Maximising income - Mystery Shopping? Surveys?

WELSH-DRAGON_2

I signed up for Retail Eyes yesterday, checked the jobs available and I am doing one in a sort of charlie chalk (play area) on Saturday. My 5 year old is quite excited and very willing to be part of my mystery shop (although he doesn't know it is a mystery shopping visit! more of a nice treat out)

Welshy x

inkie

Just registered with retail eyes - lets see what transpires.

WELSH-DRAGON_2

I just checked on Retail Eyes again and another one had come up in my area but as I am at a bank in the morning and the other one was also AM I could not do it - good though that there appears to be regular work

Welshy

elantan

how does it work with paying the tax..i work part time and was thinking about mystery shopping (i'm also hoping to become a student in sep) i've heard you have to be declared as self employed ..how do youwork it all out

Rachie_B

WELSH-DRAGON wrote:

I just checked on Retail Eyes again and another one had come up in my area but as I am at a bank in the morning and the other one was also AM I could not do it - good though that there appears to be regular work

Welshy

whereabouts are you in south wales ?
only jobs on retail eyes for me is dolland and aitchinson ,Bridgend and adsa in Coryton

WELSH-DRAGON_2

Hiya Rachie B - where are you ? I saw the Asda one but it has now gone. Have PM'd you

Welshy x

Rachie_B

Im in Bridgend

have PMed ya back

wigginsmum

I've just had a call to say I've been accepted by Retail Eyes, so my details will be waiting for me at home. I guess I just call my tax office to get myself registered? I must admit, I hadn't considered the tax implications. I work fulltime and have a tax allowance on that - anyone know what rate I'll be taxed at for the mystery shopping?

Mike_St_Helens

Im going on my 1st one at 1pm ! im dead nervous !

WELSH-DRAGON_2

Hiya wigginsmum, I am not sure but when I phoned up the tax office, they said they would send me the forms. TNS supplied me with the form and I am awaiting news off them. Grassroots said it the onus was on me so I phoned up to let them know. I work full-time, flexi so this is just a side-line too.

Mike St Helens :wave: hope the assignment went well.

I had 2 today, one was for a bank so I went to a local cafe, had tea and toast whilst re-reading the brief. The waitress looked over my shoulder and declared "oh you are one of them". Anyway, it turned out she had worked for Dorothy Perkins and they had several mystery shoppers at the store. It was quite interesting to get her take on it and see it from her own experience. I explained it was top secret but as I left the cafe, I heard her saying "you won't guess what !"

Had a phonecall today offering me a job in Minehead, which was a 205 mile round trip, they said they were desperate and would meet my costs but with 4 kiddies and 3 kittens it just wasn't feasible.

Welshy x