The Mystery Shopping thread - VII

kman

tizzy79 wrote: »

It went in yesterday and the money is for December and January. I've been told February should be about the 14th April. They take a very long time to pay out :eek:

Well off to try and get tickets for U2!!!

Why can't they get their own tickets?

tizzy79

LOL well I got them!!!

kman

Well done!!! Hope you enjoy the show... :cool:

ukmonkey

Who are FF?

IlonaRN

Timmne wrote: »

I can't remember the exact wording of this but I remember SC and I a while back discussing it - I think we all agreed on the lower of what you spent and the reimbursed amount - UNLESS you're asked to spend more than the reimbursement as part of doing the job, so 3 scenarios:

A) Spent £10, reimbursed £30 - claim £10 as expense
Spent £30 (only HAD to spend £10), reimbursed £10 - claim £10 as expense
C) Spent £30 (HAD to spend £30), reimbursed £10 - claim £30 as expense

I've been doing this within reason. E.g. if I HAD to spend £10 but actually spent £80, then I put £10 as the expense. If I HAVE to spend £10, but I actually end up spending £11.95, because it's made up of lots of little things and I can't get it to exactly £10, then I put £11.95 as my expense. Basically, if I can't get it to exactly what it has to be without far too much fuss (which will make me stick out as MS), then I will claim it as expenses, within reason.

ukmonkey

Timmne wrote: »

I can't remember the exact wording of this but I remember SC and I a while back discussing it - I think we all agreed on the lower of what you spent and the reimbursed amount - UNLESS you're asked to spend more than the reimbursement as part of doing the job, so 3 scenarios:

A) Spent £10, reimbursed £30 - claim £10 as expense
Spent £30 (only HAD to spend £10), reimbursed £10 - claim £10 as expense
C) Spent £30 (HAD to spend £30), reimbursed £10 - claim £30 as expense

How does that logic follow?

Surely it'd be (using your letters)

a) Claim £0
b) Claim £0
C) Claim £20

??

tizzy79

ukmonkey wrote: »

Who are FF?

Frontline Focus.

Timmne

ukmonkey wrote: »

How does that logic follow?

Surely it'd be (using your letters)

a) Claim £0
b) Claim £0
C) Claim £20

??

Sorry, I have no idea what you mean! :rotfl:

ukmonkey

A) Spent £10, reimbursed £30 - claim £10 as expense No overall expense so claim £0
Spent £30 (only HAD to spend £10), reimbursed £10 - claim £10 as expense No overall expense (actually a profit of £20) so claim £0
C) Spent £30 (HAD to spend £30), reimbursed £10 - claim £30 as expense £20 overall expense (30-10=20) so claim £20.

Timmne

Ohhhhh I see!

There would be an expense, but there'd also be an income (which would offset it and make nil profit).

I was talking about the amount you include in your accounts as an expense, not the profit you'd make on it.

We were both right then!