The Mystery Shopping thread - part 5

Stageshoot

2) The Gym visits on RE don't show an assignment fee - what's that all about ?

You get 1 months free membership of the gym as you need to assess the service on 3 visits. They dont give a fee as they feel the 1 months free membership is compensation enough!!!

aligerdie

Becles wrote: »

It depends on the job. I normally say when I sign in that I may/will need to speak to the .... manager, so they can be made aware that I am there. That's useful as if you get told something like there's a meeting at 3pm, you can make sure you find them before the meeting. I only go and look for them when I need to speak to them though.

Thanks again for your reply, I don't even know why I'm so nervous, but obviously the money would be nice so I think thats why I badly want to be able to do this.

Your posts have been really helpful to put my mind at rest, thank you very much.

bobthego

Oggyoi wrote: »

Does anyone do much for FLF nowadays ?

AFAIK, they only have two clients now, a pizza one and a bank.

learning_to_drive

bobthego wrote: »

I've not yet, maybe you are a chosen one

Doubt it, same old !!!!!!!! just in another email

eenysmum

VickyHurn wrote: »

You get 1 months free membership of the gym as you need to assess the service on 3 visits. They dont give a fee as they feel the 1 months free membership is compensation enough!!!

This isn't my experience. The fee showed on the paperwork for the last of the 3 visits and is now showing in my due for payments for this month as well as the reimbursement of the membership.

mumofjusttwo

When I did the gym assigment I was given £xx fee and also got nearly two months gym membership. I do remember the fee being displayed on the assignment details though. May be worth checking.

Have to say i really enjoyed it especially after I had finished the assignments and still got to use the facilities :D0

System

I've just joined Gap - why do most jobs have a 'certification needed' sign? How do I get this and are jobs really limited without it?

Scaredy_Cat_3

Oggyoi wrote: »

I emailed FLF last week for my log in details, I thought they had shut down. I haven't been on their site for almost 2 years...

I used to do a service station which had a chicken place there and they'd combine it with the creditcard job, so it was good.
Since they lost the chicken and pizza, I did less and less for them.

Does anyone do much for FLF nowadays ?

Sorry to be dim, but who are FLF - can someone post a link please?

ChelseaGirl

sglossop wrote: »

I've just joined Gap - why do most jobs have a 'certification needed' sign? How do I get this and are jobs really limited without it?

Hi, you do need to be certified to do assignments for certain clients.
All you have to do is to click on the 'mortar board' icon thingy next to the client you wish to MS for and read a 'manual' (which could be just a few pages), and do a short certification test. Then you'll be eligible to do assignments for that particular client.
You can look through the list of all the clients that Gap have assignments for and get certified for all of those that you fancy doing, so that you're ready for when the assignments are released. Hope that makes sense.
Let me know if you need any more help. x

Scaredy_Cat_3

aligerdie wrote: »

Thanks again for your reply, I don't even know why I'm so nervous, but obviously the money would be nice so I think thats why I badly want to be able to do this.

Your posts have been really helpful to put my mind at rest, thank you very much.

Try not to worry about it - you can't be more nervous than me (see my user name? . I am new to all this and had my first audit a couple of days ago. I was nervous but actually enjoyed it! It was easier than MSing because I was allowed to tell them who I was and why I was there! The staff were very helpful - pretty much let me get on with it on my own, but were helpful when I needed to speak to them.

Good luck!