MYSTERY SHOPPING THREAD 19 - please don't mention client names or fees on here!!

boyoboy1986

Not worthy of another alert, however the visits Serendipity posted about are now available for us silver minions.

DevilsAdvocate1

katiekittykat1977 wrote: »

Has anyone doing these jobs actually had the product recommended? Only two of the pharmacies I went to even had it in stock!! :eek:

All of mine had it in stock but non of them recommended it.

Littleoldme

katiekittykat1977 wrote: »

Has anyone doing these jobs actually had the product recommended? Only two of the pharmacies I went to even had it in stock!! :eek:

Not mentioned in any of mine and a blank look when asked about. However one of the product I was recommended in one seems enough to stun an elephant - "ADDICTIVE DO NOT TAKE FOR MORE THAN 3 DAYS" written on the box :eek:

katiekittykat1977

DevilsAdvocate1 wrote: »

All of mine had it in stock but non of them recommended it.

I'm glad it wasn't just me then! I thought I was doing something wrong after the 5th one!

yonk

Littleoldme wrote: »

Not mentioned in any of mine and a blank look when asked about. However one of the product I was recommended in one seems enough to stun an elephant - "ADDICTIVE DO NOT TAKE FOR MORE THAN 3 DAYS" written on the box :eek:

I know that product well and take it when I've got a migraine and need to sleep. Fab stuff! Was a bit surprised when I read the packet with the last lot I bought.

Izi21

katiekittykat1977 wrote: »

Has anyone doing these jobs actually had the product recommended? Only two of the pharmacies I went to even had it in stock!! :eek:

Only 1 of mine recommended it.

Tudorc1

Littleoldme wrote: »

Not mentioned in any of mine and a blank look when asked about. However one of the product I was recommended in one seems enough to stun an elephant - "ADDICTIVE DO NOT TAKE FOR MORE THAN 3 DAYS" written on the box :eek:

The Pharmacist that gave me that product laughed that warning off, saying that any of these products are addictive if you miss use them. I was on the prescription only version for 2 weeks and I was OK !

Isn't it amazing the variety of products you get offered when you present the same symptoms! Chemists in nice area sell high price branded stuff. Poorer areas = cheap non-branded stuff.

Monkeynut

Tudorc1 wrote: »

Isn't it amazing the variety of products you get offered when you present the same symptoms! Chemists in nice area sell high price branded stuff. Poorer areas = cheap non-branded stuff.

To be honest though, that's because there are so many different brands of products with the same active ingredients, and also so many different ingredients that do the same thing or help the same symptoms, they just work in slightly different ways.

It's not unusual for different products to be recommended, it may be the pharmacist/dispensers personal preference that influences their recommendation, or just lots of time as there are so many products and obviously it gets difficult to remember for people who work in pharmacys, so sometimes they just know lots about a few selected products - i.e. 1 or 2 products to cover each symptom, and ignore the others unless a customer asks for a specific brand.

Skiergirl

katiekittykat1977 wrote: »

Has anyone doing these jobs actually had the product recommended? Only two of the pharmacies I went to even had it in stock!! :eek:

I got it recommended in 1 out of 5;)

Littleoldme wrote: »

Not mentioned in any of mine and a blank look when asked about. However one of the product I was recommended in one seems enough to stun an elephant - "ADDICTIVE DO NOT TAKE FOR MORE THAN 3 DAYS" written on the box :eek:

I've been on the stronger version for 8 weeks and am not stopping it 'til my knee is sorted !

Mysterious girl - sorry if I pinched all the local jobs, but they're all yours again - been told today I shouldn't drive until I've seen a surgeon

Monkeynut

Whoops!!!!
Forgot to do a Gfk bank phone call two nights in a row as I ended up spending too much time after work in Tesco getting free shopping, that I didn't get home till late, and had no time to think about it before the end of the time frame!! Rescheduled for tomorrow. Again!!! As exactly the same thing happened yesterday.