I place this right up there with "Hero Citations" in value. I am not claiming that the MSC does not draw a name out of a hat and reward a random instead of a favorite and/or friend.
The implication is that a large MSC may offer up a small trinket or gift card is just as insulting to my company as a hero citation is. They are nationwide and offering a lottery for a $50 value item and not giving the actual odds of winning. This is preying on the gamblers amongst us.
Personally, I say show me the money. I will do this job for x amount of cash. Period. Everything else is window dressing.
There are people with gambling addiction, and I assume they are preying on those shoppers to get them to do shops with the high hopes and low probability of winning as all lotteries work in this fashion.
I'd like to hear from MSC lottery winners. Let's be honest here. Did the scheduler tell you you'd win if you picked up that shop in Timbuktu? Did you do one shop in this rotation for the MSC and win the jackpot reward as a new shopper?
I'm not asking you to name MSC's or prizes unless you feel comfortable to do so.
I'm just looking for a general consensus and hear how this plays out in reality.