MYSTERY SHOPPING THREAD XII - ** New people please read posts 1 & 2 **

red_fox

mysterious_girl wrote: »

Apparently on the blackberry you can get an alert when you receive an email whereas with the iphone you have to keep checking your emails. Blackberry makes more sense for MSers to me.

I have an iphone and your emails come through straight away

mysterious_girl

red_fox wrote: »

I have an iphone and your emails come through straight away

My friend has one too. She says she gets emails straight away but she will only know they've come through if she's logged onto that application and checks. If you've got your phone in your handbag/pocket it doesn't beep at you to say you have just received an email. The Blackberry apparently does. Correct me if I'm wrong, please, as I would much prefer an iphone.

proshopper

nbruen wrote: »

What makes us different from all the other mystery shopping companies? GAPbuster Worldwide treats its' XEs with respect!

Respect spells.

Regular communication
Exceptional service
Secure transactions
Prompt payment
Exciting opportunities
Certified orientation
Total commitment

Respect spells.

Repeated phone calls about the same short notice jobs
Exclusion from assignments at the drop of a hat
Silly queries
Poor explanations given to shoppers
Extremely infuriating job briefs
Communication with company impossible
Total c***

:rotfl:

ljshopper

I got a cuve for xmas (8900) and e mails come through straight away.

Im still getting to grips with it but there are a few glitches -

You can book jobs on GFK but you cant open the briefing notes.

You can access grassroots jobs but not book them.

Im sure there is software to sort this out but I havent had time to look into it yet.

The stopwatch is superb does unlimited splits and then you can just e mail the results to yourself. Fantastic.

The satnav is also a godsend if you are in the big city and lost.

And I make all my notes on the memo pad function now - its a lot easier than carrying around pads and such.And ive alsways got it to hand if i get a daily RE enquiry about "You didnt say if Sarah was male or female".

proshopper

mysterious_girl wrote: »

My friend has one too. She says she gets emails straight away but she will only know they've come through if she's logged onto that application and checks. If you've got your phone in your handbag/pocket it doesn't beep at you to say you have just received an email. The Blackberry apparently does. Correct me if I'm wrong, please, as I would much prefer an iphone.

The Blackberry is one of the few phones that "push" emails (i.e. they come staright to your phone without you having to log into the email appication). The iPhone doesn't. When you shop for a handset, you will need to look for one that isn't just "good for email", but actually pushes email. You can set these up to cover multiple email accounts (with more than one email provider).

proshopper

ljshopper wrote: »

You can book jobs on GFK but you cant open the briefing notes.

You can access grassroots jobs but not book them.

There seem to be problems with pdf files and such on mobile phones. Despite serious hunting around for an affordable handset that can do everything I want it to do, I have not yet managed to find one. Every so often, I start my search again. I want a phone that does eveything I can do on my laptop with wireless! Very exacting shopper that I am!:o

red_fox

mysterious_girl wrote: »

My friend has one too. She says she gets emails straight away but she will only know they've come through if she's logged onto that application and checks. If you've got your phone in your handbag/pocket it doesn't beep at you to say you have just received an email. The Blackberry apparently does. Correct me if I'm wrong, please, as I would much prefer an iphone.

When you get a new email it vibrates but it doesn’t make a loud enough sound if it was in your bag which is a shame. The icon shows you how many new messages you have then you just press the mail icon and it automatically opens up your email inbox without having to log in each time.

red_fox

proshopper wrote: »

The Blackberry is one of the few phones that "push" emails (i.e. they come staright to your phone without you having to log into the email appication). The iPhone doesn't. When you shop for a handset, you will need to look for one that isn't just "good for email", but actually pushes email. You can set these up to cover multiple email accounts (with more than one email provider).

With the iphone you can change the setting for mail to be either
Push
30 minutes
Hourly
Manually

DevilsAdvocate1

mysterious_girl wrote: »

My friend has one too. She says she gets emails straight away but she will only know they've come through if she's logged onto that application and checks. If you've got your phone in your handbag/pocket it doesn't beep at you to say you have just received an email. The Blackberry apparently does. Correct me if I'm wrong, please, as I would much prefer an iphone.

Its not just Blackberrys which do this. I have a Nokia E71 and it beeps when an email comes through. You can set how often it checks for emails and when, so I have mine set up to check every 15 minutes from 9am to 10pm (I don't want to know during the night so I don't want it to beep and wake me up!). I don't have to be logged into the application, the messages are pushed through automatically. I have a different beep to text messages, so I know if its email or text which has been received.

D.

jmd4eva

so it's the 27th, i'm still waiting for about £60 to be paid... sent them three emails but have had nothing back yet!