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November 20, 2023 08:32AM
Customer First or Image shops? I believe that since Customer First shops are supposed to be covert, at least mostly, they don't get a specific date, so you should be ok doing them inside the window between the start date and the date that you said you would have it completed by.

Image shops are a different story. The station owners are told which day you're going to show up and the approximate time of day. So they can supposedly get all of their marketing materials in order and have the place clean. This hardly ever happens, and they almost always seem surprised when I arrive.. lol.
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November 21, 2023 08:59AM
I'm supposed to go out in the rain tomorrow too.. I have 6 nicely bonused gas stations to do. Hopefully the weather won't be as bad as the tv news says it will be.
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November 21, 2023 02:50PM
@Morledzep wrote:

Customer First or Image shops? I believe that since Customer First shops are supposed to be covert, at least mostly, they don't get a specific date, so you should be ok doing them inside the window between the start date and the date that you said you would have it completed by.

Image shops are a different story. The station owners are told which day you're going to show up and the approximate time of day. So they can supposedly get all of their marketing materials in order and have the place clean. This hardly ever happens, and they almost always seem surprised when I arrive.. lol.

Moreled, I think Image is another case of the MSC changing the rules but not the guidelines. I have noticed lately that when I click on one of the audits to view dates, there are dates available starting the very day I am looking, which would make notifying the station ahead of time impossible. I've also noticed the lack of and/or diminutive bonuses and that these jobs seem to stay on the board for months.
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November 21, 2023 04:33PM
@Morledzep wrote:

Image shops are a different story. The station owners are told which day you're going to show up and the approximate time of day.
Ditto, and as mentioned by someone else the location was NEVER notified of my "scheduled" arrival.

Without reaching out to The Mailbox That Never Answers, I'd say if there's the ability to change the date...its available for a reason.
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November 22, 2023 05:48AM
The image shops still have a scheduler. And there is no option for rescheduling for yourself for the image shops.

I have noticed that there is less lead time than there used to be. The folks at the counter say that they have never been notified, but that doesn't mean that the owner or whoever gets the emails for the company doesn't get the emails. Or maybe they only tell the company and not the location owners? I guess we'll never know.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/22/2023 05:51AM by Morledzep.
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November 22, 2023 06:53AM
did you try using the date change to change to an earlier date? first look to see if in sassie for start date and due date if there is a start date of say 11/1 and a due date of 11/7 you could do anytime from 11/1 to 11/7. if its start date of 11/7 and due date 11/7 but has change date option and you want to do 11/5 see if you can change to 11/5. Hope that makes sense.

Shopping Western NY, Northeast and Central PA, and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Have car will travel anywhere if the monies right.
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November 24, 2023 03:55PM
This round the client is not prenotified.

Karen Holland
Independent Scheduler for Ipsos
[www.ishopforipsos.com]
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