Companies that offer phone shops

I was wondering if anyone knows of any companies besides CoRI that have phone shop listings. (I did do a forum search before posting, but all the results were about cell phone shops).

Thanks

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Sometimes MFI has them. There are also companies such as Service Intelligence who offer an option to search their listings for phone shops rather than anonymous or revealed visits I think. Bestmark used to offer them but I think the client moved on to another MSP.

A quick addenda: the MSPs that have phone shops often restrict you to 2-4 shops, which hardly makes it worthwhile going through all the instructions for them since the pay is already low and the reports surprisingly long for a couple minute phone call. I noticed Shopper's View sent me an email today for a $3 phone shop and the other day About Face had $5 phone shops with all sorts of dire warnings about termination yadda yadda if you tried to reschedule or flaked.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/03/2009 04:00PM by Flash.
Thanks for the suggestions.

I have done 2 oe 3 through MFI but I rarely see them on there now.
Don't have information on phone shops BUT was TAKEN by a Mystery Shopping Co, listed with Prophet offering "wireless phone shops" and after doing three shops for them (They are based in Florida) I have been given the biggest runaround for my pay it is unbeleavable. After 4 years doing Mystery shopping I have been taken by this Company. I have called them many times and get nowhere.The shops were completed in late June-July. I've spoken to Elizabeth Machado, David Young and Maribel Simpson. Is there anything I can do to get my pay??
I am really disappointed to hear that Carmen. That used to be such a really good company to deal with! Unfortunately I think your best approach if you have actually spoken with them and they acknowledge that the shops were correct and they can't set up a firm payment by date is to start naming the company in forums to warn other shoppers. I have done nothing for them in a long time, so I have no beef with them. I note at Volition.com nobody has even mentioned them since August of last year. The company was always known to have stale address lists so about half the time the store had moved on, but other than that I had few problems with them.
I never heard of this company. I just googled them and found them, but did they only do stuff in the south? Seems like everyone else is shopping all the wireless vendors.

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The company has never had more shops than a single wireless network provider that I have seen. The client specializes in no credit check/no contract monthly service. Their service area is slowly expanding with a fair portion of FL covered and parts of TX, CA and MI. I'm not sure where else they may have expanded to by now but it is largely a very blue collar operation with phones sold out of gas stations, flea markets and the like with some stand alone stores that receive payments while also selling Mexican lottery tickets, bus tickets to Mexico etc. They do have a company store in town for setting up service, making payments and repairing phones. So in answer to your question, yes they are a pretty localized phone service both in area and clientele.

But of course these are not what the OP was asking about as these are wireless phone shops, not telephone shops of businesses.
I know I might take a lot of heat for saying this, but I don't do any phone shop for less than $5. My time is worth more than that in general.
The lowest I've gone for a phone shop is $2. That does seem low, but the calls for that company usually take only a few minutes and I usually schedule at least 10 for one day. I can get those done in like 90 minutes and get $20 without leaving the house or paying gas.

I have seen some for 95 cents though. I don't take those.
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