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

Big_Graeme

emmylc wrote: »

ah so you kind of collect up and copy/paste all the comments from the rest of the questions to make an answer to it?

Yup. Easy ain't it :-)

skivenov

I tend to paraphrase myself, snd summarise, but yeah.

shell_belle

Cybi-Ping wrote: »

What was the issue?

The job was in another town and the picture of the venue did not turn out well enough to use. But it says on the survey that I need to provide a picture...:(

Big_Graeme

shell_belle wrote: »

The job was in another town and the picture of the venue did not turn out well enough to use. But it says on the survey that I need to provide a picture...:(

What I would do is add the pic to the report, if there is a box like MF have to make a comment than add one if not send a quick email to the company and explain.

skivenov

Big_Graeme wrote: »

What I would do is add the pic to the report, if there is a box like MF have to make a comment than add one if not send a quick email to the company and explain.

^ This

For example "Sorry, looked OK on phone"

PeteW

Bare in mind they probably just want the photo as proof you went to the right shop, so as long as they can work that out, it should be fine.

naarestrup

Ah! Just managed to book a fairly short route with four non-purchase visits with fee, mileage and bonus totalling 220. Makes the day feel a little warmer today.

I only started looking seriously at planning routes of shops in March/April and wow what a difference it makes.

JohnnyG

naarestrup wrote: »

Ah! Just managed to book a fairly short route with four non-purchase visits with fee, mileage and bonus totalling 220. Makes the day feel a little warmer today.

I only started looking seriously at planning routes of shops in March/April and wow what a difference it makes.

That sounds like a very successful trip .

There's simply not enough regular work where I live and if I didn't do 'routes' of shops, or plan days away, where I pick up a number of visits, I'd never make enough money.

naarestrup

JohnnyG wrote: »

That sounds like a very successful trip .

There's simply not enough regular work where I live and if I didn't do 'routes' of shops, or plan days away, where I pick up a number of visits, I'd never make enough money.

[FONT=&quot]I actually started out in this business 7 years ago while I worked full time for a market research company and back then I did complete up to 4-5 visits in a day but there wasn't really any particular advantage to doing that many. Now doing it on a freelance basis it really does pay to plan ahead a bit.[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]And yes, there are people who are employed full time doing this. :-)

It has also meant that the schedulers I deal with often have me on their mind if they have some shops that are becoming urgent. It probably helps that they know the job will get done satisfactory when I get it and then they feel a little better offering mileage and a nice bonus.[/FONT]

Patchwork_Girl

Aaaaagrh - has anyone ever completely lost patience and dumped a shop because of the pre-shop questionnaire/test? I've spent 10-15 minutes checking and re-checking the brief and still can't get through!