Post Office/Shipping

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Weird RBG Experience

Hello and good evening. The first weird thing was that here we were on the 5th of January and the shops for the Pizza (Fast Casual) were still heavily bonused. It seems like they would have their bonuses stripped at the end of hte month in the past. The... Continue Reading

The JACK network

I know this has been discussed multiple times before, but I am at almost 2.5 months from doing a very pricey shop for the JACK network and STILL have not been paid. I sent an e-mail but no reply. So frustrating. Just venting!!!... Continue Reading

Payment

A few time ago I did some Mystery Mailings for US-Companies. As a german citizen, living in Germany I'm interested in how to get the payment at my german Account. Any experience with this?... Continue Reading

ISS email blocked

I am having an issue with emails blocked from ISS, specifically prismintelligence senders. I have tried 2 different yahoo accounts and a gmail account, but my e-mail providers keep blocking their messages. The messages do not go to spam either...just never received. Anyone else have this issue?... Continue Reading

My experience with Secret shopper.com

I just got notified a paper check was mailed today for 2 assignments I did for them in July and August. They were submitted on time with report feedback ratings of 10/10. Both were residential assignments involving travel and follow up offering Cirrus rates I was willing to... Continue Reading

Email providers for alias accounts

Can anyone suggest an email provider that they like using for alias accounts? I use a lot of aliases for various projects.I have been locked out of Gmail, Outlook, yahoo, etc., for having too many accounts in the past. Well, then I started using mail.com. I’ve had great success with... Continue Reading

Asking For ID

Often, when doing a gas station shop, the employee, manager or the person in charge will ask for your ID (Identification). I've always assumed that the LOA that shoppers are supposed to present upon the reveal was enough. For the BP shops, part of the inspection process is to have... Continue Reading

I like how this phone shop starts out. LOL

I got an e-mail for this phone shop and this is how it starts out " This project has very strict rules as to when shops can be completed, so it is very likely you will not be assigned for the date you choose in your application. ".......in other words,... Continue Reading

Ellis…Urgent- Insight appreciated.

I’m very detailed oriented and meticulous about my work and reports. I’ve done dozens of residential assignments for different MSC’s on several platforms and am really frustrated with the Ellis platform, report structure. There are outdated/contradictory/unclear instructions on several points, and the form is very glitchy; I’ve wasted hours of... Continue Reading

Scores

I am wondering what the reason is for the scoring data that shoppers receive on the particular big MSC's platform. That particular MSC does not give out scoring on the Magic platform - just an E-mail stating acceptance of the shop. Or does it and I'm not aware of it?... Continue Reading

Editor not replying to questions for clarification on a Ipsos interest rate shop… insanely frustrated!

Hey all; I’m at a loss for what to do here… I’ve rarely felt treated just absolutely so poorly by an MSC in over 10 years of shopping fairly regularly and I’m not sure who I can contact. It’s hard to explain gracefully, so I’ll give the play by play below…... Continue Reading

ANDROID STORAGE ISSUE: Audio files

So I do a recording in my Samsung Android and save it. But when attempting to upload to report, My Files page does not open up. The only way I could upload it was by sending to my my mail and then downloading it. Then it shows under downloads but... Continue Reading

Andretti Sports phone shops

I just was assigned one of these shops. It is recorded and if the location does not answer up to 3 calls are required. If voice mail comes on then you must leave a message and wait for return call not take it but hurry up and call back on... Continue Reading

Did Ath just lose XXXXXXXXXXX as a client?

My shop was partially completed....was waiting for card and opening package to arrive by mail...got it this morning...opened up the shop to complete it, and received an email "cancelling" the shop....does anyone know what happened with Ath here?... Continue Reading

More Tasks on the Shipping Shops, Same Meager Pay

Just a head's up, 2 new tasks have been added to the shipping shops: 1. Mandatory to upload a screenshot showing the location hours. They also want this photo to be geotagged which is silly since its a screenshot of a website. This MSC continues not to know how to... Continue Reading

IPSOS Screen wise Panel letter

The other day in the mail I received a packet from IPSOS screen wise Panel saying that my household was randomly chosen to join this panel. It gave me an code to type in.. It did not have not my name on the packet it just said current resident... Continue Reading

An interesting dilemma

I am doing a shop that is right next to a Post office. The post office is still only paying $5. Should I do it??... Continue Reading

Bare tax form

Did Bare provide one combined 2024 tax form for their main platform (paid by Tipalti) and the ISS platform (paid by PayPal)? I can not locate the form and wondered if it was sent via mail or e-mail. Thanks for any help!... Continue Reading

Let me tell ya about my day...

We tried to leave to go and do our shopping trip, some MS, some just retail shopping that had to be done. My son says, "wait, someone is coming to buy 6 dozen eggs. ok, so we wait.. got to my first grocery shop after 16:00 because we... Continue Reading

Shout out Elliot Reed at Customer Impact

I have been working a big merchandising toy project for Customer Impact since November. Elliot Reed took over a few months ago as project coordinator for my area and wow! I love working with Elliot. He is responsive, helpful, courteous, prompt, professional and amazing to work with. Elliot has improved... Continue Reading

Recent Mentions of Post Office/Shipping

Have you tried the general email at IPSOS and tell them your side of the story? (Source). January 16, 2026

Not only did the pay decrease, the reimbursement didn't increase while the cost of shipping most definitely did. (Source). January 16, 2026

I only do it if I have something I need to ship to someone, so I can save on shipping, and I've definitely see them get up to $10 to $15 with bonuses in my area - so sometimes the timing has worked out for me (Source). January 15, 2026

A friend signs their emails “the only constant in life is change.” W (Source). January 14, 2026

SBP, Yep, I sent another email. (Source). January 14, 2026

The scheduler just says "I can't help you" and the account manager just flat out ignores any RFA or email. (Source). January 14, 2026

I did not receive any emails notifying me about the cancelation. (Source). January 14, 2026

You'll probably have to do lots of back and forth emails that go nowhere until you ask for a manager. (Source). January 14, 2026

l scheduler who would withhold "good" assignments unless you took a less desirable one and editors who would ask 20 follow-up questions, even going so far as to call AND text AND email right out of the gate. (Source). January 14, 2026

I received this email today. (Source). January 13, 2026