Marketforce nickel-and-diming me

So I just realized I've been shorted on a couple of my burger shops for these folks. Fee is usually $6, reimbursement $11. (yeah, I actually take them at these prices as I like the food and it's right near home.) I always spend at least the reimbursement.

Actual reimbursement was odd amounts like $8.68, etc.........Has Marketforce done this to you? Obviously, it's tiny amounts, but with the tiny shop fees, really??????????

Kona Kathie

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Huh??? So how much did you really spend and how much did they pay you?

I've never had that problem as long as I am including only the specified items--the entrée, the drink & the fries. They do indicate that the shake is in addition to the soda if you choose to get a shake.

They reimburse what you spent on the food.

Hi, Kathie.
Are you including any additional items (like a spouse's or child's food) in your amount to be reimbursed? As Flash said, they will only cover the required purchase. When I have other people's items in the same receipt, I calculate the percentage of sales tax that applies to my reimbursed amount and include that -- but not the entire sales tax amount.

Canuck Wrote:
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> They reimburse what you spent on the food.

MF reimbursement is usually --->"up to...." If you stay under the reimbursed then the reimbursed is "what you spend".

Typically we go together, I order a burger for me first, then whatever my companion wants. I get a small fries which we share and a soda for me and a cup for water for my companion. My bill is usually around $15-16 and because I got the burger, fries and soda, my part is usually around $11.02 and I am reimbursed $11. Because they want MY order first on the ticket, if my companion wants a hot dog (a lot cheaper), if I ordered it first they would reimburse the hot dog, small fries and drink as if that was my order. Am I always the one who drinks the soda? That shall remain a mystery--the soda is mine.

Omg.. I meant what you spend up to the limit. Oops.

Ok, I know EXACTLY what shop you are referring to because it's my fave- like you said, I like the food. I normally go with my signifcant other but he orders and pays seperately. I had this happen on one of the first shops of these I did and it I got less than the $11 reimbursement because we ordered together. I got the large soda, he got the small- they obviously paid for the small and the least expensive entree and fry order. See what I mean? Keep 'em seperate going foward.

I love Marketforce. They may be lower paying, but they always have a ton of various shops in my area and they don't have any "you must wait 180 days before doing another one of these shops" rules.

My last shop as I recall the guidelines requires as at least states a companion should order separately.

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You folks must be working for some high paying companies if you think MF is a low paying company. I don't think so at all.

Canuck- MF is one of my lower paying companies unless I can snap up a shop close to deadline. I like their shops because there are always a lot to choose from in my area, they are easy to work with and the reports are a breeze. I consider a $7 shop fee and an $11 reimbursement a lower pay compared to my $50 car dealership shops and casual restaurant shops with full reimbursement and shop fees of $25. I make my money in volume with MF.

I've done shops for Market Force at base pay and I've done some with really nice bonuses. I have only good things to say about the company. I think they pay whatever is required to get the jobs done, and if you're lucky enough to be in the right place it can be a great connection.

Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.

They are absolutely one of my favorite companies. They're not a big percentage of my profit but their shops are easy, I usually enjoy them, the schedulers are all great, they pay when they say they will (actually usually early), and I've always been treated fairly by them.

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At the moment only demons come to mind

I feel the same way. They are a great company to work for, IMO. Never a payment problem either.

I love the schedulers. The ones on shore I mean.

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