The Mystery Shopping Thread - X

Mes1214

skywalker83 wrote: »

i am fed up with storecheckers! they are just too picky. they want to know exact costs of what i bought and not just what i bought and the total spent. they want to know at what time i was offered a loyalty card and at the names of all staff members and not just the one who served me. they are a pain..... anyone else does not like them??

oooohhhh....I've just applied and they have asked me to do a test shop, might better just leave it then.

squidgeum

Be careful of phone jobs on RE. I nearly accepted one and then realised that it's actually a phone call followed by a visit (even though it only has the phone symbol).......and the store is 120 miles from me :eek:

skywalker83

they are a pain! while i get 9's with bare and i get mails after every assignment with storecheckers with questions! i dont think i will shop with them again.

bikelesschick

sandyp wrote: »

:T
Think It was me that referred you wasnt it .inoticed that You had managed to get started good luck for tomorrow.:D

Thanks;)! Job went well I think:T. Fingers crossed!!

It took me ages to complete the report though, about an hour... maybe I've written too much? How long to people take to complete reports to the entertainment store for RE?

squidgeum

squidgeum wrote: »

Is it normal on Hotel jobs to not get a reimbursement for an evening meal? I have accepted one which reimburses the room, and a breakfast the next morning, but no evening meal or drinks so it hardly seems worth it really.
Any advice appreciated.

Sorry to quote myself, but I have just checked with RE and there definitely is not a reimbursement for evening meals or drinks for these Hotel visits, so be careful if you're thinking of accepting one. The one I accepted would have cost me more in meals drinks, travel and parking than the room costs :eek:.

The chain is the same chain as most of the pubs RE have beginning with the letter 'W'.

absolutelynomoney

DedicatedDFW wrote: »

Hi, I'm new to this and MS so I'm sorry if this question has been answered elsewhere before. If you do an MS for RE in a bar can you take someone else with you? I'd really appreciate any advice

Some of them you're allowed, some you're not. I would just call up the relevant company and ask. RE for example are very helpful in regards to this - I had one assignment that said you had to go my yourself. When I called she said it was no problem to take someone with you. Don't call GAP though, whatever you do!

TractorGirl327 wrote: »

I can see 1 or 2 pubs At the moment I can see:

• 
  Pub
  138
• 
  Food on the Go
  24
• 
  Pharmacy
  8
• 
  Hotel
  3
• 
  Airports
  2

I have 120 shops (but about 200 if I select pharmacies as well! :eek:) - half of them are pubs and the other half are posh sandwiches. When the nightclubs come around, I usually see loads because I'm in central London, but I have none at the moment.
But I never see any hotels.

fabsaver

squidgeum wrote: »

Sorry to quote myself, but I have just checked with RE and there definitely is not a reimbursement for evening meals or drinks for these Hotel visits, so be careful if you're thinking of accepting one. The one I accepted would have cost me more in meals drinks, travel and parking than the room costs :eek:.

The chain is the same chain as most of the pubs RE have beginning with the letter 'W'.

I've done a few of these ones before and they've always had an allowance for evening meal and drinks included. It looks as if they're cutting back on these as well as slashing the fee on the pub ones:mad:

The only way it would be worth it is if you could get a meal and drinks assignment at the same pub for that evening;)

blindman

squidgeum wrote: »

Sorry to quote myself, but I have just checked with RE and there definitely is not a reimbursement for evening meals or drinks for these Hotel visits, so be careful if you're thinking of accepting one. The one I accepted would have cost me more in meals drinks, travel and parking than the room costs :eek:.

The chain is the same chain as most of the pubs RE have beginning with the letter 'W'.

So how did they justify this lack of allowance?

squidgeum

blindman wrote: »

So how did they justify this lack of allowance?

They didn't justify it, they just said that it was the case. The lady at RE was very nice and went and checked with her Manager in case the assignment notes were wrong, but they weren't, so no evening meal or drink .

She did release it without deducting points though, so I suppose that's one good thing :rolleyes:.

squidgeum

fabsaver wrote: »

I've done a few of these ones before and they've always had an allowance for evening meal and drinks included. It looks as if they're cutting back on these as well as slashing the fee on the pub ones:mad:

The only way it would be worth it is if you could get a meal and drinks assignment at the same pub for that evening;)

I thought there was normally an allowance. That's why I asked the question on here. At the end of the day that was what made it worthwhile. To add insult to injury they quote a reimbursement of up to a 3 figure sum (3 century's!!) and all the rooms are only a 1/6 of that figure. So where does that come from??:rolleyes:

The extra assignment for the same pub (or even another close by) would be great, except this is one of the W pubs that isn't on the list :mad: