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What if you pick a job you've already done before?

April 24, 2026 03:42AM
One of the Mystery Shopping Companies I'm with is very hands-off, and I signed up to 2 jobs and then realised, after I'd accepted them, that I'd been to the same place and the same venue before, in one case a month ago and the other case 3 months ago.

The one for 3 months ago has a different narrative to when I did it before, so presumably that's fine, but the one from a month ago has the same exact narrative.

Neither had any restrictions saying not to do it if you've shopped at this store at this location recently, and they both are allowing me to do them.

Do I reject them?

Or do I continue on with them?

This is from my 2nd best Mystery Shopping Company, who pays pretty decently ($26 each for straight jobs, and $22 + compensation for ones where I have to buy something). One of these is a restaurant while the other is a liquor store. Both have purchases and pay $22 on top of the purchases.

They were also both really good last time, with exceptionally-good customer service.

Would you do them or reject them?
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April 24, 2026 04:16AM
I have one restaurant I do 2 out of 3 months. Only skip the 3rd month because we want to do something else instead. Technically, it has no rotation limit so I could go monthly. Another place specifies you can go once a month and has a ton of openings so I go whenever I’m in the area. A bunch of MSC’s fail to list rotation, but if you try to sign up it will stop you based on date of last shop. If it let you sign up, you are probably fine.
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April 24, 2026 11:26AM
If there's no rotation, I would do them.

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
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April 24, 2026 02:07PM
No rotation = use your best judgement. I don't want to lose access permanently by being identified as a shopper so I exercise some caution about jobs with odd scenarios. Some things, no big deal to go every week. Others, more than once a year would be a risk.
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April 24, 2026 07:44PM
Some rotations are extreme. I checked one shop for a gym. They have a 2000 day rotation. You can only go once every 5 years. Another shop had an 18-year rotation.
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April 25, 2026 12:08AM
Usually they have guidelines about how often a job can be done. Many can be done as often as you like. Some have a specific rotation.

When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.
Alexander Den Heijer
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April 29, 2026 03:18PM
I swear there is one restaurant that I eat at every day. No restrictions. We go about once a month, depending on weather. Its on the side of a mountain. For you Sound of Music fans, it’s at the family home.
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