The Mystery Shopping thread - VII

kman

Loolabell wrote: »

:rotfl: Good idea except my camera phone is s**t!!!!!! think i could try that with my digital camera and pretend i though that was my phone?? :rotfl: :rotfl:

I've had to take a few photos in supermarkets before, and used my normal camera - never even had anyone asking what I was doing...? So if you're not too obvious, you should get away with it...

mezer3000

Ok thanks!!!
Will register online later today.

To be fair the lady really did seem to hate her job :rotfl:

i've had no luck with microsoft accounting - would someone be able to send me their spreadsheet? pretty please with cherries on top!!!

mharzuk

I've been getting my paperwork up to date this morning with the Tax year just around the corner and I come out with just less than half profit to total income.
The scary bit for me is that I need to work out my hours worked so I can claim working family tax credit (I need 4 hours per week to make up for the 12 hour seasonal job I have over the summer) and my hourly rate on profit alone is £2.56!!!!! Has anyone else done this calculation?

Can I report myself for paying me less than the national minimum wage? :rolleyes:

ukmonkey

If you are allowed access to the shop without conditions (does it say on the door that you're not allowed to take photos?) then you can legally take photos inside.

http://www.sirimo.co.uk/media/UKPhotographersRights.pdf

If approached by a Security Guard and asked to delete the photos, I'd refuse and leave.

mezer3000

how long does it normally take REs money to appear in bank accounts. It says they paid me on the 25th - but nothing has appeared in my bank account?

mezer3000

o dear - really sorry for being full of questions this morning hehe

johnny_c-l

Should be in on Mon/Tues mezer.

There was an RE shopper who once spent an afternoon in the cells for taking a photo in a shopping centre. You'd think she'd just have said she was an MSer really.

skywalker83

what???????? really!!!! an afternoon in the cell for MSing!!!!!!!!

IlonaRN

mharzuk wrote: »

I've been getting my paperwork up to date this morning with the Tax year just around the corner and I come out with just less than half profit to total income.
The scary bit for me is that I need to work out my hours worked so I can claim working family tax credit (I need 4 hours per week to make up for the 12 hour seasonal job I have over the summer) and my hourly rate on profit alone is £2.56!!!!! Has anyone else done this calculation?

Can I report myself for paying me less than the national minimum wage? :rolleyes:

I don't think the minimum wage applies to self-employed work.

Scaredy_Cat_3

kman wrote: »

I've had to take a few photos in supermarkets before, and used my normal camera - never even had anyone asking what I was doing...? So if you're not too obvious, you should get away with it...

I saw a woman in Tesco a few weeks ago with a camcorder - videoing some toys on a shelf. I thought it looked odd, but maybe she wanted to show them to someone before buying???