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

Big_Graeme

Larac wrote: »

Matter of interest - are these Pizzza actually edible at the end of all this faffing abou?.

IMO no they are not. The client is the one driving this and they are the ones being ultra picky with the images.

ISWMLE

Big_Graeme wrote: »

IMO no they are not. The client is the one driving this and they are the ones being ultra picky with the images.

I used to do these gigs for FF yonks ago and did them well, according to the FF company handling that account at the time. It helped having a photographer in the family and a basic knowledge of Photoshop. My images were masterpieces.

What I did was order my Pizza on a Tuesday when there was a double pizza deal. That way I got to eat a nice untainted hot pizza to start with and then, after eating it, I would open the other box to faff around with the setting up of the now tepid slices to photograph and then binned what was by the end a rubbery, greasy inedible mess. For the £7 fee on offer (at that time) I would not have considered doing it any other way.

If there is now no fee at all,through the new account holder, just a reimbursed pizza - and only on a no double deal night - the pizza had better be edible, which I doubt very much, what is the point of doing it at all? Where is the reward, except for a homeless tramp who hasn't eaten for a week?

evelyns2000

Ha ha ha. I'll remember to quote "homeless tramp" next time they call to beg me to do one. Which, I might add, I've never done because as you say, where is the reward?

mrbanjo

evelyns2000 wrote: »

Ha ha ha. I'll remember to quote "homeless tramp" next time they call to beg me to do one. Which, I might add, I've never done because as you say, where is the reward?

FF used to reward very generously, quadruple the fee. It was a very nice little earner. Hope Bare stuff it up and they return.

Big_Graeme

mrbanjo wrote: »

FF used to reward very generously, quadruple the fee. It was a very nice little earner. Hope Bare stuff it up and they return.

They did reward but only when they didn't shift, FF weren't too speedy to pay if memory serves. Aren't FF still shopping them?

ISWMLE

No, it's the 'empty' company that are doing them now. Not that I do them anymore.

FF did use to pay me, but it took a long time and often involved phone calls to the allocator first to get her to chase up Canada who dealt with the payment side.

ISWMLE

Can anyone help me.

I often get large geographical spread to cover for MS, involving a lot of assignments that involve overnights. I have yet to find a good way of ensuring that my route is efficient. At the moment I guesswork my way through the list I am given and hope that approximate distance on googlemaps is a reliable way to telling if that is the quickest way as well, and the cheapest on petrol. I sometimes doubt that it is but I can't be bothered to faff around swapping over assignments to see if the distance is shortened.

Does anyone know of a good route calculator that uses algorithms (or whatever it is) to take the hard graft out of guessing what chronological order I should do the gigs to minimise travel and petrol time? I just want to load the postcodes and bingo the calculator magics up the best route for me to take in the shortest time.



I would be grateful for any help here.

Miss_Terry_Shopper

ISWMLE wrote: »

Can anyone help me.

Does anyone know of a good route calculator that uses algorithms (or whatever it is) to take the hard graft out of guessing what chronological order I should do the gigs to minimise travel and petrol time? I just want to load the postcodes and bingo the calculator magics up the best route for me to take in the shortest time.

I would be grateful for any help here.

I use Map Quest http://www.mapquest.co.uk/routeplanner
It does exactly what you are asking for.....

Simply enter the Postcodes (there does not seem to be any limit to how many you can enter)
Then select the option "Allow MapQuest to re-order your route"
The site then conjures-up the shortest, or fastest route, depending on which option you select.
It gives you a printable map and directions too.

Like you, I travel all over the place and this saves me a small furtune in Diesel!

centretap

ISWMLE wrote: »

Does anyone know of a good route calculator that uses algorithms (or whatever it is) to take the hard graft out of guessing what chronological order I should do the gigs to minimise travel and petrol time? I just want to load the postcodes and bingo the calculator magics up the best route for me to take in the shortest time.

Have a look at Driving Route Planner

http://www.drivingrouteplanner.com/

shell_belle

Does anyone else think that this month has been a bit dire in terms of the number of jobs available?