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

mysterious_girl

skivenov wrote: »

Contracts come and go to different agencies (even if the same people end up doing the jobs half the time ). Have a look over the last few pages and it'll tll you the agencies that are putting a lot of work out.

Strange that you say GFK haven't got anything on for you, they've almost always got a few jobs available when I look. Have you tried putting an additional postcode or two into your details?

Thanks for your reply skivenov. Yes I have added postcodes. There are jobs on the board but they're all quite far away, not worth the drive really. There's a type of job on there that I hate doing but it pays quite well. I use to practically live off their bank jobs, haven't seen any in about a year. I use to do a yellow dept store and a catalogue shop for Abai. Do they have any clients at all anymore? I've signed up to Alerts again to see if I can get a better picture of what's going on. I also use to do about 12 a month for ESA, pharmacy, dead and buried and food shops. I only see the travel companies snd banks now. I'm well out of the loop by the look of it. :o

Larac

skivenov wrote: »

Phone shop, phone shop, car bits shop, burger, TV channels.
Phone shop, phone shop, car bits shop, chicken, TV channels.
Phone shop, phone shop, car bits shop, chicken, TV channels.
Phone shop, phone shop, car bits shop, burger, TV channels.

**** I'm bored this week, almost looking forward to a day counting meat

I do sympathise - I was on a loop of Swedish fashion shops, kitchens, diy and convenience stores. Back to phone shops this week - I think I will have done them all within striking distance. Any email from Tns 're phones will get binned straight away as got to the point where I think my knowledge is up with the sales people and that's not difficult. Sacked myself from phone shops for a while.

Larac

skivenov wrote: »

Either they're loading them an area at a time or I don't meet the profile because I've not seen any either.

My observation is that Gfk don't load across all areas straight away. I notice that somebody will place an alert for banks or bike shops or stars for example and that up to a week later they appear on my board. It seems you need to regularly check Gfk as they load intermittently.

enevel

60 TNS phone shops, and counting. One more tomorrow - which may be my last. Started off being a pain on the hole, but with every additional incarnation they've made them more so. Now beyond the pale.

Boredupnorth

mysterious_girl wrote: »

I haven't been on this website for a very long time. Lots of new names. Since I've last been on (about 2 years ago) there has hardly been any woek about. gfK use to be a big earner for me, at least £100 every two weeks, now I'm lucky if I get one job a month. All the other companies I use to work for have really slowed down too. Is it just me?

Welcome back

JohnnyG

enevel wrote: »

60 TNS phone shops, and counting. One more tomorrow - which may be my last. Started off being a pain on the hole, but with every additional incarnation they've made them more so. Now beyond the pale.

60 shops, well done you. I stopped after 12, couldn't take them anymore :cool:

Tolteca87

Off to do the 40th soon, Vulcan Death Flu permitting.
Though thank RA for last year's product jobs, which are keeping me going with the VDF.

hayley11

I was assigned a job with Helion, my first job with them, the due date is today so I was going to do it today but they've emailed to say it's overdue. Am I not allowed to do jobs on the actual due date with Helion? I would've tried to fit it in yesterday if I'd realised. My fault I guess.

Sunny_spell

JohnnyG wrote: »

60 shops, well done you. I stopped after 12, couldn't take them anymore :cool:

I did 24 phone shops within 3 months in my area, and I am not going to do any more as others are too far and not worth doing even with mileage. When I am in the shopping centres, I walk past them very quickly now as I associate them with lengthy reports (sounds mental, I know ). I am kind of glad that it's 6 months gap between those visits because I need a break from them.

Scarlet1982

I was assigned a job on Friday with Helion which I said I would do Friday. I only had the confirmation when I was out so I wasn't able to print the briefing notes or letter I needed to take with me. I also had a test I needed to complete. I emailed to explain that I was only in that area Friday morning and can't complete the visit.

I'm having 2-3 emails a day from them about the overdue report. Even after sending a second email don't think I'll bother with them any more too much hassle.