Cinnamon Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I have my first proper assignment next week, & I couldn't be more excited I am only being paid £10, but love the cloak & dagger aspect of it all Are there any more mystery shoppers out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 How exciting . Have you got your disguise worked out yet ? Do you know which shop you'll be in (or would you have to shoot us if you told us ?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Yes, I got the assignment details through this morning,so I know where to go & what to do. Its all very complicated actually, & I am going to have to try & remember a lot of things,but I am looking forward to it. Knowing me I will go into the wrong place or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Do you just lurk and observe or do you have to be deliberately awkward to see how they handle it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Sounds interesting, you'll have to let us know how it goes How did you get involved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Do you just lurk and observe or do you have to be deliberately awkward to see how they handle it? I have to go & ask specific questions about products/services. I need to remeber details like how long it took for them to serve me,the staff members name,hair colour & even the buildings on either side of the one I need to go in to. I am pretty observant,& having managed a shop myself for many years,I know the sort of level of service thats expected. Plus I love shopping,so reckon I will be pretty good at this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 A job made in heaven for you then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina C Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 As soon as I saw the title I thought what a great job for a committed shopper It is not an easy job to do though especially these days when staff are clued up about mystery shoppers. And you know what often happens when you start a job that is also a 'hobby' - you lose interest in the hobby. Could save you some money in the long run? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Now...how do you become one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillus Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I was a Mystery Shopper for a while but I just kept getting sent to the jewellery counter in Argos and I think the girls in the shop thought I was a nutter after the third trip! Mind you I did know all their names after that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I've done one assignment, but I found that it was an awful lot of work for £10. Pages and pages of questions, and as I get tired with my M.E anyway I decided it's not really worth it for me. The only assignments I keep getting offered are for the same company I did the initial spy on anyway and as I'm on a prehistoric very noticeable mobilty scooter I recon I'd look a bit suss going in there again and asking lots of questions. I was hoping for lots of restaurant assignments but they are obviously not popular over in Suffolk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannie Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I've done one assignment, but I found that it was an awful lot of work for £10. Pages and pages of questions......I was hoping for lots of restaurant assignments but they are obviously not popular over in Suffolk Me too - none in London either! I also got a bit hacked off because they send me endless notifications of new assignments, and when I clicked to look they'd already gone! Must be loads of people sitting at computers in the city waiting to grab a little mystery in their lives! 12/10/08 - edited for language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGirl Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 How cool, you will have to let us know how it goes (in disguise obviously ) I signed up ages ago but the only assignment I got through was to stand in line at the postoffice - in lunchtime - an hour queuing wasnt what I had planned for some excitement so I didnt accept it ... Maybe thats why I havent had anything else through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I made about £200 from it last year, but think it is a lot of effort for the work. I had to do a self assessed tax form so only got my £400 overpaid tax back last week when I completed it. If you want any advice, PM. I found it got a lot easier as the questions are pretty similar and you only have to remember one or two obscure ones such as is a specific poster on the wall. You have to remember names and I always forget to look at my watch before I go in. The best paid ones were banks, I got around £45 for mortgage visits in a bank and competitor. I got virgin gym membership for about 2 months and that was worth £40-£50 per month and really lovely. I had to have a beauty treatment too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 I had to have a beauty treatment too. Now THAT I do like the sound of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbag Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 ok, I might be being dumb here, but what is mystery shopping!!?? kitbag xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 ok, I might be being dumb here, but what is mystery shopping!!?? kitbag xxxxxxxxxxxxxx You get paid to go in an act as a customer in a shop or restaurant and then you have to fill in a report to say what the service etc was like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I've done loads of MS. Last year I even MS'd Santa! I've done restaurants, banks, shops, hairdressers well loads really. Although they seem hard at first you get used to what you need to be looking out for and the timings etc. I don't do them much now because I used to prefer the restaurants, hairdressers etc and those aren't jobs you can do with children in tow so they became less convenient. Some have really long questionnaires and just aren't worth doing whereas some you get only a few questions and are easy. Take the hairdressers, you night get £65 of vouchers to get a hair cut and then 20 questions to answer. Well to me that is a great deal. The rpoblem would be when I'd get a call to do one and I'd only had my hair cut the week before. I'd have to turn it down or I'd have ended up bald! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 This should be interesting. There's not many places nowadays who know what customer service means let alone provide it. One of my pet hates actually. I even find I become immediately suspicious if I receive anything like a decent service where staff are helpful, smiling and interested in me. I feel there must be a catch !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 This should be interesting. There's not many places nowadays who know what customer service means let alone provide it. One of my pet hates actually. I even find I become immediately suspicious if I receive anything like a decent service where staff are helpful, smiling and interested in me. I feel there must be a catch !! No they think you're a mystery shopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 You could be right there !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 My daughter and SIL used to be MSs for restaurants in the area - ideal as they both used to be in Hotel Management. I don't know why they stopped though......probably the paperwork if it was too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Ah ha! So that is how we can get good service...pretend to be a mystery shopper! If we go into the shops in a long raincoat, false moustache and trilby and then ask lots of odd questions, would that do the trick do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Ah ha! So that is how we can get good service...pretend to be a mystery shopper! If we go into the shops in a long raincoat, false moustache and trilby and then ask lots of odd questions, would that do the trick do you think? No you'll be carted off to the funny farm! I'd have thought checking your watch a lot might help with one or 2 questions about the menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
