The Shop Logs

I picked up some of those call & schedule shops for pet stores from Shop N Chek. I figure it is an easy way to get back into the Mystery Shopping groove.
Apparently you still have to be able to read a calendar to mystery shop. *the nerve, huh?*
Well, I was a day late on a call shop for them, actually knew I couldn’t do one on that date & logged in to cancel & cancelled the wrong one (a-duh), and therefore I expected to be a few dollars short of payment.
Guess what they sent me instead?
Well read on:

“Due to a special contractual agreement between Shop’n Chek and our Clients, we are occasionally able to accept for Quality Control review a small number of shops where the shopper did not shop during the assigned dates or hours.

Variance (email only): Did not shop during assigned date(s).

Normally your shop would be audited and then invalidated and you would not be paid for this shop because it was not done on a scheduled date or during the assigned times.

However, this shop is being forwarded to Quality Control for further review on the other aspects of the shop. In the future, any shop you conduct might be invalidated if you do not adhere to the guidelines. If you think you shopped on the correct date then please refer back to your Contractor Payment Invoice and e-mail HelpDesk@shopnchek.com for clarification.

It is very important to read your guidelines and CPI very carefully to ensure your shop will be valid. Many shops are invalidated every month because shoppers do not do them on the scheduled date.

Thank You

HelpDesk”

They were ….so……..helpful……intriguing.

One of the underasked questions indeed.
I learned today that my butt is the exactly correct size for mystery shopping.

While getting ready to introduce myself to the gas station clerk I made a quick pit stop. NOTHING in the ladies room looked fit to be touched, let alone set my purse upon. I took some paper towel and cleaned off the top of the back of the toilet.
*Did I mention this is a debrand picture shop?*and YES, my camera was in the purse*
When I assumed the position the toilet lurched forward into the soft floor the base was resting on and I would have been hurrled off the commode if it were not for the knowledge that the contents of my purse were spilling. I shoved myself as far back in the seat as possible and regained balance for the toilet and myself. I was able to reach behind my back and extract the camera that had not touched much. I left the pennies on the floor, but did pick up make-up containers and the like(only to later sanitize at home).

This shop was “just 10 miles down the highway” according to the scheduler that called me. Highway 22 miles, not counting the miles to find it, because it had debranded.

Not happy with the scheduler, furious at the toilet, but loving the size of my butt right now!

I could go shop a high class jewlery store in the ‘big’ city for 5% of the cheapest piece in the store…. I wonder if it occurs to the Mystery Shop Provider that a select few can pull this shop off & yet the payment is so minimal, let alone scaled down if you could truly afford to shop this place…..

COMMENTS: You will receive $27 for doing the shop.

Please note for this shop you must be comfortable talking about luxury
watches with a sales associate. The watches in this store can cost from
$500-$30,000. A purchase is not required.