Intellishop Video Camera Malfunction

Hello. I am looking for some advice for my son. He recently had a video alcohol compliance shop where he had to interact with 15 vendors at a stadium. After the first two vendors the video equipment, which was provided by the MSC, malfunctioned. He is tech savvy, and it was definitely an equipment issue, not a user issue.

It was a Saturday, so of course no one was available at Intellishop when he called. He then reached out to his contact at the stadium, explained the issue, and asked how he should proceed. He offered to just abort the shop, or to continue without the video and write narratives of each interaction. He was told he could continue without video. This was via text message, and he provided the exchange to Intellishop.

He spent seven hours between the 70 mile round trip commute, the interactions, and the detailed narratives. On Monday he contacted the project manager. They told him they had never had video issues in the past, so they would have to get back to him. No one ever reached out to him directly, but a few days later he got a standard email that his shop could not be accepted.

The shopper pay was $300. He doesn't feel he has any recourse, and doesn't plan to follow up. I feel he shouldn't just let it drop! Please share your thoughts. Thanks.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/07/2025 12:08AM by bradkcrew.

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Hmmm. Their equipment failed the shopper. I understand about excluding the shop. I do not understand why someone-- MSCand/or client-- cannot pay at least a little something to the shopper, who had a reasonable expectation that provided equipment would function properly throughout the designated shop activities.

Should there be a standard something about this in MSC/client contracts?

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/07/2025 12:17AM by Shop-et-al.
I have been denied payment for various video shops in the past. It was video malfunction in every shop, but they did not care. As to why I continue to do video work is beyond me. This was for other companies (new homes and apartments).

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/07/2025 01:39AM by larueda992.
What did they say about your son's contact at the stadium providing the next steps on how proceed and provide narratives the rest of they way?
I hate when an MSC says, "It's never happened before!" Covid never happened before, but guess what?! It happened! I hope he gets everything worked out.

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
Unfortunately this is a video shop, Video is the essential part of the report. Without the video, the customer will not accept the report, and they will not pay the MSC, thus no payment will MSC will be able to pay the shopper. As shitty as it sounds this is just how it is.

As an independent contractor. You are the boss of your own business. just write all expense from this business trip as a loss and use it as a year end revenue deduction instead, like a normal business would.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/08/2025 12:58AM by kisekinecro.
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