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Summary: This book pays for itself!
Review: "The Mystery Shopper's Manual" makes it easy to get started as a mystery shopper. The instructions and tips are helpful when applying to mystery shopping companies, doing mystery shops and completing reports. Whether you are a new or experienced shopper, you can use the list of mystery shopping companies to submit your information to lots of companies quickly, and get more assignments faster. Your first assignment could pay for the book! A great resource for anyone who wants a fun, flexible way to make extra money.
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Summary: This book pays for itself!
Review: "The Mystery Shopper's Manual" makes it easy to get started as a mystery shopper. The instructions and tips are helpful when applying to mystery shopping companies, doing mystery shops and completing reports. Whether you are a new or experienced shopper, you can use the list of mystery shopping companies to submit your information to lots of companies quickly, and get more assignments faster. Your first assignment could pay for the book! A great resource for anyone who wants a fun, flexible way to make extra money.
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Summary: A highly lucrative and "user friendly" guide
Review: A "mystery shopper" is a person who is paid to shop at particular businesses and then report customer service information to back to the businesses owners or managers. Now in an expanded and updated fifth edition, The Mystery Shopper's Manual by experienced mystery shopper Cathy Stucker is a straightforward, easy-to-understand, "how to" manual for becoming a professional mystery shopper. This highly recommended and unique compendium of invaluable tips and suggestions, also features mystery shopper application and performance do's and don'ts, how to contact those who hire mystery shoppers, Internet resources, earning the best mystery shopping assignments, and much more. The Mystery Shopper's Manual is a highly lucrative and "user friendly" guide to getting a rewarding part-time, full-time or part-time mystery shopping job!
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Summary: Mystery Shoppers Manual
Review: Cathy's book is terrific! I was working in part-time medical sales and really disliked all of the politics involved. After reading this book, I started applying to mystery shopping companies and quit my part-time job. I'm working full time with mystery shopping and love it. I can set my own hours as well as accept the assignments that I enjoy. I've learned an abundance of information and made many new friends in the process! Thanks for changing my life!
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Summary: Don't "Shop" until you "Drop" the money for this book!
Review: For someone who wants to cut through the hype and get to the nitty-gritty of mystery shopping, Cathy Stucker's "The Mystery Shopper's Manual (5th Edition) is the book for you. I've been mystery shopping for three years now, and Cathy's book provided the information I needed to get started. None of the -"Get rich mystery shopping!"scams, or attempts to sell mystery shopping as a way to make easy money with little or no skills required--- graces the pages of this book. Not to mention the come-ons (I get e-mails daily on these) that promise that mystery shoppers keep designer clothes, eat in five-star restaurants or take home merchandise worth hundreds of dollars. Her advice is sound (based on years of experience as a mystery shopper herself) and you know within a few pages that she knows that she's talking about! She views mystery shopping as a profession and offers practical advice to those who might want to get in the business as well as for those who already are. She points out common mistakes that shopper make, how to contact people who hire mystery shoppers, and how to get the prime assignments. Her book even features a mystery shopper application. Very helpful for someone who wants know exactly what are the requirements needed to become a mystery shopper. In short, The Mystery Shopper Manual is a "how to" book written by someone who "did" it. And "does" it. Cathy continues to mystery shop and passes on what she has learned over the years. On a personal note here: In August 2003 I attended the "Mystery Shopper Gold Certification Workshop" in Seattle and was surprised (and delighted)when I saw that it was Cathy who had developed the Mystery Shopping Providers Association workbook that I was holding in my hand. A perfect match, I thought. The Mystery Shopping Provider Association having Cathy Stucker as spokeswoman as well has having her author the manual that was used as the "Bible" for the conference. If you're serious about pursuing mystery shopping as a legitimate part-time income opportunity, I do believe that this is the book for you!
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Summary: Very Educational and Factual!
Review: I have been a mystery shopper for 4 years for 30 different mystery shopping companies. When I first heard about this book, I was very hesitant. I borrowed it from a friend, not willing to waste my hard earned mystery shopping dollars on yet another "get rich quick" scheme type book. Imagine my surprise when I realized that this book was actually factual! It had real truth, explaining the work that goes into being a mystery shopper and how to do it. It also made it perfectly clear that Mystery shopping is not a "get rich quick" scheme. It is a rewarding and fun job, but it is a JOB, plain and simple. This book was educational and factual and can help the beginning or intermediate mystery shopper with obtaining more shops, writing better reports, and other useful information. I would highly recommend it to anyone even remotely interested in doing shopping for money!
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Summary: Very Educational and Factual!
Review: I have been a mystery shopper for 4 years for 30 different mystery shopping companies. When I first heard about this book, I was very hesitant. I borrowed it from a friend, not willing to waste my hard earned mystery shopping dollars on yet another "get rich quick" scheme type book. Imagine my surprise when I realized that this book was actually factual! It had real truth, explaining the work that goes into being a mystery shopper and how to do it. It also made it perfectly clear that Mystery shopping is not a "get rich quick" scheme. It is a rewarding and fun job, but it is a JOB, plain and simple. This book was educational and factual and can help the beginning or intermediate mystery shopper with obtaining more shops, writing better reports, and other useful information. I would highly recommend it to anyone even remotely interested in doing shopping for money!
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Summary: Quick, Easy Reading and to the Point!
Review: I have been working as a Mystery Shopper for about a year now and love it! I ordered Cathy's book while I started Mystery Shopping and found her tips very helpful. She is precise and to the point. It is worth it's weight in gold!
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Summary: Mystery Shopping Information
Review: I love her tips of Mystery Shopping. They are very helpful & informative! Mystery Shopping is a great way to earn money (& shop too)! I love to shop & it is even better to get PAID to shop. Thanks Cathy for a great book!
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Summary: Substantive, realistic and helpful
Review: I read this book out of curiosity about what mystery shoppers do and who hires them. Cathy Stucker offers real-world knowledge about what mystery shoppers do, how to get such work, what you can expect in the way of earnings and much, much more. The book is also attractive and well-written and even includes an easy-to-use directory of companies looking for mystery shoppers.
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