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I just read this in an email, a job offer which requires some PI work!...with the following disclaimer:

"To complete this shop, a $50 deposit is required to cover the cost of the GPS tracker. The deposit must be sent through PayPal to shopperdeposits@intelli-shop.com. The deposit will be refunded after the report is finalized. After making the payment, please email your Transaction ID to the contact information below."

Lemme see here....pays $30, but I have to deposit $50 which I "might" get back, when my report is finalized.....

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/14/2021 02:58PM by salisburync.

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I don't have a pole long enough....

There is another thread about this.

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It's not that hard and they guarantee your money back as long as you can verify you dropped it off. The GPS has verification and it matches your shop time. I did a go verify just for extra insurance. The MSC is great and I got my money back very quickly. These take less than 2 minutes to do and are very much worth it. The trackers are very expensive so they didn't want people flaking on the shop which is why they ask for the deposit. I absolutely trust the MSC that if something went fishy, I would get my money back. They've gone to bat for me before with weird shops.

I've done several of these and have not had a single problem. They pay well for almost no work.

I have a question on this shop. Is it awkward to go in the store and deposit the tracker in the bin?

And I can add a question too.....the first time they did this I checked out one of the locations and the dumpster is in a fenced area with a locked gate. How are you supposed to do this?

You just said what I was thinking while reading your post. I might get my deposit back, because as a lot of us know...they can refuse your reports for almost any reason anymore.

@salisburync wrote:

I just ready this in an email, a job offer which requires some PI work!...with the following disclaimer:

"To complete this shop, a $50 deposit is required to cover the cost of the GPS tracker. The deposit must be sent through PayPal to shopperdeposits@intelli-shop.com. The deposit will be refunded after the report is finalized. After making the payment, please email your Transaction ID to the contact information below."

Lemme see here....pays $30, but I have to deposit $50 which I "might" get back, when my report is finalized.....

exactly.....not the best or 'bulletproof' track record for communication.....especially on any anomalies in the report....usually one is just shuffled off to the void space of "hold pay".....

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