IPSOS Rejecting Shop

I usually get a 10 on my reports, but an occasional, inexplicable 9. Today I got a 1 because I didn't know how to take a screenshot of an unavailable appetizer. I tried to do a thorough job and reported that an appetizer didn't show up on the app. It was confusing because you had to scroll through the drinks/appetizers to see the entire offerings. What was I supposed to take a picture of?
Now that prices have gone up and the $10 doesn't even cover a plate, I think I'll just look for a bonus before signing up. Their guidelines are incomplete. Once I was asked about a gift card display, but the guidelines never covered that.

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The gift card display question has been on the "dine in scenario" for several years. I don't know (or care) if it's mentioned in the guidelines. If I see something on the report, I make sure to pay attention to that.

As far as the missing appetizer for online/app order, I am not sure. I have not had that happen, but maybe you avoid those scenarios if you cannot figure out how to screen shot that. Just stick with the drive-thru and dining room scenarios to avoid extra problems.
@Nicknickie wrote:

I usually get a 10 on my reports, but an occasional, inexplicable 9. Today I got a 1 because I didn't know how to take a screenshot of an unavailable appetizer. I tried to do a thorough job and reported that an appetizer didn't show up on the app. It was confusing because you had to scroll through the drinks/appetizers to see the entire offerings. What was I supposed to take a picture of?
Now that prices have gone up and the $10 doesn't even cover a plate, I think I'll just look for a bonus before signing up. Their guidelines are incomplete. Once I was asked about a gift card display, but the guidelines never covered that.
There are only 4 appetizers and they all fit into one screenshot if you are looking at the appetizers page. They expect you to navigate around and check what is available, not simply place an order and note whether something was or wasn't offered as an upsell.
Guidelines do not mention navigating around, last I knew. I go straight to what I want and git-er-done. Not saying you're wrong Dee, I agree. But until they put all of their expectations in our instructions, I'll just read what's there.
@sestrahelena wrote:

Guidelines do not mention navigating around, last I knew. I go straight to what I want and git-er-done. Not saying you're wrong Dee, I agree. But until they put all of their expectations in our instructions, I'll just read what's there.
I phrased it as "they expect you to" intentionally. If you mention a problem, you need to prove it, though, and that means navigating to that appetizers page and getting a screenshot to show the one you are claiming is missing truly isn't there. There is NO other way to know for sure it's unavailable because they don't ask you to order an app. In fact, they forbid it. What I am saying is that it was probably there all along. I have yet to come across something not available.
kise...you are wrong. The asian food client does NOT issue an email confirmation anymore...they had a change in their SOP.
I just had something similar with IPSOS and a morning/afternoon gas station mystery shop. The shop was scheduled for after 5:00 PM and I arrived at 5:15. I purchased the hot item as required, except that the barcode would not scan because the item was considered "too old" from its 'manufacture time" (their words), which was earlier that day. It's hard to ask them to charge you anyway for food, when they are trying to give it away!
@edithms wrote:

I just had something similar with IPSOS and a morning/afternoon gas station mystery shop. The shop was scheduled for after 5:00 PM and I arrived at 5:15. I purchased the hot item as required, except that the barcode would not scan because the item was considered "too old" from its 'manufacture time" (their words), which was earlier that day. It's hard to ask them to charge you anyway for food, when they are trying to give it away!

This IS covered in the guidelines. You should make a small purchase if there isn't a hot food item available in the budget to purchase. Everything on the rollers being expired would mean nothing hot in the budget is available to purchase.
You can always take a minute to re-read before leaving and go back in to complete a missed task. You could say the old food was rejected by the person you got it for as too old to eat and ask what's fresh so you know if there is another option on the rollers that isn't expired Then, grab a forgotten soda or something else small if the roller foods are all expired.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/2025 12:19PM by Deedeezthoughts.
Lets see, my son just did a faux chinese food shop the day before yesterday, he used my rewards account to get the points, and they sent an email confirmation with the pick up time.

If your pick up time was scheduled for 5:00 and you showed up at 5:15 your shop SHOULD have been rejected. You're supposed to walk up to the counter at the time that they said your food would be ready. Not sooner, not later. The shop is designed that way to test their food prep timing and to make sure they are paying attention to the online ordering system. I have walked in at the exact time and had one of the kids at the counter run around and throw my order together in less than 60 seconds. No one was watching the online order system at all. There were 4 other order tickets hanging from it.
@edithms wrote:

kise...you are wrong. The asian food client does NOT issue an email confirmation anymore...they had a change in their SOP.
I just did one end of March and got my email, not a problem.
@Morledzep wrote:

Lets see, my son just did a faux chinese food shop the day before yesterday, he used my rewards account to get the points, and they sent an email confirmation with the pick up time.

If your pick up time was scheduled for 5:00 and you showed up at 5:15 your shop SHOULD have been rejected. You're supposed to walk up to the counter at the time that they said your food would be ready. Not sooner, not later. The shop is designed that way to test their food prep timing and to make sure they are paying attention to the online ordering system. I have walked in at the exact time and had one of the kids at the counter run around and throw my order together in less than 60 seconds. No one was watching the online order system at all. There were 4 other order tickets hanging from it.
Agreed, there is nothing wrong with their email process. If they had actually made a change and were no longer sending a receipt/confirmation email, there would be an uproar, not one person complaining.
The other person arriving at 5:15 was actually performing a completely different task. The only similarity is that it is the same msc and the issues encountered resulted in a rejected shop.
These posters feel they were treated unfairly so they are warning others. And that's fine but I think they should take care to stick to the facts and perhaps consider the possibility *they made a mistake*.
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