@HonnyBrown wrote:
If a Mystery Shopping Company you have never worked with sent you a check, rip it up and delete their contact information. The check is bad.
This IS true at least 95% of the time. The only exception I can think of is when you agree to do a shop that requires a large outlay of several hundred dollars or more, and you may ask for or be offered an advance for the required purchase. I suspect that that would occur only in NV for a shopper with an established relationship with the company.@Morledzep wrote:
ZERO mystery shopping companies will send you money to conduct the shops. Anyone that claims they do is a scam.
@AZwolfman wrote:
This IS true at least 95% of the time. The only exception I can think of is when you agree to do a shop that requires a large outlay of several hundred dollars or more, and you may ask for or be offered an advance for the required purchase. I suspect that that would occur only in NV for a shopper with an established relationship with the company.@Morledzep wrote:
ZERO mystery shopping companies will send you money to conduct the shops. Anyone that claims they do is a scam.
@hbbigdaddy wrote:
I never have had an advance when doing my Nevada shops while visiting. But I have not asked either. I can afford to spend the $200 or more on some of the fancy dinners and know I will get paid a couple weeks later. You are treated as an employee, so you get paid quicker than many other MSC that pay 1x per month. There are still some MSC that pay quicker than the Nevada shops (like DJC and IPSOS).
Yes, this is the most important qualification.@HonnyBrown wrote:
For the rare circumstances when that occurs, you have to be an existing, reliable shopper with a great relationship with the MSCs.