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Feedback on the wholesale store 1900 item covert pricing audits?

September 29, 2024 02:02PM
Anyone have any feedback on these? I thought it looked like decent money, especially if you can get it done on the Thursday, but that seems like an awful lot of items to scan ...

Has anyone done these? I'd like a realistic overview. The conference call says experienced people can do them in four hours, and it's not unreasonable to expect that someone without experience will take eight hours.
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September 29, 2024 02:21PM
From what I've read in previous posts nobody will hassle you but the time it rakes is at least twice what they estimate. Do a search to find the threads.
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September 29, 2024 02:36PM
@naivasna wrote:

The conference call says experienced people can do them in four hours...

That's slightly less than 8 items per minute, or one every 7.6 seconds.

The 8-hour estimate sounds more realistic.

Have synthesizers, will travel...
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September 29, 2024 03:38PM
On a related note, when I was contracted with Trendsource, their mileage distances employed the CFM* system. Since, though, I was a human, it was always grossly inaccurate and slanted in their favor.

*Crow fly mileage.
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September 29, 2024 06:17PM
They are a nightmare, avoid at all costs. Thats my feedback! You can find a couple other, much less time intensive projects and make the same amount of money.
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September 30, 2024 12:39AM
What if your app doesn't work well in the location because there are things blocking the signal? I was recently doing a shop where I needed to upload several photos and video. I got stuck in the store on their wifi until it completed because the signal was so bad in that area. What if your phone runs out of juice? You have to have backup supplies ready and that could get annoying, too. So many potential issues.
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October 01, 2024 01:21PM
@cherubino3 wrote:

What if your app doesn't work well in the location because there are things blocking the signal?

Why I avoided Presto! shops for years. Too many instances not being able to efficiently complete the report onsite.

Luckily they have cleaned things up as a couple of programs I rely on have moved to that platform. The app is close to rock solid these days.

Have synthesizers, will travel...
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October 02, 2024 07:08PM
I actually did do a search, but apparently I wasn't using the right words because I got nothing under the name, the number or the word audit.
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October 02, 2024 07:10PM
Would you be willing to share what those are?
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October 02, 2024 07:12PM
The only issue I seem to have with the Presto app these days is occasionally it doesn't recognize my location. Uploading, etc, even in remote locations hasn't been a problem so far. There were more, a few years back, pre-COVID, when I was doing them, but it seems to be pretty bug/issue free at the moment.
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October 02, 2024 09:12PM
Presto app seems to determine your location based off google maps on your phone. So if your presto app claimed that you are way off, you can try to close the presto app, open the google map app, wait for a few second for gmap to grab/update your location, and open the presto app again.

That fixed my location problem all the time.
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October 02, 2024 09:25PM
BEWARE!!!! These price scans are not authorized by the store you are assigned to. They are contracted by a competitor. The letter of authorization will not help you. The store managers and asset management are on the lookout to stop you. If you are removed before scanning the minimum required scans it will be considered an incomplete assignment.
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October 02, 2024 09:29PM
if they use the mission app and photos are required it sucks battery like crazy so unless you have a new phone it would be tough to get 8 hours on one charge. If it is just scanning and you don't need to find the items it might be possible to go that fast but if the items are preloaded and you have to match the item with the price tag expect them to take much longer. I have not done them but do a pricing shop for another company using the missions app and need to enter all the prices (loyalty, discount, etc) and take a photo and after a year can do 157 items (always the same so I don't have to look for them) in about an hour and 30 minutes. You know what you need to make in an hour to make this worth it but I don't think it would be worth it.
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October 03, 2024 02:54AM
@jazzzyjd wrote:

if they use the mission app and photos are required it sucks battery like crazy so unless you have a new phone it would be tough to get 8 hours on one charge. If it is just scanning and you don't need to find the items it might be possible to go that fast but if the items are preloaded and you have to match the item with the price tag expect them to take much longer. I have not done them but do a pricing shop for another company using the missions app and need to enter all the prices (loyalty, discount, etc) and take a photo and after a year can do 157 items (always the same so I don't have to look for them) in about an hour and 30 minutes. You know what you need to make in an hour to make this worth it but I don't think it would be worth it.

Yes it's the missions app but it's the scan everything on the shelves and put the price in versus search and price. Still takes up a ton of battery and still on a 10-ft list for me anyway..

I don't mind The directed pricing shop for the warehouse because it's generally the same list from week to week and I can do it in about 30 minutes because I know everything is. But scanning everything in the warehouse is going to take a lot longer than 8 hours.
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October 05, 2024 06:49PM
1800 items and "covert" should not be in the same sentence.
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October 06, 2024 05:43AM
I tried a few of these for a bit back in the Covid days. Unless you're desperate I would not advise them. They take at least 8 hours, maybe more if your battery is lousy or your phone overheats a lot.
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October 06, 2024 03:46PM
After two days I could not scan all of the items required. Some warehouses do NOT have wifi so the app was SUPER slow taking 45 secs+ for each one scan. My feet were killing me at the end of it, and I still did not complete. Never again.
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October 06, 2024 04:57PM
10 foot distance. The items are not necessarily in consecutive order aisle wise they come up in the app on. Stay in aisle to scroll til you find the closest next items or walk all over the store going in the order of the app mission. STAY AWAY FROM THESE.
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October 06, 2024 06:53PM
I've done this twice. The first week, I had to split it over 2 days, but made sure I got the bonus on Thursday. I wasn't 100% sure on the instructions so took the night to review them so I could make sure I was doing the fresh meat correctly. Last week, I did the entire store in about 6 hours, and did another shop for lunch, rather than take the $2 reimbursement they offered. The only time any employee even spoke to me was when I was doing the liquor, and he simply told me to ask him if I had any questions and told me I could get prices on their app. While I did it alone, the shop does allow you to have someone help you. If I continue to do it, maybe I can get my wife to help. I got a portable charger that I can use to charge my phone about halfway through and leave it plugged up while eating lunch.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/06/2024 06:54PM by Mailman403.
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October 08, 2024 10:30AM
If it's your first time doing this, I recommend you start with a 50 item shop.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
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November 01, 2024 12:11PM
I am doing these 1900 count warehouse scans. There is absolutely no way anyone could get these done in 4 hours. Even with experience, I have only been able to get it down to 6 hours. There are areas where you fly through them because you do not have to handle the product. However, the freezer and refrigerated sections behind doors are time consuming, as are spices and nearly everything in the pharmacy/vitamins. I guess it averages out. However, I would allow for 6 hours and completing them on the bonused days (Thu/Fri) I too find it tiring and usually squeeze another shop in the area to take a break. I have had no issues with the staff questioning me.
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January 18, 2025 12:38AM
Cassie, would you be willing to share what shops these are? I really need to make some money.
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