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Can anyone tell me if all of the hoops Trend Source is making me jump through is worth it? I am taking quizzes, sending photo ID, and more.

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I have shopped for them for over two years. It is very worth all the 'jumping thru hoops" hope this helps you. I enjoy working with them.

They are a nice company. I did a price audit for them - I didn't like the price audit but I like them very much. They post some shops here but usually they are snapped up before I get to them. There is a lot of shopper competition in Austin. They paid me fast and gave good feedback on my shop report. I would gladly do lots of shops for them if I can beat some other shoppers to them. Stick with it, you will like them.

Trend Source is OK. The quizes I have passed have been good for a year. They do not have much in my area but a good one comes alone now and then. I have never gotten any feedback from them but, on the other hand, I have not gotten any hassle either. I like to shop for them.

My experience is that they're as useful as hooters on a doorknob.

Her Serene Majesty, Cettie - Goat Queen of Zoltar, Sublime Empress of Her Caprine Domain

Cettie, I shop for them when the time frame is right, I am going past the store to go home and my cats needs kitty litter. Other than that they are useless.

I have done alot of work for TrendSource. I have had some issues with them and then they have also been there when we had a tornado up here and I had to reschedule work. I hate applying for jobs then waiting for someone to email me back if I received the work as I cover 3 states and need to schedule my work. They have both their positives and negatives.

I like them. I can self assign, they pay like clock work, and I ALWAYS need groceries, which is the majority of shops they have here. Its real $ in my pocket, fees are low though. They are fair when shoppers have issues.

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red_101 Wrote:
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> I have done alot of work for TrendSource. I have
> had some issues with them and then they have also
> been there when we had a tornado up here and I had
> to reschedule work. I hate applying for jobs then
> waiting for someone to email me back if I received
> the work as I cover 3 states and need to schedule
> my work. They have both their positives and
> negatives.

I was able to self assign after five shops for grocery shops. Other shops are never self assign from what I gather.

I have been able to self-assign almost since the beginning since I did about 12 grocery audits in a few days. If you follow their agenda to become "Premier" (no fee), you can self-assign most anything. They do have a few shops that they mostly do not do self-assign on, and those might be what is in your area, if you can only self-assign groceries. If you cannot self assign shops that others can, though, and you are sure because you know someone else who can (and I am not aware that they do this, but..) then I would send a question asking why to the help desk there. They usually are sent to the program managers, in my experience, and they ALWAYS respond within the time frame they say they will.

I am so happy that there are people who like Trendsource. I use to, but seeing as to how they have stiffed me for close to $100.00, I have no use for them.
I did 4 pet store audits for them in a period of 1 week. Did the paper work, send uploaded pictures of the reciept, which they claim they did not recieve, send said copy of reciepts via e-mail, which they claim they did not recieve, send copies of said reciets via regualar mail, they again claim they did not receive them. I have done everthing to get them the reciepts, out side of driving to their office,only about 1000 miles from me, to get paid.
I will eat they pay, and will continue to pester them for my pay.
pat in colorado

So far I am getting paid by them after I finish a shop. I do not do many at a time for them and I will keep it that way. Purriff I hope you get your money soom and I wish you good luck.

What a nightmare Purrff! Is it possible that they are giving credit for the receipt to the wrong job? I would have a phone conversation with them and get a specific person's email to send the receipts to because that just sounds absurd. I never had any such issues with them, though it has been more than a year since I even requested a job from them.

I would definitely contact them using their contact link. This is very unusual for them.

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