@kimmysue wrote:
I have logged on several times and found messages on the screen like "This shop is no longer available to you" and "This shop is being held by a scheduler", only to log in an hour later and find the shops open and available.
Don't take that personally! This is done when they've offered a shop to another shopper in your area, with a small bonus attached, and are holding it until the shopper either takes or declines it, or the 12-hour hold expires. They keep it on the job board, but when you click on it, it gives you that notice. If the shopper declines or doesn't respond within the 12 hours, it goes back active on the board. That's why you'll see some of them open and available even if it's just an hour later. This certainly isn't "attitude" on their part. If they offer you a job and tell you they'll hold it for you, you'd get upset if you logged in to accept it and it was gone.
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Then comes that defensive notice from them about when to expect payment and we are all looking to see why suddenly our payment is later.
Why do you find that defensive? I agree that sometimes they do post messages that smack of 'tude, but not these. Would you like to state your terms of payment and pay people early on occasion, only to have them e-mail, call, and complain on forums that payments are late when they're not?
I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.