@ShopSouthTexas wrote:
My awesome scheduler (who they told me is no longer with the company) would call me every month to give me my three shops at the same location. We did pizza every Friday and yes, would order pizza from the same location month after month. As I said, often times the bonus money and then some would be spent on adding on other items to our order. I told my scheduler in the past that I was concerned of being outed at the last city I lived in because I had some very specific incidents occur, but they were never very concerned about that. They would beg me to bring friends to them to do these shops, as they did not have many shoppers in my area. There, I would pick up from locations I could not have a pizza delivered from and would have them deliver to both my home and employer. Here, its always to my home. And they can't seem to find anyone to pick up this location, so I am curious if the new MSC will have someone out here. Last I checked, the location was still sitting on the board. I guess I could have a friend let me use her name/ address when I am over one day and see how it goes, but with zero fee, its not worth it to me to tell my neighbor my business. I think that's great that you are doing what you are doing. IT will help you to stay successful should you continue to pick these shops up. As for me, I will wait it out or find the next shop to feed my family!
I think someone else mentioned a scheduler offering lots of same location shops (with bonuses, I believe) per month and being outed too.
I do wonder if there is a conflict of interest. If schedulers work on commission or conditional pay based on the number of shops they fill, then they are possibly short-term incentivized to fill as many as possible without regard for outing possibilities. It could be worse too if there is a risk of firing if they don't fill those shops. But, I'm not sure how it all works (and certainly not for each company), so this is just a hypothetical.
On the other hand, you as the shopper have to balance the risk of getting caught as a shopper vs. making more $$$. Ideally, the scheduler would be on your side for long-term considerations like outing. But maybe they aren't or maybe they're too busy to keep track of who does what shop and how often. Then, it's up to the shopper to decide.
For me, I use the 30-day rule and if I feel a worker or company may be on to me, then I'll even take a several month break. There is one fast food/fast casual shop that I do in which this is the case. It pays decently well, but I am refusing to do it for at least 2-3 months. It takes self-control, b/c it's so tempting and I enjoy the shop. But I have to think long-term too.
Have you thought of working online by chance (not phone mystery shops - although, those can be good too -
but other types of online work)? PM me if you want re: online work. A thread in General Chat could work too if you're interested.
In any case, best wishes and also don't be afraid to ask for a bonus with whoever else picks up the pizza shop. You never know. They might be willing to bonus you if you ask.