The Mystery Shopping thread - VII

purt

josie wrote: »

Must admit I never stay in for 15 mins :rolleyes:, although obviously my report says I do. It used to be marginally better, but now they've reduced the amount you can bet by £1, it's hardly worth bothering, so think I'll give these ones up.

I wouldn't have either but for the fact there's CCTV everywhere now and I'd be frightened they'd check it and penalise me for it.

One of the shops I visited looked as though it hadn't been refurbished in years. It was so old, dirty and antiquated. The other one was so new and modern. Such a contrast.

josie

jonno1001 wrote: »

RE have reduced the payment by £2, but the questionnaire has lost 100 questions so it's actually better value per se, plus it's only 15 mins instore rather than 30.

Can't comment on RE fees, as I'm female so can't do theirs. Gap are only 15 mins too not 30, but allegedly only pay £5, so for me, I no longer think it's worth it. But horses :rotfl:for courses!

Sami_Bee

Sorry to sound rather stoopid but where do you pick up jobs on RE?
I've just signed up this weekend I'm guessing that under assignments where at the moment for me it says "0 Available" it will say "5 Available" or similar is that right?

DebtHater

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Sorry to sound rather stoopid but where do you pick up jobs on RE?
I've just signed up this weekend I'm guessing that under assignments where at the moment for me it says "0 Available" it will say "5 Available" or similar is that right?

I usually wait for the emails to come through from the MS companies, but I know certain sites update at particular times, so its worth checking (like I do) daily

82much

I've been with Aba-i for quite a while now. Got A group, green petrol, catalogue shop and pulse but I have never, ever seen a job! I have tried with the major local shopping areas and tried with counties but nothing. Do they have certain times when jobs are available? or am I just a numpty!! :cool:

mharzuk

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Sorry to sound rather stoopid but where do you pick up jobs on RE?
I've just signed up this weekend I'm guessing that under assignments where at the moment for me it says "0 Available" it will say "5 Available" or similar is that right?

As other on this thread have advised firstly you need to have your defined areas set up quite wide, hopefully including one large town or city. Also choose your preferences well, I think most people will choose all and then do their own filters. Changes can take 24 hours to take effect so tomorrow you should start to see some jobs. A very cleaver person on here (sorry I don't remember who it was) noticed they seem to do big uploads at 8pm but it is worth checking throughout the day because they do go on at any time and then they get snapped up quickly.

mharzuk

82much wrote: »

I've been with Aba-i for quite a while now. Got A group, green petrol, catalogue shop and pulse but I have never, ever seen a job! I have tried with the major local shopping areas and tried with counties but nothing. Do they have certain times when jobs are available? or am I just a numpty!! :cool:

Have you been searching your own area or using the * trick?

jdan9

I've only EVER seen jobs for the catalogue shop tbh. Although until yesterday I only had the fashion retail chain (but I still never saw any jobs for them!)

82much

mharzuk wrote: »

Have you been searching your own area or using the * trick?

Tried Hampshire and Dorset, booked visits as well. I haven't done anything else though. Would you be able to let me know the * trick please.

mharzuk

82much wrote: »

Tried Hampshire and Dorset, booked visits as well. I haven't done anything else though. Would you be able to let me know the * trick please.

After log in and choosing the client click on the "other" button and not the local on the left hand side. In the top box that appears on the right hand side put * in the search box, click search and everything for the whole country comes up. There's not much on there just now but when they release the jobs (often at the start of a month but can be anytime) you can get pages and pages of them to look through. Good luck