@BirdyC wrote:
(No confirmation email, though; is that now standard?)
@BirdyC wrote:
I see in the new guidelines that these have to be done on the mobile app and if you have more than one scheduled on the same day, you have to input the first before you do the second. Is this absolutely mandatory?
@BirdyC wrote:
And what's the deal with so many of these being bonused? (Not that I'm complaining....) I see some at the standard rate, but several at the higher one. I've never seen that in my immediate shopping area, but I have done a couple for $35 or $40 in distant locations (more rural areas where there probably aren't as many shoppers).
@Capurato wrote:
@BirdyC wrote:
And what's the deal with so many of these being bonused? (Not that I'm complaining....) I see some at the standard rate, but several at the higher one. I've never seen that in my immediate shopping area, but I have done a couple for $35 or $40 in distant locations (more rural areas where there probably aren't as many shoppers).
As the quarter winds down, they are trying to lure us into doing them with a $15 or $20 fee.
I saw one in a rural area for $200 once. It was a 2 hour drive. I asked the scheduler what the deal was and this was a location that hadn’t been shopped in 6 months and they desperately needed it to be completed.
Side note. The editors for this shop must work for the government with how slow they do things. I have shops over 2 weeks pending review.
I'm not sure that's always 100% true. I sent a package out about a year ago to a thrift store that I did not know had closed up its business. My shop was approved and I was paid within two weeks. Then about two weeks LATER, I received my package back as "Undeliverable". And that's when I checked into it and found out that the business had closed. So.....as you can see, I was indeed paid without the package having been delivered. I think the Client is more interested in timings at the actual shipping facility.@Cassiespark wrote:
They usually review them right away, but they wait until the package has been delivered to mark the shop as Approved. Measuring how long the delivery time is - thats one of the things the MSC is providing back to their client on this project.
@guysmom wrote:
I'm not sure that's always 100% true. I sent a package out about a year ago to a thrift store that I did not know had closed up its business. My shop was approved and I was paid within two weeks. Then about two weeks LATER, I received my package back as "Undeliverable". And that's when I checked into it and found out that the business had closed. So.....as you can see, I was indeed paid without the package having been delivered. I think the Client is more interested in timings at the actual shipping facility.@Cassiespark wrote:
They usually review them right away, but they wait until the package has been delivered to mark the shop as Approved. Measuring how long the delivery time is - thats one of the things the MSC is providing back to their client on this project.
@Cassiespark wrote:
They usually review them right away, but they wait until the package has been delivered to mark the shop as Approved. Measuring how long the delivery time is - thats one of the things the MSC is providing back to their client on this project.
@shopnyc wrote:
@Cassiespark wrote:
They usually review them right away, but they wait until the package has been delivered to mark the shop as Approved. Measuring how long the delivery time is - thats one of the things the MSC is providing back to their client on this project.
How do you know this? From where are you getting your info on it?
Same here. I upload my receipt and picture from my laptop when I get home. Otherwise, I do the rest on the app, and like you say, it all works without a hitch.@AZwolfman wrote:
I have been filling out most of the form (all but image uploads) on their phone app since it is one of the few MSC apps that work without issue. I wait until I get home to proofread and upload photos on my pc. I submit them one right after the other in one sitting. I have been doing it this way for years, including my most recent ones last month.
@ctalbert wrote:
I always do the jobs on my phone. I bought a stylus for not much and that makes it very easy to type on the phone.
@BirdyC wrote:
And what's the deal with so many of these being bonused? (Not that I'm complaining....) I see some at the standard rate, but several at the higher one. I've never seen that in my immediate shopping area, but I have done a couple for $35 or $40 in distant locations (more rural areas where there probably aren't as many shoppers).
@shopnyc wrote:
@Cassiespark wrote:
They usually review them right away, but they wait until the package has been delivered to mark the shop as Approved. Measuring how long the delivery time is - thats one of the things the MSC is providing back to their client on this project.
How do you know this? From where are you getting your info on it?
@Cassiespark wrote:
I spoke to the IPSOS program manager about this program, and asked why there is such a long lag time between submission and approval, and this was her answer.
@shopnyc wrote:
@Cassiespark wrote:
They usually review them right away, but they wait until the package has been delivered to mark the shop as Approved. Measuring how long the delivery time is - thats one of the things the MSC is providing back to their client on this project.
How do you know this? From where are you getting your info on it?
@Cassiespark wrote:
I spoke to the IPSOS program manager about this program, and asked why there is such a long lag time between submission and approval, and this was her answer.
@shopnyc wrote:
@Cassiespark wrote:
They usually review them right away, but they wait until the package has been delivered to mark the shop as Approved. Measuring how long the delivery time is - thats one of the things the MSC is providing back to their client on this project.
How do you know this? From where are you getting your info on it?