anyone have a job as or know anyhting about a job as a mystery shopper?

Answer 1

It's not a hoax, my boyfriend's friend used to do it. I guess she used to bring home tons of products and just dump in on them because she didn't need so much stuff.
But in wanting to do this myself, finding one that is legit is much harder. I'm assuming a lot of people are willing to do this job (because of the free products) so positions don't open up all the time. Only thing I know about it is that you must be prepared to drive around a lot and the other person who commented is right, this is not a job to make a living off of, but it is a neat part time job!! Good luck!

Answer 2

The only thing I know about it is that my son is a manager at a Benjamin Moore store and his store was visited by a 'secret shopper'. The 'shopper' just goes into the store and asks for help, looks around, and then fills out a form detailing their experience in the store by rating elements such as the courtesy of the employees, the organization and visual appeal of the store, products available, how helpful and/or knowledgeable the customer service was, and on and on. That information is brought to the secret shoppers employer and the store itself learns the outcome some time after the visit by the secret shopper. Sometimes there is enough anonymity on the part of the secret shopper that the employees can't think of who it was even AFTER they are rated and learn they have been visited! My understanding is that this legitimate form of secret shopper job pays only about $5-10 per secret visit. Not something you will be able to make a living doing. I also believe that the high-end fashion world shopper jobs are just a joke -- there's no such thing as a job where you get to shop till you drop for big bucks and wonderful merchandise!

Answer 3

I used to be a secret shopper for a company ourt of Seattle - I mystery shopped for several grocery stores in Alaska. These jobs are hard to find - I was referred by a friend - there are all kinds of "shopping" jobs advertised on the internet but most of them are scams - they want you to pay for access to their websites for jobs. When I was a secret shopper the Company I worked for had paid training & then set up the "shops" for me. Just be careful about paying for access to something when you have not been trained - mystery shopping seems like an easy job, but there is a lot of detail involved - and access to a website does not guarantee that you will get shopping assignments or get paid.

Answer 4

Mystery Shopping is not a real job through the services offered on the internet.

There are however mystery shoppers employed by all the major restaraunt chains. You would need to contact a chain directly to get information about it.

DO NOT USE A SERVICE< DO NOT PAY MONEY EVER!

Generally your only compensation for mystery shopping for restaraunts is a free meal.

Answer 5

One of the stores that I have shopped at (Cold Water Creek) has secret shoppers. Every few months they will send me something, all I do is go into the store and then fill out the comment card and send it back in. The company will then send me a $20 gift certificate for that store.

This is the only store I know that does it, but there may be more out there that do.

Answer 6

My Mum has done a few of these. Its not actually a proper job, but basically you can sign up for it, with various compaines e.g. Selfridges, then you get told to go to a certain company/make and then you buy a product and have to fill in a survey afterwards about the service you recieved. Then you get to keep the product or take it back and get your money back , plus you get paid for telling them about the service of the company! They are fairly hard to come across though, i think and you have to be either over 16 or 18. Good luck!

Answer 7

I have actually worked as a mystery shopper, but it really doesn't pay enough to be worth the time invested, plus you have to pay for food, products, etc. out of your own pocket - they reimburse you LATER, after you submit a bunch of paperwork. Shops at dept. stores also require you to RETURN the purchased item later (to gauge customer service on returns), so you don't get to keep what you buy.
(At least that's how it worked for the companies I shopped for).

After trying it out, I ended up only doing fast-food shops as a way to pay for my lunches while working a part-time job.
I wouldn't count on it as a way to pay the bills, though!
: )
BTW, I never had to pay money to get the jobs - that's a scam.

Answer 8

You can do it. You pay like 30 bucks and get a list of companies who will pay you 10-30 bucks to go to businesses and pretend to be a customer. Or go to restaurants and get reimbursed. Takes a long time to pay out and is a lot of trouble, you have to playact and write reports. I did it for some banks for a while. Made me feel like a liar. You have to do it a lot to make it worth while.

Answer 9

yhea, a friend of mine did that. she liked it. but it's not as much work as you would think. they sent her money to shop,she'd report and kept anyhitng she purchased. It wasn't much. And ifI recall correct it was like twice a month

Answer 10

Well, it's supposed to be a secret. It's cool getting paid for things you normally do anyway, though.