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Are you sometimes surprised your shop was accepted?

August 05, 2022 04:20PM
I have done shops where I thought I put in the bare minimum, just to get it filed, so it's not late. I than see the shop was accepted shortly after I filed the report.
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August 05, 2022 06:17PM
No, I'm always floored when I get questions lol. I haven't been doing this too long though. I've had one shop that was flat out declined and it was due to missing one small detail. I was really irked about it but they didin't allow for any correction, etc. I was glad the money I spent was for something I would have gotten anyway.
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August 05, 2022 06:42PM
The benefit of being a pessimist: all my surprises are positive!

I am ALWAYS pleased and surprised when my pay is okayed.

smiling smiley
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August 05, 2022 08:58PM
Yes, i've done a few that I know were not my best work, figuring I might get a question or two, but received a 10 with no questions asked.

The reverse is frustrating tho. When you really put everything into submitting a great report and the editor comes back with a zillion questions.

While editors do vary, I sometimes feel it depends on the pressure the MSC is under to get the shop completed and submitted to the client.

@johnb974 wrote:

I have done shops where I thought I put in the bare minimum, just to get it filed, so it's not late. I than see the shop was accepted shortly after I filed the report.
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August 05, 2022 09:05PM
I had a series that I did for one company. The guidelines were just about the hardest to follow I have ever seen. I stressed over those things, vowing they were going straight to my ten-foot-pole list. I would not have been surprised, much less blame them, if they had rejected the whole stack. But they accepted them all. That actually surprised me. On the flip side, I have also had a couple rejected that I never honestly figured out why.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/05/2022 09:06PM by GinnyLynn.
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August 05, 2022 11:56PM
I think that the vast majority of projects value quick turnaround (getting your report done on-site or within hours) over detail and an exhaustive examination.

I’m way more likely to turn in work immediately as a result. If I write two sentences instead of three or four, they don’t seem to really care.
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August 07, 2022 02:19AM
Yes definitely, always nice to check off on my excel sheet that it was accepted no matter how it was!

A couple weeks ago, I had a job, and I think it was actually scored a 9/10, but the reason it was dinged was completely unfounded, as I completed the shop to guidelines. Crazy the difference your editors can be. It bothered me for a while, but I mean I'm getting paid so that's what's really important.
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