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I miss El Pollo Loco, Smart and Final, The Habit., Mimi's.
I also really miss Chipotle shops. And I wish that we had as many hotel shops as we had at the peak. I need a vacation! Finally, I really miss the Amtrak shops.
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
I cut my shopper teeth on the Chipotle shops, even shopped the wrong location right out of the gate, yet they still kept me on as a shopper. I so miss working with that MSC and those shops. I also miss Lego shops , as an Adult Fan of Lego, I really built up my Collection with those shops. Also McDonald's shops were the first shops I ever got bonuses on. Those shops were so easy and I made good money doing them. I miss those shops as well.
Lady Marius
Canadian Mystery Shopper
Canadian Mystery Shopper
Mine are all restaurants - McDonald's, JITB, Firehouse Subs (and competitors). And Arby's doesn't appear to be shopped near me any longer unless they are with more than 1 MSC.
I miss the cheesecake factory shops. I also remember for a short time Outback Steakhouse had a shop going
Dunkin, Garrett's Popcorn, eyebrow waxing (can't remember the name), hair cuts, a couple of different shoe stores, several others I'm probably forgetting 
When I first started shopping MANY years ago, I live in a metro area of NYC and had a lot of shops to do including dining at chains like Panera, Outback, Applebees and Bonefish Grill. Those were the good old days. I then moved to the south and was able to do many fine dining shops such as Capital Grill and local fine and "not so fine" meaning places like rib restaurants. When covid hit it seemed shops really dried up. Many of the restaurant shops stopped. I then moved to the midwest and find fewer and fewer shops even worth considering. I miss the good old days when there were shops that I looked forward to doing. Seems covid, the not so great economy have curtailed shop opportunities. I note also that fees have not kept up with the rising cost of living which is sad.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/2023 04:49PM by SueW70.
Oh yeah, totally forgot about Lego!
I cut my teeth on a lot of cell phone shops that aren't even around anymore, I think Cellular One was one of them.
I cut my teeth on a lot of cell phone shops that aren't even around anymore, I think Cellular One was one of them.
@Lady Marius wrote:
I cut my shopper teeth on the Chipotle shops, even shopped the wrong location right out of the gate, yet they still kept me on as a shopper. I so miss working with that MSC and those shops. I also miss Lego shops , as an Adult Fan of Lego, I really built up my Collection with those shops. Also McDonald's shops were the first shops I ever got bonuses on. Those shops were so easy and I made good money doing them. I miss those shops as well.
Gas shops with pay rates that justified road trips.
I am aware my post is perpendicular to the subject.
I miss Strategic Reflections, Quest 4 Best and Maritiz. Each shared a common theme: Accessibility by phone, a staff, as opposed to AI, and in-house schedulers.
I miss Strategic Reflections, Quest 4 Best and Maritiz. Each shared a common theme: Accessibility by phone, a staff, as opposed to AI, and in-house schedulers.
@pegleg2000 wrote:
I miss El Pollo Loco, Smart and Final, The Habit., Mimi's.
I also miss the burger shop and ServiceSense. Amy and Bill were two of my favorite clients to date.
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Yes for me it is also some of my past favorite msc that either are no longer around or have become larger and/or got gobbled up and are just not the same anymore.
@eyelove2shop wrote:
I really miss Chipotle and Megabus shops. I also miss when united had $300 flight reimbursements. Speaking of flight shops, when will the Southwest in flight shops return?
Hahaha. With Southwest being grounded so often, scheduling shops that would actually get off the ground could be a real mess!
Aramark concessions (especially baseball games), El Pollo Loco, Mimi's, AmEx convention kiosks, casinos
Publix, Albertsons, and (not so much) Winn-Dixie
ShopRite (they stopped shortly after COVID began)
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
Capital Grill, Eddie Vs and Capital Burger
I'll never stop missing the Cheesecake Factory shops. Oh ya, Capital Grill and Eddie V's too!
I miss Food4Less shops in the Lodi/Stockton/Manteca area but it's not because they are no longer shopped. Instead, the MSC switched reporting platforms. Before the switch, I was pretty much the only shopper available to do the shops and regularly got bonuses and extra DAYS to file the reports. Now, the MSC has access to other shoppers and no longer needs me for those shops.
I like the MSC and the scheduler for Food4Less very much and miss those shops even though they were very far away and I used to be exhausted after each round.
I like the MSC and the scheduler for Food4Less very much and miss those shops even though they were very far away and I used to be exhausted after each round.
I miss the old Target shops where they fronted an $80 gift card to use on just about anything except alcohol, tobacco, dairy, lottery & gift cards. The whole shop consisted of listening for the cashier to mention/offer the Target Red Card. Those were the days!
Also, Smart & Final changed its name to Chef Store in many locations. Same MSC, better pay.
Porsche, BMW, Range Rover. Fogo de Chao, Capital Grille, all those boutique pretty hotels.
Hey @AZwolfman....
I'm sure you miss those AVERO shops just as much as I do. Those were the easiest and best shops in Nevada.
I'm sure you miss those AVERO shops just as much as I do. Those were the easiest and best shops in Nevada.
@AZwolfman wrote:
Aramark concessions (especially baseball games), El Pollo Loco, Mimi's, AmEx convention kiosks, casinos
Fairway Liquor store, Forever 21, ShopRite, Stop&Shop, Regal Cinemas, Castrol oil changes, Modells, GNC, Whole Foods in store shop, Splash Car Wash chain.
I'm with Bob, I miss accessible and friendly schedulers. I'm afraid I didn't appreciate them nearly enough.
As for shops, miss Exxon shops because of a spiteful scheduler when I was going through some stuff. And I miss some of the great grocery shops that I left behind in CA. Which MSC is doing the big hispanic grocery store now that Strategic Reflections is gone? I still have some of their really pretty reuseable shopping bags in the closet.
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As for shops, miss Exxon shops because of a spiteful scheduler when I was going through some stuff. And I miss some of the great grocery shops that I left behind in CA. Which MSC is doing the big hispanic grocery store now that Strategic Reflections is gone? I still have some of their really pretty reuseable shopping bags in the closet.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/2023 11:13PM by Morledzep.
Some smart salesperson for a MSP should look at this thread and start going after these accounts.
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