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

Lil_Me_2

weeg wrote: »

Thanks very much for that. I'm trying to do weightwatchers at the moment. I'm half wishing gap would dump me.

*cough* slimming world is better *cough*

Good luck with your weight loss, it's hard with gap, but I limited myself to 1 or 2 jobs per month and where possible passed food onto the housemate. I found that by not taking so many they rang me up a little more, and they offered more money! Win win.

I've not got an AA email yet. Shame.

misssarahleigh

boyoboy1986 wrote: »

Ooooh very stern email from AA

mimi1234 wrote: »

Wow. And no spelling mistakes too. I applaud AA!

Tudorc1 wrote: »

Stupid convoluted visits, with "Look at me, I'm a mystery shopper" scenarios - but no spelling mistakes!

Of all that the one thing that springs to mind is.....pay a decent fee, get a decent shopper.

TractorGirl327

Boredupnorth wrote: »

Hi all,

Does anyone know if the catalogue company that ABA-i do is by invite only? I have had a look at adding them and searched the threads and cant see how to add this particular one?

Any help would be great.

debsjc wrote: »

You have to contact them via email, or on the phone to have that one added.

Not necessarily - Boredupnorth, I've just PM-ed you

Kevie192 wrote: »

Hi all,

I completed my first check for ISC yesterday and all went well (I think) ! Is there a reason why they're not in the companies list?

Kevin

Guilty m'lud!! I'll add it in later ... thanks for noticing!

yonk

ChickenGirl wrote: »

I'm in this category with a cheap pay as you go, so it seems a bigger leap to a contract and to get all of the websites do you need a fairly good phone and therefore a £30+ contract? My other thought was to get a netbook and try using free wifi with BT or use chains with free wifi to check during the day. Not so handy to check at night though like missarahleigh says and will I spend a fortune on coffee?

I was spending less than £2 a month on a phone...but I'm working more. I bought a netbook but even a coffee to access wifi isn't that cheap. So I've finally got a smartphone as of last week, fabulous thing (and I've always hated mobiles) and it's £25 a month, which is about one ish jobs for me usually. So not missing one makes it worthwhile.

I can also use it as mobile hotspot with the netbook, which I need for the card reader and HD so all good. :rotfl:

mysterious_girl

bylromarha wrote: »

ARGH! I hate doing phone shops. The one I did today, again, I fell in love.

Todays mantra: I DO NOT NEED TO SPEND £35+ per month on this item. I DO NOT NEED IT. I DO NOT. I DO NOT. Might work....

Anyone else doing these GfK shops today have this feeling too? It's sooooooo purrrrttttyyyy.

Yes I did a few of these today. Are you talking about the new thingy that just got released yesterday? Aren't they fab! I need one! I need one! I need one! Well actually, no, I just really WANT one!

mimi1234

mysterious_girl wrote: »

Yes I did a few of these today. Are you talking about the new thingy that just got released yesterday? Aren't they fab! I need one! I need one! I need one! Well actually, no, I just really WANT one!

I want one of them all. I really do need a new phone but I can never make my mind up. I may just buy one of each.

Mind you, with my super king sized pay I am getting this month from TNS (heaps of phone shops), REACT, SS and BARE (coffee and jewellery x 5), I think I may be able to get a few. Woohooooooooooo!!!!

bylromarha

mysterious_girl wrote: »

Yes I did a few of these today. Are you talking about the new thingy that just got released yesterday? Aren't they fab! I need one! I need one! I need one! Well actually, no, I just really WANT one!

Yes yes yes!!!!! They are amazing, aren't they?!

Just got back from my final shop and still in love with them. And one retailer told me they can give me one free with a £37pm contract...which is why I'm sooooooo tempted on this one as my contract is expiring.

System

Phone shops are a rip off. Dial a phone ftw.

yonk

Actually, they're weren't that competitive for the phone I got.

What's the object of lust anyway, folks?

kst101

bylromarha wrote: »

Yes yes yes!!!!! They are amazing, aren't they?!

Just got back from my final shop and still in love with them. And one retailer told me they can give me one free with a £37pm contract...which is why I'm sooooooo tempted on this one as my contract is expiring.

I did one of those today and have to admit it did look rather lovely

I only got my smart phone a couple of months ago and do rather love it as well. Had never thought of counting some of the cost of it against MS income - I don't use it wholly and exclusively for mystery shopping so couldn't count whole cost but could include a proportion as I do use it to make notes on and take photos with as well as make sure I don't miss out on jobs.