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

Big_Graeme

I'm just getting to grips with tax and book keeping.
How does a shop with no fee but a decent reimbursement affect me tax wise?

yonk

Big_Graeme wrote: »

I'm just getting to grips with tax and book keeping.
How does a shop with no fee but a decent reimbursement affect me tax wise?

This has been discussed a lot recently. There are various theories...

Try a thread search with "reimbursement" as a keyword.

marvellousaunt

RA station outlets....... the 'SS' wave I could only accept 3 but the 'LS' wave I am currently on 6 assignments. So if you live near a big station, it would be more worthwhile accepting a load. The reports will be a b!tch but going in, buying something, taking a quick scan round and photo of the exterior won't take long. The questions look long but they're things that'll take 5 seconds max to observe - cleanliness, tidyness etc. The only 'conscious' observations are number of staff in the shop and time taken to be served.

Can't think of anything better than spending my Friday afternoon in a train station...

Hoping they'll extend until Monday as a lot haven't been taken up, then I can do another trip. I'm going after work so probably don't have time for more than 9 - pushing it as it is! Purchase, photo, purchase, photo, purchase photo.....

N.I.M

marvellousaunt wrote: »

RA station outlets....... the 'SS' wave I could only accept 3 but the 'LS' wave I am currently on 6 assignments. So if you live near a big station, it would be more worthwhile accepting a load. The reports will be a b!tch but going in, buying something, taking a quick scan round and photo of the exterior won't take long. The questions look long but they're things that'll take 5 seconds max to observe - cleanliness, tidyness etc. The only 'conscious' observations are number of staff in the shop and time taken to be served.

Can't think of anything better than spending my Friday afternoon in a train station...

Hoping they'll extend until Monday as a lot haven't been taken up, then I can do another trip. I'm going after work so probably don't have time for more than 9 - pushing it as it is! Purchase, photo, purchase, photo, purchase photo.....

Speaking of RA, just logged in to turn down the clothes visits and I nearly got sick seeing the actual fee.

misssarahleigh

N.I.M wrote: »

Speaking of RA, just logged in to turn down the clothes visits and I nearly got sick seeing the actual fee.

Thought I would take a look and see if any had gone.

All in my area have been taken. The only word I can think to describe my feelings is disgusted.

teendude

misssarahleigh wrote: »

Thought I would take a look and see if any had gone.

All in my area have been taken. The only word I can think to describe my feelings is disgusted.

2 in mine taken, 3 still available...

1 (of the taken ones) within silverburn shopping center. There is no easy way to get there!

marvellousaunt

For a purchase, return and survey, eDigital were offering 4x that RA fee. Yes, you'd have to evaluate the website, but nothing in the shop, and it would only require one trip to return, not two, as it'd get delivered from the website.

I still haven't used all my 'back pain' products from my last lot of RA jobs... lol...

sparklysaver

Just been docked 2 points on RE for late filing of a report..... which wasn't late. I KNOW it doesn't mean anything, but I'm ANNOYED dammit!! :mad: :rotfl::rotfl:

I'm still only registered with a few of the agencies; I did a bit of detective work and wrote a list of everyone else I could track down so I could apply to as many others as possible, but I'm getting the distinct impression that RA aren't coming highly recommended at the moment. :rotfl:

marvellousaunt

sparklysaver wrote: »

Just been docked 2 points on RE for late filing of a report..... which wasn't late. I KNOW it doesn't mean anything, but I'm ANNOYED dammit!! :mad: :rotfl::rotfl:

I'm still only registered with a few of the agencies; I did a bit of detective work and wrote a list of everyone else I could track down so I could apply to as many others as possible, but I'm getting the distinct impression that RA aren't coming highly recommended at the moment. :rotfl:

I would sign up with RA because if you're in a particular place anyway - or getting travel expenses from React - they're not bad filler jobs. You can't ever do a special trip for RA, unless you get several jobs at once, because the fees are too low, so it isn't worthwhile.

Personally, I find their reports much better/quicker than RE as you don't have to write as many comments.

I wouldn't rule them out - just be very selective and make sure it's worth your while before accepting anything

polythenegirl

Quick Q - I'm off to do a baguette store - I don't need to do a return anymore do i?