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

missymouse

A lot of them seem to be a lot of work for very little reward. It's the fact that the job reimbursement and fees are stagnant. Where's our pay rise? Lol

Glad it works for you

Buzby

Hydra101 wrote: »

Not true. I make a living from this. It probably depends very much on your demographic profile.

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Not really - I'm based in a city and have no shortage of offers, what IS under pressure is that jobs that were £12.50 for a visit and report are now half that. You appear to be a recent convert, otherwise you would have noticed the doubling of work to achieve the same revenues. Sure, I could work a 50hr week, but that's no fun. Add to this certain firms preventing you from mopping up multiple visits so that they can spread the tasks over more proper also works against us.

Hydra101

Buzby wrote: »

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Not really - I'm based in a city and have no shortage of offers, what IS under pressure is that jobs that were £12.50 for a visit and report are now half that. You appear to be a recent convert, otherwise you would have noticed the doubling of work to achieve the same revenues. Sure, I could work a 50hr week, but that's no fun. Add to this certain firms preventing you from mopping up multiple visits so that they can spread the tasks over more proper also works against us.

I didn't say that cities were better/more lucrative. Just location and your personal profile. In fact cities probably have quite a lot of mystery shoppers so the good jobs get snapped up quickly and you get more students willing to do jobs for very little profit or zero profit just to get a free meal. I've been doing Mystery Shopping for just over 7 years by the way and no I don't work a 50 hours week, I work 2-3 days a week on average and normally only between 9 and 3 all by choice. If I work out the £ per hour spent on mystery shopping then it does actually work out at the 'average' full time wage for my area, I do these calculations every 6 months of so to ensure that particular jobs/companies are still worth me doing. Maybe I'm just lucky that I'm the exact age/sex/location that a lot of MS companies have been looking for for the past 7 years.

MysteryMe

That GR money assignment is an absolute pee take. Another MSC that seems to have gone down the pan

missymouse

The currency one, why would you want the hassle of taking it back. Unless you are going away abroad

MysteryMe

Also you'd take a hit on the exchange rate changing it back. The fee should be a lot more to accommodate that cost to the shopper.

bluebubblerose

Gutted about the company starting with G ending in W not doing burger place anymore - does anyone know where to go for the burger place now?? X

M_Thomson

Check out page 124.

missymouse

I think you could get an authorisation letter for the same change back but the fee does not factor in petrol costs for 2 visits. It's insulting. Give the shopper some free shopping for each trip, at least.

superliss

I doubt you would be able to get a letter enabling you to get the rate you sold it at. But they are able to give you a reimbursement that covers the shortfall. If you exchange £50 then change it back it's not that difficult to work out a ball park figure of what you would be short by.