I used to do the pretzel shops, but I don't see them any longer. I also enjoyed the Mexican roll-up chain, but this year they reduced the reimbursement by $2 so that it no longer covers the cost of the meal (even in Delaware, the Home of Tax Free Shopping). On principle, I am not inclined to use my shop fee to subsidize the required meal purchase. Actually, they did remove the requirement to buy a drink, so technically it does cover the cost of the meal. But come on - eat an entire meal without a beverage? Not only is it rather silly, but it is just another way of saying "of course I am the mystery shopper" since it is a dine-in only shop.

sethd85 Wrote:
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> Reports are too demanding? For THAT client? You
> sin't seen demanding yet.


You are right, they aren't as demanding as others.

Spork Wrote:
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> Sinclair was one of the first MSC I worked with;
> it was for an upscale cooking store. Did the shop
> without a glitch, but when I returned the item, I
> could not get the initial receipt back. This
> surprised me because in the past when I returned
> an item I always got the original receipt back
> along with the return receipt. Why Sinclair did
> not warn those shoppers that did a shop with this
> store is beyond me. The lesson I have learned from
> this experience is to always take a picture or
> scan the receipt before you return the item.
>
> I did the entire report, they sent it back to me
> stating that it didn't include the
> receipt-although I had explained why in the
> initial report and in emails I had sent my
> scheduler. I gave them some more information about
> the associate who did not give me the return
> receipt yada yada yada...
>
> I also must mention that Sinclair never answered
> any of my emails.
>
> I have only been mystery shopping for 7 weeks but
> I have had much better luck with Intelli-shop,
> Service Excellence, and Best Mark.
>

I have done many of the P/R upscale cooking store shops and they always given me back my original receipt.
Sinclair is in my top 10 msc.

Sinclair was the very first MSC I started with and to this day I still complete shops for them. I never have had an issue getting paid, they paid full amount plus bonus on a closed shop and allowed me to re-shop it for additional money (was closed due to inclement weather).

The two people I have dealt with for Sinclair, Bobby Withrow and Gina Hernandez, are friendly, helpful and always answer their phone and emails! They only send me one email a day usually with available shops (more schedulers should take a page from their books).

Sinclair is one of my favorite MSCs, because they treat my wife and I like royalty.