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What did you do and what did they say when you raised the question about the amount you were paid?
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
I just emailed the scheduler and have not yet heard back.
As everybody knows, it's always best to hit the panic button before you've given the company an opportunity to respond.
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Seriously, nobody cares that you're offended.
Seriously, nobody cares that you're offended.
@Hoju wrote:
As everybody knows, it's always best to hit the panic button before you've given the company an opportunity to respond.
your snarky comment = congrats, a definite attribute.
Hoju's response is unnecessarily snarky, but the OP could have stated up front that he/she had emailed and was hoping for a response, would keep us informed, and was not hitting the panic button. It really is premature to advise other shoppers to "be wary," since a long holiday weekend at the end of the month is not likely to bring a quick response.
I have never had a payment problem with this MSC.
Please let us know how this works out.
I have never had a payment problem with this MSC.
Please let us know how this works out.
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
@walesmaven wrote:
It really is premature to advise other shoppers to "be wary," since a long holiday weekend at the end of the month is not likely to bring a quick response.
Please let us know how this works out.
There's really no point in advising others "to be wary" until you know the outcome. That's one of the big problems with an online forum - people post dire warnings over nothing and it's scary to newbies and confusing to the rest of us. Hoju was very sarcastic but he was exactly right.
And this particular OP has had issues of "wrong pay" with some several companies that don't appear to have been duplicated by others and tangles with some several companies which don't appear to have been experienced by others, all of which leads one to wonder . . . Scream first seems to be SOP.
There is no such thing as unnecessary snark. Like a wizard, it is neither early nor late. It arrives precisely when it means to.
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Seriously, nobody cares that you're offended.
Seriously, nobody cares that you're offended.
Flash perhaps you can read and get your facts straight.
Itsy,
Could you please explain what you replied to Flash? Not sure what facts are in dispute.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/28/2016 11:47AM by walesmaven.
Could you please explain what you replied to Flash? Not sure what facts are in dispute.
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/28/2016 11:47AM by walesmaven.
I'll put the links out there so folks can read for themselves . . .
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - pay issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - another pay issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - requirements issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - this one was unfair enough that your peers made your original post disappear, though it can still be seen by you and in your list of posts.
Do I need to go further?
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - pay issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - another pay issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - requirements issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - this one was unfair enough that your peers made your original post disappear, though it can still be seen by you and in your list of posts.
Do I need to go further?
I don"t waste my time with people like you Flash that can"t stick to the topic of discussion - Data Quest. You can respond but I won't read it as I no longer follow the discussion. Stay happy !
* * on a cracker....if I had these kinds of issues this often I'd have quit mystery shopping long ago. The OP needs another gig!
edited by Mod to remove religious references
@Flash wrote:
I'll put the links out there so folks can read for themselves . . .
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - pay issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - another pay issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - requirements issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - this one was unfair enough that your peers made your original post disappear, though it can still be seen by you and in your list of posts.
Do I need to go further?
edited by Mod to remove religious references
@N-TownShopper wrote:
* * on a cracker....if I had these kinds of issues this often I'd have quit mystery shopping long ago. The OP needs another gig!
@Flash wrote:
I'll put the links out there so folks can read for themselves . . .
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - pay issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - another pay issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - requirements issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - this one was unfair enough that your peers made your original post disappear, though it can still be seen by you and in your list of posts.
Do I need to go further?
hmmm "...on a cracker"?
i think he looks better on a pogo stick
edited by Mod to remove religious references
@parkcitybrian wrote:
hmmm "...on a cracker"?
i think he looks better on a pogo stick
True but he probably tastes better on a cracker. ;-P
@N-TownShopper wrote:
@parkcitybrian wrote:
hmmm "...on a cracker"?
i think he looks better on a pogo stick
True but he probably tastes better on a cracker. ;-P
i tend to disagree but we very well might be hearing from some of the clutchers of pearls that tend to be offended?
@Itsybitsy1 wrote:
I don"t waste my time with people like you Flash that can"t stick to the topic of discussion - Data Quest. You can respond but I won't read it as I no longer follow the discussion. Stay happy !
Insert worlds biggest eyeroll here.
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Seriously, nobody cares that you're offended.
Seriously, nobody cares that you're offended.
@Hoju, I was about to shed a thimble full of crocodile tears but then noted that the OP had edited their first post to this thread to more of a statement than a martyred whine.
@parkcitybrian wrote:
@N-TownShopper wrote:
@parkcitybrian wrote:
hmmm "...on a cracker"?
i think he looks better on a pogo stick
True but he probably tastes better on a cracker. ;-P
i tend to disagree but we very well might be hearing from some of the clutchers of pearls that tend to be offended?
Indeed...after they've recovered from the blasphemy of our comments, this thread will be barraged with snowflakes. Or cupcakes. Which are the easily offended ones?
Spot on to both of you. This OP is a second-class whiner. Lots of missing facts and/or inaccurate postings. I also applaud Hoju for the use of sarcasm; there is nothing wrong with sarcasm. In my part of the country, it is a way of life and we all get it.@N-TownShopper wrote:
* * on a cracker....if I had these kinds of issues this often I'd have quit mystery shopping long ago. The OP needs another gig!
@Flash wrote:
I'll put the links out there so folks can read for themselves . . .
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - pay issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - another pay issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - requirements issue
[www.mysteryshopforum.com] - this one was unfair enough that your peers made your original post disappear, though it can still be seen by you and in your list of posts.
Do I need to go further?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/2016 03:48AM by Sybil2.
Putting on fake eyelashes so I can make an even bigger eye roll!@Hoju wrote:
@Itsybitsy1 wrote:
I don"t waste my time with people like you Flash that can"t stick to the topic of discussion - Data Quest. You can respond but I won't read it as I no longer follow the discussion. Stay happy !
Insert worlds biggest eyeroll here.
Maybe we always need to quote the OP's posts when we respond before she hits the edit button and tries to change her tune.@Flash wrote:
@Hoju, I was about to shed a thimble full of crocodile tears but then noted that the OP had edited their first post to this thread to more of a statement than a martyred whine.
Be careful or the mods will edit you. I was encouraging people who don't like my posts to toggle me. It won't hurt my feelings at all. I made a reference to the snowflakes and 'tis the season and my post was edited. I think when I wrote that post, there wads actually snow on the ground outside my window. So snowflakes was an accurate and timely word.@N-TownShopper wrote:
Indeed...after they've recovered from the blasphemy of our comments, this thread will be barraged with snowflakes. Or cupcakes. Which are the easily offended ones?
@Sybil2 wrote:
Maybe we always need to quote the OP's posts when we respond before she hits the edit button and tries to change her tune.
I see no reason to. If the post was noxiously dramatic as posted and is edited to be just a factual statement without all the drama, I see little reason to preserve the original. The revision here would more appropriately be, "I thought was paying . . ." Nevertheless this OP blasts a company before they do their follow up because of course a mystery shopper could never make an error or misunderstand anything.
@Sybil2 Thanks for the heads up about the mods!
It is my experience Data Quest job boards generally list some Valet Parking jobs at $15 compensation with a reimbursable expense limit of $50. There are several valet shops posted as such at the time I am writing this. Are you sure your pay expectation was correct? It has been a week since your original post noting the problem with your expectation. Have you heard back yet? They are usually very quick with a response. Please let us know.
$50 for valet parking is closer to (but less than) what I get for video valet parking shops in Manhattan. I am, therefore, skeptical concerning a $50 shop fee for a nonvideo one. Outside of places like Manhattan (.i.e., less expensive markets for parking costs) pay a heck of a lot less for written valet parking shop in my experience. My experience includes searching job boards, literally coast-to-coast, to see parking shops for a study that I did recently. There is ONE MSC that pays more than most for both video and non-video valet parking jobs, but it is not Data Quest, by a long shop.
BTW, my experience with other Data Quest work has been exceptionally good. Great support; quick pay; a collegial atmosphere between shoppers and DQ schedulers and editors.
BTW, my experience with other Data Quest work has been exceptionally good. Great support; quick pay; a collegial atmosphere between shoppers and DQ schedulers and editors.
Based in MD, near DC
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
Shopping from the Carolinas to New York
Have video cam; will travel
Poor customer service? Don't get mad; get video.
$50 is the expense.
@walesmaven wrote:
$50 for valet parking is closer to (but less than) what I get for video valet parking shops in Manhattan. I am, therefore, skeptical concerning a $50 shop fee for a nonvideo one. Outside of places like Manhattan (.i.e., less expensive markets for parking costs) pay a heck of a lot less for written valet parking shop in my experience. My experience includes searching job boards, literally coast-to-coast, to see parking shops for a study that I did recently. There is ONE MSC that pays more than most for both video and non-video valet parking jobs, but it is not Data Quest, by a long shop.
BTW, my experience with other Data Quest work has been exceptionally good. Great support; quick pay; a collegial atmosphere between shoppers and DQ schedulers and editors.
@LindaM wrote:
$50 is the expense.
So, once again the OP has gotten reality muddled and rushed to condemn a MSC for doing the right thing when she was confused. Since, she has posted she is no longer reading the thread, I hope she has gone back and read the guidelines and understands the correct payment.
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