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

lalli_pickle

misssarahleigh wrote: »

I think i'm going to take this time to get some more companies under my belt and see about 'other' forms of income.

Got some great advice the otherday just a matter of reading about it and getting stuff sorted.

Oooh, good luck

mysterious_girl

caledonia1972 wrote: »

I don't really do many RE assignments unless there are 2 or 3 that I can do at the same time or on a "circuit" and I usually check to see if they have anything when I'm going into the city centre or the out of town shopping centres for assignments with another company. Their reports are very annoying though.

You're not alone. I think most of us here follow that rule when it comes to working for RE.

borders

I expect we'll be seeing a lot of last minute jobs that are being dropped by folk suddenly realising how poor the pay is. Especially if they've actually done a visit and had to fill in an RE report.

In fact even as I was typing this message I got a call offering me a job tomorrow, at an increased fee, because it had been dropped at the last minute. Good timing!

xxvickixx

Lol at Monkeyboy going to the bra shop! Actually was going to ask nicely for a copy of the lovely spreadsheet you created - Is now a good time to ask or should I stop laughing first?

nickik1970

redzhell wrote: »

After all these months of applying for jewellery audits, I finally got not just 1 but 4!

I applied for 5 jewellery, one of which I always used to do a couple of times a month, when the old allocator was on. Didn't get any this time. Got 1 coffee, have applied for 6 so you never know!

xxvickixx

With the jobs that you apply for, sometimes especially Bare you wait ages to find out that you got the job, and quite often then have little time to organise other jobs around it, or even then become too booked up to do the job.
I was just wondering how you others find this?

lalli_pickle

xxvickixx wrote: »

With the jobs that you apply for, sometimes especially Bare you wait ages to find out that you got the job, and quite often then have little time to organise other jobs around it, or even then become too booked up to do the job.
I was just wondering how you others find this?

Amazingly frustrating :mad:

borders

xxvickixx wrote: »

With the jobs that you apply for, sometimes especially Bare you wait ages to find out that you got the job, and quite often then have little time to organise other jobs around it, or even then become too booked up to do the job.
I was just wondering how you others find this?

Not many jobs in my patch from these companies, so not a problem. Usually apply for them as fill ins when I've already got route in the same area anyway.

I do like that there is usually a decent timespan to do these jobs as it makes it easier to adjust routes and jobs to get a decent workload on the same day.

redzhell

nickik1970 wrote: »

I applied for 5 jewellery, one of which I always used to do a couple of times a month, when the old allocator was on. Didn't get any this time. Got 1 coffee, have applied for 6 so you never know!

Awww that's a shame about the old allocator. People seem to really like him / her! I'm waiting for 2 coffee jobs which I'm hoping I'll get as I love free food

StacFace

With ones that take a while to allocate I normally just apply for local ones so I can squeeze them in wherever they'll fit. Otherwise they normally have a box asking when you will be available so you can put the dates you would be willing to do it on.

Does anyone know if the storage company recorded calls on Helion keep your details or not that you give them (name + phone number)? Normally you're told whether or not they are in the job notes before accepting but I can't see anything for these, and don't want to take the job and then be discovered during the call because they recognise my phone number when I provide it. And are the storage places linked (e.g. can I do more than one with the same details)?