re: Has anyone here ever been a paid secret shopper?

It is typically just reimbursement so I don't see how anyone is making money from this when they just pay you back for the money you spent. Even if they do add a few bucks on for the hour of time you spent, that's not much. I signed up at some site years ago and I occasionally get offers to be a secret shopper to this day. However, we are talking maybe a few times a year so no one is making a living doing this unless they know someone and have a connection. None of the offers interest me, I would take them up on it if it was somewhere I wanted to spend money.