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Are you a Mystery Shopper? This could be interesting

cerralee

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I have done a little Mystery Shopper visits in the past so I got the following e-mail the other day- Oh how I wish this one was in my area...could be fun. Imagine what a Tugger could do with this one!!

COMMENTS: Awesome Getaway Shops Available!

Do you need a vacation? Take one on us! For this shop, you will stay two nights at a time share resort and evaluate the time share sales presentation.

NOTE! You WILL purchase this timeshare, but reveal yourself as a mystery shopper later and be refunded before you leave the resort.

You will be required to:
1. Live at least two (2) hours from the resort;
2. Select a check-in date at least THIRTY (30) DAYS from your date of application;
3. Present yourself as a current time share owner;
4. Provide a credit card with a limit high enough to BOOK the room;
5. Attend and record the sales presentation using a digital recorder;
6. Upload the recording to a website we provide.

Expenses:
You will spend $80.00 for dining at the resort, which you will bill to your room.

The charges for this shop will be credited to you by the resort at the close of your visit, so your credit card will ONLY be used to hold your reservation.

Any charges incurred other than the room and food (e.g., a spa treatment) must be paid for by the shopper at the time of purchase and will not billed to the room.

When you apply, please select the dates you plan to check in. Again, we MUST know your check-in date at least THIRTY (30) DAYS in advance of the shop. Please apply ONLY if you are absolutely certain you can complete the shop via the parameters above. Thank you!

IMPORTANT: Please apply via the Job Board ONLY; Please make sure to provide a set of dates that would work for you. Please DO NOT EMAIL OR CALL your Scheduler to apply!

You must meet the following qualifications to apply for this shop:
* Your Shopper Rating must be at least 8
* You cannot have shopped the same location within 999 days
* Your age must be 40 years or More


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Business Type/Name: Time Shares
Due Date : 03-02-16
Shop cannot be performed BEFORE 01-15-16

Available Shops:
* AZ: Scottsdale, Sedona->
http://insite.intelli-shop.com/bnc.php?TP=1&ID=61944&AS=59364&ST=4

* HI: Kauai, Lahaina->
http://insite.intelli-shop.com/bnc.php?TP=1&ID=61944&AS=59364&ST=12
 

Timeshare Von

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After 40+ years of T/S ownership, I am no longer "an owner"
Very interesting.

As a prior mystery shopper for Northcourse with more than a dozen shops completed on timeshare sales offices and resort presentation centers, this seems to be a pretty strange methodology.

For anyone seriously considering this, I would strongly encourage folks to be very careful and do your due diligence before paying a penny towards this "opportunity" as it seems very suspect to me.
 

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Very interesting.

As a prior mystery shopper for Northcourse with more than a dozen shops completed on timeshare sales offices and resort presentation centers, this seems to be a pretty strange methodology.

For anyone seriously considering this, I would strongly encourage folks to be very careful and do your due diligence before paying a penny towards this "opportunity" as it seems very suspect to me.
It's DRI, what could go wrong? :eek:

Seriously, why do they need you to eat at the restaurant and stay 2 nights? You're just recording the tour.
 
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