photo credit: Porcelaingirl° {josie-grossie}
With the down turn in the economy and being retired, I needed something to do to bring in a little extra income. I normally don’t go through SPAM email, but this one that said Mystery Shoppers Needed caught my eye. I really didn’t know what a Mystery Shopper was, but I had my suspicions.
A Mystery Shopper is an independent contractor who is hired by companies to go out and evaluate stores, usually chain stores, to determine the implementation of corporate directives, the customer service provided, maintenance of the building, etc. The Mystery Shopper than fills out the evaluation form, provided by the hiring company, and does a critique of the shop. (Shop is the term used in the business to identify one particular evaluation of one business). The company that hired the Mystery Shopper then takes the report, checks it for accuracy and grammar before sending to the corporation that hired them.
Well I opened the email and read through it, seemed interesting, but I didn’t want to pay a fee for a whole year to do something I might not enjoy. But this one had a reduced price where you could subscribe for one month. Hey, it was cheap and I might just see what it is all about.
