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Is it just me or is it very slow these days?

September 11, 2025 01:24AM
@maverick1 wrote:


There's also DJ-ing Jazzy Jeff. Just sayin'

and the Fresh Prince is nowhere to be found....
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September 11, 2025 01:54PM
Yes, it is very slow for me too.
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September 11, 2025 01:55PM
Yes, it is very slow for me too. And, when there is a job, the pay is much lower.
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September 11, 2025 01:58PM
Yes, it is very slow for me too. And, when there is a job, the pay is much lower. And I am not getting emails. I have to got to the job board to see them.
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September 11, 2025 02:07PM
crickets - Kayla's army must be out in force lol.
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September 11, 2025 04:48PM
For the triple and more posts (repeats), just wait a moment after hitting reply and your post will eventually populate on the thread. It lags like that every now and then. The delay seems to work out and go back to normal after a while.
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September 11, 2025 06:36PM
@nc wrote:

Yes, it is very slow for me too. And, when there is a job, the pay is much lower. And I am not getting emails. I have to got to the job board to see them.

Having the same issue with the emails. I went to Intellishops site the other day and there were all of these jobs for pet stores. I was like wait a minute!! I can't seem to fix the issue. It is not just Intelli, it is ALL of them. What is happening?
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September 11, 2025 06:58PM
@Datagirl wrote:

@nc wrote:

Yes, it is very slow for me too. And, when there is a job, the pay is much lower. And I am not getting emails. I have to got to the job board to see them.

Having the same issue with the emails. I went to Intellishops site the other day and there were all of these jobs for pet stores. I was like wait a minute!! I can't seem to fix the issue. It is not just Intelli, it is ALL of them. What is happening?

I haven't gone into my sassie profiles and checked anything yet, it is on my to do list.

I wonder if it has to do with the zip code radius. Remember there was an issue with doing searches over a certain mileage not too long ago?
Just another thought.
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September 11, 2025 08:36PM
I can't figure it out. Every Sassie MSC I log on to has the red notice at the top that they can't send me emails. I have made sure every one of them has my email enabled in my profiles (they had all been turned off some how) and that I have no blocked email addresses, yet still nothing.
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September 11, 2025 09:34PM
I wonder if it is a response to your email provider bouncing the emails back -- I have this issue with mass email senders from time to time as I use an old school free email provider. I have not had it with SASSI but have found usually you need to have someone manually reset it which might be a SASSI issue not a MSC issue.
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September 29, 2025 09:46PM
It is definitely slower for me, too. The other forum member here who lives in Phoenix and felt I was taking their shops - it's been a few months since I have run across a shop that meets my standards - I love that line, too, as I know what I believe is my worth now and I won't do this for a pittance. I have not done a shop since the last one I posted with a dental cleaning reimbursement and $40 for the report. There are less shops that I am seeing and the pay is just not worth it for yours truly - but I am now working F/T and I even have insurance, what a revolutionary concept. I'd love to do a few shops here and there but I'm just not finding any worthwhile. At least I don't seem to be alone in this. Morocco77
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September 29, 2025 11:38PM
@morocco77

Thank you for leaving some shops for me :-) I have standards too, but i'm willing to take some shops for less pay if it means I don't have to pay for a service.

for example, if i am going to fly somewhere, why not get a parking shop for the airport or near the airport? Might not pay a bunch, but i save wifey or friend time in dropping me off and coming back to get me.

i don't get "paid" to do the BJ's Brewhouse...but because I eat for less than the $100 reimburse GC, i use the extra $ to feed myself on non-shops.

I'm not claiming there are a craptop of high paying shops. But sometimes "value" is hidden (like these 2 examples).
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September 29, 2025 11:52PM
I am finding there is a glut of new shoppers that are taking the shops and the
quotas are being filled.
Especially On iShopFor Ipsos and Coyle.
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October 01, 2025 04:27PM
I had to switch to gmail to keep the Sassie e-mails from being flagged or blocked
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October 01, 2025 07:49PM
When I was full-time, I rarely did shops except for the occasional date night dinners. I barely had time to read the guidance. Now that I have more time, I don't mind taking on more gigs. I think it comes in waves. There will always be people taking the shops at minimum. I would too if it made sense for me to do so.
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October 03, 2025 01:09AM
My slower than average months this year have been March, May, and July. June for me was well above average, with the rest of the months being average.
What I already have scheduled for October will make it an average month without taking on any additional work. The additional work that I will take on in addition to what I already have scheduled will most likely make October a highly above average month.
I don't do a lot of traditional mystery shops anymore. I will do bonused USPS shops and the occasional decent paying miscellaneous shop here and there. I do perform a lot of "mystery visits" but they are not shops. I do other tasks during the visit instead of a traditional mystery shop.
And no I'm sorry, I cannot divulge what these other "mystery visits" are. I only mention them to remind everyone that there many other types of visits/projects out there that do not involve doing a mystery shop, and some of them pay very well.
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