Pay to join Mystery shopping sites?

littledot_2 · 22 October 2009 at 10:57PM

This is my first post on MSE, so forgive me if its not in the right place.

I'm interested in MS and one website I came across asks for payment to join - is this normal? I dont want to be a mug and pay up and lose my money.

Thank you very much.

Karen.

imajica · 23 October 2009 at 12:45AM

Hello there,

I have joined several of the MS sites recommended on this forum, none of which charge a fee to join, i'd start with those if I were you. There doesn't seem to be any point paying when there are so many free companies.

littlewren · 23 October 2009 at 4:01PM

Ooooh no no no, never pay to join a mystery shopping company. None of the reputable ones will ever ask you to pay to join them,

tiff · 23 October 2009 at 4:02PM

My friend phoned to ask me this too, I wonder what site it is?

Quasar · 23 October 2009 at 4:07PM

I've been a market researcher and mystery shoppers for 12 years now with loads of different companies past and present , and I can tell you NEVER EVER pay to join. That is a scam. Real MS companies are serious businesses.