MYSTERY SHOPPING THREAD XV - please, no mention of client names or fees on here

Dotty13

brryssn wrote: »

Quote:
Originally Posted by brryssn
When I first did MS over 25 years ago, everything was handwritten & that was a right pain.................:eek:

Just wanted to say I'm really impressed thay you've been mystery shopping for 25 years. Well done:)



Nooooo! I haven't been doing it solidly for 25 years!! :eek:

That's when I first Mystery Shopped - just for a few years - my main job was as a Sales Demonstrator, but this was handy to do in between.

My main job now is as an Interior Stylist, but to be honest, I've been so busy with the Mystery Shopping the last few years, I'm doing more & more of that & less & less Interior stuff - I may well have forgotton how to paint & be a "House Doctor!" :eek:

I'm so jealous - I think you have the life that I want!

Miss_Qwerty

ABA-I 10-1
AMBER ARCH 13-1
BARE INTERNATIONAL 20-1
BLUE APPLE 13-1
BUSINESS BLUEPRINT 15-1
CATALYST 13-1
CHG 20-1
CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVES LIMITED 15-1
E DIGITAL RESEARCH 50-1
ESA 6-1
FRONTLINE FOCUS 20-1
GAPBUSTER 100-1
GFK 50-1
GRASS ROOTS 6-1
HELION RESEARCH 30-1
JKS 15-1
MYSTERY CUSTOMER EVALUATIONS 20-1
OPTIMUM CONTACT 10-1
PERFORMANCE IN PEOPLE 15-1
QDOS MYSTERY SHOPPING 20-1
REACT SURVEYS 6-1
RETAIL ACTIVE 15-1
RETAIL EYES 50-1
RETAIL MAXIM 15-1
SECRET SHOPPING SERVICES 25-1
SERVICE MEASURE 30-1
TNS 6-1
TERN 6-1

squidgeum

Miss_Qwerty wrote: »

ABA-I 10-1
AMBER ARCH 13-1
BARE INTERNATIONAL 20-1
BLUE APPLE 13-1
BUSINESS BLUEPRINT 15-1
CATALYST 13-1
CHG 20-1
CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVES LIMITED 15-1
E DIGITAL RESEARCH 50-1
ESA 6-1
FRONTLINE FOCUS 20-1
GAPBUSTER 100-1
GFK 50-1
GRASS ROOTS 6-1
HELION RESEARCH 30-1
JKS 15-1
MYSTERY CUSTOMER EVALUATIONS 20-1
OPTIMUM CONTACT 10-1
PERFORMANCE IN PEOPLE 15-1
QDOS MYSTERY SHOPPING 20-1
REACT SURVEYS 6-1
RETAIL ACTIVE 15-1
RETAIL EYES 50-1
RETAIL MAXIM 15-1
SECRET SHOPPING SERVICES 25-1
SERVICE MEASURE 30-1
TNS 6-1
TERN 6-1

Brilliant Miss Q :T:T

TractorGirl327

ditsyrascal wrote: »

That's rubbish!
Chase the agency - politely and by email.
Email leaves a paper trail so if they don't reply you have proof to chase it further (you can't prove you called unless you want to send them you phone bill).
And politeness pretty much guarantees a reply

I'd have to dispute that. I have twice, on totally separate occasions, very politely emailed a company to tell then they'd overpaid me and they never acknowledged my email, never replied and never asked for the money back!

Miss_Qwerty wrote: »

ABA-I 10-1
AMBER ARCH 13-1
BARE INTERNATIONAL 20-1
BLUE APPLE 13-1
BUSINESS BLUEPRINT 15-1
CATALYST 13-1
CHG 20-1
CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVES LIMITED 15-1
E DIGITAL RESEARCH 50-1
ESA 6-1
FRONTLINE FOCUS 20-1
GAPBUSTER 100-1
GFK 50-1
GRASS ROOTS 6-1
HELION RESEARCH 30-1
JKS 15-1
MYSTERY CUSTOMER EVALUATIONS 20-1
OPTIMUM CONTACT 10-1
PERFORMANCE IN PEOPLE 15-1
QDOS MYSTERY SHOPPING 20-1
REACT SURVEYS 6-1
RETAIL ACTIVE 15-1
RETAIL EYES 50-1
RETAIL MAXIM 15-1
SECRET SHOPPING SERVICES 25-1
SERVICE MEASURE 30-1
TNS 6-1
TERN 6-1

PMSL. I'll have 50p on RE, please.

Angelfeathers

Thanks to everyone who suggested things for me to ask at my 'prison' shop this morning! :-)

I went with the 'do you do this in wholemeal' one and got a nice comprehensive answer back so that should go down well in my report. :-)

Glamazon

Not been on for ages and this page is full of the biatchness I've come to miss!

So we have a spy on here do we?? How on earth would you even know who we are? Not many people use their real names!

off to read back a few pages

squidgeum

jen_br wrote: »

At a hotel visit this weekend this hotel has me in tears its aweful too scared to write a bad report as its a lot of money to be out

You have to report it as it is jen. As long as you're honest you will be paid. Is it a pub/hotel or a proper hotel? I know some of the 1st type are dubious and that's exactly why they're being MS'ed.

Either way you owe it to the everyday consumer to report the truth. That's why we do what we do so that they don't waste their hard earned money.

Btw you have my sympathy as well .

meandmaboy

Miss_Qwerty wrote: »

ABA-I 10-1
AMBER ARCH 13-1
BARE INTERNATIONAL 20-1
BLUE APPLE 13-1
BUSINESS BLUEPRINT 15-1
CATALYST 13-1
CHG 20-1
CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVES LIMITED 15-1
E DIGITAL RESEARCH 50-1
ESA 6-1
FRONTLINE FOCUS 20-1
GAPBUSTER 100-1
GFK 50-1
GRASS ROOTS 6-1
HELION RESEARCH 30-1
JKS 15-1
MYSTERY CUSTOMER EVALUATIONS 20-1
OPTIMUM CONTACT 10-1
PERFORMANCE IN PEOPLE 15-1
QDOS MYSTERY SHOPPING 20-1
REACT SURVEYS 6-1
RETAIL ACTIVE 15-1
RETAIL EYES 50-1
RETAIL MAXIM 15-1
SECRET SHOPPING SERVICES 25-1
SERVICE MEASURE 30-1
TNS 6-1
TERN 6-1

WELL DONE MISS Q,
Let's open a book & i'll take the virtual bets lol.
Bet u know who it is ????????????????

misssarahleigh

squidgeum wrote: »

Oh dear the thread's getting argumentative again. Looks like the heat's getting to 'peoples' - simples!

Brian_Damage wrote: »

Actually it's Brian not Brain...

...and nobody forced you to take the job in the first place - if you're not happy doing it, don't accept it... as i said - simples!

I've always read it as Brain, sorry

meandmaboy

ditsyrascal wrote: »

Gosh you are nosey aren't you! Yes I'm on the front page (but that's all you’re getting)

I think it is very easy to only view this one sided.

I do appreciate what is required from our shoppers. I pilot all of my work personally to make sure it's actually do-able before releasing it to the masses (and I don't get paid anything for that). And I am regularly telling "people" no because it's not fair to ask that of you.

I can tell you that I have never reduced any fees (and I've been working here longer then I care to mention) and I even advise shoppers not to take work if I don’t believe it’s financially viable for them to do so.

I'm pretty certain that 90% of our shoppers have my direct contact details (you should hear some of the things I'm asked) and I am happy to help anyone that contacts me.
I have even be known to send hand written Christmas Cards to shoppers who have been outstanding (in my books), and that cost comes out of my own pocket (I realise that may have just identified me to some of you so if anyone on here has had a card off me, please don't mention it or you won't get another one ).

I'm not trying to paint myself as some kind of Exec Saint but just trying to show that just because we sit in an office it doesn't mean that we don't take shoppers into consideration - something that is not often reciprocated.

With the above taken into consideration, do you think it is fair that I constantly get shirty emails and phone calls with people shouting at me complaining that they feel it’s their God given right to be paid more then we’re offering, when the work is not even compulsory and you can just choose not to do it? (That’s not aimed at you directly btw)

Just thought i'd pop in to say HI
IKNOW WHO U R as I was lucky enough to get that said XMAS CARD from u & there's probably about 1/2 dozen others on here who also know your identitiy.
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