Maximising income - Mystery Shopping? Surveys?

purply

Just to warn you-I've just rang the HMRC to register as self employed and the guy told me that there will be a £100 penalty charge as i did not register in the first 3 months-thats what you get for being honest.
And how much money have I made through mystery shopping since i started (in May)?

About £40!!

He said that I can appeal against it...

Very annoyed.

Jammygal

chocolategirl wrote:

I applied to TNS last week too and haven't heard anything yet. My bet is I didn't make it through the test.....!

It took a while for them to get back to me......don't worry I don't think the length of time is indicative of anything!!!!

MadCad

I registered with Grassroots about a month a go, maybe a little less - and got my first phonecall last week with an assignment which I did yesterday. Unfortunately it was a 60 mile round trip (I live in a rural part of Wales) and I registered at the end of a 'wave' which meant most of that assignment locations had already been snapped up.

I was paid £8 to cover the fuel though plus £10 for the assignment itself. Quite enjoyed it actually, but hope my next one is closer to home!

Rachie_B

glad you enjoyed it madcad it gets kinda addictive lol

typical ............. i get my retail eyes pasword prpblem sorted out ( spoke to a very helpful ,friendly guy on the phone just now who reset it for me)

and shock there are no jobs in my area at the moment !

sindy_2

Just tried to submit my report to retail eyes and the site is playing up!..lost the lot ! not happy...anyone else having
trouble with the site?

finallydebtfree!!

Hi, have recently found this website, its great wish id found it sooner!! :T

have signed up for the wilkinson mystery shopping and been accepted, thought id sign up for the grassroots mystery shopping but was a bit worried when it asked for my bank details on the first page of the application

MABLE

I have just been accepted with Retail Eyes. However can anyone recommend a book I can buy on helping me write up reports.

Also as I am in full time employment can I declare my earnings to the tax office from my mystery shopping assignments at the end of the tax year. I have read about registering as self employed but that would not apply to me.

Dormouse

finallydebtfree!! wrote:

have signed up for the wilkinson mystery shopping and been accepted, thought id sign up for the grassroots mystery shopping but was a bit worried when it asked for my bank details on the first page of the application

Hi, and welcome to MSE - you're going to love this site

Don't worry about giving your bank details to Grassroots - they're an established company and just need the details to pay you.

I've done the stupid thing myself with a company who didn't ask for bank details at the beginning (GAP), and then forgot to submit it, thus missing my first payment date. :rolleyes: It makes life easier if you give them the details straight away and don't have to worry about it later.

purply

MABLE- I work as a teacher but do mystery shopping.

Today I registered with the tax office and have been given a £100 penalty for not registering within 3 months.

Just want to warn you-even though I will prob make less that £100 per year from MS, I have to declare it to the tax office-but I should get an exemption from paying NI (i think).

ahai1

Does anyone know of any UK only mailing lists for mystery shopping? I am sorry if this question has been asked before but there are a lot of posts and I could not read them all.