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I am looking for a DECENT company that does online mystery shopping.I have done it before for 2 different comp.,one never paid me for the 2 assignments I finished(each took about 2-3hrs),the other paid me but had too many shoppers and not enough work.I able disabled so its tough to get out in the winter.I f anyone knows of any I would REALLY appreciate it!

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This list was posted some time ago of companies that do on line surveys. I don't know that it has been updated. I don't do surveys myself--I used to do Pinecone ones but now that they pay $3 and give you a "sweepstakes" entry I don't even bother with them even though they pay to Paypal usually the next business day.

Good luck

I am finding that companies say, when I contact them from a list, "So, which list did you buy?" One didn't even do mystery shopping. Another did, but only in the major US city where its offices were. I have to take any list with a grain of salt. I think I'll just contact companies I've heard of through these posts, but the list just tells me how to contact them.

Are you able to drive? If so, bank or fast food drive-up shops might be an option for you, especially if you can schedule 2 in one day.

Sandra Sue Wrote:
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> I am finding that companies say, when I contact
> them from a list, "So, which list did you buy?"
> One didn't even do mystery shopping.

Wow, that question has never arisen for me. I certainly went down a list when I signed up for shopping and still look over lists I come across for companies I am not signed up with. Often a registration form asks "how did you hear about us" and my usual response is on the internet or on a forum. The reality is that when I find a potential company I immediately put it on my own list to research and sign up later so I rarely remember where I actually heard about them.

In this case, it was a recent list. I, too, put information on a list that I use when I am contacting companies at a later date.

Flash Wrote:
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> [www.mysteryshopforum.com]
> sg-6059
>
> This list was posted some time ago of companies
> that do on line surveys. I don't know that it has
> been updated. I don't do surveys myself--I used
> to do Pinecone ones but now that they pay $3 and
> give you a "sweepstakes" entry I don't even bother
> with them even though they pay to Paypal usually
> the next business day.
>
> Good luck

Flash, this lady is probably like me, not looking for online surveys(which I do alot of) but online mystery shopping which pay alot more. I have done a few, checking site navigation, response to quote time, etc. and they do pay pretty well $20 and up. I asked a couple of weeks ago and no one seemed to know alot about it either! I'd also be interested if anyone knows anything!

I agree, I also signed up for online MS, now all I receive are the many emails to take surveys. There were some really great "prizes" so I did a few, but they were 20-30 minutes long and you only receive a entry for some sweepstake. My time can be used in much better ways.

FYI, the email surveys that have dollar amounts I get, are always gone. Stating the amount of surveys have already been done.......but I am sent to another survey for a sweepstake entry. This happens at least a dozen times a day. I thought it was because I did not get to it in time for the $3-$5. But I clicked on one as soon as it came accross my email....same thing!!

So give her the names of the companies you have done online mystery shops for. I have done some phone shops that required I look at the online presence, but I sure wouldn't call those 'online mystery shops' because I was evaluating the courtesy and service of the phone operator and the delivery time rather than the online presence.

Yes I am looking for online mystery shopping.I have tried the surveys,I find them frusrating and they flood my email.Thanks for the replies so far!

When you apply they all say earn money for online mystery shops.......but they end up being those stupid surveys.

I got a $5 servey yesterday.....so I tried it. It asked if I suffer from the following and listed a couple dozen symptoms. I do not have any of these and knew if I didn't I would be thanked and the surveys over. So I picked a few less serious ones and I still did not "qualify" so I do not get the $5.

That does not seem fair~

I've never been asked to do a online MS as yet from any of the sites I've applied to.

shopping4cruises Wrote:
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> When you apply they all say earn money for online
> mystery shops.......but they end up being those
> stupid surveys.
>
> I got a $5 servey yesterday.....so I tried it. It
> asked if I suffer from the following and listed a
> couple dozen symptoms. I do not have any of these
> and knew if I didn't I would be thanked and the
> surveys over. So I picked a few less serious ones
> and I still did not "qualify" so I do not get the
> $5.
>
> That does not seem fair~
>

I am of the opinion that if you are going to do the surveys, you need to do them honestly. If the research is skewed, it is of no value. Once companies figure out that people are bs'ing the surveys, and the survey's they have been doing are based on untruths, they will stop paying for surveys. I very rarely do survey's as they don't pay enough for me, but if I do deign to do one, I do answer honestly, even when I know it will disqualify me early in the payment game.
> I've never been asked to do a online MS as yet
> from any of the sites I've applied to.

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I know that....the point I was trying to make is that the survey company I got the survey for doesn't seem to be legit. The paying surveys, are always, either they've hit the allotted amount or you don't qualify to take it. THEN they send you to another survey to "earn" a chance in the sweepstakes.

So has anyone here, ever been "Paid" for a survey in the last 6-12 months.

Yes, I have received $3 and a sweepstakes entry from PineCone Research. I rarely do their stuff anymore because it used to be $5 and no sweepstake. If I want to 'take a chance' send me the full $5 and I'll buy two PowerBall tickets with those extra $2--that could win me $105 million, not an IPod or some other piece of junk I neither want or need.

I have done a few online mystery shops. My suggestion is to write the human resource department of the mystery shop companies you have wroked for before or that you know about that have work in your area and explain what you are looking for. Most of these companies have some of these shops - not a lot - and when they do they are usually quite lucrative. I did one that involved opening a bank account online and following it for 3 months. It paid quite well. Another one involved calling my local Utility Company, they frequently have them for calling the major rental companies, the online catalog companies, etc. The MS companies doo not put these on the job board all that often it seems because they go so fast. They simply send them to the shoppers they know are interested. SO write them and get your name in the pot! Also, if you send me an e-mail I will put you on to another one that pays fair and is work at home. I am following this with a second post.

In defense of the online surveys - I make an average of $200 - $300 a month doing online surveys. They are not all "stupid". Some of them are gimmicks - I agree - to get you to buy something else but some MS companies are gimmicks also. I do my surveys when it is too cold, snowy, etc. to get out to shop or I just don't have anything to do. I pick up a few at night. This is free money. If you have better things to do then do it. But don't knock someone else for taking advantage of them. I have been paid as much as $15. for a 5-8 minute survey and as little as $3.00 - but I also did a lot of Waffle House shops before I got the Business and Banking shops, too. Prove yourself and you will get bigger and better surveys. Also, be sure you fill out the profile they asked for. They do send the surveys to you from the demographics you provide. I will share some survey sites from my list to anyone interested - just send me an e-mail - duffymoon2@aol.com.

I have found a few places that do phone shops for pizza or some thing else. They don't pay much, but it only takes like 2 minutes to do the shop, and you can do several in a day. 5 minutes to do the report tops. Only problem, some cities don't have the companies, so you have to look for it. I, too am disabled and cold weather is not good on me. I have found several paying surveys, and you do have to accumulate the money till you reach a minumum. (20.00 for most). But they are legitimate. I also do home scanning of products I purchase and they also pay you after a time, and have bonus surveys you use the scanner for, and other ways to get extra points. Another way to make some money is ptr (paid to read), where you read the emails and they do have legitimate surveys that pay. Also some of them have payments for looking at offers. Example, I looked at my credit report and got $12.00 instantly, which I can cash out right away, or wait. The one particular one sends a check. I have done them for several years now.

I worked with Telexpertise, which does phone shopping, $5 per shop, 3-5 shops perweek. I stopped because they schedule you and it has to be within a time frame. I spend whole days out of town and it wasn't worth it to use up my cell minutes. But if your going to be home, their worth looking into.

shopping4cruises ( I hope you don't think you'll get cruises as a newbie)--

As duffymoon said, there are perfectly legit survey companies. But if you don't fit their demographic repeatedly, quit. It may not be profitable for you. I'm disqualified from most surveys. I'm over 60, don't have cable TV, don't own an Ipod, video game machine or MP3 player, watch mostly PBS on TV only a few hours a week, get my news from a real paper newspaper and NPR. While I made some money on surveys a few years ago, the pay has gone down and I've stopped. Why do 50 surveys when I can complete only 2?

I like duffy's list where you first fit the demographic, then get the surveys. I'm emailing him/her.

redpepper Wrote:
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> I am looking for a DECENT company that does online
> mystery shopping.I have done it before for 2
> different comp.,one never paid me for the 2
> assignments I finished(each took about 2-3hrs),the
> other paid me but had too many shoppers and not
> enough work.I able disabled so its tough to get
> out in the winter.I f anyone knows of any I would
> REALLY appreciate it!

I am working for Bare International. www.baidata.com and for me, they are the best.They paid next month when the jos is done.
I live in Bosnia and Herzegovina and do not have PayPal and they paid me via Western Union with no costs at all because they paid instead of me.I hope this was helpfull.Good luck.

sneakers Wrote:
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> shopping4cruises ( I hope you don't think you'll
> get cruises as a newbie)--
>
>

Gosh No......I have a Cruiseline credit card and we've earned 2 Free cruises (both suites) and several thousand off cruises just by using the card.

This is the sign in name I use!!

We are close to our third free cruise in 3 years!!!!

<JMRidgway.com> is one company that often has phone shops. Shops that are recorded are $3.00 and others are $2.00. Shops are allocated in whatever number you feel you can handle...usually six to ten. If an extension is required or a change in circumstance requires that you reschedule, the schedulers are very accommodating. A long distance plan is needed for the calls that are not recorded. Guidelines are clearly written with each shop and the shcedulers get back to you very quickly if you send a question via email. Moreover, I know that they are looking for new shoppers. Just go to the address above, click on the link <Shopper Application>.

I hope this is useful!

D. from Nova Scotia

dwiley-that isn't a whole lot of money per call-how long do the calls take? how extensive is the narrative? I do a few phone shops a month, but they do a required a moderate narrative and pay $5-12 per shop. I have done one of those pizza cancellation ones for $1.75 to test it out. It was not great but paid adequately for the 2-3 minutes in total it took, were it not for the time I had to spend researching out of my area delivery addresses, that made it totally unfeasible to do any more of those, despite the minute amount of time required to complete and input the shop. On the other hand, I have done flooring shops by phone for one company that required so much narrative detail and so much follow up replies (and they used vocazilla!) that the $12 pay was totally and utterly inadequate.

I have been shopping for years and cannot identify a hand full of good companies with work in my area and ones that pay when there is. It really is a a shame as this industry needs quaility shoppers. I am also finding that their web sites are getting more and more less user friendly. Navigation is extremley frustrating as is aquiering quailty shops! Is any one else experiencing this on a repeative basis?

bbqbandit,

No, I am not having either of those issues.

No, mostly what I am seeing is fewer and fewer clients being shopped and lower and lower fees. A couple of companies have changed over to user unfriendly websites, but mostly they are adding features that I find useful.

shopping4cruises Wrote:
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> I know that....the point I was trying to make is
> that the survey company I got the survey for
> doesn't seem to be legit. The paying surveys, are
> always, either they've hit the allotted amount or
> you don't qualify to take it. THEN they send you
> to another survey to "earn" a chance in the
> sweepstakes.
>
> So has anyone here, ever been "Paid" for a survey
> in the last 6-12 months.

Yes, I have gotten paid. I rarely do them. When I do, I answer honestly, sometimes get the "quota filled", sometimes get the "thanks but no thanks." I really only try if the money offer is super good, or if the survey is somehow pertinent to my life so might be something I care about improving, whether I get paid or not. The other exception to this: when I am bored and frustrated and one crosses my deak at the exact minute I need a diversion. :-)

Am trying to find if any has worked for Telexpertise? and how are they as Mystery shopping company, how do they pay??

Too bad duffymoon has been gone for so many years. I wouldn't mind e-mailing her to get her list. Sounds like the kind of surveys to do, if one wants to do surveys.

In defense of online surveys, I made over $300 from Swagbucks this year alone. No harm in taking a few online surveys, shopping and doing some searches with the laoptop on my lap after recovering from kidney surgery. Now I just do it whenever I have some downtime and I still make about $25 a month.

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