Mystery Shopping Thread 23 *PLEASE READ THE OP FIRST**PLEASE NO CLIENT NAMES OR FEES

mimi1234

Woohoo. Managed to bag the slapper me and Sarah Leigh take turns at. With the alcohol purchase, what does everyone buy? I don't drink and always struggle. Must one purchase a bottle of wine?

Siouxsie32

I bought some alcoholic Ginger Beer the last time - scrummy!

Big_Graeme

mimi1234 wrote: »

Must one purchase a bottle of wine?

Nope, anything alcoholic. I just buy a couple of beers.

HeavensDevil

Big_Graeme wrote: »

So, it is OK to name a MS co, the client and the fee but not a random supermarket, pfff.

I'm really not sure why you've started on me, I simply politely pointed out that someone accidently broke a rule - it happens quite often and the other people who point it out get nothing, other than perhaps an 'oops, sorry' from the unwitting perpetrator. Why have you never given those people flack?

Obviously DPJames has broken the rule too, but I don't think asking him to remove the offending parts would get me anywhere It's a little uncomfortable to read in an open setting, knowing how strongly the admin, companies and clients are against it, but I see where he's coming from - like I said, I just wouldn't do it myself!

DPJames

Mimi, I always get one of these. I don't drink much in the house, but these are just like fruit juice.

Big 70cl bottle for less than £2. They're lovely first thing in the morning before taking the kids to school in the car.







Only joking of course.

mimi1234

Thanks for the tips peeps. Oh and DPJames, cheers mate, I've never found a bottle for less than the reimbursed amount, so thank you. I won't be spending £5 on a bottle of wine this time. Yay!

HeavensDevil

someone wrote: »

I've taken one of these, don't normally take such s*it fees but I am already doing the shop next door. Not taken the other one I am driving past anyway (yup driving past) as it's just not worth it.

Going to consider if to release it in my own time. (They only get the quality of service that they are paying for).

That's precisely how I define a bad fee - if I wouldn't do it even if I was walking/driving past the place anyway. Most RA fees come under this category, unfortunately.

Beki88

HeavensDevil wrote: »

Although I must confess, whilst I wouldn't do it myself, I'm not entirely against DPJames' earlier post - RA should be embarrassed by their paltry fees, and newbies need to know that these are not normal or acceptable figures. And the client must already know what the shopper ultimately gets paid/reimbursed, musn't they?

I am a newbie and have no idea what is normal or acceptable. A lot of the jobs I have done have paid less than £5 (normally less than £4 thinking about it). But I thought if I get them done then it's a chance to get my foot in the door.

mskitten2904

Beki88 wrote: »

I am a newbie and have no idea what is normal or acceptable. A lot of the jobs I have done have paid less than £5 (normally less than £4 thinking about it). But I thought if I get them done then it's a chance to get my foot in the door.

I don't know about everyone else but I tend to be fussy with fees, I try to stick with higher fees only and string a circuit from them. I also agree with DPJ about RA

HeavensDevil

Beki88 wrote: »

I am a newbie and have no idea what is normal or acceptable. A lot of the jobs I have done have paid less than £5 (normally less than £4 thinking about it). But I thought if I get them done then it's a chance to get my foot in the door.

I think that's the common thought - unfortunately, it won't really help you move on to bigger and better things with Faster Finger First companies such as RA. If a company that chooses from a group of applicants for a job (e.g. those that use the Sassie system) offered poorer paying jobs like these, then I'd contemplate doing them to build a reputation with them, but they're decent enough to provide a respectable wage to all, long-term or new.