techman01 Wrote:
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> I cherry pick shops that are not part of my
> regular monthly/quarterly routes all the time.
>
> I know in almost every state in the Eastern U.S.
> which areas are "hard to shop" areas. If im going
> to one of these areas for one of my regular
> routes, and I see another msc has a new project or
> shops in this area, I will generally email the
> scheduler and tell them ill go to this hard to
> shop area
Maybe they aren't hard to shop areas. Maybe they are savvy shoppers who were waiting or the fees to rise before they picked them up?
This has happened more than once to me. My jobs ripened and I went to choose them and every job in my area was snatched up. They took like 12 gas stations and everything else around them. Grrrr! Tech is that you!
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