The Mystery Shopping Thread - X

cte1111

weeg wrote: »

Quick question about applying for Bare jobs. Do you find it's better to say "i can shop any day" of to give a specific date?

I usually give the range of dates that I can do, e.g. 25-26th September. I've done quite a few jobs for them. Once you've got your first one, then it seems that you've got a better chance of getting more work from them, apart from that we don't seemed to have worked out who gets picked and why.

cte1111

mharzuk wrote: »

I nominate MBoy as the official PMer for people to ask for links to all Aba-i clients.
I'm sure Josie could change the first page to let people know this and then he can answer the PMs as they come in. You wouldn't mind would you MBoy? That way you can have all the thanks and the credit and not risk getting yourself struck off for flouting the rules..... any seconders?:D

I think we should have a rota. Mharzuk, do I hear you volunteering for the first week?

mharzuk

cte1111 wrote: »

I think we should have a rota. Mharzuk, do I hear you volunteering for the first week?

What and risk making a mistake by letting people know all of the 17 clients I have showing, not likely!:cool:

kman

mharzuk wrote: »

What and risk making a mistake by letting people know all of the 17 clients I have showing, not likely!:cool:

How come you've got 17 and I've only got 16 - which have I got missing???

ukmonkey

TractorGirl327 wrote: »

WHY, WHY, WHY? Monkeyboy, you of all people know not to quote client names and you have just done exactly that!

Do you WANT to get this thread closed down? I'm stunned, simply stunned at your stupidity.

I'm not wanting to get into an e-war with you TG, as I've no idea why you've turned against me over the last few weeks, so I'll reply to your [very valid] point just once, so as to not get into an arguement...

Like I said, saying things like "catalogue shops" and "fruity phones" in tantamount to naming the shops.

I've mentioned this before, and asked that people stop trying to be cryptic, but people have just ignored my pleas, so why should I bother anymore?

If we're going to stick tothe "not naming clients" rule (and I feel that we should) then we need to stick to it fully, and not "name them but not name them". Say phone shop, say mens clothes shop, say car dealerships, say "shop with a red logo" etc.

The bottom line is that most regulars will know who you mean by the type of shop and the MS company. If newbies followed the instructions, they'd also (in the main) know too.

It's a difficult balance between trying to help newbies and adhering to the rules. I crossed that line today, I'm not proud, but perhaps it might get my (and yours, it seems) point across about naming clients.

Becles

Lil_Me wrote: »

TNS aren't in my good books at the moment. They're not going to pay me for a quick supermarket that I did because I only spent 15 mins in the store and not 20. I did everything that they expected in the report and had walked around the store 5 times. I'd have looked like a right idiot if I'd spent another 5 minutes wandering around the 6 small aisles in the store.

Ho hum, it'll teach me to pay a little more attention to my entry times, I didn't even notice I'd been so quick until I got out of the store and wrote down all my name/descriptions and exit times. Felt like I was in there for ages!

I messed one of them up and only spent 18 minutes in store

I did everything on the report and walked the whole store though. The report was pants as well as there was hardly fresh produce and most of the things I had to check for were sold out.

mharzuk

Becles wrote: »

I messed one of them up and only spent 18 minutes in store

I did everything on the report and walked the whole store though. The report was pants as well as there was hardly fresh produce and most of the things I had to check for were sold out.

I find it helps to remember you do need to spend some time checking the car park, windows, trolley availability etc which means the time in time will be a couple of minutes before you enter the store. HTH

mharzuk

kman wrote: »

How come you've got 17 and I've only got 16 - which have I got missing???

Probably you are missing the one that gives the free 5 star 2 week holidays to Egypt, not many people know about that one so please keep it quiet so there isn't a flood of people taking away all my holidays......;):p:A

TractorGirl327

ukmonkey wrote: »

If we're going to stick tothe "not naming clients" rule (and I feel that we should) then we need to stick to it fully, and not "name them but not name them". Say phone shop, say mens clothes shop, say car dealerships, say "shop with a red logo" etc.

The bottom line is that most regulars will know who you mean by the type of shop and the MS company. If newbies followed the instructions, they'd also (in the main) know too.

It's a difficult balance between trying to help newbies and adhering to the rules. I crossed that line today, I'm not proud, but perhaps it might get my (and yours, it seems) point across about naming clients.

Yep, I agree!

TractorGirl327

mharzuk wrote: »

Probably you are missing the one that gives the free 5 star 2 week holidays to Egypt, not many people know about that one so please keep it quiet so there isn't a flood of people taking away all my holidays......;):p:A

Hmm you only got Egypt? I went to Mauritius! :rotfl: