Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel

silvercar

jaybee said:

Rdbrookf said:

Is Spectos as easy to complete as TNS were? Undecided whether to sign up!

The only thing I slightly struggle with is scanning the band and entering the information on the app when it's very windy and tipping it down with rain. I need more hands!

I leave the band at home and enter the details later.

Money_Grabber13579

jaybee said:

dbrookf said:

Is Spectos as easy to complete as TNS were? Undecided whether to sign up!

The only thing I slightly struggle with is scanning the band and entering the information on the app when it's very windy and tipping it down with rain. I need more hands!

I tend not to use the QR code when sending mail. Instead, I enter the code into the app before I leave the house but just leave that sitting on the screen i.e. I don’t confirm the code until I’m at the post box. That way, it still pre-populates the exact time of posting as the time you’re at the post box but means that you can stuff at least two of your four hands in your pockets!

Gail333

HonestJohn said:

Gail333 said:

I received my first package this week. It was a book "Christmas on Coronation street" I would love to hear which titles are being received by other members. 😀

This might identify you to Spectos or other forumites though.

I never thought of that!! Is there any way that I can delete my post?

gt94sss2

HonestJohn said:

Gail333 said:

I received my first package this week. It was a book "Christmas on Coronation street" I would love to hear which titles are being received by other members. 😀

This might identify you to Spectos or other forumites though.

The items are received sealed by the sending panelists though, are they not? 

As such, the sender does not know what books they are sending..

dbrookf

Saetana said:

dbrookf said:

Is Spectos as easy to complete as TNS were? Undecided whether to sign up!

Much easier as all the items come ready prepared, they just need to be logged when received and then logged when posted - use of the app is compulsory though, there is no option to use a website like with Kantar.

Do you have to pass the questionnaire prior to acceptance?

elsien

gt94sss2 said:

HonestJohn said:

Gail333 said:

I received my first package this week. It was a book "Christmas on Coronation street" I would love to hear which titles are being received by other members. 😀

This might identify you to Spectos or other forumites though.

The items are received sealed by the sending panelists though, are they not? 

As such, the sender does not know what books they are sending..

They do if they open the Jiffy bag by mistake. 😀

HonestJohn

elsien said:

gt94sss2 said:

HonestJohn said:

Gail333 said:

I received my first package this week. It was a book "Christmas on Coronation street" I would love to hear which titles are being received by other members. 😀

This might identify you to Spectos or other forumites though.

The items are received sealed by the sending panelists though, are they not? 

As such, the sender does not know what books they are sending..

They do if they open the Jiffy bag by mistake. 😀

Just saying that Kantar (and no doubt Spectos) get very twitchy if they think panellists become known to your postie and maybe other panellists. This forum is no doubt monitored by them. It is a great source of help but I try not to be too specific . You have to make up your own minds as to how you behave and what you divulge.

HomingPigeon

How does the Spectos method of sending parcels compare with Kantar's? I found Kantar's a bit of a faff.

jaybee

Money_Grabber13579 said:

jaybee said:

dbrookf said:

Is Spectos as easy to complete as TNS were? Undecided whether to sign up!

The only thing I slightly struggle with is scanning the band and entering the information on the app when it's very windy and tipping it down with rain. I need more hands!

I tend not to use the QR code when sending mail. Instead, I enter the code into the app before I leave the house but just leave that sitting on the screen i.e. I don’t confirm the code until I’m at the post box. That way, it still pre-populates the exact time of posting as the time you’re at the post box but means that you can stuff at least two of your four hands in your pockets!

Thanks for that. Obviously I'm a slow learner 'cos it hadn't occurred to me to do that! Four hands would still be useful though for many other tasks!

Saetana

jaybee said:

dbrookf said:

Is Spectos as easy to complete as TNS were? Undecided whether to sign up!

The only thing I slightly struggle with is scanning the band and entering the information on the app when it's very windy and tipping it down with rain. I need more hands!

I don't bother with scanning, its much easier to just type the code in, literally takes 5 seconds.