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? LiveJournal Find more YOUR 2019 IN LJ Communities RSS Reader Shop YOUR 2019 IN LJ Help Login Login CREATE BLOG Join English (en) English (en) Русский (ru) Українська (uk) Français (fr) Português (pt) español (es) Deutsch (de) Italiano (it) Беларуская (be) mysteryshop — Readability Log in No account? Create an account Remember me Forgot password Log in Log in Facebook Twitter Google No account? Create an account [ entries | friends | calendar ] [ userinfo | livejournal userinfo ] [ calendar | livejournal calendar ] Resolution is King! [26 Apr 2009| 07:22am ] _lythande [ mood | hungry ] Amazing how a little investment can yield phenomenal results! We get most of our assignments, over 95% I'd say, from one agency. And of those assignments, the majority have always been camera audits. Up until recently, we were limited in how many of these assignments we could take. In other words, when we reached the limit, the choices would automatically disappear from our selection list, whether other shoppers had gotten them or not. It took trial and error over several months, and some email queries, before we discovered this, of course. Then we switched from dial-up to broadband. That was a tremendous relief in and of itself, since that meant I could get to bed by midnight, even on those days we had done 6-8 camera audits. No more staying up until the crack of dawn to edit, re-name, compress, upload, and associate all those dozens of low res pics. Then, because I was tired of hauling the laptop along on those long days, because our camera maxed out at 168 pics, I gambled and purchased a 2 gig memory card for our camera, about $30 worth. We started using the broadband nearly two months ago. No change with that agency. We started using the new memory card about three weeks ago. When I put it in the camera, it maxed out the number-of-pics meter (999). Setting it to the highest resolution the meter changed to 682. I still thought that that was more than ample. Then we did another six-shop audit day. I took over 100 pics on the first two locations before downloading the camera and the meter moved from 682 to 681. Guess you could say that meter was maxed out too. But aside from the convenience to us, it is apparent that the clients are more than happy with this change as well. Earlier this week, this agency posted the selection list of camera audits that we favor. I started filling up our calender. When I got to 11 each, the list was still there. 12, 13, 14,... It was amazing, our limits were gone! I finished up that morning with 22 shops for me and 17 for my husband, a total of 39, where before we could never get more than 22. This out of a list over 60-65 locations, means we snagged two-thirds of the available locations in closest proximity!!! This brought our net expectations to over $700, in pay and reimbursements, for a three-week period of primarily weekend only shops (seven of the 39 on week days). So, clearly, if you are into camera audits, invest in a new memory card for your camera, if it didn't come with one at least 1 gig or more in size. Take the highest resolution photos you can (1600x1200), compress them below 1 meg before transmission, and upload via broadband. I'm willing to bet your opportunities will expand right along with your resolution sizes. If you need software, and can't afford the numero uno name brands, I use Paint Shop Pro to convert BMPs to JPGs and do editing and gamma corrections, I use a simple JPEG Optimizer from xat.com for compression, and also have Gimp for alternative editing. You will find the Paint Shop Pro at oldversion.com and Gimp at gimp.org. 1 comment | post comment companies that do hotel shops? [25 Jun 2008| 12:13am ] hbpen I'm part of a few mystery shop places online, but none seem to do hotel shops (in the States). Does anyone know of a site I might check out for that? TIA! 2 comments | post comment Yummy Digital Pizza Shops - Arizona [02 Aug 2007| 01:47pm ] prgtiffany Pacific Research Group has EASY digital Pizza Restaurant Shops available. These assignments require specific food purchases, minimal digital photos and an easy online report following the visit. NO SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD REQUIRED! Use our online web entry. The due date for these visits is Thursday, August 2nd or Friday, August 3rd and must be reported within 12 hours of the visit. Note: These assignments must be completed during specific dinner hours which will be given under Assignment Details. These assignments are reimbursement up to $20 for your dinner between 4pm and 6pm. Not digital yet? You might look into purchasing a camera this year and expand your available shop pool. The photos we require are low resolution (640 x 480) and only require a 1 MegaPixel camera. These low end cameras can now be purchased for as low as $20 at stores like Target and Walmart, as well as many online locations. If you are interested and are already signed up with PRG, please login and SELF-ASSIGN. You will NOT receive a confirmation email. Please click on My Assignments to see if you have been assigned the visit. http://65.119.21.227/shoppers2/login.asp If you are not already a PRG shopper, please go to: http://65.119.21.227/shopper_application/welcome_letter.asp Do not send me an email asking for the assignment! You MUST follow the above link and complete the shopper application. Once you complete the application, wait for an email with your login information. If you do not receive your login within 4-6 hours, please email me, PRGTiffany@mchsi.com . Once you receive your login information, please login and SELF-ASSIGN. Sites Currently Available are: 2743 S. Market St. #101 Gilbert AZ 85296 211 E. Warner Rd. #101 Gilbert AZ 85296 8280 W. Union Hills Dr. Glendale AZ 85308 1949 E. Camelback Rd. Phoenix AZ 85016 14884 N. Pima Rd. #107 Scottsdale AZ 85260 post comment Quick, Digital Compliance Shops for age 18-30 CA [31 Jul 2007| 09:23pm ] prgtiffany Pacific Research Group has EASY Digital Convenience Store Integrity Shops in California. These shops are very easy, however do require that the shopper, OR SOMEONE WITH THE SHOPPER, be between the ages of 18 to 30 to purchase a controlled substance (alcohol or tobacco). There is an easy report and digital photos required. The fee for these shops is $14.50 + full reimbursement for the required item purchase and $1.00 reimbursement for the purchase of another small item. These shops MUST be completed IMMEDIATELY. The requirement this month is to shop anytime between 8:00 am to 2:59 pm. You will use our online web entry for these assignments. If you are interested and are already signed up with PRG, please login and SELF-ASSIGN. You will NOT receive a confirmation email. Please click on My Assignments to see if you have been assigned the visit. http://www.pacificresearchgroup.com If you are not already a PRG shopper, please go to: http://65.119.21.227/shopper_application/welcome_letter.asp Do not send me an email asking for the assignment! You MUST follow the above link and complete the shopper application. Once you complete the application, wait for an email with your login information. If you do not receive your login within 4-6 hours, please email me, PRGTiffany@mchsi.com . Once you receive your login information, please login and SELF-ASSIGN. Sites Available are: 710 N. Second St. El Cajon CA 92021 1 comment | post comment Quick, Digital Compliance Assignments for 18-30 year olds CA [23 May 2007| 02:56pm ] prgtiffany Pacific Research Group has EASY Digital Convenience Store Integrity Shops in California. These shops are very easy, however do require that the shopper, OR SOMEONE WITH THE SHOPPER, be between the ages of 18 to 30 to purchase a controlled substance (alcohol or tobacco). There is an easy report and digital photos required. The fee for these shops is $14.50 + full reimbursement for the required item purchase and $1.50 reimbursement for the purchase of another small item. These shops MUST be completed no later than Saturd...