Maximising income - Mystery Shopping? Surveys?

Rachie_B

PeachPickle wrote:

Did a lovely sandwich shop today

Has anyone done the ones where you "reveal" yourself as the mystery shopper at the end? By taking off your cape, I assume... Anyway, there's one on TNS and I don't know whether to go for it or not. Worried I might feel stupid!

my sister has done one of those a few weeks back

she said it was fine,you just go through the whole process then hand over a letter at point of sale

no need for you to feel stupid but the person serving you might ! my sis said she went bright red and was panicking lol

Rachie_B

angela24 wrote:

Oh my god!
Ive just picked up my first assignment!
Im really nervous and really excited!:T

:beer: you will be fine

enjoy it

Dormouse

I've done a 'revealing' job with an electrical retailer and it was fine. Just booked another one like it.

Regarding pay, I've been comparing sites and realised that NOP are actually not bad, as they pay you mileage, parking, and a contribution towards printing out your questionnaire (and we all know how much ink they use up! :eek:)

Annie_Fanny

Has anyone got the link to BAI please?

I did 4 Mystery Shops today - pheww! 3 for Retail Eyes and 1 for Grassroots. Sometimes I feel really bizarre doing this...I worry that someone might recognise me in the street and ask me if I am an MSer!

Dormouse you know the stores we were talking about? How did you get on? I had quite a few queries to my answers on one of them. I find it very hard to convey what happened in the questionnaires we have to fill out.

Annie_Fanny

Ooooh also - the whole tax issue - say you have a job that pays "£10" (figure plucked from the air!) how much tax should you put away for this?

Annie_Fanny

laughing_cow wrote:

I've done a few jobs for them now and I'm happy. They're the only company I've wanted to do so far as the pay is reasonable and I can fit the jobs in around my life. I work full time, and long hours, but I've been able to do their jobs in my lunch break or a Saturday morning. Other sites seem to have more jobs, but they're either out of my way, crap pay and often having to eat fast food, which I hate.

Anyway, after doing decent reports on my first few shops I've now been offered one of the 'popular' jobs (can't say what obviously!) so I'm very pleased.

Hi laughing cow
I think it depends on your circumstances and ability to turn something into a positive. OK the people I work for - the pay may be '!!!!!!' - but right now as my temp job finished a couple of weeks ago the money I will get really really helps. I also enjoy going for free meals when living on a shoe-string.
Also I don't eat the fast food - I give it to my friends who love me for it! Ok sometimes I think what am I making all this effort for but then I remind myself that some people in our world would kill for a job like this and then I remember that I am one lucky person.
Cheers
Annie

holley

Just being cautious but is it safe to give out the bank details on the application form. Probably a silly question but just thought I'd check
Thanks

Dormouse

Annie_Fanny wrote:

Dormouse you know the stores we were talking about? How did you get on? I had quite a few queries to my answers on one of them. I find it very hard to convey what happened in the questionnaires we have to fill out.

Yeah, they seem to be fine. They're showing up as 'proofread' and 'payment pending' on the site so I'm assuming everything is okay.

Dormouse

holley wrote:

Just being cautious but is it safe to give out the bank details on the application form. Probably a silly question but just thought I'd check
Thanks

Yes, it's fine. All the companies we talk about on this thread are genuine and we've all had payments from them, so don't worry about the bank details.

Rachie_B

Annie_Fanny wrote:

Has anyone got the link to BAI please?
I did 4 Mystery Shops today - pheww! 3 for Retail Eyes and 1 for Grassroots. Sometimes I feel really bizarre doing this...I worry that someone might recognise me in the street and ask me if I am an MSer!

Dormouse you know the stores we were talking about? How did you get on? I had quite a few queries to my answers on one of them. I find it very hard to convey what happened in the questionnaires we have to fill out.

https://www.baidata.com

ive just been accepted to do another 11 jobs for them :beer: