One of the most common complaints mystery shoppers have about their providers is that they don’t pay fast enough. For some providers, this complaint has turned into a full dilemma when the paycheck doesn’t arrive after weeks of waiting. Before you go into panic mode about your missing paycheck, take a [...]
When To Confront Your Scheduler
Schedulers hold a lot of power over a mystery shopper’s paycheck. Schedulers can determine how many assignments you work by doling out assignments as well as by raising your lowering your shopper rating. They can reduce or eliminate your pay on an assignment you’ve already completed. They can also through [...]
What To Do If You Receive A Negative Citation
As a mystery shopper, you will receive positive and negative citations from time to time as you complete mystery shopping assignments. Positive citations are not usually issued for simply doing your job, but rather for going above and beyond the call of duty or perhaps helping out a provider with a [...]
How To Avoid a Conflict With Your Scheduler
If you’ve done one mystery shopping assignment or hundreds, you likely have figured out that you want to avoid conflict with your scheduler. It’s definitely a big hassle to get in a tiff of any kind with a scheduler. But if your disagreement is over a report you just turned in, [...]
What to do when a scheduler asks you to change your report.
If you have completed even a handful of mystery shopping assignments, you’ve likely had a scheduler ask you to correct or revise your report in some fashion. Oftentimes, the scheduler’s requests are to clarify what you have written in your report if it is confusing or appears to be contradictory. Or [...]