Targeted shops can be a pain, but I do a lot of them anyway.... Just the other day i was making a call (an EPMS shop) and could not understand the name of the person who answered the phone. It sounded similar to the target's name, but I was not sure and it did not seem natural to ask her to repeat it... I did the entire phone interview, including giving her my contact information. I then confirmed her name at the end and... it was not the target.
So... I called back an hour later and cancelled our appointment.... I finally did reach the target later that afternoon and redid the interview. I just had to use different personal information... I have four names, email addresses and phone numbers that I use for these... (blech)
As annoying as this can be, it's part of shopping. EPMS has treated me very well and I have no complaints about the compensation.
I had an EPMS shop recently where I showed for an appointment but the target cancelled very last minute by calling one of my alternate numbers. I explained the situation to the scheduler and was given two options: I could have the shop re-assigned with no negative consequence, or I could try again with a deadline extension and an additional bonus for the trouble. I took the bonus.
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