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

mimi1234

misssarahleigh wrote: »

I mentioned the same thing the other day. Normally mind are there for ages and slowly trickle off. But i logged on and most are gone.

I don't care. saves avoiding phone calls

Love, someone keeps taking them and then dumping them again. LOL.

polythenegirl

I can't see any clothes shops on ESA - are their restrictions on who can do them?

katiekittykat1977

polythenegirl wrote: »

I can't see any clothes shops on ESA - are their restrictions on who can do them?

I'm not sure - maybe there's none in your area....I could see quite a few all over the North....

polythenegirl

Even when I search all I can't see any *sob sob*

Rosy_Violet

polythenegirl wrote: »

I can't see any clothes shops on ESA - are their restrictions on who can do them?

Old fashioned sort of store so if you're young you won't be missing anything.

20% reduction in fee!

Agencies are loving this aren't they...all the new shoppers will be snapping them up.

My heart, soul and loyalty is diminishing...
Whatever happened to a Bluewater meet? Need a good old chat with peeps!

katiekittykat1977

Rosy_Violet wrote: »

Old fashioned sort of store so if you're young you won't be missing anything.

20% reduction in fee!

Agencies are loving this aren't they...all the new shoppers will be snapping them up.

As a new shopper, I've snapped a couple up that are close to where I live, and I make no apology for it. If I didn't somebody else would.

polythenegirl

Its hard for new shoppers at the minute because you have to accept as many visits as you can to gain a reputation with the companies but by doing that you have to accept the reduced fees therefore making life harder for the more experienced shoppers. Its a horrible no win situation.

Rosy_Violet

katiekittykat1977 wrote: »

As a new shopper, I've snapped a couple up that are close to where I live, and I make no apology for it. If I didn't somebody else would.

I don't blame you.

If I were new I would be snapping them up too as I wouldn't know what the fee used to be.

It just rankles that shoppers used to be paid a fair wack for their work. Now it's a race to see how little they can get away with paying.

Good luck to all who want to work for peanuts!

polythenegirl

Rosy_Violet wrote: »

I don't blame you.

If I were new I would be snapping them up too as I wouldn't know what the fee used to be.

It just rankles that shoppers used to be paid a fair wack for their work. Now it's a race to see how little they can get away with paying.

Good luck to all who want to work for peanuts!

I don't think its a case of us wanting to work for peanuts though. I certainy don't, but until I've built a reputation with the companies I'm not in a position to either demand more or turn down jobs with lower fees

Rosy_Violet

polythenegirl wrote: »

Its hard for new shoppers at the minute because you have to acept as many visits as you can to gain a reputation with the companies btu by doing that you hav to accept the reduced fees therfore makign life harder for the mroe experienced shoppers. Its a horrible no win situation.

I agree in part, but all the while jobs are taken at low fees then that will just drive the fee down even more. This has been so evident in the last 4 years or so but this last year has seen a dramatic fall and still falling! Not good.