MYSTERY SHOPPING THREAD 17 - please don't mention client names or fees on here!!

Tudorc1

I Hate RE !!

The site is SO slow, and died after I had spend nearly an hour inputting a ridiculously repetitive report.

I just took the jobs (3 of them!) as there were three within 100 yards of where I was going to be anyway.

I've entered 5 other reports in the time it has taken to NOT enter one of theirs!

Does their site work better on any particular browser ? (I'm on IE).

serendipity2706

Beckfordbaby wrote: »

Has anyone advice on buying equipment for doing video visits? I've heard the fees are around £40 and wondered how much of an outlay I would have to do these.

I thought about these but decent equipment is around £400-£500 and at the moment only do it now and again so it's not really worth it for me.

mysterious_girl

Tudorc1 wrote: »

I Hate RE !!

The site is SO slow, and died after I had spend nearly an hour inputting a ridiculously repetitive report.

I just took the jobs (3 of them!) as there were three within 100 yards of where I was going to be anyway.

I've entered 5 other reports in the time it has taken to NOT enter one of theirs!

Does their site work better on any particular browser ? (I'm on IE).

I hate RE too. Lousy long winded repetitive reports and very low fees.

You can all have them!

mysterious_girl

Beckfordbaby wrote: »

Has anyone advice on buying equipment for doing video visits? I've heard the fees are around £40 and wondered how much of an outlay I would have to do these.

Have a look on ebay under "spy camera". They're all from Hong Kong though so I don't know if they'd be any good over here. Worth looking into.

DevilsAdvocate1

I get the impression that companies like specific makes of camera. The one a mystery shopping company suggested I buy is £575.

D.

yonk

PM sent, Beckfordbaby.

+1 on the £600 for the equipment. It has to be compatible with their client requirements.

System

jen_br wrote: »

Bare update After posting AGAIn on their facebook page... someone who was very sweet and nice emailed me to sort this out (an hour later the main alloactor emailed me too) Hrmmm yeah I guess they don't like bad press?

He said he has NO idea why this hasn't been paid.. and im to look for it THIS month (holding my breathe) so everyone else whos pmed me the route of emails is working YAY!

Funnily enough I just got an email too. I have been assured my name will be added to the payments list. I wonder if the allocator reads this thread?

jen_br

Nope the kick up I made on FB ment the President emailed him, and the Operations manager emailed him after she emailed me on FB.. the pwoers of one social network lol

weeg

I decided to do a crisp job as I was passing today and needed to buy cat food. So I didn't have the authorisation letter with me. I normally do this store covertly as it once took me 25 mins to get signed in.

Manager was so rude. He looked liked he really wanted to march me straight out the store, and then followed me around (he is much worse at discreet than me) got especially confused when I spent ages in the cleaning aisle - they hide the soda crystals on purpose, I'm sure of it.

mysteryshoppingninja

weeg wrote: »

I decided to do a crisp job as I was passing today and needed to buy cat food. So I didn't have the authorisation letter with me. I normally do this store covertly as it once took me 25 mins to get signed in.

Manager was so rude. He looked liked he really wanted to march me straight out the store, and then followed me around (he is much worse at discreet than me) got especially confused when I spent ages in the cleaning aisle - they hide the soda crystals on purpose, I'm sure of it.

I had a run in with some jumped up checkout team leader a few weeks back doing a different job... Honestly you'd have thought I'd taken a weeks takings not a couple of photos the way he went on!! Some of them really need a reality check...

On the plus side I've now done hundreds of crisps and only been caught twice