Just moved to a new area

I just moved to a new area. I had plenty of opportunties for shops before I moved. My new location doesn't seem to have many shops. Any advice? Should I just try to find new companies? I don't want to waste my time signing up for companies with no shops in my area.

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Move back?

And it's not a waste of time to sign up for companies with no shops in your area, because next month they might have shops in your area.

Time to build a bigger bridge.

I know, I hate it when that happens, too, but, hey, sign up, sign up, sign up and, if the MSCs don't have something now, just wait, because you never know what's coming around the pike.

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I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

Jobslinger.com is your new best friend!

Also if you don't like the area you are in just become a gypsy like me. You will have more fun and less bills!

Just lost trying to find a fire pit in a concrete jungle wishing it was a wooded glen...

if it wasn't for bad luck, I would have no luck at all

Think outside of the Box.

Widen your search area.

You may use more gas and time but those shops are out there!

And it may not be "lack of shops" so much as "too many shoppers" who claim the shops before you had a chance to see them.

Agree with gypsymonkey -- jobslinger is the quickest way to find what is in your new area.

Time to build a bigger bridge.

How many companies are you signed up with now?

Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel

Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.

How does one use jobslinger, or is that the same thing as the MSPA job board?

I'm learning....

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I like my new area. I moved from Southern California so they were tons of shoppers.

jobslinger.com

not exactly the same as MSPA, but a lot of jobs appear in both places.

Jobslinger Plus (for pay) will email you though. MSPA is free and doesn't email you. I've picked up some good stuff from the emails. But going to the free jobslinger board will show you all or most of the Sassie shops. A lot of times the shop you're looking at will already have been taken, but it at least gives you an idea of what companies have jobs in your area.

Time to build a bigger bridge.

I am not sure how many shops I am signed up with but enough to keep my busy in Southern California.

Customer Service Profiles looks like they may have shops in most states in April, whereas they had been in only 8-10 states last year. That's a prime example of why you should sign up with as many MSC's as possible.

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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
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It also matters what you consider "busy." One shop a week? Ten? Forty? If you only want to do two or three a week, you don't need to be signed up with 100 companies. If you're serious about this, you need to sign up with as many as it takes to fill your dance card.

Time to build a bigger bridge.

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