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Yes, that's going to be a lot of work. If you accepted the shop today you might be able to cancel without repercussions if you call them right away and explain you misunderstood the requirements. It wouldn't hurt to talk with them and see what they have to say about it. If you've had it booked for a while, it would be a good move to go ahead and do it.
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
They're getting worse I think. Before, I'd do them for $17 or $20 but now I see more work is being added for the same fee. I'm surprised you didn't know you had to phone them AND make a visit. Usually you can read it in advance.
A few months ago, I was going to get an oil change but after reading they wanted me to phone and evaluate the call blah blah and then visit the dealership?? Nope. Not doing it. Too much report to fill out and not worth it for me, since it was quite a distance for me to travel.
A few months ago, I was going to get an oil change but after reading they wanted me to phone and evaluate the call blah blah and then visit the dealership?? Nope. Not doing it. Too much report to fill out and not worth it for me, since it was quite a distance for me to travel.
I hate this because I really DON'T want to do it! I'm almost thinking I'll cancel and if the company decides I'm no good then so be it. But in the time it'd take me to call, drive all the way there, act out the scenario, drive back, etc.... I'd have PAID to do this job.
apparently, there were different scenarios and i got this particular one. I don't know
You mean they did not tell you the scenarios before you applied and simply assigned you one of many? It would certainly help to know which MSC this is for and if it requires a test drive. I recall getting an email from Intellishop a few months ago and on first read it looked like a phone shop. It wasn't until getting to the application page I saw an onsite visit was required.
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Now this is just me. If that shop is causing you this much stress cancel it, just never sign up for that type of shop again. I signed up for a car dealership only one time and it was probably the same company because the fee was the same. Once I realized how much time was involved and how completely uncomfortable I would be with the shop I cancelled. There were no repercussions that I noticed. Don't beat yourself up - live and learn...
No, I'm not saying they misrepresented. Maybe I misread or glanced too quickly. I wasn't very familiar with the site at all so the details may have been there in full and I just didn't see them all. I didnt see the requirement for the onsite visit until I received the detailed guidelines. Again I'm new so maybe this is just a lesson learned.
Is it for Bestmark? I did two of those and swore never again. At least not for $17.
Omg never for $17.. your own biz but if you're going to phone AND visit, it should be $40+!! I would cancel sooner than later if you aren't willing to do it.
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$50 is my absolute minimum for car shops. They take too long to settle for less. On the pleasant scale, car shops rate just above no-Novacaine root canals.
In 2008 & 2009, I was regularly completing Applebee's assignments for a now defunct MSC. I was paid a flat $25, from which I deducted my meal costs, leaving me with approx. $13; how sweet it was, until I screwed up and didn't notice a change in requirements after 40 or so shops. I selected 4 locations before noticing they were now age verification jobs. As this MSC was also providing me with Red Robin and Abuelo's work, I "bite the bullet" and arranged to pick-up a young man to accompany me; it was a definite pain and cost me my fee, but taught me a lesson to not assume that all is a constant.
My recommendation for the OP is to "grin and bear it." Not only from a business, but also personal, standpoint it's the correct decision.
My recommendation for the OP is to "grin and bear it." Not only from a business, but also personal, standpoint it's the correct decision.
You know, I canceled the oil change shop and they thanked me for letting them know when I did. So far, I'm still working for them.
I'm not going to grin and bear it. The shop is canceled.
My first car shop was $75 bucks. But, like a Dummy, I took a cheapy one, drove 30 miles and the shop was a bust, (product not found) but was paid for the shop. Definitely NOT worth it!~
Stick with the Big Guns
Stick with the Big Guns
I don't do car shops for under $50.00. Too much hassle.
They were my very first shops and I did a bunch of them for $17 and $20. Then I did one for $58 (far from me) and now I prefer to do shops that pay the same but less narrative etc.
They should pay more but..business is business, right?
They should pay more but..business is business, right?
I also did a bunch at the beginning for $17-20. I haven't done one in months, and wouldn't consider for less than $40. Too much work!
The car shops I do are $60 non-video and $135+ video.
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Tattedmom - glad you cancelled instead of "grinning and bearing it." Life is too short and $17 is too low.
With the pay $20 or less these shops are good only when you are shopping for the car, this is why I took a few of them recently. Calculating the time spent in dealership and writing reports I am sure I got bellow $5 per hour, but I would go to dealerships and test drives anyway, so why not to get some pennies for that.
That is exactly what the MSC is counting on, someone willing to work for pennies.
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.
Car shops take too long. Even in the old days, it was often a Century or Milennia.
@LisaSTL
That is exactly what the MSC is counting on, someone willing to work for pennies.
Well, that is true, but taking into account that only writing a report was an additional work and all the rest I would do shopping for a new car anyway, this makes the pay reasonable.
That is exactly what the MSC is counting on, someone willing to work for pennies.
Well, that is true, but taking into account that only writing a report was an additional work and all the rest I would do shopping for a new car anyway, this makes the pay reasonable.
Personal circumstances vary, and that's definitely what the MSC is counting on. In the short time I've been here, I've seen people post indignant comments like: "I'm not going to drive 50 miles for x amount of money! That's ridiculous." Well, sure, but the MSC is hoping that there's some other shopper who lives down the street from the shop, and thinks the amount is big money.
I might be picking up a $30 car shop tomorrow. I'll be heading home from a route shop, going to be passing through the town where the dealership is located. I'll have to decide as I get there, simply going to be a matter of how I feel when I get there.
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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)
"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
I might consider a $30 car shop if it was close to something else I was doing. I have never seen any around here for more that $25 and that's with a big $8 bonus. I have never done one because, from what I have read, it seems that $17 is not reasonable for the amount of time this shop would take.
One of the companies pays $30 to $35 and the report is way easy. Minimal narrative compared to the $17 shops. They are a Prophet MSC.
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.
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