The Mystery Shopping thread - VII

Scaredy_Cat_3

jediteacher wrote: »

Hi,

I'm doing a wine shop tonight the one that starts with L and rhymes with focal. I take it the voucher will not work?

Will I still come within budget if I buy the bottle of Rose First Cape and Galaxy bar?

Any advice would be great.

Thanks.

Yes. I bought wine and 3 bars of choc and still came in under budget.

Don't know about the voucher though because I didn't have one.

Scaredy_Cat_3

mysterious_girl wrote: »

Yeah same here about GfK. I have seen loads of alerts over the last few weeks but I never have any showing. I also use to do a lot for them. Would love to know what banks they are.

Will PM you and Gam.

mysterious_girl

Take my advice: Try and get an itemised receipt if possible and make sure you write down exactly what you bought in your report. I forgot to mention that I had bought the galaxy bar even though I did buy it so they then wanted to see the itemised receipt but I only had the receipt from the debit card so they're now not paying me!:mad:

jediteacher

Scaredy_Cat wrote: »

Yes. I bought wine and 3 bars of choc and still came in under budget.

Don't know about the voucher though because I didn't have one.

Cheers for that. :beer:

Didn't want to set out and find that I'll be out of pocket.

Sorry, just one more question. What size bar does it have to be?

jediteacher

mysterious_girl wrote: »

Take my advice: Try and get an itemised receipt if possible and make sure you write down exactly what you bought in your report. I forgot to mention that I had bought the galaxy bar even though I did buy it so they then wanted to see the itemised receipt but I only had the receipt from the debit card so they're now not paying me!:mad:

Will do. I read what happened to you so will make sure that I ask for the receipt.

Thank you.

IlonaRN

Gam wrote: »

Can anyone tell me if there is an age limit for the GFK bingo jobs, I never seem to see them.

Also could someone PM me the GFK banks. I've seen loads of alerts but again no jobs showing. I did a few banks for them last year so not sure if I've now done too many or if it's a different company.

Thanks

The brief for the bingo job I did said age range 35-55.

I can't see any bank jobs either

Scaredy_Cat_3

jediteacher wrote: »

Cheers for that. :beer:

Didn't want to set out and find that I'll be out of pocket.

Sorry, just one more question. What size bar does it have to be?

Can't remember if there is a specific size quoted in the notes... I bought the 3 that were on offer on the counter top (3 for £1.20). Yummy! I would guess you could just buy 1, it's the standard bar which usually costs around 50p, depending on where you shop.

I didn't get an itemised receipt, though, only a debit card receipt, and that seems to have been accepted ok. I think it's rotten that they are not paying MG... it's an easy mistake to forget to list one item when you are concentrating on answering so many questions. One little slip. I do think they are being harsh, to be honest. I would be furious.

johnny_c-l

mysterious_girl wrote: »

I am absolutely livid!!!!!!! RE are not paying me for one of the wine shop visits where I bought two bottles of wine and a chocolate bar because I forgot to write the chocolate bar on the report. :mad:
They are not even giving me the chance to re-do that one question.
What a waste of f***ing time and money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From now on I am steering away from RE. They are crap! I have a perfect track record with them with over 500 points and they do this to me.
Beware everyone, they are dirty rotten scoundrels.

You mean on the question where it asks what you bought, you forgot to write chocolate with the wine?? Eh.....such a easy mistake to make why are they reacting that way? I think that is absolutely disgraceful. Surely they can see how much you spent from the receipt and it will be clear that you bought the correct items.

They say on their website:

Retail_Eyes wrote:

If there are any contradictions, discrepancies or information missing, a proof reading query will be raised and you will be contacted via e-mail and requested to call the Retail Eyes office as a matter of urgency, to discuss the points queried. Once the query has been resolved and the report has met the required standard, we will send it to our client.

Surely the query is that you bought the wrong items, and when you told them it was a typo that had resolved the matter. If I were you I'd be phoning them constantly until they see sense. RE really are the pits.

josie

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gam
Can anyone tell me if there is an age limit for the GFK bingo jobs, I never seem to see them.

Also could someone PM me the GFK banks. I've seen loads of alerts but again no jobs showing. I did a few banks for them last year so not sure if I've now done too many or if it's a different company.

Thanks

IlonaRN wrote: »

The brief for the bingo job I did said age range 35-55.

I can't see any bank jobs either

I'm in that age range and can't see any bingo jobs- never done any, either, so that can't rule me out, unless you have to be a member already, or something

Re. the banks and building societies on GfK too, for the BS you have to be an existing account holder and for the bank that I can see you have to be a non-account holder, if that helps at all.

princess_leia_3

I have never seen any bingo/casinos on RE or GFK only the TNS.

Got an RE curry night on thursday which I am sadly looking forward to :rotfl: Apart from that I have no other jobs booked at all :eek: So roll on April and lets hope there is lots of jobs available!

Might take a look at Tern too and see if I can get anything with them.