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August 01, 2024 09:00PM
I was just cancelled from a job at Jack because of my age.! I have been doing this for years and never had this happen.
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August 02, 2024 01:51AM
@Lucky nelson wrote:

I was just cancelled from a job at Jack because of my age.! I have been doing this for years and never had this happen.

If you mean the Jack Network? The Mexican restaurant client Is very particular about age and will not approve anyone outside of the age range they set.
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August 02, 2024 03:09AM
that is a bummer Okie, i was keeping an eye out for the takeout ones. thanks for the update!

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/02/2024 03:19AM by charleybuddy.
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August 02, 2024 07:11AM
@Okie wrote:

@foodluvr wrote:

@Lucky nelson wrote:

I was just cancelled from a job at Jack because of my age.! I have been doing this for years and never had this happen.

If you mean the Jack Network? The Mexican restaurant client Is very particular about age and will not approve anyone outside of the age range they set.
I recently inquired about this client. Unfortunately, I was told that the client discontinued the program. Such a bummer. It's a place I frequent often.

Ohhhh, that's what happed. Bummer.
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August 06, 2024 12:03PM
TJN’s Mexican client (and its sister tapas client) are both still being shopped in my area with lots of availability on the board.

Age limits based on a client’s targeted demographic (as opposed to necessity because of age verification requirements) are unfortunate, but it’s worth remembering that a good way to keep more of them from being put in place is to avoid writing a shop report that fails to take into account the client’s concept — I remember reading about a similar client that had an issue where older shoppers complained that the music was too modern and too loud. Of course younger shoppers could make the same mistake shopping a client that is geared towards an older clientele.
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August 06, 2024 03:48PM
Please share any former name(s) the Jack Network used as an MSC.
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August 06, 2024 04:19PM
Need to see if you terminated them before :-P

Have you ever done business with a new company that might have merged with another? Or any association to the terminated company poisons the merged company?

@shopperbob wrote:

Please share any former name(s) the Jack Network used as an MSC.
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August 06, 2024 04:56PM
Bob requests--Please share any former name(s) the Jack Network used as an MSC.

The paternal Golden Bear astutely inquires--Need to see if you terminated them before :-P

Bob replies--Of course. I completely discount mergers and place them in the same category as second chances. I neither have nor do suggest other shoppers take such a position; it works for me.

On a related note: At least one MSC, of which I have knowledge, is on their 4th name and another their 3rd. HMMMMMMMM!
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August 07, 2024 03:34PM
Confidential Consumer
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August 08, 2024 07:22AM
I know they had a different name when I signed up with them way back when. But I don't know what it was. And the only shops I've done for them, that I know of anyway, have been Greek(ish) restaurant shops on Presto.
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August 08, 2024 10:49PM
@shopperbob wrote:

Please share any former name(s) the Jack Network used as an MSC.

They used to be known as Confidential Consumer
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August 09, 2024 12:44AM
Thanks to both silk and food.
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August 10, 2024 02:58PM
@Msilk wrote:

Confidential Consumer

Also, Phantom
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August 17, 2024 06:03AM
It isn't the MSC that sets parameters, it's the end client. If they are looking for opinions of a given demographic, that's what they are looking for and the MSC has no say in the matter. Same is true of many of the questions that are asked. All end-user driven.
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August 25, 2024 12:52AM
Chipotle too, is age discriminatory. I was denied shops there
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August 26, 2024 05:17PM
I am still bummed about aging out of my favorite clothing store shop. It happens. However, as others have pointed out, a lot of companies really are trying to target a certain age group in their marketing, and that filters down into their need for shoppers of whatever age. What we are doing is marketing research by another name. On a brighter note though, as soon as you age out of one thing, something else opens up.

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?
"Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
-- Abraham Lincoln
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