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The mystery shopping thread - part 4

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  • iNath
    iNath Posts: 382 Forumite
    Just wondering what everyone else's 'record' is for most jobs completed in one day?

    Just planning my route for tomorrow, a whopping 18 jobs, 139 miles and 5 hours of driving time :eek::eek::eek:
  • pink68
    pink68 Posts: 333 Forumite
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    iNath wrote: »
    Just wondering what everyone else's 'record' is for most jobs completed in one day?

    Just planning my route for tomorrow, a whopping 18 jobs, 139 miles and 5 hours of driving time :eek::eek::eek:
    good heavens..the most i've managed so far is two!
    Credit Card debt £10247.17 1/1/2020
  • cranezoe
    cranezoe Posts: 434 Forumite
    I did 5 once. vowed not to do that again! weakling I know! INath... how the hell are you going to manage to write up all the reports???????
  • YEOSAL
    YEOSAL Posts: 122 Forumite
    iNath wrote: »
    Just wondering what everyone else's 'record' is for most jobs completed in one day?

    Just planning my route for tomorrow, a whopping 18 jobs, 139 miles and 5 hours of driving time :eek::eek::eek:

    Am astounded! Are they the same job, or different? I have done load of phone shops and they are easy as same things each time. I have got 4 tomorrow, including 2 x banks and about 45 miles
    Good luck for tomorrow!!!
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  • Hi just wondered if anyone else has noticed the reduced fees on RE? Two jobs Ive noticed are paying a paultry fee of £2.50! There is a reimbursement fee but come on £2.50 for completing RE's very long and annoying reports. It really isn't worth it is it?. Im sure these kind of jobs had a fee of at least £5 a few weeks ago!
  • Hollypear
    Hollypear Posts: 1,265 Forumite
    Timmne wrote: »
    It's 3 weeks today! :D (well, 2 weeks, 6 days and 21 hours)

    (well remembered CM!)

    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

    Well Timmne we are all waiting with baited breath on the mystery report on the honeymoon.:rotfl:
    Clique member no 1.:D
  • Hi just wondered if anyone else has noticed the reduced fees on RE? Two jobs Ive noticed are paying a paultry fee of £2.50! There is a reimbursement fee but come on £2.50 for completing RE's very long and annoying reports. It really isn't worth it is it?. Im sure these kind of jobs had a fee of at least £5 a few weeks ago!

    I agree! In fact a ms for a chain of chemists has also become pretty useless because instead of getting to spend a few pounds on whatever you want in there, now you have to buy a particular medication. Not only that they want you to hand in a prescription too!
  • Becles
    Becles Posts: 13,184 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    iNath wrote: »
    Just wondering what everyone else's 'record' is for most jobs completed in one day?

    Just planning my route for tomorrow, a whopping 18 jobs, 139 miles and 5 hours of driving time :eek::eek::eek:

    I've had days like that before :D

    Just got 2 quick jobs to do today. I'd planned on taking the day off because it's my birthday, but I got begged to do these at short notice and I gave in. Must toughen up :D
    Here I go again on my own....
  • cookinmummy
    cookinmummy Posts: 4,245 Forumite
    Becles wrote: »
    I've had days like that before :D

    Just got 2 quick jobs to do today. I'd planned on taking the day off because it's my birthday, but I got begged to do these at short notice and I gave in. Must toughen up :D

    Happy Birthday Becles:bdaycake:
  • leila1
    leila1 Posts: 268 Forumite
    iNath wrote: »
    Just wondering what everyone else's 'record' is for most jobs completed in one day?

    Just planning my route for tomorrow, a whopping 18 jobs, 139 miles and 5 hours of driving time :eek::eek::eek:
    MS wise the most I did was 17 and that included one shopping centre job which had 11 shops to do. They were all in the same area and the reports were not bad. I did 23 audits once in one day, had to walk between shops (total of 7 hours walk). I couldn't move the next day felt like I ran a marathon with no training!
    Never ever ever again. Now the most I do is 8 on Saturdays.
    About November time it gets so busy and it is ssoooo tempting to take on everything that comes up!
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