The Mystery Shopping thread - part 5

ThinkingOfLinking

Although I've been signed up for ages, I only just now have accepted my first ever jobs for the big yellow department store. Can anyone help me? Do I need to advise them of my intended visit date? Can I buy anything I want within the departments they ask me to visit? I have 3 jobs to do, and I plan to do them all in the space of one day and shall take my laptop with me to ensure it gets done on time.

auntypog

Italian American style diner in Chingford for Sunday on RE if anyone's interested. Need children. (posting here because it's not a job alert - just Chingford) xx

Gasp! Sorry!! Slip of the parsnips. I've just come back from the dentist. He probably drilled through into a bit of my brain...

tigergold

auntypog wrote: »

XXXXX and XXXXXX in Chingford for Sunday on RE if anyone's interested. Need children. (posting here because it's not a job alert - just Chingford) xx

Naughty Naughty Aunty.

josie

Flickering_Ember wrote: »

Retail Eyes, TNS, GFK and Grassroots are all good.

I've had problems with Amber Arch and Assosia before. Assosia owe me money from March.

I'd beg to differ regarding Retail Eyes - they've dropped their fees and still expect pages of reports plus a photo of the outside (what's all that about??) and quite a few people on here have had real difficulties submitting reports and found them to be not very helpful, but then I guess it's all subjective, because I've never had any problems with Gap.

OK, tempting fate now I know!!

BP56134

Is anyone going to the audit training in Leeds on Monday for RE? It should be a strange one I think...

josie

Flickering_Ember wrote: »

Although I've been signed up for ages, I only just now have accepted my first ever jobs for the big yellow department store. Can anyone help me? Do I need to advise them of my intended visit date? Can I buy anything I want within the departments they ask me to visit? I have 3 jobs to do, and I plan to do them all in the space of one day and shall take my laptop with me to ensure it gets done on time.

Which firm is this for, then we may be able to advise better?

Scaredy_Cat_3

Flickering_Ember wrote: »

Although I've been signed up for ages, I only just now have accepted my first ever jobs for the big yellow department store. Can anyone help me? Do I need to advise them of my intended visit date? Can I buy anything I want within the departments they ask me to visit? I have 3 jobs to do, and I plan to do them all in the space of one day and shall take my laptop with me to ensure it gets done on time.

Please could someone PM me with the name of this big yellow department store? Just curious because I don't have any listed on my ABA-i options. Probably there just aren't any in this area, but I'd like to know.

Thanks!

mcallister1

I had a really nice reply from RE after I emailled them about the points situation. The lady there was sympathetic to the points I raised and said that she would raise them at the next development meeting. She also reminded me that surveys earn 2 points, so can eventually prop up your average. She also was sympathetic to the idea of taking an average over 3 or 6 months, and reconsideration of whether changing the date should result in loss of points- I don't think it makes a great deal of difference to them really if its changed once so long as it is in the time period.
It is a condition the client has made that only their 'best' shoppers will get these jobs, and becasue they have a points system that is what is used.

mtem74

Is there a lesson on how to get these lovely jobs everyone keeps talking about?
I'm looking everyday and dont even see a 3rd of what seems to be available.
I'm guessing it's my newbie status or my location (nr Glasgow).

josie

mtem74 wrote: »

Is there a lesson on how to get these lovely jobs everyone keeps talking about?
I'm looking everyday and dont even see a 3rd of what seems to be available.
I'm guessing it's my newbie status or my location (nr Glasgow).

It takes lots of checking websites and signing up with lots of different companies, I'm afraid - oh and it could be the fact that you're in Glasgow too. You see, there are one or two keen Mystery Shoppers in Glasgow already on here who may well snap up a lot of the jobs...!:D