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

spender

Pink Lady, fill in the sheet save it and then send it back to the person who emailed you.

pinklady07

spender wrote: »

Pink Lady, fill in the sheet save it and then send it back to the person who emailed you.

Thanks spender, I'll do that then.

spender

Has anybody had any payments recently from Abai - I know they emailed to say they had problems last week with Bacs but it seems an age since I have had any payments from them. I have lost track over the past few weeks of payments due (need to get my accounts up to date and stop taking on work just because it's there!).

spender

Another question before I go to bed ready for a hard week at work (not MS). I have only started MS in a small scale since April/May and although I am enjoying it I do not still feel very confident and feel I am walking around with a big pointy hand saying "look at me Mystery Shopper" but I have been surprised at the work that is available - some of it good some not so good. My question is whether leading up to Christmas does the work increase or decrease because the shops are under extra pressure, in other words do companies give them some leeway or not?

It's funny how you soon get your favourite companies and the ones you dislike. I am not at the stage when I have worked for all the ones listed and it will be a long time until I do. I was meant to over the summer sign up for more companies but that never happened and there are still many pending applications I have not completed.

What I am grateful for though is the excellent advice given on these forums, I know occasionally teddies get thrown, but I find that the information is given freely and in very good spirit, so from a relative newbie thanks and good night!

mysteryshoppingninja

serendipity2706 wrote: »

well, Ive had two now and neither of them have been anything list the list ARGHHHHHHHH

I've done these before and they've always been spot on. Felt a bit awful telling them their timings were wrong on the one I did this time

32 reports to do tonight... *groan* Think I'll be resorting to wine! :cool:

mysteryshoppingninja

spender wrote: »

Has anybody had any payments recently from Abai - I know they emailed to say they had problems last week with Bacs but it seems an age since I have had any payments from them. I have lost track over the past few weeks of payments due (need to get my accounts up to date and stop taking on work just because it's there!).

I haven't really checked but I'm sure I'm owed a few catalogue shops and maybe a hardware or two as well... Need to keep a closer eye on them it was easier to keep track of when the money landed though the door, now because the payments come into the bank one job at a time I barely notice what they've paid and what they haven't

Well behind on my accounts here as well so you're not alone :rotfl:

mysteryshoppingninja

spender wrote: »

I do not still feel very confident and feel I am walking around with a big pointy hand saying "look at me Mystery Shopper"

You'll get over it think we've all felt like that at some point, especially with some of the briefs... Did one today with an absolutely nuts question I had to ask a staff member.... Am sure it gave the game away immediately soon as the words left my lips everyone suddenly became really helpful :rotfl:

Sometimes I think they design briefs like that to tip the stores off, just makes a mockery of the whole exercise though IMHO.

MoneySavingBecky

spender wrote: »

Has anybody had any payments recently from Abai - I know they emailed to say they had problems last week with Bacs but it seems an age since I have had any payments from them. I have lost track over the past few weeks of payments due (need to get my accounts up to date and stop taking on work just because it's there!).

I did two stores at the beginning of august and haven't been paid yet either!

jen_br

Hrm anyone do a testing centre with BARE in july? I seem to be waiting payment... still.

WiiMee

MoneySavingBecky wrote: »

I did a few jobs for aba-i at the beginning of august and havent been paid yet
do they still send cash?

also havent been paid by gap yet grr
or grass roots!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:I just got cash through the post for my first job with them - not quite what I was expecting! Having said that it gave me a good laugh :rotfl::rotfl: