The Mystery Shopping thread - part 6

mtem74

anyone done the phone shop for BARE who can give me any tips on how best to complete it.

Doing one tomorrow and wishing I wasn't. Loads of notes for a not so great fee.

mtem74

And casino jobs????

Fancy doing one but not sure what they mean by phoning after your first visit??? Anyone done one of these before (RE jobs)

cabdy

mtem74 wrote: »

anyone done the phone shop for BARE who can give me any tips on how best to complete it.

Doing one tomorrow and wishing I wasn't. Loads of notes for a not so great fee.

Yes I have one. I do these regularly, and find it v difficult to "count the handsets" !! without looking suspicious. They do seem to want a lot of detail, but actually a lot of the questionnaire can be disregarded as you just write about one phone. I have never obtained any quotation, just use the shop brochure if BARE insist, even take photo of shop exterior (aftewards, of course!)

cabdy

Timmne wrote: »

I think it's disgraceful that they're using one contract to fill another - if only the companies that are being used knew what was happening!

I agree - it's disgraceful - I told one of the staff this when they tried to entice me to do a burger job with a promise of the yellow petrol. Another time when they phoned to ask me to fill a burger job, I declined even for an extra £1 ! then they insisted on knowing why I couldn't go. Was so annoyed I just said I didn't want to - honest, I thought. They just put the phone down.

FraggleFan

cabdy wrote: »

I agree - it's disgraceful - I told one of the staff this when they tried to entice me to do a burger job with a promise of the yellow petrol. Another time when they phoned to ask me to fill a burger job, I declined even for an extra £1 ! then they insisted on knowing why I couldn't go. Was so annoyed I just said I didn't want to - honest, I thought. They just put the phone down.

They got me to do a burger job by waggling the petrol jobs in front of me. The black petrol jobs, where the nearest garage is approximately 300 miles away. They forgot to mention this at the time.

mtem74

They've never even phoned to offer me any jobs :-(

cabdy

FraggleFan wrote: »

They got me to do a burger job by waggling the petrol jobs in front of me. The black petrol jobs, where the nearest garage is approximately 300 miles away. They forgot to mention this at the time.

They are calling from Australia, so they're unlikely to grasp local UK geography in relation to the job they're trying to fill. They think you might just break up your day driving for half an hour to do a £5 job.

mtem74

Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

just signed up to Abai and got a job for tomorrow. I've never manage to find a job so quickly. Still waiting to do my 1st one for about 10 different companies who I signed up with back in Sept.

johnny_c-l

cabdy wrote: »

Yes I have one. I do these regularly, and find it v difficult to "count the handsets" !! without looking suspicious. They do seem to want a lot of detail, but actually a lot of the questionnaire can be disregarded as you just write about one phone. I have never obtained any quotation, just use the shop brochure if BARE insist, even take photo of shop exterior (aftewards, of course!)

For counting the phones, I generally do this after I've finished with the SA. I usually say something like my sister wanted me to have a look at phones for her. Since you've already done your scenario, they just leave you to browse unhounded.

jessicamb

Just checked my diary - I am going to be sick of fast food after this weekend :rotfl: