Does a list of MSC's approval averages exist?

I guess I must be a little bit spoiled doing shops for Best Mark and Marketforce, who have approved all my shops within a couple of days. I have three shops over three different MSC's (yay branching out!) and one has been sitting since Saturday. Does a list exist anywhere of the average approval rate for different MSC's?

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I'm not sure that such a list would be meaningful at all. Some MSCs are very particular about who they contract with, not allowing the shopper to self assign (or even see) shops the MSC does not feel the shopper could comfortably handle in an acceptable way. These MSCs have an average approval rate of between 95 and 100%. On the other hand there are MSCs that are easy for anyone breathing with enough computer skills to register and self assign to take and perform shops. I would anticipate that their approval rate for shoppers overall may sink as low as 70-75% because many folks can't/won't/don't follow directions.

Thank you for the response! I think I may have phrased my question incorrectly. Whether or not it actually gets approved isn't quite what I'm asking. What I am hoping to find out is how long it takes before a shop is accepted or declined. Marketforce has always been within a couple business days, once I did a shop Sunday morning that was approved Sunday afternoon. Best Mark has either approved or emailed for more information within a couple of business days. I have one pending shop that was done on Saturday through a new to me MSC and I've got nothing.

That too has a whole lot of variables. There are MF shops that if there are no 'exceptions' that require any text are immediately approved without even going to QC. Bare usually gets to shops in a day or two for me but I have had them linger as long as 2-3 weeks. ACL usually turns my stuff over in 12-15 hours but with a crew of new editors 3-4 days is not unusual. My sense is that with each company they get to them ASAP with those contracts with clients that promise information available in 24 hrs hitting those shops first.

That is exactly what i needed to know! Thank you so much.

I've done many shops for market force. On almost all I get immediate approval.

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