The mystery shopping thread - part 4

Hollypear

I have done a few jobs where I have had to reveal myself as a MS'er. I was quite pleased at the look of utter astonishment I got. Proves I got it right.

One was a scenario in a bank where I had £25,000 to invest and I had to give the bloke a letter at the end from his CEO saying "You have been mystery shopped. Please do not ask the assessor to discuss the result" The bloke nearly fainted and mumbled "Eh and do you have £25,000 to invest"

Timmne

Ha! Grabbing onto that potential business it seems!

You must have been pleased with yourself that you looked to be the person with £25k to invest - I'd be well pleased if they even believed me!

Hollypear

Timmne wrote: »

Ha! Grabbing onto that potential business it seems!

You must have been pleased with yourself that you looked to be the person with £25k to invest - I'd be well pleased if they even believed me!

I was Timmne I went all dressed up in my Sunday best. What was pleasing was my 1st visit to this bank a cranky teller waved me away with a rude "I have not signed on yet you'll have to go to another window"

So I mentioned this in the remarks part and sweetly suggested this did not give a good 1st impression of this branch and I would suggest staff "not signed on " are not sitting at a teller window or place a not available notice over the position to avoid confusing potential customers.

Hyps

Thank hollypear. If it comes round again I think might go for it........

Hollypear

Is anyone else with ISC. I applied ages ago and was told they have no vacancies in my area currently. Yesterday I got an email from them offering me a certification test to do online and if I complete it successfully I will be accepted.

I just wondered if anyone else on here is with them and how you find them. I will be glad of something new as I have given up on Gap and am rapidly becoming fed up with RE.

sinderella_2

Hollypear wrote: »

Is anyone else with ISC. I applied ages ago and was told they have no vacancies in my area currently. Yesterday I got an email from them offering me a certification test to do online and if I complete it successfully I will be accepted.

I just wondered if anyone else on here is with them and how you find them. I will be glad of something new as I have given up on Gap and am rapidly becoming fed up with RE.

I was offered my first job with them, a clothes retail for £8, haven't seen the paperwork but I don't think it's a great fee, do you? Have you defo given up on gap? Was that premium job I mentioned any good?

leila1

They are good. They give you enough instructions, pay promptly (paypal), and have a different variety of jobs (supermarkets, shoes, jewllery, banks) to name a few. You don't get that much work from them but they add a good variety. You have to give a long narative in the begining after that it is a yes and no answers mostly but the questionnaire can be quite long.

leila1

sinderella wrote: »

I was offered my first job with them, a clothes retail for £8, haven't seen the paperwork but I don't think it's a great fee, do you? Have you defo given up on gap? Was that premium job I mentioned any good?

The only time I saw that rate was when there was also a free b to have.

Hollypear

sinderella wrote: »

I was offered my first job with them, a clothes retail for £8, haven't seen the paperwork but I don't think it's a great fee, do you? Have you defo given up on gap? Was that premium job I mentioned any good?

It was Sinders. I couldn't log onto the site for some reason but Brysnn from on here checked it and phoned me. Then as she was on the phone it disappeared.
I did a mobile phone shop for them a few weeks ago. When I got back it had vanished from my "My assignments" tab and in its place was the same mobie shop but miles from the one I accepted. The one I accepted I took because it is in a shopping mall outside Glasgow with free parking. The other one I wouldn't have accepted as it was in the centre of Glasgow and would have needed me to take a train which would have wiped out the fee.

So I thought sod this.

Hollypear

leila1 wrote: »

They are good. They give you enough instructions, pay promptly (paypal), and have a different variety of jobs (supermarkets, shoes, jewllery, banks) to name a few. You don't get that much work from them but they add a good variety. You have to give a long narative in the begining after that it is a yes and no answers mostly but the questionnaire can be quite long.

Thanks for that Leila. I have done the test now but had to laugh at the question. "What do you do if your computer dies"

I haven't got paypal so suppose I ought to register for it.