@nikkinicky wrote:
I figured this would happen eventually. Most of the stores I've been visiting has either stopped placing orders or returned unopened boxes for credit. People were getting fed up with trying to place orders only to get busy signals when calling or no orders once they finally get someone on the phone.
@piebaby wrote:
If they really want to fix the problem they need to do a few things. Provide us a brochure with the newest items to leave at the locations and provide an easier way for them to communicate and place an order. I have stores that have zero problems getting orders and I have others that are frustrated every time they try to place an order and on the flip side I have locations that are frustrated because they send to much and the location doesn't want backstock. The product is moving in every location I have, but the area I am in isn't oversaturated like other areas.
@87Supra wrote:
I get a new list for monthly shops which I accepted. I figured maybe they were doing the twice monthly ones separate. Sounds like from what I am hearing here, that is the only list I am getting. Everything that this list did not have was almost all of the CVS stores I was doing. Ironically the stores I was doing (in Detroit) were the stores that did need someone every few weeks. I was thinking I would be getting a second list. Guess that is probably not the case. Oh, well.
@87Supra wrote:
Every single job in the city of Detroit proper is gone for me. All CVS locations. I still have 2 suburban CVS jobs.
@MadiHill wrote:
I am not happy. In my market, the store managers refuse to call for service and place orders. They insist on my cell phone number. I end up doing work for free. A manager will call they received a delivery and want it put out right away, or they are getting a visit from corporate and need me to "fluff their display ASAP". I've tried emailing CI and never receive a response so I end up doing it for free. I didn't mind because I had a fairly large route and earned enough per month to justify it. Now, my visits are once a month. I can't indulge these managers without payment. There isn't enough meat on the bone. This is sure to destroy or severely damage the relationships I have built over the past 6 months.
Honestly, outside of my being paid for extra visits because CI does not read email, it's all the client's fault. I think CI is probably on the hook for solving problems the client created themselves. At least in my market. NYC.
@Datagirl wrote:
I didn't even notice that my list had changed. I just accepted it because I have been doing the same stores for months. Now that I had a minute to look at it, I noticed that there are several stores on there that I had originally gotten rid of because they were nightmares. Some of my better stores are not there. WTF. Why swap stores with other people. I need to draft up an email, gotta get out my old list and get down to nitty gritty.