Matalan Counter Intelligence Agent!!! (£ 10 Cash)

MyUserNamesTaken

They don't phone you offering you work, you know. You have to check their website. It's fastest fingers on there, so if you're not fast you won't get any jobs.

joe13

MyUserNamesTaken wrote:

They don't phone you offering you work, you know. You have to check their website. It's fastest fingers on there, so if you're not fast you won't get any jobs.

No need to be cheeky - I do realise you have to check and I do regularly but no work in this area

Quasar

Also, since they send a tenner in the post, if you don't receive it how do you prove this?

Just a thought, don't mean to be a spoilsport...

jo_b_2

Mystery shopping sessions are taken at certain times of the year across the whole country. All the stores (e.g: all Topshops) will be done on the same weekend - presumably to make it fairer for the stores involved.

I've done this before. I'd say it is more for fun than profit as you do not get reimbursed for any expenses other than the £10 cash payment which does arrive really quickly. Obviously, you actually have to buy an item costing at least £10, although you can return this. You also need to consider extra costs like petrol, parking charges etc.

I really enjoy doing this, although the opportunities come up quite rarely. It isn't a scam but it isn't a way to make money either, bearing in mind the time involved and the extra costs.

julesbrook

Signed up and was accepted. When no stores available for whole of UK showed up on website I rang the no. given. A Lady told me that there would be no availability until late 2005, early 2006. But no need to keep checking website an e-mail will be sent to those accepted when there is availability, so that's good.

MyUserNamesTaken

Middlestitch wrote:

Try signing up as a mystery shopper with:



They certainly have vacancies throughout the UK (including some very far-flung places!). Once you've applied and been accepted (took about two weeks in my case - no idea if that is typical, though) you just log on and choose your own assignments, either searching geographically or by client .

Hmm...You do know that when you signed up for Gapbuster, you agreed to keep clients' information confidential? Another thing to note: if you work for any of these companies, you have to inform the tax office that you're now self employed on a part time basis. Failure to do so within 3 months of starting work will result in you being fined £100 and possibly done for tax evasion.

Middlestitch

Thanks - I'm sure you are right! I've edited my original message- please would you edit yours now to take the names out where quoted....? Much appreciated!

Squiggles_2

MyUserNamesTaken wrote:

Hmm...You do know that when you signed up for Gapbuster, you agreed to keep clients' information confidential? Another thing to note: if you work for any of these companies, you have to inform the tax office that you're now self employed on a part time basis. Failure to do so within 3 months of starting work will result in you being fined £100 and possibly done for tax evasion.

No 'possibly' about it! I know two shoppers from my own forum who were fined very heavily for tax evasion for not declaring their MS work! They always catch up with you eventually!

MyUserNamesTaken

Middlestitch wrote:

Thanks - I'm sure you are right! I've edited my original message- please would you edit yours now to take the names out where quoted....? Much appreciated!

Edited for you. Would have done it sooner, but I was away from my PC.

Middlestitch

Thank you - I'm really grateful. I felt awful when I realised just how awry genuinely good intentions can go!