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BuffaloNY101 Wrote:
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> Ath Power has been around a long time and I have
> done a lot of work for them. I have always been
> paid no matter if the report was good or bad.
> update 8/1/14
> I did a shop for them today (big national bank)
> the shop was easy as was the form. The problem was
> getting the shop assigned in the first place. So
> bear with me well I try to sum up what happened. I
> get an email for $50 account opening shop near me.
> I go to apply and all the dates are blacked out so
> I can't apply. I contact Ath Power through there
> website shopper live chat ( not live email) and
> wait for response. Some guy emails back and says
> that it is because I have done that shop for that
> client in the last 180 or 360 days so I don't
> qualify but he will pass my request on to the
> person who deals with the shop and maybe i can
> actually do it. After about 8 emails dealing with
> doing the shop, what shop, what location, what
> location, what location, finally assigned are you
> going to do it july 30th or 31st after I told her
> I would do it aug 1st. Email her tell her all the
> same info 3-4 times. Get email this morning asking
> if I did the shop. She finally changes date to
> today aug 1st. I mean real moron. first the start
> date on the job board was aug 1st. second in the
> original email I stated the shop address in full,
> the date I could complete it, and also again in my
> email to her response after she got the forwarded
> email from her associate. Now between emails it
> added another 20 minute of time to shop which took
> in person 20 minutes and to enter 30 so toal time
> 1 hr 10 mins for $50 pay. If the pay wasn't so
> good I would have asked for a bonus (for my
> aggravation).
> Observation they constantly have new schedulers so
> something may be screwed up over there.
For those remaining with Ath.....I'd give it some time before giving them a chance again. This is just me and my instinct - obviously others need to be guided by whatever works for them. I do see a change - and not a pleasant one - in the overall tone of dealing with them since I started doing shops for them not long ago.