@hotsauce1 wrote:
I was always curious about the TX Roadhouse shops that offer a $25 reimbursement for two people.
@hotsauce1 wrote:
I was always curious about the TX Roadhouse shops that offer a $25 reimbursement for two people.
@TroyHawkins wrote:
Typically, when it isn't full reimbursement, the MSC doesn't want professional shoppers. They want people who would normally go to the restaurant and are offering basically a rebate to also complete a shop. It's not intended to attract profit-seeking shoppers.
@lorijordan wrote:
Somehow, I was under the impression that as a new shopper I had to take "crappy visits" in order to receive better, higher paying ones. Is this accurate? Thanks!
@SoCalDude wrote:
@TroyHawkins wrote:
Typically, when it isn't full reimbursement, the MSC doesn't want professional shoppers. They want people who would normally go to the restaurant and are offering basically a rebate to also complete a shop. It's not intended to attract profit-seeking shoppers.
100% agree. Before I take any dining visit for the 1st time, I ALWAYS go to the dining place's site and check out the menu and see how the reimbursement limit fits in with what I have to get for the shop. ..
Yes and that is exactly what I did in this case. The restaurant is The Larder which is a trendy chain. On the menu a burger is $16, most sandwiches are in the 12-16 range. I cannot see the ordering requirements but in my experience with these sit down nice places they usually require a drink and appetizer too. For $25 you cannot eat there for one let alone two if that is what they expect. It is sad if they are thinking this is a $25 off coupon...Tax here is 10% plus 3% to the server for health care plus a 15% tip leaves you with a $19 reimbursement. It is a shame that The Larder, perhaps unknowingly, which is a very nice place, has hired a company that will give them non professional shoppers. Perhaps they knew what they were getting for their money. My employer (a major non profit hospital) hired a mystery shop company last year for phone call shops and then ended up cancelling the contract as the info was useless. They should have asked me first!! but they have no idea I am a shopper. Wasted money that could have helped defray some of the high costs of medical care.
@SoCalDude wrote:
@lorijordan wrote:
Somehow, I was under the impression that as a new shopper I had to take "crappy visits" in order to receive better, higher paying ones. Is this accurate? Thanks!
NO. NO way!
The only thing I would say is: For MSC that operate on SASSIE - your default rating is a 5. All new shoppers are a 5 until they do their first shop. Most MSC will not let the decent shops be done by anyone unless they are at least an 8, maybe 9. For MSC like this, you need to basically take just about ANY visit they have that you can do so you can get off of a 5 and go to a 9+ in your rating. Don't take crappy visits just to get one but in order to get off the 5 you do need to do something so take something you might not normally do just to get 1 shop in the system and get to a 9+ so now you can do more than without it
@MFJohnston wrote:
There are other platforms for which it might make sense to do a few stinkers..... On some platforms, you need to complete a certain number of shops before you gain certain self-assign privileges (iSS).... Some MSC's won't to assign you higher end shops until you have established yourself as a reliable shopper. (I had brief exchanges with schedulers for both Ath and HS Brands about this.)
I read about the Maldives shops mentioned in another thread... I can't imagine an MSC assigning somebody to those shops with whom they did not have an established relationship....Of course, if you blunder on a shop and find your rating suddenly dropped, it might make sense to do a couple of easy stinkers to boost it.
That said, I would **never** do a shop that is likely to pay me much under minimum wage after reimbursement.
@SoCalDude wrote:
@lorijordan wrote:
Somehow, I was under the impression that as a new shopper I had to take "crappy visits" in order to receive better, higher paying ones. Is this accurate? Thanks!
NO. NO way!
The only thing I would say is: For MSC that operate on SASSIE - your default rating is a 5. All new shoppers are a 5 until they do their first shop. Most MSC will not let the decent shops be done by anyone unless they are at least an 8, maybe 9. For MSC like this, you need to basically take just about ANY visit they have that you can do so you can get off of a 5 and go to a 9+ in your rating. Don't take crappy visits just to get one but in order to get off the 5 you do need to do something so take something you might not normally do just to get 1 shop in the system and get to a 9+ so now you can do more than without it
@sassymmmm wrote:
My husband and I aren't big eaters, we usually get the 6 oz Sirloins at Roadhouse and he just gets water and I go non-alcoholic. Still, including tip we usually go over $35.00. If we could shop during their early-bird hours we wouldn't have a problem because it's a dollar cheaper each but for the 2 person shop they can't be done before 6. But we love to eat at Roadhouse so it's worth it for us. I have done one of the bar shops by myself and I did enjoy that too even though I'm not really a drinker.
@sandyf wrote:
The restaurant is The Larder which is a trendy chain. On the menu a burger is $16, most sandwiches are in the 12-16 range.
@SteveSoCal wrote:
@sandyf wrote:
The restaurant is The Larder which is a trendy chain. On the menu a burger is $16, most sandwiches are in the 12-16 range.
Take the one at LAX from a different MSC. Better reimbursement, you can go alone and order anything you want....makes a great pre-flight meal!
@iShop123 wrote:
@TroyHawkins wrote:
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Fixed it for you.
@TroyHawkins wrote:
Typically, when it isn't full reimbursement, the MSC doesn't want professional shoppers. They want people who would normally go to the restaurant and are offering basically a rebate to also complete a shop. It's not intended to attract profit-seeking shoppers.
@roflwofl wrote:
It wasn't your negativity or your comment that disturbed anyone. It was that you quoted another forum member, changing the quote and attributing your own negativity to him. If you want to make negative statements and "fix" what others say, man up and take responsibility for your own negativity. "Fix" other forum members's comments without making it look like they said it.
@Rousseau wrote:
Professional, profit-seeking shoppers also do not take shops that are fully reimbursement and no fee.
@hotsauce1 wrote:
I was always curious about the TX Roadhouse shops that offer a $25 reimbursement for two people.