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

Izi21

proshopper wrote: »

Reporting by phone used to be quite common in the old days (especially pre Internet); as you have just discovered, the system is not obsolete. I did two reports by phone last week (neither was for RM).

My tip would be to fill in your questionnaire before you make the call, but keep sentences short. The person taking down your results will probably have done this many times: it is highly likely that they will be very accommodating and helpful. I generally find that it is over and done with relatively quickly.

Good luck

Thanks. I'll probably fill in the questionnaire on the train home.

editesztan

Did you get your payment from gap? I tried to read back, but too many pages to read them.

matthewluck

Does anyone know what IMS are like for extending dates, over committed myself and need a 1 day extension on a euro supermarket

serendipity2706

weeg wrote: »

While we're being friendly - I missed out (by going to the wrong place - rookie mistake!) last time there was an MS Glasgow meet up. Anyone fancy a coffee?

AWWW I was there today, early, to meet up with son! Too late now...

lalli_pickle

Soooooo....

As one of my 'things to do before I hit 30' I've decided to climb a mountain on Saturday. Only a little one (Snowdon) cos I haven't had time to do any training but I was wondering if anyone else was suitably mad or bored enough to join me?

jen_br

mimi1234 wrote: »

Hell no!

Sweetie, we are mystery shoppers and one of our characteristics should be HONESTY.

I know for a fact, if I tried getting away with it, I would get caught and probably locked up for life or something like that (well probably just a fine, lol!)

Also, I think they do mini courses at Tax Offices, so if people are unsure about things, maybe do a bit of research into them, or just nip into the Tax Office and ask one of the advisors. That way it's all legit and you know the correct answer etc.

yeah i had lots of sarcasm in that statement lol... as someone who is not from this country i have ALWAYS paid my taxs!

jen_br

PS OH still hasn't got his BARE payment despite being today it was being dealt with this week however its only tuesday!

boyoboy1986

Just back from holiday and thought I would have a quick skim thru the circa 100 pages that I have missed and it would appear you could narrow the useful content down to about five pages. I need another holiday and have only skimmed them!

_nate

I have a question regarding the suggestion that the reimbursement-only jobs should be considered benefits in kind.

One viewpoint could be this: if a job is done with a view purely to getting (for instance) a free meal and no fee, is this a "job" at all? Is it really a business activity? As a result, should it be included in a tax return at all? People do not "work" just for food.

The companies really do give you more work the more assignments you do, though. The nature of goodwill is important to the self-employed, who depend upon offers of work as and when they arise. It is, anyway, a murky area.

spender

Anybody got a "Gap" payment, I know last month they came in over several days.