So can you really make money with these offers that say "Make Money Taking Surveys" or these Mystery Shopper

no. they're crap

they get a lot more out of it than you ever will

No, the only one making any money is the Mystery Shopper folks. To be perfectly honest you'll make more on e-bay but still not a whole lot. Good Luck !!

Why not? Try the links in http://www.thequickinfo.com/paid-survey/

you'll end up wasting a HELL of a lot of your time, with very little of benefit or value to show for it..... you're better off working fastfood!

You make some, not a whole lot.

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Go to http://www.volition.com/mystery.html and there's a huge list of REAL mystery shopping companies. The rule of thumb I've found is NEVER pay a company to be a mystery shopper. The ones that ask for money are either scams or just aren't worth the money you'd pay them... below are some of my favorite companies' links. ... Good luck Bare Associates International (BAI): http://www.baiservices.com/ Beyond Hello: www.beyondhello.com DSG Associates: http://www.dsgai.com/ IntelliShop: http://www.intelli-shop.com/ Mystery Shoppers: http://www.mystery-shoppers.com/ Service Excellence Group: http://www.mysteryshopsplus.com/ Service Intelligence: www.experienceexchange.com Service Performance Group: http://www.spgweb.com/ Shop'n Chek: http://www.shopnchek.com/ Sinclair Service Assessments: http://www2.ssanet.com/WEBS_SSANet/index.cfm?speed=fast