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

Mystery_Shopping_Ninja

mharzuk wrote: »

You'll find all kindS on here from thosE who can only take jobs that don't have a purchase requirment Because they can't afford the £3.50 outlay to those of uS that have to bE VAT registered Because we have gone over the £100,000 clear profit in their first year.
If you have a specific question, ask away and take your chances. HTH

100K. That's impressive. I assume the bulk of that's video is it? I can't get past the 60K mark, but that's probably because I take too much time off - I've become a little too accustomed to the 3 day week ! Who are your favourite companies? My best payers are PIP and GFK (although every so often I get a call from a little independant MS agency that makes me an offer I can't refuse). Really nice to hear from a fellow full timer - I was beginning to think I was the only one.

P.S. What's with the SEB thing?

Mystery_Shopping_Ninja

vicz123 wrote: »

grrrrrrrrrrrrr i drove all the way to do a ms today only to find out it was not open on saturdays! i am going to have to release it as i can't go during the week. not very good as i have only been with gfk a few weeks hope i dont get told off! it had times down for sat so thought it would be open

then to top off my day i decided to drive and park in norwich instead of walk this afternoon as it was raining only to find every car park full so i had to drive home and walk anyway :mad::mad::mad: i was dripping by the time i got to the phone shop. got to play with an iphone today but have to say, prefer my bb!

neneromanova, just write why you think you will be good at it e.g. observation skills, good memory, want to imprive service etc..... gets easier to think of things to put in boxes when you have been doing this a whille!

If the briefing notes said you could visit on a Saturday, it's not your fault that the outlet was closed when you got there. I have always found gfk very reasonable and in the past they have paid up for failed visits that were not the fault of the Mystery Shopper.

pinkprincess39

Mystery_Shopping_Ninja wrote: »

100K. That's impressive. I assume the bulk of that's video is it? I can't get past the 60K mark, but that's probably because I take too much time off - I've become a little too accustomed to the 3 day week ! Who are your favourite companies? My best payers are PIP and GFK (although every so often I get a call from a little independant MS agency that makes me an offer I can't refuse). Really nice to hear from a fellow full timer - I was beginning to think I was the only one.

P.S. What's with the SEB thing?

MSing is my full time job to I do a lot of telephone mystery shopping about 70% and about 30% actual visits. But I nowhere near make 60K !!!

vicz123

thanks, i will give them a call about it as has opening hours for mon-sat displayed so i did not check it

omg this phone shop for gfk is taking a stupid amount of time to write up, nearly an hour :wall::wall: no wonder the fee is so high! although think it would help if i just did it in one go instead of checking on here and facebook!

Mystery_Shopping_Ninja

neneromanova wrote: »

Right, I'm signing up to these as I need the money!

Anyone want me to put their name as a referral name on the Retails eyes one?

Also do you know what to roughly put in the "Please describe what qualities you think a good mystery shopper should have in the box below." On the Grassroots site?

I signed up with Grassroots ages ago so I'm afraid I can't remember exactly what I put, but in general in such circumstances I always include reference to......
Good standard of spoken and written English
Good observation skills
Flexibility
Reliability
Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative
Honesty
Objectivity
Attention to detail
Good memory
Good organisational skills and the ability to work to specific deadlines

It's always worked in the past and got me accepted with all my chosen Mystery Shopping agencies.

Lil_Me_2

vicz123 wrote: »

thanks, i will give them a call about it as has opening hours for mon-sat displayed so i did not check it

omg this phone shop for gfk is taking a stupid amount of time to write up, nearly an hour :wall::wall: no wonder the fee is so high! although think it would help if i just did it in one go instead of checking on here and facebook!

I think this is why it takes me so long to write all mine up!! That and I do seem to have quite a few RE jobs so that automatically takes longer lol.

Mystery_Shopping_Ninja

vicz123 wrote: »

thanks, i will give them a call about it as has opening hours for mon-sat displayed so i did not check it

omg this phone shop for gfk is taking a stupid amount of time to write up, nearly an hour :wall::wall: no wonder the fee is so high! although think it would help if i just did it in one go instead of checking on here and facebook!

I'm glad I'm not the only one easily distracted when I should be filling out reports. That's the main reason I turned to video mystery shopping - the reports are far less onerous, usually just a dozen or so tick-box questions. The only trouble is it's made me lazy so I have to concentrate twice as hard to remember all the details whenever I go back to written visits.

Mystery_Shopping_Ninja

pinkprincess39 wrote: »

MSing is my full time job to I do a lot of telephone mystery shopping about 70% and about 30% actual visits. But I nowhere near make 60K !!!

I'd quite like to try telephone mystery shopping for those days when I don't feel like going out. What companies offer it? Or would that be giving away your trade secrets?

vicz123

Mystery_Shopping_Ninja wrote: »

I'd quite like to try telephone mystery shopping for those days when I don't feel like going out. What companies offer it? Or would that be giving away your trade secrets?

re have quite a few telephone jobs but the pay is their usual amount so doubt you could do enough of those to make serious money!

finally finished the report! :j abai will have to wait til morn, so tired i can hardly type properly! bed for me i think! have got 5 to do tomorrow, very rare i ever have any on sundays apart from re pubs!

buttabean6

thanks for all your advice, help and comments tonight guys :rolleyes: