In my rush to get out the door this morning I was sloppy telling my story.
Let me fill in the parts I left out.
The original available shop dates were November 11 - 15 and I applied to perform them on the 14th. On November 17, three days after the date I said I could do the shops, they are suddenly assigned to me late in the afternoon.
The shop description for these shops said - "$18 easy in store xxxxxx Shops. You must not be a current xxxxxxx (store credit card) holder. Make a purchase and see if you are offered to save 5% on your purchase by using a xxxxxx xxxxxxx (store credit card.)
Only after you are assigned the shop do you see that you must make a "reasonable total purchase". If there is a minimum that will be accepted they need to just state the amount. As stated it is way too vague and really gives the MSC a reason to reject the shop. (Oh, you didn't spend a reasonable amount so the client rejected the shop...)
I am not willing to buy something for $65 - $100 and return it another day. Returns are not allowed the same day. I will not do a purchase & return shop for $18. Had the requirements been made clear in the shop description I would not have applied for them.
It's been over 24 hours since I used the help/contact form to ask for some clarification. No one has responded.
Randomly assigning shops after the date the shopper applied for, ambiguous shop description that leaves out important information about the shop, vague shop requirement that opens the door for them to reject the shop, and no response to a help request...I think that is SLOPPY!