What shops do you see on ACL?
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When you first registered with ACL, the paperwork tells you that they start a new shopper to their company with smaller jobs and if you do a good job with those, then they will give you a different and more lucrative level of shops to perform. I have seen 3 levels thus far from the Atlanta area. Incidentally, once you have established yourself as reliable and dependable with a good grasp of linguistics, they will call you to do certain jobs. This is also the same for many companies. Those small jobs are extremely important to get you better jobs. Regardless of how long you have been shopping, when you register with a new company, you are new to them. They usually know the other companies and some will call to check on your work quality and ethics. Some will not. My recommendation is to do an excellent job with the reimbursement only shops or the ones that pay a few dollars and get a 9 or 10 on several shops reports with that company and you may see the offers changing.
Not that I care because they are pretty far down the totem pole on companies I shop for but I would imagine ACL would view this entire thread as an ICA Violation.
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There's still only pizza shops within a 90 mile radius of me. There's 2 different pizza companies, and one of them has a 6-month rotation so I'm not able to complete them. bummer.
Guess what I received in email? A notification of a hotel shop nearby. That was a first. Have I moved up the ACL chain? :}
@Orrymain wrote:
Guess what I received in email? A notification of a hotel shop nearby. That was a first. Have I moved up the ACL chain? :}
Better than pizza!
Shopping Santa Barbara and Goleta, CA.
... and then I got a massage offer! I've moved up! lol
I spoke to an ACL scheduler in person, at a conference, and she showed me which level I was at. I found our later, another shopper only sees 75% of shops available, whereas I am given 100% of shops, as well as "promo" shops. Their employees, schedulers and editors are at higher levels than shoppers and can take shops before they are released.
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@Orrymain wrote:
... and then I got a massage offer! I've moved up! lol
Speaking of massage shops, has anyone tried one? The location in my area has questionable yelp reviews, so I'm debating signing up or not.
Shopping Santa Barbara and Goleta, CA.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/30/2015 11:05PM by gojiberry.
I have done one of those. It was wonderful! If only the rotation was shorter...
I've actually never had a massage so am leery anyway.
@Orrymain wrote:
I've actually never had a massage so am leery anyway.
I'm leery too because the ones I've had were such light pressure mostly they were not very enjoyable. But since this is reimbursed I'm thinking may as well try it out!
Shopping Santa Barbara and Goleta, CA.
@sandyf wrote:
@CeciliaM wrote:
I like pizza. In fact there was a shop sitting on ACL for a while that I was very sad about. Pizza delivery for a nice looking place whose delivery area ended about a mile from my place.
Off the acl topic but on to the delivery topic.. . I live half way between the 2 locations of a nice restaurant that another msc does ...around 3 miles from each. I accepted a delivery shop as they are always languishing on the boards and was told by the restaurant staff which one was my delivery location. Time to call in my order came around and I was told I was only a few blocks out of their radius for delivery. They agreed to deliver to me that time only due to the fact that I was ordering dinner early enough before their rush. If I need to drive somewhere to get delivery I may as well eat at the restaurant itself. Frustrating.
I saw on a pizza delivery shop - not ACL but another MSC - something like "YOU CANNOT order pizza to be delivered to a parking lot" I was like wowwwww someone did that. LOL. But yeah I have had to look away from very tempting shops because they didn't deliver in my neighborhood but got super close.
It was not for ACL, but I considered doing a pizza shop for another MSC and I did not live in the delivery location. The scheduler told me I could drive somewhere close and have it delivered to me anywhere, including a parking lot. I opted not to do the job.
@Orrymain wrote:
It was not for ACL, but I considered doing a pizza shop for another MSC and I did not live in the delivery location. The scheduler told me I could drive somewhere close and have it delivered to me anywhere, including a parking lot. I opted not to do the job.
I have a pizza delivery shop for another MSC that is just out of my delivery range and my barber is a block away from it. If they put a bonus on the shop and I need a trim, I go to the barber shop and offer to trade the pie for a trim. I hand the money to the stylist and let them pay and tip the driver and I'm just a witness sitting and observing the transaction sitting and waiting for a cut. The barbers know what I'm doing and let me take my photos in the back office before they go back and eat it between cuts.
I'd not want to be sitting getting a cut when the pizza arrives. I think they rush that cut to get to the pizza before it's all gone. I wait till they finish the pie before I get my cut.
Everyone is happy.
I've seen the suggestion to get the pizza delivered to a park, which I thought was a smart idea. That seems the most plausible way to get a pizza delivered to a place outside your delivery zone to me. Unless it's raining cats and dogs that day. 
Shopper in California's Bay Area
@CeciliaM wrote:
@sandyf wrote:
@CeciliaM wrote:
I like pizza. In fact there was a shop sitting on ACL for a while that I was very sad about. Pizza delivery for a nice looking place whose delivery area ended about a mile from my place.
Off the acl topic but on to the delivery topic.. . I live half way between the 2 locations of a nice restaurant that another msc does ...around 3 miles from each. I accepted a delivery shop as they are always languishing on the boards and was told by the restaurant staff which one was my delivery location. Time to call in my order came around and I was told I was only a few blocks out of their radius for delivery. They agreed to deliver to me that time only due to the fact that I was ordering dinner early enough before their rush. If I need to drive somewhere to get delivery I may as well eat at the restaurant itself. Frustrating.
I saw on a pizza delivery shop - not ACL but another MSC - something like "YOU CANNOT order pizza to be delivered to a parking lot" I was like wowwwww someone did that. LOL. But yeah I have had to look away from very tempting shops because they didn't deliver in my neighborhood but got super close.
In actuality the shop I was talking about in the original mention I made about delivery areas was for a mid to high end restaurant...a small chain of 2 locations only with wonderful food. I can see getting a pizza delivered to a park as some have mentioned but getting a $75 meal delivered to a park and eaten on a park bench, nope I don't think that would work out too well.
@gojiberry wrote:
@Orrymain wrote:
... and then I got a massage offer! I've moved up! lol
Speaking of massage shops, has anyone tried one? The location in my area has questionable yelp reviews, so I'm debating signing up or not.
None are really too close to me. Well, 30 miles as the crow flies is = a hour or more in reality since I can't drive through a mountain to get to the area.
I agree though that they appear to have a membership aspect to them and a wal-mart type of style (affordable to the masses).
Re those ACL restaurant and hotel shops... how many people do they require? Two, more than two, or is one person alone okay?
It depends upon the client. There's one I'd love to do but can't. They used to have a single diner option but now they require two. Most of the fine dining ones or true restaurants require 2.
The southeast Wisconsin area has some awesome restaurant shops, but I'm limited due to the requirement of taking a guest. I don't have anyone that would stick with the commitment. In a few minutes I'll be getting another massage, looking forward to it. They also have dining shops in the Madison area and Lake Geneva, which is a nice resort town not to far. Yea and of course the pizza chain, lol.
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