@Jmkid wrote:
… You’ve complained and picked apart everything Ive said. I should be able to post freely and comment what happened with out being harassed like this. Do you all really work?
@Jmkid wrote:
Why is everyone ganging up on me? I’m
Just asking if anyone knows of a place to file a complaint? Not asking for comments other than that. Or if you have a similar experience please post. There were several posts in the past about how bad ipsos is. Search it
@mystery2me wrote:
I posted an email address earlier where you can escalate one level higher. I used it once in a similar circumstance, where a shop was rejected and no reason ever give.
@Jmkid wrote:
Yes. I have all my emails saying they were accepted. I have all my assigned emails from the shops removed with no notice. Who do I email to complain to?
Diana paone is the one who rejected them after being accepted giving no reason.
@Jmkid wrote:
Yes I have emails that the shops were all accepted then rejected a few hours later. It has nothing to do with me or how I performed them as they were accepted then unaccepted. These were all multiple choice shops. No comments. The client is not att. That was the location. The client is a brand of cell phone who just checks up on what stores say about their product.
And if people think I’m the only one complaining about ipsos. That’s not even close to true. They have to be the most complained about company that disregards pay. I just googled ipsos not paying and several complains popped up. 4 just on this forum.
Here’s some of the tiles and dates in those posts:
There is one from delayed payments on 3/15/22
“Ipsos not paying!” 9/1/21
“Ipsos beware!” 5:12/17
“Ipsos not paying” 1/9/19
And I will be filing a better business bureau complaint. Thank you. I found the office is 515 congress avenue, Austin Texas 78701.
I’m assuming this is the correct office?
@Jmkid wrote:
How do you send a private message here? I’m getting ads popping up all over. It’s hard to navigate and read everything
@ColoKate63 wrote:
@mystery2me wrote:
I posted an email address earlier where you can escalate one level higher. I used it once in a similar circumstance, where a shop was rejected and no reason ever give.
1. The OP stated that their shops ($500
worth) were not rejected, but instead were accepted (and they posted a copy/paste of one of the acceptance emails) and then suddenly the acceptance was withdrawn and the completed shops removed without explanation.
Not at all the same situation, where you made an error leading to rejection. Read carefully next time.
2. The generic IPSOS email address you put up is basically worthless. It’s rarely answered.
You are the one who should read more carefully.@ColoKate63 wrote:
@mystery2me wrote:
I posted an email address earlier where you can escalate one level higher. I used it once in a similar circumstance, where a shop was rejected and no reason ever give.
1. The OP stated that their shops ($500
worth) were not rejected, but instead were accepted (and they posted a copy/paste of one of the acceptance emails) and then suddenly the acceptance was withdrawn and the completed shops removed without explanation.
Not at all the same situation, where you made an error leading to rejection. Read carefully next time.
2. The generic IPSOS email address you put up is basically worthless. It’s rarely answered.
@Jmkid wrote:
Again. Not just submitted in presto. It was ACCEPTED by ipsos.
I’ve been doing this long enough to know the difference between submitted and accepted. I’d upload you a photo to show it was accepted then rejected by Diana Paone with no explaination. She also went and removed my shops in sassie with no cancellation notice after I had completed them. So she’s cheating me out of over $500 in pay.
@Jmkid wrote:
Seriously. You all have complained about my writing which has nothing wrong with it. You’ve complained about my car being a gas guzzler which it is not. You've complained I’m new to the forum. I only joined to post what happened and ask if there was a place to file a complaint. You’ve complained and picked apart everything Ive said. I should be able to post freely and comment what happened with out being harassed like this. Do you all really work? I just asked if there was a place to file a complaint with for independent contractors who don’t get paid because the company broke contract. That is a fact. I did not get paid by ipsos after doing work. The work was done correctly. It had been ACCEPTED. Then rejected without given a reason.
I know I am not the only one
Please where can I file a complaint?
@ColoKate63 wrote:
I’ve got the email for the VP in charge of IPSOS’ mystery shop division. If you have proof of work acceptance, send me a PM here and I’ll forward you the email address to get your concerns straight up to the Big Boss.
Do you get leg cramps and a sore behind from riding your high horse so often?@ColoKate63 wrote:
There are an awful lot of bored (usually retired) people here who perform 1-2 shops a week (if that) and play Mystery Shop Expert and Internet Detective here in the forum the other 39 hours of the week. It’s a little clique of about a dozen continuous posters who REALLY do need hobbies.
Sorry about that. Ignore them. Those kind of people are the ones who make experienced, professional evaluators leave this board. I hope one of us can help you.
@BusyBeeBuzzBuzzBuzz wrote:
You are the one who should read more carefully.@ColoKate63 wrote:
@mystery2me wrote:
I posted an email address earlier where you can escalate one level higher. I used it once in a similar circumstance, where a shop was rejected and no reason ever give.
1. The OP stated that their shops ($500
worth) were not rejected, but instead were accepted (and they posted a copy/paste of one of the acceptance emails) and then suddenly the acceptance was withdrawn and the completed shops removed without explanation.
Not at all the same situation, where you made an error leading to rejection. Read carefully next time.
2. The generic IPSOS email address you put up is basically worthless. It’s rarely answered.
@Jmkid wrote:
Again. Not just submitted in presto. It was ACCEPTED by ipsos.
I’ve been doing this long enough to know the difference between submitted and accepted. I’d upload you a photo to show it was accepted then rejected by Diana Paone with no explaination. She also went and removed my shops in sassie with no cancellation notice after I had completed them. So she’s cheating me out of over $500 in pay.@Jmkid wrote:
Seriously. You all have complained about my writing which has nothing wrong with it. You’ve complained about my car being a gas guzzler which it is not. You've complained I’m new to the forum. I only joined to post what happened and ask if there was a place to file a complaint. You’ve complained and picked apart everything Ive said. I should be able to post freely and comment what happened with out being harassed like this. Do you all really work? I just asked if there was a place to file a complaint with for independent contractors who don’t get paid because the company broke contract. That is a fact. I did not get paid by ipsos after doing work. The work was done correctly. It had been ACCEPTED. Then rejected without given a reason.
I know I am not the only one
Please where can I file a complaint?
The OP was the one who said the shops were first accepted and then rejected.
mystery2me never claimed it was the same situation. She said "a similar circumstance." You are also assuming IPSOS rejected her shop because she made an error. IPSOS rejected one of my shops once without explanation and was not going to pay me. I emailed IPSOS to find out why and it turned out the editor assumed I did something wrong when I had said nothing of the sort in my report. IPSOS reversed its decision and paid me. The editor assumed I erred. You assumed mystery2me erred. You know what assuming makes that editor and you, right?
As for you saying that address is basically worthless, that's your take on it but it has obviously worked for other shoppers (such as mystery2me).
@ColoKate63 wrote:
I’ve got the email for the VP in charge of IPSOS’ mystery shop division. If you have proof of work acceptance, send me a PM here and I’ll forward you the email address to get your concerns straight up to the Big Boss.
If you are referring to Carey Medina, she's an SVP, not a VP. Sure, just give her email address to a shopper you don't know who has posted the way the OP did in this thread. I'm sure Carey would love that.
Do you get leg cramps and a sore behind from riding your high horse so often?@ColoKate63 wrote:
There are an awful lot of bored (usually retired) people here who perform 1-2 shops a week (if that) and play Mystery Shop Expert and Internet Detective here in the forum the other 39 hours of the week. It’s a little clique of about a dozen continuous posters who REALLY do need hobbies.
Sorry about that. Ignore them. Those kind of people are the ones who make experienced, professional evaluators leave this board. I hope one of us can help you.
@Jmkid wrote:
Oh and does no one remember a few months back when they didn’t pay on time?
They sent out message saying they were paying late and then still didn’t pay on the day they said they were going to. Gave no one any update on what was going on
@ColoKate63 wrote:
@Buzz…
You’re the one who name-dropped an IPSOS exec in a public forum, not me. Not an intelligent nor an internet savvy thing to do. Although it’s what I’d expect from you.
Now anyone who reads this thread, or Googles IPSOS will have the name. Kinda dumb on your part.
I posted here, years ago, furious because I was owed nearly $2500 from a bum video mystery shopping company. I used strong language. I had a check in a FedEx envelope on my porch two days later. It works, sometimes, to be a bit vehement.
I have empathy for shoppers who get screwed over; they get doubly screwed when they come here looking for help.
It’s the same tired clique of frequent forum flyers who jump on them. The moldy oldies who can’t seem to actually DO the work, buy/use a smartphone, work a digital camera, have reliable cars, etc. but sure have a LOT of opinions about everything. You people don’t even read the OP’s posts carefully, you see an opportunity for drama in your dull lives and jump to eviscerate one of your fellow shoppers.
Shame on you.
Edited to add:
I came here almost a decade ago with a rookie question about video shopping; I got the same bullying treatment. Not a big deal, I’m pretty tough and can take it.
However, I’ve mentored a handful of women and taught them how to perform both written and video shops; two of them also were bullied by the clique here for making simple errors. One of those women was recently widowed, one lost a son to suicide - and your little group viciously attacked them. They could have used the activity and the income, but you scared and intimidated them away.
I still remember how terribly you all treated a man who posted here after his wife died; he was looking for a way to contact his wife’s business associates and cancel her work, and it was a free for all for you. I’ve never seen anything so callous and cruel.
Get a life. Get a hobby. Stop bullying new members.
@BusyBeeBuzzBuzzBuzz wrote:
@Kate
Anyone can do an internet search at any time and find out who is in charge of Ipsos's MS program in the U.S. without already knowing her name. Carey's identity is not a secret. For crying out loud, her name and title are in press releases. Anyone who has been paying attention to the News & Events section of Ipsos's U.S. page would know who she is already. So would anyone who is a subscriber to their YouTube channel. There is nothing wrong with identifying her on a mystery shopping forum.
Your offer to give someone's email address to someone else is neither intelligent nor professional. If you actually had a good relationship with whichever big boss you were referring to, the more intelligent and professional thing than sharing their email without their consent would be to ask for their consent.
This was not the first time you put down other shoppers and acted like you were better than them. You talked down to mystery2me when she was just trying to help and provided an email address that worked for her. Of all the posters in this thread that you seem to have a problem with, why go after someone who did not belittle the OP at all and provided a helpful answer?
Is there bullying on this forum? Yes. Take a good look in the mirror.
@ColoKate63 wrote:
@Buzz…
You’re the one who name-dropped an IPSOS exec in a public forum, not me. Not an intelligent nor an internet savvy thing to do. Although it’s what I’d expect from you.
Now anyone who reads this thread, or Googles IPSOS will have the name. Kinda dumb on your part.
I posted here, years ago, furious because I was owed nearly $2500 from a bum video mystery shopping company. I used strong language. I had a check in a FedEx envelope on my porch two days later. It works, sometimes, to be a bit vehement.
I have empathy for shoppers who get screwed over; they get doubly screwed when they come here looking for help.
It’s the same tired clique of frequent forum flyers who jump on them. The moldy oldies who can’t seem to actually DO the work, buy/use a smartphone, work a digital camera, have reliable cars, etc. but sure have a LOT of opinions about everything. You people don’t even read the OP’s posts carefully, you see an opportunity for drama in your dull lives and jump to eviscerate one of your fellow shoppers.
Shame on you.
Edited to add:
I came here almost a decade ago with a rookie question about video shopping; I got the same bullying treatment. Not a big deal, I’m pretty tough and can take it.
However, I’ve mentored a handful of women and taught them how to perform both written and video shops; two of them also were bullied by the clique here for making simple errors. One of those women was recently widowed, one lost a son to suicide - and your little group viciously attacked them. They could have used the activity and the income, but you scared and intimidated them away.
I still remember how terribly you all treated a man who posted here after his wife died; he was looking for a way to contact his wife’s business associates and cancel her work, and it was a free for all for you. I’ve never seen anything so callous and cruel.
Get a life. Get a hobby. Stop bullying new members.
@ColoKate63 wrote:
Shop,
I’m not answering your posts here any more. I toggled you off, because your too-frequent posts about your oozing, contagious body rash make me nauseous.
I’m just not going to subject myself to any more of that grossness.