@JASFLALMT wrote:
Yes. Franchise Compliance went out of business owing me $218.33. Tried several avenues of getting paid but no luck since the owner disappeared.
@JASFLALMT wrote:
Yes. Franchise Compliance went out of business owing me $218.33. Tried several avenues of getting paid but no luck since the owner disappeared.
@MsJudi wrote:
Many years ago a company called G3 or G4 went out of business and left many shoppers unpaid. The owners apparently opened up under a new business, but I'm not sure if it survived or what it was called. Keep an eye out for shoppers reporting payment issues and steer clear of those companies unless things are straightened out. There are usually warning signs before a company folds completely. It happens rarely, but it happens.
@sandyf wrote:
Sunny, many of us have not yet received a check for last month (end of April payment for March shops). You must be one of the lucky ones who did get paid.
You are right. I went over this in my head last night. March checks should have gone out the first week of May, not the first week of June. Seems as though I am not getting my $20 bonus on the carryout or the $10 for the pizza.@sandyf wrote:
Hmm, you have a different history than I do. My check for my March shops has been reading released or whatever they call it for over a month and I was told over a week ago they were mailing them and had overcome some issues with pay. They recognized that the checks for March shops was very late in that phone conversation. In the meantime they are not even answering their phone this week. I get a recording telling me their open hours and say there is no one to answer the phone. That has been going on for two days. I have been working for them for years and have always gotten my check the end of the following month of the job (or a few days into the next month which would have been early May in the case of March shops). No emails are being answered.
@MickeyB wrote:
I know someone who was owed more than $10k from Freeman when they went out of business.
@SoCalMama wrote:
@MickeyB wrote:
I know someone who was owed more than $10k from Freeman when they went out of business.
I know that person too. So sad.
G3 stiffed me for around $1200. I wrote it off on my taxes that year. Some of those people started another company in Ohio. I don't work for them. They are disgusting (it's not Intelli-shop BTW).
Did anyone mention Infotel? I do recall a phone conversation with Gary(?) the owner that involved me dropping more than one f bomb. They were one of the two original companies that shopped Starbucks in the late 90's, early 2000's.
@SoCalMama wrote:
@MickeyB wrote:
I know someone who was owed more than $10k from Freeman when they went out of business.
I know that person too. So sad.
G3 stiffed me for around $1200. I wrote it off on my taxes that year. Some of those people started another company in Ohio. I don't work for them. They are disgusting (it's not Intelli-shop BTW).
Did anyone mention Infotel? I do recall a phone conversation with Gary(?) the owner that involved me dropping more than one f bomb. They were one of the two original companies that shopped Starbucks in the late 90's, early 2000's.
I'm not helping you write your book for free, sorry.@shoptastic wrote:
@SoCalMama wrote:
@MickeyB wrote:
I know someone who was owed more than $10k from Freeman when they went out of business.
I know that person too. So sad.
G3 stiffed me for around $1200. I wrote it off on my taxes that year. Some of those people started another company in Ohio. I don't work for them. They are disgusting (it's not Intelli-shop BTW).
Did anyone mention Infotel? I do recall a phone conversation with Gary(?) the owner that involved me dropping more than one f bomb. They were one of the two original companies that shopped Starbucks in the late 90's, early 2000's.
$10K is so huge of a sum for a mystery shop(s) that I cannot fathom putting myself into that position.
Even $1K sounds like a lot. Was there a good track record with this company that allowed people to be comfortable with making large purchases and/or doing lots of hard shops with high pay?
How many shops does it take to rack up a $10K+ tab?
Were there warning signs for you guys with these other companies that you mentioned going out of biz?