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Issues with mystery shopping

March 13, 2026 10:55PM
What are the top issues you all face? I personally run into these A) company pay with a delay..sometimes 60 days late. B ) logging into multiple platforms to find the best jobs C) Afraid of forgetting one details and getting my shop rejected...all those hours gone! D) Tracking reimbursements.

What's your top pain point? Any issues that I'm missing?
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March 14, 2026 12:47AM
How different the editors are in the same company, contradicting instructions, and how just one small thing will make them reject your report! I bet if it was their money we were using and we made a small mistake, it wouldn't get rejected. They would push it through and bend a little. And one more thing, some companies takes way too long to pay.

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
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March 14, 2026 12:51PM
Ipsos. With all of their lies, inconsistencies, distain for shoppers, arrogance, unaccountability and frivolity, they pretty much cover every one of my pain points.
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March 14, 2026 05:53PM
Inconsistent editors and lengthy pay cycles
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March 14, 2026 10:51PM
Pay decreases when the cost of everything is substantially higher.
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March 15, 2026 02:52AM
Guidelines that leave out things that are in the surveys or request things that are not in the surveys.
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March 17, 2026 01:19AM
A required narrative summary of all the questions previously answered.
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March 17, 2026 05:27AM
Since I live in a very high cost of living area with a very slow mph driving speed around this town it annoys me that the pay seems to be the same everywhere in the country and miles from my home rather than time to get there from my home is often the only thing they are considering when applying extra pay.
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March 19, 2026 07:33PM
purpleicee any AI platform can read a webpage

shopping north west PA and south west ny
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March 21, 2026 03:35PM
@purpleicee. A required narrative summary of all the questions previously answered

I used to find, for me, that it flowed better and faster to write the narrative first. Then do the individual questions.

When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer
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March 22, 2026 06:43PM
QUICK AND EASY VISIT!
And then the guidelines are dozens of pages long, or there are 18 steps to follow.
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March 23, 2026 12:51PM
I just saw one i never caught before or saw before. I got 2 citations from a scheduler tho these do not affect the rating score, because I asked for an extension for 2 jobs that I will do today.

I cut down on mystery shopping to only a handful of projects over the last couple years and have been working on more merchandising roles, those that have letters of authorization and or a badge.
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March 24, 2026 04:30AM
@spetey13 wrote:

I just saw one i never caught before or saw before. I got 2 citations from a scheduler tho these do not affect the rating score, because I asked for an extension for 2 jobs that I will do today.

I cut down on mystery shopping to only a handful of projects over the last couple years and have been working on more merchandising roles, those that have letters of authorization and or a badge.

Who do you like best for merch jobs. I am by Detroit so if you are around here and don't want to say, I get it.

I do mostly CI and others when they pop up. Seems like stuff I see doesn't pay real well.
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