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February 10, 2010 09:12PM

I applied recently and was sent several emails regarding shops in my area; I applied to two, one was later in the week and another shop was yesterday, pending a close dead-line. So the woman called me 2 hours before and asked if I could do it, I said yes and she stated that's great, I'll make an account for you and email you the details in 10 minutes....
90 minutes later, she calls and asks if I can still take the shop, obviously I can't it takes me 30 minutes to get there..so I say no and she gets mad and hangs up the phone!! I lost the opportunity to do that shop and the future shop, an account was never created and the stream of emails have stopped.

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February 10, 2010 09:19PM

Mason, it sounds to me like you were not signed up with them already. Sign up with them because they can't just 'create an account' for you without you signing off on their ICA. I suspect there was a misunderstanding of who needed to do what and when. They are a legitimate company and although they are not my favorite company, they do sometimes have interesting jobs. There is a link from their login page to sign up. [www.msishopper.net]

February 10, 2010 10:18PM

This is one of my favorites but they can be very strict. If you are willing to do the work and put in the time then you are all good. Don't know why and who was ugly to you. Sounds strange.

February 10, 2010 11:05PM

When you apply, you are not necessarily immediately accepted. They accept you when they need shoppers in your area. So, to me it sounds like they had your app, but had not approved it, then needed someone in your area, called, and now you are in. After several shops and some digital upload stuff you can self assign.

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February 10, 2010 11:19PM

prettygul1 Wrote:
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> This is one of my favorites but they can be very
> strict. If you are willing to do the work and put
> in the time then you are all good. Don't know why
> and who was ugly to you. Sounds strange.

I agree, they are one of my favorites too, and yes they are strict.

February 11, 2010 01:55AM

Although I am now self-assign and can search for their shops, it wasn't always thus. For the longest time, after I was signed, I could neither search nor self-assign. Reading here, I learned that wasn't the norm, and I inquired. Someone, somewhere flipped the switch for me. Now, both are possible. Although they don't have much in my area, I enjoy a good relationship.

February 11, 2010 02:06AM

Mert Wrote:
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> Although I am now self-assign and can search for
> their shops, it wasn't always thus. For the
> longest time, after I was signed, I could neither
> search nor self-assign. Reading here, I learned
> that wasn't the norm, and I inquired. Someone,
> somewhere flipped the switch for me. Now, both
> are possible. Although they don't have much in my
> area, I enjoy a good relationship.

Unless they changed it, to be able to self assign you have to have properly completed five assignments.

February 11, 2010 02:15AM

I couldn't even search for their shops. Were 5 completions prerequisite for that?

February 11, 2010 02:23AM

Yes. Before that, you only get what offers of what their already self-assign status folks haven't signed up for.

February 11, 2010 05:11AM

This is one of my favorite companies too. I waited a loooong time after signing up before I was offered a shop. It was out of my way, but I took it & got my foot in the door.

I don't remember how many shops I had to complete before I could self-assign (I think it was 5 or 10). Anyway, I can self-assign now & the grocery shops are my favorites.

February 11, 2010 04:04PM

Joytron Wrote:
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> This is one of my favorite companies too. I
> waited a loooong time after signing up before I
> was offered a shop. It was out of my way, but I
> took it & got my foot in the door.
>
> I don't remember how many shops I had to complete
> before I could self-assign (I think it was 5 or
> 10). Anyway, I can self-assign now & the grocery
> shops are my favorites.

I ditto this, I love the grocery shops. Diapers are EXPENSIVE and I will bend over backwards to do exactly what they ask of me. LOVE IT.

February 20, 2010 04:29AM

I love this company and get most of my groceries for next to free from doing work for them. They are strict but fair and they are willing to work with you. They called me and wanted me to do a job that day. I said I could the next and they gave it to me and then asked if I could do the same shop the day after if they extended the deadline I said sure.

February 21, 2010 05:57AM

It was over two years after I applied to this company before they needed me. Before I was self-assign, I would get emails for various assignments and often get beat out by another shopper with self-assign. One day a scheduler called to request that I do a grocery shop for them that they couldn't get filled so I asked her about the self-assign process.

I think she said for regular self-assign you needed five shops. For Business Verification self-assign, you need three successful BVs in your history.

She said that next time a shop became available, I should call and ask to speak with a scheduler. They can assign the shop over the phone quicker than my submitting a request. A quick self-assigner could still potentially grab the shop while you're trying to call, but it's a place to start.

February 21, 2010 07:03AM

I didn't have to do 3 BV's before I could self assign them, I only had to one. But I had already completed 90 shops for them in a 3 month period by that time.

February 21, 2010 09:10PM

I was allowed to self assign after 5 shops. No BV's. This was in October 2009. Things may have changed since you vets started.

February 21, 2010 10:31PM

I was also allowed to self assign after 5 shops, which I did in about 3 days... What I was attempting to say was, I got offered a BV after I had completed 90 shops, did that one, and could self assign those after that, too.

February 21, 2010 11:23PM

dee shops Wrote:
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> I was also allowed to self assign after 5 shops,
> which I did in about 3 days... What I was
> attempting to say was, I got offered a BV after I
> had completed 90 shops, did that one, and could
> self assign those after that, too.

I wish I could self assign BVs. I've been able to self assign shops for a couple years, but I just recently completed my first BV. Whenever I sign up for more, I never get them.

March 04, 2010 01:53AM

Hmmm..I've only done 1 BV and it was self assign. I'd been assigning for awhile before them.

I had to cancel my first shop I ever did with them...woke up the day of my first shop with a terrible stomach virus and spent the whole day sick as a dog. There was no way I could leave the house and get to the shop. I emailed them and got a response saying that they decided to give me a second chance. Ever since then it's been great.

BTW...even before I could self assign, I could search the shops. I could do that as soon as they approved me and gave me the first shop.

karen

March 04, 2010 02:14AM

I love the BV shops. Pay is good and they are easy.

March 04, 2010 02:31AM

All of the grocery shops are gone within 10-15 minutes of the email being posted around here. In do not see how they get them so quick.

March 04, 2010 02:43AM

I received email notices of shops, it was not self-assign. I was informed once I accepted a shop, I would receive an account login and password. Anyways a few days ago either because of a lapse in shops or because of this post, I started receiving emails again.

Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/04/2010 02:46AM by mason95135.

March 04, 2010 02:52AM

Karen IL Wrote:
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> BTW...even before I could self assign, I could
> search the shops. I could do that as soon as they
> approved me and gave me the first shop.
>
> karen

Not me. No search, only emails of leftovers.

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