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

The_mystery_Man

I don't understand - what is the difference between a photo and a scan - both are JPEGs ?? And a scan is usually clearer ??:o

whitelabel

shell_belle wrote: »

Has anyone had any experience of Fr*ntl"ne F*cus?

As mention usually 3 months to get paid.
The previous UK contact Ann is no longer working for them and they do not want shoppers who work for any other Ms company due to potential breaches of confidentiality


My advice.... steer clear

whitelabel

The_mystery_Man wrote: »

"Please detail the correct names of the items purchased. You have mentioned as Prawn Cocktail? "

Perhaps the proof-reader thought that this was a drink???

Or packet of crisps

PeteW

shell_belle wrote: »

Has anyone had any experience of Fr*ntl"ne F*cus?

Slow but reliable payers. The UK contact was lovely but sadly all work has now gone to Canada where there seem to be some communication issues between the various people working on the account. That said, the jobs pay pretty well for what is literally a three minute report and you get a couple of half decent pizzas for free.

Big_Graeme

This is why Tern are one of the best companies to work for -

Weekend camping trip done last weekend.
Report completed on Monday morning.
Report proof read and one point corrected on Monday afternoon.
Report feedback sent Tuesday morning and job signed off.
Payment advise sent Thursday Morning.

I have no doubt that payment will be in my account tomorrow.

Stageshoot

The_mystery_Man wrote: »

I don't understand - what is the difference between a photo and a scan - both are JPEGs ?? And a scan is usually clearer ??:o

Its a lot harder to "Doctor" a Camera photo than a nice even flat scan, also the camera embeds the time/date taken in the EXIF data of the image which they can read, gives them a doublecheck that nothing iffy is goin on with receipt reuse,.

Although that still does not stop muppet Proofreader responses,

I had them knock back a receipt as it was timed as 11.03am, and I had completed the job at Noon. I put a nice clear note on saying the time on the recipt was out by 1 hour and this could be checked as the location did not even open till noon.

Response - I am sorry we will not be able to pay you for this assignment if you completed it before the site was open :mad: Do they even attempt toread the notes!!!!!

Boredupnorth

Stageshoot wrote: »

Its a lot harder to "Doctor" a Camera photo than a nice even flat scan, also the camera embeds the time/date taken in the EXIF data of the image which they can read, gives them a doublecheck that nothing iffy is goin on with receipt reuse,.

Although that still does not stop muppet Proofreader responses,

I had them knock back a receipt as it was timed as 11.03am, and I had completed the job at Noon. I put a nice clear note on saying the time on the recipt was out by 1 hour and this could be checked as the location did not even open till noon.

Response - I am sorry we will not be able to pay you for this assignment if you completed it before the site was open :mad: Do they even attempt toread the notes!!!!!

When I do a job a photograph the receipt several hours later so not sure how the EXIF time stamp helps in any way at all. Besides you can strip the EXIF data directly from your phone if you so desire

Stageshoot

Boredupnorth wrote: »

When I do a job a photograph the receipt several hours later so not sure how the EXIF time stamp helps in any way at all. Besides you can strip the EXIF data directly from your phone if you so desire

True, but a lot of people dont know how to do that and if a photo is uploaded with an EXIF showing the image was taken several weeks/months before the job date then it raises a red flag (With a scanner there is no exif, and its a darn sight easier to twaddle around with the dates prices etc on an image that has been scanned nice and flat rather than taken on a table with a phone camera)

Not saying its the reason, just that it gives them some extra checks that can be done if iffy receipts are suspected, all this along with the hand written job numbers on receipts points to the fact they must be picking up on something iffy happening with receipts.

JohnnyG

Have only done 2 MF shops in the past 2 months, so not yet encountered this problem. Would like to see their response using the EXIF data off my camera, I never reset the date, I believe it's still showing 2009 :rotfl:

I agree, it's quite easy to doctor scanned receipts....I wonder what they have uncovered. Thing is, I wouldn't mind if they paid well :cool:

JohnnyG

Big_Graeme wrote: »

This is why Tern are one of the best companies to work for -

Weekend camping trip done last weekend.
Report completed on Monday morning.
Report proof read and one point corrected on Monday afternoon.
Report feedback sent Tuesday morning and job signed off.
Payment advise sent Thursday Morning.

I have no doubt that payment will be in my account tomorrow.

Totally agree. Sadly, have only done a couple of jobs for them but I do recall very prompt payment