Secret Shopping On the Up and Up

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You’ve seen the ads on TV and in the magazines advertising for secret shoppers or mystery shoppers and phrases like, keep what you buy, get paid to shop, shop for a paycheck.  Unfortunately many of these ads are scams to get you to give this company information that they will turn around and sell or check scams that involve depositing checks and sending others. Lots of homework should be done before ever answering an ad like these. Remember, anyone can place an ad if they can pay for it.
 
The Mystery Shopping Providers Association (MSPA) is a group dedicated to keeping mystery shopping in the main stream without negative connotations. They provide certifications, job postings, seminars and more to help the community of mystery shoppers. We here at PhoneSmart belong to the MSPA and receive several emails a month from certified secret shoppers who are looking for extra jobs. Since we currently focus on the telephone shop we have not had a use so far in hiring outside in person secret shoppers. This is not to say we haven’t done our own in person shops.

Like anything that sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Read the fine print and trust your gut feeling.

Written by Natalie Thomas, TQAS executive and business blog writer.

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