The phenomenon of "Fun" and "Quick" shops must end

Dear schedulers, I get it: you have to put some bait on the hook for the fish to bite. Could you please stop with the 'fun' and 'quick' shops bait in the emails. These are especially annoying when the shops are neither 'fun' or 'quick'. A 30 minute in-store minimum with a 40 minute narrative report and photo uploads for $20 (you know who you are) is not 'fun' or 'quick'. My bait of choice is 'Bonused'. The 'fun' and 'quick' stuff must end. I don't think anyone under 18 is allowed to shop and that's the only crowd I can see foaming at the mouth for these kind of email subjects. If you do by chance 'bonus' a shop, be genuine. Lowering the fee on a shop only to add a 'bonus' next time thus bringing it back up to the original fee is deceptive. Thank you.

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This has been discussed here many times.

Here is how I look at it. In most cases, the MSC generates the mass emails and sends them out. The schedulers rarely have control over the emails. This includes the subject lines, content, targets, or frequency. The software they use sends the emails on an individual basis to avoid most spam filters.

I am in sales. My company sends my customers emails that look like they are sent by me.

My posts are solely based on my opinions and for my entertainment, contact a professional if you need real advice.

When you get in debt you become a slave. - Andrew Jackson

@isaiah58 wrote:

This has been discussed here many times.

I'm perfectly happy to keep the "fun" and "quick" shops advertised through email. I take it as a warning that it's a shop I don't want. When I see "fun" and "quick," I think BS, it lowers my respect for the company and the scheduler, I almost always delete the email, and I can't remember when I last took one that a scheduler advertised as fun or quick. That's probably not the scheduler's intent when labeling the shop as fun or quick.

I have been so overworked lately that I truly appreciate getting offers that I don't even read. Not even when it comes from one of my favorite schedulers.

But you know what? Some people might find those shops easy and fun. It could be true...

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu

@Shop-et-al wrote:

But you know what? Some people might find those shops easy and fun. It could be true...

Some folks don’t mind being treated as slaves. After taking in consideration their travel time, gas money and wear & tear on their vehicle their effective pay rate is - minus something dollars. These clowns would consider a $5 dollar MF burger shop as heaven. So, if the MS company knows their audience ‘fun’ is acceptable in some circumstances to describe a shop.

Do all shoppers incur the same travel time and vehicle wear & tear? Do all shoppers have the same success or difficulty with fitting these shops into larger/more profitable work days?

Apparently, you would not enjoy being paid $5 by Market Force for a burger and a little write-up. And a side and a beverage. But someone else might not mind that. That person does not have to feel the same way that you do about the little burger shop. They can define their experience in any way that they want to.

Let the people who do not mind these shops do them. Instead of complaining about those people, why not find yourself some shops that pay substantially more? There are some well-paid shops. Some shoppers go to resorts, stay in fine places, eat expensive food & drink expensive booze, and get pampered! If you are an old teen or a young adult, and/or can speak Mandarin or Spanish, you can get hundreds of dollars for applying for a credit card! There are other opportunities for large payouts. You can find them. I know you can.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu

I've come to learn, shopetal, that the little burger shops that I myself take here and here affect the overall market. Shoppers taking the shops at $4.50 and yikes I've even seen some rolled out at $2, impacts the price for the 'bonus sharks'; shoppers looking to get a minimum of $10/shop. The point here is the misleading emails. Call it what it is: A shop that has little value to them so they roll it out for pennies and package it as 'fun' and 'quick'. Here is a good email subject for those shops: How would you like to spend $2 in gas, get $4 back in about two to three months, get a free burger, then go home and write about it for 30 minutes and upload 5 pictures one at a time? sound good? well sign right up!

@Shop-et-al wrote:

Do all shoppers incur the same travel time and vehicle wear & tear? Do all shoppers have the same success or difficulty with fitting these shops into larger/more profitable work days?

Apparently, you would not enjoy being paid $5 by Market Force for a burger and a little write-up. And a side and a beverage. But someone else might not mind that. That person does not have to feel the same way that you do about the little burger shop. They can define their experience in any way that they want to.

Let the people who do not mind these shops do them. Instead of complaining about those people, why not find yourself some shops that pay substantially more? There are some well-paid shops. Some shoppers go to resorts, stay in fine places, eat expensive food & drink expensive booze, and get pampered! If you are an old teen or a young adult, and/or can speak Mandarin or Spanish, you can get hundreds of dollars for applying for a credit card! There are other opportunities for large payouts. You can find them. I know you can.

I have never done a $5 fast food assignment. And I have never driven excessive mileage for a shop. I would need a $1 a mile to consider driving to an out of the area place. Some people might find low dollar shops ‘fun’ I consider them boarderline slavery. Different strokes for different folks.

I have my e-mail set so that if an e-mail reads either "fun," or "quick," (unless it reads "quick service" ) it goes straight away to the "Don't Bother" folder. I occasionally peak into that folder, but seldom. I find my time more valuable and have no difficulty filling it with work for those who value me and my time.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/30/2019 04:21AM by Rousseau.

In all my years I don't think I've ever seen an email with "fun" or "Quick" in the title. or am I self filtering?

A Dad shopping the Ark-LA-Tex and beyond.

I agree with the folks who want such verbiage in the header. My reason is that it permits me to determine the job is of zero interest to me and I delete without opening.

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