The Mystery Shopping thread - part 6

tigergold

tizzy79 wrote: »

Did people notice the 40% off voucher for us on RE to use? Quite handy this time of year.

Yes i saw that also, was wondering why no one had mentioned it, is that our xmas bonus :rotfl: for all the great MS we do for them. Not downloaded it yet, can it be used with current offers like the wine offers - BOGOF - great if you can. oh no just had a thought maybe it identifies you as the MS so next time you do an assignement they will beable to spot you.

Hoop-la

tigergold wrote: »

Yes i saw that also, was wondering why no one had mentioned it, is that our xmas bonus :rotfl: for all the great MS we do for them. Not downloaded it yet, can it be used with current offers like the wine offers - BOGOF - great if you can. oh no just had a thought maybe it identifies you as the MS so next time you do an assignement they will beable to spot you.

It can't be used with BOGOFs or 3-for-2's. Hadn't occured to me it might identify me as the MS - might give mine to my boyfriend to redeem just in case.

bobthego

They sounds better than they actually are PMHO - you have to be exact to the second with the timings and I think that as soon as you ask for a receipt, they know who you are, I've stopped doing them as it just wasn't worth it.

Pullin_me_hair_out wrote: »

Well I,ve applied to Gap a few times now but for some reason they don't want me...I would love to have a burger job...anything for a free lunch ha ha.
Perhaps they have too many MS in my area and not enough in others ?

bobthego

Dont let it change your life TG

TractorGirl327 wrote: »

Aah, that's what the £1.50 in my account is!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

MsShopper

Hey all,
I was sent that 40% voucher on an email from a friend last week, so it's not just an MS thing. Champagne all round then!

Hoop-la wrote: »

It can't be used with BOGOFs or 3-for-2's. Hadn't occured to me it might identify me as the MS - might give mine to my boyfriend to redeem just in case.

cranezoe

Abai reservations.

I had those problems too and asked them about it. complicated way of doing it but what I was told is that when you get an email from them you need to log in and REMOVE it from your reserved list. apparently this frees it up and then when you search you can see it. So try that!

hope that helps someone.

jobbingmusician

tizzy79 wrote: »

On another note the off sales on RE, well in the notes about the upselling and it says about buying it and up to the maximum of £6 will be reimbursed. Does that mean if you buy the items thats being upsold, you can buy as many as you want but they will pay the £6 towards it (I'm meaning only on the items in the brief) and you pay the difference. I am just not a 100% sure.

Yes, that's exactly what it means. In fact I think you can buy ANYTHING, as long as it includes what you are supposed to buy, and they will refund you the stated money.

For example, last month the specified item (or at least, one of them) was on upsell, where 3 cost £11. I worked out that as they would refund £6, this meant that the other 2 were going to cost me £2.50 each. As the individual price of the items was over £4, this was quite a bargain. With the OTHER specified item for this job, it sort of implied that you could buy almost any chocolate to up your spend to the total possible reimbursement.

If I am going to an RE pub, I will buy several extra drinks to ensure I spend the full allowance. Their fees are so paltry that the jobs aren't worth doing, otherwise!

BP56134

tizzy79 wrote: »

Did people notice the 40% off voucher for us on RE to use? Quite handy this time of year.

Don't get too excited - the voucher offer is actually on the firm's website for anyone to use! I found out about it while doing that shop for them, and mentioned it in my report, as I'm sure many others did. Now they are trying to make it sound like a kind offer from them...

josie

With jobs being a bit thin on the ground at the moment, I thought I'd review who I'd signed up with. Does anyone do any jobs for Market Public? I was accepted and enrolled by them on 31/3 and nothing since - have chased them, but just wondered if they had many jobs?

mtem74

BP56134 wrote: »

Don't get too excited - the voucher offer is actually on the firm's website for anyone to use! I found out about it while doing that shop for them, and mentioned it in my report, as I'm sure many others did. Now they are trying to make it sound like a kind offer from them...

I fell for it. Thought the company were being kind and were giving us something special. Now I find out anyone can get it