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Limit on the number of shops?

October 10, 2012 03:52AM
Hi,

I have read in the several threads that a certain MSC only allows a certain number of shops for a certain burger place. Is this a yearly limit or lifetime? Does anyone know what the number is, approximately? Is the info anywhere on their web site?

Thanks for sharing
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October 10, 2012 04:02AM
No one knows specifically the cut off number. They have a top secret formula that they use to cut you off. I have heard on here that if they really need someone to do a shop, sometimes (not usually) they will bring you back just for that shop again.

They do have a lifetime number too for all shops, eventually you will be cut off completely...no warning.
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October 10, 2012 04:13AM
That just happened to me for a local grocery chain. I'm told that I would be on the sidelines for a bit .. I'm guessing a few months.
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October 10, 2012 04:25AM
That ff shop disappeared off my view 7-8 months ago. I don't know if I reached my limit (which I suspect) or if I was found out to be a shopper... that also removes you from ALL that ff chain offers... Interesting. Do you think that employees share the info they find on shoppers across state lines?
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October 10, 2012 04:52AM
It's possible. I was taken off of a ff project when the Manager of a location I shopped somehow identified me after I gave them a bad report (well deserved by the way). My guess is that because ther eare so many of this chain around this location that word probably spread.
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October 10, 2012 04:54AM
Wow, if I got banned from the FF shop I dont think I could stand the weight lost.
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October 10, 2012 11:44AM
I've been doing that shop for 7 years off and on. Tick, tick, tick...my time may be running out....
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October 10, 2012 09:32PM
I was banned after I reported truthfully that I waited in line 6 minutes. Not that it bothered me, I was not in a hurry. I emailed them and got nowhere. But a couple of months later I emailed them again and am now allowed to do them.
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October 13, 2012 03:41AM
I have often wondered about this and voluntarily take an extended vacation, so to speak, from the good paying shops that I suspect I might get spotted or sign up for too frequently. In the meantime, I search out new companies that offer good paying shops so I can spread out my time between locations. If you are a good prospect in the eyes of the person you shop, and they are a good salesperson, odds are they will be onto you after a short while.
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