Well you do have a point. That said Service Sleuth has been around a long time and that has always been their pay schedule and they have always paid. I am not worried about their cash flow.
I did start shopping though when two - three months was the "regular" pay schedule for just about every company so maybe I am a little more tolerant.
It is of course your perogative to not shop for companies that pay on whatever schedule you don't like but for me I will stick with the companies I know to pay and Service Sleuth falls in line there.
Liz
HomeNetDepot Wrote:
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> I completed a shop for Service Sleuth back in the
> 1st week of April. The shopping company advised it
> would pay in 60 days within the definition of the
> shop. Stupidly, I accepted the assignment and
> completed the shop.
>
> In the last few days of June (almost 60 days after
> the shop) I requested status about when I would be
> paid. Well it turns out THEY pay 60 DAYS AFTER the
> last day in the month that the shop was completed.
> That not what the definition of the shop showed.
> So in the case of this shop, my payment will be
> actually 90 DAYS since I completed the shop. Not
> acceptable.
>
> I suggest, we, as shoppers do not allow this
> policy from any vendors we shop for. If the
> members of this forum REFUSE TO ACCEPT AND/OR
> SHOP for any shopping company that holds our
> payments beyond normal business terms of 30 days.
> We would stop this extended payment practice and
> we would get a handle on being used as a BANK for
> this companies.
>
> There are many outstanding shopping firms who pay
> their shoppers in a very timely manner. So we
> really do not have to accept very long repayment
> terms.
>
> In business, the sure sign of a failing company is
> slow or extended term payments of vendors, (like
> us). This indicates VERY SLOW CASH FLOW and the
> company's desparate attempts to save its business
> by using its vendors (shoppers) as a bank.
>
> I believe it would be to the secret shopping
> community's best long term interest to STOP
> ACCEPTING ANY ASSIGNMENTS of shopping companies
> that do not pay for an accespt shop in 30 days.
> Any company with payment terms beyond that DO NOT
> HAVE SHOPPERS TO DO THE WORK. Eventually those
> companies will go away. Leaving for the SHOPPERS
> companies that value our work and compensate us in
> a timely manner.