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

HappyMJ

Big_Graeme wrote: »

Should you do that for the ones where there is a credit check?

Don't see why not. One of the scenarios in the past said you shouldn't have any outstanding credit except the mortgage...but I do...I have credit cards and loans. These all would have shown up on a credit check. Anyway they rang me and especially requested I do these jobs urgently so I had to make up names as I couldn't use the same name in half a dozen different branches as the computer would have known it was me 6 times over applying for a mortgage. I'm not having credit searches on my credit file for that. If I were to apply for credit another bank would look at it and assume I was really desperate or had somehow gone mad that day.

Big_Graeme

HappyMJ wrote: »

Don't see why not.

Obviously...

HappyMJ

Big_Graeme wrote: »

Obviously...

Are you Ok? All my made up names got a decision in principle...i.e they all got basic approval for a mortgage based on the credit check and the information I provided being truthful...which it wasn't of course. Even my own mortgage years ago was approved without me ever having credit and never being on the electoral roll. At the time I never even had a UK bank account. It can happen. To complete the purchase I had to provide ID for the funds to be released.

samtastic7

store opposite always catches me out. thank god for google

Big_Graeme

samtastic7 wrote: »

store opposite always catches me out. thank god for goole

Did me the first time too, damn annoying.

sparklysaver

samtastic7 wrote: »

store opposite always catches me out. thank god for google

The phone shops?

That doesn't catch me out nearly as often as the old company's requirement to note eye-colour did. I must be terrible at eye contact because I could NEVER remember that. :rotfl:

samtastic7

sparklysaver wrote: »

The phone shops?

That doesn't catch me out nearly as often as the old company's requirement to note eye-colour did. I must be terrible at eye contact because I could NEVER remember that. :rotfl:

no a Pip bank, blimey its a long report too.
I know do they understand how our full our poor brains get, sometimes i struggle to remember my name lol

emmylc

sparklysaver wrote: »

The phone shops?

That doesn't catch me out nearly as often as the old company's requirement to note eye-colour did. I must be terrible at eye contact because I could NEVER remember that. :rotfl:

I always found it funny that after staring at someone's face for nearly an hour on one of those jobs, I had no idea whatsoever what colour eyes he had or what his hair colour/style was. I had to go back and keep sneaking past the door to see if I could get another glimpse of him - he'd have thought he was being stalked if he'd seen me doing it!

The worst thing for me is estimating people's height, I have no idea - anyone got any tips on that?

whitelabel

use your own height as a gauge and add or take away a few inches as appropriate ?

also
gotta love the grammar or Gyp, should i send them a spelling query and demand it be corrected within 12 hours...

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purple.sarah

emmylc wrote: »

I always found it funny that after staring at someone's face for nearly an hour on one of those jobs, I had no idea whatsoever what colour eyes he had or what his hair colour/style was. I had to go back and keep sneaking past the door to see if I could get another glimpse of him - he'd have thought he was being stalked if he'd seen me doing it!

The worst thing for me is estimating people's height, I have no idea - anyone got any tips on that?

The height one is tricky, I mentally compare them to myself and people I know. I'm 5' 5" so I know that's their height if they're the same height as me, if they're a little bit taller they could be 5' 7". For taller people I imagine whether they are taller or shorter than my husband, who is 5' 11" and adjust accordingly. It can only ever be approximate though, unless you whip out a yardstick and then they might get suspicious!