The Mystery Shopping thread - IX

mum2six

blindman wrote: »

Not wishing to sound rude but....

What part of this is not clear :rolleyes:
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I'm sorry. I guess that I'm the one not being clear. I know that some MS companies are not happy when they are talked about on message boards. I didn't want to call RE and say "I heard that there are hotel jobs available and wondered why I can't see any" and have them tell me that there is some answer in my profile restricting me from these visits. I haven't learnt the RE system yet, and don't want to be blacklisted for these!

blindman

mum2six wrote: »

I'm sorry. I guess that I'm the one not being clear. I know that some MS companies are not happy when they are talked about on message boards. I didn't want to call RE and say "I heard that there are hotel jobs available and wondered why I can't see any" and have them tell me that there is some answer in my profile restricting me from these visits. I haven't learnt the RE system yet, and don't want to be blacklisted for these!

And you obviously missed this bit of the post

She is really helpful and is happy to take queries on "missing" jobs

RE staff on the end of the 'phone are usually very helpful, considerate and sympathetic.
If there had been any issue in contacting them I would have stated it.

TBHO if you can't contact a MS company for fear of being sacked\dumped etc then you shouldn't shop for them.

And as for Associa......Even the head of MI5 is public

duchy

RE are not one of the MS companies who blacklist you for daring to phone them. They are usually very nice and helpful on the phone although obviously if they get a load of calls about the same issue all on the same day their niceness might decrease in relation to the number of identical calls they get

blindman

duchy wrote: »

RE are not one of the MS companies who blacklist you for daring to phone them. They are usually very nice and helpful on the phone although obviously if they get a load of calls about the same issue all on the same day their niceness might decrease in relation to the number of identical calls they get

They may realise that their IT system is cr*p :rolleyes: and finally do something about it.

Presently they think it's fine..:eek:

mum2six

Considering RE are the only company that I seem to be able to get a lot of work with, I really didn't want to mess that up.

Thankyou for taking the time to reply. As for "missing" jobs, I took that to mean jobs that had been assigned and were not showing up. Please remember that this can be an entirely new language for a newbie. (Yes, I've read everything that there is to read on the first page etc)

GemzyKate

I feel like i'm losing the love...already!! :eek:

Bit of a pointless post here but just wanted to get this off my chest..sorry guys!! I started mystery shopping a couple of weeks ago and was mega excited, and did my first two bank jobs on Saturday...both of which went really well. This week however, i've lost the motivation and I don't know why!! It maybe that I have no free weekends during July, so have only just crowbarred a few jobs into my weekends. I don't wanna give up yet!

Just wondered if anyone else ever feels like this!!??

mum2six

So, on a more postive note, I have 13 jobs booked for the next week, 7 of them on Thursday! I'll most likely be paying my eldest to babysit Thursday as it will take too long to be a quick favour, but I'm still pleased to finally have enough jobs in one place to make it worth my while!

ladyxbird

How do you manage to get that many jobs in a week? I'm so jealous!

mum2six

GemzyKate wrote: »

I feel like i'm losing the love...already!! :eek:

Bit of a pointless post here but just wanted to get this off my chest..sorry guys!! I started mystery shopping a couple of weeks ago and was mega excited, and did my first two bank jobs on Saturday...both of which went really well. This week however, i've lost the motivation and I don't know why!! It maybe that I have no free weekends during July, so have only just crowbarred a few jobs into my weekends. I don't wanna give up yet!

Just wondered if anyone else ever feels like this!!??

I guess it depends on how much you need the money. I usually child mind full time. My full time family have just welcomed a new baby, so I'm reliant on MS for the next few months while she is on maternity leave. I am able to clear two whole days/week, and little bits here and there. Booking as many jobs in the same area as possible means that you can get better value for money.

When I started (first week in May) I did several jobs for Abai. When those cash envelopes arrived in the post it seemed a little more worthwhile! Because most companies pay the month after you have completed a shop, it takes a while for the money to start trickling in. I'm now at the point where I have received my first payment from every company that I worked for last month - except for Bare!

mum2six

ladyxbird wrote: »

How do you manage to get that many jobs in a week? I'm so jealous!

14 now.

5 glasses shops with TERN, 1 phone with GR, Torso and Electronics with RE, 4 phones and 1 burger with GAP, pub with TNS.