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

tas123

Hi. Can someone help me, how can you tell whether you have been allocated a survey that needs to be completed from a smart phone or not. I am a little confused as I am not sure whether or the one I have allocated should be from a SmartPhone.

jediteacher

KentGirl wrote: »

Hi there,

Is anyone else having problems viewing jobs on ESA? have literally just received email showing list of jobs, but when I log in it tells me there are none in my area, which there clearly are. Not had this before, normally see them all.
I haven't changed any settings or my postcode or anything like that!

I rang them about this problem this morning and they are having some technical difficulties. Mine is all sorted now.

leila1

KentGirl wrote: »

Hi there,

Is anyone else having problems viewing jobs on ESA? have literally just received email showing list of jobs, but when I log in it tells me there are none in my area, which there clearly are. Not had this before, normally see them all.
I haven't changed any settings or my postcode or anything like that!

It's fixed now.

Monkeynut

Quick question to try to avoid emailing them - What are the likely reasons, if any, that when I try to select a job on Gap I get a little window message pop up saying "You have reached your maximum daily assignment quota. You are allowed a maximum of 0 per day. Please try again tomorrow"??

I've done one job for them before, which is showing as Approved, and that was at the end of last week!
???

dazza.mk

Monkeynut wrote: »

Quick question to try to avoid emailing them - What are the likely reasons, if any, that when I try to select a job on Gap I get a little window message pop up saying "You have reached your maximum daily assignment quota. You are allowed a maximum of 0 per day. Please try again tomorrow"??

I've done one job for them before, which is showing as Approved, and that was at the end of last week!
???

I think the question has come up recently and it was a system issue that you'd need to contact Gyp about.

Becles

cheekychipmunk wrote: »

Think becles may have mis-typed, but just to clarify that if you have a small earnings certificate you DON'T pay any class 2 contributions - that's the whole point of it

Just to clarify that I didn't mis-type. You can have a Small Earnings Certificate and pay Class 2.

I was employed when I started MS work and claimed the certificate. I then left my employed job and started paying Class 2 as I was no longer paying Class 1 NI. The certificate remained in force until I told National Insurance that I no longer wanted it as I realised I wouldn't get full MA.

If you are self-employed and hold a small earnings exception certificate, you will be treated as having earnings equal to the MAT at the end of any week covered by your certificate. This means you are treated as earning £30 a week. This applies even if you pay a class 2 NI contribution for a week which is also covered by the certificate. Send this certificate in with your MA claim form.

If you hold a small earnings exception for at least 13 weeks in your test period and you have no other earnings you will be treated as having earnings of £30 a week (equal to the MAT) and receive a weekly rate of MA of £27.00 (90 per cent of the MAT).

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/specialist-guides/technical-guidance/ni17a-a-guide-to-maternity/maternity-allowance-ma/

tas123 wrote: »

Hi. Can someone help me, how can you tell whether you have been allocated a survey that needs to be completed from a smart phone or not. I am a little confused as I am not sure whether or the one I have allocated should be from a SmartPhone.

It normally says in your allocation email if you have to complete it on a smart phone.

mimi1234

Has anyone done the ESA chemist visits? I am confused dot com! It says ask for something for your teenage son / grandson / nephew. So does that mean the nephew and grandson can be any age or teenage? I may have done mine wrong. I couldn't really say my nephew is a teenager when I am in my early 20's. Eeeek!

serendipity2706

mimi1234 wrote: »

Has anyone done the ESA chemist visits? I am confused dot com! It says ask for something for your teenage son / grandson / nephew. So does that mean the nephew and grandson can be any age or teenage? I may have done mine wrong. I couldn't really say my nephew is a teenager when I am in my early 20's. Eeeek!

Not seen the job but presumably they want something for a teenager, so a younger bro in your case

aniseedball

mimi1234 wrote: »

Has anyone done the ESA chemist visits? I am confused dot com! It says ask for something for your teenage son / grandson / nephew. So does that mean the nephew and grandson can be any age or teenage? I may have done mine wrong. I couldn't really say my nephew is a teenager when I am in my early 20's. Eeeek!

I changed it to my brother, as I'm in my mid 20s and didn't want them thinking I had a baby at 11

Skiergirl

mimi1234 wrote: »

Has anyone done the ESA chemist visits? I am confused dot com! It says ask for something for your teenage son / grandson / nephew. So does that mean the nephew and grandson can be any age or teenage? I may have done mine wrong. I couldn't really say my nephew is a teenager when I am in my early 20's. Eeeek!

I am guessing its because a lot of products are only suitable for age 12+ and they want a certain one recommending ?