Susie. StN was one of the first companies I did shops for. I deactivated after they would not pay me for a shop I did. I actually did three shops that day--same client--a high-end grocery store, different locations. I was supposed to evaluate a specialty bread kiosk at the store. (And interact with employees, etc.) The guidelines said most, but not all, stores had these kiosks. The guidelines also said there "might" be a question thrown in to make sure you are telling the truth. I went to the first two stores, located the kiosk--no problem. At the third store, I saw SHELVES but no kiosk. I played it out in my mind...almost ALL stores have kiosks, but these look like shelves AND they warned me they might be looking for untruths. Took me all of 10 seconds worth of inner turmoil to come up with a solution: tell the truth. I did the reports and, for the 3rd, explained there were shelves but no kiosk. I reported everything I needed to about the shelves/kiosk. So the only issue was vocabulary. The shop was rejected. When I pursued, things got nasty. VERY NASTY. Which is why I deactivated. I have posted about this else where. It was the tenor and complete lack of respect that got to me. I was obviously at the store--had the receipts to prove it, I had done everything require--interacted with all the employees, etc--and reported what I considered to be the absolute red white and blue truth. I have sometimes thought it might have been a mistake to deactivate--means I cannot get shops. But then I remember how insulting and condenscending they were. Also,I am pretty sure they simply edited out the whole shelves vs. kiosk thing.
SusieAD Wrote:
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> I was not notified by email, but just saw on my
> account page that I have two rejected shops. Does
> this mean that I will not be paid? If so, I have a
> real problem with that. I did three shops in one
> day because they were geographically close to each
> other, although they were a loonng drive from my
> house. It would not have made sense to do just one
> of them, but if I did three it would be worth the
> price of gas. Anyway, they accepted one out of
> three. The other two were rejected for ridiculous
> reasons. Apparently, they want me to tackle
> employees and force them to assist me....even
> after I already asked for help. I am now actually
> losing money working for them, if they do not pay
> me. I suppose I can return the items I purchases
> and recoup a small amount of money.
>
> Further, I just did a tech job for them wherein I
> had to layout more than $70 to have a device
> repaired. If they reject this one, I will be out A
> LOT of $$ and unable to return anything!!!
>
> Who had experience with STN and should I actually
> bow out at this point? Doing this at a loss is not
> sustainable for me.