I've had the same experience. I've been signed up with them since 2008 and have never performed an assignment for them. I get e-mails sometimes, usually about jobs other places. They've had one job here that I have no interest in performing. I never bother to check their job board these days.
Yes. They do not have a lot of shops in my area, but I picked up a few good ones last year. They paid in a reasonable amount of time, and the report was not difficult.
Good Luck!
The only ones I've seen in my area were for hardwood flooring quotes, paying $15. The pay wasn't worth it for me, so I've never done any assignments for them.
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> I got an invitation to apply. Has anyone worked
> for them?
I have done different types of shops for them. Flooring, bathroom remodeling and housing. Straightforward guidelines and reports. Super fast payment. I have no hesitancy in recommending them.
I have been signed up with Imyst for several years and the only shops I've ever done for them was with a carpet company, which I had to stop because they kept my info in their system.
I've been signed up for 2 years and the only shop they have offered is the same in home flooring shop. Considering I'm not a home owner and have no authority to change the flooring in the places I've lived, I cannot do the shop. I'm surprised to hear they even offer other types of shops considering I've never seen one.
I'm sorry. I couldn't make it past the fact that you drove 300 miles to do what seems to be a $21 shop. Gas cost you significantly more than the tolls did. I think they're the least of your problems.
Edited because apparently I don't know the difference in addition and subtraction.
There are reasons that a body stays in motion
At the moment only demons come to mind
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Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
I recently did one shop for them- the only one I have seen in my area for two or three years. I have received payment and never heard a peep from them, either before or after my shop.
Unfortunately most companies will not pay tolls unless you get it approved before the shop. One of the responsibilities we have before completing a shop is to figure out what are costs will be. At that point, communicate with the scheduler and state I can't shop for less than $XX dollars. They may agree or the may not, but you have a much better chance of getting expenses covered before rather than after the fact.
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Never assume that a company is going to pay anything unless they specifically agree to pay it. A good rule is to GET ANY PAYMENT/REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT IN WRITING.