Mystery Shoppers

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Registered: 11-08-2004
Mystery Shoppers
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Tue, 05-31-2005 - 2:51pm
Has anyone been a mystery shopper? Would you recommend it? How do you find a legitimate company? I've got some free time and was thinking about doing something like this but I know there are alot of scams out there.
TIA!
Wendy
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Registered: 01-06-2004
Tue, 05-31-2005 - 4:51pm
I do secret shopping. I can only say, be careful for people who want money up front. Try places that dont ask for that.
Just do a search for secret shopping and I am sure plenty will come up.

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Wed, 06-01-2005 - 3:02pm

Hey, this sounds like a good idea, but I'm not sure what to do with that link. I signed up, but it's just a message board. What do I do with the lists they give? There aren't any numbers. Sorry, I know I wasn't the one who even asked about it, but hey I'm always looking for some way to make some extra $$.

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Wed, 06-01-2005 - 4:37pm
well on that home page there's a bunch of links, the 3rd one down is 'list of companies' once you go there there's a ton of mystery shopping companies categorized from a-d, e-h, and so on. those are the companies that hire mystery shoppers so you'd have to go to each company and apply to be a mystery shopper. once you're in their database they contact you when they have shops in your area.
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Registered: 11-08-2004
Wed, 06-01-2005 - 5:16pm
Thanks for the info! I checked out the websites and also did a search on google. I found a few companies that didn't charge a fee so I'm going to apply to a few. One other question...how do you get paid? One of the websites said that if you're hired you'll need to give your bank info so your pay can be direct deposited. Not sure I want to do that with a company I'm not familiar with.
Thanks again!
Wendy
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Registered: 02-10-2005
Wed, 06-01-2005 - 5:54pm
the direct deposit is usually into paypal since alot of ms co's pay via paypal. some still send out checks. i already had a paypal account before mystery shopping so it was no big deal for me.
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