Maritz--Is it even necessary to submit an invoice?
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If you did not read the guidelines, it does state that you must submit an invoice after the completion of each shop. It is not the accounting dept. job to keep track of your completed reports. Take responsibility for yourself and submit your invoices after you complete each shop.
MaritzCX is methodical. As long as you submit your invoices you'll get paid on the 15th and 30/31st. But without an invoice you don't receive payment. As I found out when i submitted 2 of 3 invoices then got distracted and two weeks later wondered why my deposit was short. Since it was beyond two weeks I had to call and speak with someone in accounting. It all worked out fine.
Excuse my ignorance, but how come MaritzCX have shoppers submit invoices, when every other company do this automatically?
Thanks for your input.
Thanks for your input.
@bocasman wrote:
Excuse my ignorance, but how come MaritzCX have shoppers submit invoices, when every other company do this automatically?
Thanks for your input.
Have you asked Maritz that question? Only Maritz can answer why Maritz chooses to operate their business as they do. Maritz is actually not the only company to require that their ICs invoice them. MarketForce calls their invoice the CPI. Texas Shoppers Network also requires shoppers to submit an invoice. There are a couple of others I've submitted invoices to, but I can't think of them offhand. Different companies do different things.
As an independent contractor, Maritz and other MSCs are my customers. I will work within whatever guidelines the companies set for themselves. If I'm bothered by the way they run their companies, I can choose not to work with them.
There is a direct tab/link to submit your invoices after you completed your reports. You don't need to fill out a separate paperwork and wait a certain date to submit an invoice like one MSC I know of.
we r running small businesses so we must invoice to be paid if that is what client wants. since i like $$ i don't mind sending invoices. i even save copies for my own records.@roflwofl wrote:
As an independent contractor, Maritz and other MSCs are my customers. I will work within whatever guidelines the companies set for themselves. If I'm bothered by the way they run their companies, I can choose not to work with them.
I don't mind the Martiz invoices at all... I just consider it the last two questions for my write-up and it takes me a whopping 20 seconds do answer them. If it got them to pay as consistently as Maritz does, I'd happily do them from every MSC.
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It's a pet peeve of mine that Martitz requires a separate step for the IC to say, "yes, that work I did... I would like to be paid for it, please". There's no information in the invoice that isn't already in the report I submitted to them, so I'm not sure why they require it.
But, require it they do. So, submit it I do.
But, require it they do. So, submit it I do.
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because payroll department isnt editing department. i don't think they're even in same building. payroll people don't have access to reports. I doubt editors have access to payroll.
Somehow other MSCs manage to overcome this separation of the payroll and editing departments.
Shopper in California's Bay Area
Just be glad you don't have to mail the invoices and receipts anymore. We used to do it by snail mail.
I agree it's an annoyance, but I do it. If I didn't want to do it, I'd stop working for them. It has always bothered me to have to sign the CPI for Market Force. Before the new website, it was an additional step. Of course, now it's submitted with the report. And a few years ago it used to be a real bother - you had to print and sign it, scan it and submit. I kept working for Market Force even though it annoyed me. I did stop working for Texas Shopper's Network because I was annoyed with the invoicing. Their invoice wasn't even an automated process.
MARITZ is huge company, many mscs are small some working out their homes.@CaliGirl925 wrote:
Somehow other MSCs manage to overcome this separation of the payroll and editing departments.
@MSNinja wrote:
MARITZ is huge company, many mscs are small some working out their homes.@CaliGirl925 wrote:
Somehow other MSCs manage to overcome this separation of the payroll and editing departments.
Yep, from what I understand, mystery shopping is just a service they added to an already huge company, to be able to give their clients the service in-house without having to look elsewhere.
Honestly, I've never understood the bru-ha-ha about the invoice. It's one simple step. I used to get pissy when I had to resubmit the receipts, but now I don't even have to do that. Of all the things you could be annoyed by Maritz with, this seems like a non-starter.
@CoffeeQueen wrote:
...Of all the things you could be annoyed by Maritz with, this seems like a non-starter.
Maybe it's because there are several other things to be annoyed by from Maritz that this one feels even worse. As I stated above, it's a pet peeve. It doesn't keep me working with them (at least for now). I understand that Maritz is a large company. Somehow it makes it seem worse that such a large company has the resources to implement modern technology and doesn't: I'd be much more willing to accommodate these little annoyances if I thought the scrappy little company was doing what they could to get by and trying to make ends meet every month. But a giant behemoth that can't be bothered to give their employees proper email access? Or to allow me to see a breakdown of what I've been paid on the shopper website? It's annoying to me.
Anyway, thank you to everyone who attempted to explain to me why Maritz does what they do in regards to invoices. I'm still annoyed by it and still consider it a pet peeve.
Shopper in California's Bay Area
I like the Maritz invoice system.
Like others, as soon as I am finished filing my reports, I submit the invoice. To me, its just the last step of reporting the shop.
My worksheet even has 3 spaces for the invoice information: Invoice Amount, Date of Invoice, and Invoice ID. Right next to my Invoice Amount space, is the amount spent for the shop. I keep this record for various reasons. But, most of all, its to remind me when I go over or under the shop's maximum allowable reimbursement. My monthly spreadsheet reflects the non-reimbursed amount.
BTW, after my invoice submission, I save the information of the invoice in a separate file.
But, the reason I like the Maritz system is that I am in complete control of my spending and reimbursements. I know what I should be paid and when, and I have a record to prove it.
Its not that they (Maritz) have ever disagreed with my invoices, its just that after having dealt with other MSCs who did not request an invoice, btw and who pay weeks and months later (often incorrect amounts), I am very careful of my small business spending and reimbursements.
Like others, as soon as I am finished filing my reports, I submit the invoice. To me, its just the last step of reporting the shop.
My worksheet even has 3 spaces for the invoice information: Invoice Amount, Date of Invoice, and Invoice ID. Right next to my Invoice Amount space, is the amount spent for the shop. I keep this record for various reasons. But, most of all, its to remind me when I go over or under the shop's maximum allowable reimbursement. My monthly spreadsheet reflects the non-reimbursed amount.
BTW, after my invoice submission, I save the information of the invoice in a separate file.
But, the reason I like the Maritz system is that I am in complete control of my spending and reimbursements. I know what I should be paid and when, and I have a record to prove it.
Its not that they (Maritz) have ever disagreed with my invoices, its just that after having dealt with other MSCs who did not request an invoice, btw and who pay weeks and months later (often incorrect amounts), I am very careful of my small business spending and reimbursements.
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