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

mimi1234

teendude wrote: »

I just got a text from retail maxim there.... it says it was sent at 15.00 though.

How long after sending are their assignments usually available for? (Is it worth me phoning up tomorrow? there is noone in at the moment)

Oh and yay! I completed my first shop ever today.

I suggest you do call them. I always have my mobile near me. If it says RETAIL MAXIM, I call there and then. Their shops are really fun to do and the reports are uber simple unlike others where you have to write almost a thesis for each question.

Sorry MISSSARALEIGH, I pinched the postal drop one. Surprised it came straight through, normally they put it in pending.

Traxoid

StacFace wrote: »

It depends on when you did them. If you had to do one, then go home, then go out again to do the other then you can claim for there and back to both places as the timeframes were different. If you travelled from one to the other then it's the round-trip mileage that counts.

You can only do that with claiming expenses from the MS companies if you are doing jobs for two different MS companies who both pay mileage, as they won't know about each other.

Excellent, thanks for your help :cool:

Lil_Me_2

clippy_girl wrote: »

my cinemas arent listed on FT but three of them are on the list of available cinemas that i ticked the box for. if they are not available now does that mean they dont do them (even though they are on the tick list)?

They only do SPI checks for one chain, but do trailer checks for others.

lucylou

hi I have a torso shop to do.Can anyone tell me what is the cheapest item you can ask for a demo please?

xxvickixx

lucylou wrote: »

hi I have a torso shop to do.Can anyone tell me what is the cheapest item you can ask for a demo please?

The website has all the prices on there - best to have an idea when you go in so you don't end up getting stuck with something pricey!

lalli_pickle

OK, so...

I'm doing a jewellery visit to a cat shop for abai and notice that gfk are also asking people to go to that shop to check something else so I sign up for both.

Half an hour later I get an email from abai saying that the clients head office has asked them to delay by 2 weeks as they're having a refurb, so I figure I'll do my good deed for the day and tell gfk, get that job rescheduled for when the shops open, everyone's happy, but no.... gfk say "OK, well the website says you can still collect items in store so are you sure you have the right store?", well yes, I'm pretty sure, there's only one store in that area and that's it so you figure they'd talk to their client and confirm? No! I have to go to the store on the specified day and report back that it's closed and they'll pay me half the fee. Not that I mind being paid half the fee for a 2 minute wander in my lunch break, but surely they'd be better off postponing it for a week and letting me go when it's open?

I don't understand MS companies sometimes lol

Becles

teendude wrote: »

I just got a text from retail maxim there.... it says it was sent at 15.00 though.

How long after sending are their assignments usually available for? (Is it worth me phoning up tomorrow? there is noone in at the moment)

Oh and yay! I completed my first shop ever today.

Well done on the first shop :j

I would ring anyway. If the assignment has gone, ask if there is anything else in your area and sometimes they find other jobs

lalli - the store might still be open for business even though it is being refurbished. I understand the shops are having heavy work done over night and light work done during opening times that will not affect the customers. The counter you are checking for abai might not be there though hence the request to go back later.

mimi1234

Check out this link on the log in page. Almost wet myself laughing. Surrounded by high calibre individuals. LOL.

StacFace

Misty_Blue wrote: »

Well, my mystery shopping career has taken a definite upturn this morning, with the arrival of this email:

My name is Hector Morse, I will like you to become our mystery shopper. You will earn $342 by been a mystery shopper. Your employment packet include business evaluation form, a training assignment which will be send to you after you received payment for the assignment.

I can beat that, $1000 to do my favourite grocery store apparently:rotfl:

Lil_Me_2

mimi1234 wrote: »

Check out this link on the log in page. Almost wet myself laughing. Surrounded by high calibre individuals. LOL.

Do you think they'd let us apply as a job share?? I reckon between us we could run RE better than they can at the moment!!