The mystery shopping thread - part 4

Chollita

I would have been happy to continue if they hadn´t stiffed me on the fee, but asking you to do a shop on the same day is a bit short notice!

Well, I gave MS a go, and it was quite fun, but I don´t put up with being messed around.

Chollita

HAAAAAAAAAAAA it gets even funnier.

I´ve just had a generic email appealing for shoppers for the same job - from the same person who refused me the full fee - and they´re not even offering a higher rate for these ´urgent´ jobs.

Have they heard of the word ´incentive´?

learning_to_drive

Good point about the half thing, I use my laptop on the whole for mystery shopping but I could put half down I guess, it sounds good does that.

tigergold

Slightly off topic, but with all these jobs listed on RE, I hope the system can cope when it comes to inputting the results ! As some of the jobs are for a specific day, so could imagine 100s of people trying to input results !

Designerwear

Good post, so much information :T

princess_leia_3

Designerwear wrote: »

Good post, so much information :T

princess_leia_3

tigergold wrote: »

Slightly off topic, but with all these jobs listed on RE, I hope the system can cope when it comes to inputting the results ! As some of the jobs are for a specific day, so could imagine 100s of people trying to input results !

At least the RE system is more reliable than Gyp So fingers crossed

RoxyK

learning_to_drive wrote: »

Good point about the half thing, I use my laptop on the whole for mystery shopping but I could put half down I guess, it sounds good does that.

Just thought I'd mention a laptop wouldn't be classed as an 'expense' as such as it would last several years so should be entered under the Capital Allowance section which is bit more complicated. I do my husbands S/E accounts and add any hardware or items that will last a while to this 'pool'. I won't try to explain it as my head is foggy enough today!


But it means you can calculate whatever percentage you actually use for business and add it to the pool, whether its 10% or 30% or 50% etc. And each year you calculate the WDA (Writing Down Allowance) which is a percentage of the current pool value. It was 25% this year though Timne will correct if I'm wrong.

A couple of years ago you could use 100% WDA for IT equipment but this no longer applies and the rules do change each year.

It does sound complicated but is actually just a little bit of math

tigergold

princess_leia wrote: »

At least the RE system is more reliable than Gyp So fingers crossed

The last time i did a RE job,system crashed, very annoying at least I had the long text parts saved in word. I always do this now to be on the safe side and its always useful to have in case you get any questions back.
My deepest apologies DW - I'll ensure my next post is MUCH more useful to u.

avensis

Hello to everyone and hope that this sunshine is brightening all lives around. This is the first time i have dared to venture further in to this site so please excuse my ignorance. Could someone possibly tell me what its all about? I'm a self employed female decorator and for the first time in years the work has dried up. I stumbeled across this section of the forum and im totally intrigued. Could somebody please educate me as i am trying to bring in some extra revenue to cover the mortgage

I look forward to your return

Warmest regards

Marie