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

_nate

_Persephone wrote: »

What is Gap's issue with pineapple? Very strange, I just accepted a job for tomorrow, and was looking at the notes beforehand. I can understand no margharita, but no pineapple? Lol

I find this hilarious, too. If I go with other people, they often don't believe me! The only thing I can think of is that the juice might interfere with the browning of the pizza in some obscure way, thus rendering the guide pictures inaccurate. But really, come on...

I dare you to do a buffet assignment and sneak a slice of pineapple pizza onto your plate...!

Monkeynut

lalli_pickle wrote: »

Usually on the email there would be two addresses. Is this not the case? If so then I would query it with ABAi directly

I took it to mean that there were 2 addresses for each job, but this 1 particular station had to be visited for both.

I would do what you said, and do the petrol, get the receipt, then go back as if you have forgotten something. But maybe go out to your car, then realise you've forgotten it and go back in, so you have to queue again.

squeaky1055

StabiloBrillo wrote: »

Quick question for competitor petrol: I am apparently meant to compare 2 competitor stations yet they are owned by the same company. Only confusing part is that I'm doing 2 of these jobs tomorrow with the one station being the main petrol mystery shop and the other job being part of buying a small purchase at the same station.
What do people suggest if the above makes sense?
Could I ask for a 2 separate receipts with one receipt showing the petrol and purchase and ask for another receipt showing the small purchase.
Would anyone actually make two separate purchases,like oh I forgot I need a paper as well and get a second receipt.

Regards and would like to hear you responses.

One more question would it be okay if I done a small purchase before the petrol visit?

When this happens to me, I make only one purchase and use the same receipt for both jobs
I do one where there are 3 of the petrol stations for Abai and only one competitor in the area so I still only make one purchase and use the same receipt for all 3....never been queried

StabiloBrillo

squeaky1055 wrote: »

When this happens to me, I make only one purchase and use the same receipt for both jobs
I do one where there are 3 of the petrol stations for Abai and only one competitor in the area so I still only make one purchase and use the same receipt for all 3....never been queried

Thanks that's helpful as it just said in the brief do not buy petrol at the competitor address yet it's the same company. So never a query? But I guess the station still needs to be assessed yet it's being compared against the same company, as no competitor is close enough.

Thanks for the responses and trying to make sense of what I originally queried.

Monkeynut

Didn't you say that for 1 job the station in question was the main one, so you had to buy fuel, and the second job it was the competitor so just have to make a small purchase but no fuel?

In which case you couldn't use the same receipt for both.

Although i have probably just not made sense of what you originally queried!

_nate

Monkeynut wrote: »

I know it was very very naughty of me, but it's nowhere I would ever actually MS, and it was totally worth it for the look on the womans face, and over hearing her go and tell everyone that they have changed what MSers have to do, and they could be here with anyone and order anything, and the supervisor looking man tell everyone that they would have to step up and be really aware as they wouldn't know easily any more who the MSer was!!

You want to be careful doing that... I went to a burger place that I regularly MS with a friend to actually eat legitimately, asked for a receipt for fun, and the staff thought I was MSing but accompanied by someone else in violation of the rules and they apparently complained. I got an email from GAP fishing for an admission that I was not alone!

Dotty13

I've recently got into merchandising, but feel that I'm doing a really poor job. One of the first questions in the input sheet is "have you fullfilled all of your objectives" and my answer is usually "no". This is because items haven't arrived at store, or they have arrived and have already been sited, or there isn't enough stock in store to fill the shipper, or because the Manager wont let me site for one reason or another.

Is this usual? Does everything go to plan for other merchandisers? Any advice would be v much appreciated.:)

Monkeynut

_nate wrote: »

You want to be careful doing that... I went to a burger place that I regularly MS with a friend to actually eat legitimately, asked for a receipt for fun, and the staff thought I was MSing but accompanied by someone else in violation of the rules and they apparently complained. I got an email from GAP fishing for an admission that I was not alone!

Thankfully it was for somewhere that I would never MS.
I wouldn't have done that if it was somewhere that I regularly do genuine MS visits for.
Although I do tend to ask for a receipt anyway everywhere I go now!

debsjc

A question from a newbie Gap shopper.

With pizza delivery, how do you know if the company delivers to your address, from the location offering the assignment?

Thanks.

kst101

If you look on the pizza website and put your postcode in you can find out.

No one delivers where I live :-(