Mystery Shopping Thread 24 *PLEASE READ THE OP FIRST**PLEASE NO CLIENT NAMES OR FEES

Big_Graeme

Looks like the MF proof readers are trying to justify their fee again...

Question - Describe your server.

Me - Male, 6'1", short dark brown hair under a baseball cap, thick black rimmed glasses and tunnel style ear ring.

Proof reader - How tall was your server?

!!!!!!

mskitten2904

Big_Graeme wrote: »

Looks like the MF proof readers are trying to justify their fee again...

Question - Describe your server.

Me - Male, 6'1", short dark brown hair under a baseball cap, thick black rimmed glasses and tunnel style ear ring.

Proof reader - How tall was your server?

!!!!!!

Something is in the air..... I had exactly the same yesterday. Delay payment tactics going on?

Buzby

Looking at the recent jobs on offer from them, along with the laughably low rates and inane proof queries that were self-evident, I just realised that for the last 12 days there as been nothing of interest/use offered, and I think now is as good a time to wean myself off them.

Looking back at the last 5 years, it seems the changeover from RE to MF in 2010 was when it all started to unravel.

Feel free to pickup the slight surge in jobs - although I doubt my lack of participation will be noticed!

Big_Graeme

Buzby wrote: »

Looking at the recent jobs on offer from them, along with the laughably low rates and inane proof queries that were self-evident, I just realised that for the last 12 days there as been nothing of interest/use offered, and I think now is as good a time to wean myself off them.

Looking back at the last 5 years, it seems the changeover from RE to MF in 2010 was when it all started to unravel.

Feel free to pickup the slight surge in jobs - although I doubt my lack of participation will be noticed!

I use them as filler and for a "free" lunch, they are nothing more IMO.

Missmoneysaver

Only had one RE/MF for tomorrow so thats cancelled not worth it in this weather! and I am not desperate for a free lunch.
we have lots of snow now

superliss

Big_Graeme wrote: »

I use them as filler and for a "free" lunch, they are nothing more IMO.

Cheap pub dinner as in taxable only, and the odd bookies which are much less frequent lately. Did make £20 out of the underwater bookies at the weekend though

Out of habit I still seem to check MF pretty much every day God knows why.

mimi1234

superliss wrote: »

Out of habit I still seem to check MF pretty much every day God knows why.

You would be rather daft not to. I picked up a sporty riot shop and a queens granddaughter shop and with the reimbursements managed to get 4 gym tops and 2 posh-ish tops. You can't really go wrong with RE at this time of year. More so when you can get a premium Also, is it just me or are the reports getting easier, i.e. less to write?

afm_2

Hello!
Please don't get mad with me if this is the wrong place to ask this but I am filling in my first Self-assessment and I am finding it all very confusing (made worse by English not being my first language).

The only thing I have to declare is the mystery shopping assignments as I was a student up until now. However, it shows there things about business and all and I am getting lost. So, here are a few questions:

1. How many businesses do I have to declare? It's just one, right? Even if I work for several different mystery shopping companies, that is still one business, right?
2. What if I have to declare work done in a different area like computing? Will that change to 2?
3. There are several fields in the SA form where I should put £ values. However, in this case, I think that I only have to add up all the fees + reimbursements they gave me (income) and then the outcome will be all the things I have paid for + mileage + prints . Are there any more fields that I should fill in because of the MS work?

Also, does anyone know if, the interested paid in a joint account can be declared in the SA of just one of the account owners?

Thank you very much for your help!

square-pants

Another big high street retailer bites the dust HUKD have just announced that HMV are possibly going into administration tomorrow. If you have any giftcards to spend, try and do it in the morning or online (if you can??)

mimi1234

So in the last fortnight, that's 1 RE client down the pan, 1 TNS client down the pan, 1 RA client down the pan and 1 ESA client down the pan!

I have a sneaky feeling another RE pharmacy/beauty store is next!