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

kittygirl20

missymouse wrote: »

GR is hopeless as unless you are able to log on the second you get the message forget it. I haven't time.

Shock horror, I logged into GR's site a full 2 hours after the email was sent today and managed to get the 5 min down the road Germans.

thedogsmum

Larac wrote: »

I did one last year and ended up having to answer some really random question from the client some weeks later after the report was submitted. Wouldn't have minded but the question was not in the brief or asked to look out for. Got the impression they are an outfit who just raise questions for the sake of it. Not a job I would rush to do again.

I question whether there is an obligation to answer these, tbh, if not in the brief. Wonder if they'd try and claw back the fee if you did refuse?

Larac

kittygirl20 wrote: »

Shock horror, I logged into GR's site a full 2 hours after the email was sent today and managed to get the 5 min down the road Germans.

I did that one yesterday - easy to do, but arranging to get all the products in one photo in the way that they required was slightly tricky.

Larac

thedogsmum wrote: »

I question whether there is an obligation to answer these, tbh, if not in the brief. Wonder if they'd try and claw back the fee if you did refuse?

Don't disagree - they came back round with the new question around a month after the visit.

I only do this as part time job so typically do 30/40 tasks a month so asking me a month after the visit some minor detail is somewhat picky. If it's MF you just give them what they want and move on.

superliss

mrs_lds wrote: »

Agreed with you miss calls from renee' in oz whats going on misding those massive premiums too.

Had a nightmare with an assignment that should have been scheduled for a wednesday. due to the wrong date I wasn't able to complete report till following monday. Really poor communication and I like many others am missing Renee & a couple of the others...premiums have tightened up as well :-(

samtastic7

Had an email from bare, telling me about assignments near me, after I just cancelled my application from 5 days ago as I made other plans for tomorrow......

mrs_lds

superliss wrote: »

Had a nightmare with an assignment that should have been scheduled for a wednesday. due to the wrong date I wasn't able to complete report till following monday. Really poor communication and I like many others am missing Renee & a couple of the others...premiums have tightened up as well :-(

I cant see many prople wanting to do these gap jobs if they dont pay premiums like they used to. I might sound like a precios supermodel but I wont get put of bed to do a fast food outlet for less than £20.

skivenov

Well, I'm as close as I've ever been to closing the doors and shutting up shop.

Way too many companies in this industry taking the !!!! about payments and one of my favourite none-ms clients has just offered me a FT job.

Versus spending a few half days a month chasing payments from cowboys and established companies alike. It's looking like a no-brainer.

Larac

skivenov wrote: »

Well, I'm as close as I've ever been to closing the doors and shutting up shop.

Way too many companies in this industry taking the !!!! about payments and one of my favourite none-ms clients has just offered me a FT job.

Versus spending a few half days a month chasing payments from cowboys and established companies alike. It's looking like a no-brainer.

I do wonder what the future for MS work is?. There seems to be alot of retailers moving over to the invite on receipt to fill in an on line survey and various apps such as Streetbees emerging. Fees remain static and costs creep up making it not viable to do the work.
Would not blame you for taking the FT role, you always carry on doing MS work on the side on a part time basis.

skivenov

To be honest, the MS has always played second fiddle to the Merchandising with me. Yeah, shopping got me through a rough time when the recession was at its worst, but I don't owe it anything.

I can't see report only shopping ever getting better except for stuff like financial compliance, which generally pays better. There'll always be a place for video in the industries that deal in high value items, but I can't see anything ever paying significantly more.

I'd probably stop shopping and Tactical Merchandising altogether, sell the camera, and keep my other none-related interests as part time.