@MsJudi wrote:
My past experiences with Pam on the V site left a bad taste in my mouth...don't remember why, other than she seemed to be a know-it-all in a bully sort of way..but it just did. I'm not at all surprised.
Why was she banned from this forum?
@KateH wrote:
@MsJudi wrote:
My past experiences with Pam on the V site left a bad taste in my mouth...don't remember why, other than she seemed to be a know-it-all in a bully sort of way..but it just did. I'm not at all surprised.
Why was she banned from this forum?
Oh my god, Pam from V! Oh, so many memories. When I was just starting in the industry I wrote in a thread about one MS and my good relationship with a scheduler. Pam emailed me multiple times that night providing me with inside and negative information about the MS trying to make me her informer pet. Exactly in the " know-it-all in a bully sort of way" I felt that her behavior was unethical and I was also surprised by the depth of knowledge she had about the personal information and inner-workings of multiple MS companies. Since then I had always been careful and paranoidly suspicious about some chummy, friendly posters. Of course Big V's owner and his cabal of secret moderators-informers only helped my paranoia and suspicions increase.
@ wrote:
There was a thread recently about a shopper that saw an invoice for apartment shops from the MSC to the client. She said the invoice was for $355 for a $60 shop fee for the shopper (16.9% of total MSC fee to shopper). But here you are, trying to knock that percentage down. So, let’s say you’re effective in convincing the MSC to lower shop fees by $5, so, the MSC is still going to charge the client $355. So, now a shopper gets $55 (15.5%). That’s my beef. Why give margin to the MSC? A smart business person doesn’t voluntarily give margin away. And you’re giving shopper margin away. And you’re trying to do that to the industry as a whole when no one appointed you as such..
@ColoKate63 wrote:
@ wrote:
Why don’t we all go independent and form our own LLCs, get $200/shop instead of $60-70? We all know each other and could divide up national accounts, cut those middlemen right out of our lives.
Edit: Also, yes, that is yet more bullsh*t - giving away shopper margins. Scrabbling over snatching $5 from shoppers is pathetic.
I'm in. Who has contacts with National Accounts and can make the sales pitch and secure the account?
@KCSoccer2014 wrote:
A couple of thoughts:
1) Pam works for Shadow; Russell Wood owns Shadow. Russell Wood is her video trainer and vendor. It doesn't get more incestuous.
2) Have you not been to MSPA's ShopperFest? Industry leaders, useful topics friendly people (MSPs and shoppers), networking events, lots of included good food...the conferences are night and day apart. I saw some friends at IMSC; I've grown my business at ShopperFest (and still had even MORE fun with my friends there). The last time I went to IMSC, I kept thinking what a poor copy of ShopperFest this was, and then I stopped going. With MSPA having shopper membership now with real benefits and a better conference, I don't know why anyone supports IMSC at all.
3) I've been shopping since 1996, before there was an IMSC or even an MSPA. In the early days, MSPA was all about the MSPs. That changed about 10 years ago. MSPA is the trade association for companies AND shoppers in this industry, and is governed by a board of directors and code of ethics. Pam is an entrepreneur and can do whatever she wants.
4) Her behavior here is highly unethical if true. I am not surprised.
5) Just as I did, you all do have a choice too. I made mine a long time ago and shake my head when I read this thread wonder why anyone still engages with IMSC on any level.
@tobiz777 wrote:
I have no objection to revealing my identity as Steve Tobis of ShoppersVideoCenter.com and Shoppers Video Repair Center. The are others who sell video equipment such as Joe Rossetti and Steve Clark at Quantum Solutions are two that come to mind immediately.
@CravingCakes wrote:
Pam refused to refund my money from her conference, only giving me the ability to rebook for a future date for a conference in a state I couldn't possibly make it to, so how she has the nerve to steal my money and demand that you refund money for a product past it's refundable date is ironic. This industry is full of theives.
@tobiz777 wrote:
And that is why we need to band together and bring these issue out in public so we can put an end to her tyranny
Who are the flying monkeys? We should all probably be warned.@ColoKate63 wrote:
If it helps, Pam is banned from this forum. Although she has “flying monkeys” who shadowpost for her; I’m certain that they will be zooming in here ASAP.