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March 24, 2026 07:33AM
I can't find it and did some stuff last month. I thought they were around the 20th but I might have been thinking of another company. Anyone know? Not worried about payment, just the schedule.

Thanks

Dan
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March 24, 2026 11:25AM
Not sure of exact payment terms but they are S...L....O....W. .like 2 months. Best advice is to forget about it then be surprised a few months down the road when it shows up.

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March 24, 2026 12:03PM
I looked back on the dates they paid me, and they are all different. One on 1/4, another on 12/21, another on 2/8, and then again on 2/26. I guess they pay when they have the money.

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
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March 24, 2026 03:56PM
My experience with HS Brands is I will be paid 30-40 days after the shop task is approved.
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March 24, 2026 03:56PM
Thanks. I can never find payment info on Sassie sites for whatever reason.

So it sounds like I should not plan on being paid this month for Feb. Money in the bank.

I saw on a thread something about 35 days but it really didn't say 35 days from when.
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March 24, 2026 03:59PM
@scottsteg wrote:

My experience with HS Brands is I will be paid 30-40 days after the shop task is approved.

Thanks, so they don't have a regular schedule like say Intellishop on the 20th or CI now on the 15th?
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March 24, 2026 04:07PM
Correct. Some are specific like "always on the 20th of the next month" or "the next Friday after your report is approved" etc.

If you go to the bottom of the HS Brands Sassie login page, you'll see "All payments will be made between 30-40 days from the date the shop is finalized. Please make sure the PayPal option is selected in the Payment Information section of your profile to ensure prompt payment." and from experience, they do this pretty well.
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March 24, 2026 04:13PM
If you dig into the Sassie-versions of MSC sites, the payment info is definitely not easy to find. Sometimes its below the username/password form on the login page or if you go to the MSC's main corporate website, they can have a section there to attract new shoppers and they mention payment terms as well.
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March 24, 2026 04:15PM
Thanks man. That is always where I forget to look. I instinctively just log in when I am there. Reasonable since with some, jobs done in the first week of the month take longer.
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March 24, 2026 09:04PM
Just remember that the date the shop is finalized is NOT the day you did the shop or sumitted the shop. The day it's finalized isn't even the date that the final editing is done.
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March 25, 2026 01:10AM
Would we consider finalized as the date is was (that special word we all like to see) received? If not, then when might it be? Please don't tell me it is one those secret things.
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March 25, 2026 02:07AM
I would consider "finalized" to be when I received a score on the shop. It is definitely not when it was marked received since that doesn't mean it's been through editing and gotten approval.

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March 25, 2026 03:23AM
Judy comments--I would consider "finalized" to be when I received a score on the shop. It is definitely not when it was marked received since that doesn't mean it's been through editing and gotten approval.

Bob's experience--As it applies to Sassie and the reports I have entered, RECEIVED has meant my work was accepted and all was well. Received was only used after any necessary editing.
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March 25, 2026 05:00AM
The great Ipsos goddess (she didn't tell me her name, but I suspect I know who it was) told me that received, and edited and scored don't mean anything. That you will only be paid when they "approve it for payment." And then she sent me an email 2 hours later and said the reason I hadn't been paid yet was because of a problem in their system. And paid me immediately 3 weeks after I should have been paid.
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March 25, 2026 05:09AM
Well, I always thought that received, like Bob said, was accepted or complete. They don't have scores on the site that I could see.
Here are the comments though "Thank you for your report. It was accepted. For future Marathon shops: Please note that Hunts Brothers' Pizza counts as a national brand offering. *No further corrections are needed*"

I was familiar with Hunts in MI and OH, never knew they were national. Replied to the note regarding that and her answer was "I didn't either. :-) I thought they were just a local thing in my area."

Funny
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