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

skivenov

Buzby wrote: »

Whilst you've been away, the rates achievable from MS have dramatically fallen. If you could make £50 a few years ago, I would suggest for the same amount of effort you would be lucky to get £30 all things being equal.

There is greater competition for jobs, and this is reflected in the reduction of pay rates (previously £5, now £2,75 or less).

OK, I'll be vulgar and talk fees.

Rates have fallen, yes, but if you can't do £50 on a day off from your normal job, you either live somewhere really remote, or you're not doing it right.£50 is still five tenners, and that's not a hard think to find in a month.

It's my day off today and I'll have cleared £30 by 11am, that'll do me nicely thanks. Three fast supermarkets, two phone calls and a phone shop, less a bit for fuel.

If you're looking to £5 or less jobs as your income, then you're being a !!!! to yourself. Thier only use is filler, a free lunch between better jobs, or to get paid a little to go somewhere you were going anyway.

kst101

skivenov wrote: »

OK, I'll be vulgar and talk fees.

Rates have fallen, yes, but if you can't do £50 on a day off from your normal job, you either live somewhere really remote, or you're not doing it right.£50 is still five tenners, and that's not a hard think to find in a month.

It's my day off today and I'll have cleared £30 by 11am, that'll do me nicely thanks. Three fast supermarkets, two phone calls and a phone shop, less a bit for fuel.

If you're looking to £5 or less jobs as your income, then you're being a !!!! to yourself. Thier only use is filler, a free lunch between better jobs, or to get paid a little to go somewhere you were going anyway.

I agree that you should be able to get a moderate amount - today Ill be making about £65 less a bit of fuel and don't need to work too hard for that.

tizzy79

GAP money in bank x

superliss

kst101 wrote: »

I agree that you should be able to get a moderate amount - today Ill be making about £65 less a bit of fuel and don't need to work too hard for that.

With no premiums on a morning off work on Thursday I should be able to make £50 (possibility of winnings from the grand national at wknd) this is in a small town north of where I live. Plus There are still premiums to be had from certain companies as well.

And I'm a he'll of a lot choosier over jobs I accept than I used to be. I'm sure you know what your doing but £50 a month is a couple of hours every Saturday as a maximum.

Hope everyone has had a lovely Easter. Been pestered by Gap to confirm timings again. This is getting tiresome.

pop37

At least they are talking to you been suspended by them for over two months without any emails despite mailing them.

superliss

pop37 wrote: »

At least they are talking to you been suspended by them for over two months without any emails despite mailing them.

thats not good...I always feel like that is round the corner.

pop37

I only did one job for them, gave a bad report for a broken toilet seat and bad service and boom, suspended.

Big_Graeme

Anyones ESA fruity phones on their pay slip?
All of mine are still pending.

kst101

Big_Graeme wrote: »

Anyones ESA fruity phones on their pay slip?
All of mine are still pending.

Mine were pending as well. Have phoned up as my click and collect reimbursement didn't appear and neither did the delivery charges for phone and get delivered ones (was told I'd get them back when I accepted the jobs). They are being looked into for me.

yonk

Big_Graeme wrote: »

The Tern eye tests are cancelled by the client before the claim for the NHS fee is submitted, that is why they ask for the name you booked in as, there is no cost to the NHS from these jobs, the client bears the cost. Hence why I'll do four or five. This information came from Claire at Tern.

This is correct. I highlighted this as an issue in Scotland to TERN at the point that eye tests became free and they do indeed cancel the NHS claims as their opticians are in-house so the client picks up the costs. Very important for some shoppers that do the larger rounds of visits on a quarterly basis.

It transpired that I needed further eye treatments, including an independent eye test and I was able to say that I had not claimed on the NHS for prior tests.

I cannot say this is true for other MS companies, so I do not work for them.