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February 28, 2017 04:35PM
KSS International is not on the list here, but it has shops near me. Does anyone know anything about them? Thanks for any info.
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February 28, 2017 04:49PM
Yes, KSS is a reputable company, but they are SCHEDULERS ONLY. KSS schedules for a variety of mystery shopping companies. When KSS schedules a shop, you are actually working for the mystery shopping company, NOT KSS, and you will complete your report on the mystery shopping company's website. You will be paid by the mystery shopping company for whom you completed the shop, not by KSS.
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February 28, 2017 04:50PM
Do you apply to KSS to get the MS in my area?
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February 28, 2017 05:13PM
You do apply with them. I don't usually check their site for shops, but they email me and their shops show up on some of the boards.
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February 28, 2017 08:57PM
@christyvad wrote:

Do you apply to KSS to get the MS in my area?

Yes, and if you accept a job with one of the MSCs that KSS schedules for, you will also have to apply with that MSC in order to complete and report the assignment and to get paid.
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February 28, 2017 10:43PM
Yup, yup, and yup.
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March 02, 2017 04:28PM
KSS is Kern Scheduling. They are on the list here.
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March 02, 2017 04:41PM
I do the blue bank shops in other locales through KSS that I cannot do through the MSC.

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March 03, 2017 10:47AM
They do NOT answer emails.
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March 07, 2017 04:32AM
I have done many shops scheduled through KSS. They have been great..
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March 07, 2017 05:12AM
I have almost always gotten timely replies to emails from KSS schedulers. There was one scheduler who was hard to reach, but I think he is gone now. I do a lot of credit union shops with them for Kinesis.
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March 08, 2017 09:45AM
They always answer emails. Maybe not as soon as you need, but they do answer.

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March 08, 2017 10:37PM
Do you work for them I have at least four unanswered..... so no not true... Project is long gone now.

@MA Smith wrote:

They always answer emails. Maybe not as soon as you need, but they do answer.
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March 09, 2017 06:19AM
@CANADAMOMMY wrote:

They do NOT answer emails.

They answer mine. Every single time. Perhaps they did not want you for the project?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/09/2017 06:20AM by SoCalMama.
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March 09, 2017 02:33PM
Good try..... I actually got the job AND two more directly from the shopping company directly and skipped them altogether! I tend to see the price is almost always higher on the shop company vs what they offer as the middle man. Skip the middle man. And manner do count it is just rude to ignore an email asking for a verification even if your theory was correct which obviously was not.....


@SoCalMama wrote:

@CANADAMOMMY wrote:

They do NOT answer emails.

They answer mine. Every single time. Perhaps they did not want you for the project?
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March 09, 2017 03:17PM
my experience has been the opposite from yours canadamommy. The MSC prices I see are often a little lower than what KSS offers if there is a difference.
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March 09, 2017 03:52PM
@CANADAMOMMY wrote:

Good try..... I actually got the job AND two more directly from the shopping company directly and skipped them altogether! I tend to see the price is almost always higher on the shop company vs what they offer as the middle man. Skip the middle man. And manner do count it is just rude to ignore an email asking for a verification even if your theory was correct which obviously was not.....


@SoCalMama wrote:

@CANADAMOMMY wrote:

They do NOT answer emails.

They answer mine. Every single time. Perhaps they did not want you for the project?

You must be right. I do about $10,000 a year through KSS. Sometimes more, sometimes less. I always get an answer to my emails though.
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