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

alluring29

Not mentioning any MSCs names or clients but who thinks that those choo choo assignments are a lot of time, effort and money paid out in advance for the fee received?

Cybi-Ping

alluring29 wrote: »

Not mentioning any MSCs names or clients but who thinks that those choo choo assignments are a lot of time, effort and money paid out in advance for the fee received?

They have pretty much halved the fee this time around, its just not worth it.

Larac

Cybi-Ping wrote: »

They have pretty much halved the fee this time around, its just not worth it.

None of the stations are local to me so not worth doing. They are hanging on the board so guess others came to the same conclusion. Some need a railcards of a certain type so they will hang as well. ESA rates seem to be heading to MF/RA levels..

MysteryMe

ESA and Gap used to do decent premiums when jobs didn't shift but not now.


I laugh when I get emails about huge premiums which equate to a first class stamp!

nystateofmind

alluring29 wrote: »

Not mentioning any MSCs names or clients but who thinks that those choo choo assignments are a lot of time, effort and money paid out in advance for the fee received?

I did one as it was local to me but was still a couple of hours work in total for the fee involved so will leave it at that.

bazzyb

NotSuchASmugMarriedNow wrote: »

Does anyone know why Gapbuster didn't approve me?


I just received this message when I tried to register


Thank you for your interest in becoming a GAPbuster mystery shopper.

The details you provided in your application unfortunately do not match our database's selection criteria. As a result, we are unable to approve your request to join GAPbuster Worldwide. Thank you for your time and we wish you all the very best. Best regards


Does anyone know what I have done wrong?

Are you vegetarian?

bazzyb

fly-catchers wrote: »

Thanks for that. One thing that still concerns now I have slept on it- is just how legal is it recording people secretively?

Usually legal, depends on the situation, and what you will be using the recording for.

fly-catchers wrote: »

I know you have to tell people if you record them over the phone.

No you don't.

Big_Graeme

nystateofmind wrote: »

I did one as it was local to me but was still a couple of hours work in total for the fee involved so will leave it at that.

If you do these you need to fit them in around other work, just doing them on their own doesn't make sense.

I've done all my online stuff today, Tuesday I'm doing some RA station visits to the two stations I have and I will do my pick ups then.

Big_Graeme

fly-catchers wrote: »

Thanks for that. One thing that still concerns now I have slept on it- is just how legal is it recording people secretively?

Perfectly legal, in fact one company is paying for my holiday with 5 days work next month doing just this :T

If you have any ethical issues then you need to think if this line of work is for you, people can and do face disciplinary action up to and including dismissal on the basis of our reports. This isn't having "a go" just a fact of life in this game.

weeg

Can you confirm?

I had one of those dumb questions. I reported that I had to wait for service and that there appeared to be a member of staff doing nothing at a desk. So the shop has responded that he was, in fact, trying to finalise a contract and that his customer was looking at accessories and the contract was taking longer than usual because the scanner wasn't working properly.

And I was asked to confirm that! My reply was 'no'. I can't comment on what the MoS was actually doing or if they were having tech issues. I reported the situation as I perceived it.

On another note. Does the ESA app work on your phone?