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

mamashaz

redzhell wrote: »

I keep forgetting that I'm not old enough to do the jewellery jobs. Not fair!

Why don't you try - I am too old and they assign them to me!

Scaredy_Cat_3

polythenegirl wrote: »

Ha Ha thats exactly my thinking! I want to get to self-assign with them so taking a few lower fee jobs doesn't bother me

Just be aware - the more people who are happy to take these jobs with low fees, the stronger the signal that sends to the MS companies that we are all sitting out here happy and willing to work for peanuts!

polythenegirl

Scaredy_Cat wrote: »

Just be aware - the more people who are happy to take these jobs with low fees, the stronger the signal that sends to the MS companies that we are all sitting out here happy and willing to work for peanuts!

I understand that completely, however, I do want to establish a reputation with companies and to do that I have to do work for them so it leaves me in the position where I HAVE to take those jobs for the moment. I'm sure plenty of other people have done this as well when they got started

owlet

Well, that's my egg jobs given back with an honest reason why. Probably get sacked now lol. I will still do the ones with no eggs and an audit though, provided they don't change the specs. A circuit of these gives me quite a nice rate of pay

nehpets81

tootiemac wrote: »

yes i have read all the briefing over 10 times now and even with the help of other on this forum i still cant get it to accept the answers. it also doesnt tell you which or exactly how many are actual wrong so it is difficult to tell where i have gone wrong

I had one like that a while ago for one of their phone shops. I read the briefing several times, kept changing my answers and in the end had to realease it.

misssarahleigh

Having just looked at ESA there are only 500+ jobs left, so a good 700+ must have been taken (based on the 1200 i saw when i logged in last night).

I mean, if there on the doorstep thats ok if your happy to do the scenario (I personally don't think it's worth it for me personally as I don't like what you have to do as I feel it's blatently daft to ask certain questions and the staff in the local ones wouldn't be very friendly as there generally not)

I think a lot of people have accepted the jobs and will be handing them back. I aslo think a lot of people will also get them done once this time to not 'look bad' handing them back.

Although, I would like to see the next couple of months when the phonecalls start for the rural locations (or even town ones). I never answer my phone for ESA but I will this time just to personally tell them to get lost.

In honesty, I think they are going to struggle badley to get these jobs covered as the ones willing to do them will be time barred and everyone else doens't touch them with a barge poll.

They may even spend just as much money in additional fee's to shoppers to get them done than they would save by the orriginal cut back.

cheekychipmunk

misssarahleigh wrote: »

I never answer my phone for ESA but I will this time just to personally tell them to get lost.

I have chosen a special ringtone for incoming ESA calls - 'The Joker' by Steve Miller.

Did this after some hilarious calls asking me to do jobs involving a 90 mile round trip for no extra fee......

...cherry..._2

The university outfitters that tern used to have is now with RE and the fee is 75% less. There is a reimbursement but I doubt it would cover any of the clothes in the shop.

kst101

I have been mystery shopping for a while and have been getting a few from RE recently. Am glad to hear it isn't just me getting increased proof reading queries at the moment

How often do other people get ones from GrassRoots?

And I hadn't realised about the two assignments a month limit from GapBuster. Is that something that gets lifted at some point?

StabiloBrillo

kst101 wrote: »

I have been mystery shopping for a while and have been getting a few from RE recently. Am glad to hear it isn't just me getting increased proof reading queries at the moment

How often do other people get ones from GrassRoots?

And I hadn't realised about the two assignments a month limit from GapBuster. Is that something that gets lifted at some point?

Regarding Gapbuster you are allowed 2 per month for the first two months, but I remember well enough that I had 4 in my first month and 7 in my second month, as they may phone you up. Also I remember well that I got an email from them once and replied back straight away stating that I can't do no more but would be interested in do 'x' assignment and sure enough they assigned me to them. But don't phone them up