Mystery shopping thread xiii ** please don't mention client names on here **

cte1111

deedee71 wrote: »

I've just been allocated 4 of the 5 I was waiting for.

17 jobs all together for me tomorrow :eek:

OMG what a busy day! Hope it goes smoothly for you.

ESA Travel Agents - they will search for previous quotes when you give them your surname and postcode, so you need to vary it in order not to stand out as an MS. I used my real name and postcode on 1 today and could see the 3 quotes I got last year.

I've been using different variations on my surname and relatives' postcodes. I've put a note in the box at the top of the report to explain that I did this and why, as it says on the notes you must use your own name, address etc. ESA are under the impression that they are all on separate systems, but that is evidently not the case.

Now does anyone fancy a fortnight in Majorca? I can recommend you a nice hotel. LOL

deedee71

Thanks for the tip. I'll use a variety of names/postcodes.

As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I'll be visiting the same shops later on next week again for a different company. Hope I don't get in a guddle.

lovetowinacar

deedee71 wrote: »

I've just been allocated 4 of the 5 I was waiting for.

17 jobs all together for me tomorrow :eek:

17 jobs in one day:eek: how on earth do you get through those? Each job a minimum of 20 mins plus paperwork afterwards? Do you burn the midnight oil??:)

jc2703

I had two travel ones to do this morning. Got the manager in the first one - all went smoothly and then as I'm getting ready to go she says 'I need to get my self organised as I'm going over to branch X to cover this afternoon'....... guess where I was going next:rotfl: had to ring ESA and say I'm going to look a right lemon if I walk into the next branch and she's sat there! so it was taken off me - I'm soooo glad she said tho!

jc2703

deedee71 wrote: »

I've just been allocated 4 of the 5 I was waiting for.

17 jobs all together for me tomorrow :eek:

I hope you've got lots of quick ones! I was in the travel agents half an hour this morning and if you factor in travel and note taking you're looking at an hour per job.

I thought I was nuts doing 23 in a weekend :rotfl:

Glamazon

doh!

Just realised it was ESA not RE that I meant earlier. Sorry!

Kayleighpea

deedee71 wrote: »

I've just been allocated 4 of the 5 I was waiting for.

17 jobs all together for me tomorrow :eek:

Wow that is crazy! I have been worrying about doing 7 tomorrow! The most I've done in one day so far was 4 and I found that hard work in itself, but I don't think I really did much planning for them and that was when I first started so hopefully I'll be better organised this time!

pinkprincess39

Kayleighpea wrote: »

Wow that is crazy! I have been worrying about doing 7 tomorrow! The most I've done in one day so far was 4 and I found that hard work in itself, but I don't think I really did much planning for them and that was when I first started so hopefully I'll be better organised this time!

Ive done 9 in 1 day before. That was exhausting! I did 7 in 1 shopping mall last week and that was fine as there was no traveling in between.

laughing_cow

Hollypear wrote: »

:mad:

Those jobs are not showing for me. Pity as I was going to use the contact us thing and say "Your having a laff ain't you"

Not sure if it's exactly the same job, but they just phoned me to do one and I said just that

The location is less than 400m from my house so I listened. Then I found it in involved a phone call, a visit and two reports for a tiny fee. I laughed and said it's not worth my time.

It's the kind of money I used to earn on my paper round back in the 80s.:rotfl: I'd 'earn' more money if I turned the heating down and put a jumper on for a few hours.

deedee71

jc2703 wrote: »

I hope you've got lots of quick ones! I was in the travel agents half an hour this morning and if you factor in travel and note taking you're looking at an hour per job.

I thought I was nuts doing 23 in a weekend :rotfl:

They are spread over three towns but 4 are crisps jobs which are quick and can be done before normal opening hours, so I'll have an early start! Two are eggs which are 15 minutes tops. That leaves another 11 jobs in 9 hours.

To be honest, this is normal for me on a Saturday! Needs must.

There's only one scenario that will be totally new to me so I mostly know what I'm doing (I hope).

It's the reports and receipt uploading that cause me the most problems. I'll be home at 5.30, quick bite to eat, and reports from 6-midnight.