But if you get the overnight emails you will see the fee increases and then cand decide if you want to certify. It takes like two seconds to read an email. I get that people don't like the fact they start so long but I consistently do 15-40 dollar shops for them that started at 3-4 dollars. And I have never done a 3 or 4 dollar shop for them.
Liz
ThornsRun Wrote:
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> I actually did a couple of the certifications on
> CoRI as well only to be *disappointed* to find the
> $3 payment being offered after going through the
> long videos and tests. LOL But I like your idea,
> Flash, of maybe doing a couple certs and checking
> back around to see if the fee goes up. But I do
> agree with you that there are many other companies
> who pay much better and it feels like a waste of
> time to be lurking around one company hoping a fee
> will increase when you can pick up something for 7
> times that amount at another company.
>
>
> Flash Wrote:
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> > If you read around the forum at all you will
> find
> > endless complaints about the fees initially
> > offered by CRI (or CORI or CoRI) and outrage
> about
> > not getting to see the fees before doing the
> > certifications.
> >
> > Here is the way that it plays out. Unless you
> > have a very naive and hungry competitor for
> shops
> > in your area, the shops will sit on the CRI
> board
> > with no takers. After a week or two the prices
> > begin to rise. The raise may be something
> absurd
> > like 2 cents, but they will start to go up. At
> > the point that you feel the fee is fair for the
> > work, jump in and grab it. Word of warning,
> > though, watch it for a while because there may
> be
> > some poor soul in your area hungrier than you
> who
> > snags them first. But then again, if you
> didn't
> > think that price was fair to you, you wouldn't
> > have wanted to do it anyway.
> >
> > It does make sense to have your certifications
> in
> > order so that when the fees go up you are ready
> to
> > pounce without having to spend the time there
> and
> > then to get the certification only to discover
> > that the job was taken while you were
> certifying.
> >
> > There are many other companies that pay better.
> I
> > usually suggest that folks get started with
> CRI,
> > Market Force (blue portal) and Bare
> International
> > as these companies have shops just about
> anywhere
> > there is a zip code, fast food place or gas
> > station. The pay is low, the shops are simple,
> > the instructions are pretty good and they get
> your
> > feet wet to see if shopping is even something
> you
> > want/like to do. They also pay without issue
> for
> > work that is accepted and they really don't
> reject
> > many shops.