I did new car dealership evaluations forIntelleshop. Intelleshop tells you not to ask questions, just report what the salesperson had to offer. Do not ask for a test ride. You must go on a test drive if the sales person asks you to take a ride. Right away those two guidelines shout MYSTERY SHOPPER!
Then this evaluator sends in the report. The editor writes back asking for more detail. If you wanted more detail Intelleshop, you should allow me to take my muzzle off. Allow me to ask the salesperson, who is talking to a non responsive warm body without a brain, questions a normal shopper would ask.
If I did give Intelleshop more information when the editor asked I would have had to fabricate the information. The editor would have reduced my rating because I did not include the information the first time around. The editor did give me a lower rating because I did not provide more information which I was not allowed to gather. Dammed if you do, Dammed if you don't.
I am sure CRI will read this and possibly they will scratch their head and say,"Hey, maybe we should tell the client that you get what you ask for." If you want to test sales people's knowledge you must act like a knowledgeable car buyer not a sponge that cannot ask questions!