Artem Volodin 23, and he’s a student of the 4th course of Stankina. Says distance learning that Metropolitan students have passed in March have released at least four hours a day, informed tradeplace on the way from home to University and back, and also to communicate with classmates. “Often after class we went to a coffee shop where I could, talking to spend a couple of hours – says Artem. – With the remote control, it all ended as well, and all of our other student hangouts”. Released time the guy decided to take a part-time job.
Artyom each summer worked as a courier. But the pandemic has brought about changes in the market of Express delivery. All “white” jobs at the major carriers are occupied by migrant workers pouring into the couriers in the first days of quarantine. And those who work on the gray scheme, Volodin tries not to communicate – were the sad experience of unpaid work. “But we at the Institute have student classified ads where you hang the proposals on the part, of surrender or renting of rooms to about lost or found things. And I remembered that last winter was removed from this stand offer to work as a secret shopper – continues Artem. – Found it in my books, called and settled”. Moreover, according to the student, even to go nowhere had he sent a photo and a short summary is dictated on the phone address and the day has already received the first task.
to Work as a secret shopper is easy. You need to come to the store and try to make a purchase. It is to try to buy really do not need anything, money to buy the employer does not issue, but if, for example, you need to buy something in the store, it will be an additional advantage.
“On entering the store include the recorder, waiting for me to fit a consultant, and record the entire conversation with him”, shares his professional secrets Artem Volodin. Ideally, of course, to write better on a hidden camera, but because of gadgets, secret shoppers are not given, all mostly use tape recorders that have to hide so that the device did not draw the attention of store personnel. Before each RAID, the student receives instructions on how exactly to behave in the store. “We need to be sober, neatly dressed, not to be rude to sellers, not to raise voice. But you can act up, ask to show it and in-about-n the product from the shelves long, infinitely outweigh, to shift, to require certificates of quality, complaint book, admin,” lists the student.
Sometimes employers require you to make photos, sometimes I ask intentionally to break any jar of canned food, or ask you some obviously stupid questions. In short, the main task of the checker is to check the shop staff to cope with ��armami of the law on consumer protection and rules of professional ethics. The work will take and will pay off only under condition of observance of all sent before a RAID environment. That is not to set a compulsory question or failed to take a picture of the seller – the work is outstanding.
And how much does it pay? “Check one small retail outlets, and it takes 20-30 minutes and costs 300-500 rubles, depending on what you need to do inside, – says Artem. The day you can easily get around three points, but it is in a pandemic, when shopping centers were closed and from one job to another had to be reached by public transport. But if, for example, go to a Mall, then for three hours it is possible to check out 5-6 shops and still make coffee in the food court to drink.”
“we have higher-paying positions, says the coordinator of the “mystery shopper” the social network “Vkontakte” Anastasia Pulcova. For example, you can visit the jewelry stores or car dealerships, where you pay 1.5 – 2 thousand rubles for a visit.” But students in this position are unlikely to take. First, you need to look accordingly – the staff of these shops can usually estimate the cost of your suit, shoes and watches and secondly, you need to have a certain amount of knowledge. That is why the employment candidate please send some pics including full length, interviewed experts, assigning each applicant a certain niche. The highest paying positions get young people 30-35 years.
websites have testimonials of mystery shoppers about their work. Some of them quite amusing.
Once I had to check out store bags, and the necessary condition was to refuse registration of discount cards. And the seller proposed: draw up a map – receive a discount of 2 thousand rubles. Who in their right mind would refuse such an offer? Me, on the move, dreaming up reasons for rejection, came running to see the entire store.
– Came with her husband to the electronics store. I like the stash it – to buy headphones. And here I stand, I write the seller, but this time approaches it a different seller and in a loud whisper says, “there’s a mystery shopper”. And all the sellers are broken up and run… to my husband, who is trying to the seller with headphones. Offered him a chair, water, tea. And I’m standing alone and bewildered.
Always feel uncomfortable when the seller honestly says this product is bad, don’t take it. I have in this case is in the pocket: “I am a mystery shopper. Will offer other items, and then you will get”.
