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December 16, 2016 02:05AM
When you do a shop where there's a follow-up period required,does the MSC check to see if you did the beginning part of the report in the original "due" time?
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December 16, 2016 03:24AM
There are 200+ MScs. So, who knows???

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December 16, 2016 04:28AM
@nc wrote:

When you do a shop where there's a follow-up period required,does the MSC check to see if you did the beginning part of the report in the original "due" time?


Yes.

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December 16, 2016 12:45PM
Thanx, Cettie. I wasn't sure.
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December 17, 2016 04:51AM
If it's a sassie shop, they can at least tell when you started it. Not sure if they know how far you got when you saved it to finish after you receive follow up.
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December 17, 2016 03:08PM
@JASFLALMT wrote:

If it's a sassie shop, they can at least tell when you started it. Not sure if they know how far you got when you saved it to finish after you receive follow up.

Well, if they can see when I started it, I suppose they can also see how much of the report I've completed. Most of the time I do the report (except for follow-up) the same day....but there have been times when I didn't have the time to finish the original report until the follow-up day...and nothing was ever said to me.
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December 17, 2016 03:19PM
I'm talking about after you already submitted the report. It shows the date you started the shop. Sure, if they go in during the first 24 hours after you started it, they can tell how much you have completed. I have had at least one MSC go into my report while I was actually working on it and then email me with a reminder on when the shop must be submitted (not one of the MSCs who do car or apartment shops that require followup). I don't think the MSC you are talking about will do that. They just want the shop completed and submitted on time.
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December 17, 2016 03:19PM
They can see when you started the report, at least in Sassie. They can also access the report, see how much you have completed, and they can edit and finalize it if they choose. When there is a followup period, waiting for a call-back or something, they don't usually seem to split hairs about completion of the report although they could because they can clearly see it.
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December 17, 2016 03:23PM
@JASFLALMT wrote:

I'm talking about after you already submitted the report. It shows the date you started the shop. Sure, if they go in during the first 24 hours after you started it, they can tell how much you have completed. I have had at least one MSC go into my report while I was actually working on it and then email me with a reminder on when the shop must be submitted (not one of the MSCs who do car or apartment shops that require followup). I don't think the MSC you are talking about will do that. They just want the shop completed and submitted on time.

If they went into my report while I was doing it, that would be domething. I don't know if I ever want to have that happen.
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December 17, 2016 03:31PM
One time it really messed me up because I was in the process of working on it and when the account manager went in, it created some sort of glitch and erased the second half of my narrative (I had clicked save after completing the first half and then went in to write the rest of it). I was pretty irritated about that. I get she was nervous because it was getting close to the deadline but given my track record, she needn't have worried. I still managed to have it submitted on time even though I had to rewrite some of it.
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December 17, 2016 03:33PM
@nc wrote:

If they went into my report while I was doing it, that would be domething. I don't know if I ever want to have that happen.

I think it happens. You won't be able to tell. The only way you will know that they went into your report before you finished it is if they tell you.
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December 17, 2016 05:52PM
@roflwofl wrote:

@nc wrote:

If they went into my report while I was doing it, that would be domething. I don't know if I ever want to have that happen.

I think it happens. You won't be able to tell. The only way you will know that they went into your report before you finished it is if they tell you.

If they don't tell me I'll be in the same boat as before...wondering.
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December 17, 2016 06:15PM
Exactly. Right back where we started from. smiling smiley
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December 18, 2016 02:49PM
As others have said, if the MSC uses Sassie, editors can see each time you save the shop. We can also access the report and make changes to it or change its status at any time.

If you're concerned about it, I would encourage you to send an email to yours scheduler just to let them know where you are on the shop, what time the follow-up period is over, and when you expect to submit the report. smiling smiley

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December 18, 2016 02:55PM
@ShoppersViewChristine wrote:

As others have said, if the MSC uses Sassie, editors can see each time you save the shop. We can also access the report and make changes to it or change its status at any time.

If you're concerned about it, I would encourage you to send an email to yours scheduler just to let them know where you are on the shop, what time the follow-up period is over, and when you expect to submit the report. smiling smiley

Thank you, Christine.
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