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Market Force Purple Porthole

November 10, 2010 03:58PM
Market Force gives a notice that, because of the nature of their shops, shops are subject to cancellation or last minute changes. They give the Shopper the "heads up" to reject the shop or take the shop with the understanding it may be altered or canceled.

Some of their shops require three-day commitments. I am sure they have enough qualified shoppers who will risk blowing a whole weekend and commit that time to Market Force with the understanding that it is a "poker game". The pay is high if you win you get nothing if you lose. Feeling Lucky? At least Market Force gives the shopper the choice of playing the game.

I take the shops only if the weekend is here and the shop is still available, which often is the case. If have committed my time and sometimes I cannot accept these shops, Market Force will break up the weekend and give a shopper one day or two days and try to get coverage elsewhere on the other day or days on those three day shops.

Scheduling is fustrating, but Market Force Purple has integrity.
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September 03, 2011 12:33AM
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/14/2017 10:47PM by cosj.
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September 03, 2011 03:50AM
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September 03, 2011 02:57PM
I do jobs for CMS (purple side of MFI) and they are a nightmare. How they get anything done I have no idea. Some of the jobs are simple and pay is low but they are close to me. Correspondence is horrible. Everyone at CMS will tell you something differnt. They cancel jobs I took then bonused them and gave them to someone else 3 times now.
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September 04, 2011 02:04PM
cosj Wrote:
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> Dose anyone have an idea of what the merchandising
> sticker assignment is like? The assignment wants
> someone to go to Walmart and place stickers on
> prepaid handsets. The company would send me the
> stickers and pay me a flat fee of $5.00. They
> claim it is very easy, are they telling the truth?
> How many pictures do I have to take?


I did this one. It was VERY easy. Took about 20 minutes. I took 2 photos.
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September 04, 2011 09:18PM
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September 04, 2011 10:51PM
That seems to be a common theme with MF. People get dumped with no notice.

Did the manager offer a possibility to reschedule the shop at some time in the near future? Attempting a reschedule may have been possible and would have probably been preferable to the MSC. Sometimes the employees make our job so difficult.
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September 04, 2011 11:29PM
Yes. If I remember correctly, they were setting up for a Veterans Day sale which is probably a big sale for them. So, I understood the manager wanting to wait until after the sale. They really didn't need a vendor working in their store while they're moving things around and re-tagging things. However, I'm glad to know they do that on a regular basis. Before that, they had been calling me to work jobs they were having a problem filling. A lot of the jobs took much longer than they stated to do right. Their loss.
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September 05, 2011 01:04PM
cosj: I do tons of these shops for MF purple. Super quick, super easy, and the reports are a breeze. I usually group a bunch together because they don't pay much for the shop. I usually try to do 4-5 in an hour if I can. Go for it.

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September 05, 2011 04:38PM
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/08/2011 03:58AM by MsLynn.
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