The Mystery Shopping thread - VII

Hollypear

Jemma_ wrote: »

Thank-you very much for your replies. Very much appreciated!

I am with PIP. But have not had anything from them for ages. Do some very posh shops , report is easy but fee not great. Check page 1 of the thread and join as many companies as possible. Don't look to earn a fortune though. Also try GfK.

Hollypear

josie wrote: »

I suspect my AN Other will be Hull or the Mags. Just looking at the various run ins and after ours, Fulham (win) Arsenal, Man U (lose) Newcastle (draw - because we always do up there) and Villa & WHU (lose) Hull & Newcastle look the next toughest run ins.

Newcastle could get wins against Fulham and Portsmouth & a draw against us and Hull I think will only get one more win against Stoke, with maybe a draw at Sunderland.

I'm going to go now before we get told to beggar off and start our own football thread! There is one on here but it's all Chelsea / ManU / L'pool and nothing for the other end of the table!

Well Josie it is the business end of the season. And the MS world is so quiet at the moment. I've only been off work a week and I am bored already.!!!

Got a cinema visit with React. I do like them but OMG that website is something else. I can't get it to work as well.

Jemma__2

Hollypear wrote: »

I am with PIP. But have not had anything from them for ages. Do some very posh shops , report is easy but fee not great. Check page 1 of the thread and join as many companies as possible. Don't look to earn a fortune though. Also try GfK.

Thanks so much for your reply. I did a recent visit for PIP but heard no feedback on about how my report was. Re-GFK I tried to join but they said they were not recruiting from my area at the moment.

I travel quite a bit as part of my other job, so have found it quite easy to fit Msing around the other work I do each day. Thanks again for your advice.

Hollypear

Jemma_ wrote: »

Thanks so much for your reply. I did a recent visit for PIP but heard no feedback on about how my report was. Re-GFK I tried to join but they said they were not recruiting from my area at the moment.

I travel quite a bit as part of my other job, so have found it quite easy to fit Msing around the other work I do each day. Thanks again for your advice.

Jemma PIP don't give you feedback. Unless you get a proofreading query which I have never had you are OK>

Good luck

IlonaRN

I'm just updating my CV, and thought of the following:

If you have a full-time other job, do you put MS'ing on your CV? Why/why not?

Any comments appreciated, as I'm really not sure if I should or not!

laughing_cow

IlonaRN wrote: »

I'm just updating my CV, and thought of the following:

If you have a full-time other job, do you put MS'ing on your CV? Why/why not?

Any comments appreciated, as I'm really not sure if I should or not!

Yes, I would consider it - it shows that you are resourceful in finding work for yourself and can meet deadlines and write reports. If you're not sure about putting it down as a job, (ie if it doesn't 'sit' right amongst your professional work), you could mention it in your 'interests' section instead.

juliecallum

laughing_cow wrote: »

Yes, I would consider it - it shows that you are resourceful in finding work for yourself and can meet deadlines and write reports. If you're not sure about putting it down as a job, (ie if it doesn't 'sit' right amongst your professional work), you could mention it in your 'interests' section instead.

I never thought of that, I am looking for promotion at my 'DAY JOB' and have never mentioned Ms, Think I will now:T

never_too_old

Paul Owen Section [EMAIL="mysteryshopper@shoppers.co.uk"]mysteryshopper@shoppers.co.uk[/EMAIL]

I received an email from the above last week saying i had been approved to become a mystery shopper,i have applied to a couple.it says to reply to email to confirm i still want to do it but it fails does anyone have any ideas whats wrong or heard of the above

Dormouse

Hollypear wrote: »

Are GFK playing the let's screw our MS'ers game too now. I have just got offered a visit. It is an organisation which has an English and a Scottish branch, Kind of heritage, gardens etc.

It is something to do with yon Rabbie Burns person. Entrance is £5 each, Then you have to buy something in the snack bar, something in the souvenir shop. It is about 50 miles away in darkest Ayrshire so petrol would be say £10. I tot that up at around £25. So you would be around £5 out of pocket.

As the bold Rabbie himself said "Oh would some power the giftie gie us tae see oorsells as other see us"

Tempted to email them an in Burns speek ask them "Dae youse think ma heid buttons up the back"

Might suit Timmne HRW who is a bit more cultured than me.

Oh bum, have CCA lost this contract then? :mad: Their reimbursements used to be so good, plus they paid my whole family's entrance/lunch etc.

BTW the Rabbie place does not have a snack bar (are you joking - the whole place is run by one MOS), but it does have a small gift shop-type area, just selling books. The other Rabbie place down the road has a slightly bigger gift shop area, but again no food. Juts thought I'd mention this in case anyone is thinking of doing these.

No idea why I couldn't see these jobs anyway - I'm much closer to them. Not that I want to do them if they're being so stingy

scorgeous

Hi everyone
Hope you all had a good easter. Has anyone received their payment into their account from RE yet for this month? The reason I ask is that last month I manged to mess up my account number and the payment got returned so I'm hoping that I changed it to the right number this time but can't see anything in my account as yet.