The Merchandiser App Experiment…

Survey.com's Merchandiser App

 

This is money maker involving smart phones and going into stores and doing various short term projects like taking pics of Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice bottles and labels.  

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I discovered this one on TikTok last Friday.  

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I'm always on the lookout for new ways my readers can earn money and this looked similar to mystery shopping which I started back in the early 2000s.  MysteryShoppingIsReal.com will tell you some of the story.

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Anyway, this one looked good and on Monday, July 12th I did my first two projects. 

There were some challenges so I will wait to see if I get paid on these before I do any others. 

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The app says I'll be paid on the 18th
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You can pick and choose the jobs you want via a list or map...

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Every day you can get alerts of new jobs in your area...
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As I said, these first two jobs involved me going into two area supermarkets and taking pictures of Ocean Spray juice bottles and their tags.
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The main thrust of the project was to see if WIC stickers were on the labels.  In NY, WIC stands for Women Infants and Children.  In the old days this was known as Food Stamps.

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If the WIC stickers were not present we were to seek out the manager and see what the deal was.
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In both of the stores I visited, the WIC stickers were on few of the labels.

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That meant I had to find a manager...in one case the manager was on vacation and in the other case she had no idea where to get such stickers and I didn't know.
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So my question was...am I not going to get paid because of something that was out of my control?
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It took me about 20 minutes to do each one.  If I'd done more, I'm sure I would have gotten faster.
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Three days after the jobs I received this email...
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I called Roberto and he seemed to think everything was OK and I would be paid. 
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He wanted to know what I thought of the app...how I heard about them etc.  When I said TikTok he said they were getting a bunch of new members from there.

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Two days after my call with Roberto I got this email...

Hello Leo,

We have reviewed your recent visit to Ocean Spray Price Tag Audit @ Various Retailers [June '21][WIC Tag Audit] Hannaford (Store #1234)

Feedback:

Hey Leo, your assignment is incomplete, consider that, we´re after the 100% juice Ocean Spray products only. In the audit section you need to provide a close-up picture of every flavor found, and in the ´Tag Audit´ section provide close-up pictures of the price tag if they carry the ´W´/´WIC´ indicator. Please, revisit the store within 48 hours and fix this. Failure to provide this information will result in the disqualification of your assignment.
-Project: Ocean Spray Price Tag Audit @ Various Retailers [June '21][WIC Tag Audit]
-Store: Hannaford (Store #1234)

Thanks,

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My immediate thought after receiving that was...NOPE.  Not going to do it.  Maybe if they were paying me another $7 but not for nothing extra.
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Plus I did the exact same job, the exact same way in both stores but only one was wrong?
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I wasn't even going to argue, I was chalking it up to experience...experiments never fail!!!
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But wait, there's more!
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On the 18th...the day I was due to have the job approved, I looked at the app and what do you know...
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It sure looked like my jobs were approved, so I requested payment...
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Would the money actually show up?
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Right on time...
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Minus 41 cents in fees.
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So that's my story.  I won't continue with this one because there are two many variables and I be more productive doing other things.
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If you want to try it yourself, go here for the details.
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Good luck!

 

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