The Mystery Shopping thread - VII

mysterious_girl

If anyone is doing a fast pizza job this month - I did one last month and used the buy one get one free voucher and have been paid my full reimbursement.

I didn't bother asking my area manager if I could use one as it's not mentioned in the report so why draw attention to it.

I have another fast pizza this month and will use a voucher again. It's great because two of us can dine out for free!

mysterious_girl

I have just accepted a job from ISC for a cinema visit on a Saturday night. Great reimbursement and very low fee but at least there is a fee! Unlike RE who think that if you get a reimbursement of anything over £10 they don't need to pay you a fee. This fee is so minimal but the reimburement covers drinks from the bar, popcorn, soft drink, pick and mix and two adult cinema tickets.

fabsaver

I haven't had a phone call from GAP yet and there's nothing on the board so I have no jobs lined up at all for May:mad:

I regularly average £300 a month with them so it is a big chunk of income to lose. Most of the work I do is while I am travelling around and not necessarily near my home so I suspect I won't get offered much even if they did ring me.

I really hope they are not going to start allocating jobs like that permanently. I know GAP have many faults but I liked the way I could plan my dates in advance.

Hollypear

mysterious_girl wrote: »

I have just accepted a job from ISC for a cinema visit on a Saturday night. Great reimbursement and very low fee but at least there is a fee! Unlike RE who think that if you get a reimbursement of anything over £10 they don't need to pay you a fee. This fee is so minimal but the reimburement covers drinks from the bar, popcorn, soft drink, pick and mix and two adult cinema tickets.

Could you be an angel (as always) and PM me your contact at ISC. There is a great visit they have at a jewelery shop with a Polish name I wanted to ask when it was coming up again as I love their figurines.

Hollypear

Could you PM me again I have cleared my inbox.

fabsaver

sarahs999 wrote: »

Quick question about French sandwiches - when it says of the lunchtime selection that there must be the 'full range' available, does that just mean no gaps on the shelves? I can't see an actual number of sandwiches that should be there.

That's what I think it means as well. Different stores have different product ranges available. I think the questionnaire asks how many sandwiches there were so I do a rough count as well as noting any gaps.

Hollypear

I just got a call from a lovely guy in React. I told him I had recommended them on the forum and he was dead chuffed. They are lovely to work for. For example they note jobs you specially like and keep you in mind next time they come up.

I told him 2 people on here were looking to join and said was it OK to recruit for them so to speak. Its OK I dont get a fee for it but I think those of you who dont know of them would love this company. So anyone else who wants to join PM your email address and I will forward the application to you.

They are based in Cirencester so have visits all over. They do cinemas and Expensive coffee and panini and tourist attractions.

If you are doing jobs for them be sure to read the briefing notes. The cinema I did last weekend said it had to be after 7.30 pm. Don't know why it was the clients request. They phoned to query something and mentioned they were grateful I had done it correctly as a lot of their shoppers had done a cinema where the film started before 7.30 so the client wouldn't accept the report.

Mind you I think we have all done jobs the wrong time, wrong day etc forgot to note left and right.

IlonaRN

Do the pharmacy visits on RE always involve three different questions? Was looking forward to doing one of these, but it seems rather a lot for the small fee.

ukmonkey

IlonaRN wrote: »

Do the pharmacy visits on RE always involve three different questions? Was looking forward to doing one of these, but it seems rather a lot for the small fee.

Yup, 3 questions, one mandatory purchase. Rip off. At first I was rubbing my hands, as there were about 10-15 that I could easily do. I've not even bothered booking a single one.

IlonaRN

ukmonkey wrote: »

Yup, 3 questions, one mandatory purchase. Rip off. At first I was rubbing my hands, as there were about 10-15 that I could easily do. I've not even bothered booking a single one.

I guess at least two of the questions are related. The problem is just the third question.