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

tomla

the_cake wrote: »

Egg shop fees down AGAIN - this really p*ss*s me off. I can't find any regular work, live in a very rural area, so MSing is all I can do at the moment. I pay all the bills, work my b*tt off, take all viable work and do the best job I can do, and the pay goes down while the fuel costs - and every other cost - go up. How would employees cope with pay cuts like this? So why should self employed people accept them? Aaaaaarrrrrrrghghghghgh. Sorry for the rant, but I am really beginning to get worried about how we are going to cope through the winter at this rate.

They look the same to me as the last wave? Same fee as ever and no reimbursement as last time. I guess this is to keep the contract with ESA and to keep the costs managed (less variance due to differing reimbursements). I would bravely say that although I would love more they seem reasonable value for the task and easy write-up. Works best if you are able to secure a good bunch and do them all in one day. You will soon be complaining about the excess of eggs.

debsjc

Just reached my Silver for TMDC, just 6 weeks after joining. Two more visits to go before gold :-)

serendipity2706

debsjc wrote: »

Just reached my Silver for TMDC, just 6 weeks after joining. Two more visits to go before gold :-)

Well done you!:D
You must live in an area with loads of visits then. It can take years in Scotland!

debsjc

serendipity2706 wrote: »

Well done you!:D
You must live in an area with loads of visits then. It can take years in Scotland!

Thank you. I was lucky that 2 of the ones I did I picked up last minute. I'm fairly sure they were cancellations from higher rated diners. There are another couple I've done just to gain the points, that weren't very exciting!

mimi1234

Well done Debs.

Has anyone actually had a proper upload on RE? Other than the nasty pubs, I have not seen a proper upload for 2 weeks, only dropped visits. Have they lost loads of clients?

debsjc

mimi1234 wrote: »

Well done Debs.

Has anyone actually had a proper upload on RE? Other than the nasty pubs, I have not seen a proper upload for 2 weeks, only dropped visits. Have they lost loads of clients?

Thank you

I'm glad it's not just me seeing nothing on RE. Just pubs and airports showing on mine.

serendipity2706

debsjc wrote: »

Thank you

I'm glad it's not just me seeing nothing on RE. Just pubs and airports showing on mine.

1 pub (120 miles away-where's Jen when you want her?) and that's all on mine

poor_student138

mimi1234 wrote: »

Well done Debs.

Has anyone actually had a proper upload on RE? Other than the nasty pubs, I have not seen a proper upload for 2 weeks, only dropped visits. Have they lost loads of clients?

Same here now, there were a couple of bowling ones on there and some bed store ones at the beginning of the week, but nothing since then.

mimi1234

poor_student138 wrote: »

Same here now, there were a couple of bowling ones on there and some bed store ones at the beginning of the week, but nothing since then.

Let's hope all the clients have gone back to their previous companies, i.e. cookies back to RM, chicken shop back to GAP etc.

HeavensDevil

mimi1234 wrote: »

Let's hope all the clients have gone back to their previous companies, i.e. cookies back to RM, chicken shop back to GAP etc.

I've got a cookie shop with RE coming up. Can't say if it's the same one, I'm not (nor have ever been) with RM and have only been MSing for about 6 months, but I can only think of one cookie shop brand

I've only ever have 'posh chicken' (restaurants) on RE, of which I also have one coming up with RE. I'm not sure if the chicken shop you're referring to is fast-food, if so, I've never seen it! So if it goes back to GAP, makes no difference to me as I can't seem to get on their books - not that that's probably a bad thing!