MYSTERY SHOPPING THREAD XIV - Please do NOT mention Client names on here

jen_br

Hey im in the scotland area... i have signed up for a fair amount but still even listing Edinburgh Glasgow borders etc. ive not had one gig.. even with Service Measure who i believe are scottish

Any tips from the MSExperts?

clippy_girl

Glamazon wrote: »

I am getting chuffing annoyed doing my egg reports.

Were you offered xyz?
No
Explain
I was not offered xyz

Were there any trolleys available?
No
Explain
There were no trolleys available

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

I wanna go to bed and it keeps telling me I need to add a comment!

are you sure it is an egg report? sounds like a re one! :rotfl::rotfl:

jc2703

Ten jobs to do today....fair bit of driving involved but nothing too drastic. Throwing kids in the car and calling it a day out

Day off tomorrow...and I am very ready for it!

Angelfeathers

At last! My local 'egg shops' (sans eggs) have finally come up!

However, I was thinking... I go in both of them regularly and some of the cashiers know me. And the job includes an overt audit, so I'll be 'coming out' as a mystery shopper. Won't that mean I can't do those particular shops again?

So I was thinking, perhaps, go for one or two of the other local ones but that are a bit further away so I don't normally shop in them?

DebtHater

Angelfeathers wrote: »

I go in both of them regularly and some of the cashiers know me.

Most, if not all, MS co's state that they dont want you to shop where you know or are related to the staff.

Angelfeathers

DebtHater wrote: »

Most, if not all, MS co's state that they dont want you to shop where you know or are related to the staff.

Good point. I mean, it's not like any of them know my name or anything, but we recognise each other's faces.

Well, I've only got time to shop one of them, and I've found one I've visited a few times near where I used to live, so that seems like a good choice. I'll be less nervous if I'm generally away of the layout of the store!

DebtHater

Angelfeathers wrote: »

Good point. I mean, it's not like any of them know my name or anything, but we recognise each other's faces.

Well, I've only got time to shop one of them, and I've found one I've visited a few times near where I used to live, so that seems like a good choice. I'll be less nervous if I'm generally away of the layout of the store!

The main viewpoint is that the clients want an impartial view, I have even seen jobs in the past that state you must not be a "regular" customer of that store.

If there is a chance that the visit has not been impartial and the client brings it up with the MS co, you risk not getting paid.

Angelfeathers

DebtHater wrote: »

The main viewpoint is that the clients want an impartial view, I have even seen jobs in the past that state you must not be a "regular" customer of that store.

If there is a chance that the visit has not been impartial and the client brings it up with the MS co, you risk not getting paid.

Thanks.

the store I've applied for is one I haven't visited for several years and I sincerely wouldn't recognise any staff there so that should be fine.

Becles

Angelfeathers wrote: »

At last! My local 'egg shops' (sans eggs) have finally come up!

However, I was thinking... I go in both of them regularly and some of the cashiers know me. And the job includes an overt audit, so I'll be 'coming out' as a mystery shopper. Won't that mean I can't do those particular shops again?

So I was thinking, perhaps, go for one or two of the other local ones but that are a bit further away so I don't normally shop in them?

I wouldn't do the ones where you are known as the service will be different to what a "normal" customer gets.

It might cause problems once you have outed yourself too. I used to do our local discount supermarket and you had to reveal yourself after the till transaction and the manager came and gave a refund for your shopping. I got known in our local and stopped shopping there for non-MS reasons as one particular till operator shouts "ooooh look it's the mystery shopper" when she sees me and asks loud mystery shopping questions while I'm trying to pay and all the other customers and staff stare at me. It's so embarrassing so I don't shop there anymore

Just the one audit for me today, but I was at boot camp at 8am, then did the audit, so I'm knackered already

Angelfeathers

Becles wrote: »

I wouldn't do the ones where you are known as the service will be different to what a "normal" customer gets.

It might cause problems once you have outed yourself too. I used to do our local discount supermarket and you had to reveal yourself after the till transaction and the manager came and gave a refund for your shopping. I got known in our local and stopped shopping there for non-MS reasons as one particular till operator shouts "ooooh look it's the mystery shopper" when she sees me and asks loud mystery shopping questions while I'm trying to pay and all the other customers and staff stare at me. It's so embarrassing so I don't shop there anymore

Yeah, thanks, the more I thought about it the more I realised that! Though I wasn't anticipating THAT much of a problem! Poor you. :-(

I was really just trying not to waste petrol on going to a shop further away if I didn't have to, but the one I've chosen (I'm only going to have time to shop one) is at least only 4 miles away.