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

mrbanjo

Big_Graeme wrote: »

Nothing but, did one job for them, took 4 months to pay, communications were lousy (even when I emailed them in French) and ended up sacking them. There are very few companies I'd actively tell shoppers not to use, this is one.

Thats a shame, they are my all time favourite company, good fees and nice to deal with, any payment problems just calll them, tend to pay month following the assignment.

Cayt65

Only done a few jobs for Albatross and always paid but they are very slow. I was also recently allocated a job which I neither applied for nor would have accepted if they had called. I emailed asking for it to be removed from my log and it was without any further communication from them. Not a favourite company but I will continue to pick up the odd job that suits.

naarestrup

I've done quite a lot of jobs for Albatross and usually they've paid about a month later, but I now have four jobs where they have paid the bonus (pretty big ones at that) but not the agreed [FONT=&quot]reimbursement[FONT=&quot], which after four jobs is [FONT=&quot]becoming[/FONT] a fairly substanti[FONT=&quot]al sum... Think I will [FONT=&quot]send one more e-mail, to every single contact I've had there, and se[FONT=&quot]e if they[FONT=&quot] respond and if not I'll give them a call...[/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT]
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MysteryMan00

If only the pizza jobs would go to Albatross. You be in heaven then wouldn't you Mr B?

mrbanjo

MysteryMan00 wrote: »

If only the pizza jobs would go to Albatross. You be in heaven then wouldn't you Mr B?

The pizza jobs on FF were perfectly fine, however certainly not on Bare now. Just because I don't have any issues with Albatross, I guess it's how you build a rapport and actually how well you complete assignments. I've sacked many MS companies and certainly would not touch Mystery Outsource again as chasing payments from January, but each to their own.

Chomeur

Are the MF burger visits a reasonable return on your time? 175 questions to complete to get a free burger! Seems unbelievable. Or is there some reason why it's not as bad as it looks, e.g. you can skip a lot of the questions?

Tolteca87

Not really. The report is incredibly repetitive and full of questions asking basically the same thing which are generally not skippable even if everything is good.

Big_Graeme

Chomeur wrote: »

Are the MF burger visits a reasonable return on your time? 175 questions to complete to get a free burger! Seems unbelievable. Or is there some reason why it's not as bad as it looks, e.g. you can skip a lot of the questions?

I didn't find them too bad if you mean the quintet of males.
Lots of of the questions don't apply so get hidden depending on the type of visit you do. Bang for buck they are one of the better jobs they do.

Tolteca87

MF payment showing for tomorrow.

Larac

So who is going to stand outside a shop for 3 hours and count foot fall for the fees that React are paying? Not me...
If they want to know why their is low foot fall -pretty obvious IMHO as the products are so expensive - perhaps if they lowered their prices....

Even at Xmas time there is very few in the store.