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June 21, 2024 06:27AM
Guess I’m gonna be venting! So I recently did some credit card inquiry and overdraft account inquiry shops for Chase banks in the area. I did what the guidelines required for two of them, but the third one I was bit intimidated by the manager as he was some what rushing me to ask for the print out. Then the editor reached out to me after I submitted and asked for clarification and I honestly said what happened. Then the shop was rejected saying that they client said that they offered me the print outs but I rejected to take them.
I would have been okay with them the rejecting the shop but they banned me from all the future Chase shops. Which I think it’s a bit too much, since I have done a lot of Chase shops in the past and following the guidelines to the T.
Is there way to get it unbanned since I love these shops and I can make route with these on a regular basis.
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June 21, 2024 01:26PM
That's a bummer! I'm always up for Chase visits. Pretty easy and decent pay before they go to bonus. I've done dozens of them, but only once has a representative asked for my name. Kinda interesting in a relationship-oriented industry...

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June 21, 2024 02:42PM
So did you decline the print out?
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June 21, 2024 04:09PM
I initially read this as "cheese shop" and I was so excited for a hot minute.
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June 22, 2024 08:14PM
Back in CA, and for a now defunct (swallowed up) MSC, I did Chase shops by the boat load. Drove all the way from Sandy Eggo to LA and then back home to Riverside County numerous times. I survived on Chase shops for a long time. I quit doing them when the managers started coming into the room smiling and handing me the paperwork before I even asked a question. Even in some branches that I'd never been in before, they were all so used to the shop that they didn't even try.

And then when I went into a Chase branch to actually open an account, they refused to let me open one. The manager came out and said that he thought I was going to try to do something illegal with the account and escorted me from the building. I've never had a bank treat me like that before or since.
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June 22, 2024 08:51PM
I think they ruined these when they started requiring appointments. It’s too difficult to predict when I’ll be done with merchandising assignments, and not always practical to make this my first stop of the day.

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June 23, 2024 03:53AM
100% agree. I can't plan a route and include these anymore.


@drdoggie00 wrote:

I think they ruined these when they started requiring appointments. It’s too difficult to predict when I’ll be done with merchandising assignments, and not always practical to make this my first stop of the day.
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June 23, 2024 11:56AM
I only do walk-ins as well. We're not alone. They've been staying on the job board longer than before.
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June 29, 2024 04:18PM
I used to do many Chase shops, a lot of them were on routes. Now that an appointment is required, I don't bother. It's too time consuming trying to line up any appointments for a route. If there is a local Chase, I will shop that one.
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June 29, 2024 07:20PM
I won't do one unless it is HEAVILY bonused. It's just not realistic to make an appointment for some of these scenarios. IRL, I would rather look up the info. I need on Chase.com than to make an appointment and sit down with a banker to talk about things I can find out quicker online.
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June 30, 2024 02:57AM
There are 12 bonused locations on my current search. I presume they will drop off after tomorrow. Most unfinished shops I have seen.

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June 30, 2024 02:30PM
I used to do them every month, but the appointment thing was a turn off to me. I did take 3 last month when they were bonused. At the 3rd one the banker mentioned that she could see i had a few other appointments and asked if I had kept them. So, I assume providing your phone number gets recorded in their system.

I notified the MSC and they said they would look into it. I felt goofy though and am hesitant to do more now.

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June 30, 2024 04:40PM
Those Wells Fargo shops are court-ordered due to their previous corporate criminal history.

(Google “Wells Fargo Cross-Selling Scandal”)

The mystery shops are so basic, the company should thank their lucky stars for them; they are the end recipients of a firehose of cash inflow.

For me, they are an easy $200 monthly. Open an account ($120 with bonus) on my way home from teaching with a 4:00 pm appointment. Two weeks later, close the account with a complaint shop ($80 when bonused.) Since I’m a teacher, I use the “we need a separate account for each school fundraiser” alibi and it works perfectly.

I like taking $2400 per annum from Wells Fargo, lol

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/30/2024 04:42PM by ColoKate63.
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