The Mystery Shopping thread - VIII

cte1111

angel13 wrote: »

If you are successful with TNS they take longer. I had to apply to GFK, TNS and TERN more than once to get registered. got first job with TNS beginning of next month and nothing with TERN as of yet I am the same - I am registered with tons of places checking for jobs all the time :rolleyes:

That's useful to know thanks. I applied to TNS ages ago, but have not heard back. Might give it another go now.

pinkprincess39

KaramelRose wrote: »

Yeah, I think someone on here (apologies can't remember who it was - may have even been you!) said that the lady that goes through applications had been on holiday as well so there was a backlog. There's a certain client they have that I'm keen to shop for, ha ha!

That was me!! I finally got my log-in details about a month after I had applied (2nd application!!) Not seen any jobs in my area yet though:mad:

KaramelRose

pinkprincess39 wrote: »

That was me!! I finally got my log-in details about a month after I had applied (2nd application!!) Not seen any jobs in my area yet though:mad:

Oh how annoying! I've been with GR for a while and not seen any jobs although apparently that's not unusual. Will hold out for a little longer before I give up entirely!

anika

KaramelRose wrote: »

Oh how annoying! I've been with GR for a while and not seen any jobs although apparently that's not unusual. Will hold out for a little longer before I give up entirely!

I usually do well with GR, plenty of work, but of late I have been offered Zilch, I think it depends on where they have client work going on as well!

lisainglasgow

KaramelRose wrote: »

Oh how annoying! I've been with GR for a while and not seen any jobs although apparently that's not unusual. Will hold out for a little longer before I give up entirely!

I have been with GR for about 3 months and not got to the jobs fast enough, or they have been jobs where you needed an account at a certain bank.

Never get anything through Tern either, apart from the abandoned glasses job.

xxvickixx

ukmonkey wrote: »

I think I'd tell people London too, sounds a little better than Essex doesn't it? :p

You can have two postcodes, my home one and one other.

I see few little work from Gfk, and often at different times and days to those posted on the alerts. e.g someone may post about phone shops, but it may be 3 days later when I see them on their site.

Oi!, nothing wrong with Essex, of course I live in the nice part!!

dmbw

I'm posting as to bookmark - thankyou so much for this thread. i've just signed up with gapbusters will see how it goes!

KaramelRose

dmbw wrote: »

I'm posting as to bookmark - thankyou so much for this thread. i've just signed up with gapbusters will see how it goes!

Good luck!
I started off with Gapbuster (my first assignment was Easter Sunday!) and I think it gave me a good introduction to mystery shopping. Having to do the Certification Tests makes you really hone your mystery shopping instincts so I think it's a good place to start!

Although I got fed up of fast food really quickly!

SAK1976_2

Same here. Gap was a good starting point in getting into MSing, but I don't use them so much now.

TractorGirl327

anika wrote: »

Hi peeps,

Regarding paperwork, does anyone save carpark tickets? can we claim per job or does this go under mileage allowances.

Me now thinks they are breeding!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't keep them. I put them in an envelope and send them off to someone when I'm doing a Gap stamp shop job as my POP.















.... Not really!!! for you newbies there was a heated discussion about someone doing this a while back on one of the older threads! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: