I am new to the whole geoverify thing. I have done it at the begining on most of the shops however I may remember mid shop and do it then if it is a retail shop and I am in the fitting room or otherwise being left alone. On a couple I forgot until I got into the truck.
Now I am noticing not all msc's use the code.

What is your stance on this app?

I don't think shoppers should use it at all. It is just one more thing that they will start requiring for all shops if too many shoppers use it, and that will be a problem.

For one thing, I don't appreciate the invasion of privacy by using an app that tracks where I am. And two, I have a smartphone, but it isn't connected to a phone number or data, so I wouldn't be able to geoverify even if I wanted to.
So if companies started requiring geoverify on all shops, that would remove those of us who don't want to pay for a smartphone from performing shops.

I never use Geoverify. Don't need the extra hassle and really don't care if MSC's like the function or not. I don't.

If they paid me more for the shop, then I might consider it......

Good point. I just installed MSI's app today for this purpose, but I'm now rethinking it. I haven't used it yet, and I don't think that I will.

I do it if the shop requires it, and some do.

dspeakes Wrote:
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> I do it if the shop requires it, and some do.

Thank heavens no MSC I deal with requires it. I'd skip those twits.

Although I very much understand the objections posed by others here and elsewhere, I actually don't mind GeoVerify too much. I would actually prefer to have a choice between GeoVerify and taking a photo of the building's exterior, especially at tiny convenience stores where an associate is very likely to see me taking that required photograph. [Edited to clarify: I wish this were the case. It's not, but I wish it were an option.]

The new app is simple and straightforward and only pulls down location data when specifically requested, so I have fewer privacy concerns with it than I do with, say, Google Maps, which logs my location constantly. That said, I often don't bother using GeoVerify because it's usually optional, but I don't mind using it when necessary and will usually go out of my way to do so if a shop seems likely to have any issues.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/15/2014 07:16AM by Omgee.

LOL, I usually forget to use it until I get home. It is optional on my shops, and there are already so many other things to remember.

Maps are inaccurate at times. I hope GeoVerify isn't. It would be something else for a scheduler to argue me down about. I once did a C-store audit in a remote area. I received a phone call from a scheduler that hadn't worked with me before telling me I had gone to the wrong location. She described it. I told her that it was the right location, and the only other C-store in the area was in the small town just off the highway and it didn't fit that description, either. She insisted that the previous person assigned there had it right and I didn't. At the time, it was either too early for Google Earth or I just didn't think of it. If I remember correctly, I called the store and asked them to describe their location and the crossroads where they were located, but that didn't satisfy the scheduler, either.

Another time, she insisted that I had not taken a photo of the right side of the building. I described it to her but she insisted I was wrong because it had storage beside it. I told her that the back of the building was adjacent to a car wash and described that photo. She refused to pay me. It was in another town so I couldn't go back.

That was for Maritz. Shortly after that, Maritz dropped me permanently over an issue that was legitimate in their eyes but to me was just a failure to work with me on getting multiple assignments. I never understood that, nor why it was permanent since I I had always done a good job for them. Maybe this woman's internal comments about me ruined my reputation. You'd think she would have a reputation herself around the office.

bestofbothworlds Wrote:
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> dspeakes Wrote:
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> > I do it if the shop requires it, and some do.
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> Thank heavens no MSC I deal with requires it. I'd
> skip those twits.

More shops for the rest of us.

What's the big deal with giving proof that you were where you said you were at the time you said you were there? It's not like it turns on a recorder and sends them anonymous updates of where you go next; it doesn't send them anything at all. It gives you a code that you give to them that they can translate to place and time. It's hardly spyware.

And, as I noted in another thread sometime back, it is not always accurate as to location. I haven't seen any issue with the timestamp, but it's reported me as much as 10 miles from where I was. When I see that that has happened, I note it in the report.

I don't use it if it's optional but I have had three or four shops that required it. One was a $100 bank shop. If some people want to pass up an easy $100 because they don't want to prove where they were, as I said, more shops for the rest of us.

At one time there were issues because it was being administered by a third party who did not guarantee information would not be shared. Meanwhile, I have yet to see a case where it is accepted in lieu of other POV, it is just an additional requirement. You are more than welcome to have those shops because I find it totally out of line.

I agree, Lisa. Multiple posts on the inaccuracy of Geo on this forum alone. I'd rather do a pic, scan a receipt or just about anything else.

kamarkim Wrote:
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> LOL, I usually forget to use it until I get home.
> It is optional on my shops, and there are already
> so many other things to remember.


the best thing about geoverify is you can verify
yourself at any location in any state from the
comfort of your own home!
Just need to be a little techsavvy.

About as much proof as date/timestamps on photos and video.

Well, I guess I really don't care if someone knows where my phone happens to be at any given moment. I'm not exactly hiding from the FBI.

I turn the GPS off when I'm not needing to geotag something.

Besides the points that Lisa and Techman made, on top of that, I have a windows phone and they don't make the app for it. I am not changing phones in order to satisfy an MSC that apparently doesn't trust their shoppers. It's ridiculous. Faking the geoverify code is significantly easier than faking a photograph and receipt.

dspeakes Wrote:
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> bestofbothworlds Wrote:
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> > > I do it if the shop requires it, and some do.
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> > Thank heavens no MSC I deal with requires it.
> I'd
> > skip those twits.
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> More shops for the rest of us.
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> What's the big deal with giving proof that you
> were where you said you were at the time you said
> you were there? It's not like it turns on a
> recorder and sends them anonymous updates of where
> you go next; it doesn't send them anything at all.
> It gives you a code that you give to them that
> they can translate to place and time. It's hardly
> spyware.

It is spyware. More shops for you.

I have the app but I never use it. Tried it one or two times but found it inaccurate & annoying, so I stopped using it. None of my shops require it.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/14/2014 06:43AM by Katnina.

Well, it can't spy on me if my GPS is turned off. Maybe I'm not as paranoid as some of you but I really don't even care if someone out there is tracking my movements. Until I launch my plot to take over the government I don't really care if someone knows where I've been. And then I'll turn off the GPS or maybe the phone itself when I sneak into my bunker to count my ammo supply....

In fact, given that it usually places me a mile or more from where I really am, it's not very efficient even as spyware.

Efficient/not efficient.......not "paranoid", just certain of what I will and will not tolerate on a personal level.

LisaSTL Wrote:
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> At one time there were issues because it was being
> administered by a third party who did not
> guarantee information would not be shared.
> Meanwhile, I have yet to see a case where it is
> accepted in lieu of other POV, it is just an
> additional requirement. You are more than welcome
> to have those shops because I find it totally out
> of line.

I re-read my post and realized I wasn't clear. I didn't mean to imply that one could be used in lieu of the other; rather, I meant that I would appreciate that option if it were available.

That app has the highest rating of NON WORKING CRAP that I have ever encountered. I only saw 1 MSC that required the use of it and I won't do the shops.

I tried to use it once and the stupid thing couldn't find me. I am a person who keeps my location and internet options off on my phone at all times so this is a HUGE hassle for me.

Don't use it unless you have to! It's so inaccurate, it'll give them an excuse not to pay me if they feel like it.

If a shop requires that I Geoverify, it's easy. I just don't accept it.

It's just another step. No thanks.