AARP Hearing Aid phone shops

I was contacted to do an AARP hearing aid phone shop. Scheduler said they are quick and easy. I agreed and now am looking at the shop form- not quick and not easy if you ask me. Also may require multiple calls if contact cannot be made on first try. Also screen shots of phone to show length of the call or calls. The section on the actual call has 40 questions. There are comments required for nearly every one of the 40 questions. I was not expecting the degree of detail required- as the scheduler had said the calls were quick and easy- I would think for all the questions to be covered I would be on the phone for at least 15- 20 minutes. After call would need to do the report. Has anyone done these? In your opinion are they worth the $20 shop fee? I have my doubts. Any feedback? Also any good suggestions as to reason I am canceling? This shop is on the isecretshop platform- there is a cancel button but I hesitate to cancel and have my reputation score lowered yet I have no desire to try the shop.

Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 11/16/2025 08:00PM by Fatlady.

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Easy solution!

Survey: Were you able to complete this shop?

Answer: No

Survey: What was the reason you could not complete the shop?

Answer: I could not hear what they were saying

I'll see myself out...
I have been personally contacted and asked if I would like to do this shop twice now two weeks apart. After waiting for the scheduler to send it to me after I responded I looked at their website and did not see it. Perhaps I am looking in the wrong place. She did not even send me a link.
I recently did a different shop which I had the same reaction to after seeing the questionairre after I was assigned. But it turned out to be much easier than i imagined. In that case the person I spoke with covered everything, also 40 or so items, and the narratives boxes were all explain the no answers. As I did not have any no answers I had nothing to explain so I left them all blank.
If I ever do the hearing shop I will let you know how it went.
A screenshot takes less than half a second. And the call might be VERY easy, doesn't mean the report is lol!
Shops are easier after you do a few.
I had the same thing- kept writing me asking if I wanted to do the shop. I said yes. Nothing. Then wrote again asking when it would be assigned oh on isecreshop platform. Looked and nothing, More e mails asking my age and if I was an AARP member- then another email asking if I had done one of these previously. Finally assigned. Now I have asked to be unassigned. I can appreciate trying to get shoppers to do shops by saying "easy shop" but when the shop is not easy it is not fair and I do not appreciate deception by anyone.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/17/2025 12:05AM by Fatlady.
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