Ever wondered about Mystery Shopping? Unfortunately for the gullible it is just another form of exploiting the low paid and unemployed. This group includes the elderly, which is where I come in. I am retired; owned and operated a successfulness business for twenty-six years and am a published author. I performed mystery shops for Kss, sassiesshops.com, California management and several other titled companies all working under the umbrella of Kss. Basically, I was to pose as a potential renter at various apartment complexes both in person and via phone and record and report my findings.
For my service I was to be paid $25.00/shop. I performed five shops. These shops began as one to two hours to complete and escalated to four or five hours per day over a three to four day period always requesting clarification and more details and reiteration of events stored in memory from days ago and now clouded by a new shop I would be working on. The request always ended in a threat of non payment. These five shops were completed over a month ago. Of course request for payment is ignored. When I email for further instructions, I receive a reply of "This shop is incomplete" or "This shop is under review". Even as an optimist it is clear that Kss is a rip off.
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