The Mystery Shopping thread - IX

em1979

Hi, does anyone know how long tern take to grade initial test visits? I did one last week and haven't heard anything yet.

absolutelynomoney

em1979 wrote: »

Hi, does anyone know how long tern take to grade initial test visits? I did one last week and haven't heard anything yet.

I did my initial test on thursday or friday and they said they would contact me in 7-10 days!

lisainglasgow

absolutelynomoney wrote: »

Is it maybe the case that they only contact you if you HAVE got the job and they don't bother if you haven't?

Yes that's right they only contact you if you are successful and they take ages to take the job off the board. BARE are not my favourites by a long way! :rolleyes:

DebtHater

em1979 wrote: »

Hi, does anyone know how long tern take to grade initial test visits? I did one last week and haven't heard anything yet.

Mine took 5 days

KaramelRose

absolutelynomoney wrote: »

Is it maybe the case that they only contact you if you HAVE got the job and they don't bother if you haven't?

You can check the status of your application on your "My Apps" page, and as they're still there "pending" I know they have rejected me for the jobs outright yet! So I'm still hanging on.

lily_the_pink

absolutelynomoney wrote: »

Anyone know roughly how long it takes for BARE to get back to you once you have applied for jobs? I just signed up with them on Friday and submitted requests for my first jobs a couple of hours ago.

EDIT: also - do they get back to you by email, or do you have to keep checking your account to see whether you've been accepted for it?

Probably best to wait for some self-assign ones to come along - then you build up some experience with them and get the more sought after assignments (I cannot remember which are self-assign though!). As with other posters, not my favourite company.

absolutelynomoney

lisainglasgow wrote: »

BARE are not my favourites by a long way! :rolleyes:

Its interesting that you say that - Initally I just signed up with GAP, RE and GFK, but after a week or so and having read the forums on here, I registered with TNS and BARE, as these seemed to be the most popular.

I also registered at some point with MCS who haven't emailed me any jobs yet and Grassroots, who never seem to have anything on their books! So I don;t think those 2 have been worthwhile.

To me, GAP and GFK seem to be the best. RE looks pretty good, but I can only ever see airside jobs.

lily_the_pink

KaramelRose wrote: »

I rang up and spoke to someone about this not long ago. It's best to use your 5 postcodes to locate shopping centres near you rather than your work address or a family members address as you're more likely to pick up jobs that way.

The lady I spoke to said that sometimes they'll restrict offering jobs to people within half a mile radius.

I still have my home address as one of my five, but have also listed the postcode of a shop in the middle of my local shopping centre. Ever since I did that, I've seen quite a few jobs pop up whereas before I had none!

1/2 mile :rotfl: Guess I will have to be clever about chosing the postcodes! (even my home one is useless as it must be over 1 mile to anything they might want to mystery shop - unless my local corner shop counts).

KaramelRose

I initially signed up Gap, then went on to RE and Gfk. I tend to do more jobs with RE and enjoy the variety of jobs they offer, but my favourite job to date has been with Gfk - great job with a great fee, paid very soon after completion.

I love the petrol jobs on Aba-i, and did my first job for The-Company-That-Can-Not-Be-Named last night so I'll see how the feedback from that goes.

ALSO - just had an email from TNS about some weekend/business visits. Worth checking your emails people as seems like could be a nice opportunity for a couple wanting a weekend getaway!?

ladyxbird

Can someone send me a pm and tell me who the company who must not be named is!