@SugaLove69 wrote:
I hope I NEVER have a complaint! Because before me sits my very first assignment & check to fulfill the assignment. Hopefully it's all legitimate.
@JASFLALMT wrote:
And we all know it's not the "real" Ardent, since not only do they NOT pay in advance, shoppers have to go through training before they are allowed to complete any shops.
@kenasch wrote:
@JASFLALMT wrote:
And we all know it's not the "real" Ardent, since not only do they NOT pay in advance, shoppers have to go through training before they are allowed to complete any shops.
Apparently not everyone knows. I suspect, as in other cases, the OP has not posted again because they fell for it.
@sandyf wrote:
Many shoppers love the shops at grocery stores though as they get reimbursed for something they needed to buy anyway. So you may consider them when the time comes that you can get those jobs again. But be aware of prices when you choose shops with reimbursements. Some of the places you go are pricier than the place you usually shop so if they reimburse you $10 you might only get $6 value out of it.
As far as telling others, you do need to pick and choose who you tell based on if you trust that person to be silent and also how difficult it is to get shops in your area. I have yet to meet anyone I have told in my life who started mystery shopping but I have had people who have gone with me on shops that require two people (restaurant shops) where the other person almost gave me away to the server.
@sandyf wrote:
And then there are loving family members who get annoyed after the second or third time you gently go over the rules and remind them on the way over not to ask for a refill or order an appetizer or side until it is suggested. But if you do not remind them they go ahead and do those things. Oh, sorry! I forgot.
@JASFLALMT wrote:
Yeah, and you tell them, "If I order a filet mignon, you must order the ribeye or another cut or a different menu item, you can't get the same thing as I do." You say it a few times on the way there as a reminder and they say, "Yeah, I know, I know." And you tell them: if I order the ribeye after you have ordered the filet, you can't say, "Oh, that sounds good. I changed my mind, I will have that too." NO, it doesn't matter if it's a different size or if I ordered mine medium rare and you order yours medium. But, they do it anyway and you have to change YOUR order to something else. By then the server is looking at us both oddly and a lightbulb is going off in the server's head. And later your companion is saying you didn't tell them any of that.
Or how about that second cocktail they order when you tell them it's one drink per person?
And what about when you told them repeatedly earlier to not touch the food until you take the photo, but when you reach to get your phone, you turn to see them dumping parmesan cheese on the pasta or even worse, shoveling the first bite of food into their mouths.