The Mystery Shopping thread - VII

scubaangel

I cant even see the leccy shops (am in the NW, but have defined London too). Doesnt sound like I'm missing much though.
Quick query, about to go do a stamp job, its my first gyp job and I want to make sure I can just pay for the postage and get a receipt rather than spending the full reimbursement? Just I know this branch wont let me buy the other things I need at the counter - so wont be on the receipt if I use the postage as the purchase, or should I make another purchase at the till (and they dont like giving receipts there)??

TractorGirl327

ukmonkey wrote: »

omg what an appalling fee for the leccy shops - AND they need a photo.

Dear me.

I cant see any leccy shops. But I did a "Halle-Bop" job on Monday, it was very simple, I had to take a photo, but of a paltry fee but nice reimbursement :T

Scaredy_Cat_3

Ignore me - I was looking at the fee and the reimbursement the wrong way round!!!

Even so, the fee is comparable to what Gap pay for travel agents, and you do get a reimbursement as well, which you don't with Gap... so how come whenever I comment that the Gap fee is poor I get people telling me it's an ok fee and people are happy to do it?

Don't get me wrong, it IS a poor fee, but it's certainly no worse than Gap's, and I guess I'm just puzzled why I seem to be out of tune with the rest of the world..... again.

IlonaRN

When you take other people with you on a GAP pizza job, do you all order and pay seperately? That's what my notes say to do, but it seems really weird! Am going in about 20 mins and a couple of girls from my office are joining me.

ukmonkey

The leccy shop is the Halle-Bop shop.

leccy = electricity = electrical, geddit?

johnny_c-l

scubaangel wrote: »

I cant even see the leccy shops (am in the NW, but have defined London too). Doesnt sound like I'm missing much though.
Quick query, about to go do a stamp job, its my first gyp job and I want to make sure I can just pay for the postage and get a receipt rather than spending the full reimbursement? Just I know this branch wont let me buy the other things I need at the counter - so wont be on the receipt if I use the postage as the purchase, or should I make another purchase at the till (and they dont like giving receipts there)??

Check your notes - AFAIK you need to spend at least the reimbursement, so if your postage is less than £X then you need to buy something else to make it up. Also, I think if you purchase stamps there is a minimum number you have to buy also. I think you're meant to queue at the counter rather than a separate till.

kman

I've just accepted my first job for ISC, and notice in the assigment notes it says they will pay by paypal - the problem is I don't have a paypal account on the email address I have registered with them - I don't remember saying that I would accept paypal payments anyway...

Any suggestions, as I don't really want to open yet another paypal account...?

scubaangel

johnny_c-l wrote: »

Check your notes - AFAIK you need to spend at least the reimbursement, so if your postage is less than £X then you need to buy something else to make it up. Also, I think if you purchase stamps there is a minimum number you have to buy also. I think you're meant to queue at the counter rather than a separate till.

Thats what I thought hence the query, this branch is plain weird though, you can only pay postage at the counter everything else goes through the tills. So I can make up the total but it wouldnt all be on one receipt iyswim. Might reschedule for tomorrow, do my posting at a different branch today, annoying though when the things I need are all on the allowed list but I cant pay for them together. :mad:

IlonaRN

kman wrote: »

I've just accepted my first job for ISC, and notice in the assigment notes it says they will pay by paypal - the problem is I don't have a paypal account on the email address I have registered with them - I don't remember saying that I would accept paypal payments anyway...

Any suggestions, as I don't really want to open yet another paypal account...?

You can add a second email address to your paypal account.

Scaredy_Cat_3

kman wrote: »

I've just accepted my first job for ISC, and notice in the assigment notes it says they will pay by paypal - the problem is I don't have a paypal account on the email address I have registered with them - I don't remember saying that I would accept paypal payments anyway...

Any suggestions, as I don't really want to open yet another paypal account...?

Just give them your paypal address and they can amend their records - same thing happened to me. I still get the assignment emails on my main email account, but the payments go to the email address associated with my paypal account... if that makes sense.