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

squidgeum

funny-bunny wrote: »

Has anyone done VW jobs with the nudie....lol what r they like? pay seems ok but says visit 5-17 sites..??? do you get that amount for each site that u visit ?? how many sites do people usually visit i don't this i know of 17 sites.. not near me anyway.. !!! seems rather a lot....

The pay is per site FB...but you have to complete all the visits allocated to you or you don't get paid. The company allocate the sites, and sometimes they can be quite far apart, so be careful. Also the pay is in euro's and some banks charge up to £20 to receive the payment. Hope this helps.

funny-bunny_4

Ooops didn't mean to do that I do apologise.... but as far as being a daft question i'm sorry, i wasn't sure if i was reading it right and thought a bit of information from someone who had done similar would have been helpful to me... isn't that what people do on here..ask for advice..??

funny-bunny_4

squidgeum wrote: »

The pay is per site FB...but you have to complete all the visits allocated to you or you don't get paid. The company allocate the sites, and sometimes they can be quite far apart, so be careful. Also the pay is in euro's and some banks charge up to £20 to receive the payment. Hope this helps.

thank you... that was really helpful...

proshopper

funny-bunny wrote: »

Has anyone done VW jobs with the nudie....lol what r they like? pay seems ok but says visit 5-17 sites..??? do you get that amount for each site that u visit ?? how many sites do people usually visit i don't this i know of 17 sites.. not near me anyway.. !!! seems rather a lot....

I know where you're coming from - this looks a bit daunting when you look at the application page!

These jobs are allocated in "circuits" (a circuit is the 5 to 17 visits you mention). In my area, there are usually 5 to 10 visits per circuit (one for the client, and the others at specified competitors). Clearly, some areas will have more garages locally, and other less. My "area" for these can be a 50-mile radius. The pay is per visit (in euros, discussed elsewhere in this thread). The company has the caveat that they will pay only for completed circuits - so you have to do all the allocated visits.

The naked company is very helpful with these jobs. They usually ring me before they allocate. They know that I do a lot of car visits and there are occasional garages that I daren't revisit, so they check this with me first. They also ask me how many visits I can do, so I don't get lumbered with more than I can fit it.

Duplicated some of squidge's advice, sorry!!

nearlyheadlessian

squidgeum wrote: »

Sorry, but I don't think there is any need for this kind of reply. FB is clearly a new MS'er, and at the end of the day I think we have all been slightly confused by the jobs they are asking about. I thought this forum was about helping each other.....no matter what someone's level of understanding is.

Perhaps it's confusing, I don't know. But I just went to check what the job description is like and I'd say it is both clearly written and answers fb's questions. It seems a bit odd that in a thread where people pretty strongly say that they won't help with application questions or training questions because they 'have to work it out for themselves', that I'm pounced on for suggesting that the answers are available in the notes. *sigh*

Here's hoping Retail Eyes wins the supermarket contract

creaker

I found the edigital ones very time consuming as well.

mysterious_girl

owlet wrote: »

Has anyone done the travel/holiday sites for edigital? Each one has taken me about an hour or so... seemed like I was never going to get finished I can usually do them in 30 mins.

They are a complete pain in the neck but beats doing the housework!

proshopper

nearlyheadlessian wrote: »

Perhaps it's confusing, I don't know. But I just went to check what the job description is like and I'd say it is both clearly written and answers fb's questions. It seems a bit odd that in a thread where people pretty strongly say that they won't help with application questions or training questions because they 'have to work it out for themselves', that I'm pounced on for suggesting that the answers are available in the notes. *sigh*

Here's hoping Retail Eyes wins the supermarket contract

Even though I've been mystery shopping for donkeys' years, I can still remember what it was like in my early days. If there had been any sort of forum around when I started out (or, indeed, if I'd had internet access), I would have asked soooo many questions of my peers. As it was, I badgered some allocators endlessly with my (pointless?) queries.

As we all know, every sub contracting company is different and every client is different. I feel it's always better to ask someone than to guess what is meant. Even now, I have no qualms about querying a job brief - no way will I do a job if I don't know exactly what is expected of me. Training questions are clearly another matter as far as this forum goes - but in my experience, some of the questions in training materials leave a lot to be desired!

mysterious_girl

lovetowinacar wrote: »

"Pinecone Research do research on new products, so apply to them, though they may not be recruiting at the moment" ...... I have checked the website and they are not recruiting through website but happy to recruit through the Banner Ads - where do I find these? Can existing members refer and gain a fee/voucher for doing so? If so would be grateful for a referral:)

Hi,
They sometimes send me an email asking me to refer a friend but they don't pay a fee for it. Shame. I haven't received an email from them for about 2 months regarding referrals so it looks like they're not recruiting at the mo.

Catlin

lovetowinacar wrote: »

"Pinecone Research do research on new products, so apply to them, though they may not be recruiting at the moment" ...... I have checked the website and they are not recruiting through website but happy to recruit through the Banner Ads - where do I find these? Can existing members refer and gain a fee/voucher for doing so? If so would be grateful for a referral:)

I have pm'ed you.