NOTE TO SCHEDULERS
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YES!! I get calls from schedulers that do not include the shopper company, shop number, the place, their email address or any other information! Then they call back giving the info asking if I can help.
I shop full time and make a good income with it. Schedulers need to be as good and pro as they want the shoppers to be.
Don / Vegas
samwise Wrote:
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> This being election season and the holiday season,
> we are swamped with junk calls all day by
> politicians and charities. My phone gives a
> special ring for friends and family. All others
> go to the answering machine where I can listen
> before answering personally.
> If there is no message or it is an unwanted
> solicitation, I permanantly block the number.
>
> So, schedulers PLEASE:
>
> When you call, leave a message that ID's the MSC,
> the shop and location, the pay and reimbursement.
> I do want to respond and help when I can.
I shop full time and make a good income with it. Schedulers need to be as good and pro as they want the shoppers to be.
Don / Vegas
samwise Wrote:
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> This being election season and the holiday season,
> we are swamped with junk calls all day by
> politicians and charities. My phone gives a
> special ring for friends and family. All others
> go to the answering machine where I can listen
> before answering personally.
> If there is no message or it is an unwanted
> solicitation, I permanantly block the number.
>
> So, schedulers PLEASE:
>
> When you call, leave a message that ID's the MSC,
> the shop and location, the pay and reimbursement.
> I do want to respond and help when I can.
I was wondering the same thing. Why don't MSCs put their name on their Company name on their telephone ID? I probably also get 10 calls a day that I don't answer.
Please !! It would be a win win for all of us.
Please !! It would be a win win for all of us.
I have asked Market Force to stop calling. It got way of hand.
Since many schedulers schedule from their home telephone, if your caller ID shows anything, it would show their home phone number. I suspect they use *67 to block their calling number unless they are using a cell phone they can turn off.
I rarely answer the phone if the number is blocked. I have set up my voicemail though so the caller can leave me a message. However it would be better from m,y viewpoint if they used a number I recognized. Surely they can route their calls through the company switch board.
savak Wrote:
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> I rarely answer the phone if the number is
> blocked. I have set up my voicemail though so the
> caller can leave me a message. However it would
> be better from m,y viewpoint if they used a number
> I recognized. Surely they can route their calls
> through the company switch board.
Many schedulers work from home at all hours of the day. Just as we do these shops on our time, the schedulers are working through their time -- not just from the office but from home, on the road, etc. They are good at what they do and handle rejection very well considering the job environment.
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> I rarely answer the phone if the number is
> blocked. I have set up my voicemail though so the
> caller can leave me a message. However it would
> be better from m,y viewpoint if they used a number
> I recognized. Surely they can route their calls
> through the company switch board.
Many schedulers work from home at all hours of the day. Just as we do these shops on our time, the schedulers are working through their time -- not just from the office but from home, on the road, etc. They are good at what they do and handle rejection very well considering the job environment.
GACryptic Wrote:
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> savak Wrote:
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> -----
> > I rarely answer the phone if the number is
> > blocked. I have set up my voicemail though so
> the
> > caller can leave me a message. However it
> would
> > be better from m,y viewpoint if they used a
> number
> > I recognized. Surely they can route their
> calls
> > through the company switch board.
>
I realize this. I just get so many undesirable calls that have their number blocked ie telemarketers and what not. I would prefer a number that I can label so I know who is calling. Also sometimes it is just not feasible to answer my phone like when I am driving down a winding steep mountain.
>
> Many schedulers work from home at all hours of the
> day. Just as we do these shops on our time, the
> schedulers are working through their time -- not
> just from the office but from home, on the road,
> etc. They are good at what they do and handle
> rejection very well considering the job
> environment.
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> savak Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I rarely answer the phone if the number is
> > blocked. I have set up my voicemail though so
> the
> > caller can leave me a message. However it
> would
> > be better from m,y viewpoint if they used a
> number
> > I recognized. Surely they can route their
> calls
> > through the company switch board.
>
I realize this. I just get so many undesirable calls that have their number blocked ie telemarketers and what not. I would prefer a number that I can label so I know who is calling. Also sometimes it is just not feasible to answer my phone like when I am driving down a winding steep mountain.
>
> Many schedulers work from home at all hours of the
> day. Just as we do these shops on our time, the
> schedulers are working through their time -- not
> just from the office but from home, on the road,
> etc. They are good at what they do and handle
> rejection very well considering the job
> environment.
savak Wrote:
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> GACryptic Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > savak Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I rarely answer the phone if the number is
> > > blocked. I have set up my voicemail though
> so
> > the
> > > caller can leave me a message. However it
> > would
> > > be better from m,y viewpoint if they used a
> > number
> > > I recognized. Surely they can route their
> > calls
> > > through the company switch board.
> >
>
> I realize this. I just get so many undesirable
> calls that have their number blocked ie
> telemarketers and what not. I would prefer a
> number that I can label so I know who is calling.
> Also sometimes it is just not feasible to answer
> my phone like when I am driving down a winding
> steep mountain.
> >
> > Many schedulers work from home at all hours of
> the
> > day. Just as we do these shops on our time,
> the
> > schedulers are working through their time --
> not
> > just from the office but from home, on the
> road,
> > etc. They are good at what they do and handle
> > rejection very well considering the job
> > environment.
You are so right that it is not feasible to answer a phone while driving down a steep hill. If they want you to do the shop, they will leave a message. Many of my schedulers asked me to save their number and name so I know when they call. May be you can do this too?
Merry Christmas.
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> GACryptic Wrote:
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> > savak Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I rarely answer the phone if the number is
> > > blocked. I have set up my voicemail though
> so
> > the
> > > caller can leave me a message. However it
> > would
> > > be better from m,y viewpoint if they used a
> > number
> > > I recognized. Surely they can route their
> > calls
> > > through the company switch board.
> >
>
> I realize this. I just get so many undesirable
> calls that have their number blocked ie
> telemarketers and what not. I would prefer a
> number that I can label so I know who is calling.
> Also sometimes it is just not feasible to answer
> my phone like when I am driving down a winding
> steep mountain.
> >
> > Many schedulers work from home at all hours of
> the
> > day. Just as we do these shops on our time,
> the
> > schedulers are working through their time --
> not
> > just from the office but from home, on the
> road,
> > etc. They are good at what they do and handle
> > rejection very well considering the job
> > environment.
You are so right that it is not feasible to answer a phone while driving down a steep hill. If they want you to do the shop, they will leave a message. Many of my schedulers asked me to save their number and name so I know when they call. May be you can do this too?
Merry Christmas.
If I see the words "easy and/or fun" in the subject line, I delete without the slightest curiosity of the contents. In addition, rather than beg for help, simply increase the pay; this IS business and I ONLY work for cash. You can keep your citations, drawings and flattery; give me the money.
I agree with shopperbob, I work for money they can keep all the rest.
I also agree with shopper bob. Also I refuse to work on jobs that pay less per hour than the state minimum pay.I may be a contractor but I feel with the additional work as such I deserve more than The minimum wage. I refuse all work paying less.
If only more people thought that way
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
It may be the newbies that go after the cheap shops do it purely out of enthusiasm. Some MSC's are so cheap NSS/ One of their deals is simply reimburement for an ice cream type dessert maxed out at $5. They also picked up a retail chain and pay $7. I was getting $10 for that chain with a different company. I guess they lowballed that MSC for the account.
One of my favorite companies offers a shop I'd never take. They want you to go to a location, take 6-10 photos inside, and then complete a report including uploading the photos. Time on location: five minutes. time of input: maybe 10",
Fee: $2!!!!! That's TWO DOLLARS. Yet these shops are claimed and done at that rate.
Newbies-take note!
Enen close shops need $1 worth gas round trip. Figure time and cost spent finding and studying the assignment, travel time there, time spent at the assignment, and data input time and those $5 assgnment are paying $3/hr,
Don't take those cheap shops! If they want them completed, they will raise the fees. Shoppers of the world, unite!
One of my favorite companies offers a shop I'd never take. They want you to go to a location, take 6-10 photos inside, and then complete a report including uploading the photos. Time on location: five minutes. time of input: maybe 10",
Fee: $2!!!!! That's TWO DOLLARS. Yet these shops are claimed and done at that rate.
Newbies-take note!
Enen close shops need $1 worth gas round trip. Figure time and cost spent finding and studying the assignment, travel time there, time spent at the assignment, and data input time and those $5 assgnment are paying $3/hr,
Don't take those cheap shops! If they want them completed, they will raise the fees. Shoppers of the world, unite!
This morning I already got a message from Market Force telling me that they have an assignment in the area. No mention of location, type of assignment or pay rate. And they mumbled their phone number so quickly that I couldn't understand it anyway.
Do schedulers read these posts? Hey, out there. How about a response?
Phoebe70 Wrote:
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> This morning I already got a message from Market
> Force telling me that they have an assignment in
> the area. No mention of location, type of
> assignment or pay rate. And they mumbled their
> phone number so quickly that I couldn't understand
> it anyway.
I used to get the same kind of calls from Market Force, although from the purple portal, the merchandising side; not so much the mystery shopping blue portal people. They'd leave a message that said "We have an assignment in your area. If you are interested, call...blah, blah, blah. I NEVER called. Not once. If I want to do their merchandising jobs, I can self-assign. Finally I picked up the phone recently and actually spoke to one of these schedulers. He said he had a job in "your area", gave no other information and said, "Do you want it?" I asked where the job was (40 miles away), what is entailed (blowing up balloons), and then I stopped questioning him and said, "I'm sorry, I don't do balloon assignments." He angrily asked, "What kind of assignments do you do?" My response? "The kind where I self-assign what I want instead of you calling me incessantly. How about that?" He slammed down the phone and I haven't had a call from them since. I can and have still self-assigned what I want.
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> This morning I already got a message from Market
> Force telling me that they have an assignment in
> the area. No mention of location, type of
> assignment or pay rate. And they mumbled their
> phone number so quickly that I couldn't understand
> it anyway.
I used to get the same kind of calls from Market Force, although from the purple portal, the merchandising side; not so much the mystery shopping blue portal people. They'd leave a message that said "We have an assignment in your area. If you are interested, call...blah, blah, blah. I NEVER called. Not once. If I want to do their merchandising jobs, I can self-assign. Finally I picked up the phone recently and actually spoke to one of these schedulers. He said he had a job in "your area", gave no other information and said, "Do you want it?" I asked where the job was (40 miles away), what is entailed (blowing up balloons), and then I stopped questioning him and said, "I'm sorry, I don't do balloon assignments." He angrily asked, "What kind of assignments do you do?" My response? "The kind where I self-assign what I want instead of you calling me incessantly. How about that?" He slammed down the phone and I haven't had a call from them since. I can and have still self-assigned what I want.
I do not block my calls and I do call from either my home phone or my cell phone. I do not always leave a message. The reason, I might have a list of hundreds of shoppers that I may be calling. It takes extra time to leave a message that most of the time is not even listened to, also if I leave a message and I am calling a lot of people, the shop is probably going to be gone by the time the person gets the message.
I have had better responses by not leaving messages than by leaving messages. People will call back and say did you call? They want to know who called and then I tell them about the shop. It not only saves my time, but my voice as well. My family gets tired of hearing me say the same thing hundreds of times in an evening of calling, too. They prefer that I keep my calls to only real people answering the phone.
If I only have a few shoppers for a location and I need a shopper, I will probably leave a message as I want to reach every shopper possible.
I hope this helps. I know some shoppers say they block numbers that don't leave messages, sorry I hope that you don't as it could be a nice bonused shop that you might want. Never know.
I have had better responses by not leaving messages than by leaving messages. People will call back and say did you call? They want to know who called and then I tell them about the shop. It not only saves my time, but my voice as well. My family gets tired of hearing me say the same thing hundreds of times in an evening of calling, too. They prefer that I keep my calls to only real people answering the phone.
If I only have a few shoppers for a location and I need a shopper, I will probably leave a message as I want to reach every shopper possible.
I hope this helps. I know some shoppers say they block numbers that don't leave messages, sorry I hope that you don't as it could be a nice bonused shop that you might want. Never know.
Schedulers: Try this approach.
"Hi. This is Sandy from Super Shoppers. I have a fast food shop in ZIPCODE 13432. It pays $8 and is due January 21. Please call me at 555 123 3454 if interested. Thank you. "
It takes 17 seconds to read this aloud.
Your time is not wasted by call backs who learn the fee is too low, the shop is too distant,or the shop type is undesireable.
"Hi. This is Sandy from Super Shoppers. I have a fast food shop in ZIPCODE 13432. It pays $8 and is due January 21. Please call me at 555 123 3454 if interested. Thank you. "
It takes 17 seconds to read this aloud.
Your time is not wasted by call backs who learn the fee is too low, the shop is too distant,or the shop type is undesireable.
I have to agree with that one. You may think the distance looks reasonable on paper, but I'm the one who knows how long it will take to get there and if it's a neighborhood I want to visit. Plus if I'm booked up with jobs on the other side of town (or out of town as often happens) on the same day you need it done, calling you isn't going to help either of us.
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
I had a call from a scheduler who spent 15 minutes checking on the location while I had to google it and found it was too far from me. Then when we finally found the location that was within 5-10 miles from me, and after describing what I had to do, she told me it paid $5. Holy Moses!
That exchange was already worth $5 of your time
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
With modern technology, I can pick up my cell phone and call you and have my name appear on your caller ID, or I can punch in a code and have my business name appear, or it can just show my number with no name, or it can show "unknown" or it can show "Blocked"
There is no reason why companies like Marketforce couldn't route all their schedulers calls through a filter that tags them as a marketforce call.
Heck, they could probably even do it for free, using shareware that is available online if they are feeling particularly cheap this month.
savak Wrote:
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> I rarely answer the phone if the number is
> blocked. I have set up my voicemail though so the
> caller can leave me a message. However it would
> be better from m,y viewpoint if they used a number
> I recognized. Surely they can route their calls
> through the company switch board.
There is no reason why companies like Marketforce couldn't route all their schedulers calls through a filter that tags them as a marketforce call.
Heck, they could probably even do it for free, using shareware that is available online if they are feeling particularly cheap this month.
savak Wrote:
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> I rarely answer the phone if the number is
> blocked. I have set up my voicemail though so the
> caller can leave me a message. However it would
> be better from m,y viewpoint if they used a number
> I recognized. Surely they can route their calls
> through the company switch board.
risinghorizon Wrote:
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> I had a call from a scheduler who spent 15 minutes
> checking on the location while I had to google it
> and found it was too far from me. Then when we
> finally found the location that was within 5-10
> miles from me, and after describing what I had to
> do, she told me it paid $5. Holy Moses!
I also got a job offer for a "close" shop. I had never heard of the town. Pay was $10. He said it was 16 miles away--only $3 in gas they figured. I replied, "It's a 32 mile round trip." He just said, "Oh." I added, "There is a $3 bridge toll involved." He added, "That makes it $9. I guess we should pass on this."
"Correct," I replied.
What a waste of both of our times.
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> I had a call from a scheduler who spent 15 minutes
> checking on the location while I had to google it
> and found it was too far from me. Then when we
> finally found the location that was within 5-10
> miles from me, and after describing what I had to
> do, she told me it paid $5. Holy Moses!
I also got a job offer for a "close" shop. I had never heard of the town. Pay was $10. He said it was 16 miles away--only $3 in gas they figured. I replied, "It's a 32 mile round trip." He just said, "Oh." I added, "There is a $3 bridge toll involved." He added, "That makes it $9. I guess we should pass on this."
"Correct," I replied.
What a waste of both of our times.
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