The Mystery Shopping thread - VII

Hollypear

Timmne wrote: »

She is - mentally!

Well this govt place are apparently going to have to believe I have a mental child under 15 as well if I follow the scenario question.:rotfl:

Hollypear

I keep seeing alerts for RE with clothing shops. All I ever get offered are pharamcies, and pubs. Nover once got a clothing shop. Can someone PM me or give a clue what the clothing shops are.

Maybe I need to change my profile and delete that I am a hypochondriac who works as a lap dancer.;)

kman

Hollypear wrote: »

I keep seeing alerts for RE with clothing shops. All I ever get offered are pharamcies, and pubs. Nover once got a clothing shop. Can someone PM me or give a clue what the clothing shops are.

Perhaps we're too old , 'cos I can't see them either...

Hollypear wrote: »

Maybe I need to change my profile and delete that I am a hypochondriac who works as a lap dancer.;)

I thought I recognised you from somewhere!!!

ukmonkey

ukmonkey wrote:

Hollypear wrote: »

I am 59 and note the age limit on these jobs is 60 so amybe soon I wont hardly be able to do any MS's

I'm gob-smacked. Totally shocked.

I had you down as being in your late 20's/early 30's!

I think it might also be because of your username - I had you down as being called "Holly", which to me is a young(er!) person's name, like I'd class "Edith" and "Betty" as older people's names.

Hmmm, think I should stop digging...!

Loolabell_2

Hollypear wrote: »

I keep seeing alerts for RE with clothing shops. All I ever get offered are pharamcies, and pubs. Nover once got a clothing shop. Can someone PM me or give a clue what the clothing shops are.

Maybe I need to change my profile and delete that I am a hypochondriac who works as a lap dancer.;)

Have PM'd you....;)

ukmonkey

Hollypear wrote: »

I keep seeing alerts for RE with clothing shops. All I ever get offered are pharamcies, and pubs. Nover once got a clothing shop. Can someone PM me or give a clue what the clothing shops are.

Maybe I need to change my profile and delete that I am a hypochondriac who works as a lap dancer.;)

I suspect you're classed as "too old" for them HP, sorry!

Timmne

ukmonkey wrote: »

I think it might also be because of your username - I had you down as being called "Holly", which to me is a young(er!) person's name, like I'd class "Edith" and "Betty" as older people's names.

Hmmm, think I should stop digging...!

Funny, I thought her real name was Pear

Actually, I know two 'real' names for HP and neither are Holly (or Pear!)

TractorGirl327

jobbingmusician wrote: »

Apart from their normal high standard of proofreading, I have realised where I am going wrong with RE jobs - I'm using words in the report which are over 4 letters long! It must be stressing their staff out terribly!

Hee hee, that made me chuckle!!

ukmonkey wrote: »

I'm gob-smacked. Totally shocked. I had you down as being in your late 20's/early 30's!

Me too.


Anyhow, I'm chuffed this morning, got a very good friend coming over one day the last week of April - and just picked up a lunchtime meal at the "Gangsters restaurant" locally. Usually miss out on these as they're evening ones and can't take the kids, so to see them for lunchtime - and my local one to be available - is fabulous!!

kman

TractorGirl327 wrote: »

Hee hee, that made me chuckle!!


Me too.


Anyhow, I'm chuffed this morning, got a very good friend coming over one day the last week of April - and just picked up a lunchtime meal at the "Gangsters restaurant" locally. Usually miss out on these as they're evening ones and can't take the kids, so to see them for lunchtime - and my local one to be available - is fabulous!!

Can somebody tell me what the 'Gangster' restaurant is, as i can't work it out...:o

MikeLB

ukmonkey wrote: »

Well I'm hoping to put together something that is all-signing, all-dancing based on another spreadsheet that I use for something else.

Why do you have too different rates for mileage? And why would you be claiming flights as expenses?!?!

2 different mileage rates - when you hit over 10,000 miles a year you have to drop your rate as per Self Assesment rules. So its 40p per mile for first 10K, then 26p per mile thereafter. (Mnnual Mystery Shop mileage nowadays is 20,000. It used to be 45,000 a year exclusively on Mystery Shopping!) But I think there are ways to claim actuality car running costs and indeed there was an obscure rule about you could offset a part of a new car purchase against your Shop work if the car was under a certain engine size and CO2 limit - The old Renault Megane 1.5 dci was the largest car that qualifed but I cant remember what the rule actually was. The mileage thing is a bit of a farce as the Inland Revenue mileage doesnt in my opinion bearing a true reflection of cost, but it works in our favour not theirs, for once. I always underestimate miles too in case they investigate so I know it will work in my favour

Flights, ferries, taxis, rail tickets - I do some very obscure Scottish island locations for some companies and they pay for my flights - though in the past I must admit I got a company to pay for 2 Scottish mainland flights as the car was broken down.

Dont be scared of making a loss on Mystery Shopping - I have just done my final spreadsheets for last year and made a theoretical loss of over £3000! Offset against my main job and I'll be getting some money back from good old tax man, again!

An old work colleague of mine used to do freelance work part time and never made a profit - The Inland Revenue did phone hin one day and advised him he should close his business as it never made a profit. He replied it wasn't the Inland Revenue's business to hand out business advice, only to collect taxes - They never bothered him again!