Why does Trend source wait until the last hour of the due date to approve a shop?
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When the time passes for me to accept (and complete) a shop for The Source (or any other MSC), I delete the request/application. IMHO, not deleting the application says that you are still ready and able to complete the shop as scheduled.
I am also puzzled. If you did not offer to complete the shop on a specific later date, \Why would they move the assigned date instead of just dropping the assignment (and maybe you for flaking)? What date would they choose?
I am also puzzled. If you did not offer to complete the shop on a specific later date, \Why would they move the assigned date instead of just dropping the assignment (and maybe you for flaking)? What date would they choose?
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
And, of course, it never occurred to you, all day yesterday while you were waiting, to call them and speak to the scheduler and get it assigned instantly?
Of course not.
Of course not.
"It far better to light the candle than to curse the darkness" seems to be the opposite of the OPs behavior. Very puzzling to me, and apparently to Ceasesmith as well.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
@ceasesmith wrote:
And not to mention that shoppers with good records have self-assign status with The Source.
I was thinking the same thing.
Although, I don't check their job board. They text me at least three times a week to do jobs with PAD.
As I am no longer a contractor for Trendsource, I am asking this question strictly out of curiosity. A few years ago, all, included me, who refused to shift to an EIN were removed from self-assign. Has that requirement changed? The reason I would not have been aware is that my last completion for TS without PAD was in 2011 and all jobs with PAD were, understandably, not self-assignable.
Shopperbob, If you earn under $600 (this does not include reimbursements, just the regular fee), they do not press you for an EIN. Once you hit the $600 level, you have to get an EIN to be paid. On this, I speak from experience, having shopped close to 9 years under $600 with NO EIN, and then last year I went JUST ABOVE the $600 threshold. I had to get an EIN to get paid. Hope that helps. Maybe others can chime in if their experience has been different from mine.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/11/2019 02:55PM by guysmom.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/11/2019 02:55PM by guysmom.
Nope. I made significantly more than $600 in fees this year. I signed up in the mid-2000’s.
My husband is going to make a few thousand dollars in fees just from them this year; he signed up less than 12 months ago.
So, we are the exception to their “no exceptions” rule.
My husband is going to make a few thousand dollars in fees just from them this year; he signed up less than 12 months ago.
So, we are the exception to their “no exceptions” rule.
I must be Hallucinating, I was just offered a 40.00 pad through email to do a job in downtown L.A......guess they don't know fire's are engulfing my area and freeways are closed, whatever!!!!! I always was able to self-assign, and did in my town only....wanting to drive for them = pad and yes I gave them an EIN# many years ago, but hear it is no longer required.
Live consciously....
I never gave them (because I don't have one) an EIN. I have been shopping with them since the very early 2000s. Not going to change now, and they seem to be fine with that.
Good to hear from others that they have not had to get an EIN. Maybe I should have pursued it more, but I didn't. I just got the EIN. And this year, I may not even hit the $600 threshold! Oh well
@ceasesmith wrote:
And, of course, it never occurred to you, all day yesterday while you were waiting, to call them and speak to the scheduler and get it assigned instantly?
Of course not.
Why should I call them, for a report I applied for on THEIR site. It's not like applying for a regular job. By the way, I am constantly getting calls from Trendsource to take assignments. They have my number.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/12/2019 04:46PM by johnb974.
@myst4au wrote:
When the time passes for me to accept (and complete) a shop for The Source (or any other MSC), I delete the request/application. IMHO, not deleting the application says that you are still ready and able to complete the shop as scheduled.
I am also puzzled. If you did not offer to complete the shop on a specific later date, \Why would they move the assigned date instead of just dropping the assignment (and maybe you for flaking)? What date would they choose?
Not deleting the request says I'm stilling waiting for the assignment. Once a shopper request a shop, it's up to THEM to let the shopper know they have the shop. It should not happen at the last minute. it has nothing to do with being a flake, you were never assigned the shop.
The Source always tells me when I am assigned a shop. The issue you raised seemed to be about being assigned at perhaps 6:00 PM (with an email message) for a shop to be completed at 8:00 PM. you seem to think that is unreasonable. Perhaps it is. But until you delete the application, you are saying that you are ready and willing to do the shop as specified if assigned to you. One reason I upgraded (years ago) to a smartphone was that it allowed me to easily read email, to check websites to see if I had been assigned a shop (I keep track of all shops I request) and to delete applications when I am out in the field. I still can't see how you could expect them to move the due date and then assign it to you. In fact, I ould argue that most shoppers would scream and yell if that was done because it could easily create scheduling conflicts. If I have a route scheduled for Monday in the vicinity of East Podunk, and The Source were to unilaterally move the due date of a shop I had applied for in Lower Slobovia (200 miles away) and THEN assigned it to me when I had planned to be in East Podunk, that would be a real problem.
I agree with you that The Source (and other MSCs) often let applications just sit without a response, and that makes planning difficult. I am not condoning that behavior. But, I do not want any MSC to change the due date and then assign it to me.
I agree with you that The Source (and other MSCs) often let applications just sit without a response, and that makes planning difficult. I am not condoning that behavior. But, I do not want any MSC to change the due date and then assign it to me.
@johnb974 wrote:
@myst4au wrote:
When the time passes for me to accept (and complete) a shop for The Source (or any other MSC), I delete the request/application. IMHO, not deleting the application says that you are still ready and able to complete the shop as scheduled.
I am also puzzled. If you did not offer to complete the shop on a specific later date, \Why would they move the assigned date instead of just dropping the assignment (and maybe you for flaking)? What date would they choose?
Not deleting the request says I'm stilling waiting for the assignment. Once a shopper request a shop, it's up to THEM to let the shopper know they have the shop. It should not happen at the last minute. it has nothing to do with being a flake, you were never assigned the shop.
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
@myst4au wrote:
The Source always tells me when I am assigned a shop. The issue you raised seemed to be about being assigned at perhaps 6:00 PM (with an email message) for a shop to be completed at 8:00 PM. you seem to think that is unreasonable. Perhaps it is. But until you delete the application, you are saying that you are ready and willing to do the shop as specified if assigned to you. One reason I upgraded (years ago) to a smartphone was that it allowed me to easily read email, to check websites to see if I had been assigned a shop (I keep track of all shops I request) and to delete applications when I am out in the field. I still can't see how you could expect them to move the due date and then assign it to you. In fact, I ould argue that most shoppers would scream and yell if that was done because it could easily create scheduling conflicts. If I have a route scheduled for Monday in the vicinity of East Podunk, and The Source were to unilaterally move the due date of a shop I had applied for in Lower Slobovia (200 miles away) and THEN assigned it to me when I had planned to be in East Podunk, that would be a real problem.
I agree with you that The Source (and other MSCs) often let applications just sit without a response, and that makes planning difficult. I am not condoning that behavior. But, I do not want any MSC to change the due date and then assign it to me.
@johnb974 wrote:
The shops had to be done between the 6th and the 10th. I applied for the shops on the 8th. They did not assign me the shops until after 3PM on the 10th. I was already home and not in the area. Way too late to do the shops.
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Because if you call them, they will INSTANTLY assign the shop to you.
Because it's the professional thing to do when you run a business
Because it's the professional thing to do when you run a business
@johnb974 wrote:
@ceasesmith wrote:
And, of course, it never occurred to you, all day yesterday while you were waiting, to call them and speak to the scheduler and get it assigned instantly?
Of course not.
Why should I call them, for a report I applied for on THEIR site. It's not like applying for a regular job. By the way, I am constantly getting calls from Trendsource to take assignments. They have my number.
That is exactly my point. Once it got too late for you to want or to be able to do the shop, you should have deleted the request. The Source or any other MSC can not read minds, nor do they have a GPS tracker attached to you. They don't know where you are or what you want to do. All they have is your active application for a shop. It was a live application, and they turned it into an actual assignment and I will bet they even sent you an email saying that it was assigned to you. I AM NOT condoning their behavior in waiting so long. Why did they wait? I have no idea? Are they allowed to wait - IMHO, yes, as long as your application is active.
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The shop had to be done between the 6th and the 10th. I applied for the shop on the 8th. They did not assign me the shop until after 3PM on the 10th. I was already home and not in the area. Way too late to do the shops.[/quote]
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The shop had to be done between the 6th and the 10th. I applied for the shop on the 8th. They did not assign me the shop until after 3PM on the 10th. I was already home and not in the area. Way too late to do the shops.[/quote]
Shopping Southeast Pennsylvania, Delaware above the canal, and South Jersey since 2008
I was in the area, doing a restaurant shop, checking my e-mails until 2PM. When I got home, they assigned me the shops. TrendSouce seems to be the only company that waits until the last minute to assign shops. I've seen others post about this. Seems like a bad business issue. You lose shoppers this way.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/12/2019 05:38PM by johnb974.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/12/2019 05:38PM by johnb974.
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