I think I worked with them a long time ago, so I do not know their reputation for types of shops and their payments. Can you kindly write and tell me about this company. I just received an e-mail that they are looking to do over 700 assignments in the near future. Thanks for your input.

In my area, they almost exclusively do audits of a big electronics store. From what I've read on this site, some like the work others say it takes too long and is not worth it. I performed one fitness shop a year ago with them but even then it was an outlier. I remember reading that they used to have another big client a few years ago but I don't know who.

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They just got a new client and have started posting the shops for smartphones. The base fee is higher than other MSCs--almost double MF's base fee.

ETA: these shops have restrictions, such as F 18-25 or M 55+

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I used to like working for them, although a lot of people here on the forum didn't. i did a ton of their smartphone audits in 2015. The main complaint was the report form that expanded every time you answered a question. How the new shops are I have no idea. There are none in my area.

@ChrisCooper wrote:

They just got a new client and have started posting the shops for smartphones. The base fee is higher than other MSCs--almost double MF's base fee.

ETA: these shops have restrictions, such as F 18-25 or M 55+

What $12.00 instead of $6.00?

@CoffeeQueen wrote:

I used to like working for them, although a lot of people here on the forum didn't. i did a ton of their smartphone audits in 2015. The main complaint was the report form that expanded every time you answered a question. How the new shops are I have no idea. There are none in my area.

Not a good one to start your career at!

In my area I have only seen them offering "Qualify for Audits" of the big blue box electronics stores. I had thought about doing it, but I wouldn't pass the qualification tests.

For the last year I did GfK audits monthly but for the big red store they have and not the blue one. The blue store needs the background checks and the red store is covert.

It was actually not nearly as bad as many people say -- I think the red store is about a 2 hour expected input while the blue store is 4 or 5. Plus I was able to just snap pics of everything then go home and input the prices and other data they needed. After I did it the first two times the scheduler negotiated a good bonus with me and automatically gave me my store monthly. They kept tweaking their reporting software, however and it had a little different learning curve each month. The last month I did it thy changed to a completely new system that was just borked.

All was well and good for a year until she told me 2 months ago that my red store was no longer on the audit list and there wasn't one within a hundred miles of me... so that ended my GfK experience... aside from the monthly audits I have only done an oddball high end appliance shop at a local dealer for them... that paid well and wasn't a bad experience. The phone shops they have out now seem to be similar to the ones I do with the post office company and the one with the grandmas who call you... GfK doesn't seem to have any locally.

That said, they pay like clockwork... and fast!

Well, I was still pretty new at shopping and auditing. I did what I always do with new shops, poured over the guidelines. I did fine. My first one scored a 7 and after that all 9-10. I made some good money with those. I wish they would bring them back.

@2stepps wrote:

@CoffeeQueen wrote:

I used to like working for them, although a lot of people here on the forum didn't. i did a ton of their smartphone audits in 2015. The main complaint was the report form that expanded every time you answered a question. How the new shops are I have no idea. There are none in my area.

Not a good one to start your career at!

@ChrisCooper wrote:

They just got a new client and have started posting the shops for smartphones. The base fee is higher than other MSCs--almost double MF's base fee.

ETA: these shops have restrictions, such as F 18-25 or M 55+

These assignments were not picked up so even though I didn't fit the demo, I got five of them assigned to me with a $5 bonus on each because they were overdue. They are incredibly easy shops for the time involved - I'm on site less than 15 mins at each location and the report takes less than 10 minutes. I'm used to doing the same stuff for half the price through iSecretShop.

My ten wing shop experience was that they were scuzzy. Don't give the answers they think the client wants, you get rejected. Maybe the audits are different.

Been good for me.

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As with others I have and still do work with this company...I actually like them because they pay faster than others and most rates are higher as well.

Hello everyone ,I'd like to know if any of you work for more than one company at a time? I'm new to this.

We are independent contractors, not employees. The goal is to maximize our time and profits. Working with many different MSCs is how to meet that goal.

I'm signed up with close to 100 companies, but get most of my work from 8-10 companies. I apply for/sign up for/requrest jobs for whichever company has jobs I'm interested in, and offers a fee and/or reimbursement that meets my personal requirements...which varies greatly from shopper to shopper. They must also pay in a timely manner. Some companies pay twice a month....others pay every 75-90 days. You have to decide which will fit your own requirements.

I work for various companies. I try to schedule 2-3 shops per day within a vicinity. They have to meet my needs for money paid in relationship to distance travelled. For instance if a company has a shop 20-30 miles away, that is to far to go for $15. if something is only 8-10 miles. I prefer to do 2, $15 shops if 20-30 miles out. I, at times, have said to a company with two shops 20-30 miles out that I will do both but not one. It really varies as to whether I do 2 different companies in one day. At times, I prefer to do one shop a day and that depends on variables.

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