MarketForce Payments, Possibly Late?

Has anyone received their direct deposit MarketForce payment yet today? I always get mine on the 10th, usually first thing in the morning, sometimes even the 9th. But so far today, nothing.

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Their website shows it out today but it has not started processing through my bank. It usually takes a day or two to post. My January paid 1/9 but did not show in my bank until 1/11.

Well see that's the thing, I'm not checking my bank account. I'm checking the website. The website shows my last payment as being 1/9. It always shows there early in the morning. I'm just a little worried about it because I worked myself a lot last month and I'm expecting a much larger payment that usual from them.

Ok. I thought you weren't seeing it at the bank. Mine is direct deposit. If yours is not direct deposit that might make a difference. Otherwise I don't quite know what to tell you. My shops were scattered throughout January and they were all for one client. They all show in the payment info.

No, mine is direct deposit, I just meant I wasn't checking my bank site. I was checking MFI's site. It shows my last direct deposit with them being 1/9.

Maybe they are just running behind with some payments. I clicked on "direct deposit options" and this is what the page says:

Direct Deposit Guidelines Market Force Information™ Shopper Direct Deposit Guidelines as of 2/10/2010

Sign-up for Direct Deposit is temporarily unavailable as we are processing payments for this month’s payments to our Shoppers. We do apologize for the inconvenience and hope that you will check back tomorrow to sign-up. Thank you for your interest in our Direct Deposit program.

I don't see a payment on the MF website for January shops yet, either. My last payment was also on 1/9 and nothing this month yet.

Hmm, I wonder what's going on with that then? Maybe they are just running behind with some. Mine still is not there either.

I also have the same issue...this is my bread and butter MSC, and in 1/2 year I have never been let down. I'm sure this is just a minor glitch.

Well if it's a minor glitch, I'm hoping it gets fixed soon. I noticed on the front page there is a a note advising shoppers to sign up for direct deposit saying that shoppers using direct deposit have already been paid. Um, no, not this month. But then when you go to the page for direct deposit options, you get the message I posted above. I am really really hoping it is in there by tomorrow.

I got mine today, all ready in the bank.
Isabel
Enjoy Life

izzyshop Wrote:
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> I got mine today, all ready in the bank.
> Isabel
> Enjoy Life

Me too. Maybe they had system problems sometime during the p/r processing....and so it affected people, or not.

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I sent them a message asking about it, but I haven't gotten a reply yet. I would be a little more worried, except two others posted above that also had not received theirs yet.

The thing I found odd though is that today they have the message on their board about how if you were paid via direct deposit you already have your payment and this is the first month I've not been paid on or before the 10th. Also on the same day they are telling people to sign up for direct deposit, when you click on the direct deposit options link, people were unable to sign up for it and told to return to the page tomorrow.

Yup. Mine shows up on their site but not at my bank.

My last payment was 1/09/2010. I haven't received mine for the January shops yet either. It also is NOT showing up on their website as paid. MFI seems to be a pretty reliable company and professionally run, so I'm not worried about it yet.

Joytron Wrote:
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> My last payment was 1/09/2010. I haven't received
> mine for the January shops yet either. It also is
> NOT showing up on their website as paid. MFI
> seems to be a pretty reliable company and
> professionally run, so I'm not worried about it
> yet.

This is true, except I have always used direct deposit with this and this is the first time it has not shown on the site on the 10th or before.

yeah...I've used direct deposit for as long as I remember, too. It sounds like you're waiting on more than me though. Still, I think we'll know more in a day or so. I have nothing to back that up, though. It's just a hunch.

Well, of all the many companies that might stiff shoppers, this one would not be on my list...they are making too much money off us by pushing those fees lower and lower. LOL.

Whatever happened, I would bet that they will make it right. Payments to shoppers has not been one of their weaknesses.

Maybe I haven't paid enough attention, but several MS companies have reduced fees over the last year. But, my MFI shops are the only ones that haven't. I know that they're huge & making lots of money. But, so far, I like the consistency of their shops & the fees.

Have your MFI shop fees been reduced? I do FF shops, grocery shops, and occasionally a few others. FF shops are the main ones, though.

dee shops Wrote:
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> Well, of all the many companies that might stiff
> shoppers, this one would not be on my list...they
> are making too much money off us by pushing those
> fees lower and lower. LOL.
>
> Whatever happened, I would bet that they will make
> it right. Payments to shoppers has not been one
> of their weaknesses.

Yes, I have noticed a few MFI fees that have been reduced.

Well, mine was in there this morning, the date says 2/10.

Mine is showing up as paid 2/10 on the MFI site. My bank account shows it as "pending" today. So, it's there for me today too.

Yes, mine shows as "processing" today on my bank's website.

And yes, the shop I still somewhat consistently do for them had its fee reduced in 2009, which is why I now will only do the very close locations.

The thing I have noticed is that a lot of the shops I used to do regularly for some companies are no longer available. It seems that a lot of corporations are discontinuing mystery shopping.

Yes, many many of my shops stopped or seriously limited the number of shops to be performed starting late summer 2008. It is a continuing process with relatively few new clients coming on board to replace them.

I just received payment for my January shops from MF. Pretty much on time.

Do you get a mailed payment?

MF pays me via direct deposit.

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