The mystery shopping thread - part 4

Hollypear

sinderella wrote: »

I think they need to double the fee for the drawn-out nature of this task, apocryphal. Admittedly, it cost me to get to mine, but even if it hadn't...

I nominated this job as not worthwhile in response to Hollypears earlier post about what the ms allocator said- what do you think?

Sorry you have lost me here as I don't know what job you are talking about. Is it one of those go count things and arrange displays??

Incidentally I did a visit today a supermarket with home phone service. As I went round there was a bloke with a badge saying "Visitor" who seemed to be counting merchandise and had a clipboard in his hand. Is it that kind of job.

RoxyK

Hollypear wrote: »

Sorry you have lost me here as I don't know what job you are talking about. Is it one of those go count things and arrange displays??

Incidentally I did a visit today a supermarket with home phone service. As I went round there was a bloke with a badge saying "Visitor" who seemed to be counting merchandise and had a clipboard in his hand. Is it that kind of job.

Hiya HP No its not a merchandising job though it feels a bit like one ;(

It's a 'normal' visit but you have a list of stuff to check the quantity levels are ok and if the label is there etc. as well as asking lots of different people different questions and then buy something cheap to take it back 2 mins later.......

They're jobs are usually good from this company. This is one that isn't!

SJW

mimi1234 wrote: »

I log on to RE quite a lot. Sometimes you get some proper fancy ones, like family restaurants with £50 reimbursement and posh gyms too. Guess you have to log on a lot to get them when they are available.

Who is CCA?

Hollypear

Damn and blast it but guess what I have done. A visit today in the centre of Glasgow. It is a new store and only my 2nd job for this MS company. I flaming forgot to check left and right. It was lashing with rain so I had a hood up and just dashed in. The 1st visit I did yesterday didn't ask left and right so i think I just assumed this one was the same.

I am sure someone on here once came up with a way of finding this out using yell.com or 192.com. Does anyone have any bright ideas. Otherwise I am going to have to belt back in tonight and it is in a pedestrian precinct so I can't drive past or park near it.

Oh I am so mad at myself and it is still chucking it down with rain.

SJW

Hollypear wrote: »

Damn and blast it but guess what I have done. A visit today in the centre of Glasgow. It is a new store and only my 2nd job for this MS company. I flaming forgot to check left and right. It was lashing with rain so I had a hood up and just dashed in. The 1st visit I did yesterday didn't ask left and right so i think I just assumed this one was the same.

I am sure someone on here once came up with a way of finding this out using yell.com or 192.com. Does anyone have any bright ideas. Otherwise I am going to have to belt back in tonight and it is in a pedestrian precinct so I can't drive past or park near it.

Oh I am so mad at myself and it is still chucking it down with rain.

Go onto Royal Mail and search for address. Type in the postcode and leave everything else blank it will come up with a list of shops and their no's. And by the way your inbox is full and I am trying to PM you!

tigergold

This may work , you could try this - google the address, eg if the coffee shop was 38 high street, goggle 36 high street,then 34 and then double check it by searching yell.com. Someone did once mention a website, but can't remember it - but you could find what was next door, maybe someone else can rememeber,

Hollypear

SJW wrote: »

Go onto Royal Mail and search for address. Type in the postcode and leave everything else blank it will come up with a list of shops and their no's. And by the way your inbox is full and I am trying to PM you!

Postcode is G1 2NG

Thanks . I have cleared my inbox now.

mimi1234

CCA are at https://www.ccauk.co.uk I registered with them about 2 years ago. It's mainly for Scotland, but I have done a few visits for them, food reimbursements of over £30 plus you can take kids with you. I recently did a few phone calls for them which took about 2 minutes each to do, and I got paid £5 for telling them when I made the call, what time it ended, and the date I did them on. That was the easiest £20 I have made doing MSing. *** Anyway, don't know if they are still doing them, but they were advertising 12 month gym memberships, which they pay for in return for about 2 reports each month.

Little_Chicken

mimi1234 wrote: »

I'm doing the RE gym one too. I'm loving it, especially reporting on the smug gym instructors that stand around gossiping, snogging the receptionist who comes up to gossip with them (even I was like !!!!!!, get a room already!), and not helping anyone out. Just another few more visits for them. Woohoo. *** Is anyone with RETAIL MAXIM? Are you guys still getting visits? I am not getting any calls now apart from shops that are miles away that no one else is interested in. Ages ago, one of their allocators said just give us a call if you have time off from work and want to do more visits, which I have done, but they always say we will get back to you and never do! I'm getting quite miffed with them. Think I might stop shopping for them full stop! I used to love their visits, but month by month, I seem to be offered less and less! *** And what is with TNS? So many people go on about joining up, but their visits seem to be getting less and less too. I check about 10 times on a daily basis, and there is nothing ever on. Are they going down? *** Happy Shopping!

Your gym sounds quite interesting!;););)

No snogging at mine - unless I've missed it.

It's actually quite a nice gym, but the amount of things you have to do are a pain.....:rolleyes:

KazLA

Can I just jump in with a quick question...

Does anyone know if you can take children on a stamp shop job?

Thanks!