Maritz Blue Station Shops

Has anyone seen these out for May/June yet? I did so many last month, I'm wondering if there just aren't any left in this area for a while, or if I need to call and see if I got myself "banned" for one of the myriad of reasons I've seen discussed on the boards here (too many positive reports, a missed phone call, etc). I like the blue station shops, and want to keep doing them. No interest in the yellow or green shops at all....hmmmm. But I haven't been doing them long enough to know the "pattern" in which they are released. Some are monthly, some are quarterly? Is that right?

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Two easy steps to do:

First expand your search distance or look in other areas of the country (try Chicago, Minneapolis, St Louis or any other major metro area). Those areas always seem to have "Blue' shops that haven't been taken. If you do this and still do not see any shops, you may well be banned. so, go to step 2.

Call them, don't Email (it never works). Ask to speak to their "Blue" team supervisor. If they say the supervisor will call you, await the call. If you were banned, you should have received a phone call from them earlier in the month. If you indeed have been banned, the supervisor who you have asked to speak to will want to go over why you have been banned and then once you understand, they may or may not reinstate you for the "Blue" shops (usually they do). Its their algorithm of positive shops, etc.

"Blue" shops come in monthly and quarterly shops. Many of the monthlies are assigned to shoppers who have requested doing them again (at the end of the debrief it ask if you want to do the shop again when available). the quarterlies come every 3 months and. If you did some like on April 30th, you would not be able to see the shop available to you until the next go - round 90 days from your last time doing it. That means it could be up for others to see before you're able to see it.

Do the reports always ask if you want to do the shop again? Or is that only on the monthly locations? I ask because I have never seen that.

My understanding is just the monthly shops can be re-assigned. I have not seen quarterly shops for May.

Have you all noticed several of the regular ones are no longer on the board? There were some here that were always on the board. Now for the past few months I have not seen them. They all have the same franchise store on the inside and span across several counties here in the midstate. I was curious. I inquired about it with a scheduler and she summed it up to "Someone is just getting them before I do." Which doesn't make sense because there are "mom and pop/owner, store" blue stations on the board in the same areas, just not the "franchise store" blue stations. Anyone experiencing the same issue?

@Megs7521 wrote:

Do the reports always ask if you want to do the shop again? Or is that only on the monthly locations? I ask because I have never seen that.

Only the monthlies have that particular question at the end of the debrief. Some of the monthlies are so distant between another shop, they seem to always be available while the ones that make a good route possible are almost always never available.

For me, I have been able to make a route out of some shops that were monthlies that were always available (and often bonused) in the past. I did this by figuring out a path that limited my miles and allowed me to combine a visit with a friend or a farm while getting paid for gas and a shop performed.
Sometimes, these particular shops that I've made a route will have the "mom and pop" shops available too. When that occurs, I take them up.

With the new scheduling method, it becomes difficult to self assign. For instance, I have many "Yellow" stations that are almost across the intersection from a "Blue". Often, they're either not available in the dates that I have "Blue" shops scheduled, or their dates to assign are of the one day variety.

So I called yesterday, got a call back from one of the schedulers, and she gave me an email address, with instructions to email the Team 03 Supervisor. I sent an email this morning...we'll see if I get an answer

In the meantime, there were some other shops that popped up, but I'll ask about those on another thread...

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