Circle K
I am doing the ones I did years ago. Some have disappeared since they have either closed or changed name.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
We aren't doing circle K at all since they changed. the new MSC never posts shops close to where I am. I'm not driving an hour or more for a $5 or $10 shop.
Nope. Haven't seen them since they left the last MSC.
Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
The stupid squirrel banned me from that project so I'm glad to be eligible again. But hate the picky platform that won't let me see out of my imaginary area. I don’t know which CKs were shopped before.
I wish I knew the new MSC that has them.
I haven't done any either since it all changed....first they didn't post any near me, my old locations were gone and I took the quiz and failed. HAHAHA. Tell me the logic behind not approving a shopper who's been doing them without any issues for several years.
I never route shopped them but the locations I shopped were on my way to and from grocery shopping....but as I said, those locations are MIA.
Sounds like others are experiencing similar.
As long as the client is happy with the new results lol.
I never route shopped them but the locations I shopped were on my way to and from grocery shopping....but as I said, those locations are MIA.
Sounds like others are experiencing similar.
As long as the client is happy with the new results lol.
The new MSC has nothing in my area or anywhere close. I assume the ones around me aren’t shopped anymore (for now)
I have not seen any Circle K shops in my area either. It’s a bummer because I would do a remote one like clockwork every three weeks for $45.
Same, for some reason my local area is like 40 miles away and a very specific area that I have NEVER shopped for anyone (distance obviously). There are 3 CK in my own town NONE of then show up.
I actually asked the scheduler about this and the answer was "it is the end of the fiscal year and these are what are left" but that answer doesn't make sense either.
I actually asked the scheduler about this and the answer was "it is the end of the fiscal year and these are what are left" but that answer doesn't make sense either.
@Boutique wrote:
Same, for some reason my local area is like 40 miles away and a very specific area that I have NEVER shopped for anyone (distance obviously). There are 3 CK in my own town NONE of then show up.
I actually asked the scheduler about this and the answer was "it is the end of the fiscal year and these are what are left" but that answer doesn't make sense either.
It could be company owned stores vs. franchised stores. One is shopped the other isn't.
Well, I am noticing the same, so perhaps the whole program has changed.
@Boutique There could be some credence about the end of the fiscal year claim since the holding company is at the tail end of their 4th quarter or just completed it. Not sure when you reached out to the scheduler, but if it was within the last week, this checks. Like others, I have not seen the same volume of locations being offered that were there with the other MSC.
@turfman I am pretty sure that with the old MSC the shops typically ran on a 28 day cycle. Almost always starting on Monday at base and the last day was the 4th Sunday with the $45 payday available for that last day only. There were times when the 4th Sunday only paid $35.
@turfman I am pretty sure that with the old MSC the shops typically ran on a 28 day cycle. Almost always starting on Monday at base and the last day was the 4th Sunday with the $45 payday available for that last day only. There were times when the 4th Sunday only paid $35.
I think that distance thing is built in with the profet shopping platform, I think that is part of the reason it's so hard to use. They won't allow you to do the shops that are actually close to where to live to keep anonymity. But it also makes it much more difficult to get the jobs done.
But they were ALL shopped previously, used to be some in nearly every town shopped on the regular. Most were snapped up at the base rate and the more remote ones hung on for a few increases before they were snapped up.
So the question is have the stopped shopping all but corporate locations?
So the question is have the stopped shopping all but corporate locations?
@wrosie wrote:
@Boutique wrote:
Same, for some reason my local area is like 40 miles away and a very specific area that I have NEVER shopped for anyone (distance obviously). There are 3 CK in my own town NONE of then show up.
I actually asked the scheduler about this and the answer was "it is the end of the fiscal year and these are what are left" but that answer doesn't make sense either.
It could be company owned stores vs. franchised stores. One is shopped the other isn't.
That was last month and the same weird locations are showing up a month later so I think something has totally changed. Trying to remember how long it has been since this one took over.
@Momomomo wrote:
@Boutique There could be some credence about the end of the fiscal year claim since the holding company is at the tail end of their 4th quarter or just completed it. Not sure when you reached out to the scheduler, but if it was within the last week, this checks. Like others, I have not seen the same volume of locations being offered that were there with the other MSC.
Boutique,
The franchisee company may have paid to have all locations shopped, owned and franchised.
Times got hard and they scaled back.
I dont know just guessing.
I used to do them and do miss them also.
But there are many companies I used to shop that are gone and I miss doing.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/08/2025 02:45PM by wrosie.
The franchisee company may have paid to have all locations shopped, owned and franchised.
Times got hard and they scaled back.
I dont know just guessing.
I used to do them and do miss them also.
But there are many companies I used to shop that are gone and I miss doing.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/08/2025 02:45PM by wrosie.
This round is only showing the same few, spaced apart locations as last round for me as well.
Could it be that, like the post office and Sonic, the company just chose a few locations to be shopped now? Too bad. A lot of these stores are a total mess.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/08/2025 07:03PM by sestrahelena.
Could it be that, like the post office and Sonic, the company just chose a few locations to be shopped now? Too bad. A lot of these stores are a total mess.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/08/2025 07:03PM by sestrahelena.
@wrosie you might be on to something there.
Most of the Circle Ks in the US are company owned. Maybe the listed ones are franchises. The ones further from the city have a higher probability of being franchises.
Most of the Circle Ks in the US are company owned. Maybe the listed ones are franchises. The ones further from the city have a higher probability of being franchises.
Barefoot, same here! Took the quiz the allotted two times and "failed" with one question wrong. It was an odd question worded so that the answer seemed contradictory to the guidelines. I emailed the scheduler twice and asked for another attempt at the quiz, or to just be straight-up assigned, but no response.
Obviously I don't know what I am doing...I've only done over 200 Circle Ks for the otter...
Regarding locations, there were over 40 within a 30-mile radius on the otter app...now there are three. They used to be one of my favorites.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/08/2025 08:44PM by grrldude.
Obviously I don't know what I am doing...I've only done over 200 Circle Ks for the otter...
Regarding locations, there were over 40 within a 30-mile radius on the otter app...now there are three. They used to be one of my favorites.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/08/2025 08:44PM by grrldude.
Coincedentally, got an email this morning offering up those two lonely backroad locations not that close to me....
Like I said, as long as the client is happy lol.
Like I said, as long as the client is happy lol.
The shops I'm seeing are the usual ones I've always done. A few have changed to other brands, but otherwise every Circle K around my state is shopped.
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I live in a city with hundreds ok CK's. Since they left the old MSP, I have not seen the same locations on the new platform. I'm almost tempted to ask a store manager if they are still doing the program and if so, who is doing them now.
Which MSP has the CK shops? I tried to do a search on this site and this is the only post that comes up for me.
It's an obscure MSC (to me) we cannot list here in this thread, you can keep searching, there have been threads.
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