Article: Spokane, Wash.-Based Firm Has Mystery Shoppers for Hire.

By Amy Cannata, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 7--Spokane, Wash.--Being a mystery shopper who remains a mystery isn't always easy, especially when your cover story is that you're new in town and the town is Pomeroy, Wash.

Bill Robinson had been assigned to "mystery shop" a bank branch in Pomeroy by pretending to be a new customer. Trouble is, he had a friend along with him who also inquired about opening an account and the bank employee became suspicious.

"After I left I saw the (employee) looking out the door after me," said Robinson, who speculated that the woman may have thought the two ...

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