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@HonnyBrown wrote:

I didn't get a single shop for this weekend.

I finally got my local FG (online order) on a $25 MAO. It was posted at $22. The other one in my area got taken before i could put in an offer. So strange, since that one always used to be hard to fill. I had not done either since January, combination of vacation and others getting it before they got to my price.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/2023 05:52AM by MisterBill.

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@HonnyBrown wrote:

I didn't get a single shop for this weekend.

They've dried up horribly in my area. There's still a hard-to-fill location I get some decent Samantha offers for but it's 35 miles away so I'd best be doing other things out that way. Otherwise my former price is pretty much a dead letter.

Was nice while it lasted. At least I won't be eating as much Five Guys food anymore.

I got a Samantha offer for April 1,2,3. I replied I could only do the shop on the 1st. I then got an overseas call and a US text asking if I could do the shop but neither allowed it on the 1st. Neither did the website. It was only March 30th and April 2nd and 3rd. same as the job board.

@wrosie wrote:

I got a Samantha offer for April 1,2,3. I replied I could only do the shop on the 1st. I then got an overseas call and a US text asking if I could do the shop but neither allowed it on the 1st. Neither did the website. It was only March 30th and April 2nd and 3rd. same as the job board.

Someone else obviously took the other shop for the 1st. They don't allow two shops at the same location on the same day.

I have not seen any MAO lately. They are only "hot shops" with an increased feeof $18 for FG. Has anyone seen this on their end?

Yes, I had one this past weekend and it was accepted.

@Niner wrote:

I have not seen any MAO lately. They are only "hot shops" with an increased feeof $18 for FG. Has anyone seen this on their end?

MAO is typically showing up on Friday or Saturday. I got a $25 offer accepted on a shop last weekend. It was posted at $22.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/05/2023 07:46PM by MisterBill.

@Niner wrote:

I have not seen any MAO lately. They are only "hot shops" with an increased feeof $18 for FG. Has anyone seen this on their end?

No MAOs in my area for several weeks now. There was a "hot shop" today for $40 without MAO that I would have grabbed but it was today-only and an online lunch shop, and I didn't see it until 5 p.m. (Hopefully it will be back on the board tomorrow and I'll pounce.) But otherwise shops in my area almost never get above $18 anymore, take it or leave it. They either are pulled off the board quickly or are being gobbled up by a new wave of bottom feeders at low fees. Formerly, if I waited until Friday or Saturday I'd have my pick of a handful of shops with fees in the $20s or sometimes more with MAO. Now they're all pretty much gone by Thursday, sometimes even by Wednesday.

Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 04/06/2023 04:44AM by KokoBWare.

I didn't get a call from the scheduler today, so I called them at about 4pm. They said they I would get higher fees on the website. The fee is still $20 there, so I will wait until tomorrow.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

They are doing something odd with scheduling, instead of having thur - sunday dates they have only Saturdays (this or next) or only Sundays. they didn't have a single shop for this weekend on Thursday or Friday. If you take it and then try to reschedule the only other date is a week out.

@jazzzyjd wrote:

They are doing something odd with scheduling, instead of having thur - sunday dates they have only Saturdays (this or next) or only Sundays. they didn't have a single shop for this weekend on Thursday or Friday. If you take it and then try to reschedule the only other date is a week out.

Perhaps because of Easter?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/06/2023 10:02PM by gukka.

that is a good thought but they started with it last weekend and I got calls today for bonused shops next weekend -- over $20 for shops that are on the board for $10...

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/07/2023 02:27PM by Isaiah4031a.

@jazzzyjd wrote:

that is a good thought but they started with it last weekend and I got calls today for bonused shops next weekend -- over $20 for shops that are on the board for $10...

I had that happen once. Wish they'd call me. I can't do one this weekend, but there's an online lunch shop for next weekend that I'd take for the right price.

@KokoBWare wrote:

@Niner wrote:

I have not seen any MAO lately.
This week's shops are MAO now.

@MisterBill wrote:

@KokoBWare wrote:

@Niner wrote:

I have not seen any MAO lately.
This week's shops are MAO now.
Not a single MAO by me, just the ones with the flame for $18.

Strange stuff going on. Next week is a single "shopper's choice" (i.e., do it anytime) shop almost like someone screwed up and thought that Easter was next weekend. Then I found a lunch shop at a location I'm back in rotation for with dates available from today through the 20th, listed at $20 with MAO. I put in for $30 (what I got last time) to do it next Friday and assume that I will get it again. Unfortunately, the location I had hoped to do next weekend since I need to be nearby and can get them to pay for some parking is already gone. Should have looked sooner.

Update: My $30 offer was accepted.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/09/2023 04:56PM by MisterBill.

The US scheduler called me to do a shop for this weekend. I only have the one, so I will have to wait for the flakes.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

I forgot about the reimbursement increase. I came very close to ordering a milkshake. My mouth watered for one. Luckily, I have several in my freezer.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

Getting really annoyed at the people taking shops for $10 in my area. I had hoped to do next week's online order lunch shop at a FG relatively near me, only to find that it's been taken before the price even went up. Shops at this location never got taken before the price increase.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/16/2023 03:27PM by MisterBill.

The shops here are being taken at $18. By the time the schedulers call me with the fee I want, there is on't one shop remaining.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

@MisterBill wrote:

Getting really annoyed at the people taking shops for $10 in my area. I had hoped to do next week's online order lunch shop at a FG relatively near me, only to find that it's been taken before the price even went up. Shops at this location never got taken before the price increase.

Same thing happening in my area. Even looking out a couple of weeks, many of them have already been claimed. These days I'm lucky to get one for $18.

Since MSCs INCREASED reimbursement some people are taking lower pay! Bizarre and a net WIN for the MSC.

The new shoppers are making mistakes. The schedulers call me on Monday to do the shops on Tuesday. Unfortunately, I can't fit it in despite the nice fee.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

Since they raised the reimbursement, there have been no MAO and I have not done any of these shops.

@Niner wrote:

Since they raised the reimbursement, there have been no MAO and I have not done any of these shops.

I had a(n) MAO yesterday and it was immediately accepted for $25 (listed at $22). Makes me think that their system is set up to automatically accept offers up to some limit, probably based on what you got last time.

There are two dropped shops available now in my area for $25 that are not MAO.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/22/2023 03:13PM by MisterBill.

Everything gone around here by Thursday except for a late-nighter I can't make. Now that's gone too. Flying off the board at $15 every week. Not unusual now for me to go through a week without doing one and that used to be unheard of.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/23/2023 01:35AM by KokoBWare.

There was a MAO on the board this past week for a consistently hard-to-fill location in this area. I made an offer at $29; it got countered at $22. I didn't take it. It's now being offered at $30. I'd do it for that, but I can't do it on the day it needs to be done. So the MSC and I are both SOL at the moment. If they can't find someone, they'll probably extend the due date by a day or so, and then I can do it. But, knowing that the location is always hard to fill, you'd think it would have just been easier and more efficient to take my offer! And, as it turns out, less expensive

I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.

@BirdyC wrote:

There was a MAO on the board this past week for a consistently hard-to-fill location in this area. I made an offer at $29; it got countered at $22. I didn't take it. It's now being offered at $30. I'd do it for that, but I can't do it on the day it needs to be done. So the MSC and I are both SOL at the moment. If they can't find someone, they'll probably extend the due date by a day or so, and then I can do it. But, knowing that the location is always hard to fill, you'd think it would have just been easier and more efficient to take my offer! And, as it turns out, less expensive

Rewarding loyalty and quality is not something this MSC does well. If only we could mystery shop this MSC!

I have had the exact same issue around here, with previously hard-to-fill shops gone by Thursday night, when fees reach $20. I used to do 5G shops twice a week, but currently haven't done one in 16 days. My minimum price on these is $22. Seems a little odd that we are all having the same experience...think there may be something going on, on the scheduling end?

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