Maximising income - Mystery Shopping? Surveys?

globbits

Brighouse wrote: »

No, the photos of the pizzas are my Kodak moment, you are just terning into a stalker.

I have stalked terns, admittedly. With musket and pike, obviously. :beer:

sweetangel63

Rachie_B wrote: »

lol do you mean Grass Roots ??? all the links are on the first page of this thread

Some assignments you can take children to accompany you,others you cant

I have taken my 2 sons on many assignments,they are 5 and 10 though so pretty well behaved most of the time ! and not likely to be bratty whilst in a shop etc !

It will usually state on the brief if you can / cannot have anyone accompnay you
and some *specifically* ask for children to be present,we have recently done a few restaurant assignments and cinema ones too for the whole family

who you with?

Im worried that it would cause me more trouble. just could do with the extra cash £20 a week, Who would you recommend...

angela x

Brighouse

globbits wrote: »

I have stalked terns, admittedly. With musket and pike, obviously. :beer:

Your weird. On my ignore list now.

have a nice life in weirdville mate.

Ste.

bargain888

Rachie B If you decide to do mystery shopping you have to register as self-employed with the IR because most companies do not deduct tax and NI from the fees.

Yorkielass

For anyone wanting to start out MSing I recommend TNS as a good place to start. They're PAYE so they sort out your tax etc so you don't need to register as self employed, they have a good range of jobs and you can sign up for them online, you just need to check the website a couple of times a day. Then if you like it but you're not getting many jobs/want to do more try some of the other companies and register as self employed.

I'm just doing TNS and GFK NOP at the moment as my work situation is complicated and I didn't want to sign up as self employed but I've had a great time, got some free things and made a bit towards my olympic challenge.

sweetangel63

joined GRG and TNS TNS was long winded. read the handbook twice and still could not find the answer. Hope some of it was common sense. will see if i get in as an active member.

Rachie_B

bargain888 wrote: »

Rachie B If you decide to do mystery shopping you have to register as self-employed with the IR because most companies do not deduct tax and NI from the fees.

eh? I am self employed and have been MSing since August 06

did you mean sweet angel ?

Saveit

I think he made a mistake Rachie B, anyone who comes to this thread knows you above all else, have helped everyone so much in this thread:T

charl8888

Hi Everyone
I have been MS ing for a couple of months only (it has certainly made my life alot busier). At the moment I've not been paid by many companies, due to when I started, and I feel quite out of pocket with all the expenses I've had to fork out and claim back. I'm also a bit fed up with having to constantly check online in case I miss assignments (I always seem to just miss the good ones!) Having said that I've enjoyed some of it and learnt lots about my area by getting lost etc....and every little helps the state my finances are in.

Anyhow enough of my ramble, I was wondering if anyone has had any problems with a certain 'car' assignment with TNS that keeps getting delayed? Or is it just me?!

ViksB

I have been MS for a month now. I applied to GAPbuster, grass roots, TNS and retail maxim. I got accepted at the first two, rejected from TNS and had an email from Retail Maxim saying that they were processing my application, but I haven't heard anything and it has been over a month now.

Does anyone have an email address I can contact Retail Maxim on?
Is it worth reapplying to TNS?

Thanks
V