It would be erroneous of me to say that a cheque has never bounced on shoppers. As I stated it never happened to me. If you read my posts and the rest of the other ones, it does not suggest that cheques will bounce and is only going on the premise of what others are saying here.
I am not saying I agree or disagree with the fact that Shoppers have to do extra things but I am only saying how it is and what they can do in the time being. If people do not want to do it, that is their prerogative. I make my recommendations as a shopper and not as an employee. I should be receiving a thank you instead of what I am reading. Some of you give me too much authority as someone who is simply a Scheduler with the company. I do not have power to change things but I can only recommend certain things as a shopper and a human being so that there can be change.
Every company has financial limits and their own way of doing things. The company is certainly not trying to fraud people as the only person who ever posted here about a bounced cheque is shoppinggirl who by the way is always incredibly ignorant when posting about Service Metrics and is hard to take seriously when she posts the way she continues to. I called her out before my employment and will continue to so as long as she conducts herself in said manner about any company. It clearly has not changed from four months ago and that is unfortunate.
Not repeating what I said again. I say this as a shopper and not an employee that reading comprehension testing should be mandatory.. Can't believe how twisted my posts are being interpreted. I definitely see why schedulers are MSC employees get frustrated with shoppers because some think they are owed the world and impatient when they don't receive a reply instantly like no one else has a life too. I think some of you on the forum really need to rethink your conduct as shoppers and human beings. It makes our jobs harder not to paint everyone with the same brush after awhile.
MtlShopper Wrote:
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> Dixiewhiskey, I don't think you're doing SMI any
> favors by telling people their cheques *may*
> bounce or to go to the bank to verify that funds
> are available. I understand you're in Toronto and
> TD banks are on every corner, but in other parts
> of the country, TD banks are a bit harder to find
> (i.e. Montreal, where I am). If I'm issued a
> cheque, I expect it to clear whenever I choose to
> cash it, be it the day I receive it or up to 6
> months after it is issued. It shouldn't matter
> that everyone and their brother want to cash their
> cheques at the same time. When a cheque is
> written, the funds should already be available.
> It certainly should not be up to the shopper to
> run around trying to get it cashed.
>
> I also think you're mistaken when you state we
> don't have the same laws in Canada. The law is
> different indeed, but the spirit is the same. In
> fact, anyone issued a bad cheque can file charges
> against the issuer of the cheque, if they believe
> the issuer intentionally deceived them, which
> would be applicable in a case like this where the
> company issued cheques but did not have the full
> funds to honor them. It's called a false pretense
> case, similar to fraud. I don't mean to pick at
> you but, if you're going to make blanket
> statements, be sure they are right.
>
> That being said, SMI is one of my favorite
> companies and I have never, ever, had any issues
> with bounced cheques. The few times there were
> mistakes in payment, they were quickly rectified.
> I've found the best way to contact them is by
> phone, in the afternoon or evening.
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/05/2014 06:50PM by dixiewhiskey.