GFK 25 days not approved or paid, update: paid!
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Sorry they pissed me off early this morning.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/24/2014 05:41PM by charlotte68.
Shopping Central PA now..
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/24/2014 05:41PM by charlotte68.
That is not a helpful post, charlotte. Come on now...
If it says received then it was accepted.
Contact the scheduler whose shop it
belonged too...
Contact the scheduler whose shop it
belonged too...
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
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When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
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When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
Thanks tech,
I have emailed Donna and also used the contact the scheduler link but haven't gotten a reply. I have been checking my spam folder, but nothing there ether. i also found an 800 number but her name/extension wasn't listed in the menu.
I have emailed Donna and also used the contact the scheduler link but haven't gotten a reply. I have been checking my spam folder, but nothing there ether. i also found an 800 number but her name/extension wasn't listed in the menu.
just talk to anyone there...they will get you to the right person...
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
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When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots
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When you try to please everybody, you end up pleasing nobody
Charlotte removed her post so I'm removing mine.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/24/2014 11:04PM by MDavisnowell.
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/24/2014 11:04PM by MDavisnowell.
Donna is FAR from mean and nasty. Donna Goodwin does more to help shoppers than most people from MSCs.
Arguing with fools is like playing chess with a pigeon...
...No matter how good you are, the pigeon will s@^t on the board and strut around like it won anyway.
Not scheduling for ANY company.
...No matter how good you are, the pigeon will s@^t on the board and strut around like it won anyway.
Not scheduling for ANY company.
I love GFK. Donna is on this board frequently, and responds in a timely manner. I've never had a problem with them. In fact, one time my printer was acting up and I could not print the paper for the cell phone audit. The scheduler at GFK offered me an additional $8 to print the paperwork from Kinko's. Luckily I fixed my printer, but I really appreciated her offer.
I took it down. I am having a bad with them. It will pass and please don't act like you all never had bad days..
Shopping Central PA now..
Just an update, I never heard back from Donna which is frustrating.
But, I emailed info@gfk.... and got a response.
"Thank you for contacting us regarding your delayed payment. We recently experienced some issues with Pay Pal. The issue has been corrected and we are working diligently to get our payments caught up. We hope to be caught up and back on schedule over the next two weeks. "
This was my first shop with them. A little more communication would've helped alleviate my stress. Glad to know what's going on though.
But, I emailed info@gfk.... and got a response.
"Thank you for contacting us regarding your delayed payment. We recently experienced some issues with Pay Pal. The issue has been corrected and we are working diligently to get our payments caught up. We hope to be caught up and back on schedule over the next two weeks. "
This was my first shop with them. A little more communication would've helped alleviate my stress. Glad to know what's going on though.
brdwygurl Wrote:
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> But, I emailed info@gfk.... and got a response.
>
> "Thank you for contacting us regarding your
> delayed payment. We recently experienced some
> issues with Pay Pal. The issue has been corrected
> and we are working diligently to get our payments
> caught up.
Paypal froze the GFK account until the problem was worked out. Wonder why Paypal would do that?
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> But, I emailed info@gfk.... and got a response.
>
> "Thank you for contacting us regarding your
> delayed payment. We recently experienced some
> issues with Pay Pal. The issue has been corrected
> and we are working diligently to get our payments
> caught up.
Paypal froze the GFK account until the problem was worked out. Wonder why Paypal would do that?
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Because there was a problem they needed to work out.
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
MDavisnowell Wrote:
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> Because there was a problem they needed to work
> out.
That was a good joke back in the day. I watched an old re-run of The Three Stooges and they used the same joke verbatim in "The Sitter Downers" in 1937. Still funny. Were you writing for their show then?
More specifically, why did Paypal freeze GFK's account. More precisely, there might be a serious problem going on at GFK if Paypal froze GFK's account. More pointedly, I will wait and see if GFK pays me as fast as they used to for the two shops that I did for them yesterday.
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> Because there was a problem they needed to work
> out.
That was a good joke back in the day. I watched an old re-run of The Three Stooges and they used the same joke verbatim in "The Sitter Downers" in 1937. Still funny. Were you writing for their show then?
More specifically, why did Paypal freeze GFK's account. More precisely, there might be a serious problem going on at GFK if Paypal froze GFK's account. More pointedly, I will wait and see if GFK pays me as fast as they used to for the two shops that I did for them yesterday.
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Maybe I'm different but I trust that I will be paid and always have. 
I don't believe in 1,700 shops that I have done, that I have ever had to call and email about where my money was?..
If you hear nothing back after submitting your shop, "silence" is usually golden.
If 50,000 shoppers write and ask where their money is, all the time, or in 30 days, etc. etc. you can understand the "congestion."
I was on the phone with Goodwin and she was asking me about a shop I could pick up, while on the phone I did ask her the status of payment on a shop, done almost 3 months prior, but that was only because I had her on the phone...
I don't believe in 1,700 shops that I have done, that I have ever had to call and email about where my money was?..
If you hear nothing back after submitting your shop, "silence" is usually golden.
If 50,000 shoppers write and ask where their money is, all the time, or in 30 days, etc. etc. you can understand the "congestion."
I was on the phone with Goodwin and she was asking me about a shop I could pick up, while on the phone I did ask her the status of payment on a shop, done almost 3 months prior, but that was only because I had her on the phone...
No, I did not write for the Stooges, wish I did. I can see several things that might have happened. It's always possible there are financial problems, but it may be something so simple as the company is short of funds because a big client did not pay them, or gave them a payment which was pulled back out of the account because the client was short of funds or for whatever reason. Then there are also the well known security breaches, which can make it necessary to shut down an account temporarily. Another thing that could have happened to them is internal embezzlement. As long as they can get going again in a reasonable amount of time it will all work out. I haven't worked for GFK in a long time, but when I was really active with them they were very dependable pay. I haven't heard anything about their having changed ownership or management so I'm hoping for the best possible outcome.
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.
My first reaction on hearing about an account frozen is just suspected fraudulent activity. It is so common these days. I've had restrictions placed on my accounts because of data breaches twice over the last 18 months.
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 wanted to update everyone that I was paid this morning.
I also updated the title of this thread. It was not my intent to question GFK's financial solvency.. This was my first shop with them and I was more concerned that I had missed something because I had never received a score or comments and had not been paid.
I had a past experince where one of the mystery shopping apps had an issue where their low balance notification failed with PayPal. As a result their payments failed and they were behind several weeks. Many people panicked and started "the sky is falling", but eventually everyone was paid. Lots of things can happen with PayPal and I am not concerned with an established business.
Glad it is a happy ending!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/26/2014 06:07PM by brdwygurl.
I also updated the title of this thread. It was not my intent to question GFK's financial solvency.. This was my first shop with them and I was more concerned that I had missed something because I had never received a score or comments and had not been paid.
I had a past experince where one of the mystery shopping apps had an issue where their low balance notification failed with PayPal. As a result their payments failed and they were behind several weeks. Many people panicked and started "the sky is falling", but eventually everyone was paid. Lots of things can happen with PayPal and I am not concerned with an established business.
Glad it is a happy ending!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/26/2014 06:07PM by brdwygurl.
brdwygurl Wrote:
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> One of the mystery shopping apps had an issue
> where their low balance notification failed with
> PayPal. As a result their payments failed and
> they were behind several weeks.
Thanks for this information. Sorry if I'm not understanding your statement correctly, please correct me if I am wrong. So GFK's account balance at PayPal got very low, due to a mystery shopping app that failed, and that this resulted in all payments by GFK failing, because PayPal wouldn't process their payments until they made a deposit to bring their Paypal account balance back to a safe level, and this caused GFK to fall behind their payments by by a week or two weeks while the waited for receivables to be paid so that they could deposit the money into their Paypal account?
I'm just trying to understand your post. Payment issues with GFK affect me directly and if payment will be delayed I'd like to be able to anticpate when a substantial amount of money will be paid to me by GFK.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/26/2014 06:04PM by aggiejim72.
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> One of the mystery shopping apps had an issue
> where their low balance notification failed with
> PayPal. As a result their payments failed and
> they were behind several weeks.
Thanks for this information. Sorry if I'm not understanding your statement correctly, please correct me if I am wrong. So GFK's account balance at PayPal got very low, due to a mystery shopping app that failed, and that this resulted in all payments by GFK failing, because PayPal wouldn't process their payments until they made a deposit to bring their Paypal account balance back to a safe level, and this caused GFK to fall behind their payments by by a week or two weeks while the waited for receivables to be paid so that they could deposit the money into their Paypal account?
I'm just trying to understand your post. Payment issues with GFK affect me directly and if payment will be delayed I'd like to be able to anticpate when a substantial amount of money will be paid to me by GFK.
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/26/2014 06:04PM by aggiejim72.
Sorry I should've been clearer.
I was using the mystery shopping app issue as an example of something I have run into in the past. I don't know what the current issue is with GFK, but they are working to catch up.
I was paid this morning.
I was using the mystery shopping app issue as an example of something I have run into in the past. I don't know what the current issue is with GFK, but they are working to catch up.
I was paid this morning.
I was paid this morning for 3 shops I did just barely over two weeks ago.
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