@callinectes wrote:
New Image Marketing, Alta360, and Strategic Reflections all have mystery shop only jobs in my area. They pay isn't huge but if I am passing by it is worth a 10 minute stop for a few dollars of gas, a drink, and a 5 minute report.
Late to the party here but yes, Alta360 in particular offers mystery-only shops here on Long Island. However, the beginning of month/end of month dichotomy with them in terms of fees is even larger than normal so you're nuts if you take one before the 20th of the month, and usually you should wait even longer.
The shops are easy in the sense that there's almost no narrative, but they can be photo-intensive if the location is poorly maintained, and I ain't taking that risk for a $7 start-of-month fee, no thankee.
At the end of the month when they're really looking to get it done, I've found their schedulers are very reasonable about adding proper travel reimbursement to the bonused fee.
As to MarketForce and their client, yeah, not taking. I dislike the "mystery shop followed by an announced audit" format, it sucks. Has an implied element of "GOTCHA!" I don't like.
Plus, this is Long Island. In my experience most of the clerks in the attached "stores" around here (which, if you live in another part of the country and make more than $50K, you probably have a walk-in closet that's larger than these "stores" ) are middle-aged men, and they're ANGRY. Angry at life, angry they're working a register at a gas station at their age, angry about whatever is going on in their personal lives, angry at you for showing up in the middle of their sad, angry day.
"HI! I know I just bought a mini-bag of popcorn here and bought $3 worth of gas but I'm an authorized representative of MarketForce, here to do an audit of your store!"
No. Not on a bet.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/06/2021 07:18AM by KokoBWare.