Shipping Shops Update

Maybe they'll add pay as bonuses when the get toward deadlines. Not in my area, of course, some one will do these as is. And the remote locations that used to go wanting have long, long been removed from the program.

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I might have used the shops to send something I needed to send maybe 1 out of 50 shops. Not worth it for me to do these now...a shame...I don't currently see any in my area anyway

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I agree with all of you. This is a business, it is up to the consumer (or in this case IC) to decide if it is a good one or not. NO from me.
I am trying to get a clue of which MSC got this shops? Please help i am in Puerto Rico and not clue
I don’t see any near me in north jersey.

This is why people (myself included) mail it in on shops that “help” cover expenses.

Unless I’m getting a decent fee, I breeze thought them. Perfect scores and put in the least amount of effort possible.
Funny. I won’t be doing these for reimbursement only. Oh well.

I want to see these get filled in San Francisco. Shoppers weren’t even doing these with a pretty decent bonus. Parking is nonexistent, the bridge toll is seven dollars, plus just driving in San Francisco is a combination between “the purge” and “grand theft auto” somedays.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/04/2024 08:22PM by BayShopper22.
So there really is no fee. Priority starts at $10.50 but averages around $13.80. I guess you could consider the remaining $1.20 a “fee” if the item you shipped had no value, you paid nothing for a box and shipping tape, you walked to the post office and your time is worth zero.

I was able to complete the foia request. Will be interested to see if the MSC’s fee is $1.20.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/06/2024 01:33PM by Cassiespark.
The hiring event ones in my area say that after you sign up for the job they may not even be available. You have to call and check to see if there are any openings in the local recruitment fair . So you ask for the job, read all the guidelines and then possibly find out the local job fair has no jobs that fit the mystery shop afterall?
Sounded like too much work for perhaps on job in the end. The other jobs in my area are all price checks with hundreds of items. no thank you.
@Cassiespark wrote:

I looked at the hiring shops and it is WAY too much work for $50. You are going through the entire hiring process - application, background check, onsite event for a couple hour, then backing out of the job.
they promiossed that shops will be posted on ISecretshop platform. But I could not locate any in 100 miles radius

Shopping Eastern Pennsylvania since 2009


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@Cassiespark wrote:

100% they decide the pay. I took one just to read the guidelines. Learned:
1. They copied word for word the guidelines from the former MSC.
2. They ask for a copy of the box receipt purchase - but are not reimbursing you for it. So why ask?
3. #2 leads me to believe they are misleading the client on reimbursement
4. They want exterior pictures, so more work for $0 fee

Oh well. I think everyone came to the conclusion a month ago that this program was over. And it still is, in my opinion. No one should work for free. This MSC most certainly doesn't work for free, and in fact is demonstrating here they are fine with taking advantage of others to earn a buck. Someone earlier said this is business, and thats correct. But this is not good business. Might feel good to the MSC right now as they gleefully start counting the dollars they steal from the ICs, but it will not end well.

What part of the nation are you in? I’d like to take a look for myself. There are none listed in South Texas yet. I promise I won’t poach....
No shops posted in my area.
I used to pay $18.05 to ship a package and get $14 reimbursement with $12 payment which I thought was reasonable although I kept adding a comment to every repost asking the company to raise reimbursement.

Does the new company require the package to be between 1-2 lbs? I had a shop rejected in the past because the weight was under 1 pound.
the weight under 1lbs does not qualify for Priority

Shopping Eastern Pennsylvania since 2009
I think the new compay is subcontracted this USPS jobs from previous one and previous one collection the fee they paid us.

Shopping Eastern Pennsylvania since 2009
Rarely would I take one of these shops for $15 flat fee. I might take one if I had to actually send something. However, Ground Advantage is the way to go now. Why are these shops still insisting on Priority!
@gene wrote:

the weight under 1lbs does not qualify for Priority

You can't get first class from USPS storefront tho right?
Bueller? Bueller? Where are you @Donte69?

@gene Technically, any package 13 ounces or more qualifies for Priority. This is because 13-15 oz are shipped at the 1 LB rate.

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Does anyone know where the shops are posted--what locality? I would like to read the listings if at all possible.
I am talking about real PO boxes from the post office having the special zip. It's not personal mailboxes like you can get at the UPS store which are physical addresses and not restricted for the shop. And yes, it depends on the area so be aware if you plan to cover the address to slip a PO box by.

@sandyf wrote:

Where I live you can get a po box from the post office but there are also private places providing po boxes. So the zip might depend on where you have your po box. They even, at some of the private ones, call them suite numbers or apts on the address instead of po boxes.
That was useful for parents who were trying to get their kids into a better school district without living there. They got a po box called an apt and gave that address to the school. Also businesses who want to impress get a suite number type po box in Beverly Hills even tho their business is in a less desirable zip code. Most of the high class school districts have caught on to that trick.

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Be careful about using the addresses that are PO boxes by covering them. My city has special zip codes for POs. For example, 87107 is a real zip code. 87197 is the PO box zip code for that area. So the 0 is replaced with 9. No other address types are assigned the zip code with a 9.
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Does anyone know where (the zip code) the newest shops are posted? I'd like to read the assignment descriptions.
The only posted a handful of locations around the country. I read the guidelines and they are exactly the same as before, with the exception that you must now get an exterior photo and the clerk's name. Otherwise, the same.
Thanks for the description Cassiespark. So far is there only one type of job listed? I guess it is the old regular mailing job. If so hopefully they will have a bigger variety as I found I was able to mail from the non post offices to zone 8 and stay under reimbursement.
Unfortunately, the new MSC is not offering reimbursement.

@sandyf wrote:

Thanks for the description Cassiespark. So far is there only one type of job listed? I guess it is the old regular mailing job. If so hopefully they will have a bigger variety as I found I was able to mail from the non post offices to zone 8 and stay under reimbursement.
@Cassiespark wrote:

So there really is no fee. Priority starts at $10.50 but averages around $13.80. I guess you could consider the remaining $1.20 a “fee” if the item you shipped had no value, you paid nothing for a box and shipping tape, you walked to the post office and your time is worth zero.

I was able to complete the foia request. Will be interested to see if the Mac’s fee is $1.20.

Let us know what you find out!

My vote is to let the shops sit. The MSC company deserves to sweat a bit and hopefully lose out on a little bit of “profit”

@dante - where you at bro?
They will sit. There is no reason to do them unless you are in the very small minority who has a real package to ship that weighs over 1 pound, are using brand new packaging, that you want to ship via the most expensive way possible, and that is available at your closest location. Otherwise, this is a waste of your time, money and gas.

In reality, if you need to ship something and want to come out ahead you use recycled packaging, ship via Ground Advantage and take it to your nearest location when convenient for you and don't spend time on a report or taking pictures.
There were three posted in my area a few days ago. The next day, they were gone. Someone took them. For those who had them posted in their area, are they still sitting or were they picked up?

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I won't be wasting my time with this ridiculous "fee." I ship to a zip code in my local area and postage is at least $10. Does naked company really think that anyone is going to stand in line for up to a half hour, I have, and accept a payment of $3-$4. I feel about this the same way as the $2 phone calls and $3 photo shops.
@JSuing wrote:

There were three posted in my area a few days ago. The next day, they were gone. Someone took them. For those who had them posted in their area, are they still sitting or were they picked up?
I wonder if they were taken by someone who had done these in the past and didn’t notice that the fee was gone? There has been a fee for the last 20+ years. Life didn’t get cheaper all of a sudden.
@BayShopper22 wrote:

@JSuing wrote:

There were three posted in my area a few days ago. The next day, they were gone. Someone took them. For those who had them posted in their area, are they still sitting or were they picked up?
I wonder if they were taken by someone who had done these in the past and didn’t notice that the fee was gone? There has been a fee for the last 20+ years. Life didn’t get cheaper all of a sudden.

Right, could be. I remember them always having a pay + reimbursement.

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