FIVE GUYS IS BACK!!
wroise answered most of your questions already, so I will be additive. Even for a delivery (or an inside the restaurant shop) that requires a milkshake, you still have to order a drink (fountain drink) anyway. The delivery prices are often higher, so the cost of a sandwich + small fries + bottled drink (the locations near me will not deliver a fountain drink, just bottles) is very likely to exceed the $25 maximum. Around me, the shake + sales tax exceeds $6. Regardless of what it costs, the maximum reimbursement is $21.
You also get reimbursed separately for delivery, which includes the tip for the driver and some of the fees. Since I have Amazon Prime, I get Grub Hub for free, but free not does include the tip or some fees. I do stay under the delivery reimbursement that way.
You also get reimbursed separately for delivery, which includes the tip for the driver and some of the fees. Since I have Amazon Prime, I get Grub Hub for free, but free not does include the tip or some fees. I do stay under the delivery reimbursement that way.
@tigerdave wrote:
@wrosie wrote:
MisterBill,
You might know the answers to my questions.
I've done the delivery shops when they get to $10. Right now it is at $5. Do you know when it gets raised?
Also, to get to the minimum $15 order I've been able to get a regular burger and medium fries. Now this one has a shake. They say they'll reimburse up to $15 plus $6 for the shake. So can i still get my normal $15 order and get full reimbursement PLUS the shake reimbursement?
Do you understand what I mean?
Hi, I'm obviously not MisterBill, but I'll take a crack at these. From my experience, there's no set schedule as to when they raise the fees on the delivery shops. I've got one in my area still listed at $5 too. I would expect them to raise it soon though, since the Sept. delivery shops are already posted.
As for the reimbursement, yes, you can still get up to $15 reimbursed for the sandwich/fries/drink, plus another $6 for the shake. They ask for the totals separately, so if the shake happens to go over $6 but the combined total is under $21, you still will only get a max of $6 for the shake.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
Do any of these shops require a picture of the food? I am doing a pick up shop today and I can't see where a photo of the food is required. I thought they all had that stipulation....
Only delivery shops require a photo of the food.@metro25782 wrote:
Do any of these shops require a picture of the food? I am doing a pick up shop today and I can't see where a photo of the food is required. I thought they all had that stipulation....
I had no shops this past weekend. 3/weekend every weekend this month and then zip.
"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
Really seeing a lot fewer MAO at the end of this month. 22 shops at two locations and only 2 MAO at the one furthest from me.
They haven't even raised the prices on the rest from base pay of $9.
They haven't even raised the prices on the rest from base pay of $9.
So they rejected my MAO of $30 for yesterday's lunch and today I got an e-mail stating they accepted it for today and I'm supposed to do it. I don't understand. I would have done it yesterday, but not today. I didn't make an offer to do it today. How did I get assigned the shop?
@wrosie wrote:
So they rejected my MAO of $30 for yesterday's lunch and today I got an e-mail stating they accepted it for today and I'm supposed to do it. I don't understand. I would have done it yesterday, but not today. I didn't make an offer to do it today. How did I get assigned the shop?
Good Lord, otherwise I like this MSC just fine, but their scheduling sucks!
@myst4au wrote:
Little hamburger, little fries, little fountain drink = $15.00 even with 6.625% NJ sales tax
Lucky N.J., but I'll pass of I have to get it in N.J. ????????????
A Dad shopping the Ark-LA-Tex and beyond.
Just noticed that no one responded to this. They obviously don't have shoppers in some areas. There's one location near my daughter on Long Island which seems to have trouble getting shoppers, and you'd think they'd have plenty in such a heavily populated area.@bbates728 wrote:
I just got back from an international trip to find five to ten shops each for two 5 Guys locations and all of those shops are priced at $25 each. At first I thought that maybe it was just the price escalating but these shops have been persisting these past couple weeks. The locations are out of my way but still, why are these shops lasting week over week, why are there so many for only a couple locations, and why are they already priced well?
So, there is one location near me that I am now able to get $30 MAO accepted for. They also offer it when they call me. Not sure why, it's a little further than the others that I do, and I did get $30 for it on a Samantha offer at one point late in the shopping period. I have not been able to match my high offers at other locations.
I actually passed on the lunch shake shop this time since they charge $6.91 with tax, and it wasn't worth going over, plus the dinner shop I took was an online shop. I figured if they rejected my $30 offer for dinner I would have tried lunch.
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I actually passed on the lunch shake shop this time since they charge $6.91 with tax, and it wasn't worth going over, plus the dinner shop I took was an online shop. I figured if they rejected my $30 offer for dinner I would have tried lunch.
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Well I got a call from the MSC asking me to do the location nearest me for $9. There were currently two $25/MAO at this location on the board.
She went to $15, then $18 then finally $25. I told her I needed $30 because that's what I got before.
Today I do a MAO of $36 and it's rejected. Then I offer $33 and it's accepted. I'm glad I didn't take it at the $25 the scheduler had called yesterday offered.
I just don't understand their process. There are 25 shops on the board at the two locations nearest me and they start at $9 each.
She went to $15, then $18 then finally $25. I told her I needed $30 because that's what I got before.
Today I do a MAO of $36 and it's rejected. Then I offer $33 and it's accepted. I'm glad I didn't take it at the $25 the scheduler had called yesterday offered.
I just don't understand their process. There are 25 shops on the board at the two locations nearest me and they start at $9 each.
I did one Five Guys shop a couple of weeks ago. It was a decent burger, but the reimbursement did not cover my burger and mandatory fries & drink, and the $9.50 or whatever the shopper fee was, was not really enough to make me do the shop again.
Don't do one for $9. The fee quickly goes up to $15, and often more than that. The current reimbursement generally covers a small hamburger, small fries, and a small drink in this area, even after 6.625% sales tax. The reimbursement for a shake is generally about $0.50 too little. You can save money by ordering a hot dog.
@digikiss wrote:
I did one Five Guys shop a couple of weeks ago. It was a decent burger, but the reimbursement did not cover my burger and mandatory fries & drink, and the $9.50 or whatever the shopper fee was, was not really enough to make me do the shop again.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
You need to wait for the current week's shops to go up in price. Most of us regulars here get $25 a shop. Of course, if the shops at your location get taken before the current week, you may have no choice.@digikiss wrote:
I did one Five Guys shop a couple of weeks ago. It was a decent burger, but the reimbursement did not cover my burger and mandatory fries & drink, and the $9.50 or whatever the shopper fee was, was not really enough to make me do the shop again.
The MSC's goal is to pay as little fee as possible. It generally sets as a your personal fee ceiling the lowest per shop per location you've accepted. It is very hard to pierce that ceiling once you've accepted a lower fee -- the best way to do so it to wait for a US-based scheduler to call -- which is usually a signal that they will pay more and raise your personal ceiling for that and all future shops at that location.
The reimbursement no longer covers even the hot dog, fries and drink here.
But those $9 shops are all for future weeks. They never raise the price until the current week.@wrosie wrote:
I just don't understand their process. There are 25 shops on the board at the two locations nearest me and they start at $9 each.
I can't argue with this. We've seen posts from people here who have taken them for $9, and I've had situations where shops I would have taken have disappeared before the price even had a chance to go up.@gukka wrote:
The MSC's goal is to pay as little fee as possible. It generally sets as a your personal fee ceiling the lowest per shop per location you've accepted. It is very hard to pierce that ceiling once you've accepted a lower fee -- the best way to do so it to wait for a US-based scheduler to call -- which is usually a signal that they will pay more and raise your personal ceiling for that and all future shops at that location.
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I played the Make an Offer game yesterday. My goal was to get the normal $25 for the shop. On the board they were offering $18. My first offer was for $28. When it was declined I dropped it three dollars and it was accepted. Everyone is happy.
Today I got an overseas phone call offering me a shop tomorrow or Sunday. The price was right, but it didn't fit my schedule. Later in the day when I was looking at the job board the shop was still there at the same rate. I went ahead and assigned it to myself. Now I feel a little guilty about stiffing the scheduler out of whatever payment he would have gotten for signing me up. Does anyone know how much those overseas schedulers earn?
Today I got an overseas phone call offering me a shop tomorrow or Sunday. The price was right, but it didn't fit my schedule. Later in the day when I was looking at the job board the shop was still there at the same rate. I went ahead and assigned it to myself. Now I feel a little guilty about stiffing the scheduler out of whatever payment he would have gotten for signing me up. Does anyone know how much those overseas schedulers earn?
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
Last I asked one of them (pre-pandemic), I was told 50 cents.@KathyG wrote:
I played the Make an Offer game yesterday. My goal was to get the normal $25 for the shop. On the board they were offering $18. My first offer was for $28. When it was declined I dropped it three dollars and it was accepted. Everyone is happy.
Today I got an overseas phone call offering me a shop tomorrow or Sunday. The price was right, but it didn't fit my schedule. Later in the day when I was looking at the job board the shop was still there at the same rate. I went ahead and assigned it to myself. Now I feel a little guilty about stiffing the scheduler out of whatever payment he would have gotten for signing me up. Does anyone know how much those overseas schedulers earn?
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Wow.
@gukka wrote:
Last I asked one of them (pre-pandemic), I was told 50 cents.@KathyG wrote:
I played the Make an Offer game yesterday. My goal was to get the normal $25 for the shop. On the board they were offering $18. My first offer was for $28. When it was declined I dropped it three dollars and it was accepted. Everyone is happy.
Today I got an overseas phone call offering me a shop tomorrow or Sunday. The price was right, but it didn't fit my schedule. Later in the day when I was looking at the job board the shop was still there at the same rate. I went ahead and assigned it to myself. Now I feel a little guilty about stiffing the scheduler out of whatever payment he would have gotten for signing me up. Does anyone know how much those overseas schedulers earn?
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
Most Call Centers that utilize "fluent" speakers of English are located in India, The Philippines, or Panama. The minimum wage in India is currently $2.80 USD per DAY. The minimum wage in the Philippines is $10.04 USD per DAY. The minimum hourly wage in Panama ranges from 1.22 to 2.36 Panamanian balboas per hour, depending on the region and sector. The Panamanian balboa is pegged at essentially 1:1 with the US dollar. Now you know why most call centers are in India.
BTW, the most commonly spoken language in India after Hindi (at about 54%) is English. 15% of the population speaks English on a regular basis. That means about 194 million people, second only to the US. Bengali is #3 and is spoken by 8% of the population in India. There are about 60 recognized "local" languages spoken in India.
BTW, the most commonly spoken language in India after Hindi (at about 54%) is English. 15% of the population speaks English on a regular basis. That means about 194 million people, second only to the US. Bengali is #3 and is spoken by 8% of the population in India. There are about 60 recognized "local" languages spoken in India.
@gukka wrote:
Last I asked one of them (pre-pandemic), I was told 50 cents.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
Per shop that they schedule or per hour?@KathyG wrote:
Last I asked one of them (pre-pandemic), I was told 50 cents.
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It's per shop. One of the schedulers who regularly got shops for me told me that. I make it a point to go through them and they make sure I get the fee I want.
"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
Does anybody know the limitations in terms of # of shops per month, week, or per store? I like to sign up for the delivery shops, and there's three within striking distance. Normally I can sign up for all three, but today once I signed up for two, the third disappeared. It's possible somebody claimed it, but my guess is I'm hitting some limit of # of shops per time period. But I'm not sure what the limits are or how they operate. (All three shops are for different stores.)
@DRJ wrote:
The reimbursement no longer covers even the hot dog, fries and drink here.
It was $17.36 for a hamburger, fries, and a drink this week at a rural location.
I barely came in under reimbursement for a veggie sandwich, little fries and small drink this week.@Niner wrote:
It was $17.36 for a hamburger, fries, and a drink this week at a rural location.@DRJ wrote:
The reimbursement no longer covers even the hot dog, fries and drink here.
The "initial fee offer" in my area has gone from $9 to $10 for the weeks after this one. Of course they're labeling each with "Changed fee!" Nowhere near my price of course but just found it interesting.
I noticed that they changed the fee to $15 on Monday for this week's shops, which is very early for them. Of course, delivery shops are still at $5, even with next month's shops already posted (neither include a shake). And of course the reimbursement is still the terrible $15.@KokoBWare wrote:
The "initial fee offer" in my area has gone from $9 to $10 for the weeks after this one. Of course they're labeling each with "Changed fee!" Nowhere near my price of course but just found it interesting.
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