How to avoid Mystery Shopping Drawbacks and Scams
Mystery shopping is a fun filled job but there is a negative
side to it too. There are many drawbacks of mystery shopping.
They are as follows:
●The biggest drawback is that people can charge you for
providing any service related to finding a job as mystery
shopper. These service providers can cheat you by offering jobs
on contract basis for months or years and charge you heavily for
that. There is no guaranty that on paying the fees you would get
a job for longer period. The employer is supposed to pay for the
amount for work. If an employee is paying to get a job, it means
something is wrong some where. Mystery shoppers are taken for a
ride.
●Luring mystery shoppers by promising them to give free TV
and other such objects of luxury is also one of the traps, which
enthusiastic aspirants fall prey to.
●Some companies can ask for personal details like credit
card number or even bank account number.
●Others may even ask you to part with some bucks to pay
for the secret list.
●While some others may claim to provide mystery shopping
certificate to get you a job which is never true.
●Some mystery shopping resources on Internet provide fake
phone numbers and out of order websites.
●None of the companies provide serious help in finding a
job.
●There is no scope for refund of money spent on these fake
mystery shopping companies.
●Some of these fake companies provide poor web pages that
can hardly be read.
●Mystery shoppers often use hidden cameras, which is
sometimes risky. It can create havoc if the mystery shopper is
not an honest person. The mystery shopper can misuse it to
invade employee privacy and later blackmail them.
●The reports provided by the mystery shoppers are not
always accurate. They are sometimes their own personal opinions
or suggestions to improve the prevailing conditions of a store.
●If the mystery shopper is a kind of person who is
sensitive and emotional then he or she may end up with the guilt
of lying to someone as he or she would be faking while shopping.
It can ruin his or her mental peace.
Ways To Stay Away From The Scams
The pace with which the technology is improving day by day, it
is giving birth to equal number of ways by which fake online
mystery shopping companies cheat people. But there are some
features that would enable a mystery shopper to distinguish the
right companies from the wrong ones and stay from scams. These
features are:
●If there is no affiliated contact number then probably
the website is a fake. If the contact number provided is toll
free then it means that the website is genuine. Although it's
not always necessary that in the absence of a contact number the
website is fake.
●If a contact email is provided without a website then it
is a sign that the company is a fake as a genuine company would
always put-in some effort and time in planning its website and
program. It is not always necessary that if a website is
provided then the company is genuine. However, absence of it
surely states that it is a fake, so be alert.
●If there is no description of the product and the site
just boasts of making big bucks then definitely the company is
deceiving you.
●If the online company asks you to pay some fees at the
time of participation then avoid that company. It is for sure
that company is there to make money out of nothing.
●Always browse the Internet properly to check for the
authenticity of the company. Search for people's opinion on that
particular company on net. Never rely on the testimonials
provided by the company as the proof of their genuineness.