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Re: What the heck Reality Based Group - 3 days ago

Yep, I'm getting tons of email from RBG the past few days, too! I don't open them, just delete them. If I'm curious as to what jobs they may have available, I'll go log in to their site. I'm ALMOST tempted to boot them as spam!!
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Company Discussion

Re: Series - 23 days ago

@MMMM wrote: Call the Midwife just aired it's last season - 16th, bitter sweet ending. They are planning a prequel and a movie. WOW!! 16 seasons!!!! I thought the 5 year DVD set my sister sent me was it! I never pursued it afterwards, because I got back busy with life after recovering from my mastectomy. But what I saw of the 5 years of the series, I thoroughly enjoyed!
by guysmom - General Chat

Re: PayPal scam - 24 days ago

Just last week I had a similar scam, which I recognized as such, in my PayPal account. I received $0.10 MXN....of all things! Along with that was the usual email message about calling such and such a number, blah, blah, blah. What I did was call Paypal customer service. The gal on the other end said they were checking these sorts of things out, and just simply reversed the Mexican peso back to wh
by guysmom - General Chat

Re: Series - 24 days ago

Years ago, PBS had the series "Call The Midwife". My sister sent me the 5 DVD set of the series back in 2014, when I was recovering from my mastectomy. Being an RN by training, I really enjoyed the reality of the delivery scenes, along with the various plot lines.
by guysmom - General Chat

Re: Verizon shops are back...new company. - 26 days ago

I saw that, too. I'll have to mull it over in my mind, since the fee seems quite reasonable. It does look like it will require a good bit of time. Maybe someone will do one and report here.
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Sometimes problems with GoSpotCheck - 4 weeks ago

@SBP wrote: And, you do have to manually check your App Store for updates because GSC doesn’t send notifications.....Hope this helps. Yes, it DID help! Thanks for mentioning that. Sure enough, I just checked GSC and it opened without saying it required an update. And so then I went to the app store, and sure enough, I had to update the app! So thank you for mentioning that GSC does not automati
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Company Discussion

Re: Observa - 4 weeks ago

I dropped them a couple of years ago. Way to much work for the pay. Plus, others have mentioned in previous posts about them what @weatherman above wrote....that they will find every excuse NOT to pay you for your work! My advice would be to uninstall the app and forget about them!
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Company Discussion

Re: Volkswagen - 4 weeks ago

Well, that notice brought back memories of my first VW Beetle back in the late 70's. Motor in the back and all. My first 4-on-the-floor standard shift! And THIS VW would let me pull out the ignition key while I was driving!!! Such memories! Sorry to go off-track, but the memories.....!!
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Gas Station Inspection Pushback - 5 weeks ago

@Dino29 wrote: I've talked to so many store managers or owners on the phone. I leave the letter, explain myself and move on. I have had customers call the cops on me, I've been followed from one location to the next, and I have had my photo and my car, and my license plate photographed. I don't do gas station shops just because of instances such as the one listed above. There are many other in
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: what do you do when the mystery shop goes in the wrong direction? - 5 weeks ago

@ArkLaMissshopping wrote: I would report what happened. Me too! Back in the day, there were a LOT of problems with Wells Fargo signing people up without their knowledge. I'm sure the Client would like to know what happened to you. Even if there's no space in the report to tell what happened, send someone in the Company an email!
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Mystery Shops in Australia - 6 weeks ago

There is a section here on the Forum for "New Mystery Shoppers". There are so many good tips that even after 20+ years of mystery shopping, I will occasionally go back and re-read some of the topics. You may want to take a look at it to see if any of the information is helpful to you, even over there in Australia! Good luck!
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Company Discussion

Re: I accidentally signed up for a job way too far away oops - 6 weeks ago

Well, your post brought back memories of when I first started mystery shopping in 2005. Back in 2005-2006, I picked up a shop THAT I THOUGHT was in a nearby state from me, some 30 miles (48 km) away, as it was highly bonused to like, $60.00 (one of the golden arches great bonuses back in the day). HOWEVER, when I read the instructions more closely, it was in a city of the same name in MY state, n
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Is this how most mystery shopping companies work? - 6 weeks ago

It seems you've summed it up quite well in a relatively short amount of time! And I believe that you are located over in Australia, but the companies over here in the US rack up about the same way as over there! Good post. Thanks for sharing.
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: **NEW GAME** FAMOUS PERSON Name Game ... Real or Fiction - 7 weeks ago

Gary Cooper
by guysmom - General Chat

Re: What do you name your cars? - 7 weeks ago

I just call my 2003 Crown Vic "Good Girl" bc she's got 280,000+ miles on her and keeps going!
by guysmom - General Chat

Re: Medicare Advantage OTC card hack-ette - 8 weeks ago

@sestrahelena wrote: They change the rules each year - after open enrollment. So they all might be completely different by the next time you can change. Yes! Excellent point! I need to remember that come next October!
by guysmom - General Chat

Re: Medicare Advantage OTC card hack-ette - 2 months ago

@whosear wrote: Both Anthem and Humana allow for the purchase of groceries. Anthem had $50/month. Humana had $125/month accumulative for either groceries and OTC stuff. Anthem had $150/ quarter for OTC. Are either Anthem or Humana picky about which vitamins/supplements are allowed? I might be interested in looking into one of those for my hubby next year if they allow all the usual vitamins/suppl
by guysmom - General Chat

Re: Medicare Advantage OTC card hack-ette - 2 months ago

My husband has an OTC card with his United Health Care Medicare Advantage Plan. $45.00/month. This particular card is for folks with chronic diseases such as diabetes (he has) and cardiac conditions. This card *DOES* allow him to purchase groceries. I know. I'm the one who gets them for him. Bread, eggs, navel oranges, cereal, sugar-free jelly, etc. Many, many food items. BUT>>>>this
by guysmom - General Chat

Re: **NEW GAME** FAMOUS PERSON Name Game ... Real or Fiction - 2 months ago

Rose Marie (remember Dick van Dyke)???
by guysmom - General Chat

Re: St James Tea in Fresh Market - 2 months ago

Well, I guess I'll answer my own question.....got a notification on my dashboard yesterday for an upcoming visit for St James Tea...HOWEVER, whereas they used to be visited every two weeks, the DATE RANGE is now for A WHOLE MONTH!! So I guess that answers that question!! Once a month now instead of every two weeks.
by guysmom - Merchandising Assignments and Companies

St James Tea in Fresh Market - 2 months ago

Has anyone else out there been doing the every-two-week check on the St James Tea in the Fresh Market stores??? Isn't it PAST DUE to have the scheduling for these on our dashboards? Haven't seen them yet. My last ones were done the 3rd week in February. But haven't even seen them on the merch site to be scheduled...at least not on my computer. Anyone else noticing this or heard anything about thi
by guysmom - Merchandising Assignments and Companies

Re: CI Jackson Hewitt Audit - 3 months ago

I did 3 this year. Each took no more than 10 minutes, including inputting info on the app.
by guysmom - Merchandising Assignments and Companies

Re: COSTCO: No admittance of non members doing shops? - 3 months ago

It's been over a year since I've been in my area Costco for a merchandising job. I'm not a member. But when I've gone there wearing my lanyard, having my LOA, and asking to sign in the vendor log, I've never had any issue with going inside to do my job. I don't do jobs there often, but if I ever accept another merch job there, it'll be interesting to see if I can get in as a non-member merchandis
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Cricket Compliance - 3 months ago

They're $15 in my area, but I won't do them for less than $20.
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Jackson Hewitt Wal Mart Evals - 4 months ago

@weatherman2111 wrote: Name? I've never needed a name. Names were asked for in the app I used for the JH kiosks at WMart, names for both the Associate who showed me where the kiosk was, and the name of the JH employee.
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Jackson Hewitt Wal Mart Evals - 4 months ago

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I agree with @Weatherman2111above, in that you don't need to go to customer service. I have always just asked the person at either entrance door where the JH kiosk is because I have to take some pictures of it. I get the person's name and go on to the kiosk. I've never had a problem.
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Salesman called to say he knew I was the shopper - 4 months ago

@Nikki21 wrote: What did you say? I've been asked twice if I was a shopper and would LOVE a good response. I was asked once during a grocery mystery shop if I was their shopper. I played dumb and asked what they meant. The person went on and on about it. So I acted excited and said, "Oh, I can get paid real money to come shop here? How do I sign up?" That did it....the person looked said and gave
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: Jackson Hewitt Wal Mart Evals - 4 months ago

These are easy-peasy! If there are no clients present, you're in and out in 5 minutes. I've done 3 WMs near me. You do have to check the JH website to make sure of the hours of each WMs kiosk so you don't go on a day that they have off. But super easy.
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Discussion

Re: What are you doing today? (besides shopping) - 4 months ago

Well, hubby & I went and had our blood drawn this morning for our yearly lab work, in preparation for our yearly Medicare wellness visit next week. Our results will be up in My Chart before our visit, so we can see how bad (or good!) we've been this past year!
by guysmom - General Chat

Re: EPMS - 4 months ago

They're legit, but it might be helpful for you to do a search on here and see what others have said. From my recollection, it's not all that positive.
by guysmom - Mystery Shopping Company Discussion
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