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

clippy_girl

Tudorc1 wrote: »

She said they can often spot the shopper, especially when they have to make a phone call about something daft!QUOTE]

i love it when they say that! when doing esa pharmacies a few have said they realised i was an MS, despite them not asking the correct questions or giving the req responses! makes me laugh :rotfl::rotfl:

clippy_girl

re abai on my blackberry there has been an improvement- i can now see all available jobs but cannot accept them! it will not do anything when i click 'details' grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :mad: still, im not supposed to go on the internet at work so at least i only need to go on if i can see a job and not everytime i get an abai alert!

i have entered a burger report on it before, would not bother again though as it was a paiin in the !!!!!

mysterious_girl

clippy_girl wrote: »

re abai on my blackberry there has been an improvement- i can now see all available jobs but cannot accept them! it will not do anything when i click 'details' grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :mad: still, im not supposed to go on the internet at work so at least i only need to go on if i can see a job and not everytime i get an abai alert!

i have entered a burger report on it before, would not bother again though as it was a paiin in the !!!!!

Have you downloaded Mini Opera? I googled it before for a nosey and you can download it onto your Blackberry. I don't know if it makes things better but it's worth a try.

See I'm the expert now and I'm not even getting my phone until tomorrow!

mysterious_girl

I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight I'm so excited! Just hope the courier turns up. Better get my head round it all and have all my websites etc set up before the big beginning of the month downloads!

clippy_girl

mysterious_girl wrote: »

I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight I'm so excited! Just hope the courier turns up. Better get my head round it all and have all my websites etc set up before the big beginning of the month downloads!

i dont blame you, mine was in for repair since last saturday and i was sooooooooooo happy to be reunited. i have not put it down all day

going to look at that mini opera thing, not sure how it will work as generally the internet is proper on the blackberry

glitterkandy

mysterious_girl wrote: »

And HSBC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Didn't show up as pending - it just went straight into the account.

Not all HSBC
I guess with it coming from foreign parts then it varies?
I'm not worried tho as I'm only expecting a tiny amount and I'm sure it'll turn up.

TractorGirl327

Dotty13 wrote: »

I asked the co about this and the date needs to be recorded and stuck to because they check your work. As there are over 800 stores being covered, they need to ensure that there will be staff available to do the checking - especially on the busiest dates.

However, I think I may change my date to the 14th of the month - thus giving me 14 days to get photos. I will upload on this day, but may have collected my photos on previous dates during the month. (what are people's thoughts on this - I am not doing anything wrong am I?) :think: If you change the date to, say the 2nd of the month, then you must upload your photos on this day - otherwise you go over your deadline.

But look at it from the clients point of view. What if everyone was to do that? They'd have their staff sitting around twiddling their thumbs for 2 weeks then be inundated on the very last day of the project - and, from your point of view, if there were any problems, you'd have very little time to get back and re-do them.

I usually have a rough idea of when I'm going to so a specific store but will set the date for 2 or 3 days after, to give me leeway. eg. If I think I'm going to be doing stores in such-and-such an area on a Monday, I'll set the date for Wednesday. I upload as soon as I've done them so that they have definitely got them by the due date and last month a couple were actually accepted before the due date.

WiiMee

ukmonkey wrote: »

They'll almost certainly use it as an excuse for not paying you IMO. :mad:

I don't understand why you all carry on doing work for them. It seems that they use the slightest excuse not to pay but I wonder if they still use the report. :eek:

ljshopper

TractorGirl327 wrote: »

But look at it from the clients point of view. What if everyone was to do that? They'd have their staff sitting around twiddling their thumbs for 2 weeks then be inundated on the very last day of the project - and, from your point of view, if there were any problems, you'd have very little time to get back and re-do them.

I usually have a rough idea of when I'm going to so a specific store but will set the date for 2 or 3 days after, to give me leeway. eg. If I think I'm going to be doing stores in such-and-such an area on a Monday, I'll set the date for Wednesday. I upload as soon as I've done them so that they have definitely got them by the due date and last month a couple were actually accepted before the due date.

it took me 3 visits to do a covert one last month. on the last one i nearly helped the lazy !!!!!! mos fill up the shelves he was so slow.

TractorGirl327

WiiMee wrote: »

I don't understand why you all carry on doing work for them. It seems that they use the slightest excuse not to pay but I wonder if they still use the report. :eek:

I'd quite happily tell them where to stick their jobs but for one thing - the scales they provide for the coffee jobs would have to be returned, and they are soooo useful in my kitchen, for weighing eBay parcels, etc etc!!!! :rotfl::rotfl: