Cirrus apartment shops
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I've done a few apartment shops for them. For one of them I waited for one year for payment. I did one in May and I'm still waiting for payment on that. They have always paid me for all of my shops I've done for them, but waiting so long for it really sucks. I don't pick up many shops from them unless they are bonused for that reason.
I just did my first shop with them for a supermarket though, not apartments. One week and the report hasn't been reviewed. And from the list of payment times they may take up to 2 months to pay. So not doing any new shops for them until I see my report reviewed, and not doing any shops that require a purchase until I get paid (that's my standard policy for all shopping companies I'm new shopping with).
I've done shops for them for the past year or so. Yes, they take a ridiculously long time to pay, but they do have a posted schedule that is clear on when payment is due. My advice is to give them a quick call the day after payment was due. Once you do that, you should have payment within a couple of days.
I just emailed Francine and Bristin. I did 3 shops in May and June and haven't received payment. I knew when I did the shops that payment would be slow. I just won't do any more for them until I get payment for these 3. They all had bonuses so I figured it was worth the wait. We'll see. Waiting a year for payment is not acceptable for any company. 3-4 months is okay as long as I know it going in.
FYI, Francine has nothing to do with payments and will probably just tell you to contact Bristin. My advice is to give the company a call (it's toll free). You can tell almost anyone, not just Bristin, who answers that your payments are late. Once you do that, you should have it in your account within 48 hours. Email is not the best way to get a response.. Call them for results.
ValG, I shopped for them one time last year in October. It took over 3 months for me to get paid. I had to call several times. They had excuses that they had lost the data of quite a few shoppers due to some computers going down and they did not do a good job of backing up data. They finally were able to pay me after 3 1/2 months but it left a sour taste in my mouth so they are on my "DO NOT SHOP FOR" list of MSCs. Also, even if they didn't have the supposed data issues I think taking 90 days to pay someone is unacceptable.
This company was advertising apartment shops for the ridiculously low price of $20. I believe they were targeted too, but not certain. Anyway, I definitely passed. Now, realizing Cirrus takes 90 days or more to pay contractors on top of insultingly low pay, I just removed myself from their shopper list.
I resend the invoice that is due to the invoice email address and have always received my payment the next day.
Crap I forgot I need to send the invoice... Ok, invoice on its way...
Oddly enough, they had been sitting on my report for 3 weeks without evaluating it, until I sent the invoice...
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