Is Mystery Shopping real or a scam? Has anyone tried it?

@kgwat70 (13388)
United States
October 30, 2006 7:50am CST
I was wondering if Mystery Shopping is for real or not or if it is a scam? Has anyone out there tried it?
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@locolady (374)
• Canada
30 Oct 06
mystery shopping is real, I belong to two ,one is ShopNcheck.com,the other is shadow shopper, both pay well and they hook you up with various companies that pay quite well..
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@locolady (374)
• Canada
30 Oct 06
shopncheck is free, and is available world wide
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• United States
30 Oct 06
Yeah I think shadow shopper is the one I went to
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
26 Nov 06
Thank you very much for sharing that with me. I will take a look at those and see what they are about. :-)
@Leesh27 (43)
• United States
30 Oct 06
Good question. I think some of them are...but I went to one site that didn't charge you anything unless you wanted to become a gold/silver member or something like that which allows you to view certain openings in your area. There are also auditing tests that you can take online for certain venues that you want to participate in. They give you about 12 or 13 pages to read so that you know what to do when you go into a particular place to secretly shop. Then you take the test and once you get all of the?s right, you can print out the check list for what to do when you go to your venue and you have to write your observations down and answer any questions on the print out, then you're good to go. I'm going to try the Chili's happy hour one. I know you have to scan your license in there and your receipt so that they have proof of purchase as well as proof of age for drinking venues.
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
26 Nov 06
Thank you very much for the information about these sites and whether they are real or not and what they require. Sounds like a lot to go through.
• India
15 Mar 11
I have never heard this name, but from the name, mystery, i guess it is scam site, net is full of such stuff, we need to be careful.. Thanks for sharing Cheers. God bless you, have a nice day ahead. Professor ‘Bhuwan’. .
• Australia
15 Mar 11
We provide mystery shopping services and are a reputable Australian Business. There are many businesses out there that provide a real service. Some other businesses and scammers make it hard for the rest. For more information on Mystery Shopping go to http://www.paramounttraining.com.au