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

superliss

Big_Graeme wrote: »

The red and blue letters?
He's too damn tight to pay anyone to MS his stores.

Definitely seen it done, it was a random visit by one of the smaller companies. Cant remember who. May have been a brand visit I suppose...

...That was of no use whatsoever.

Oh and the MF proofreaders have told me that my receipt doesn't match the expenses I requested. It wasn't a difficult maths sum, so I wrote it out for them again in the comment box.

skintsocks

superliss wrote: »

Definitely seen it done, it was a random visit by one of the smaller companies. Cant remember who. May have been a brand visit I suppose...

...That was of no use whatsoever.

You haven't imagined it. I've seen them, but only when they are sited at an outlet venue. In which case, every store on the site gets visited, in order to meet the landlord's conditions of trade/rental. I don't think the actual businesses get to see the reports.

Larac

Last time I did the tile shop visit I could buy a tile for a pound. This time it cost over 2 quid and you have to void the receipt. Only did it as was passing through- not sure I will bother again as they don't cover the fall cost of the reimbursement
There was no tiles in the shop for pound. What to do with a one tile - any suggestions...

skintsocks

I avoid the tiles and the diy. I did the diy one for a while but 3 enquiries and then an unrelated purchase...I may as well have had a flag. Same as toy one for the company who only seem to have one client. They started following me around the store as they knew which aisles I'd go to next. Not comfortable at all, and if you can't even get a tile for a £1 anymore, you have to wonder if it's worth it. On the plus side, you could have a multi-coloured kitchen, you could smash them up and make a mosaic garden-table top, or you could use them in the bottom of plant pots for drainage. Or you could pile them up in the corner of a garage until the cat knocks them over, and you take them to the dump

Dollardog

Larac wrote: »

Last time I did the tile shop visit I could buy a tile for a pound. This time it cost over 2 quid and you have to void the receipt. Only did it as was passing through- not sure I will bother again as they don't cover the fall cost of the reimbursement
There was no tiles in the shop for pound. What to do with a one tile - any suggestions...

I was going to my friend's the other day as we were going to do some figures from polymer clay to sell for charity and I needed one tile to do them on, I only wanted a cheap one but I think I ended up having to pay about £1.65 or something silly, so if I was near you, you could have given it me!! ha ha.

tizzy79

Cybi-Ping wrote: »

Has anyone worked out which visits the RA payments are for? Once again it makes no sense against my records.

Oh and did anyone get an email from ESA saying they've uploaded new assignments? I can see anything new.

I got coffee, station and tech company.... their payroll advised they pay each client seperate and that some are every month following at start and others every 2 months.... but I've never worked them out...

Has anyone got an email address or number for GFK pay roll department please?
I have emailed them and called and never had any response... the number was given to me by helpdesk and the meial from the login page... just strange no reply as they are really prompt usually.

mskitten2904

Larac wrote: »

Last time I did the tile shop visit I could buy a tile for a pound. This time it cost over 2 quid and you have to void the receipt. Only did it as was passing through- not sure I will bother again as they don't cover the fall cost of the reimbursement
There was no tiles in the shop for pound. What to do with a one tile - any suggestions...

I usually follow the kids around the house with their laptops and cup of tea and place them around window sills and tables so they get the hint and laptops don't get spoilt they seem to find them easier to use than coasters!

Big_Graeme

Larac wrote: »

Last time I did the tile shop visit I could buy a tile for a pound. This time it cost over 2 quid and you have to void the receipt. Only did it as was passing through- not sure I will bother again as they don't cover the fall cost of the reimbursement
There was no tiles in the shop for pound. What to do with a one tile - any suggestions...

Mosaic? I tend to only do the RA tiles when they offer me a decent premium.

Big_Graeme

skintsocks wrote: »

You haven't imagined it. I've seen them, but only when they are sited at an outlet venue. In which case, every store on the site gets visited, in order to meet the landlord's conditions of trade/rental. I don't think the actual businesses get to see the reports.

Yup, thinking about it I have seen those outlet ones up for grabs, I avoided them too, mainly because they had a poor reimbursement compared to the others.

LadyDon

skintsocks wrote: »

I avoid the tiles and the diy. I did the diy one for a while but 3 enquiries and then an unrelated purchase...I may as well have had a flag. Same as toy one for the company who only seem to have one client. They started following me around the store as they knew which aisles I'd go to next. Not comfortable at all, and if you can't even get a tile for a £1 anymore, you have to wonder if it's worth it. On the plus side, you could have a multi-coloured kitchen, you could smash them up and make a mosaic garden-table top, or you could use them in the bottom of plant pots for drainage. Or you could pile them up in the corner of a garage until the cat knocks them over, and you take them to the dump

My son has a pal who used to work for the 'toy company', he confirmed with my son that they can spot the M.Shopper instantly as they are the only ones to ask so many questions!