Mystery shopping thread 26 *please read the op first**please no client names or fees

samtastic7

Anyone done a gfk phone shop I want a new phone but the paper work look a nightmare. Do you. Get 30% off every month?

Larac

thedogsmum wrote: »

Larac wrote: »

The trick with those ones, was to wait for GFK to increase the fee, which they often did. Also GFK allowed you to do two stands in the same centre on the same day - no doubt MF will restrict you to one.

I wonder if GFK are glad to be shut of these? I only did them when they paid a premium which they regularly had to. Be interesting to see how well - or not - they shift for MF, given they've lowered the fee and increased the questions. For sure, I definitely won't be doing them.

Sadly in my area these visits shot off the board, so someone is happy to do them. Report had a load of picky questions. I do agree with (Nebulous) that they may struggle to do these further along the year as you used to have to have an account with them and can't see many students having one. I certaintly not going to doing them for that fee either.

mamashaz

samtastic7 wrote: »

Anyone tried a breakfast sandwich from the bakery shop . The omelette is yuk!

I did one a while back and it was YUK :eek: but today's was fine! Perhaps it varies from shop to shop

Larac

samtastic7 wrote: »

Anyone tried a breakfast sandwich from the bakery shop . The omelette is yuk!

When I have been in the shop and seen their breakfast offering - I have thought no thanks. Luckily none of these jobs work for me so happy in bliss not having to do one of those jobs.

Did anyone else get a stroppily worded email from ESA inviting you to take one of their travel jobs and if I did not take it within a few days it would get removed from my box. Will guess what ESA I am won't be taking up your offer as the fee is ridiculous for the time/effort and and the other one is so far away the fee would be lost in the petrol costs.

Tolteca87

The one I did this week almost had some flavour to it, unlike most of the rest of the visits where the food is remarkable for the complete lack of taste.

MysteryMan00

Larac wrote: »

When I have been in the shop and seen their breakfast offering - I have thought no thanks. Luckily none of these jobs work for me so happy in bliss not having to do one of those jobs.

Did anyone else get a stroppily worded email from ESA inviting you to take one of their travel jobs and if I did not take it within a few days it would get removed from my box. Will guess what ESA I am won't be taking up your offer as the fee is ridiculous for the time/effort and and the other one is so far away the fee would be lost in the petrol costs.

Haha! I logged in to comment on that email.

Is the new plan to put jobs in shoppers' inboxes to try to make them feel like they have to do them?

I wonder what the reason for the lack of responses/jobs sitting on the board for ages was? Hmmm, could it be a microscopic fee for a huge amount of work?

They look up your details on the system while you're there and you have to give over a real email address to see whether you get a response. So you would have to set up an email address per job if you're not going to get pinged. Then you have to have a fake local address and name - on top of memorising that, there are the scenario/holiday details - oh and when they do the insurance, when you said it was a family holiday you then have to come up with the DOBs of your wife and 2 kids - making sure it corresponds with the ages you gave during the initial discussion......

I'll say now, if any end up in my inbox, they are coming straight out!

Big_Graeme

samtastic7 wrote: »

Anyone tried a breakfast sandwich from the bakery shop . The omelette is yuk!

Yes, I go for the double pig option ;-)

Big_Graeme

Larac wrote: »

Did anyone else get a stroppily worded email from ESA inviting you to take one of their travel jobs and if I did not take it within a few days it would get removed from my box. Will guess what ESA I am won't be taking up your offer as the fee is ridiculous for the time/effort and and the other one is so far away the fee would be lost in the petrol costs.

I read that differently, I read it as if you did take one of them you had to be in contact with ESA, not that they put them in your inbox.

Big_Graeme

samtastic7 wrote: »

Anyone done a gfk phone shop I want a new phone but the paper work look a nightmare. Do you. Get 30% off every month?

Only did one, for the network not the retailer.
Only did it cause I needed a new phone, the report isn't as bad as expected and if you've done a TNS visit its pretty straightforward.

Yep the discount is for the length of the deal, for me that made it the best paying job I've done for a while.

Tolteca87

Double Oink is definitely the way to go.