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Has anyone done these? Are they time consuming in general? I saw one of the surveys said up to like 110 questions, but it doesn't seem like there's actually that many. I'm wondering if that's only in a bug scenario?

Any information on these would be great. I was considering a route around here (of course, my local snatcher-upper of all things quickly paid will potentially get them first) but I would like to know more about them before I commit to 15 of them.

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Sorry, can't answer your question, but I wanted to let you know I have a "local snatcher-upper of all things quickly paid" as well. While I'm thinking about a shop, he/she is grabbing.

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Yes, it's really aggravating. And they just keep renewing their hold on shops. They really needs to put something in place for that. Like, a timer. Once you expire, you can't reclaim for 48 hours or something. Or, in case you happen to expire while you're on a shop, you can reclaim for an additional hour or two, and then aren't able to reclaim for another 48 hours. It's ridiculous. I mean, some of the shops, I'd completely let them have (and in truth, those are the ones that got snatched up and then released because nobody wants them).

And in that 10 minutes, all snatched for 100 miles around DC. Everything. There really needs to be some sort of penalty after shops drop off so many times.

More should be dropping on the 15th but, here is a limit of 10 per month. If you have your phone and app information ready ahead of time, the report should take less than 10-minutes, and on some occasions, the report is done before exiting.

Awesome, thanks, @sstazz. I didn't see anything mentioned about a limit in the email I got. I wonder if that's based on area?

In early December, I applied for 3 highly bonused November shops. My due date was December 2. I saw all three shops in the app.

December 2, I did the shops. The app lagged when I was on location, so I took the required pictures. I get home to do the reports. All three shops are gone. No trace. I reached out to the scheduler and crickets.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

I found out about the limit after reaching out to a scheduler.

Just to clarify. Google Pay shops I am referring to require an app and code to view them. They are at random gas stations, grocery stores, and fast food places. Signage checks, employee knowledge, errors, and notifications are being evaluated.

Yeah, I reached out the the scheduler... yesterday... and got nothing. On the other hand, I told Regina B the other day that she deserves a raise because not only is she responsive, but she's quick to respond and super helpful. Sadly, not everything goes through her, but 'm far more likely to consider something for her than for someone else.

I've seen the mysteriously disappearing shops with Presto before. Not sure what happens, but often they turn up again later. Doesn't help when you've got one reserved and have done the work, though.

@HonnyBrown wrote:

In early December, I applied for 3 highly bonused November shops. My due date was December 2. I saw all three shops in the app.

December 2, I did the shops. The app lagged when I was on location, so I took the required pictures. I get home to do the reports. All three shops are gone. No trace. I reached out to the scheduler and crickets.

Yeah, it sounds like those are the ones. Did you have any trouble getting the signage at the register? (I originally typed singage... I had a vision of a choral group standing behind the register, mouths open in song... )

@sstazz wrote:

I found out about the limit after reaching out to a scheduler.

Just to clarify. Google Pay shops I am referring to require an app and code to view them. They are at random gas stations, grocery stores, and fast food places. Signage checks, employee knowledge, errors, and notifications are being evaluated.

@naivasna wrote:

Has anyone done these? Are they time consuming in general? I saw one of the surveys said up to like 110 questions, but it doesn't seem like there's actually that many. I'm wondering if that's only in a bug scenario?

Any information on these would be great. I was considering a route around here (of course, my local snatcher-upper of all things quickly paid will potentially get them first) but I would like to know more about them before I commit to 15 of them.

All the questions need to be answered only at the worst case scenario for a bug report. I only had one done once 2 years ago.
FYI, when all the projects are blacked out, it does not mean always that someone else has selected them and just automatically renews them. I know from other projects that all visible pins do not have to actually be completed. For example even though every single Red pharmacy in an area, or all the Green supermarkets are visible on the app, after x amounts of locations have been selected on the app, all others immediately are shown as reserved. Or after you select an xx amount of shops then all remaining appear selected.

I did a few routes of these a couple years ago. The shops themselves were simple, but they used a tremendous amount resources and battery from my smartphone. Setting up the phone settings that were required to do the shop were also tedious. Another issue was that Google Pay app did not work well then; I don't know if that is still the case. You had to really know and understand Google Pay, how it worked, and how to find the receipts. The app did not work at some terminals.

I completed 7 today and had no issues with signage at the register. In order to act natural, I stared at my phone like all the customers ahead of me.

I use an Android phone and have the app, Google Pay and my camera running (flash off) in the background. When approaching the checkout, turn your volume off, have the camera on and be ready to shoot. I snap 2 pictures of the terminal, open the payment app, and tap.

@naivasna wrote:

Yeah, it sounds like those are the ones. Did you have any trouble getting the signage at the register? (I originally typed singage... I had a vision of a choral group standing behind the register, mouths open in song... )

@sstazz wrote:

I found out about the limit after reaching out to a scheduler.

Just to clarify. Google Pay shops I am referring to require an app and code to view them. They are at random gas stations, grocery stores, and fast food places. Signage checks, employee knowledge, errors, and notifications are being evaluated.

Has anybody done the others, where you use a laptop, desktop or mobile to order from home? I'm curious what's involved with those. You pay when you order I suppose, rather than in the store or FF restaurant.Some of them are drive-throughs, which seems odd, and some are gas stations, which seems even more odd.

I haven't done any of those. I think there's a few threads floating around though, about those. One was recent, and it was one of the Florida-based listings, but I think they were saying that there was a website glitch, and because of that, did not get the correct screens shots (because the screen shots needed didn't appear) and so therefore got rejected. But, I don't know about how the rest work. Most of the stuff I've looked at with the other ones don't seem to be in my area, for the most part. I'm a little confused as to how those ones work, honestly.

@panama18 wrote:

Has anybody done the others, where you use a laptop, desktop or mobile to order from home? I'm curious what's involved with those. You pay when you order I suppose, rather than in the store or FF restaurant.Some of them are drive-throughs, which seems odd, and some are gas stations, which seems even more odd.

Yeah, I saw that thread but I wasn't sure if they are the same shops. They probably are, as these always list the city as Orlando.

I have done a couple and I am not in Orlando.

We have a couple of restaurants that are listed that require Door Dash and we have theses restaurants here. I am tempted to sign up for one.

After a month and a half of stalking these folks like a crazy ex wife, I am getting reimbursed for my shops.

@HonnyBrown wrote:

In early December, I applied for 3 highly bonused November shops. My due date was December 2. I saw all three shops in the app.

December 2, I did the shops. The app lagged when I was on location, so I took the required pictures. I get home to do the reports. All three shops are gone. No trace. I reached out to the scheduler and crickets.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

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