The Mystery Shopping thread - part 6

gerkin

RE have sent emails saying that Hotel stays are available and they are going fast. If interested I am supposed to login and bag them. Trouble is, I still cannot see any hotel stays when I login :-)

Out of curiousity, are you guys still on the Beta version of the software ? My RE URL still says beta.

Cherry_pie_5

gerkin wrote: »

RE have sent emails saying that Hotel stays are available and they are going fast. If interested I am supposed to login and bag them. Trouble is, I still cannot see any hotel stays when I login :-)

Out of curiousity, are you guys still on the Beta version of the software ? My RE URL still says beta.

I haven't even had an email!

Sooo very sick of RE at the moment, I'm very tempted to release my outstanding jobs and sack them off for good. For a company who evaluate good service, their own customer service is shockingly bad. I'm going to focus on working for the more 'respectable' companies from now on. :mad:

ellie9ellie

Oh MG that made my night. DD came in to see what I was laughing about. Absolute classic :j :rotfl: x

nads

Becles wrote: »

Why is Retail Active spam?

I'm working for them and they seem decent so far, although it is weird for the person to come on and only post about them.

I got a casino too. Hubby has been wanting to go for ages, so he was just about bouncing off the ceiling when I told him

Retail Active isn't spam but the actual message imho was spam. He jsut wanted free publicty for "his" company.

bumblebee23

mysterious_girl wrote: »

Well if Jamie thinks he's had a good day...

I managed to secure 2 first class return tickets to Bermuda which just happens to coincide with the department store there that needs to be shopped.

Luckily there are some overseas hotel jobs on RE so I nabbed one of them and guess what? It's for 5 nights!

So I then rang GAP and they've offered me some lovely burger, pizza and chicken jobs for while I'm there.

Thanks Martin, I never thought MSing would be so lucrative and easy! :rotfl:

Grats to you! I hope you bought a lottery ticket for tonights draw! :T

silvadebtfree

hello all

i've got my first mystery shop on saturday, i've read the first page, but just want to clarify. i have a f/t job, do i still need to register as self employed? i'm registered as just 'employed' at the moment and i need to know if doing a mystery shop every now and again will impact me more than it's worth...

thanks much

xx

princess_leia_3

yes you need to reg as self emp even if you only ever do 1 job.

silvadebtfree

princess_leia wrote: »

yes you need to reg as self emp even if you only ever do 1 job.

thanks, and will i be ok to leave myself as self employed? will i have to do tax returns etc for my day job? Or do i have to revert back afterwards? sorry, i have no knowledge whatsoever about the tax system!!

Hollypear

Becles wrote: »

Why is Retail Active spam?

I'm working for them and they seem decent so far, although it is weird for the person to come on and only post about them.

I got a casino too. Hubby has been wanting to go for ages, so he was just about bouncing off the ceiling when I told him

Well if it is not spam the guy is at it. Unless you believe you can get £160 for a telephone job. Me I dont believe it. The old maxim applies. If it looks to good to be true then it is.

And since we expressed our disbelief he has vanished. To quote the wise Timmne "dodgy" and she didn't believe it either.

princess_leia_3

silvadebtfree wrote: »

thanks, and will i be ok to leave myself as self employed? will i have to do tax returns etc for my day job? Or do i have to revert back afterwards? sorry, i have no knowledge whatsoever about the tax system!!

You only need to do tax returns for your self employed work but I believe that you have to enter other income as the total will determine the tax paid - if this is wrong I am sure Timmne will advise!