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

bevcharlotte

Yes MSL are. They have some on their open ops at the moment.

MysteryMe

What you have to buy costs more as well so by the time you factor in tax etc you are losing money doing them if the fee includes the reimbursement!

Buzby

It does indeed become fully inclusive - there are hundreds of them, and I'm now getting begging chaser emails. They know these jobs are underpriced and I hope they fail until a proper fee is in place.

la-moi

Hi everyone,

Fairly new to Mshopping..have signed up with a few companies and done a few fun shops. Recently signed up with a company who is asking me not only to upload a photo (which other companies have asked- fine) but also a copy of my ID? I find this very strange...is this a usual request?

MysteryMe

Some do. Most probably to ensure they shoppers they have are entitled to work in this country.

missymouse

Anyone else getting fed up.

I do have an everyday job but this is an extra for me.

The pay for the shops is rubbish. Other day I did the bum slap supermarket for one company and although it was rubbish pay, it was only slightly less than the one that makes you ask stupid questions at customer service. In real life you would have something with you to enquire about. There were hardly any questions in the GR one, There are even more in the ESA one and I thought no not bothering at the moment.

Another co offer a fee with no reimbursement then say buy x, y, z then something from kiosk so inevitably you spend all your fee and have loads of work to do for very little recompense.

serendipity2706

missymouse wrote: »

Anyone else getting fed up.

I do have an everyday job but this is an extra for me.

The pay for the shops is rubbish. Other day I did the bum slap supermarket for one company and although it was rubbish pay, it was only slightly less than the one that makes you ask stupid questions at customer service. In real life you would have something with you to enquire about. There were hardly any questions in the GR one, There are even more in the ESA one and I thought no not bothering at the moment.

Another co offer a fee with no reimbursement then say buy x, y, z then something from kiosk so inevitably you spend all your fee and have loads of work to do for very little recompense.

Or the one where you have to buy a load of stuff in a cheap supermarket. Would be lucky to make any profit with that one, and that's without time spent on the report

Buzby

Your lucky you have an everyday job. I took this up full time after being made redundant 8 years ago. Within the last few years it has become impossible to make respectable earnings, primarily because of low fees and increased workload. If you don't mind having your credit file massaged by their clients, you can still make something from financials but I lose interest in sub-£10 tasks that require purchases and over an hour to complete (and that's before you have to rake 15 pictures and upload a report).

Only those who have other jobs can do this for pin money. And also fool the firms into believing they've pitched the right level of cost.

missymouse

Yes, I really didn't like the financial ones because of this so bowed out

I can do some reports fairly quickly and even did one on my iPad in car this week with a tethered phone.

It is pin money for me, I do make use of the items from reimbursements at times and I am sorry you have to do this full time.

Hydra101

Buzby wrote: »

Only those who have other jobs can do this for pin money.

Not true. I make a living from this. It probably depends very much on your demographic profile. Sometimes all those little fees add up - if you can find a few in the same area to make it worth your while. Maybe i'm just lucky with my profile and area that I cover, but it's certainly working for me. Sure there are some waste of time jobs and waste of time companies but just don't do those ones, simples