Mystery Shopping Thread 20 **PLEASE DO NOT MENTION CLIENT NAMES OR FEES ON HERE**

whitelabel

yup to the above, im with them all and when I started out I was taking everything that was offered and even made a loss on more than one occasion. It was all good experience and even though i wasnt sacked by them, (seems to be a rite of passage) gap took me off burger jobs as my photo was taken from a cctv still and distributed around stores in the midlands apparently lol so i couldnt do a job for that client any more, (the give away was as soon as i walked in to one ihadnt done before and went to the till the guy turned round to his manager and shouted "GAP!" before i ordered doh ! haha) so be prepared for anything to happen on a shop that you dont expect, because it can and probably will...

any how I digress, the reality is now i probably only work with 3 -4 companies, 2 of which are not menioned on here and i cant mention them either. I pick and choose jobs as I wish and just browse others if things are a little quiet.

so, as starting out dont panic about choosing the right ones, just get some experience, dont expect to get offered much if any at first, pick a few crappy jobs if need be. Be prepared to make mistakes, and have to revisit or not get paid. be prepared for staff to mess up too and things not to go as planned. once youve got that experience and if you live in an area with enough work, youll hopefully be able to keep yourself as busy as you like with not just MS but other aspects of field work eg merchandising, data collection, surveys, pos placement, audits, product recalls, video shops etc . This is the bulk of what I do now and didnt come till id done quite a few shops with a range of companies.

but remember busy doesnt equal rich and it doesnt mean its comes quick.


and oh yeh your normal non ms shops will never be the same again as youll find it impossible to switch off timings, name badges, tidiness etc

matthewluck

whitelabel wrote: »

have you checked ebay lately ? its flooded with them at the moment so your not likely to make much what ever you choose. I understand the maximising return though so try and keep your total outlay costs low and dont forget by the time you factor in ebay listing, selling and paypal fees, your return may not worth the great effort vs giving a nice present to a relative lol

Thanks, just had a look and there is quite a lot on there lol. Managed to find a bracelet which has sold on Ebay £32 recently, so going to target that one I think. The store price is £45.

Might have to just get a present for a relative though :beer:

StacFace

timefortea wrote: »

Anyone ever done an RE sandwich shop and given out that good service certificate? I don't understand why they want us to do it. Does the employee get anything other than a poorly printed certificate?

I think they get a £25 Love2Shop voucher for it, sure I read/heard it somewhre.

jen_br

Underground sandwich is a franchise and some give money others give gift certificates. it just depends on the owner.

ms_night_ryder

guys

just after some advise, did a banking one over lunch and basically they said that they do not offer the service i was requesting, she told me to call another branch as another bank so to speak does it on there behalf,via another bank they have a consultant who does the rounds in all branches, was told to call for an apt, called g 3 times and call kept getting cleared, sent an e-mail 2 hours ago, no reponse, must be completed today, but not many of the questions are relevant, what to do?

ukmonkey

ms_night_ryder wrote: »

guys

just after some advise, did a banking one over lunch and basically they said that they do not offer the service i was requesting, she told me to call another branch as another bank so to speak does it on there behalf,via another bank they have a consultant who does the rounds in all branches, was told to call for an apt, called g 3 times and call kept getting cleared, sent an e-mail 2 hours ago, no reponse, must be completed today, but not many of the questions are relevant, what to do?

What did the MSing Company say when you called and explained to them what had happened?

ms_night_ryder

i cant even get through to them, when i call the number suggested, it says, waiting, then tries x 5 ext and then clears, have called twice now, e-mailed them at 12pm, shall i e-mail again? or just fill in the form to the best of my ability do you think?

ms_night_ryder

o.k crisis over, have made contact, tho9ught i'd call again, maybe because it was lunch time they didn't answer, wonder what will happen now? i did the visit and got the leaflet!

ukmonkey

ms_night_ryder wrote: »

i cant even get through to them, when i call the number suggested, it says, waiting, then tries x 5 ext and then clears, have called twice now, e-mailed them at 12pm, shall i e-mail again? or just fill in the form to the best of my ability do you think?

Sorry, you did mention in your original post that you'd tried calling them.

If I were you, I'd still be looking to be paid the fee, or at the very least half of it for your wasted time.

ms_night_ryder

well, they got back to me and are giving me half of the fee, which is fair i guess, since i didnt fill out the form, or get the info required, as i couldnt