A few days ago a number of Chipotle shops popped up in my city on the Five Guys MSC. There are a bunch but they are concentrated here in the city and don't really extend out to the 'burbs. There's another similar cluster in another city about an hour from here, but again nothing out of the immediate urban area.
The shop requires an online purchase of a burrito bowl (any protein and non-premiu
BTW Chipotle just popped up on the Five Guys MSC. You have to have a food scale to weigh two bowls: One that you buy online and one that you buy there.
Hopefully it will return, but right now I'm sure missing the Chrysler oil change shops. I married a Jeep owner in 2019 and last week was the first time we've ever had to pay for an oil change for that car.
Megabus was great. I essentially went back and forth between to NYC and other cities for years doing it. Even though they only paid 50%, the Southwest ones conducted by the same MSC were pr
@shopperbob wrote:
This as a classic example of the Arab/camel business model.
I of course understand the context of this favorite ShopperBobism, but I tried Googling it and got nothing beyond some prospective camel ride tours in the UAE. (Which may well be shopped!)
@shopperbob can you tell me a bit more about what it means?
Their official working hours are M-F. That being said, I have had last-minute applications approved on the weekends, but there's no guarantee. They have a variety of schedulers so they might be in different time zones.
The end of March was crazy busy and I just did some nicely bonused shops this morning. That being said there are lots of marginal shops I won't go near with the current price of gas. Ultimately I think we all have different definitions of a worthwhile or fairly priced shop, so "slow vs busy" conversations inevitably are apples vs. oranges.
Coyle often has hotels and restaurants in the UK and Europe and even in the Middle East, so there's certainly an existing pool of evaluators. Like most MSCs they're likely going to want to see you handle smaller assignments before you get assigned a hotel, so keep checking the board. For a lot of us Coyle regulars we started with a uninteresting hotel bar or a parking shop before we started getti
For the shop that requires sauced wings and no rewards use, does anyone know if the "value meal" can be the Ultimate Appetizer? (I would ask the scheduler but they did not provide their name or contact info in the Sassie description that is shown prior to self-assigning.)
I did this shop for the 5G MSC last month so I'm still out of rotation. Is the consensus that it has completely switched over to the MSC with all the specific requirements and no rewards rule?
I just had a very positive interaction with him this week on the kind of matter that could go sideways with a less patient and responsive scheduler. The result was an accepted shop and a happy outcome for all involved.
I'm doing a brunch with reservation shop at a place that is normally not very busy during those hours. So far they have wide open availability. I'm also doing a quick serve shop in a heavily Jewish part of town that probably won't be impacted by the holiday.
These are now also being scheduled by another MSC under the heading "Global Music Rights." The client is "investigating to see if Intellectual Property infringement is occurring at various venues across the United States." Told ya!
I have routinely done shops over and over again for years on end where there are continued infractions ranging from non-compliant signage to obvious cash theft (by the same person month after month). That these issues are not fixed is of some mild bemusement to me but nothing else. My job is to provide data. What the businesses do with that data it is solely up to them.
I probably stayed at this hotel (or one right next to it) a year ago and had a great time. It was right by Chinatown and an easy trip from the SF airport on BART. I imagine that the various integrity shops would leave me well-fed, and also that some of them might be things like a cash payment for a coffee shop purchase, breakfast buffet, or room service order which don't take very long to report.
Your location only charged $3.99 for the skillet cookie? I just did a shop with all sorts of major problems and this time the cookie I was charged $7.99 for did indeed come totally raw inside and burnt outside (and I like cookie dough but this was gross). I would have complained but the server disappeared for 30 minutes.
@hbbigdaddy wrote:
Family had it on Sunday. Can't beat the $3.99 price,
I have not been paid for mid-December shops. I am going ahead with my March shop on the assumption that like last time I'll get paid before the 90-day mark, but I realize that would not be an acceptable resolution for other shoppers.
Besides the Tuesday deal the rewards program periodically offers various freebies. Last month I had a free burger with $15 purchase on my account which I was able to use on a shop. I calculated the tip on what it would have been if I'd paid for the burger, and happily the Five Guys MSC is not one of the MSCs that tries to limit the tip amount. I am joining the chorus of those who are not interest
Truth be told I was one of the people who complained about the new site on here, but I've gotten used to it and the map feature is helpful for finding "day trip" shops.
This is a technicality. The full cost of the room is still covered. Instead of getting a PayPal with the amount spent, the folio is reversed so the credit charges are refunded. This is not a new practice. In the last year I've had instances where I had to ask accounting and it took about six weeks, and I've also had instances where it was reversed within a day of shop approval.
Has anyone done the Sassie MSC shop where you have to record an hour of music? Although the assignment is ostensibly for microphone quality, some of the questions they're asking and the nature of the locations (all very small pubs that would never host a touring or even major local act) make me wonder if this isn't actually a songwriting organization looking to see if someone is performing their
I've never shopped for this MSC but a few months ago I ran into a similar issue with another MSC. After about three weeks (which you're not quite at) I sent an email along the lines of "I enjoyed doing my first shop for you. I noticed that the shops haven't yet been finalized, so I wanted to see if you needed any additional details. Thank you and please let me know about future opportunities."