The Mystery Shopping thread - VIII

pinkprincess39

AndyInYorks wrote: »

But you do still get £5 reimbursed :beer:

so i could spend say £1 or so posting a letter and they will still give me £5 re-inbursment?? sound too good to be true.:j

has anyone actually done this...spent less but still got full reinbursement?
it actually says on my notes that a minimum of £4.50 must be spent for the visit to be paid

purt

Anyone noticed this on a gapburger assignment before:

What should I do if there is a bus in the parking lot?
This means that the restaurant may be unusually busy. You must return one hour later keeping within the required timeframe. If you cannot keep within the required timeframe, you must contact us immediately so that the assignment can be rescheduled.

I've not conducted a gapburger assignment in years but find this part rather ridiculous. Do they think we have nothing better to do? And for the measly fee they pay, I'm not sure I could be arsed to return another day just because a bus load of people decided to stop off at a burger bar!

Scaredy_Cat_3

suemichaels wrote: »

Has anyone worked for ISC? I got accepted but received a very badly written (grammar and spelling wrong!) email from them. Surely a legit company who expect great written reports wouldnt send out such a poor email??

They are legit. I don't get much work from them, but they do offer work via email, or occasionally by phone. I always thought they were English, judging from the emails and phonecalls I've received, but I guess they may have offices anywhere.

They pay through paypal.

Becles

suemichaels wrote: »

Hi, im doing some stamp jobs next week for gap and it says not to buy savings stamps is it ok to buy normal postage stamps or do i have to but items from the post office shop? thanks guys

Savings stamps are the ones where you pay for the savings stamp and stick it in on a card then keep it to pay your car tax or utility bills etc.

Normal postage stamps are fine - either loose stamps, books of stamps or the printed labels they do for items you are posting there and then.

owlet

Has anyone had problems with the abai fruity phones questionnaire? I got half way through it, saving regularly and then it stuck on one question and won't let me move on. It doesn't matter what I write, it just tells me to answer within the parameters (no parameters stated). So I saved again and logged off. When I logged in again, it is showing 50% completed but all the answers I put in have disappeared :mad:.

I have mailed them but it needs to be in today & I don't want to not get paid.

PS Good luck with the job nads, hope it all goes well for you x

flyer

Need some help please. Just done a GAP burger job, but the receipt time is about half an hour before the actual time and their system won't accept my report because of this. How do I get over this?

TractorGirl327

flyer wrote: »

Need some help please. Just done a GAP burger job, but the receipt time is about half an hour before the actual time and their system won't accept my report because of this. How do I get over this?

Is it that the time on their till is wrong, or did you do the job earlier than required?

If it is the former, put in the real time, and in "Other Comments" at the end of the questionnaire, explain that the time on their till is incorrect.

If it's that you did the job too early, they won't pay you!

Becles

You either have to alter your in/out times, or alter the receipt time, then add a note in the comments section to explain.

owlet

flyer wrote: »

Need some help please. Just done a GAP burger job, but the receipt time is about half an hour before the actual time and their system won't accept my report because of this. How do I get over this?

Don't panic, it happens to me all the time! Just change the receipt time on the question to fit in with your times, then put an explanation in the comments box and say what the actual receipt time was in there.

So if you went in at 10am and out at 10.20am and the receipt says 9.47am, change the answer for the receipt time to, say 10.05am. Then put the real receipt time (9.47am) in the comments box with the brief explanation.

Oops, three of us answering at once!!

flyer

I've altered the receipt times. Given the stupid questions we now have to answer, I hope there's no comeback!