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July 05, 2013 07:16PM
I saw a previous post about this, but it seemed a little outdated.

I was wondering, what are some of your favorite companies to shops for currently - I know my favorites change yearly.

I have really enjoyed working for Shared Insight, Caliber, A Closer Look, even CORI is good (when the bonuses are high!)
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July 05, 2013 07:38PM
Shoppers Inc. is my favorite, they have higher paying shops. I also like CORI and Trendsource (I only do business verifications for them) because they both pay very fast.
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July 06, 2013 02:29AM
Used to be Marketforce, but it was replaced by Cori, Interactions Marketing (formerly Caliber), A Closer Look, Sinclair Customer Metrics

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/07/2013 05:19PM by sethd85.
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July 06, 2013 06:01AM
It is entirely dependent on if the MSC has shops in your area. Therefore the OP companies are not my faves b/c they do not have many or any shops in my area. See what I mean jellybean?
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July 06, 2013 03:06PM
I haven't been doing this longer than a month, but of the few shops I've done I've enjoyed working with Market Force and CRI a lot. I also like Intellishop because they give so much feedback so you know exactly what they're looking for on future shops.
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July 06, 2013 03:48PM
my top two favorites of all time are freeman group and franchise compliance

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July 06, 2013 09:01PM
techman01 Wrote:
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> my top two favorites of all time are freeman group
> and franchise compliance


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July 06, 2013 09:08PM
techman01 Wrote:
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> my top two favorites of all time are freeman group
> and franchise compliance
I didn't even know that Freeman group was still in existance!!
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July 06, 2013 10:07PM
It's not. He's being funny.

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July 07, 2013 04:05PM
My favorites are -

1. MSC's whose sites are easy to navigate - and that includes searching for available assignments, ease of reading the instructions and ease of submitting the reports. I've gotten used to different MSC's sites, but I find the Sassie sites easiest, followed by Prophet.

2. Those whose editors provide written feedback comments and/or a score.

3. Those who have schedulers that reply quickly, by email and/or telephone. Honestly, this one is pretty important to me - having a great scheduler can make or break it.

4. It never hurts to offer fair pay for the amount of time/work involved smiling smiley

5. It's also nice when they pay quickly/on time.

I'm not hard to please, lol....
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July 07, 2013 08:50PM
I was just about to post the very same thing.
I might add, one that doesn't drown me with emails for the same shop over and over and over again.

Edited to add: Oh, and companies that have shops in my area. ;~)


tralynnme Wrote:
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> My favorites are -
>
> 1. MSC's whose sites are easy to navigate - and
> that includes searching for available assignments,
> ease of reading the instructions and ease of
> submitting the reports. I've gotten used to
> different MSC's sites, but I find the Sassie sites
> easiest, followed by Prophet.
>
> 2. Those whose editors provide written feedback
> comments and/or a score.
> 3. Those who have schedulers that reply quickly,
> by email and/or telephone. Honestly, this one is
> pretty important to me - having a great scheduler
> can make or break it.
> 4. It never hurts to offer fair pay for the amount
> of time/work involved smiling smiley
> 5. It's also nice when they pay quickly/on time.
> I'm not hard to please, lol....
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July 07, 2013 09:30PM
It's odd, but my favorites change month-to-month. It's pretty dependent on who has the most work and who pays the fastest.

For awhile it was STN, but this month I'm all over TrendSource. I love the BVs and now, the I-9 verifications. No lying or pretending--a refreshing experience!(Before TS, it was IntelliShop and then MF and before MF, it was Maritz.)

TS/MCI pays amazingly fast and the staff seems very supportive and, well, nice. If only they offered more BVs in my limited vicinity.....

I also love CIMA--and although they don't pay TS quickly--and that will never change.

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July 09, 2013 03:14PM
Love love love..Feedback plus!!!!.They pay me like clockwork!!!
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July 12, 2013 11:27PM
I would have loved Freeman Group if they had paid on time months and many e-mails later does not qualify. I like MARKER FORCE.
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July 12, 2013 11:55PM
smiling smiley

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/11/2013 04:39PM by CAscotch.
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July 13, 2013 10:19AM
He was kidding. Franchise Compliance and Freeman both stiffed shoppers. I got pounded in my wallet by FC. I know that FC went out of business (Adam took our money and ran). I think Freeman is gone too?

CAscotch Wrote:
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> I'm just curious. How were the reports and doing
> the assignments? Difficult?
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> jonk Wrote:
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> > techman01 Wrote:
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> > > my top two favorites of all time are freeman
> > group
> > > and franchise compliance
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> > I miss staying in ratty Days Inn's and not
> getting
> > paid for it.
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July 14, 2013 03:40AM
Some of my favorite companies (mostly because they give me a lot of work and pay regularly and on time) are Ath Power Consulting, Bare International, Customer Perspectives, Service Check and Market Force. I also have liked working with A Closer Look. Unfortunately, they no longer have as many shops in my area.

I also have a strong working relationship with Reality Check. They have only phone shops in my area, but they've got a great scheduler who regularly supplies me with these shops as do two schedulers at Bare International.

Creative Image Associates is another great company to work for (Yes, I can say I work for the CIA!). Bestmark and Second-to-None are great if you have a teen who wants to get into mystery shopping by doing compliance checks.

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July 15, 2013 12:57AM
smiling smiley

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/11/2013 04:39PM by CAscotch.
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