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

Sophia_Tucker

Hello everyone, I have recently started working for GBW. But I have read lots of bad reviews online about paying on time etc. So far they have been great. But can someone share your experience with them?

shallwehaveacoffee

newgirl82 wrote: »

What happened with Amber Arch? I'm going through a similar thing with them now.....non payment due to a site being closed!

Its all good they have paid no problem, mine wasn't a dispute though I was just wondering when they paid.

MysteryMe

Sophia_Tucker wrote: »

Hello everyone, I have recently started working for GBW. But I have read lots of bad reviews online about paying on time etc. So far they have been great. But can someone share your experience with them?

They are OK as far as I am concerned, they went through a period last year I think it was when for a while payments were late but they always had notification of this on their website and payments were made. Like all MSC some people have had issues so as a result don't like them, others who have had none will. You also have to remember that people only tend to pipe up with complaints. How many of us post positive comments?

MO2

I booked an assignment with ESA and I put the 10th of Jan as my planned date to visit the place. The start date is 9th Jan and the due date is 10th Jan. I want to do this visit on Monday the 9th instead of the 10th, how can I change the date on their site? Do I need to let them know of my plan beforehand or just go ahead and do it on Monday? Thanks

MysteryMe

Nah, you can do it on the 9th without an issue. As long as it done within the start and end date, your planned date is just a guide with them. With some other MSC it is more set in stone.

spiritus

I signed upto MarketForce a number of months ago and I am staggered at how little they pay and how much they expect you to do in return. How can people make any decent money from this is a mystery to me.

Here is a recent example:-

They will pay you £ 3.00 to visit a local takeaway but whilst there you have to make a mental note of every team member you see, what their names are and their descriptions as well as whether they are wearing all the required elements of the uniform.

You are not allowed to take notes (obviously) so you have to rely on your razor sharp mind to memorise all the required observational tasks and all of this for the paltry sum of £ 3.00 !

MysteryMe

Yes, welcome to the bottom end of the mystery shopping experience.

People do have differing circumstances and I guess for some people £3 is better than £0 if really struggling financially.

There are better paying MS jobs out there but for most people it is never going to be a way to earn much more than a bit of pin money.

spiritus

MysteryMe wrote: »

Yes, welcome to the bottom end of the mystery shopping experience.

People do have differing circumstances and I guess for some people £3 is better than £0 if really struggling financially.

There are better paying MS jobs out there but for most people it is never going to be a way to earn much more than a bit of pin money.

Yes-I was shocked.

I am not trying to belittle the fact that for many of us £ 3 every so often would be welcome but that the company behind it expect you to fulfil a long list of duties in order to receive that money.

samtastic7

spiritus wrote: »

Yes-I was shocked.

I am not trying to belittle the fact that for many of us £ 3 every so often would be welcome but that the company behind it expect you to fulfil a long list of duties in order to receive that money.

They keep dropping the fee, people keep doing the jobs!

MysteryMan00

As he says, welcome to the bottom end.

There are better MS jobs out there - ones that you can earn some semblance of a daily amount you could actually live off - if you look and prove you can perform.