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

lisa76

I have only just started with Gap too and was wondering how you know if they've approved your assignments for payment???

Hopelessly_Hopeful

Becles wrote: »

I was going to suggest a mobile phone stopwatch. You don't look suspicious fiddling with a mobile phone.

Thanks Becles. Only cost me £1.50 for the touchy feely one for my palm and it's fabulous, can't stop playing with it. Just how sad am I? More fast food for me today, let's hope a gym one goes on soon!

TG I hear what you say about sharing information and not just taking (esp if it's perceived to be taking from those that are sharing it, oh the irony!). It can be a little daunting for newbies to know what to put in alerts etc especially when whilst some people are happy to help others, there are a significant number of newbie posts that are openly critiscised. Would it be useful to add something about sharing etiquette on the first page? HTH

HHx

serendipity2706

lisa76 wrote: »

I have only just started with Gap too and was wondering how you know if they've approved your assignments for payment???

I've never heard anything from them- no queries or anything. I assumed from that it was all OK, but I have done a few this month and don't know what have been paid- if any.

Beckfordbaby

Hopelessly_Hopeful wrote: »

Thanks Becles. Only cost me £1.50 for the touchy feely one for my palm and it's fabulous, can't stop playing with it. Just how sad am I? More fast food for me today, let's hope a gym one goes on soon!

Where did you buy the stopwatch for £1.50? I bought one for £4.99 a while ago, it was so complicated I could not work it and the alarm kept going off which was a bit of a give away. Battery only lasted about a month, so needless to say it is now in the charity shop

Miss_Qwerty

serendipity2706 wrote: »

I've never heard anything from them- no queries or anything. I assumed from that it was all OK, but I have done a few this month and don't know what have been paid- if any.

No news is good news with Gap, and they pay a month in arrears so the payment that has gone in today will be for June jobs.

Lovefood

misssarahleigh wrote: »

I've had companies that have never replied to my request for help. TNS off the top of my mind. I would rather take the advice of experinced shoppers than drop the job. Sometimes it's just a little confirmation that i'm understanding it correcly and that i have interpreted the notes correctly.

That is why I like TMDC, they are always available (well, Mondays to Fridays) and get back to me not only with their queries but also in regards to my questions and they provided us with our own forum where we can get in touch with fellow diners and share info. That works quite well.

serendipity2706 wrote: »

There's a load of foreign airports none in UK that I can see

TMDC offers quite a few different Stansted and Heathrow airport dines.

misssarahleigh wrote: »

I don't see airports???????
I do see the stupid pubs where you have to order a certain meal though.

And you can choose what you fancy;)

Lil_Me_2

Lovefood wrote: »

That is why I like TMDC, they are always available (well, Mondays to Fridays) and get back to me not only with their queries but also in regards to my questions and they provided us with our own forum where we can get in touch with fellow diners and share info. That works quite well.
TMDC offers quite a few different Stansted and Heathrow airport dines.
And you can choose what you fancy;)

They're never recruiting in my area though

misssarahleigh

Lil_Me wrote: »

They're never recruiting in my area though

Snap. I have it bookmarked and check at least once a week

Hopelessly_Hopeful

Where did you buy the stopwatch for £1.50? I bought one for £4.99 a while ago, it was so complicated I could not work it and the alarm kept going off which was a bit of a give away. Battery only lasted about a month, so needless to say it is now in the charity shop [/QUOTE]




It's an 'app' for my mobile phone. Just type your make and model of your phone and stop watch app into google and you will be presented with the choices available. So much easier than what I've been struggling with for the past few weeks, don't know why I didn't think of it before. There are loads of free ones available too. Was a tad concerned about the download and payment over the mobile but touch wood everything went very smoothly. Good luck.

HHx

tbw

lisa76 wrote: »

I have only just started with Gap too and was wondering how you know if they've approved your assignments for payment???

Its all a bit hit and miss - you will know if any have been rejected because it will say so on the list of My Assignments. If it doesn't say rejected you can assume its OK for payment. But you need to keep a careful check on what jobs you have done in the preceeding calendar month and EXACTLY what you expect to be paid for them! Match your figure up against Gaps payment and, if you are lucky, you will have been paid for everything.

If you have been paid less then its pigs ear to try and sort it out - often you can hazard an educated guess as to whats missing but you may have to send Gap a list of the payments you were expecting and ask them what they have omitted. Takes a while but usually resolved in the end.

When I first started with them several years agoo, I had mistakes nearly every month - but they seem to be a bit better at it now.