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

robodude789

serendipity2706 wrote: »

What Mary Porter thing? who is Mary Porter?

its a show on the bbc I think, about secret shopping

serendipity2706

robodude789 wrote: »

its a show on the bbc I think, about secret shopping

Ah! Found it now
Mary Portas on Weds at 9pm so it says

yonk

serendipity2706 wrote: »

What Mary Porter thing? who is Mary Porter?

Mary Portas - Secret Shopper, think it's going to be on C4.

Did you see my PM btw? Visit went well so no worries.

polythenegirl

jen_br wrote: »

Well there has been an influx in shoppers recently and I bet with that Mary Porter thing on tomorrow there will be even LESS chances of getting jobs. So those who get regular work for certain companies best making sure they are looked after!

I was talking to someone from RE and was told over 100 shoppers since the new year!

Do you think that it'll tail off a bit as people get fed up?

mysterious_girl

polythenegirl wrote: »

Do you think that it'll tail off a bit as people get fed up?

I reckon out of the 100 only 40 will actually do an assignment, 20 of them will decide they don't like it and stop there, 10 may do one or two more and the rest might hang around.

serendipity2706

mysterious_girl wrote: »

I reckon out of the 100 only 40 will actually do an assignment, 20 of them will decide they don't like it and stop there, 10 may do one or two more and the rest might hang around.

The thing is people think it's easy money,
In most cases it is, but in the cases it isnt it can all go very wrong if you dont know what you are doing?
I reckon after a few assignments lots of people will decide to give up as it can be a lot of hassle in some cases too

Becles

polythenegirl wrote: »

Do you think that it'll tail off a bit as people get fed up?

Probably - people come and go on here as they decide it's not for them, or they only want to do it for so long to pay for a holiday/wedding/clear debts etc.

Also Jan and Feb is usually quiet as nothing really moves in retail as people are still skint from Christmas.

mysterious_girl

Becles wrote: »

Probably - people come and go on here as they decide it's not for them, or they only want to do it for so long to pay for a holiday/wedding/clear debts etc.

Also Jan and Feb is usually quiet as nothing really moves in retail as people are still skint from Christmas.

One of my friends signed up to a few, did one Gap burger and gave it up.

brryssn

There are hundreds of MS companies out there though.....so just register with as many as you can - even all the USA based ones that have work in the UK.....and you never know what will come up! Every so often I'll get one in & think "don't remember registering with them"..... but I obviously did! :j

I've heard from two since Christmas that I registered with years ago.....a nice beauty treatment from one which I'm looking forward to....

serendipity2706

mysterious_girl wrote: »

One of my friends signed up to a few, did one Gap burger and gave it up.

perhaps it should be compulsory that every newbie does a gap burger job first of all
:eek: