Mystery Shopping Thread 21 *PLEASE READ THE OP FIRST**PLEASE NO CLIENT NAMES OR FEES*

Boredupnorth

nickik1970 wrote: »

Notes at end state payment within 3 weeks. Monday was 3 weeks for mine give or take a couple of days etc. If payment for me was at the end of this month, that would mean I had been waiting near on 7 weeks. I have always known them to pay within the 3 weeks 4 at the most. Only waited a week for a hardware payment, and that was not at the end of a month.

Don't know where you got this from but there terms are they pay around the 25th of the month following the visit. Or whenever they feel like it.

polythenegirl

Boredupnorth wrote: »

Don't know where you got this from but there terms are they pay around the 25th of the month following the visit. Or whenever they feel like it.

I've always been paid 3-4 weeks later after teh job and at varying times of the month. Its says 3 weeks on the website and at the end of the briefing notes.

jen_br

Boredupnorth wrote: »

They rang me!

Yeah when I finally spoke to him (and he was in china when I had my issue lol) he was quite good about it and paid me promptly but we shouldn't have to go to these measures.

dazza.mk

Boredupnorth wrote: »

Don't know where you got this from but there terms are they pay around the 25th of the month following the visit. Or whenever they feel like it.

Must admit I'd never noticed it before but the last line of the briefing notes from the mid Nov visits was:

"Once your visit has been sucessfully completed payment will be with you within 3-4 weeks!"

Boredupnorth

dazza.mk wrote: »

Must admit I'd never noticed it before but the last line of the briefing notes from the mid Nov visits was:

"Once your visit has been sucessfully completed payment will be with you within 3-4 weeks!"

No I have never noticed it before either just gone off their general T&Cs which quote 25 (ish). The only ones that have ever been different have been the test jobs which are $ payments and appear at random times, also seem to pay them quicker than the normal jobs for some reason. Maybe is because across the pond they are a little less patient than us Brits.
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kst101

dazza.mk wrote: »

Must admit I'd never noticed it before but the last line of the briefing notes from the mid Nov visits was:

"Once your visit has been sucessfully completed payment will be with you within 3-4 weeks!"

Is that ABAi or Bare? I did some fuel visits mid November for ABAi and haven't been paid yet - am hoping I get paid soon.

dazza.mk

kst101 wrote: »

Is that ABAi or Bare? I did some fuel visits mid November for ABAi and haven't been paid yet - am hoping I get paid soon.

ABAI not Bare this time

Siouxsie32

Boredupnorth wrote: »

They rang me!

Nice work! I'm desperate for my Bare money - currently making me overdrawn which is costing £1 a day!

whitelabel

TractorGirl327 wrote: »

Did you have a fee deducted by Paypal? I was paid once by Catalyst by Paypal - a fee was taken - so I reverted to being paid by cheque

But you can buy a small item which needs batteries, and make up the bulk of the reimbursement with a baby item. The whole reimbursement doesnt need to be the battery item!!

Ive stuck to cheques to avoid paypal fees too, i also asked today if they can make payment via BACS in euros as I have a no fee bank account. Told me she would ask the book keeper and get back to me.
I hope they can as would mean quicker payments, no need to visit the bank to pay in cheque and with the current exchange rate the euro fee is £3 more than the stirling payment !

I've always struggled to find a needs battery item below the reimbursement though, and I also though they were an up to reimbursement company like RE rather than Gap so if you spent less on said item then they only paid up to that. Your tone in text suggests that this is incorrect though ?
I didn't mind my competitor visit today though as went 99p over reimbursement and got a nice extra present for my niece. coupled with the additional fee for the visit it was a nice easy quick trip in comparison to the usual actual client visits.

Boredupnorth

whitelabel wrote: »

Ive stuck to cheques to avoid paypal fees too, i also asked today if they can make payment via BACS in euros as I have a no fee bank account. Told me she would ask the book keeper and get back to me.
I hope they can as would mean quicker payments, no need to visit the bank to pay in cheque and with the current exchange rate the euro fee is £3 more than the stirling payment !

I've always struggled to find a needs battery item below the reimbursement though, and I also though they were an up to reimbursement company like re rather than Gap so if you spent less on said item then they only paid up to that. Your experience I suggests that this is incorrect though ?
I didn't mind today though as went 99p over reimbursement and got a nice extra present for me niece. coupled with the additional fee for the visit it was a nice easy quick trip in comparison to the usual actual client visits.

They have only ever paid me the actual spend and only for 1 item. There are a few things you can buy but there are only so many bubble machines and remote control cars you can use! I just give them to a local charity at christmas as they are of no real use to me.

I tried out the paypal method this time to see what it was like. I got my money on tuesday (cost me £2) so will be interesting to see when others get cheques.