Maximising income - Mystery Shopping? Surveys?

Rachie_B

catowen wrote:

I missed the TNS ones in my area, had looked yesterday afternoon, then when i checked a couple of hours later, any for my area mustve already gone

thats annoying isnt it

I couldnt get my 2 most local supermarkets on there ,but got one which is close to my sisters house,few miles away , and i am there most weeks anyway lol

same happened with GAP had an email about 2 local pizza assignments and when I logged in they had gone already :rolleyes:

oh well maybe its a good thing :rotfl: I love their pizzas though

smog_2

Hi everyone

Doing my first RE pub visit which pays expenses and a fee - pretty good!!

I was just wondering if anyone knows if you need to submit reciepts for the whole spend amount - ie do you need receipts for drinks etc. as well as the meal. Or is it like TNS where you can claim the full amount without the receipts (you need one for the meal but not drinks)?

THanks everyone

xxx

lush_bucket

smog wrote:

Hi everyone

Doing my first RE pub visit which pays expenses and a fee - pretty good!!

I was just wondering if anyone knows if you need to submit reciepts for the whole spend amount - ie do you need receipts for drinks etc. as well as the meal. Or is it like TNS where you can claim the full amount without the receipts (you need one for the meal but not drinks)?

THanks everyone

xxx

HI THERE

Generally you do not need a drinks receipt for RE pub assignments as they only re-imburse you for the cost of the food. i.e 2 main meals if that is what is stipulated in the brief. By all means obtain one for the drinks but I found that even though I sent the drinks receipt off and the brief asked for me to purchase drinks, I was not re-imbursed for these, just the food.

MissSunshine

smog wrote:

Hi everyone

Doing my first RE pub visit which pays expenses and a fee - pretty good!!

I was just wondering if anyone knows if you need to submit reciepts for the whole spend amount - ie do you need receipts for drinks etc. as well as the meal. Or is it like TNS where you can claim the full amount without the receipts (you need one for the meal but not drinks)?

THanks everyone

xxx

I've only done one pub visit so far, but RE paid me for the drinks and the food.
So I didn't stand out I asked if it was possible to pay for the drinks with the food order as I was paying by card, then got one itemised receipt for everything.

HTH

Dormouse

lush_bucket wrote:

Generally you do not need a drinks receipt for RE pub assignments as they only re-imburse you for the cost of the food. i.e 2 main meals if that is what is stipulated in the brief. By all means obtain one for the drinks but I found that even though I sent the drinks receipt off and the brief asked for me to purchase drinks, I was not re-imbursed for these, just the food.

Why didn't they reimburse your drinks, that's a bit odd? Did you go over the spend limit?

I've always had everything reimbursed by RE, as long as it's within the limit, but I do usually ask for the receipt for the drinks as well, just in case. :cool:

Dormouse

MissSunshine wrote:

I've only done one pub visit so far, but RE paid me for the drinks and the food.
So I didn't stand out I asked if it was possible to pay for the drinks with the food order as I was paying by card, then got one itemised receipt for everything.

HTH

Hey, aren't you the lady with the same surname as me - nice to see you here! :wave:

(Sorry OT )

lush_bucket

Dormouse wrote:

Why didn't they reimburse your drinks, that's a bit odd? Did you go over the spend limit?

I've always had everything reimbursed by RE, as long as it's within the limit, but I do usually ask for the receipt for the drinks as well, just in case. :cool:

The limit was £15, I spent £8.70. I did return both receipts but was only repaid for the meals and given the fee. I always get a receipt for everything, if they ask I say works paying and I need it for expenses.

efrieze

smog wrote:

TNS has the large chain supermarkets up again!!

Sorry if I am being silly but how do I access this?

Insomniac_2

The last two places I worked at always had mystery shoppers every month one of which was a bank the other a retail store. I always wondered how you got into being a mystery shopper as it looked great and now I know

The bank was more of an overall mystery shop but the retail store I worked in was much more one on one, we used to dread the report coming through as it would name names and if you got a bad report boy did the manager let you know about it. I think I was only ever on one once and it wasn't really me that served her I just greeted her so obviously I got bonus points, although she did get my name completely wrong on the report but we figured out it was me by the description and day she visited.

Generally they were really good and you couldn't tell but sometimes you just knew. They would ask questions that no real shopper ever asks, so my advice would be be as natural as you can and act like you're buying for real!

charlies_mum

Dazzieboo wrote:

Which company was this for ?,

It was with Grassroots