Mystery Shopping Thread 25 *PLEASE READ THE OP FIRST**PLEASE NO CLIENT NAMES OR FEES

Big_Graeme

hsa wrote: »

Anyone know when Mystery Shoppers pay? I did a couple of jobs for them last month, my first for the comanpy, and they are showing as pay statements on the system but I haven't had anything. Checked and my bank details are correct.

Check your Paypal.

hsa wrote: »

Anyone else really missing the little TNS fast supermarkets? I used to plan my month around them (sad I know), now I keep driving past them....

Nope they made up around 5% of my work. I've filled the gap with other better paying stuff.

Big_Graeme

hayley11 wrote: »

Had email from TNS about new wave of jobs, but no jobs at all show up on either VAS or sassie? Have I just missed them all?

Did you do some last month? those are not showing up if you did them within the last 60 days.

hsa_3

Big_Graeme wrote: »

Did you do some last month? those are not showing up if you did them within the last 60 days.

They've reappeared this evening

hayley11

I think the Sassie website was playing up for me, I logged out and back in again and they all showed up, bagged a few

Wizzbang

naarestrup wrote: »

Eek!
Have my longest route ever planned for next week:
928 miles over three days. "Only" 12 visits though, one with a £5 purchase.
In total the pay is £589 which seems quite fair to me. Now I just hope my mobile broadband works as well there as it usually does around here. :-S

Considering adding a restaurant job or two, but the reporting might get a bit much though.

So you just did 3 days work for less than £171.40. £57.13 a day without the rest of your expenses. Might as well go and get a proper job!
£417.60 in fuel, let alone what you paid for paper, phone etc

Boredupnorth

Wizzbang wrote: »

So you just did 3 days work for less than £171.40. £57.13 a day without the rest of your expenses. Might as well go and get a proper job!
£417.60 in fuel, let alone what you paid for paper, phone etc

Fuel "costs" are not £417.60 at all that is the .45ppm that HMRC quote which includes fixated expenses that would be incurred anyway.

hsa_3

Boredupnorth wrote: »

Fuel "costs" are not £417.60 at all that is the .45ppm that HMRC quote which includes fixated expenses that would be incurred anyway.

Yeah but I agree that it's worth taking the HMRC allowance into your calcuations as to whether a job is worth taking. If you can make a "profit" after taking mileage into account you know it's a good bet.

naarestrup

Wizzbang wrote: »

So you just did 3 days work for less than £171.40. £57.13 a day without the rest of your expenses. Might as well go and get a proper job!
£417.60 in fuel, let alone what you paid for paper, phone etc

Well the numbers are a bit different in my case, due to the fact that my pay has been increased a bit and the fact that I won't be taking a car on this trip. So here is what the numbers look like now:
Income: £718
Purchases I need to make: £5
Actual cost of travel and overnight stays: £158
Income after expenses: £555 or £185 per day (not taking deductions into account).

As an added bonus I will be able to also do a bit of work that relates to my regular job while travelling.

To me mystery shopping has proven the perfect way to put a little extra spice into my workdays which I already plan myself.

Cybi-Ping

TNS and GFK, pay is in the bank!

hayley11

Why do MF only let me book one job at a time? They had more in my area I could've taken, very annoying! Once you've got more points are you able to book more?