@LuvsTraveling wrote:
Besides the high unemployment rate, new shoppers and desperate people, many of these MSCs are SMALL BUSINESSES and they are hurting. Many of their employees have been furloughed. I think it is time for shoppers to have a reality check, If we try to bleed these small businesses dry, they might not survive in this current climate and then you won't have any work, nevermind bonus pay.
I was never one to "bleed" the MSCs. I definitely want to see them succeed.
Trend Source grocery shops were merely a "coupon" for me when you factor in the work/time/mileage involved.
I often went over budget for my Texas Roadhouse shops, so that was a coupon essentially. Never complained, though, because WE LOVE TXRH!!! *STILL SO SO SO SAD I DIDN'T BUY THEIR STOCK AT $25 A MONTH AND HALF AGO....SNIFF....IT'S CLOSE TO $50 NOW*
All of my fast food shops were mostly minimum wage money makers and a way to save on food costs for me.
I don't know how much the MSCs made from me, but I always tried to be fair with them. I mentioned this before, but I use Steven K. Scott's (author of __The Richest Man Who Ever Lived and__ an industry record setting direct marketing millionaire - famous for creating Lori Davis hair, The Total Gym w/ Chuck Norris, and many other direct marketing commercials) definition of "winning" in my negotiations for fees/bonuses.
According to Scott, winning is when both sides gain and get what they want. In his book, he gives examples of so many tragic lost business opportunities from greedy or inflexible businessmen, where if they hadn't asked for so much (including employers not wanting to pay talent) they'd had made much more money on projects/deals. Scott says the "worldly" view of winning can be one side getting all that it can. However, this is wrong and often comes at a steep price. It's when both sides stand to gain that you have truly winning deal. There are many famous examples like Ford and Disney (I believe) that he gives, where if management had retained them, they'd have made the companies so much more money instead of becoming competitors and knocking them off at a rival.
Sometimes I wonder if MSCs have lost out on my fair bonus offers. I've had times where I asked for $2-8 more. I've been denied only to see the shops posted for a higher rate shortly afterwards. I can only take them when they fit my schedule, so I don't take them sometimes even with the higher rate. I dunno if they didn't offer me, b/c they were reserving them for a router or not. But if they were just messing around and trying to see if I'd go lower, then, yeah, they lost out from having to pay someone else more.
That would be an example of both sides losing according to Steven K. Scott. I feel I always tried to give fair offers. The ONLY time I asked for crazy bonuses was when a shop was posted to be done like the same day or the next day or something and I was busy and it would be a massive hassle. Only then would I go for what might be considered "blood sucking" fee.
Often, I've felt the base rates on MSC boards to be blood sucking of us shoppers.
I don't know if rates will go even lower, but I won't be taking them below my personal standard.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/12/2020 07:06PM by shoptastic.