I sure feel your pain, @Susan L. You are absolutely right about always being aware that if something doesn't go as expected on these shops, you are going to have to eat the cost. It is not a big deal on a fast food shop, but it can sting if a fine dining or hotel shop doesn't work out. In all of the years that I have taken fine dining shops, I have never once got out the door within the reimbursement amount. I plan accordingly, and don't take the shops if it is an issue. However, on a lot of what I am seeing these days, you need to budget at least $20 to $50 more than their stated amount just to meet the guideline requirements, and likely ordering the cheapest of each on the menu, and by that I mean "at the very least" on the amount I would expect to go over It is a bonus if they tack on a $5 or $10 token payment, which doesn't come close to covering the difference.
I haven't taken a fine dining shop in a while now. I am just not going that far into my own wallet to perform what amounts to an act of charity to do some of these shops for these folks. They are not non-profits. The shops are a whole lot of work, and you better believe they are making a good solid cut. I have bills to pay too. Another lesson that I have learned on such is that I don't take a higher end out of pocket assignment with an MSC until I have worked with them on lower level assignments and have a good idea how they handle payments and reimbursements. Vague guidelines do not cut it when I am pulling out my wallet for these folks. I am sorry for what you went through on that one. I would not shop for those folks again either.
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I haven't taken a fine dining shop in a while now. I am just not going that far into my own wallet to perform what amounts to an act of charity to do some of these shops for these folks. They are not non-profits. The shops are a whole lot of work, and you better believe they are making a good solid cut. I have bills to pay too. Another lesson that I have learned on such is that I don't take a higher end out of pocket assignment with an MSC until I have worked with them on lower level assignments and have a good idea how they handle payments and reimbursements. Vague guidelines do not cut it when I am pulling out my wallet for these folks. I am sorry for what you went through on that one. I would not shop for those folks again either.
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