@HonnyBrown wrote:
I recommend Coyle to shoppers in my area looking to get their feet wet.
@HonnyBrown wrote:
I recommend Coyle to shoppers in my area looking to get their feet wet.
@andrea91us wrote:
It's a double edged sword, I can sometimes hyper focus on 1 thing to the point of neglecting everything else, but I will have completed that one task to perfection, while everything else collapses around me!
@BirdyC wrote:
@HonnyBrown wrote:
I recommend Coyle to shoppers in my area looking to get their feet wet.
I've always thought that Coyle reports and requirements were a bear, based on some of what I've read here. I'm not signed up; maybe I should....
@Rousseau wrote:
@BirdyC wrote:
@HonnyBrown wrote:
I recommend Coyle to shoppers in my area looking to get their feet wet.
I've always thought that Coyle reports and requirements were a bear, based on some of what I've read here. I'm not signed up; maybe I should....
They are indeed demanding. A good reason to recommend the MSC to potential future competitors without experience.
@BirdyC wrote:
I've always thought that Coyle reports and requirements were a bear, based on some of what I've read here. I'm not signed up; maybe I should....
@freshlybakedcookies wrote:
I am not loving the mystery shopper hype to be honest. I blame myself for not reading the guidelines entirely but hey here I am lol there must be something appealing about all this from all the things I read here. I have ADHD and I never did great with reports, I cant focus like the rest of you except when I am on ritalin lol but I am trying to quit taking meds. Having said that would you please recommend easy reports / simple shops/ companies to work for? I am willing to give this mystery shopping gig another go Thanks !!
@ceasesmith wrote:
Shopet, of course you compete. I appreciate your point of view, but while karma may come back and bite you in the you-know-what, so can reality.
I personally mentored more than one mystery shopper. I learned a harsh lesson when one repeatedly undercut my bids and took shops I had been doing regularly. I'm a route shopper, and cover oh, say, about 300 miles from home. Another shopper, who lived 200 miles from me, yelled and cussed at me to "stay out" of her territory or she would come into MY territory and take all my jobs at base pay, and see how I liked that! I tried to explain we don't have "territories". So, indeed, reality bit me in the you-know-what.
You DO compete, even if you don't see it that way.
But I agree, it doesn't have to be cutthroat. Just take jobs that pay you what you think is a reasonable fee for the work involved, and if you're able/willing to do it for less than other shoppers, that's your choice. My bids tend to be high, because I normally have to drive a minimum of 45 miles each way.