Maximising income - Mystery Shopping? Surveys? (Part Three)

Sarah_Joanne

janiusbaktus wrote: »

I once said "no" to the question about debit cards, since I do not have one of those, but thought that I would be able to do the cash assignments anyway. But it disqualified me from choosing any of those jobs. However, I made an enquiry to Gap and they told me to choose "yes" instead and they reset the form for me which I thought was really nice of them.

Yeah when I answered the screening questions it said there were 2 types of jobs, and that if you didn't have one of the debit cards but wanted to be able to do 1 of the types you should answer yes to the debit card question so you could still do those other jobs.

Sarah_Joanne

cookinmummy wrote: »

Thats interesting 'cos I did one today and my paperwork said I could definitley NOT buy foreign currency, but that I could buy saving stamps! Trying to keep us on our toes?

That's quite funny. Maybe I'll just buy stamps to be on the safe side!!

bulktrans

cud sum1 plz PM me re: grassroots as in what co's do they have so that maybe i can register with some specific banks or stores etc to get some assignments havnt done many for them thnxxx

CheeseCat

Does anyone know why Gap sometimes refuse you instantly for a job?

I have been refused for two similar jobs (Competitor food ones), with the same MS place that I have already got two jobs(non competitor but the actual company) As they not the same should I be able to take them?

I hope thats not too confusing!

beccabee_2

Have you done the competitor site in the last month (or whatever the specified length of time is)? I tried to do a Pizza shop in the following month to one I had just done and I was turned down, but could do other sites.

josie

On some assignments it says "You can not shop the same site twice in a row regardless of the shop month." The thing is some places they seem to shop every month, some are every other and some less frequently, so how you're supposed to tell whether you were the last person to do that shop is anybody's guess!

But then I assume that's when they turn you down. That happened to me with a bookies. I did it in April and was turned down for the same store in June.

I'll be gutted if you can't get currency any more, but then I missed out on this month's stamp shops so can't check whether that's only for some scenarios?

DeeDee98

Hi All

I've been working my way through this thread for a while now and joined a few MS sites on the back of the reviews I've seen here (v helpful thanks).

This is my 1st time as a contributor so apologies if this has been asked before but has anyone signed up with any of these? ...

douglasstafford.com
relfm.com
businessblueprints.co.uk
amberarch.com

I like the sound of them in theory but I'd prefer to get a 'personal opinion' from someone before I sign up.

Much appreciated.

johnny_c-l

DeeDee98 wrote: »

Hi All

I've been working my way through this thread for a while now and joined a few MS sites on the back of the reviews I've seen here (v helpful thanks).

This is my 1st time as a contributor so apologies if this has been asked before but has anyone signed up with any of these? ...

douglasstafford.com
relfm.com
businessblueprints.co.uk
amberarch.com

I like the sound of them in theory but I'd prefer to get a 'personal opinion' from someone before I sign up.

Much appreciated.

douglasstafford.com - Brilliant. Mainly do covert video MSing, but as I don't do that they found me a non-video job to do. Apparantly non-video jobs are few and far between. For the one I did for them the questionnaire was beyond easy, about ten questions, no text required. Fee was fantastic too and communication was very good. Allocation by phone, report by post, payment by cheque.
relfm.com - Don't know about this one.
businessblueprints.co.uk - Very good; good fees, requires a detailed report but nicely done (ie no asking the same question 3 times in different words!). Comms very good also. Report emailed (excel), payment by BACS.
amberarch.com - Am signed up but nothing in my area yet; seems to be plenty of work elsewhere and fees appear quite competitive. I think quite a few people on here work for AA. Allocation by email.

cookinmummy

Thanks for that johnny_c-l ! I had not heard of douglas stafford or business blueprints - more apps here I come!:j

lambosx150

Hi all,
regards A and L account all I do is pay £500 in at the start of the month and then when it clears I just move it back to my other current account.It does not state that the balance has to be £500.Done this for over a year now and have never paid the £5 monthly charge.

Had a good one yesterday,did a gfk job at the address stated only to find it was the wrong shop.Took a photo to prove I was there and emailed them.
Got an immediate reply stating they would pay me the £15 fee and apologised for wasting my time.

Best 15 seconds of wasted time.

Lisa who was the girl running the job told me they check the addresses on google business before posting them out and do find the the clients are the ones who make the mistakes.

Has anyone else had a wasted time job that paid well.