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August 21, 2009 03:08AM
Some of you have indicated your friends/family don't think too highly of mystery shoppers AND we are supposed to keep our identity very guarded - so I call myself an Independent Auditor. When people ask me what I do I just say I do Independent Auditing for a number of companies. They always seem impressed and don't ask anymore questions. This is really the truth and it saves a lot of explaining. It also keeps our identity as mystery shoppers "secret" as it is supposed to be. If too many people know we work as mystery shoppers then everywhere we go, they will automatically think that is what we are there for. It will cause you to be met with hostility in some situations. Thus, don't broadcast your job - give it another title.
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August 21, 2009 04:27AM
I like that Duffy...it does sound impressive. I like "Quality Control" as well, not in the marketplace, but among friends.
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August 21, 2009 06:38AM
Yes, a good one to use in our personal, nonforum lives, Duffy.

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August 22, 2009 02:42PM
I like that.

I've really been pondering how to tell my kids that I mystery shop. Usually when I say "Mommy has to go to work today," I'm referring to my doula/lactation work and my kids want to know all about the babies that I am going to see. I need a way to let them know that I am going to work, but not going to see babies. I can't tell them Mystery Shopping because they are at the age where they would not think twice before blabbing that to everyone.
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August 22, 2009 03:16PM
If the kids are pretty young and likely to accompany you some of the times, I think I would call them "Comparisons". "Mommy is doing comparisons" in a store is reasonable--we all comparison shop and they do unit pricing to expedite that. And if they blab to family and friends, it has the same kind of ring of just being thrifty.
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August 23, 2009 03:14PM
@ wrote:

we all comparison shop and they do unit pricing to expedite that

Dare ya to ask the price per ounce on a pair of jeans next time you do a Hollister or Abercrombie shop. smiling smiley
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August 23, 2009 04:29PM
It could certainly be a question that would leave a salesperson flat footed smiling smiley I have been known to smart ass remark about an item of clothing that, "For that price it should be made out of pure gold!"
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August 23, 2009 05:45PM
solideogloria Wrote:
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> we all comparison shop and they do unit pricing to
> expedite that
>
> Dare ya to ask the price per ounce on a pair of
> jeans next time you do a Hollister or Abercrombie
> shop. smiling smiley


Too funny. I hate that shop, though I like their clothes. Its the pretentious pretty model thing. I will continue to wait and get their clothes at Ross.

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August 23, 2009 11:07PM
I say that I do consulting work, which is true, so I use that as a catch-all for mystery shopping as well. You could always say you do "independant contractor work" which would also work, and has a huge range from construction to IT office staff, to mystery shopping.
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August 24, 2009 12:35AM
solideogloria Wrote:
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> we all comparison shop and they do unit pricing to
> expedite that
>
> Dare ya to ask the price per ounce on a pair of
> jeans next time you do a Hollister or Abercrombie
> shop. smiling smiley


How about Lucky jeans? $100 and up, I kid you not.
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August 24, 2009 02:08AM
Mert Wrote:
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> solideogloria Wrote:
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> > we all comparison shop and they do unit pricing
> to
> > expedite that
> >
> > Dare ya to ask the price per ounce on a pair of
> > jeans next time you do a Hollister or
> Abercrombie
> > shop. smiling smiley
>
>
> How about Lucky jeans? $100 and up, I kid you
> not.


Bout the same...

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August 24, 2009 07:49AM
Ahh yes, but the weird thing about A&F clothes and the like is that you pay MORE, the less clothing there is...whether it be for a size 2 or they are so distressed there are 20 holes in them.

Good lord, I sound like my Mom... sad smiley
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