The Mystery Shopping thread - VIII

squeaky1055

cte1111 wrote: »

LOL can imagine it. Surprising they're not on the web though, how do they get customers otherwise?

They said they were quite a new company and that was why they were asking how I had found them. She asked what I had put in the search bar. I said Debt management and she sounded shocked as they mainly deal in PPI. lol. They asked if I was close to the pc so I could let them know how their name came up via google. I spluttered something about my phone keep cutting off everytime I went near the pc....have gone red thinking about it now!

Timmne

It could be that they knew what the MS question would be and they were making you sweat?

squeaky1055

Timmne wrote: »

It could be that they knew what the MS question would be and they were making you sweat?

lol...I think I lost a stone in sweat and aged 10 years, on top of that my phone did cut off cos I was on there so long the charge ran out so they phoned me back 10 minutes later!!!

Timmne

Is this how TG did so well with her weight loss then- TG were you just doing GFK bank jobs all along?!

TractorGirl327

Timmne wrote: »

Is this how TG did so well with her weight loss then- TG were you just doing GFK bank jobs all along?!

PMSL!! You've found me out, LOL!!

lyndsey80

squeaky1055 wrote: »

warning....I did that one during the week.Was on the phone for 50 mins and they asked me how I found at about their company. I said I googled it as the brief had suggested and they replied it was most odd as they weren`t really advertised on the web. Cue lots of stuttering and quick thinking on my part.

Hmm, I might decline it, seems a bit intense for my first one! Although I keep thinking that about every one that I get invited to. I might say I saw an ad in the paper, but 50mins does sound a long time!!

flyer

squeaky1055 wrote: »

warning....I did that one during the week.Was on the phone for 50 mins and they asked me how I found at about their company. I said I googled it as the brief had suggested and they replied it was most odd as they weren`t really advertised on the web. Cue lots of stuttering and quick thinking on my part.

That's interesting. The one I am meant to be phoning doesn't even come up on a Google search! What's more, for the phone number, GfK have put "Check with Directory Enquiries"!!!!! How can I check when I don't even know where they are

E mailed 2 people at GfK Friday but neither got back to me.

missymugwump

YUCK

Just did a sunday lunch MS
The food was such a piddly size,so badly cooked as to be inedible and the staff couldn't give a rats butt!

I had to stop at Sainsburys and come home & cook us a meal
I enjoyed typing up the report though

Can anyone think of a single redeeming feature of Eastleigh in Hampshire it's a dump,I was so looking forward to today just glad I will at least get the reimbursement.

Would normally have complained & ask for a refund but obviously couldn't. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

cte1111

missymugwump wrote: »

YUCK

Just did a sunday lunch MS
The food was such a piddly size,so badly cooked as to be inedible and the staff couldn't give a rats butt!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Have also just had a not particularly nice sunday lunch in a grotty pub, but at least the staff were nice, so some redeeming features. And the doughnut shop that we mystery shopped on the way home was v popular with the kids. Along with 4 petrol stations and a couple of department store concessions, I'm now shattered and dreading the reports. Best get started I guess.

squeaky1055

lyndsey80 wrote: »

Hmm, I might decline it, seems a bit intense for my first one! Although I keep thinking that about every one that I get invited to. I might say I saw an ad in the paper, but 50mins does sound a long time!!

Just make sure you got the cover sheet with the questions in front of you and bring each one into the conversation somehow. also continually scribble down the things they tell you. You got an advantage on me cos you can practice getting their number via the internet before hand! Once you have the first one under your belt you will be ok....