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Two points:
1-Unless the definition of flake has changed over the yrs., which is certainly possible, it does not define a shopper who requests removal.
2-I give my best in business. therefore when it is not good enough, I move on with life. That, though, does not mean a relationship ending is irrelevant to me. I very much miss Maritz, Quest 4 Best and especially Strategic Reflections.
1-Unless the definition of flake has changed over the yrs., which is certainly possible, it does not define a shopper who requests removal.
2-I give my best in business. therefore when it is not good enough, I move on with life. That, though, does not mean a relationship ending is irrelevant to me. I very much miss Maritz, Quest 4 Best and especially Strategic Reflections.
I understand your wariness. You have obviously been exposed to bad schedulers. Asking to be removed because you can't do the job according to their guidelines is not, and should never be a cause for a citation. But rest assured, there are schedulers that are more than happy to make sure you get a citation whether you deserve it or not, and then lie about why.
Thankfully it hasn't happened very often, but whenever a scheduler seems unhappy because of some issue (whatever issue), I quickly point out that I have an otherwise spotless or nearly spotless record with that MSC. I am hoping he/she realizes that citing me or banning me could mean losing someone they might want reach out to for help in the future on another shop....
I've asked to be removed from shops before. One was totally my fault because I misread the address and it was much further than I thought (we have roads and towns with very similar names here....think "Main street" and "main road". I haven't seen a "ding" on my profile because of it (I also emailed pretty quickly asking to be removed once I realized my error). Another I asked to be removed from a hotel shop after I realized the guidelines required me to order and drink potentially four (!) alcoholic beverages in under ninety minutes at a hotel's nightly reception (I would have been required to order a MINIMUM of three, and I don't know how I would have surreptitiously gotten rid of them without spilling them on the floor since the shopper is required to stay the entire ninety minutes, and I was also concerned about being able to accurately do the rest of the shop that evening with that much alcohol in me - I know my limits. It also seemed weird to me that a hotel guest would hang out the whole time at the "reception"
. In the second case, it's now "on my record", but, shrug
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/28/2023 01:25PM by mysterioso412.
. In the second case, it's now "on my record", but, shrugEdited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/28/2023 01:25PM by mysterioso412.
What is worse to me isn't the passing over of a job that is obviously too little pay for the work involved, but instead the job that you accept and then find out it's too little pay for the work involved.
I signed up for a bunch of the $9 cream cheese sticker project last summer. I should have known right away when I read the guidelines where it said that I would get 200 stickers per store. After completing my first store I emailed the scheduler and told her that once again her company was seriously underpaying and I would not be completing the rest of the stores that I had signed up to do. I used a USPS shop to send back the stickers, so that worked out well.
The strange thing is that the scheduler didn't even blink when I bailed. She said "no worries" and removed them from my list of visits. Eventually the visits got to $30 per location before someone took them.
I signed up for a bunch of the $9 cream cheese sticker project last summer. I should have known right away when I read the guidelines where it said that I would get 200 stickers per store. After completing my first store I emailed the scheduler and told her that once again her company was seriously underpaying and I would not be completing the rest of the stores that I had signed up to do. I used a USPS shop to send back the stickers, so that worked out well.
The strange thing is that the scheduler didn't even blink when I bailed. She said "no worries" and removed them from my list of visits. Eventually the visits got to $30 per location before someone took them.
@teacherguy wrote:
What is worse to me isn't the passing over of a job that is obviously too little pay for the work involved, but instead the job that you accept and then find out it's too little pay for the work involved.
I signed up for a bunch of the $9 cream cheese sticker project last summer. I should have known right away when I read the guidelines where it said that I would get 200 stickers per store. After completing my first store I emailed the scheduler and told her that once again her company was seriously underpaying and I would not be completing the rest of the stores that I had signed up to do. I used a USPS shop to send back the stickers, so that worked out well.
The strange thing is that the scheduler didn't even blink when I bailed. She said "no worries" and removed them from my list of visits. Eventually the visits got to $30 per location before someone took them.
I did about 10 of those - at the $9.00 rate! They were in different parts of my area, so I intertwined them while I was on gas station routes. The first one I did took about 30 minutes and I used all 200 stickers. I almost bailed on the rest, but I decided to do at least one more. I only had to use around 50 stickers and was out in less than ten minutes. So I kept going. I think I only had one more stop where I used all 200 stickers. I had a few locations where the max stickers they sent were 100 - still didn't use them all. My last location did have any product at all, so I left the stickers with the manager, snapped some overview pictures and was out. The worse part was having to ask if they could set out some more product for some sort of promotion that was going on. None of the managers at any of the stores knew anything about this promotion and all of them told me no, so I didn't have to deal with moving back stock to a second display.
Customer Insight:
I receive a flake citation from a scheduler after emailing her a request to be removed from a $5.00 phone shop because there were too many requirements that I felt should've been stated up front. I've only done two shops with this MSC and it appears I'm ineligible for future shops because of my low shopper score. I need to terminate my account with this MSC.
Bare International:
I received a citation from scheduler Veronica after notifying her of my inability to complete a scheduled shop on a particular day. She unscheduled me and issued a citation. I cancelled my account months later after realizing I'd have to deal with her for future shops that I'd be interested in.
I receive a flake citation from a scheduler after emailing her a request to be removed from a $5.00 phone shop because there were too many requirements that I felt should've been stated up front. I've only done two shops with this MSC and it appears I'm ineligible for future shops because of my low shopper score. I need to terminate my account with this MSC.
Bare International:
I received a citation from scheduler Veronica after notifying her of my inability to complete a scheduled shop on a particular day. She unscheduled me and issued a citation. I cancelled my account months later after realizing I'd have to deal with her for future shops that I'd be interested in.
I automatically delete all job offers offering only single-digit payment.
As an update to this discussion - I just noticed they still have not had anyone accept this shop - so they added a $3 bonus LOL. So for a huge fee of $21, you can audit 625 items!!!!
I saw someone on another thread say the only time it was bad was when you got the shoe department. I'm thinking, "How can 500 items not be bad?" Also, the description says "count and size," which makes me think I'd be doing the store clerk's job for them.
This gives me flashbacks of counting fishing lures at Academy. Hard pass.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/04/2023 08:55PM by drdoggie00.
This gives me flashbacks of counting fishing lures at Academy. Hard pass.
@HowardJuice23 wrote:
As an update to this discussion - I just noticed they still have not had anyone accept this shop - so they added a $3 bonus LOL. So for a huge fee of $21, you can audit 625 items!!!!
If your path dictates you walk through hell, do it as though you own the place. -unknown
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/04/2023 08:55PM by drdoggie00.
Only if you itemize your deductions. Otherwise, you are losing money on gas.
@DoubleDFoodie wrote:
Only if you itemize your deductions. Otherwise, you are losing money on gas.
You have to report mystery shop income on a Schedule C, so gas (technically the mileage) is an expense, not an itemized deduction.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/07/2023 06:15AM by HowardJuice23.
@drdoggie00 wrote:
I saw someone on another thread say the only time it was bad was when you got the shoe department. I'm thinking, "How can 500 items not be bad?" Also, the description says "count and size," which makes me think I'd be doing the store clerk's job for them.
This gives me flashbacks of counting fishing lures at Academy. Hard pass.
@HowardJuice23 wrote:
As an update to this discussion - I just noticed they still have not had anyone accept this shop - so they added a $3 bonus LOL. So for a huge fee of $21, you can audit 625 items!!!!
I was thinking that too. It sounds like this company basically wants someone to come and do inventory for them, for almost nothing. Even if it is easy, the amount of time that it would take to count 625 items would not be worth the time, money and gas/parking.
The only thing it has going for it is it's revealed. Those covert convenience store 125-item price scan shops are more than I can take.
@HowardJuice23 wrote:
@drdoggie00 wrote:
I saw someone on another thread say the only time it was bad was when you got the shoe department. I'm thinking, "How can 500 items not be bad?" Also, the description says "count and size," which makes me think I'd be doing the store clerk's job for them.
This gives me flashbacks of counting fishing lures at Academy. Hard pass.
@HowardJuice23 wrote:
As an update to this discussion - I just noticed they still have not had anyone accept this shop - so they added a $3 bonus LOL. So for a huge fee of $21, you can audit 625 items!!!!
I was thinking that too. It sounds like this company basically wants someone to come and do inventory for them, for almost nothing. Even if it is easy, the amount of time that it would take to count 625 items would not be worth the time, money and gas/parking.
If your path dictates you walk through hell, do it as though you own the place. -unknown
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