I have now officially seen it all! Fake Urine Drug Test shop

Headline reads:" FIVE MIN SHOP! Do you have the guts to (legally) bribe someone?"

Who in their right mind would take a $30 shop to act like you're on probation and try to bribe someone to take fake urine and be reimbursed up to $140 for an office visit. This is insane! (or am I insane for thinking its insane?)

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/28/2023 04:17PM by gigishopper.

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Its easier to just eat at 5G! At least I get a meal out of it!

That's more like undercover police work. I'm not a good actor or liar anyway.

I would tend to step carefully. In some states, bribery is a felony. I guess it depends on who is paying you to do it though.

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
"Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
-- Abraham Lincoln

I’ve seen this shop bonused for far more than $30. I’ve never seen it bonused enough to warrant actually doing it.

I've done something similar where I had to take a drug test (urine) and report on all procedures. But I didn't have to attempt to bribe anyone.

I have done a test center where I had to try and sneak in a piece of paper hidden on me somewhere. Purposely fail, and then try to bribe them to pass me.
I see those get up to about $80 around here. You have to stay in the test room for an hour so right now not worth about 2 hrs of my time.

I made the mistake of doing one of those testing center shops, I won't do another one. I won't lie and I won't cheat and I won't even pretend to do either. And bribery is a felony everywhere, I don't think it's fair for these mystery shopping companies to ask us to commit crimes for their convenience.

I wonder if they provide you with an LOA in the event the authorities are called.

There is no way I would knowingly commit a crime for a shop. Haven't we seen enough stories about people failing to get reimbursed just for buying a phone and getting no help from the MSP? Imagine trying to clear some weird piece of data that might show up attached to you months or years later, especially since so much of the data collection that is done on us is stuff we never see or know about...Sounds like a hundred-foot pole to me!

@purpleicee wrote:

I wonder if they provide you with an LOA in the event the authorities are called.

For the test center you don't have to specifically offer anything. You can just do a 'poor me I NEED to pass this test, please please please please please PLEASE help me.... I'll do anything'
The bribe is inferred but nothing you are going to get arrested for.

lol. my main gig is working with kids. due to the POS Jerry Sandusky any unfounded investigation remains on my record permenantly.

shopping north west PA and south west ny

I did those testing centers a bunch of times. The last time I did one, I actually did get the phone in with me and when I had to reveal it, the proctor looked so devastated. I felt terrible because it occurred to me that she would probably be severely reprimanded and possibly lose her job over it. I haven't done one since.

I hate any shop that makes me basically "set up" an employee.

Many, many years ago, there was an MSC that had a shop for a urine drug test. But there was no bribery or chicanery involved. The scenario was that I had applied for some sort of job that required a urine drug test. The MSC provided all the "fake" background info to the Client. All I had to do was report on the procedure and whether or not the sink in the bathroom was turned off, and stuff like that. Paid $15 at the time. Nothing like the above scenario!

I don't think the $30 is enough (for me) to want to even bother with having to do the prep work or even go to one of these locations. I can understand why they might want to see if their employees are being unethical. How else would they know unless they did something like this? I can understand not wanting to set anyone up to fail, but how do you catch unethical people unless you do something like this? The person who snuck a cell phone in hidden is a little different (imo) because I can't imagine them doing a full-search of your body when you come into a test taking facility. But maybe they should be or have a metal detector that would pick up any devices like that.

There were some cool shops pre-pandemic at restaurants in Las Vegas where you would order duplicate items and leave CASH and take a picture of the check and then they would see if the server would "skim" and remove an item like it was a mistake because they charged for 2 instead of 1. Some of them were really nice places and that would an easy way for management to know if a server was "stealing." I so wish those would return. There really was no report other than time arrived/who the server was/time departed along with a picture of the bill and how much $ was left with the bill.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/29/2023 07:31PM by hbbigdaddy.

I've seen the blood test and urine shops for years. Funeral home shops as well. I saw a new assignment a few weeks ago - church! Yep, go to church! Has anyone done those?

It would take $300+ for me to do anything like that. A scenario like this is squarely in Private Investigator territory, and they don’t come cheap. Know your worth.

You are going to upset @luckygirl0100 since you did not bother to search the board first.

The church stuff has been addressed already. here is one string

[www.mysteryshopforum.com]

@marg704 wrote:

I've seen the blood test and urine shops for years. Funeral home shops as well. I saw a new assignment a few weeks ago - church! Yep, go to church! Has anyone done those?

Just wait... you'll get moderated for saying it has been addressed already....

@hbbigdaddy wrote:

You are going to upset @luckygirl0100 since you did not bother to search the board first.

The church stuff has been addressed already. here is one string

[www.mysteryshopforum.com]

@marg704 wrote:

I've seen the blood test and urine shops for years. Funeral home shops as well. I saw a new assignment a few weeks ago - church! Yep, go to church! Has anyone done those?

I used to get some sms about the shops but for less money. I stated that I am not comfortable to do so.

Shopping Eastern Pennsylvania since 2009

@luckygirl0100 I believe all of us who quoted you in the Kia thread were moderated because of the language you chose to use and not for saying it had been addressed already.

I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/29/2023 10:51PM by stilllearning.

@stilllearning wrote:

@luckygirl0100 I believe all of us who quoted you in the Kia thread were moderated because of the language you chose to use and not for saying it had been addressed already.

language?!? Please...... I implied the word, didn't spell it out. Many have done the same here using $@!@ and are never moderated. What's the difference? The intent is EXACTLY the same.

It sounds like a fun shop. Ive done the regular lab urine test shops before they were not too bad. I just made sure I drank a lot of water before the test.

LOL.... I'm sure I am letting my imagination run wild here but back when I was super interested in doing these high dollar shops hundreds of miles away from home...I saw that there were 3 of these south of Houston. Each one was bounced to make it well over $100 each. As I recall, if someone "bit" on the bribe; you were supposed to call from your mobile phone in the parking lot. I could just imagine being in one of these small towns and while you're on the phone the clerk comes out after having been fired and jumps on your hood. There is no way it would happen that fast of course but I just had this idea in mind.

As for the shop itself, no way I'd do it for $30. Might as well donate plasma or something if you're going to do that.

Haven't done this one but I did one where you buy a bottle of perfume with cash and then have a partner return the bag that was "accidentally left" to the store with the receipt. I'm guessing the client wants to see if the store clerk returns the perfume and takes the cash once the lost and found item is dropped off. Paid very well and was an easy report.

Is this integrity issue with the perfume an on-going shop or something you did awhile back? I would like to do those.

@foodluvr wrote:

Haven't done this one but I did one where you buy a bottle of perfume with cash and then have a partner return the bag that was "accidentally left" to the store with the receipt. I'm guessing the client wants to see if the store clerk returns the perfume and takes the cash once the lost and found item is dropped off. Paid very well and was an easy report.

@hbbigdaddy wrote:

Is this integrity issue with the perfume an on-going shop or something you did awhile back? I would like to do those.

@foodluvr wrote:

Haven't done this one but I did one where you buy a bottle of perfume with cash and then have a partner return the bag that was "accidentally left" to the store with the receipt. I'm guessing the client wants to see if the store clerk returns the perfume and takes the cash once the lost and found item is dropped off. Paid very well and was an easy report.

I did it a couple times but I haven't seen it in a while. I'm thinking they only did it if they were concerned about a particular employee because you had to shop a particular employee.

@Morledzep wrote:

I made the mistake of doing one of those testing center shops, I won't do another one. I won't lie and I won't cheat and I won't even pretend to do either. And bribery is a felony everywhere, I don't think it's fair for these mystery shopping companies to ask us to commit crimes for their convenience.

@Koyote1 wrote:

@Morledzep wrote:

I made the mistake of doing one of those testing center shops, I won't do another one. I won't lie and I won't cheat and I won't even pretend to do either. And bribery is a felony everywhere, I don't think it's fair for these mystery shopping companies to ask us to commit crimes for their convenience.

While I share your sentiment both in terms of ethically not wanting to bait a trap for someone and that if the company suspects fraud, there are easier ways to police itself (for example if an employee never has a client fail a test while other employees have a high fail rate; maybe have someone shadow him or her???)....I don't think you're right about bribery being a felony in a case such as this. I would doubt its even a crime. Each state would have different laws and I stand to be corrected of course.

I don't know why they do these shops. I am alcohol and drug-free. Most of my kids (grown) smoke weed or weed pens. One of my sons got a job at Sheetz and passed his drug tests with the fake urine. Microwaved no less! I couldn't really believe it worked!m I'm glad I read this because now I will not be doing one and I can pass a hair follicle drug test!

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