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

larlie1983

kellyshay wrote: »

Quick note to anyone that registered for Self employment online in the last say 6 months, theres been a problem with the system, if you havent heard from HMRC then please contact them, I registered on Aug 1st and checked yesterday and no record of me doing it.

If you've any qu's please PM me, I work for them so am in the know !!!

Thanks for this. I registered online a few weeks ago and have heard nothing since. I'll give them a ring in the morning to double check they've received my self employment registration.

leanne2682

squidgeum wrote: »

I have to agree with TG....they are terrible. I applied for about a dozen in the last lot they had, hoping to get maybe 1 or 2, and got nothing. But what really annoys me is they phoned me yesterday with an urgent job that was quite a long way from me and then got stroppy when I said no to it. They kept asking me why I wouldn't do the job. In the end I said "Look, I don't have to give you a reason. I'm busy, simple as that!"

How dare they question why you won't drive 80 miles return when they don't allocate you anything local in the first place :mad:.

yeah, i'm not pinning my hopes on them! Applied for a few jobs with BARE that are nice and local, but not shopped for them before....please tell me their procedures are better than esa!

leanne2682

hi, someone please help!!! done the post office mystery shop today for gap, the first question is "left of the post office" please someone explain what this means, i am sure i am being totally daft!!

Becles

squidgeum wrote: »

I have to agree with TG....they are terrible. I applied for about a dozen in the last lot they had, hoping to get maybe 1 or 2, and got nothing. But what really annoys me is they phoned me yesterday with an urgent job that was quite a long way from me and then got stroppy when I said no to it. They kept asking me why I wouldn't do the job. In the end I said "Look, I don't have to give you a reason. I'm busy, simple as that!"

How dare they question why you won't drive 80 miles return when they don't allocate you anything local in the first place :mad:.

That happened to me.

They rang up one afternoon and wanted me immediately to go and do two jobs because someone had let them down and they needed to be done and reports written before 5pm. However Charlotte had just gone down for her afternoon sleep, so I would have had to wake her then drag a tired and irritable toddler round the shops and it would have been an almighty rush getting there and back before the boys came in from school. Explained why I couldn't do it and they were stroppy

The annoying thing was I applied for the shops as I had other work in that town earlier that week but didn't get them. If they'd assigned them to me in the first place, they would have been done well before the deadline.

Becles

leanne2682 wrote: »

hi, someone please help!!! done a mystery shop today for gap, the first question is "left of the store" please someone explain what this means, i am sure i am being totally daft!!

Take the client name out - naughty naughty!

You need to note down the shop or building that was to the left of the store, and the same for the right. Gap already know what is left and right, and it's just to verify that you went to the correct address.

Miss_Qwerty

leanne2682 wrote: »

hi, someone please help!!! done the xxx mystery shop today for gap, the first question is "left of the xxxx" please someone explain what this means, i am sure i am being totally daft!!

It means what is the shop to the left of store you visited.

And please take the client name out of your post or you'll get in trouble!

leanne2682

Becles wrote: »

Take the client name out - naughty naughty!

You need to note down the shop or building that was to the left of the store, and the same for the right. Gap already know what is left and right, and it's just to verify that you went to the correct address.

oops sorry about that!!!!! thanks for that!!!

vicz123

leanne2682 wrote: »

yeah, i'm not pinning my hopes on them! Applied for a few jobs with BARE that are nice and local, but not shopped for them before....please tell me their procedures are better than esa!

TBH Bare do that as well. I have applied for jobs and they are still pending after days, whereas others i have been accepted for in 10 mins. i think for some clients they wait and see who applies and give it to the more experienced shoppers. worth continuing with them as i have eventually been given a few. got a 10/10 for my report on mon so hopefully that will impress them in the future! :j

i was lucky with esa as they begged me to do two jobs a few days after joining and i was able to do them so think that probably makes them more inclined to give me jobs! still don't get everything but they seem happy to give me pharmacies!

nic2075

Hi, does anyone have an email addy for BARE? Ive still not been paid even though it says paid on the 19th. I can see a general webmaster email but no enquiry ones.

thanks

teabythesea

Signing up to retail eyes, who wants the referral? x