The Mystery Shopping thread - VII

ukmonkey

IlonaRN wrote: »

Are there usually fees for doing the hotel assignments at RE? The one near me has a good reimbursement, but no fee.

Fee? RE? Are you serious?!

Sorry, couldn't resist. No, no fee.

Timmne

ukmonkey wrote: »

Fee? RE? Are you serious?!

Sorry, couldn't resist. No, no fee.

Funny, isn't it, how 'fee' sounds silly when talking about RE? I'm not even joking - it does actually sound funny!

IlonaRN

Well, somebody else took the hotel. At least I know now that I can see them!

alisont

Hello

Ive applied to be a mystery shopper but can I ask is a lot of it linked to restaurant chains as I would have problems with this if It involves ordering certain meals as Im a vegan! Other shopping Id be fine with.

I can only be free evenings, weekends and holidays as I work in education - would this be flexible enough?

Thanks

DebtHater

scorgeous wrote: »

Morning all,

I'm on whine mode today please forgive me, but I'm mad at the golden arches burger chain. Gap rang me last week asking me to do a premium visit there as I had been specifically requested by golden arches and they had increased the fee for me.

So, I agreed to do it. So, off I pop last Friday to the place and just as I was getting there mynext door neighbours husband was also going there, so I entered the place at the same time. He asked me to sit with him, as normal people do, and to try being shown as a mystery shopper I agreed, as there were staff in earshot and it would raise suspicion if I said sorry, gotta do this one alone.

So anyway, golden arches have now come back and said they wont pay cause I didn't do it on my own.:mad:

You think thats bad?

Gap refused to pay up on one I did locally for the same chain, aparantly I revealed myself to be a MS and the staff recognised me and told their manager.

I received an email from Gap saying "The store believes they recognised you and described you as being female, late 30s, wearing a flowery dress"

To which I replied "I am a male, early 20s, and I was wearing smart dress as I was having my lunch break from work"

I mean, come on. As if I'd go in and say, "Hello, I am a mystery shopper"

sarahs999

alisont wrote: »

Hello

Ive applied to be a mystery shopper but can I ask is a lot of it linked to restaurant chains as I would have problems with this if It involves ordering certain meals as Im a vegan! Other shopping Id be fine with.

I can only be free evenings, weekends and holidays as I work in education - would this be flexible enough?

Thanks

It depends who you joined. RE would not be good, GFK would be better. For many reasons, not just vegan!

purt

DebtHater wrote: »

You think thats bad?

Gap refused to pay up on one I did locally for the same chain, aparantly I revealed myself to be a MS and the staff recognised me and told their manager.

I received an email from Gap saying "The store believes they recognised you and described you as being female, late 30s, wearing a flowery dress"

To which I replied "I am a male, early 20s, and I was wearing smart dress as I was having my lunch break from work"

I mean, come on. As if I'd go in and say, "Hello, I am a mystery shopper"

That made me chuckle.

I had a call from RE querying a report that I did and asking me why I hadn't purchased a product they'd stipulated that I had to purchase. I also got a follow up email from their proofreading team.

I detailed in the main body of the report exactly why I hadn't purchased the required item. You'd think their proofreading team would have noticed this. Alas no.

Why do we even bother eh?

DebtHater

culchied wrote: »

That made me chuckle.

I had a call from RE querying a report that I did and asking me why I hadn't purchased a product they'd stipulated that I had to purchase. I also got a follow up email from their proofreading team.

I detailed in the main body of the report exactly why I hadn't purchased the required item. You'd think their proofreading team would have noticed this. Alas no.

Why do we even bother eh?

I'm curious, why didnt you purchase the item? :rolleyes:

purt

DebtHater wrote: »

I'm curious, why didnt you purchase the item? :rolleyes:

The shop didn't stock it!

Scaredy_Cat_3

culchied wrote: »

The shop didn't stock it!

Come on, that's not a good enough reason for not buying it!!!! You should have tried harder!;)



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