Issue Thirty Three

Clear Evaluations

Company Overview:  In 2004, with already more than 15 years combined experience in the video mystery shopping industry, Wesley and Leslie Jeter made a decision to bring their passion for exceptional customer service to business professionals nationwide with the founding of Clear Evaluations. Based in Houston, Texas, Clear Evaluations is a full-service secret shopping company…

Confero, Inc

Company Overview:  Headquartered in Cary, a suburb of Raleigh, NC, Confero has been in business since 1985. They are accredited by the Cary BBB and have an A+ rating. There have been no complaints lodged with the BBB in the last three years, although the BBB website has an alert that Confero has been a…

3 Mystery Shopping Scammers Arrested in Calgary

According to a news report by the Calgary Herald, three Canadians were recently arrested and charged with mail fraud. They had scammed 10 Americans out of over $20,000 dollars. The trio posed as a mystery shopping company, sending fake checks to the victims, who deposited the money into their banks, and wired most of it…

My 3 Criteria for Choosing a Mystery Shopper

Written By Jamie Giles, Scheduling Coordinator, Mercantile Systems, Inc. I’ve been a scheduler since 2009. One of the very first things I learned when it came to assigning shoppers was to go with those who were proven to be reliable before assigning anyone else. What this meant initially was ignoring the fact that a shopper…

Featured Shopper: Sandi Aigo

Forum Alias: Sandi Aigo How long have you been Mystery Shopping? It’s been 14 years. Where are you shopping? I work in a major metropolitan area “In the Middle”! What got you started? A relative asked me to shop the family restaurant on his day off, but I never looked into it as a job…