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

Siouxsie32

Hurrah, Bare money's in the bank

Boredupnorth

kst101 wrote: »

My RE and Bare money has appeared too

I will keep doing non reimbursement Bare jobs but definitely nothing with reimbursements as it isn't worth the waiting.

Need to do my updating of the payment spreadsheet for December I think

I am not sure I follow the logic of doing this? You would be better off ONLY doing the reimbursement jobs if you continue to work for them?

mysterious_girl

Boredupnorth wrote: »

I am not sure I follow the logic of doing this? You would be better off ONLY doing the reimbursement jobs if you continue to work for them?

Reimbursement means you've paid your own money up front for a purchase which can sometimes run into hundreds of pounds. With Bare you're waiting 3 months to get your own money back so you're out of pocket.

Non reimbursement, you've lost nothing but your time and a bit of petrol. Simples.

HappyMJ

whitelabel wrote: »

any thoughts on me getting away with adding a 2.5% handing charge to invoices for companies that pay me by cheque, no charge for BACS payments obviously ?

I incur petrol and parking costs, not to mention my time going to cash these...
and its quite common for other businesses to do it ?

No chance. Put cheque in envelope with a deposit slip and put it in a post box sending it to your bank. Cost of a second class stamp and an envelope only.

With the number of bank mystery shops available I have never made a special trip to bank a cheque yet. I may be holding on to the cheque for a couple of weeks but the interest lost is minimal.

mysterious_girl

wordsearch wrote: »

I've noticed a lot of scenarios come up recently where I have to be incredibly specific - say asking specific questions about a product, etc etc. These seem a bit awkward to me so I've never done them, but does this not generally make it really obvious to the staff what you're doing?

Absolutely! In these cases mystery shopping is pointless and a waste of money for the client. The biggest giveaway is asking for a receipt at a fast food outlet or asking a supermarket staff member what you should cook for dinner tonight.

Boredupnorth

mysterious_girl wrote: »

Reimbursement means you've paid your own money up front for a purchase which can sometimes run into hundreds of pounds. With Bare you're waiting 3 months to get your own money back so you're out of pocket.

Non reimbursement, you've lost nothing but your time and a bit of petrol. Simples.

Reimbursement means you walk away with something tangible for your efforts there and then. With Bare that is generally a piece of jewellery that is very saleable, put it on eBay and you will get almost your full value back within a week. You are therefore paid very quickly for your visit and when the money does come through from Bare you have a little bonus. Doing non reimbursement visits you stand the cost of the travel etc. for up to 3 months. Of course if you want the piece of jewellery then you will wait 3 months for it but at least it has cost you very little. Simples really

Boredupnorth

wordsearch wrote: »

I've noticed a lot of scenarios come up recently where I have to be incredibly specific - say asking specific questions about a product, etc etc. These seem a bit awkward to me so I've never done them, but does this not generally make it really obvious to the staff what you're doing?

I gave up worrying about the scenarios a long time ago, if the MS companies don’t want to vary the scenario then there is nothing I can do about it, there are a few out there that have been the same for years and every MOS knows them. Totally worthless results IMHO but it won’t stop me doing them, if I get sussed it will be because of the scenario not my abilities.

mysterious_girl

Boredupnorth wrote: »

Reimbursement means you walk away with something tangible for your efforts there and then. With Bare that is generally a piece of jewellery that is very saleable, put it on eBay and you will get almost your full value back within a week. You are therefore paid very quickly for your visit and when the money does come through from Bare you have a little bonus. Doing non reimbursement visits you stand the cost of the travel etc. for up to 3 months. Of course if you want the piece of jewellery then you will wait 3 months for it but at least it has cost you very little. Simples really

I suppose that's another way of looking at it but I can't be faffed with ebaying purchases and Bare don't have anything to buy I would normally buy. Its ok though if you can take it back and get a refund like the recent high end beauties.

Boredupnorth

whitelabel wrote: »

yes youre right, but i prefer "professional actor"

had to "act" another role today too when approached on a covert competitor job by the store manager... pulled it off though thankfully


any thoughts on me getting away with adding a 2.5% handing charge to invoices for companies that pay me by cheque, no charge for BACS payments obviously ?

I incur petrol and parking costs, not to mention my time going to cash these...
and its quite common for other businesses to do it ?

With the amount of bank jobs around for GFK nobody needs to wait more than a few days for a free trip to the bank.

Boredupnorth

mysterious_girl wrote: »

I suppose that's another way of looking at it but I can't be faffed with ebaying purchases and Bare don't have anything to buy I would normally buy. Its ok though if you can take it back and get a refund like the recent high end beauties.

Sadly I could not do the high end beauty products but they looked good earners for little effort. As I am sat at my computer a lot I find that ebay’ing the bare jewellery would be a pretty easy task, a few minutes to upload and drop it in to the post office when I am out and about.