Never thought I'd say this, but I miss CORI 
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They are now sending "I'm desperate" emails that note that the one-location-per-day requirement has been lifted. There is a very vague reference to a bonus being added AFTER the job is accepted. I wished them a lot of luck with that - right before I deleted.
I'm about ready to delete the company from my list of shops.
Same here, which is unfortunate because they used to be a great resource for fill-in shops when putting together a route.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/18/2014 12:44PM by vabvol.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/18/2014 12:44PM by vabvol.
Sadly, I haven't had a single shop with them in 2014. Ice cream and shoe shops fly off the board at $4 pay. It would cost me more than $4 in gas money to do most of the shops.
The bonus is a whopping $2. My curiosity got the better of me, so I called.
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
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Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
RUMOR is they are losing 4 MAJOR accounts soon as they end their contract "hint hint". .. JUST LIKE THAT GAS STATION SHOP THEY LOST. WELL, They are LOSING MORE. I guess they are laying off people and shutting down soon
RUMOR is they are losing 4 MAJOR accounts soon as they end their contract "hint hint". .. JUST LIKE THAT GAS STATION SHOP THEY LOST. WELL, They are LOSING MORE. I guess they are laying off people and shutting down soon
And you felt the need to post the exact same thing to at least three threads why exactly? And since you stated four years ago you were done working with them, what difference does it make now?
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Mod note: The "Steri" thread was merged with the one about missing CORI, so FYI that link may no longer work. The duplicate posting referred to by Lisa was deleted, since after merging threads we had two of them right here in the same thread.
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.
Over a year ago, the rumor was that they were completely phasing out the mystery shopping portion of their business. That's starting to look more and more like where this is going.
Yeah... I miss them too.... I used to circle around the site like a vulture until they started jacking up their pay rates. Even their 'hard' shops (the photo shoots at gas stations) were easy to do and the writeups were pretty simple.
It seems odd that they would phase out a business, they just recently bought. I do however admit, that seems to be the case.
I really hope the rumor is accurate and those shops are moved to one of the current, major mystery shopping companies.
Well, at least Steri has updated finally updated their address on the emails that they send. Evidently, they're still in transition, though...
Stericycle Expert Solutions
2760 Executive Drive, Suite A
Findlay, Indianapolis, IN 46241
Stericycle Expert Solutions
2760 Executive Drive, Suite A
Findlay, Indianapolis, IN 46241
That's two more times than I looked at their board after receiving their emails today.
The treat shops are up to a whopping $6.20. They aren't moving at all in my area. I will keep watching, but you are right, I think they have sadly become a waste of time.
All the treat shops are still the same here too at the same fee.
they keep sending emails saying the fees increased,
yet the fees are the same on all the brands for
awhile now. I responded telling to stop with the
false advertising. I'm sure they will like that
yet the fees are the same on all the brands for
awhile now. I responded telling to stop with the
false advertising. I'm sure they will like that
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
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When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
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Dear Cori,
Was it as awkward for you today as it was for me? Last April we got together more than two dozen times. This April, just once. And I’ve got to be honest, it was barely worth getting together at all. I mean, last year we were averaging almost every day, and every time it was something special. Today, I barely got enough out of it to even remember it in my journal at day’s end.
Any more, you just seem to take more than you give. You come across all desperate, sending me notes every few hours, every day of the week, literally begging me. But when it’s time to seal the deal, you’re barely there. In the end it just felt like pressing the right buttons and uttering a few phrases, and then, you know, “submit,” and we’re done.
The old magic is gone, Cori. Please stop begging. You’re only embarrassing yourself. I’ll check you out from time to time if I think about it, but I don’t think about it much with you anymore.
Indifferently,
elcarev68
P.S. Please let our old friends at Findlay know that their contractual year of post-termination banishment from starting or joining another MSC is almost up. Maybe they could spice things up again soon.
Was it as awkward for you today as it was for me? Last April we got together more than two dozen times. This April, just once. And I’ve got to be honest, it was barely worth getting together at all. I mean, last year we were averaging almost every day, and every time it was something special. Today, I barely got enough out of it to even remember it in my journal at day’s end.
Any more, you just seem to take more than you give. You come across all desperate, sending me notes every few hours, every day of the week, literally begging me. But when it’s time to seal the deal, you’re barely there. In the end it just felt like pressing the right buttons and uttering a few phrases, and then, you know, “submit,” and we’re done.
The old magic is gone, Cori. Please stop begging. You’re only embarrassing yourself. I’ll check you out from time to time if I think about it, but I don’t think about it much with you anymore.
Indifferently,
elcarev68
P.S. Please let our old friends at Findlay know that their contractual year of post-termination banishment from starting or joining another MSC is almost up. Maybe they could spice things up again soon.
I only wish I could "love", not just "like" your post, elcarev68!
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I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
The "swimming" shops seem to just sit. I did a few of them a few years ago, and the problem I had then was finding something which I could buy for the $1 reimbursement. Does anyone have any idea of things to buy? I would like to be ready to pounce once (* if * ) the commisions ever go up.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
Operative word, *if*.
Secondarily, *by enough*.
If they go up by enough, the $1 reimbursement can be a scented oil packet for use in a bath/hot tub.
Secondarily, *by enough*.
If they go up by enough, the $1 reimbursement can be a scented oil packet for use in a bath/hot tub.
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> Operative word, *if*.
> Secondarily, *by enough*.
> If they go up by enough, the $1 reimbursement can
> be a scented oil packet for use in a bath/hot tub.
Yes, I've bought the scented bath oil for $1. Be careful, one time the employee gave it to me for free, so I wasn't able to get a receipt. I took a photo of the outside of the location, with a date/time stamp on it, and it was accepted. It will still too much work for the piddly pay.
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> Operative word, *if*.
> Secondarily, *by enough*.
> If they go up by enough, the $1 reimbursement can
> be a scented oil packet for use in a bath/hot tub.
Yes, I've bought the scented bath oil for $1. Be careful, one time the employee gave it to me for free, so I wasn't able to get a receipt. I took a photo of the outside of the location, with a date/time stamp on it, and it was accepted. It will still too much work for the piddly pay.
I had the opposite problem. I wanted and needed chemicals, very willling to take just the buck but the chemicals were $20. They did not want me buying and keeping on my own dime the more expensive chemicals..... set to fail shop!
It's become too easy to bash Steri, and I've resisted for quite some time now, but doggone if they didn't catch me at a stressful moment and drive me to post...
We have several *name of client* shops to be completed by Saturday. Commissions are currently at $10. Please visit our website www2 . mysteryshops . com. I have also copied a list of the shops available below.
THREE HUNDRED NINETY FOUR locations!
Really?! REALLY, STERI?! I never did one of these for Cori for less than $22! And you're going to let them sit with no appreciable increase for a month, claim a deadline three days away, and still offer a pittance? For 394 locations?!!!
Please, Steri, please, just close up shop and release these clients to some other MSC, any other MSC.
We have several *name of client* shops to be completed by Saturday. Commissions are currently at $10. Please visit our website www2 . mysteryshops . com. I have also copied a list of the shops available below.
THREE HUNDRED NINETY FOUR locations!
Really?! REALLY, STERI?! I never did one of these for Cori for less than $22! And you're going to let them sit with no appreciable increase for a month, claim a deadline three days away, and still offer a pittance? For 394 locations?!!!
Please, Steri, please, just close up shop and release these clients to some other MSC, any other MSC.
Evidently, they didn't bid high enough during the bidding wars or they (Steri) bought the company in order to use as a tax write off.
When the offices changed locations and we lost our wonderful scheduler's, I had a feeling it was going to be the end of a long relationship.
When the offices changed locations and we lost our wonderful scheduler's, I had a feeling it was going to be the end of a long relationship.
Now it appears they lost the small percentage of locations they had for the huge FF client that MarketForce has most of.
There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
At the moment only demons come to mind
CotePony Wrote:
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> Evidently, they didn't bid high enough during the
> bidding wars or they (Steri) bought the company in
> order to use as a tax write off.
>
> When the offices changed locations and we lost our
> wonderful scheduler's, I had a feeling it was
> going to be the end of a long relationship.
If you read their investor report you would know they
bought them for the database tech and not the mystery
shopping part. They wanted it for their pharmautical stuff
they do.
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> Evidently, they didn't bid high enough during the
> bidding wars or they (Steri) bought the company in
> order to use as a tax write off.
>
> When the offices changed locations and we lost our
> wonderful scheduler's, I had a feeling it was
> going to be the end of a long relationship.
If you read their investor report you would know they
bought them for the database tech and not the mystery
shopping part. They wanted it for their pharmautical stuff
they do.
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==
When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==
When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
If everyone remembers, techman told us exactly this and predicted this outcome back when the purchase happened. I remember hoping he was wrong, but, sadly, it appears he was correct.
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