The Mystery Shopping thread - part 6

Peridot1

I have done a job for RE and like an idiot I forgot check whats on the L and R of the store!!!!:o I have done loads of these job so I dont why I didnt check. I cant go back down there in time to get the report in...what am I going to do?

Peridot

Its okay panic over...I looked on google maps...

Scaredy_Cat_3

Can anyone advise me over a Gap pizza job please? I've only done lunchtime ones before, now I have an evening one - the notes seem different.

There seem to be only 2 timing points now, and I can't see anything restricting the type of pizza I order. Usually it says do not order half and half and do not order pineapple. I can't see that anywhere on these notes. Has anyone done one of these jobs recently? Have the rules changed or am I just missing something?

Also, is it ok to order more than the specified items as long as you do order those items in the assignment notes?

Thanks!

Becles

Peridot1 wrote: »

I have done a job for RE and like an idiot I forgot check whats on the L and R of the store!!!!:o I have done loads of these job so I dont why I didnt check. I cant go back down there in time to get the report in...what am I going to do?

Peridot

Its okay panic over...I looked on google maps...

I forgot to look left and right yesterday. I looked the retail park up on:
http://maps.live.com/
and clicked on "birds eye view" so I could zoom in on the shop names

tizzy79

jessicamb, last month I think it was 6 burger / chicken jobs in total together for the exclusive access to the stamp shops and now as an additon the convience shops.
Other than that I don't really know as I've only been doing MS for a few months.

joeyjimbles, this last few days I have been having a nightmare with the GAP webexpress and the system freezing. I have sent email after email and still no reply. I have had to release jobs and the ones have done the results are taking forever to enter and ggggrh ..... think it's time to sit and have a vodka and coke and watch the rerun of x-factor :beer:

Tomorrow is a new day, no need to worry till, I have a good few hours of sleep to enjoy ...

sophisticated.

Just out of interest, do any of you have car insurance for business use because of mystery shopping?

I was ringing around for my renewal yesterday and when they asked if I used the car for business (I said no because I don't do much mystery shopping and I don't have another job) it got me thinking about whether I should have said yes?

Swattie

sophisticated. wrote: »

Just out of interest, do any of you have car insurance for business use because of mystery shopping?

I was ringing around for my renewal yesterday and when they asked if I used the car for business (I said no because I don't do much mystery shopping and I don't have another job) it got me thinking about whether I should have said yes?

My Sheila's Wheels insurance includes occasional business use for no extra cost.. they were also the cheapest when I rang round in Feb.

Scaredy_Cat_3

Scaredy_Cat wrote: »

Can anyone advise me over a Gap pizza job please? I've only done lunchtime ones before, now I have an evening one - the notes seem different.

There seem to be only 2 timing points now, and I can't see anything restricting the type of pizza I order. Usually it says do not order half and half and do not order pineapple. I can't see that anywhere on these notes. Has anyone done one of these jobs recently? Have the rules changed or am I just missing something?

Also, is it ok to order more than the specified items as long as you do order those items in the assignment notes?

Thanks!

Sorry to re-post but is anyone around who can help me with this please? I have emailed Gap but you know how long they take to answer.

Zazen999

Becles wrote: »

I forgot to look left and right yesterday. I looked the retail park up on:
http://maps.live.com/
and clicked on "birds eye view" so I could zoom in on the shop names

Don't trust this completely...I've just checked out where I live and the bird's eye view is at last 2 years out of date.

If the shop hasn't changed in years, you'll be ok. But I've shopped places more than once in any year and the shops next door have changed.

I have forgotten a couple of times, I called up the MS shop and asked where they were, and just asked 'which shop are you next door to' and they sometimes give that. Also, if you've shopped say 15 high st, midtown - google 13 and 17 and see if anything comes up.

darlo_fan

sophisticated. wrote: »

Just out of interest, do any of you have car insurance for business use because of mystery shopping?

I was ringing around for my renewal yesterday and when they asked if I used the car for business (I said no because I don't do much mystery shopping and I don't have another job) it got me thinking about whether I should have said yes?

Business use is for delivering etc, if you use it to get to the shop then its called communting, and most, if not all, car insurance standard packages incorporate this as standard.

darlo_fan

Zazen999 wrote: »

Don't trust this completely...I've just checked out where I live and the bird's eye view is at last 2 years out of date.

If the shop hasn't changed in years, you'll be ok. But I've shopped places more than once in any year and the shops next door have changed.

I have forgotten a couple of times, I called up the MS shop and asked where they were, and just asked 'which shop are you next door to' and they sometimes give that. Also, if you've shopped say 15 high st, midtown - google 13 and 17 and see if anything comes up.

I did my first shop for RE yesterday, and like a fool forgot what was L/R, I googled the other addresses and put in what I thought they were, stating that as it was my first shop I was concentrating so much on getting the 'interior' bit right that it completely slipped my mind, but said what type of shops they I thought they were. Luckily I was going through the area anyway, so I didnt really lose anything anyway, just will need t obe doubly careful next time!