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

clippy_girl

misssarahleigh wrote: »

cant log in to: abai, gfk, retail eyes or tns. esa and gr just work.

so, this only me then. never had mobile internet before, im assuming i can access every site like normal?

i have problems on mine with sassie sites and abai. can do gap, esa, gr, gfk, tns ok. re bit dodgy as it doesnt like opening pdfs not rwally tpp bothered except abai as i really want that to work! :mad:

clippy_girl

can i confirm its gyp, gfk and gr that have paid today please? for some reason it doesnt let me see the details of who its from until trhe day after i am paid it. strange!

TractorGirl327

squeaky1055 wrote: »

I have just noticed that the crisp dates are on the site for next month. Mine are an awkward date. Can only change once again.....so much for being able to do them when you want to!

Thanks for that ... blimey, not giving us much time this month are they!! To be done by Thursday 10th June. You can only change them once yourself but if you have any problems in getting them done phone them and they can change the data again for you.

I'm not going to be able to do many of mine as we are going on holiday.

squidgeum

Could someone PM me who the crisp jobs are with please. Many thanks.

squidgeum

jc2703 wrote: »

Can one of you with the bank account that lets you see pending transactions let me know if Helion is showing for tomorrow?

Cheers :beer:

Nope, nothing pending from Helion

Miss_Qwerty

clippy_girl wrote: »

can i confirm its gyp, gfk and gr that have paid today please? for some reason it doesnt let me see the details of who its from until trhe day after i am paid it. strange!

Yes, these are the 3 that are pending in my bank account this morning.

spender

I have realised I have made a huge error, checked my profile details with gap and noticed I had input my account number wrong (1 digit 9 instead of 0) I have emailed them but unless the person whose account the money went into is honest I am stuffed! I have emailed gap in case the money is returned but I could cry I am so cross with myself.

proshopper

jc2703 wrote: »

Can one of you with the bank account that lets you see pending transactions let me know if Helion is showing for tomorrow?

Cheers :beer:

Mine has gone in today (Santander).:)

catkins

I am very new to this, having only been doing mystery shops for about 2 months but it seems to me that a lot of shops almost seem to be expecting you - they seem to know what the questions are and/or when you are expected.

I did a DIY shop at the weekend and as soon as I asked the first question I felt the guy knew I was a mystery shopper. Not sure if it was just me being paranoid or suspicious, I watched and followed him when he had finished serving me (he did not know I was doing this!). He went straight to the customer services desk and spoke to someone there.

When I went to the next department to ask the second question the assistant there was busy with a customer. Almost straight away the assistant from the customer services desk came over to help even though I know she could not see me waiting from her desk! She was so over friendly it was untrue.

Then at the checkout (all of which were open when they had not been when I arrived!) every assistant gave me a big grin with 2 saying "hi".

I don't know how they know what and when the mystery shop will be as I work in retail and we only know which month our mystery shop will take place.

It seems pointless to do a mystery shop if they all know you are the shopper!

The other shop I did at the weekend involved taking a product to the counter to ask the price of it. Now as the product concerned actually had a price on it I was either going to seem like a real idiot or the mystery shopper. I actually removed the price sticker from the item I took to the counter but as all the others on the shelf were priced this obviously did not work and, once again, they obviously realised who I was!

weeg

I had a right cheeky call from gap yesterday.

I've picked up burger for next month, having not done many recently. An hour or so later got a call - can I do it this month instead? Umm, maybe, when? This Friday. Ohh, ok, so long as it's breakfast. Yes that would be fine, thank you, I'll change it.

5 minutes later he calls back. "Sorry, i made a mistake, can you do it on monday?" "Monday is a bank hliday here", (checks with colleague) "That doesn't matter to us". "really? I don't like to work weekends at the best of times, but monday is a BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND" " I can give you another £3" "It's highly inconvenient" "and 3 corner shops and a stamp shop" "Oh, alright them. I'll do it in the evening" " No, it has to be breakfast of lunch" (weeg grumbling agrees to lunch)

Some way of asking for a favour! To be honest I only really like the breakfasts (I work from home, it's a good incentive to get dressed early).