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January 06, 2013 10:56PM
Hi all! I did a few mystery shops around 2003, and have just started up again. I'm signed up with a handful of companies just to get my feet wet.

I haven't read very far on the forum yet, so I'm sure a lot of the other things I'm wondering, such as useful software, will be addressed in other places. There's only one burning question on my mind right now. What do you put when you are applying to a mystery shopping company and they want to know the names of the other mystery shopping companies that you contract with? (Sorry to leave the preposition at the end of the sentence.)

Thanks!
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January 06, 2013 11:22PM
I say something to the effect of my ICAs do not allow me to disclose that information, but references are available on request.

Welcome to the forum. There is a section titled New Mystery Shoppers and the threads at the beginning have a ton of useful information.

Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
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January 06, 2013 11:44PM
Lisa aren't we allowed to say what companies we work with? Crap!
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January 06, 2013 11:56PM
Probably, I just don'tsmiling smiley The funny thing, nobody ever asks for the references anyway. Most of the systems are set up so we are registered and have access to the job board immediately.

BTW, I just realized this thread is in the New Mystery shoppers forum. It's been a long dayconfused smiley

Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
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January 07, 2013 12:39AM
You are allowed to name the companies that you shop for, just not which company shops which client.

One reason that the application asks this question is to have a record showing that you know tht you are not restricted to shopping just one MSC. All part of MSC's attorneys' advice about how they should try to prove that we are not employees. Silly, but it is what it is.

Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel

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January 07, 2013 01:40AM
That explains why my answer still works.

Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
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January 07, 2013 02:24AM
Lol!

After a couple of them, I just started putting "confidential" in that field. It hasn't stopped me from being registered anyway. I just kind of felt uncomfortable naming names. It makes sense from a legal standpoint but it seems nosy. smiling smiley
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January 11, 2013 07:50AM
I just only say's my experience and how i use to do it sometime saying where you come from is quite nice specially if you have a nice record from your last companies where you work for.
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January 21, 2013 02:06AM
Have your guys had your accounts deactivated without being notified?
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January 21, 2013 02:34AM
What account are you talking about? Do you mean that you were deactivated as a mystery shopper by a company for whom you were an independent contractor? If yes, which company deactivated you?
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