@PasswordNotFound wrote:
ETA: I have never run into a shop with them that required photos. I can see how the compensation would need to be greatly increased for that.
@DareWright wrote:
How on earth are we supposed to take clear photos of someone's face without being obvious? Good grief.
@DareWright wrote:
How on earth are we supposed to take clear photos of someone's face without being obvious? Good grief.
@pinchers81 wrote:
When I'm sitting at a bar, the "Spy Image" app is very useful, too--it prevents the people around you from knowing that you're taking photos.@DareWright wrote:
How on earth are we supposed to take clear photos of someone's face without being obvious? Good grief.
@reneeturner wrote:
Is Spy Image an apple app? I can't find it in the play store.
I do zoos, animal parks, and amusement parks for them. Thanks for the heads-up on bowling. The compensation for the above is barely adequate; it would not be so with photos required.@BirdyC wrote:
You must have different types of shops in your area! Every shop that comes up on my board requires photos.
@PasswordNotFound wrote:
I do zoos, animal parks, and amusement parks for them. Thanks for the heads-up on bowling. The compensation for the above is barely adequate; it would not be so with photos required.@BirdyC wrote:
You must have different types of shops in your area! Every shop that comes up on my board requires photos.
@moonlight wrote:
I recently did a shop for amusement advantage, they stated on their site that the report will take 2 to 3 hours and the actual shop about 2 hours. Hahaha, that is NOT true the shop took 6 hours to complete and the report to 5 hours to finish. I'm a fast typer, my speed is 56 WPM. They required me to purchase items that added up to $34 ($24 for tickets and $10 for food) and the total pay of the assignment is $70. These numbers are the numbers that they stated on their directions, but the actual ticket price was $30, $6 is not a big deal but it shows how disorganized and how unprofessional they are. They required crazy amounts of details, such as the names of every single one of the 30+ staff members and also their face pictures. All of this must be done without anyone noticing that you are a secret shopper and the pictures must be high quality and must show the faces. After all this effort and time, they refused the shop because they thought that the pictures are not showing the faces of a few people. I really encourage everyone to avoid dealing with them, they are really slow ans they require phone calls prior to every assignment.
@BirdyC wrote:
I've only done a couple of shops for them, the bowling ones. I did them so that my family and I could enjoy an activity we like to do, and get reimbursed most of the cost. My kids are old enough to help with the observations, and my husband helps out, too. Easy to get the necessary photos and interactions in that scenario. However, there are some shops near me that I wouldn't touch with the proverbial 10-ft pole, including the amusement park ones.
The only problem I had with them was when I had to cancel and re-schedule one of those shops due to bad winter weather conditions here. I called and spoke to one of the principals; he was somewhat understanding about the weather, but very condescending when re-scheduling. Basically treated me like a child, telling me I'd better make sure I did the shop on the re-scheduled date and that they don't look favorably on people not living up to their obligations, etc. I'm a professional and don't need to be spoken to as if I don't understand my obligations. And I wasn't going to risk getting in a car accident to do this shop. So I was not happy at that attitude.
That being said, I received excellent scores and very nice feedback on my shops. The second one I did, the input took only about three-quarters of the time the first one did. So I think they must become easier the more you do them.
I wouldn't do a shop for them unless it was something I planned to, or wanted to, do anyway. And I'd be careful about which shops I did, because it would be easy to get yourself into a situation in which you had no time at all to enjoy the shop.
I'd like to do one of their waterfront no-purchase "walk-around" shops, but they're quite a drive for me. But it'd be a nice way to spend an afternoon in good weather. And you at least make a fee on those.