MYSTERY SHOPPING THREAD XI ** New people make sure you read the first 2 Posts **

vicz123

owlet wrote: »

Does anyone know if you can take the purchase back and get a refund with ABAI shops? I have a visit to a shop but I am pretty sure there won't be anything I will want to keep and min spend is £5 with only £10 incentive.

I put in the ABAI school pencil alert, PM me if you want to know which one it is.

if it is the clothing ones with the voucher payment then you should be able to return it. i did one yest and i think it says on my notes somewhere that you can as long as you note the receipt number and do it on a different day. i am taking mine back, the thing doesnt even fit me as i asked the assistant to get a different size whilst in fitting room and i just bought that!

i also did one in sept and it definately said i could return that but i ended up keeping it as i needed a new cardi anyway!

tracyscott1

hjb123 wrote: »

just tried to but you are set up to not receive private messages

Thanks and sorry, I have unticked the box that I ticked.

Appreciated.:j

owlet

vicz123 wrote: »

if it is the clothing ones with the voucher payment then you should be able to return it. i did one yest and i think it says on my notes somewhere that you can as long as you note the receipt number and do it on a different day. i am taking mine back, the thing doesnt even fit me as i asked the assistant to get a different size whilst in fitting room and i just bought that!

i also did one in sept and it definately said i could return that but i ended up keeping it as i needed a new cardi anyway!

Thanks but it is the school pencil shop. It doesn't say I can't so I'll photograph the receipt & take the details off it and chance it!

owlet

shepster81 wrote: »

How clients are on ABAI now - I know it says it in the OP but that was a while back so it may have changed does anyone know ?

I have 9 but I haven't gone on the panel (or whatever it was!!)

ukmonkey

shepster81 wrote: »

I have just signed up to Tern and whats this rubbish about doing a MS in a local shop and not getting paid for it because its a trail - any one got one I can copy ?

Anyone actually really done this are did we all make them up ?

Shep, you can just write about a recent MS job that you've done, I believe...!

TERN are good, nice fees, simple jobs and fairly quick to pay.

EDIT: No, I'm not employed by them! ;-)

Lil_Me_2

ukmonkey wrote: »

EDIT: No, I'm not employed by them! ;-)

:rotfl:

RE money in my account today :dance:

Thus far thanks to the guys here for their help and MSing I have just reached the £1000 saved mark! MSing (and associated activites) is helping me to get out of my student overdraft and pay for my holiday. So the interest free overdraft runs out in August next year which is £2750 and the holiday is £650.

So with £1000 so far and £700 booked up to the end of Dec I'm well on my way to reaching my targets. I worked out recently that since May I've spent £1500 on Disney collectible items (:eek:) so if I stop buying them I shouldn't have any problems haha.

cheever

I have my first job with Abai (not my first MS job!!!) at a table service cafe/restaurant. I have to purchase a meal but can anyone tell me if I can take someone else with me and purchase a meal for them as well? It doesnt say anything in the notes about others. Hope so.
Coffee and cake this afternoon yum.

matthewluck

I have no idea what the school pencil shop is. I have looked through the links on the google search link for aba. Sorry to ask but could anyone PM me the name of the store and that would be much appreciated

TractorGirl327

shepster81 wrote: »

I have just signed up to Tern and whats this rubbish about doing a MS in a local shop and not getting paid for it because its a trail - any one got one I can copy ?

Anyone actually really done this are did we all make them up ?

And what would be the point in that? The idea of the Tern trial job is so that they can see what YOU notice, what YOU write down, and what YOUR style of writing and reporting is like. If you can't be arsed to do the trial job then what are you going to do when you do a "real" job ... ask someone whose done it before to let you copy them? Grow up!!!

(ETA: Very surprised that the word "arsed" got through the censoring on here!!!!)

cheever wrote: »

I have my first job with Abai (not my first MS job!!!) at a table service cafe/restaurant. I have to purchase a meal but can anyone tell me if I can take someone else with me and purchase a meal for them as well? It doesnt say anything in the notes about others. Hope so.
Coffee and cake this afternoon yum.

Yes, you can. In fact they actively encourage it because often in these places you stick out like a sore thumb on your own. You still obviously only get the same fee. (Be careful - coffee and cake? - read the brief, they might ask you to order hot food to see how long it takes).

look_after_the_pennies

Lil_Me wrote: »

:rotfl:

RE money in my account today :dance:

Thus far thanks to the guys here for their help and MSing I have just reached the £1000 saved mark! MSing (and associated activites) is helping me to get out of my student overdraft and pay for my holiday. So the interest free overdraft runs out in August next year which is £2750 and the holiday is £650.

So with £1000 so far and £700 booked up to the end of Dec I'm well on my way to reaching my targets. I worked out recently that since May I've spent £1500 on Disney collectible items (:eek:) so if I stop buying them I shouldn't have any problems haha.

Well done lil_me! :T

When did you start ms'ing?

I've had a really busy month mystery shopping. November has been the busiest for me yet. December will be a lot quieter as I'm on holiday the first week and obviously Christmas will be coming up. I'm hoping Gap release their fast food jobs soon so I can snap some up.