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

System

i am sick of gap burger food and them asking if I would like my receipt, then I have to act as if yeh why not. rant over.

ChickenGirl

berbastrike wrote: »

i am sick of gap burger food and them asking if I would like my receipt, then I have to act as if yeh why not. rant over.

Lucky you. I've never been offered a receipt. I always have to ask for one.

Monkeynut

berbastrike wrote: »

i am sick of gap burger food and them asking if I would like my receipt, then I have to act as if yeh why not. rant over.

Surely this makes it easier and less obvious?!?
I've noticed lately in several branches they have started asking everyone if they want a receipt.
It's less 'I'm a mystery shopper' to say "yeah okay" if they ask if you want a receipt than to have to specifically ask for one.

mimi1234

ChickenGirl wrote: »

I can't believe I'm looking at the same phone shop company on two different job boards and one has a fair price on it and the other MS company has it on for just over half that price. Guess where my local one is being offered? Yes, the discount company. Not sure how much more I can say without giving away too much. Does that mean the other company maybe trialling them if they only have some of them on? Hopefully the trial will fail.

That's right, the GFK phone shop is on GR. Probably just a trial or they may be doing it for a particular network, i.e. the one GR normally do. GR are wishful thinking if they want people to do it for the dropped fee. GFK struggle to allocate them with the full fee!!!! :eek::eek::eek:

Thanks to RE for the breakfast job and the lunch job. Wooohoooo!

How is everyone else this wet and wonderful day?

Izi21

HeavensDevil wrote: »

In response to the message the other day about rating companies: I would NEVER recommend that anyone work for IMS. I fell ill during one of their bank merchandising jobs (which, by the way, takes much longer than indicated on their web site) and called to cancel. I had to speak to their manager, Andy, who frankly was one of the most vile individuals I've ever had the misfortune to come into contact with..

I had a similar experience with IMS myself a couple of years back. I was too ill to do the visit and tried getting through to them that I wasn't feeling well and had to change the dates. The lady then got back to me and basically said that I wouldn't be working for them again! My account was then cancelled.

System

Monkeynut wrote: »

Surely this makes it easier and less obvious?!?
I've noticed lately in several branches they have started asking everyone if they want a receipt.
It's less 'I'm a mystery shopper' to say "yeah okay" if they ask if you want a receipt than to have to specifically ask for one.

Maybe but when I say yes ok, they start whispering. So annoying.

vanny_v

As westfield stratford will be opening its doors on 13 september, i guess there will be a lot ms jobs popping up there, has anyone been allocated jobs there and if so (re grass roots) what postal code do you put in, fancy supermarket will be opening there on 13, love their ms jobs so easy to do.

plzhelpmesave!

hey ms-ers

I registered with some MS agencies last week and got my first job today with MO for this weekend, at a retail shop. If it goes well, they have said I wil get 2 more next month. Just want some advice re any strategies you use to remember everything you are supposed to do - without looking too obviously an MS-er....

Bloooming lonnnng report with 25 questions and a whole list of observations/checks/things to do etc.

Mnay thanks

ChickenGirl

mimi1234 wrote: »

That's right, the GFK phone shop is on GR. Probably just a trial or they may be doing it for a particular network, i.e. the one GR normally do. GR are wishful thinking if they want people to do it for the dropped fee. GFK struggle to allocate them with the full fee!!!! :eek::eek::eek:

Thanks to RE for the breakfast job and the lunch job. Wooohoooo!

How is everyone else this wet and wonderful day?

I hope no-one's daft enough to take them. Ridiculous fee.

DPJames

My brother used to work for the burger company and he says it was the receipts that were the give away. They never used to hand them out, so anyone asking for one was likely to be the shopper. Quick tidy round and that, job done.