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

proshopper

squidgeum wrote: »

Has anybody done the report for the GfK bank visits where at the end it asks 'how much effort did you personally use today to complete your enquiry'? If so then how do you read it?

I am a bit confused as to me it's quite an ambiguous question. :question:

I definitely didn't tick the "no effort" box!! I put in about having to engineer account transactions. I also said that the enquiries themselves were straightforward, but the the questionnaires were nightmare-ishly long considering the brief was so simple (or words to that effect).

mysteryshoppingninja

proshopper wrote: »

How the hell can I get the smell out of my car???:eek:
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I had all the bottles triple bagged, but after a day in the car, three bags was cearly not enough! !It has obviously impregnated my clothes, too. !I nipped in to see my neighbour about ten mins after I got home and he asked me what the smell was. !I have transferred all the stuff from the car to the garage. !I can't imagine a courier company will be keen to take it.

Febreze might work?

I'm expecting to be told to bin it rather than it being collected. It's not like the client can really do anything with it...

I would try to find some recipes to use it in but a) I'm a rubbish cook and b) the products concerned are more like add a tablespoon to xyz dish than anything you could really make something with.!

Therefore I'm thinking tip it down the sink and recycle the bottles

mimi1234

cathj wrote: »

Yes it says there is no field work fee for this project, the purchase to the value of £xx is your fee.

So does that mean they will reimburse the purchase?

squidgeum

proshopper wrote: »

I definitely didn't tick the "no effort" box!! I put in about having to engineer account transactions. I also said that the enquiries themselves were straightforward, but the the questionnaires were nightmare-ishly long considering the brief was so simple (or words to that effect).

I agree about the questionnaire being long, and also about engineering the transaction. I suppose that's to prove we've been in the bank. I think the question is stupid to be honest as it really isn't clear at all.

I'm going to tick maximum as we don't want them cutting the fees like a lot of the other companies are doing if they think we're finding the jobs simple :eek:.

mysteryshoppingninja

squidgeum wrote: »

I agree about the questionnaire being long, and also about engineering the transaction. I suppose that's to prove we've been in the bank. I think the question is stupid to be honest as it really isn't clear at all.

I'm going to tick maximum as we don't want them cutting the fees like a lot of the other companies are doing if they think we're finding the jobs simple :eek:.

Please everyone who has one of tick maximum and the fee might go in the other direction :cool:

Personally I don't see how the transaction can verify you've been as I've sometimes put cheques into someone elses account since I was going anyway and it's never been queried... Think it's more likely just to see how horrendous the queue is which sometimes in my local is out the door!

ukmonkey

glitterkandy wrote: »

Out of interest how late were the reports? I've also found Tern to be friendly- I'm wondering if one of them has a well-hidden temper!

Same, TERN are one of the best MS companies amongst those on the first page in my experience. Always found them to be polite, helpful, responsive, and quick payers when it comes to reimbursements!

jc2703

Evening all

This afternoon was the start of a busy weekend for me (1 super-shopper store, 2 crips jobs and an audit this afternoon after working half an day!) - I have five separate jobs in one supermarket tomorrow to start me off and I think that definitely beats my record!

whats everyone else up to?

ukmonkey

mimi1234 wrote: »

I don't like the company that doesn't like to be named!!! Got an email yesterday about urgent supermarket audit. I saw it enter my email account, opened it, emailed with the jobs I wanted within 30 seconds. Got an email 4 hours later saying she had given them to someone. !!!!!!! If they already have top auditors who they give work to why email everyone else? Not impressed at all!!!

In case their preferred fieldworkers can't do them. Makes good business sense.

Flygirl767

jc2703 wrote: »

Evening all

This afternoon was the start of a busy weekend for me (1 super-shopper store, 2 crips jobs and an audit this afternoon after working half an day!) - I have five separate jobs in one supermarket tomorrow to start me off and I think that definitely beats my record!

whats everyone else up to?

I'm off on my holidays! Just one quick MS at the airport and thats me done for a week.:)

jen_br

Damn I wish I was over 40 I love home shopping!!!

I have cinemas t do tomorrow and I too had to collect some oriental stuff... I thought about it as I did icing and I do ALOT of cakes... remember these are being removed for a reason.. and i had some of the icing that was umm not desirable.. i wouldn't recommend anyone consuming the products unless you know why they are being pulled!!