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

evelyns2000

Has anyone been paid by React yet this month?

Alongman

evelyns2000 wrote: »

Has anyone been paid by React yet this month?

Yes Money in bank this morning.

Tolteca87

React, TNS and RA stationary money showing in the bank for tomorrow.

Larac

hsa wrote: »

But there just seems to be less and less and what there is is much harder: tons of car jobs (not worth the hassle), phone shops (the only worthwhile was was the DS one who went bust...), credit check jobs, money laundering checks where the scenarios are miles out of my comfort zone, assessments which tell you to behnave like a normal shopoper but ask you to do things no normal shopper ever does, what looks like good reimbursement until you read that you have to spend four times that on the product ("Only do this job if you really want a coat"), now even ESA are offering reimbursement only pub jobs.

The you get all these calls from RA and ESA (particularly) being quite rude when you say you are busy.

All MSers are on Zero hours, lowish pay. Heavens knows what the cos tell their clients to get the business. Oh yes, our MSsers are so desperate they'll do anything for just a drink...

Sorry for the rant I'm feeling a bit depressed about it all at the moment! I used to enjoy Msing....

Agree with your sentiments there is alot on the boards there that are just not worth the hassle. Currently indundated with cars, pizza and phone jobs. I reigned in the area, I would cover this year as found it difficult to get a run of jobs in the same area, making it worth your while in terms of travel, particularly when the likes of React insist you book a particular day. I am only doing this part time, so was able to take the hit. Some months I do quite well, other months not so well. I know that in December the jobs will dry up mid December, so picking up as much as I can by the 17th when things start to slow down.

Alongman

Anyone having trouble with RA's video jobs? The job said email or ring. So I rang them to apply yesterday. They said send in a video sample via Wetransfer and send an email to shopper support, so no point in ringing really. The e-mail bounced four times, the sample has not been veiwed anyone been luckier?

mamashaz

Dotty13 wrote: »

Mine are all in the same town, but I want to know the quickest way to get to them in order, rather than zig-zagging around town.

Google maps used to allow you to input postcodes and then move the destinations in the order that you wanted them - it doesn't seem to do this anymore, which is a shame.

I'm not too bothered about traffic, as this is expected, I just don't want to keep going back on myself.

I use these sites which I find helpful:

http://www.drivingrouteplanner.com/?transaction=route_planner&message=Thank+you+for+reducing+your+carbon+footprint+by+using+this+faciility+to+minimize+your+driving+distance&PHPSESSID=474f9855d42d7ac825ad92885b9106b3

http://findthebestroute.com/RouteFinder.html

Larac

missymouse wrote: »

Do you always print everything? I tend to look at the brief before I go, I may print that off but not the whole questionnaire as it is so many pages.

Do others fill the paper versions in first then transfer online. I make a few notes on my phone or in a notebook, the latter not on the premises obviously.

Personally I do print the whole questionaire off as its easy to miss a key question that they are seeking an answer to. Can be a long way to travel back to get the answer you have missed....

ms_night_ryder

Has the inside looking company only got 1 client now? I only get emails about that 1 client. Won't say the name as I remember someone getting sacked for saying it.

cupboardie

Dotty13 wrote: »

Google maps used to allow you to input postcodes and then move the destinations in the order that you wanted them - it doesn't seem to do this anymore, which is a shame.

It's very easy to switch back to classic Google maps, click the gear symbol bottom right, then click "switch to classic Google maps"

Larac

MF do amuse me - ring you me up today and ask me to do Euro Supermarket for no extra money - er no I don't think so.

Can't shift the outdoor shop jobs in my area which requires a large purchase and have added a paltry fee as a further incentive.

Opticians which hang for weeks/months - gods knows why the client bothers with them as there must be hundreds of these on their books. (Give them to Tern and they would shift them as they offer a decent fee)

Spam emails inviting me to have a pint on them for some pub miles away, whose fee would not cover the petrol.

I keep thinking the MF bubble is going to burst - but seemingly folks are happy to do their jobs.