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$5 closed fee

May 08, 2026 10:34PM
We get paid $5 for a closed fee. What does the MSC get paid? Do they get a reduced fee because the store was closed or unshopable, or do they still get paid the full amount?

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
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May 09, 2026 02:07AM
That's a really good question.. I do not know the answer. Nor do I know how to find out.
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May 09, 2026 10:23PM
That question just hit me all of a sudden when I drove up to a store and they were closed due to no electricity.

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
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May 10, 2026 01:09AM
They are paid the full amount. The location is one they contracted with their client.

Is the shopper screwed? Yes.
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May 10, 2026 05:07PM
Cassie, that's what I thought.

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
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May 10, 2026 05:29PM
I'm planning to drive right by one that is currently showing as a $40 fee but I know the location is closed. The store never reopened since the gas station became its current brand. Totally gutted for years. $5 fee? Hell no I'll just keep on driving. And it's in the boonies. I'm sorry for the sucker who gets fooled by this.
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May 10, 2026 05:42PM
I have gotten to the point that I will call every place that I do for this MSC. I call once. If they don't answer, I skip it. I have driven by one that I skipped to get to another that I had scheduled, and they were actually opened. I didn't turn around and do it. Wonder how much money they are losing because people aren't going to risk it.

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
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May 10, 2026 06:17PM
Not enough.
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May 10, 2026 11:11PM
@ArkLaMissshopping wrote:

I have gotten to the point that I will call every place that I do for this MSC. I call once. If they don't answer, I skip it. I have driven by one that I skipped to get to another that I had scheduled, and they were actually opened. I didn't turn around and do it. Wonder how much money they are losing because people aren't going to risk it.

Problem is that won't help you if they rebranded.
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May 12, 2026 11:12PM
That's so true!

@KA047 wrote:

@ArkLaMissshopping wrote:

I have gotten to the point that I will call every place that I do for this MSC. I call once. If they don't answer, I skip it. I have driven by one that I skipped to get to another that I had scheduled, and they were actually opened. I didn't turn around and do it. Wonder how much money they are losing because people aren't going to risk it.

Problem is that won't help you if they rebranded.

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
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May 13, 2026 01:50PM
Years ago I took my one and only Cinnabon shop. I had to take the last day it was available because it was Passover and I couldn’t eat the item until that day. Arrive at the mall and discover they closed the prior day. No notice, just came in and shuttered the place for good. I was so disappointed. I had to fight to get my $5 or whatever it was back then. Same with a “no appointment” oil change when they sent me home as they were too booked and it was too far to drive back the next day to possibly be sent home again.
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May 14, 2026 09:06PM
Some MSC's are more generous than others. The "many men" one will give you half the shop fee or $3, whichever is greater. For a Pizza Hut shop I did where the location was permanently closed, they still gave me the full shop fee ($8). But then for a Burger King shop where they didn't have Sliders, I was given the entire shop fee *plus* the bonus. This wasn't even a drive-thru shop either, and all I had to do was attempt to order it for delivery. I did need to try a few third party ordering apps first, but even then, I was thinking they might give me $10 or some other token amount for that work, and even that I would have been happy with.
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