C'mon Bestmark
Offering less bonuses? How is that possible unless they just stop completely, LOL! I have gotten some really good bonuses in the past, but they are far and few between.
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
Just beware (not that you may care) they "deleted" me when I made a similar comment a few years ago.....
I love it when places tell you that you have to take the jobs at regular price now because they aren't offering bonuses anymore so you just need to deal with it...ummm no...you need to figure out if that works for you. Another company did that a few years ago...I think it lasted until mid January. I, too got deleted from Bestmark a few years ago and I have absolutely no idea aside from the fact that I had to cancel a job for them because I walked in the store and the next door neighbor had just started working for them! I had no idea!
They call here all the time for my husband (who shops on occasion) to do a restaurant that they have trouble filling. He can't really do it anymore very often because he took a rotating shift job and that just doesn't work for him time wise. I, on the other hand could do those shops for them all the time. I sent an email asking why I was deactivated twice but no reply. Oh well. Some day my husband says he is going to flat out say you know my wife is a way better shopper than I am but you won't let her take them. Lol
Liz
They call here all the time for my husband (who shops on occasion) to do a restaurant that they have trouble filling. He can't really do it anymore very often because he took a rotating shift job and that just doesn't work for him time wise. I, on the other hand could do those shops for them all the time. I sent an email asking why I was deactivated twice but no reply. Oh well. Some day my husband says he is going to flat out say you know my wife is a way better shopper than I am but you won't let her take them. Lol
Liz
I tried to do one for Bestmark and found someone I knew from a club was selling there. I had to disqualify myself from the shop. They've called me many times trying to get me to do the same shop. I tried to find out when she was working so I could go a different day but before I could find out (she still hasn't answered my email) it disappeared from the board so I guess they got someone else to do it.
I don't know if she realized I was shopping her that day or what, but I sent an email asking if they were hiring, just to open a dialogue with her, and she never replied.
I don't know if she realized I was shopping her that day or what, but I sent an email asking if they were hiring, just to open a dialogue with her, and she never replied.
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I pray it does not occur that the last thing I did before I died was vacuum the house or eat broccoli.
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I pray it does not occur that the last thing I did before I died was vacuum the house or eat broccoli.
I haven't done an assignment for BestMark in forever. The fees kept getting lower, bonuses were non-existent, and the assignment parameters required extensively long visits. It was just so not worth it, especially for the big electronics store assignments.
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"Between stimulus and response, there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
~Viktor Frankl
"Between stimulus and response, there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
~Viktor Frankl
BM is going down hill here also. I guess their draconian penalty charges did not improve their product.
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up, up, down, down, left, right,left,right, B,A, start.
up, up, down, down, left, right,left,right, B,A, start.
I did 3 shops for them this month. There's a 4th I could do, but I told them I'd need $10-12 to help with the petrol, a 100 mile round trip with nothing else along the way. That shop is still begging and is supposed to be done by Friday. If they ask me now if I can do it, going to have to tell them sorry but I've got 3 jobs in another part of the state and can't work it into a route.
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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)
"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)
"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
By the way, James Bond, like your new signature line. 
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"Between stimulus and response, there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
~Viktor Frankl
"Between stimulus and response, there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
~Viktor Frankl
Hey Michael, doesn't it always go down hill
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
Gas must be way cheaper where you are bec for 100 miles it would take more then $10 for me to do it.....
I love the sig line too, James Bond.
I'm a recent discoverer of The Doctor. : )
I'm a recent discoverer of The Doctor. : )
Practitioner of the Nerdly Arts.
And it was so true working in retail; you really had to find the right question to ask and it was hard a lot of the time.
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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)
"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)
"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
James Bond 007.5 Wrote:
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> I did 3 shops for them this month. There's a 4th I
> could do, but I told them I'd need $10-12 to help
> with the petrol, a 100 mile round trip with
> nothing else along the way. That shop is still
> begging and is supposed to be done by Friday. If
> they ask me now if I can do it, going to have to
> tell them sorry but I've got 3 jobs in another
> part of the state and can't work it into a route.
They contacted me yesterday about doing this shop. I said it would be difficult because I'd now have to go about 200 miles out of my way as I's got other shops scheduled. They offered to treble the petrol so I'm having a veryyyyyyyyyyyy long day tomorrow.
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> I did 3 shops for them this month. There's a 4th I
> could do, but I told them I'd need $10-12 to help
> with the petrol, a 100 mile round trip with
> nothing else along the way. That shop is still
> begging and is supposed to be done by Friday. If
> they ask me now if I can do it, going to have to
> tell them sorry but I've got 3 jobs in another
> part of the state and can't work it into a route.
They contacted me yesterday about doing this shop. I said it would be difficult because I'd now have to go about 200 miles out of my way as I's got other shops scheduled. They offered to treble the petrol so I'm having a veryyyyyyyyyyyy long day tomorrow.
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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)
"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)
"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
They hadn't called me in months and months. Yesterday they did and offered a new car shop at the regular rate. It is a 30 minute drive each way without holiday traffic. When she heard that, she backed off and was quite understanding, just not enough to offer a bonus.
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
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Now the old hens that hang around this forum will say I don't know what I'm talking about.......but I say as a rule never mess with those car dealer shops.Sorry!
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"Between stimulus and response, there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
~Viktor Frankl
"Between stimulus and response, there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
~Viktor Frankl
James Bond 007.5 Wrote:
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> And it was so true working in retail; you really
> had to find the right question to ask and it was
> hard a lot of the time.
I think your sig line also applies to the usefulness of the MSC reports that are created. I can think of at least a dozen that I have to complete on a pretty regular basis that don't ask the right questions to get the pertinent facts about what really went down on an assignment. It takes skill to develop a report that is a worthwhile tool. Some just don't have it.
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> And it was so true working in retail; you really
> had to find the right question to ask and it was
> hard a lot of the time.
I think your sig line also applies to the usefulness of the MSC reports that are created. I can think of at least a dozen that I have to complete on a pretty regular basis that don't ask the right questions to get the pertinent facts about what really went down on an assignment. It takes skill to develop a report that is a worthwhile tool. Some just don't have it.
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"Between stimulus and response, there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
~Viktor Frankl
"Between stimulus and response, there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
~Viktor Frankl
The truly bad reports are those the client insist's on creating. This is said as I prepare to complete yet another one written by someone for whom English is a second, or third, or fourth language.
Equal rights for others does not mean fewer rights for you. It's not pie.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of your time and it really annoys the pig.
Shopgal, I was actually thinking that same thing as I was driving back from a shop today.
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Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)
"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
Have PV-500 & willing to travel.
"Answers are easy. It's asking the right questions which is hard." (The Fourth Doctor, The Face of Evil, 1977)
"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue.” J. Andrew Taylor
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him." Galileo Galilei
Don't get me going about awkward and confusing reports, Lisa! We'll have to start a whole new thread. Although it made me laugh, I totally get what you are talking about with some of these barely intelligible creations.
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"Between stimulus and response, there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
~Viktor Frankl
"Between stimulus and response, there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
~Viktor Frankl
I have never seen anything other than a car dealership with them. Not with a bonus either. I just have no desire to go to a car lot so I have never shopped with them.
I guess in my area there are no other companies they have as clients.
I guess in my area there are no other companies they have as clients.
Did they lose electronic shop? I've only seen the car ones and a few beauty ones.
They probably did lose the electronic store shop. The same electronic store is struggling to stay afloat as a brick and mortar store. They have recently closed many stores. Maybe they had to cut back on the mystery shopping...
I have wondered the same thing about the big box electronic shop. I must say, I will not miss them. Buh bye!
I have worked with a few schedulers that toss out bonuses and a few that won't give me a $2 bonus..... I think its hit or miss.
Some of the shops in my areas are up to almost 50 dollars!!
Has anyone ever placed an ad on craigslist to get someone to come with you that has one of those cars that you can't find?? LOL
Some of the shops in my areas are up to almost 50 dollars!!
Has anyone ever placed an ad on craigslist to get someone to come with you that has one of those cars that you can't find?? LOL
BestMark is still doing the big box electronics stores in my area. But the pay is ridiculously low, and the time to get one of these done is maddening by the time you are able to track down someone in two different departments and make a purchase.
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"Between stimulus and response, there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
~Viktor Frankl
"Between stimulus and response, there is a space.
In that space is our power to choose our response.
In our response lies our growth and our freedom."
~Viktor Frankl
I didn't see the electronics shops in December, but I assumed it was just because it was Christmas. I assumed they would pop back up in January, but I haven't seen them yet. I don't mind the one person on site and one person phone call shops, but the two people on site suck.
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