@walesmaven wrote:
Over the years I have made several very good friends of shoppers that I have met. Three are in my area, but we really do not compete much since mostly our interests in clients do not overlap much and this is rich MS territory. I have lunch once a month with one of those and often PM with another.
In addition, I have met a ton of shoppers, including many who are forum regulars or were in the past, at IMSC conferences. We have consumed a LOT of wine together. In addition, I have stayed in the homes of two of those, one in SC and one in MN, and shared a hotel room with another when we were both on long routes that happened to intersect in that town. The shoppers that I have personally interacted with have all been supportive of one another and do not feel threatened by other shoppers.
@walesmaven wrote:
Over the years I have made several very good friends of shoppers that I have met. Three are in my area, but we really do not compete much since mostly our interests in clients do not overlap much and this is rich MS territory. I have lunch once a month with one of those and often PM with another.
In addition, I have met a ton of shoppers, including many who are forum regulars or were in the past, at IMSC conferences. We have consumed a LOT of wine together. In addition, I have stayed in the homes of two of those, one in SC and one in MN, and shared a hotel room with another when we were both on long routes that happened to intersect in that town. The shoppers that I have personally interacted with have all been supportive of one another and do not feel threatened by other shoppers.
@cubbiecat wrote:
I attended numerous IMSC and MSPA conferences and stayed in touch with a few shoppers across the country. Two have stayed overnight at my house while route shopping. Locally, I am SO lucky to become friends with an intelligent, ethical, fun, generous, and overall great person/shopper.
@Book wrote:
I met a ‘colorful’ shopper in Vegas. She drank like a fish and cussed like a drunken sailor.
She boasted about various scams she was in. The shopper ones focused on reusing old reports or writing reports before doing shops particularly elaborate hotel ones.