The Mystery Shopping thread - part 6

ThinkingOfLinking

Reading back, and regarding the veggie issue; one possible way to get around it is either to go with a non-veggie friend and let them eat the chicken/meat product while you have the chips or something, OR give that bit to a homeless person nearby.

Cherry_pie_5

owlet wrote: »

:rotfl: nice one lol. I'm afraid that I chickened and gave my Mum's address. Couldn't be doing with awkward questions & such like. The spend is good but it specifies 2 main meals & 2 drinks for the evening. We won't come any where near the budget, so I think I will go for a bottle of wine & dessert & see if RE pay :rolleyes: .

I did one of those, we had steaks, side orders and a few extra drinks and they paid the whole tab, but do be meticulous with your receipts

ThinkingOfLinking

Cherry_pie wrote: »

As of this second, RE is dead for me, I can see a whopping 4 whole jobs and my area is huge as I travel a lot on business. Not sure if I'm on the naughty list again though, I've released quite a lot of jobs lately because I'm miffed with RE in general. I pick up their jobs usually to get myself a free lunch whilst I'm out on business or doing jobs for other companies that pay a reasonable fee.

That said, I did a fragrance shop for them this week that took me a whole 5 mins, paid a good fee for the time spent and I got a bottle of something I wanted at the same time, so that was a bonus

I just did one of those shops today.

To be honest, there's not a lot of work on RE at the moment; accross all areas I am registered, including London, I can see 18 jobs.

creaker

I did the fragrance one as well. And it was pretty quick.

I've also noticed my payments have been in pending longer than before. I've only been doing MSing for 4 weeks but the first 3 weeks the payments were in pending for a day at the most, usually just a few hours and now they seem to sit there for a few days. I've had problems this week stemming from the website being down on Sunday but I've filed all my reports except for one where the place was closed so I've had to email back and forth to get the fee for that one.

sam010185

Do all jobs specify that you can't take children? If this is the case then I may as well give up before I've started!

Double_Trouble

Thanks to whoever first mentioned chicken jobs with gap I emailed them and they added the chicken place to my orientation and also the stamp place which I had messed up earlier. So anyone that can't see these jobs it is worth an email. I now have a nice chicken job to do.

DTxx

I have 5 jobs in London from RE that apparently are only 11 miles from North Wales so perhaps the jobs are there but just been given to the wrong people. I have done one job for them today but other than that the same jobs have been showing for ages 2 for a dodgy pub and 2 I need to be on a ferry for!

hamsterholly

owlet wrote: »

Has anyone done a hotel stay where the hotel is only 1 1/2 miles from home?
I am not sure whether to use my mums address to avoid suspicion because wherever you might be going, a taxi home is cheaper than a hotel overnight! If you get my drift lol.

I did one last year and it was literally 2 mins away in the car. I just used my nans address as she lives an hour away. I did let the ms company know just incase there was a problem with payment.

mtem74

To the Glasgow Mafia

Is it just me or is there no jobs on RE? I think I've been hit with the same search bug others have mentioned. No new jobs other than Airports and all airside. Mind there's the odd nice job in Liverpool or gatwick... does RE think I can get there in 30 mins or so????

My MS diet continues lol

mysterious_girl

Is RE quiet for everyone or just me?

Also, I've signed up for Tern but they want me to do a trial shop? Is that normal for them?


Yes its very normal. You're best doing it properly and not faking the report. I did the report as specified (it was a jewellery store) and then they sent it back to me telling me where they would want further comments etc and how to improve on my reporting so it is done the way THEY like it. Anyway, it gets your foot in the door to a lot of good jobs they offer which pay much better fees than most. Good luck!

xxvickixx

No not all jobs say you can't take children. Some places actually specify that you need to take children. Don't give up hope, just check the job notes.