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

i_b_conkers

Be really careful with Retail Active - I have waited over 5 weeks for payment and there is still no sign of getting paid.

Larac

i_b_conkers wrote: »

Be really careful with Retail Active - I have waited over 5 weeks for payment and there is still no sign of getting paid.

RA typically seem to take 6/7 weeks to pay. They are very random on their payments Not worth bothering with IMHO unless you are in the area and passing the front door and are happy to wait weeks to get back their low fees.

Big_Graeme

i_b_conkers wrote: »

Be really careful with Retail Active - I have waited over 5 weeks for payment and there is still no sign of getting paid.

That is fairly standard.

weeg

Big_Graeme wrote: »

Your car has failed an MOT, you don't get the last two weeks to run around with an unroadworthy car I'm afraid. Be very careful as you will be uninsured.

Yes, you can. My insurance is still valid until the day the current cert expires.

The garage was totally cool with me taking it away after they put the spare tyre on so it was road legal. The exhaust system is gubbed, so it failed on emissions, but that does not make it unroadworthy per se.

https://www.gov.uk/getting-an-mot/after-the-test

Big_Graeme

weeg wrote: »

The exhaust system is gubbed, so it failed on emissions, but that does not make it unroadworthy per se.

Ah, OK. Not so bad then.

Boredupnorth

Big_Graeme wrote: »

Your car has failed an MOT, you don't get the last two weeks to run around with an unroadworthy car I'm afraid. Be very careful as you will be uninsured.

Rubbish. An MOT failure does not invalidate your current MOT. If the garage had failed it on something that is classed as dangerous then it cannot be used on the road again until its fixed. Remember though it is illegal to drive a car knowing it to be in a dangerous state so depending on what it failed on would depend if you should use it. If what BG is saying was true then every person that takes their car for an early MOT is driving around illegally!

weeg

Anyhoo - have any of you done the car buying jobs? Worth it or a pain in the bahooky?

Boredupnorth

Not done one but know the company well. Would not do one of the jobs for 3x the fee.

MysteryMe

I live in SE England and ESA are kindly emailing details of phone shops in Perth and Aberdeen....

cupboardie

weeg wrote: »

Anyhoo - have any of you done the car buying jobs? Worth it or a pain in the bahooky?

I did a car buying job last month - definitely worth it. The place was close to me so the whole job inc getting there and back only took an hour.

I felt very guilty though as I was chatting about my commission based job with the agent and he said he has crazy targets - they have to sell to one in three people - even if they cancel the appointment that still counts against him even though he's never even spoken to the person!