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

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Hi can someone help me please, I am doing my first cinema audit today for the company that cannot be named.

I have read the email and downloaded the pdf but cannot find the answer. (though I am 6 pages behind on this thread so sorry if it has been discussed, I can't keep up!)

The thing is the email asks to check for a particular ad but the report form lists two. I don't even know what the second ad is for. I'm really stuck can anyone advise or pm me please?

nickik1970

Monkeynut wrote: »

Has anyone else applied for a cinema that is still showing as pending on React? I've not worked for them before so I don't know what their standard practice is, but I applied for it a good few days ago now, and it's still available on the jobs board. Is this normal?!?

Mine was allocated to me on thursday, but I can still see a lot of them ob the board.

Lil_Me_2

rachelja wrote: »

Hi can someone help me please, I am doing my first cinema audit today for the company that cannot be named.

I have read the email and downloaded the pdf but cannot find the answer. (though I am 6 pages behind on this thread so sorry if it has been discussed, I can't keep up!)

The thing is the email asks to check for a particular ad but the report form lists two. I don't even know what the second ad is for. I'm really stuck can anyone advise or pm me please?

I've sent you a PM!

look_after_the_pennies

squidgeum wrote: »

I wasn't too bothered to be honest as I hate the way Gap work.

If you're considering a ciruit Pennies, then I wouldn't recommend Haverhill to Sudbury as the road's awful. It's not that far mileage wise, but it's a slow windy road and takes ages . Whereas Haverhill to Cambridge is quite quick.

Thanks for the advise! Sounds like my route to Sudbury which is why I only go if I can make it worth my while! Journey takes 40 minutes unless I get stuck behind a tractor!

look_after_the_pennies

No mystery shopping for me today which is just as well as its so wet, windy and miserable outside!

jen_br

Lil me beat me to it!!- The cinema audits are fantastic and really fun to do!! easy to do as well there are 2 ads for different sets of films pm me as well if you have any further questions


On a side note: has anyone done any work for Dougals Stafford?

Lil_Me_2

look_after_the_pennies wrote: »

No mystery shopping for me today which is just as well as its so wet, windy and miserable outside!

No mystery shopping today for me either, but it's a glorious blue sky day here! Bet it's a bit nippy though, I'm still in bed.

1 (simple) report to write from dinner last night then a cinema trip tomorrow. Today consists of brunch with the grand prix, roast dinner with the x factor bootcamp plus a krispy kreme doughnut thrown in for good measure.

TractorGirl327

Lil_Me wrote: »

No mystery shopping today for me either, but it's a glorious blue sky day here! Bet it's a bit nippy though, I'm still in bed.

1 (simple) report to write from dinner last night then a cinema trip tomorrow. Today consists of brunch with the grand prix, roast dinner with the x factor bootcamp plus a krispy kreme doughnut thrown in for good measure.

Not doing a 160-mile round trip do get them I hope? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Lil_Me_2

TractorGirl327 wrote: »

Not doing a 160-mile round trip do get them I hope? :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Not since they opened a shop by me! Now it's a 1.5 mile trip

proshopper

look_after_the_pennies wrote: »

Oh no :eek: I suppose no great loss but on the other hand, no-one really wants to be sacked by them. I have toyed with the idea of venturing out to Haverhill as jobs for there seem to hang around but I would have to be able to do a circuit via Bury. Maybe fit Sudbury in too or venture the opposite direction to Cambridge. I like Sudbury for its free parking too.

I routinely work within a 50-mile radius of home. I do Haverhill at least once a month. In the summer, I don't mind combining it with Sudbury/BStE/Newmarket. In the winter, I put it in a Cambridge/Saffron Walden/Newmarket run. Either way, Gyp can be quite good for the jobs in between: when Gyp are bribing me, I take stamps or corner shops on either of those round trips (even two months in advance). There are so many off-the-beaten-track village locations round these places and Gyp always seems happy to offload.

Because I visit these Suffolk locations on a fairly regular basis, I used to get loads calls from various allocators before ignored jobs became desparate. Things have improved, and I now mostly get "last resort" calls. But there still seems to be plenty of those! I rarely do my regular Haverhill run at the start of its fieldwork period: I hang on until it becomes more worthwhile.

I know what you mean about the free parking, pennies. All sorts of places along the A1 used to have free parking and that influenced my selection of jobs. These places are gradually becoming fewer!