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Mystery Shopping Thread 22 *PLEASE READ THE OP FIRST**PLEASE NO CLIENT NAMES OR FEES*

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  • whitelabel
    whitelabel Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    edited 6 March 2012 at 11:16AM
    I use IC codes too unless specifically asked not to describe some ones in that way. Have never been queried on it.
  • N.I.M wrote: »
    Your on for a hiding for nothing there mate if I'm honest. They will probably drop the fee they will pay you if they pay you at all and you'll absorb the fees from paypal too. But good luck, personally I'd tell them to stuff the assignment.

    I've done a few for AA - never had an issue with the reports and never had any Paypal fees to pay - always transferred from Paypal to my account and received the full fee, although the transfer did take 3 days.
  • N.I.M
    N.I.M Posts: 2,248 Forumite
    I've done a few for AA - never had an issue with the reports and never had any Paypal fees to pay - always transferred from Paypal to my account and received the full fee, although the transfer did take 3 days.

    * climbs back into the chair he fell out of *

    Don't bl00dy well scare me like that :rotfl::rotfl:

    All joking aside if you get on with them and their abysmal fees then more power to ya mate. I had nothing but grief from them so I binned them.

    Then again I'm now getting on well with MF so maybe I'm just odd.
    This was 6 months out of date so I've changed it.
    :j:j:j:j
  • Should we think about removing AA from the front page? Their fees are abysmal for the long, multi-section reports and sounds like it doesn't take much for them not to pay! I did do a couple which I considered to have a reasonable fee/reimbursement for the work and report, and did not have any queries or disputes or paypal fees deducted, but these jobs from them are rather rare.
  • I did do a couple which I considered to have a reasonable fee/reimbursement for the work and report, and did not have any queries or disputes or paypal fees deducted, but these jobs from them are rather rare.

    I tend to pick and choose what I do for them, fitting their jobs in with other work in the same area, which helps to spread my costs out over several jobs. I find their reports no worse, probably slightly better, than most RE/MF.
  • I have also had a few jobs from them which have been good fees and they have paid with no problems at all via PayPal. Definitely never paid any fees at all. I guess everyone is different, I have horrendous times with TNS and others don't lol :)
  • N.I.M
    N.I.M Posts: 2,248 Forumite
    I tend to pick and choose what I do for them, fitting their jobs in with other work in the same area, which helps to spread my costs out over several jobs. I find their reports no worse, probably slightly better, than most RE/MF.

    I've found it exactly the opposite, and to be fair to MF, their fees are generally higher than AA for the same work. MF will usually alter dates to let me get them in with other work and they do pay mileage from time to time which afaik AA never will.

    I think AA might be due the same note as RA in terms of fees etc.
    This was 6 months out of date so I've changed it.
    :j:j:j:j
  • Tudorc1
    Tudorc1 Posts: 507 Forumite
    Re AA

    I have had up to 3 x Fee for hard to shift jobs. I agree that they aren't the best, and you need to be selective. Never had any payment problems or Paypal fees. Always had good responce to any queries. Read the briefs carefully and there shouldn't be any problems. As Workie Ticket says, they can be useful fillers for making up a route and paying petrol for other jobs.
  • Monkeynut
    Monkeynut Posts: 2,116 Forumite
    I've only done 1 job for AA, and it was one of the quickest reports I've done, and a good fee - 5 x Gap burger fee / 2 x GR bank fee.
    And they paid quickly.

    Maybe I'm just special! :p
    Half of November Make £10 a Day Challenge: £51/ £170
  • Drea
    Drea Posts: 9,892 Forumite
    Hmm maybe I will do it after all :p
    Just because you made a mistake doesn't mean you are a mistake.
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