@Niner wrote:
I had another job I cancelled. Take a test and purposely fail. I think there might have been a "cheating" part also. I was not told about any of that before I applied. I like taking tests and figured I would be evaluating operations.
Sometimes our ethics are pushed with this.
@kcotton wrote:
Same job, same company. I wrote to say i was shocked that the company woukd promote this kind of shop and guess what, i can no longer self assign and many shops are no longer showing up. I have sucessfully completed many shops for this company and was moving up in my rating but that seems to mean nothing if you decline a shop which goes against your morals, and foolishly tell them so.
I was a buyer on Fiverr until it became a bait-and-switch site. If your description was clear, then kudos to you. Many, many sellers on Fiverr promise one thing in their ad and then deliver another -- asking for extra pay after the fact. When it started, it was mostly out of the country sellers trying to build their reputations by offering their services at a great price. I use a web developer in India that I found through them -- once I knew he could deliver, I pay him a fair wage. I would not have taken the chance if I had to fork out a huge sum initially. Unfortunately, it's not that way any longer, and the site is largely useless.@daveclark5 wrote:
On a related note. I used to do work on Fiver, 250 word articles, 500 for extra. Someone wanted 500 and paid for it. Then kvetched because I didn't cite sources and format it etc. Told them the same thing, I'm working on Fiver, I'm not writing your college paper.
Nice. What did you purchase? The last one that stuck in my craw was a person who advertised as a "native speaker" to a language and I paid him to translate. Got a Google translate page back. Wanted $30 extra if he had to translate "by concept" rather than by word. Not what was advertised. I left an appropriate review.@silver12 wrote:
I don't use Fiverrr enough to know what "largely" goes on there but I just had a great experience with a seller. She provided twice what was promised and did not hit me up for additional payment. Her reviews indicate this is not unusual for her.
@tstewart3 wrote:
I canceled a job today on the ISS platform and no points were lost. When I canceled I stated it was due to requirements not in the original job listing.
@Niner wrote:
I signed up for a job that was a little vague. It was to evaluate a store and buy a certain product. I have done things like this before. So, I got the job, read the instructions, and in bold, there was a big paragraph about the real reason for the assignment was to "bring awareness" of the product. You were required to leave a five star review on the store's website. I looked at the current reviews, of which there were only a few, and they were poor. This was on the ISS platform, so canceling a job will hurt your overall rating. I really was in disbelief.
Has this ever happened to you? Where the terms were a little vague, but nothing alarming, abd then it hits you?
I had another job I cancelled. Take a test and purposely fail. I think there might have been a "cheating" part also. I was not told about any of that before I applied. I like taking tests and figured I would be evaluating operations.
Sometimes our ethics are pushed with this.
@ShopperFun99 wrote:
@tstewart3 wrote:
I canceled a job today on the ISS platform and no points were lost. When I canceled I stated it was due to requirements not in the original job listing.
@Niner wrote:
I signed up for a job that was a little vague. It was to evaluate a store and buy a certain product. I have done things like this before. So, I got the job, read the instructions, and in bold, there was a big paragraph about the real reason for the assignment was to "bring awareness" of the product. You were required to leave a five star review on the store's website. I looked at the current reviews, of which there were only a few, and they were poor. This was on the ISS platform, so canceling a job will hurt your overall rating. I really was in disbelief.
Has this ever happened to you? Where the terms were a little vague, but nothing alarming, abd then it hits you?
I had another job I cancelled. Take a test and purposely fail. I think there might have been a "cheating" part also. I was not told about any of that before I applied. I like taking tests and figured I would be evaluating operations.
Sometimes our ethics are pushed with this.
@yoya301 wrote:
It's like when you buy an new vehicle and the sales person tells you to make sure to fill out the survey with all tens. They also say they see all the survey results and they get rewarded for the high scores.
There are areas on the survey where I don't feel a ten is deserved, but they will know what score I give. Since all routine maintenance is covered by the dealership for two years, I feel pressured to give the perfect score so I don't get treated poorly when I get my service done.
I haven't filled out the survey yet and now I get calls and emails daily to remind me to fill it out.
Why give a customer a survey if an honest answer is not really wanted?
@jfalzy03 wrote:
Leaving a review on sites, such as Google, Urlp, etc, for the purpose of fulfilling a shop requirement as stated within this thread is a violation of the review site's terms. The mystery shop provider should not be allowing their client to set such policy and a reasonable mystery shop provider would ban these prosperous requirements from a shady client. Sounds like the mystery shop provider being discussed here is either a start up provider or a company that allows complete online setup by the client with no human interaction on the provider's part.
My questions I would ask you:
1. Is it worth completing shops for these kinds of providers?
2. If you cancel a shop with these providers and jeopardize your rating, what is your potential for future jobs with these providers?
3. What are the chances of such providers being honest with the shoppers?