The Mystery Shopping thread - part 5

Taggie

yep same here

cazandio

hi all, would anybody be able to tell me, or pm me with some good sites to join for ms, iv joined a couple but dont seen to be able to see any of the jobs that are talked about on here.
thank you all for your help you have given me since becoming a m.shopper!

also yes hollypear that is 1 of the ones i have joined and am getting the same error msg as you.

cranezoe

I can get into GFK just fine so maybe its fixed now?

cranezoe

:T oh and my smilies are working again! good day good day!

Timmne

Morning all,

Just a quick (as polite as is possible in a forum post) request - if any newbies to MSing have any queries, please don't be scared to post them on this thread - it widens everyone's knowledge base and can even help out old timers in some cases.

In the last few weeks I've had countless PMs from newbies which I normally don't mind but due to other commitments, I haven't had time to answer them. The quantity of PMs is going up all the time!

So - if anyone's sent me a PM with a MSing query in the last few weeks and I haven't answered, please re-post on here as some of the kind (mainly glaswegian!) MSers will be glad to help, as I will when I'm around!

HP - glad to see you're back online and sorry to hear about all your troubles - I've missed Lily Connelly!

jobbingmusician

Thanks Timne. We always welcome newbies (but *don't forget to read the first thread, as lots of the recent queries are answered there, and there is a wonderful list of companies*)!

ChelseaGirl

ChelseaGirl wrote: »

Hi, i wonder if anyone can help me please? I'm supposed to be doing my first job for Bare today, but the job still shows as 'pending', and it says in the instructions not to do a job unless it says 'assigned to you'.
They phoned me a while ago and explained the scenario, and i have been able to print out all the relevant brief/ questionnaire paperwork.
So should i do the job, or should i try to contact Bare? And will they get back to me quickly? TIA

Also, someone was concerned that they were too old to be accepted as a MS for RM. I'm over 40 (just!), and i did a MS trying on shoes job for them yesterday. I've been with them for over ten years and didn't get 'put out to pasture' once i reached a certain age.
(Yes, i know my username is a bit misleading, but ChelseaOldBird doesn't have the same ring to it!) - and i'm a really young 40 year old - honest!

Well i've emailed Bare twice now this morning just to clarify whether or not they want me to do this assignment. It expressly says not to carry out assignments unless the status changes from 'pending' to 'assigned to you'. That's the situation at the moment even though they phoned last week to confirm which scenario i was to follow, and even though the guidelines etc are in my shop log.
Argh! I don't know what to do. I can't leave it much longer because i've got a dine-in pizza job to do at lunchtime, and then i'll be collectingt he children from school....

saintsfan1

Thanks to everybody that replied to my query regarding the Timeshare Mystery shop. I contacted them this morning to get some clarification and it is all above board but after digging around about the timeshare company ( which are again legit ) I found mixed feelings about them so I think I will be giving this one a miss.

tigergold

Hi Timmne, glad to c u back.
Aunty just posted alert for RE food jobs and having to order iced drink, thought they would have changed that for this month, have they looked outside lately, its hardly iced drink weather, I was hoping for hot chocolate.
Going to give that a miss this month.

blindman

saintsfan1 wrote: »

Thanks to everybody that replied to my query regarding the Timeshare Mystery shop. I contacted them this morning to get some clarification and it is all above board but after digging around about the timeshare company ( which are again legit ) I found mixed feelings about them so I think I will be giving this one a miss.

I have done this job.
It is legit and can be a good little earner.
You can get a free weeks holiday out of it, flights and accommodation all paid.