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Mystery shopping after a revealed shop

August 27, 2011 11:51PM
Just wondering, if you would do a mystery shop if you have done a revealed audit at a location in the past and how long you would wait to do so?

The local grocery store which I do stop in occasionally to pick up a few items as a customer is now listed as a shop. I does have a gas station and I have done the station audit revealed in the past.

They are totally different shops for two different companies with two MSP providers. The grocery shopping one would be more profitable than the gas station audit,
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August 28, 2011 12:19AM
I don't see a problem with doing the grocery store because you did an audit at the station. If you're not in violation of guidelines, I say go for it.

Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
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August 28, 2011 01:01AM
Beyond Hello has a sunglass revealed and if you do it, you no longer can do the unreavled ones...they then know who you are, so, you lose out on a ton of non-purchase shops. I won't do them for that reason.

Live consciously....
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August 28, 2011 02:01AM
I usually wait at least 3 months. Hopefully there has been a change of staff by then. I also try to go at different times so as not to run into the same employees.
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August 28, 2011 03:14AM
You have read the guidelines and find nothing prohibiting shopping the location which you shopped before as a reveal, for a different MSP? If there's no mention, then you need to go by gut. If you think you can do the mystery shop without being 'marked', do it. If you have any hesitancy, don't. You could end up doing the shop, being identified, and having your shop rejected as well as being out the amount spent. Possibly, you could be deactivated from the MSP. Or, if identified, you may be prohibited from shopping the location in the future.

Maybe you should email the scheduler. Explain your concern, without naming the other MSP, and present the question.
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August 28, 2011 03:46AM
I only see a mention of a 60 day re-shop period. This mystery shop is really the most basic of shops with nothing that I can see that would stand out in any way. I shop in this store about once a month and never see the same employees working. It is always someone new.
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