The Mystery Shopping thread - part 6

5MINSALONE

I'm a shopper for GFK - who I've found to be nothing but brilliant. They are looking for shoppers in or near the following areas:

Abergavenny
NP7

Dumfries
DG1

Newmarket
CB8
Andover
SP10

East Dereham
NR19

Newry
BT35
Ballymena
BT43

Elgin
IV30

Penzance
TR18
Banbury
OX16

Evesham
WR11

Retford
DN22
Bangor
LL57

Falmouth
TR11

Rhyl
LL18
Barnstaple
EX31

Folkestone
CT20

Ross on Wye
HR9
Barrow
LA14

Galashiels
TD1

Salisbury
SP1
Berwick
TD15

Goole
DN14

Scarborough
YO11
Beverley
HU17

Grantham
NG31

S!!!!horpe
DN15
Bognor Regis
PO21

Hastings
TN34

Selby
YO8
Boston
PE21

Haverfordwest
SA61

Skegness
PE25
Braintree
CM7

Haverhill
CB9

St Andrews
KY16
Bridgewater
TA6

Hereford
HR1

Stamford
PE9
Bury St. Edmunds
IP33

Isle of Wight
PO30

Stratford Upon Avon
CV37
Caernarfon
LL55

Kendal
LA9

Stroud
GL5
Cambridge
CB3

Kings Lynn
PE30

Sudbury
CO10
Carmarthen
SA31

Leek
ST13

Tewkesbury
GL20
Chippenham
SN15

Llandudno
LL30

Tiverton
EX16
Cirencester
GL7

Londonderry
BT48

Trowbridge
BA14
Clacton-on-Sea
CO15

Lowestoft
NR32

Truro
TR1
Coleraine
BT52

Market Harborough
LE16

Weston super Mare
BS23
Corby
NN17

Melton Mowbray
LE13

Weymouth
DT4
Devizes
SN10

Mertyr Tydfil
CF47

Whitehaven
CA28
Dover
CT16

Newark
NG24

Workington
CA14






Yeovil
BA20



If you live in or near one of these places, Pm me your email address so I can send a referral email to you, I earn £5.00 PP after 2 completed shops, but there's nothing stopping you from forwarding the referral on to another person once you have your account with them.

Just thought Id post in case anyone wants to MS but hasn't yet. Its good fun!!!!!

Take care Claire x

5MINSALONE

I just saw scardys post, and I didnt think of the refferres board, if I am posting in the wrong place (altho it is related hehe) then feel free to move me

X

Hollypear

Flickering_Ember wrote: »

Hollypear, I understand your point with the low rates we can get for MSing but I don't do it to get rich, more to treat myself. I'd never usually spend money on a pub lunch for myself as I am on a low income. So I like the chance to get a "free" nice meal once or twice a month (as is the amount I tend to find on RE) and the odd little other treat here and there, and the fee covers my travel and printing so it's all good. RE is not predictable enough to rely on anyway and as I don't have my own transport, I cannot cover that wide an area anyway.

Thanks FE for saying you understand my point. Nice that someone agrees with me.

I do still do the odd job for RE but ONLY when it suits me and not them. So if I am going into Glasgow city centre for a MS especially one which pays travel there and back I will fit in a super snadwich shop ( French name). And I did a pharmacy visit today because I had a prescription and it was the pharmacy I normally use. At least I topped up too with a shampoo which is more expensive than I normally pay.

Can I ask you a question though about the pub visits. I haven't looked for some time so cant remember the brief. But my recollection is the implication is that the visit is for 2 people...hence 2 drinks, and questions about the 2nd meal ordered. I did one with my hubby and he sat and watched me eat the meal while he had nothing. He said it was pointless him paying for a meal he didn't fancy anyway as that would totally wife out the fee. So when I did the question asking about the 2nd meal I put. No 2nd meal ordered as you are only reimbursing one meal so you are in effect asking me to take someone along and pay for their own meal.

And the one that really bugged me was the drop down box about how busy the pub was. I selected the option 90 - 95% and the report said there were unanswered questions. And that was one of them. So I just cheekily put "What part of 90 - 95% don't you understand. So they didn't pay me nor reimburse me.

Oh and 5misalone I loved you list with the S!!!!horpe ref. I am on a footie forum and once posted something about S!!!!horpe which got asterisks in it due to the swear filter.

blindman

Hollypear wrote: »

the report said there were unanswered questions. And that was one of them. So I just cheekily put "What part of 90 - 95% don't you understand. So they didn't pay me nor reimburse me.

I got a query to my answer to the question "How many people were in the queue"
The drop down box answer was 1.

I also wrote as a reply "What part of 1 do you not understand!"

Showing as payment pending though.;)

5MINSALONE

Hollypear wrote: »

Oh and 5misalone I loved you list with the S!!!!horpe ref. I am on a footie forum and once posted something about S!!!!horpe which got asterisks in it due to the swear filter.

I didnt notice that till you mentioned it, silly silly swear filters :rotfl:

ThinkingOfLinking

Hollypear wrote: »

Thanks FE for saying you understand my point. Nice that someone agrees with me.

I do still do the odd job for RE but ONLY when it suits me and not them. So if I am going into Glasgow city centre for a MS especially one which pays travel there and back I will fit in a super snadwich shop ( French name). And I did a pharmacy visit today because I had a prescription and it was the pharmacy I normally use. At least I topped up too with a shampoo which is more expensive than I normally pay.

Can I ask you a question though about the pub visits. I haven't looked for some time so cant remember the brief. But my recollection is the implication is that the visit is for 2 people...hence 2 drinks, and questions about the 2nd meal ordered. I did one with my hubby and he sat and watched me eat the meal while he had nothing. He said it was pointless him paying for a meal he didn't fancy anyway as that would totally wife out the fee. So when I did the question asking about the 2nd meal I put. No 2nd meal ordered as you are only reimbursing one meal so you are in effect asking me to take someone along and pay for their own meal.

And the one that really bugged me was the drop down box about how busy the pub was. I selected the option 90 - 95% and the report said there were unanswered questions. And that was one of them. So I just cheekily put "What part of 90 - 95% don't you understand. So they didn't pay me nor reimburse me.

Oh and 5misalone I loved you list with the S!!!!horpe ref. I am on a footie forum and once posted something about S!!!!horpe which got asterisks in it due to the swear filter.

I meant to say BTW that MS is not enough to rely on, not RE. They are the company which has generated the most work for me and is my personal favourite. I also get frustrated with the silly queries on the jobs though sometimes.

I don't know which client you mean pub wise, as in the coloured monarch, the cheap and cheerful one or the one which shares its name with something it sells, so if you want clarification PM me although the jobs I have seen lately have only been for one shopper, or some say at leasy 1 person. I find that amusing...no, I didn' realise you had to send at least one person on this job...I sent my cat/invisible friend. Maybe it's because I am a sarcastic person. Oh well.

ThinkingOfLinking

I'm in shock!! I had a call from a MS company regarding a job I did for them, and the client actually used the words "Liar" about me. And the accusations are ones which I'd be insane to make up, such as a toilet with a broken lock and one without a seat. The aggressive attitude they have taken has just, I feel, proven my points that the service was not as great as it could be. Forget what I said in the report about "Maybe" I'd go back there. Never again.

tigergold

Flickering_Ember wrote: »

I'm in shock!! I had a call from a MS company regarding a job I did for them, and the client actually used the words "Liar" about me. And the accusations are ones which I'd be insane to make up, such as a toilet with a broken lock and one without a seat. The aggressive attitude they have taken has just, I feel, proven my points that the service was not as great as it could be. Forget what I said in the report about "Maybe" I'd go back there. Never again.

Thats terrible.
There a lesson to be learnt by all from here, take a pic of broken lock/toilet seat. Then again, they would probably say thats not their door/lock:rolleyes:
This is when MS can make you really :mad:

ruthiejane

Flickering_Ember wrote: »

I'm in shock!! I had a call from a MS company regarding a job I did for them, and the client actually used the words "Liar" about me. And the accusations are ones which I'd be insane to make up, such as a toilet with a broken lock and one without a seat. The aggressive attitude they have taken has just, I feel, proven my points that the service was not as great as it could be. Forget what I said in the report about "Maybe" I'd go back there. Never again.

Did the MS company also accuse you of lying? I think I would write an email asking them to compare this report with your previous ones, and how upset you are at this response. Maybe take 24 hours to write it so that it can be calm and considered rather than a rant. Poor you, I know I hate being accused of lying. Hugs.

FraggleFan

I've just had a text for 'Service Measure' asking me to do a restaurant visit. I can't for the life of me remember applying to them, but I did go through a phase of applying to everyone and anyone. Just wondering if anyone's done any work for them and to make sure they're ok.

Cheers,
FF