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

clippy_girl

pinklady07 wrote: »

Is it just me or has anybody else found that the bank jobs from GFK re holiday money are turning out to be really quick? The cashier answers the query briefly at the till and there is no reason to go elsewhere. The trouble is I keep getting verification queries when I enter the results as it is too fast. Then I have to over ride it.

i have had this with nearly every bank job i had done with gfk. i one i was out in 5 mins and that was dragging it out! did a mortgage one yest and i was just given a leaflet! i used to avoid them as the first one i actually had to go through stuff with the guy and it took 30 mins. thought it wasnt worth it as GR fee was the same and much quicker. glad i have been taking them now!

on that note has anyone had a bank job with gr recently? not seen any since oct :eek: not seen that one with anyone else either

clippy_girl

woohoo just finishing last edig survey. how have you got on sarah?

galaxynicole

clippy_girl wrote: »

on that note has anyone had a bank job with gr recently? not seen any since oct :eek: not seen that one with anyone else either

I've seen either banks with GR for ages.

meandmaboy

Flygirl767 wrote: »

Sometimes proof reading can take a while or..you may have written such a thorough account that it has been proof read and passed to the client..this is where the problems can start though!

My recent sports shop visit was passed by the proof reader but rejected by the client as they don't believe my account of it..my word against theirs apparently. Good luck and hope you get paid!

Had same problem last year with them, probably same brand ! Client seen problem on cctv but did they take my word for it NO BL888Y WAY.
They eventually paid me after I threatened to take items back & challenge them & let them know I was the mystery shopper.
I happen to think the clothing is dear enough without getting paid for an item that I was being forced to keep & not being re-imbursed for. The best laugh is that my teenage son doesn't like the tshirts grrrrrrrrrrr
Don't touch these jobs with a barge pole & they can phone me all they like & i still refuse to do them.

nickc1989

I presume somebody has contacted RE about their dodgy website? I don't want to leave them with a barrage of emails saying the same thing, but I also wouldn't want about six jobs to go unpaid...

jen_br

Ive emailed head tech.

finlay

meandmaboy wrote: »

Had same problem last year with them, probably same brand ! Client seen problem on cctv but did they take my word for it NO BL888Y WAY.
They eventually paid me after I threatened to take items back & challenge them & let them know I was the mystery shopper.I happen to think the clothing is dear enough without getting paid for an item that I was being forced to keep & not be re-imbursed.
Don'y touch these jobs with a barge pole & they can phone me all they like & i still refuse to do them.

Same here, they didnt believe the dreadful service I reported on and the queries went on and on. Never again! My hubby has loads of tshirts anyway!

jen_br

TNS P****SED me offfff

So I was being allocated some pub gigs, and I had a few questions but they kept saying "the jobs are mine" So I have planned for this... And I email them MONDAY to say "ummm when are you putting them in my account I have made the time in my diary for them" I get this LOVELY email from them 4 days later!

Dear Jennifer,

Thank you very much for your response, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but during the process of our email conversation with you, the visits that we offered to you were all taken.

Thank you again for your offer to complete these visits.

Kind regards,

Fiver29

I'm annoyed with React, we're going to a certain tourist attraction near Windsor on Sunday. Applied for 8 different jobs, not allocated one , miserable so and so's.

Flygirl767

Fiver29 wrote: »

I'm annoyed with React, we're going to a certain tourist attraction near Windsor on Sunday. Applied for 8 different jobs, not allocated one , miserable so and so's.

They tend to allocate these jobs in batches of about 8 to 10 jobs at a time to one shopper so that they don't have to provide entrance passes to numerous shoppers. So I guess they would have had many applications being the summer hols and only one or 2 shoppers would get them.

Hth