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MYSTERY SHOPPING THREAD 18 - please don't mention client names or fees on here!!

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  • lucylou wrote: »
    I did one too and I am waiting for payment as well but it's not for the coloured one;)

    Aaaah, that's ok then, same company I'm waiting for. It's usually the coloured one that takes longer though!
    :)
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  • Kimitatsu
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    scubaangel wrote: »
    Is anyone else waiting for payment from grassroots for phone jobs done around 13/12? Seems to be taking longer than usual to be paid even given the mess which is Christmas and New Year.

    Yup I am waiting too for that one - unusual for them to be slow with paying so I can only assume the project isnt complete yet. Jobs I did as a favour after that have been paid already, so thats the only conclusion I can come to.
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  • dazza.mk
    dazza.mk Posts: 1,927 Forumite
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    Not really worth an alert, but looks like Bare are running a pilot for the Foreign Exchange bureau's that have been on RE in the past.

    ....Not sure I'd touch them with a bargepole though given the poor Exchange rates you get on site and then these details from the job description:

    "transactions costs will be reimbursed completely (only if you provide 2 receipts from 2 different xxx stores). "
  • My job on grg dated 13th december, now showing as paid as of yesterday. Looks like they just updating the payments made now.
  • Badger_Lady
    Badger_Lady Posts: 6,264 Forumite
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    Am I missing something with ABAI?

    Every time I log in (since registering), it shows just a single client, the same one for months and months, who never has any visits anywhere in the country.

    How do I get to see other clients? Is there some training or profile information or something?
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  • dazza.mk
    dazza.mk Posts: 1,927 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Am I missing something with ABAI?

    Every time I log in (since registering), it shows just a single client, the same one for months and months, who never has any visits anywhere in the country.

    How do I get to see other clients? Is there some training or profile information or something?

    See post #2
  • System
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    Can anyone else not log in to RE? I've got a report to submit!
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • dazza.mk
    dazza.mk Posts: 1,927 Forumite
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    I can log in (to see available jobs, nothing to submit at the mo.)
  • I can log in to RE and just submitted something.

    Have you done the usual, cleared cookies, restarted IE etc?
  • While its quiet I'm preparing my tax for 09\10. I can't believe how much my workload has dropped compared to then. I use to do about 20 GfK per month whereas I'm now lucky if I get 2. With GR I use to do about 3 per month and now about 1 every 3 months. BARE is practically non existent now, as with TERN and Abai have dropped about 50%.

    Could it be lack of work available or that there is now more competition in gaining assignments?
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