@Ridgeranger101 wrote:
Goodwin also sent me a 1099 for the reimbursement portion of the shops which is not correct. I emailed them explaining that if I didn't purchase what you required then would they have given me the reimbursement money. Reimbursements have never been included in a 1099 since you spend your own money that the shopping company reimburses. The fees are different. All the fees when added up over a year if they are more than $600 then you get a 1099. I told Goodwin well you can bet when I get close to $600 in reimbursements you can count me out from doing any more shops. I consider myself a professional shopper since I get calls from various mystery shopping companies to do shops on a moments notice. I have to check my schedule to see if I can fit them in. Many times they will adjust their time frame so that they can get me to shop the client. But Goodwin never gives enough for what is required but does pay which is important. ACL is my favorite.
@rardon wrote:
This company is notorious for wanting poor shoppers to work for free.
@SteveSoCal wrote:
I have worked for ACL many years but am liking this company less-and-less each year. For most of the restaurants in my area, the reimbursement is NOT generous and it's too much work to be out money for dinner after spending an hour on the report.
In the past, they would bonus the restaurants they could not schedule and it would be a decent value when it had a fee attached, but now it seems like they have tons of unscheduled restaurants in my area and are happy to let them go unscheduled with no fee offered, yet they blow up my email at at the end of every month begging for people to take the shops.
It seems to me that the ordering requirements are almost based on making shoppers go over the limit and they are selling the services to clients based on the fact that they may end up making money on shoppers when having the shop performed. Sad.....
@BillB007 wrote:
Lately I've been not qualified for ACL shops because I'm too old for them. The only restaurant lately in Arizona has been XXXXXXXXXXXXXX where you have to be 21-55. I'm 65 so goodbye ACL. They used to have really good places there but I guess the contracts ran out.. Log in and look at the AZ shops to see for yourself.
Regards,
BillB
@aayaey wrote:
@AustinMom
If you look at the one Bill originally quoted they do say 21-55. The name is of an old TV show.
I'm fairly new to A Closer Look, so I only see 8 postings for AZ not sure if you see other ones.
@SteveSoCal wrote:
The thing is, that incident was many years ago and I have performed a great deal of successful assignments with them since, so I don't think the top tier status is based on average scores for assignments. Perhaps once you have a demerit or two, the system permanently locks you out of the top tier?
@Ridgeranger101 wrote:
Goodwin also sent me a 1099 for the reimbursement portion of the shops which is not correct. I emailed them explaining that if I didn't purchase what you required then would they have given me the reimbursement money. Reimbursements have never been included in a 1099 since you spend your own money that the shopping company reimburses. The fees are different. All the fees when added up over a year if they are more than $600 then you get a 1099. I told Goodwin well you can bet when I get close to $600 in reimbursements you can count me out from doing any more shops. I consider myself a professional shopper since I get calls from various mystery shopping companies to do shops on a moments notice. I have to check my schedule to see if I can fit them in. Many times they will adjust their time frame so that they can get me to shop the client. But Goodwin never gives enough for what is required but does pay which is important. ACL is my favorite.