Market Force two dinner shops?

December 26, 2022 04:33PM

I signed up for a dining shop for today for a fast food chicken place. They are closed. I can go tomorrow, but I signed up for a burger shop. Can you go to both of them on the same day during the dinner period? I know you can't do this for the burger place (go to both of them during dinner).

The chicken place is 12 pm until close, the burger place is 4:15 to 9:15.

Thanks!

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/26/2022 04:34PM by Niner.

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December 26, 2022 05:10PM

No, You can only do one per meal period. But you could do The chicken before 4:15 or after 9:15

December 26, 2022 05:37PM

I am in central CA and haven't seen chicken shops, only the 2 burger places. Interesting they have a 3rd eatery.

December 26, 2022 05:44PM

Thanks!

December 26, 2022 07:43PM

Honestly I have never done two food shops in the same meal time so I have not paid attention to the rules for them. I tried to look the rules up on the MF website but there are few overall rules I can find. I always thought those rules for food shops were for the same client...So you cannot do two of the burger shops or two of the chicken shops.

December 26, 2022 09:58PM

The chicken place is closed for the next few weeks. I hope they do not expect me to drive an hour to take a picture that the place is closed. They are not answering their phone and I have a screenshot saying they are closed until mid January.

Edit- they are suggesting I drive the hour there, which would cost $10 in gas, to take a picture to show they are closed, and then I will get the $2 closed shop fee.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/26/2022 10:06PM by Niner.

December 26, 2022 10:14PM

@Niner wrote:

The chicken place is closed for the next few weeks. I hope they do not expect me to drive an hour to take a picture that the place is closed. They are not answering their phone and I have a screenshot saying they are closed until mid January.

Edit- they are suggesting I drive the hour there, which would cost $10 in gas, to take a picture to show they are closed, and then I will get the $2 closed shop fee.

Is there a Google page that shows the hours. If you call and they don't answer and you can screenshot the hours showing closed. You can probably get the closed fee without having to visit.

December 26, 2022 10:35PM

I did. I sent it to them. They told me "the internet is not always accurate."

December 27, 2022 01:51AM

@Niner wrote:

I did. I sent it to them. They told me "the internet is not always accurate."

I would report that as a closed shop instead of going all the way over there. Normally that's enough to get the closed shop fee on the day of the shop. I wouldn't bother sending it to the help desk.

December 27, 2022 03:13PM

Two different clients, so both can be done in the same time frame.

December 27, 2022 06:13PM

@lindawinsey wrote:

Two different clients, so both can be done in the same time frame.

I sent the screenshot that the place was closed. They still wanted me to go there. They also wanted me to go during a different dining period even though they are different clients.

December 27, 2022 11:24PM

But I don't understand why you wouldn't just cancel the shop and forego the $2 if it costs $10 in gas to report it closed? That doesn't make sense to me and Market Force is REALLY lenient on cancellations, especially in the winter.

December 28, 2022 01:12AM

I have never cancelled on them before, so I was not aware of any consequences.

December 28, 2022 03:42AM

No, no, no!

Different meal periods, OK; you absolutely may NOT do 2 dinner shops or two lunch shops, even for different clients, for this MSC.

And they don't invalidate one -- they will invalidate BOTH.

This I learned the hard way, so please, trust me.

@lindawinsey wrote:

Two different clients, so both can be done in the same time frame.

December 28, 2022 06:33AM

I leave burger joint and go to chicken joint. Same day.

December 28, 2022 04:03PM

@ceasesmith wrote:

No, no, no!

Different meal periods, OK; you absolutely may NOT do 2 dinner shops or two lunch shops, even for different clients, for this MSC.

And they don't invalidate one -- they will invalidate BOTH.

This I learned the hard way, so please, trust me.

@lindawinsey wrote:

Two different clients, so both can be done in the same time frame.

Yet there is absolutely nothing on the website or guidelines that prohibit it. There used to be. But now, nothing. So if they have that rule, but don't make it known to us, how could we be found guilty of breaking a rule that is nowhere for us to see?

December 28, 2022 04:10PM

And perhaps the rules have changed. But I recall having both shops invalidated because I did two different ff shops for lunch. One was drive in stall, the other was the one with all the meats, so definitely 2 different clients.
One was 10 am - 2 PM, the other was 10 AM - 8 PM.

Irked the daylights out of me, because it was 300+ miles round trip for those two shops, handsomely bonused ($125 plus, each) to make it worthwhile.

But the rules -- and the guidelines -- may very well have changed. The guidelines used to clearly state to not do two ff shops in the same meal period.

December 28, 2022 04:41PM

Right. Now each client's guidelines only say not to do 2 of THAT CLIENT'S shops in the same meal period. And nothing in the overall basic shopping info.

Why can't I ever find my typos until AFTER I post????

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/28/2022 11:18PM by sestrahelena.

December 28, 2022 04:43PM

Whenever I get calls from the overseas schedulers and they go through their spiel at the end, they always say not to do two meals in the same time period or something to that effect. I always thought it was a no-no to do two different clients during the same meal period, but things might have changed. Best to ask Help Desk when in doubt.

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December 29, 2022 03:18AM

Negotiate with them. Ask them what your fee would be if you drove there and it was closed. Decide on a fee that is acceptable, depending upon the total amount you were offered. Maybe lower, but enough to cover your expenses.

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December 29, 2022 05:35AM

Did a burger shop and chicken shop today back to back. Both approved.

December 29, 2022 04:52PM

If the shops are separated by at least two hours within the same or similar meal period range, they may allow it, but you should ask to clarify. Also, if a shop range at one brand is from 8 am to 10 pm, and you do it within 2 hours of another brand with a range of 11 am to 3 pm, they may allow it, but clarify.

December 30, 2022 04:35PM

You can do it in any shop as long as it is not done in the same time frame Chicken and dog are two different shops and can be done. Dog and Dong can be done ( I have done this} 11-2 next 2 -4

December 30, 2022 08:15PM

I don't have Dong shops in my area. Pity.

December 30, 2022 08:58PM

Dog and dong shops?

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