July 07, 2020 01:53AM
Thanks. I checked AZ and they showed so I guess it's just SoCal. At least I know the little old lady hasn't banned me again.
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July 08, 2020 03:05PM
Wow! I did not know that there were still audits! Having always done the mystery scenario, I had only heard murmurs about the audits and thought they were now combined because of the photos needed for the mystery scenario. Now, for the first time, I can see both of them posted! The audits are showing on an independent scheduling site.
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July 08, 2020 09:39PM
I enjoyed not having to submit an invoice! Never made sense since all the necessary info was in the report already.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/08/2020 09:39PM by boridi.
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July 08, 2020 11:52PM
@sestrahelena wrote:

Wow! I did not know that there were still audits! Having always done the mystery scenario, I had only heard murmurs about the audits and thought they were now combined because of the photos needed for the mystery scenario. Now, for the first time, I can see both of them posted! The audits are showing on an independent scheduling site.

Before the old company got bought out it was a function of their job board. You couldn't do both Audits and Mystery Shops even at different locations. Once you picked a program the other program left your job board.

There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
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July 09, 2020 12:23AM
@bgriffin wrote:

@sestrahelena wrote:

Wow! I did not know that there were still audits! Having always done the mystery scenario, I had only heard murmurs about the audits and thought they were now combined because of the photos needed for the mystery scenario. Now, for the first time, I can see both of them posted! The audits are showing on an independent scheduling site.

Before the old company got bought out it was a function of their job board. You couldn't do both Audits and Mystery Shops even at different locations. Once you picked a program the other program left your job board.

Interesting. My experience was different. I only did the mystery shops but I saw the audits, too. This was on the old company's job board and before the company got bought out. (Well, long before the transaction was announced anyway.)
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July 09, 2020 01:34AM
Even though I can see the audits, there is a statement in the overview to the effect of not being eligible if you have performed the mystery shops. Bummer. Looks like I'm locked into mysteries for life!
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July 09, 2020 05:53AM
@ sestrahelena, with the old company you just had to stop doing them for 6 months and you were eligible to switch the type you did. Not sure if the same rules will apply.......
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July 10, 2020 12:15AM
@BusyBeeBuzzBuzzBuzz wrote:

Interesting. My experience was different. I only did the mystery shops but I saw the audits, too. This was on the old company's job board and before the company got bought out. (Well, long before the transaction was announced anyway.)

Do you happen to live in CA? They have company owned locations there that have a separate program. So you could indeed see both there. Otherwise it was a computer glitch.

There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
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July 10, 2020 12:25AM
@bgriffin wrote:

@BusyBeeBuzzBuzzBuzz wrote:

Interesting. My experience was different. I only did the mystery shops but I saw the audits, too. This was on the old company's job board and before the company got bought out. (Well, long before the transaction was announced anyway.)

Do you happen to live in CA? They have company owned locations there that have a separate program. So you could indeed see both there. Otherwise it was a computer glitch.

Ah! Yes, I live in CA. Mystery solved. Thank you.

Are other Californians seeing the Chevron mystery shops? I only see the audits currently. I am not ready/willing to do the mystery shops yet but would like to be able to see what is available.
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July 16, 2020 06:38PM
Many just showed up in British Columbia

"She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the type of person who would keep a parrot." Mark Twain
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July 16, 2020 11:10PM
For the mystery shops I am finding it difficult to do so many things at once while pumping gas. Trying to hold the nozzle at full speed then start/stop timer and pump at exactly the right second, then switching to camera to be ready for any screen messages, stopping the pump at exactly $5. Am I the only bumbling dolt who needs to grow a few more hands? I still can't work a phone one-handedly like the younguns and big-mitt people can.
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July 17, 2020 12:38AM
If you're not a youngun, you wear a wristwatch.
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July 17, 2020 01:09AM
Whoa! It's been so long, I forgot about those! I am not even kidding. Thank you!
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July 17, 2020 01:45PM
NO, you are not the only one. It has been driving me crazy trying to get the correct picture! Maybe a watch would help. I;ll go see if I can find one.
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July 17, 2020 03:09PM
I'm still not sure how I can stop the watch/timer and pump at the same time to take the picture of proof that it was over 11 seconds. So far I've been lucky and haven't needed to.
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July 17, 2020 04:47PM
I have done AZ only one. I am finding them in NM AZ and UT. They seem not to big on route pricing at the moment.
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July 17, 2020 05:45PM
@sestrahelena wrote:

For the mystery shops I am finding it difficult to do so many things at once while pumping gas. Trying to hold the nozzle at full speed then start/stop timer and pump at exactly the right second, then switching to camera to be ready for any screen messages, stopping the pump at exactly $5. Am I the only bumbling dolt who needs to grow a few more hands? I still can't work a phone one-handedly like the younguns and big-mitt people can.
I have not had to do one a timing(AZ,NM,UT,CO) in years. What I did was use the smartphone as the stopwatch Android app (Stopwatch Timer Javier Salmona Tools) I would pump 1 gallon stop take picture then go on to the $ 5 purchase. I am glad that that went the away of the seashell.
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