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

coffee-break_2

angel13 wrote: »

I stick to staff member or the correct terminology for that particular client throughout my report; apart from the section asking for a name from badge/business card etc.

Thanks for quick response and info

mysteryshoppingninja

angel13 wrote: »

I think we all do the same. I work on a mac in office when at home in spare room and have calendar on here that I use for all ms-work and store details on it which i then link into my access database. but if I am using partners laptop or out and about i take anything i see that is ok and then have to make calendar adjustments later on :rotfl:

Yep same here :cool:

Fortunately the jobs normally have a time-scale of at least a few days so juggling works out alright... The only ones that cause a problem are the ones were they must be done on a certain day and enter within a fifteen minute window... I'm mainly thinking about the TNS pub visits here, theres been a few times I've done one and could have happily done the one two doors down aswell but due to the restrictive times couldn't...:(

Lil_Me_2

pinkprincess39 wrote: »

Only 10 jobs showing on ESA and none in my area! So no self allocation for me today! lol

Beats my 1 job which is 200 miles away!

Glamazon

can someone PM me if they know the name of the Food Company that's just gone on REACT?

I want to work out whether the fee is worth it as you have to pay for your own meal but I don't know the price of meals!

mysteryshoppingninja

angel13 wrote: »

I've been ms-ing for a year now and never got an increased fee. If anyone calls and offers me an urgent job I request an increase and get told no so I decline the job (if it was something I had wanted and could easily have covered I would have applied or self assigned it in the first place). Well done on your first month by the way :T

I've only been doing it since about September last year and I love increased fees... :cool:

Had quite a few from various companies - obviously they only do it when they're really desperate...

Even got one from RE once :eek: their definition of increased fee changed the job from reimbursement only to what any other company would have paid to start with :rotfl:

domesticgoddess

didn't get any react jobs at all this time oh pants

Glamazon

is something like this OK for the timing jobs? don't want to spend a fortune as i can't see me doing many of them!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=180473255247

angel13

mysteryshoppingninja wrote: »

Think I'd have slapped him!!

He might not have understood what an english punch to the face was..... I have no idea how I got through it "keep calm and carry on". I dealt with tons of crap at that job then had to have back surgery whilst company harassed me on a daily basis and treated me like i was faking it and then they made me redundant whilst I was in bed recovering So I should have said what I thought to everyone and got sacked in reality :rotfl:Its the reason I am ms-ig really as after redundancy took another 9 months until I could walk around alone and drive etc again. I have not lost confidence in my type of work (computing/analyst) but I do not want to work for a company that treats me like that again as the bad working conditions gave me the problem. Also need job to not have a long commute again and flexi/part time hours and cannot find that so doing this instead. So I've gone from managing £54m to my own books - i enjoy doing my own paperwork as I have gone back to basics applying for a MSc - mentioned it on here a few weeks back and registering for first course this week to start in may. means i have to find the money to pay for it in stages over a few years but gets me doing something else and I can't wait for it to start as its analytical reports albeit in a different subject. So I just now need enough ms-ing to cover my courses - each one is £800 so not likely :rotfl:am applying for part time lecturing and things like that as well to try and pay towards it. Would love to get some lecturing work and help others through their studies so fingers crossed at some point ill get something.

coffee-break_2

angel13 wrote: »

I've been ms-ing for a year now and never got an increased fee. If anyone calls and offers me an urgent job I request an increase and get told no so I decline the job (if it was something I had wanted and could easily have covered I would have applied or self assigned it in the first place). Well done on your first month by the way :T

Thanks, i'm really enjoying the work .

Seems stingy they don't offer a little extra to a proven shopper to get an urgent job done :huh:.

Arrghh - i have to get on with typing up 2 reports now and have just realised i forgot to get a pic of the front of the store . Will have to stop off and get pic on the way to work this evening. Grrrrrrr.

Have a good day peeps x

Glamazon

thanks Jemma

Was what I thought - that could be dinner sorted for tomorrow!