The Mystery Shopping thread - part 6

Timmne

Cherry_pie wrote: »

Yep, not fair, I think that I'd be tempted to take the job and email RE and advise them that you're veggie so would be completing the assignment but substituting the regular burger for a bean burger. If they have a problem then they can release the assignment and you won't be penalised, a burger is a burger after all!

C_P remember that the jobs are designed around the businesses, not the people who shop them!

The burger place's main product won't be a bean burger so they won't be interested in conducting MSing at a cost of potentially millions to find out how well the bean burgers sell!

Cherry_pie_5

yeah, you have a point there on the bean burgers Timmne

IlonaRN

andrina_nightshade wrote: »

I'm having a bad week with RE. Hit the 'Apply for assignment' button only to be told someone else had been allocated the assignment on 4 seperate ocassions. Anyone recommend any exercises for improving clicking speed? :rolleyes:

This also happens when you're still on probation (I found out the hard way!), so check that too

Timmne

Cherry_pie wrote: »

yeah, you have a point there on the bean burgers Timmne

Actually I stole the point from Becles

Scaredy_Cat_3

Timmne wrote: »

C_P remember that the jobs are designed around the businesses, not the people who shop them!

The burger place's main product won't be a bean burger so they won't be interested in conducting MSing at a cost of potentially millions to find out how well the bean burgers sell!

For the record, I wasn't disputing that point. I understand they must have their reasons. I was just saying I think it's unfair that I could be put in the position of accepting an assignment and only later be given what I consider vital information, which could lead to me having to release the assignment, and therefore losing points. If they gave that info up front, as they do on other assignments, then I wouldn't accept it in the first place.

Timmne

Scaredy_Cat wrote: »

For the record, I wasn't disputing that point. I understand they must have their reasons. I was just saying I think it's unfair that I could be put in the position of accepting an assignment and only later be given what I consider vital information, which could lead to me having to release the assignment, and therefore losing points. If they gave that info up front, as they do on other assignments, then I wouldn't accept it in the first place.

Don't worry SC I didn't mean you :A

andrina_nightshade

IlonaRN wrote: »

This also happens when you're still on probation (I found out the hard way!), so check that too

That'll be why, then. Many thanks for the info I remember reading somewhere (this thread maybe?) that you had to do a pub job for RE to get off probation. I just assumed because I could see other assignments I might be allowed to do them, and, given what others have mentioned about these pub jobs (insufficient reimbursements, etc) I was hoping to avoid going down that route.

Ah well, needs must....

pebblespop

i came off probation after my first job which was a pharmacy.

have you done any jobs for re yet?

mysterious_girl

Haven't seen any mobile phone shops from any companies for absolutely ages. Has anyone else?

Scaredy_Cat_3

mysterious_girl wrote: »

Haven't seen any mobile phone shops from any companies for absolutely ages. Has anyone else?

Yes, some on GR now - up north anyway.