The Mystery Shopping thread - VIII

ukmonkey

ukmonkey wrote: »

@minniepoos - no idea.

@owlet - I've received a certificate confiming my exemption from paying Class 2 N.I. I signed up about 3 weeks ago. I'd ring the tax office and chase it if I were you.

Further to the above, I've today received my self assesment to complete for 08-09.

tadpole74

Fyrephin wrote: »

I'm looking to add a few more clients to ABAi, and before anyone groans, yes I do know how to add them!

I'm just wondering as my RSI is seriously playing up today, if any kind soul could PM me a list of the current clients so I can add them? Trawling back through the forum will be agony!

I've PM you.

duchy

I thought I had most of them but I'm bemused at the cryptic clue in today's alerts.

Just had a lovely non MS day at Bluewater seeing the new Star Trek movie-probably a good thing it wasn't an MS service at their cinema is always horrible

brryssn

pinkprincess39 wrote: »

hi
does anyone know what areas GR cover (im presuming this is GrassR?) i never seem to have any jobs to view

With GR it's best to put four other addresses and postcodes in your "Availability" details.

So as well as your home and maybe work address, just put the details of any other place you know you can get to - GR told me just to put a supermarket or department store address in a place you know you visit or can get to.

This was last May and from the following day I started to get regular work in - though as everyone on here knows, you have to be quick as it really is "fastest finger first!" If the postcode area of a job is not listed on your details, you won't hear about it via their emails - it's all done electronically and even if they are desperate to fill a job, only people with that postcode in their details will get a phone call - that's what they told me anyway!

As for the details on the OP - I printed this off last April & cut all the various sections out & arranged them on a card & laminated it & keep it by my desktop - I was with all the Companies mentioned anyway and had a note of their paydates etc plus zillions of others since so didn't need that bit but I found it really useful from the tax point of view and what we can claim for.

I look at the OP every so often in case it's got new info on & just update it if necessary.

A FAQ section would be a good idea for all the newbies - they could just print it off & keep it ready to refer to now & again!

Every day there are newbies though so obviously the same questions are always going to be asked on the forum - HRW Timmne should pass a law saying that everyone HAS to read the OP .................................or else...............................!!:eek:

owlet

ukmonkey wrote: »

Further to the above, I've today received my self assesment to complete for 08-09.

Me too, phoned the NI office & exemption is on its way. Then phoned tax office & very nice man said " We haven't issued you one yet....... I'll do it now" very kind of you says I lol. Now need to register to fill it in online but their phones are busy. Never mind, I'll try again over the weekend. At least it isn't due till Jan 10 (online).

Now I've got to do the spreadsheet :eek:

twixthecat

I've just tried registering with MCE and got to a page asking me to write an explanation of why I wanted to be a mystery shopper or something like that. But then while trying to open Word I closed the page by mistake and now don't know what I have to write, or the email address I send it too.

Can anyone help?!

Maxcat_2

Hi Twixthecat....it's recruitment@mysterycustomerevaluations.com

Good luck!!

aplaceinthesun

Mumto2 wrote: »

My understanding is that you have to arrive at the restaurant within the timings (certainly like this for TNS). Eg if pizza job is 7.30 - 9.30, you need to be seated by 9.30 (have queried this with a/m before). (Can't comment on the Gap stopwatch style jobs though)
HTH

Hiya and thanks for your reply, it was a Gap one , have submitted the details now , will wait and see .

happymother

I have just submitted a job I did for RE and this came up that I had to email them. Is this a new thing?

Dear Retail Eyes,

I have pleasure in confirming that I have completed the above number job ID ********.

Please accept this confirmation of my invoice to you in the sum of £

I look forward to receiving payment from you in due course, along with any other expenses incurred as previously agreed.

Kind regards,

Retail Eyes Auditor


Disclaimer: As a Retail Eyes Shopper, I have already accepted the terms and conditions for accepting assignments and confirm they do not form a contract of employment between you and me. I act as a consultant in respect of the assignments that I undertake for you and accept that you will not deduct PAYE or National Insurance from the fees that you pay me. I am entirely responsible for declaring my earnings to the Inland Revenue.

Then when I look at assignments, it has this:

1 Active
21 Available
1 Assignment Query

You click on assignment query and it says this:

Your Pending Assignment Tickets
Ticket ID When opened Last Updated Your Ticket Message(s)
****** 22/05/09 18:40:23 22/05/09 18:40:23 None

Have I done something wrong

jdan9

I had that email thing once before, on one of my first few jobs. Since then, I've not seen it. And I have never seen the assignment query thing...