The Mystery Shopping thread - IX

ukmonkey

xxisabellexx wrote: »

Hey, hope everyone's mystery shopping is going ok!

I just had a few questions regarding tax etc :rolleyes:
Fun.

Say, for example, that I had three jobs to do in my city centre. It is a £1.70 bus ride there and back. Do I say for the one job that it has cost me £3.40 and nothing for the rest? Or do I put it has cost me £3.40 for each job? Or do I split the cost between the three, so put that its cost me £1.13 for each job?

If it's on a bus, and you're claiming the expense back, I don't see what is stopping them adsking for the receipt (i.e the bus ticket) so I'd say no, you should only claim the bus tickets that you've actually bought.

In a similar vein, I had been doing shops in my boyfriends town when I visited him at £7.05 for a return ticket. Can I claim that as an expense or would they tell me I was having a laugh as obviously I would have been going there anyway?

Nope, claim it. They don't know that your boyfriend lives there do they...

What scotsbob said i correct and is good advice. If you're driving there is no proof that you've done the miles claimed. Using public transport, there is proof - the tickets. Highly unlikely they'd ask for £1.70 bus tickets, but not worth the risk IMO, not for me at least ;-)

xxisabellexx

Thanks very much guys, really helpful responses, its all a lot clearer to me now!! Damn me not being able to drive!

josie wrote: »

I take it you don't have any other income that is going to take you over the tax allowance then?

I'm a student, and the only other work ive done since the beginning of the tax year is casual stocktaking which ive only earned about £150 from so far. I also keep seeing lovely things at car boots but finding that when I get home they dont fit me or I just dont like them as much in the bright lights of my front room so I have to get rid of them on Ebay and happen to be selling them for more than I paid. Hmm.
However, I dont anticipate that I'll be earning over the threshold but you never know :cool:

scotsbob wrote: »

I mean look what the MPs get up to, so do you really think anyone is bothered how much petrol you used to buy a burger?????

LOL!! That's very true, I'd like to think I'm morally better than the MPs so I think I'll be sticking to just the one bus ticket and leave off the moat cleaning/houses for my ducks/pornos.


Massive thanks again scotsbob, josie, mharzuk and ukmonkey

ukmonkey

Why can't i see any of the TNS jobs for youngsters?!

jdan9

ukmonkey wrote: »

Why can't i see any of the TNS jobs for youngsters?!

Are you a youngster?





I think they came on quite a while ago, there were only a few showing on my account hours ago.

squeaky1055

Ooo Errr Mrs ...Have just logged onto GAP and got a completely different page for the job search............my favourite searches have gone and I can`t see anywhere to save the new ones Hope this is a glitch as will be a pain in the a*** every time. Is anyone else seeing this or am I dreaming?

thumper1970

squeaky1055 wrote: »

Ooo Errr Mrs ...Have just logged onto GAP and got a completely different page for the job search............my favourite searches have gone and I can`t see anywhere to save the new ones Hope this is a glitch as will be a pain in the a*** every time. Is anyone else seeing this or am I dreaming?

Yes, I can only see the new one

Seems to be postcode based, which in some ways is an improvement on the old one (especially misrecorded ones), but it would be nice to be able to choose multiple, and then save them

ukmonkey

jdan9 wrote: »

Are you a youngster? .

It's debateable...!


Guess I'm not young enough! :-)

juliecallum

AAAHHH The new job search, It does not have my area on, NO East Yorkshire, tries Humberside, thats not there either, How can I get a job if my area doesn't exist:mad:

ukmonkey

The new GAP seach is based upon postcode area:

AB Aberdeen
AL St Albans
B Birmingham
BA Bath
BB Blackburn
BD Bradford
BH Bournemouth
BL Bolton
BN Brighton
BR Bromley
BS Bristol
BT Belfast/Northern Ireland
CA Carlisle
CB Cambridge
CF Cardiff
CH Chester
CM Chelmsford
CO Colchester
CR Croydon
CT Canterbury
CV Coventry
CW Crewe
DA Dartford
DD Dundee
DE Derby
DG Dumfries / Dumfries & Galloway
DH Durham
DL Darlington
DN Doncaster
DT Dorchester
DY Dudley
E East London
EC East Central London
EH Edinburgh
EN Enfield
EX Exeter
FK Falkirk
FY Fylde Coast
G Glasgow
GL Gloucester
GU Guildford
HA Harrow
HD Huddersfield
HG Harrogate
HP Hemel Hempstead
HR Hereford
HS Outer Hebrides[1]
HU Hull
HX Halifax
IG Ilford
IP Ipswich
IV Inverness
KA Kilmarnock
KT Kingston upon Thames
KW Kirkwall
KY Kirkcaldy
L Liverpool
LA Lancaster
LD Llandrindod Wells
LE Leicester
LL Llandudno
LN Lincoln
LS Leeds
LU Luton
M Manchester
ME Rochester/Medway
MK Milton Keynes
ML Motherwell
N North London
NE Newcastle upon Tyne
NG Nottingham
NN Northampton
NP Newport
NR Norwich
NW North West London
OL Oldham
OX Oxford
PA Paisley
PE Peterborough
PH Perth
PL Plymouth
PO Portsmouth
PR Preston
RG Reading
RH Redhill
RM Romford
S Sheffield
SA Swansea
SE South East London
SG Stevenage
SK Stockport
SL Slough
SM Sutton
SN Swindon
SO Southampton
SP Salisbury/Salisbury Plain
SR Sunderland
SS Southend on Sea
ST Stoke-on-Trent
SW South West London
SY Shrewsbury
TA Taunton
TD Selkirk
TF Telford
TN Tunbridge Wells/Royal Tunbridge Wells
TQ Torquay
TR Truro
TS Cleveland
TW Twickenham
UB Southall
W West London
WA Warrington
WC West Central London
WD Watford
WF Wakefield
WN Wigan
WR Worcester
WS Walsall
WV Wolverhampton
YO York
ZE Lerwick/Zetland/Shetland


I have a feeling this post will need to be copied and pasted several times over the next few days...

ukmonkey

juliecallum wrote: »

AAAHHH The new job search, It does not have my area on, NO East Yorkshire, tries Humberside, thats not there either, How can I get a job if my area doesn't exist:mad:

Try searching under Doncaster and/or Hull and/or Lincoln

This is where the problem will be, in the big postcode areas like YO (massive massive area), DN (huge area again)