Issue Ninety One

Sensors Quality Management

Company Overview: Sensors Quality Management (SQM) has been in business since 1993, and is based out of Toronto, Ontario. While the majority of their shops are in Canada, their website notes that they have clients in more than 40 countries worldwide. As of February, 2016, they have airport shops that are available in the U.S….

Phone Shops: The Pros and Cons

Phone shops seem to be a love them or hate them shop among mystery shoppers. This discussion is dealing with shops that are exclusively a phone call, not a call with a follow-up visit. The chief complaint is they don’t pay much, and that’s true. It’s rare to see a phone shop paying more than…

Health Insurance — It’s on Your Tax Return

Do you have health insurance? Many self-employed people don’t. But all Americans are “supposed” to have it now. Actually they were “supposed” to get it by March of last year. Did you? There’s a new form on the tax return. If you have insurance, and had it for all of 2014, and did not use…

Shopper Profile: Jaymo

Forum Alias: Jaymo How long have you been mystery shopping? I completed my first shop about nine months ago. I was hooked right away, and wish I would have started years ago. Where are you shopping? Southern Ontario, Canada. What got you started? I stumbled across Mystery Shopping a few years ago. I signed up…