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March 14, 2023 03:22AM
I wish Sassie would force MSC postings to put the state(s) abbreviations in the subject line. Even if they don't require the MSC to list the state abbreviation, it would be easy for Sassie to automatically place it in the subject line based on the locations being posted.

Some of these schedulers send out emails to entire US instead of the state you shop/reside. I understand there are some in smaller states that are all close to each other that shop more than 1 state, but today I'm in CA and get an email for some smoothie shop in Miami, Florida. Really? Did I need to waste my time opening that email? If the subject line had FL, I would have known to ignore.

I get some people don't mind since they shop multiple states, but even the people who are willing to travel probably don't like their time being wasted by a post that is nowhere close to them.

When I travel out of state, I am looking for shops and know where to look and am looking actively knowing I will be in a certain state.
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March 14, 2023 03:53AM
Yes! I was thinking the same thing when I saw the smoothie shop. I was actually excited about potentially having this new shop in my area to find out it's in FL. Maybe the schedulers messed up the recipient list and send it to all shoppers instead of the ones who live in that state.
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March 14, 2023 02:49PM
The only time it should be allowed for all states are phone call shops where it doesn't matter where you live. But "in person" shops should only be sent to residents of that state.

Last month another MSC sent out Arby's shops for the Dakotas, Nebraska, etc to people in CA. That was another lame one.
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March 14, 2023 05:12PM
I travel TX, OK, KS, CO, NE, WY, and SD.

I have two wishes -- that they would alphabetize the states (LOL) and have a (insert expletive) working app!
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March 14, 2023 05:50PM
I only see Ipsos really mess up the alphabetizing of the states in their postings. It's not consistently wrong, but it seems like a filter that Sassie could just "auto-sort" prior to sending out the notification. Should not matter the order they are entered into Sassie, but only matter when they are "released" in the email for notification to shoppers.

They could update their profile page to also let you checkmark the boxes for each state you want notifications for someone like you that does quite a few states in your area.

I don't use the app to enter shops, so I don't know how good/bad theirs is or if they even have one.
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March 14, 2023 07:36PM
I would also add for those of us in large cities if the actual job listings on the msc site had a neighborhood name or a zip code listed. I see shops in California often on the job board a listing of 15 to 20 jobs in Los Angeles. As some LA addresses are an hours drive from my home I have to actually open "more" to see the details of each and every one of those Los Angeles jobs. Most of them pay a pittance so I cannot drive for 2 hours rt to do it.
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March 14, 2023 07:49PM
I'd love to see some improvements with Sassie but I know we're not really the ones they care about.

My top item would be a better way to see payment history.

Then an option in our profiles to bypass emails for jobs that don't hit a certain rate - I.e., don't email me for stuff less than $10.

And a checkbox (when applying for a job) to indicate "don't assign to me unless part of a route/multiple assignments" (or something similar).
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March 14, 2023 08:02PM
Yeah...a filter would be nice. I like the filter in shopmetrics where I can pinpoint a certain project/shop and not see ones I don't care about.
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March 15, 2023 02:42AM
I shop a lot for IPSOS. The Shopmetrics side has an app that works flawlessly, and the SASSIE side does not! They have literally hundreds of shops on SASSIE, and I just can't do them. Bummer!!!

@hbbigdaddy wrote:

I only see Ipsos really mess up the alphabetizing of the states in their postings. It's not consistently wrong, but it seems like a filter that Sassie could just "auto-sort" prior to sending out the notification. Should not matter the order they are entered into Sassie, but only matter when they are "released" in the email for notification to shoppers.

They could update their profile page to also let you checkmark the boxes for each state you want notifications for someone like you that does quite a few states in your area.

I don't use the app to enter shops, so I don't know how good/bad theirs is or if they even have one.
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March 15, 2023 10:14PM
Smoothie shop?! I would love a smoothie shop.

@Mellifluy wrote:

Yes! I was thinking the same thing when I saw the smoothie shop. I was actually excited about potentially having this new shop in my area to find out it's in FL. Maybe the schedulers messed up the recipient list and send it to all shoppers instead of the ones who live in that state.

Shopping Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi.
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March 16, 2023 12:28AM
@ceasesmith wrote:

I shop a lot for IPSOS. The Shopmetrics side has an app that works flawlessly, and the SASSIE side does not! They have literally hundreds of shops on SASSIE, and I just can't do them. Bummer!!!

What is the APP that works?
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March 16, 2023 10:02PM
Wrosie, its called ishop-NEXT, or something like that. I don’t use it. I do the shops on the Shopmetrics desktop website on my tablet.. It is easier to navigate the shops than flipping through pages and pages, a d trying to figure out what all the little symbols mean.
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March 17, 2023 03:18AM
@wrosie wrote:

@ceasesmith wrote:

I shop a lot for IPSOS. The Shopmetrics side has an app that works flawlessly, and the SASSIE side does not! They have literally hundreds of shops on SASSIE, and I just can't do them. Bummer!!!

What is the APP that works?

Shop for IPSOS Next

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/17/2023 03:18AM by Rousseau.
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March 17, 2023 09:37PM
Shop for IPSOS next. Is this an app?

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/17/2023 09:57PM by Belle.
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March 18, 2023 01:51AM
@Belle wrote:

Shop for IPSOS next. Is this an app?

Yes
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March 18, 2023 02:05PM
Thank you
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